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A/N: I would have uploaded this last night, but I think something may have been wrong with the site since I was unable to upload it! Well thankfully it seems to be fixed now. Also, sorry for the length of this chapter. I was really tired when I wrote it so it's a lot shorter than usual.

Disclaimer: I only own the characters I made up; everything else belongs to Disney.

Monday – High School

Theresa walked into her math class and sat down at her desk. After having had a rather long conversation with her dad (and having apologized for what happened), he decided that she could drive again after school. She looked to her right and saw him walk into the room and sit down. "He is so cute," she said to herself as she watched him take out his notebook and calculator.

"I knew it!"

Theresa jumped and turned. "Jeez Kari you scared me." She frowned, "Knew what?"

"That you like Jared," she said, tilting her head in his direction.

She shook her head, "I don't like him." She could feel her cheeks turn pink.

"Yes you do. You have that look in your eyes."

"Kari…"

"Teri, we've been best friends since 2nd grade. I think I know you well enough to know when you like a guy," she said with a small smile. "You should go over and talk to him before the bell rings."

Theresa simply shrugged, "I don't know…"

"If you won't go talk to him, I will. I'll tell him how much my best friend likes him and how she writes his name all over her notebook and…"

"Okay, okay," she said, stopping Kari from getting up. "I'll go over there."

"Only if you want to. No pressure." Kari smirked.

"Uh huh, sure," Theresa said under her breath. She got up and slowly walked towards Jared who looked like he was having a difficult time on one of the homework problems. "Hi," she said quietly.

Jared looked up from his notebook and smiled softly. "Hey."

"You may want to put the x here instead of on the other side of the equation," she said, trying to be helpful.

He looked down at his paper and did so. "That makes a lot more sense," he said. "Thanks."

"No problem," she said. She started to walk back to her desk but turned around. "I'm T…"

"Theresa, I know," he said. "We have English together, remember?"

She nodded, "Yeah."

The bell then rang. "Want to meet up during lunch," he asked before she walked back to her desk.

"Sure," she said, a smile now on her face.

"Great. And thanks again for the help."

She nodded and walked back to her desk, trying to contain the squeal that she wanted to let out.

"I told you," Kari whispered.

"Thanks," Theresa said just as their teacher walked into the room. She quickly opened her notebook before her teacher could say anything to her.

Elementary School

Kayleigh sat down at her desk and took a deep breath. "Four," she said to herself, recalling what her brother had asked her as they were walking into the school.

"Nervous yet," Zach asked his sister.

She looked over at him. "Stop it," she said quietly.

Their teacher handed out the tests. "Now I don't want any peeking," she said, looking at everyone. "Take your time on the problems and make sure to show your work."

Kayleigh turned the test over and looked at each problem. Math had never been her best subject, but it wasn't her worst. And she wasn't about to let what her brother said get into her mind. Not now anyway.

Zach looked at his test and started filling out the answers. He glanced up at his sister who was studying each problem. He shook his head and looked back at his own paper.

30 minutes later…

Kayleigh examined her paper carefully, making sure she had at least tried to solve each equation. Once she was satisfied, she got up and walked over to her teacher. "I'm finished," she said as she handed it to her.

"Did you double check your work," Mrs. Walker asked.

She nodded, "Yes."

"Okay," she said as he added it to a few other papers that were already on her desk.

She walked back to her desk and glanced over at Zach who was just finishing up. As he got up, he saw that Kayleigh was finished. He handed the test to the teacher and sat back down. "Did you do the extra credit question," he asked when he saw that nearly everyone else had finished.

"Yeah. Did you?"

He nodded, "Yeah. It was…harder than I thought." He waited until it was time for recess (remember they're in 4th grade) to talk to her again. "Kayleigh."

She turned to him, "Yeah?"

"Sorry about what I said this morning," he said, sounding sincere.

"Thanks…you're not just saying that to get on mom's good side are you?" She looked at him skeptically.

"No, I mean it."

She nodded and smiled, "Thanks," she said again. She was now feeling better about her test.

High School…Lunch

Theresa walked into the cafeteria and sat down next to Kari and Katie.

Kari frowned, "I thought you were supposed to have lunch with Jared," she said to her friend.

"Who's Jared," Katie asked.

"I don't know Kari," Theresa said. She looked over at Katie. "He's just someone that…"

"Wait a minute," Katie said. "He's the one you keep looking at! I knew you liked him!"

"Yeah…"

"And every time I ask who you're looking at you just blush…"

"Yes Katie, that's him," Theresa said. She looked up and saw Jared walk into the cafeteria. "There he is." She could feel herself begin to blush again.

Kari elbowed her, "Go sit by him," she said when she saw that Jared was looking over at Theresa.

"Okay I'm going," Theresa said. "Wish me luck."

"Good luck," the two said in unison.

"It's about time she started dating him again," Katie said.

"Tell me about it. I think he's the only guy she has really liked. Before him it was some jerk who basically cheated on her."

Katie cleared her throat. "It was Jordan and didn't you date him for a while when we were in 6th grade?"

"Yes and it was the dumbest thing I've ever done." Kari shook her head. "I remember him telling me that he and Theresa weren't going out anymore. What a jerk. But there was another guy. Remember Dylan? He was almost worse than Jordan…almost," she said when Katie gave her a look.

Katie looked over at Theresa and Jared who were now laughing about something. "He better not hurt her. I'll kill him myself if he does."

"I'll help you," Kari said.

"I can't believe you drove on the sidewalk," Theresa said with a giggle.

He shrugged, "What can I say, I don't exactly have the best coordination."

She nodded. "You should have seen me this past weekend. I accidentally drove up on the curb. I almost lost my permit for two weeks."

"Wait a minute," he said. "We have driver's ed together. I remember you practically jumping out of your chair when you got your permit."

Theresa blushed. "Yeah I was a little excited."

He nodded. "So do you uh…want to maybe see a movie this weekend?"

She looked up at him, shocked. He was asking her out already? Not that she minded or anything. "I'd love to. I just have to make sure it's okay with my parents."

"Okay. Here's my number," he said as he took out a piece of paper and wrote it down for her.

"Thanks." She took out a piece of paper as well and wrote down her number. "Here's mine," she said with a smile.

The bell then rang, signaling the end of lunch. "Wow I forgot to eat," Jared said with a laugh.

"Me too," Theresa said as she stood up.

"Talking to you was more fun anyway," he said as he got up as well. "I've got to get to my Spanish class and it's basically at the other end of the school so I'll talk to you later?"

She nodded, "Okay, see you later." She smiled as she watched him walk away. She then turned to Katie and Kari, a huge smile on her face. "He asked me out!" She exclaimed, practically jumping up and down.

"Awesome," Kari said. "I see my matchmaking skills still work."

Theresa just laughed and told her friends about Jared, the smile not leaving her face. "See you guys later," she said as she walked to her locker. "Now all I have to do is ask my parents about this weekend," she said quietly to herself.

Elementary School

Kayleigh and Zach walked back into the room once lunch was over. She saw that the math tests were on their teacher's desk. She could see red marks at the top of the papers. "He graded them already," she said aside to Zach.

"Great," Zach said sarcastically.

"All right," Mrs. Walker said as she got the class's attention. "I have your tests and I must say that I was quite impressed by a number of you. I'm glad to see so many of you studying." She handed out the tests.

Kayleigh tensed up as Mrs. Walker walked over to her. "Nice job Kayleigh," she said as she placed the test face down on her desk.

Kayleigh turned the test over, her jaw dropping as she did so. "Whoa."

"How'd you do," Zach asked.

She turned to him. "I got a 95," she said, smiling.

Mrs. Walker handed Zach his test. "A little more studying couldn't hurt," she said quietly as she placed his test on his desk.

He turned his test over. "Oh man," he said, wanting to crumple it up and throw it away. He knew his parents had to sign it though.

"What did you get," Kayleigh asked when she saw her brother's facial expression.

He looked over at her. "68," he said as he shook his head. "At least I got the extra credit right."

"It's better than flunking," Kayleigh said, trying to reassure him.

He shrugged, "I guess. Mom and dad aren't going to be happy about this."

Okay so there's a mini cliffhanger there. =) What will Theresa's parents say about her wanting to date Jared? I figured that since they're usually drama-less (I don't think that's a word…) with each other that I'd try to keep it that way. I hope you liked it! Hmm, what will Troy & Sharpay say about the test? Oh and I didn't forget about Larissa. She's next, lol. Please review and thanks for reading!