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A look of genuine anger came over Penny's face. "My father? Well you can tell him that he can mind his own business and that-,"

"Whoa, calm down there," Naomi said. "We're only passing on the message. I don't know what he did, but he really cares about you. He told us to come see you."

"Did he?" Penny asked doubtfully. Naomi didn't answer. No, he didn't, was the right answer, but Matthew says in no circumstances were Naomi to say that.

Before Naomi could respond, someone took the seat beside Penny and gave her a quick kiss. "Who are these people?" he asked. It was Desmond.

Desmond froze. It was just the people he was expecting. "Come on, Penny, we can't stay here," he said, pulling Penny up.

"Des, what's wrong?" Penny questioned.

"I'll tell you later," Desmond murmured.

"Hey, it's okay," Charlotte assured him. "There's no problem here-," Charlotte was interrupted when Desmond dragged Penny off. Charlotte and Naomi glanced at each other. They did the best they could, and now Penny would probably never trust them again.

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"Hey Desmond," Juliet said. "What are you doing?"

"Oh, nothing," he replied. "Did you say you needed to say Charlotte or Naomi?"

"No!" Juliet shouted. "I mean, sort of! Why- are they here?"

"They were, just about five minutes ago," Desmond said. "Out by the football field. But you better run, sister. They could already be gone." Juliet took his advice and sprinted across the campus.

She arrived at the football field and saw no one. Then it hit her; Desmond would call soccer football. She tore across campus back towards the soccer fields. Still, no one was there.

Juliet was enraged. The one moment she was not constantly waiting outside, they had come. But she refused to let this opportunity pass up. Juliet ran as fast as she could to Dan's house and rang the doorbell repeatedly. Finally, Dan answered.

"Juliet," he moaned. "What are you doing here?"

"More importantly, what were you doing on our campus?" Juliet interrogated. "No-well, not you, but your friends?"

"Uh," Dan stammered. "Well- you see, - why would you come all this way just to ask why Naomi and Charlotte were over there?"

"Because I need to know!" She yelled.

"Hey!" Miles interrupted, coming to the door. "Did Ben send you?"
Juliet froze. This can't be good. "No, of course not! Why would you think that?"

"Because he did," Miles said. "Didn't he? Why?"

"You know what, Miles?" Juliet said ferociously. "I'm not going to lie to you. Yes, Ben did send me. He sent me to that other school to talk to you. He wants me to tell you that he knows who you're working for and what you're doing for him."

This time it was Miles' turn to pause. Instead, Dan answered, "What? We don't even know what we're-!"

"Daniel!" Charlotte stopped him. Dan got the picture and ceased talking.

"What was that?" Juliet whispered. Miles glared at Dan.

"Nothing," Miles said. "Faraday doesn't know what he's talking about. Now I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

Juliet was about to retaliate, but she thought better of it. "Fine. But don't expect this is the last time you'll see me." She turned on the spot and trudged back to the school.

She returned to her dorm in which see saw Kate, Ana, Claire, Shannon, Jack, Sawyer, Sayid, and Charlie waiting there.

"Where were you?" Ana inquired with hatred in her voice.

"Ana!" Jack said. "That was so rude!"
"Oh please," Ana rolled her eyes. "You sound like my mother."

"Jack, it's fine," Juliet smiled at him. "As for you," she said, angrier this time. She was still mad about her meeting with Miles. "Is it really any of your business?"

"Actually, yes," Ana said. "And I don't think you should be talking to me like that."

"Well, I don't care what you think," Juliet snapped back.

"Okay, let's not get crazy here," Kate said calmly. "Ana, maybe it really isn't your business; Juliet, you shouldn't have gotten all angry right away."

No one said anything. After about 10 minutes, Juliet got up and walked out the door without saying a word. Jack sighed and got up to go talk to her.

"That was weird," Shannon commented.

"Yeah, 'none of my business,'" Ana growled. "Sure, I know it's not, the only reason she wouldn't tell me is because she wouldn't want us figuring out what she's really here for."

"I think we should just trust her," Sawyer said tentatively. "Jack trusts her, and it doesn't really look like she's been doing anything she's not supposed to."

"Nothing she's not supposed to?" Ana said disbelievingly. "No, of course not, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been doing something that she is supposed to. Have you seen the way she always waits outside, and for nothing?"

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It was Monday and Sawyer was done with his English exam. His book was in his locker and he wasn't allowed to get it. He stared around. Kate was sitting nearest to him, and Kate was sitting next to Boone. Sawyer slowly tore a small bit of his paper and crumpled it into a ball. In a swift motion, he tossed the paper ball onto Kate's head. She looked up. He waved. She shook her head disappointedly and went back to her work.

Sawyer did it again. Kate wouldn't react at all now so he decided to target at Sayid and Libby. They, being done themselves, started throwing them back. Sayid had crumpled up an entire piece of paper. He slowly pulled out his slingshot and loaded the paper onto it. Sawyer ducked, but Sayid still hit him in the back of the head. Kate was now done, but being the good student that she is, she was reading like she was supposed to.

There was only 10 minutes left and everyone but one person was done. It was Charlie. Everyone else was whispering quietly and laughing at Sawyer, who was doing anything to keep people entertained. Singing, dancing, and, mainly, throwing stuff. This was Sawyer's favorite class because his teacher was really nice. She kept telling him to be quiet and Sawyer would always just start complaining about how much he hated his other teachers.

"Do you complain like this to any other teachers?" She asked.

"No, just you," Sawyer told her.

Kate began looking over her work one last time in the last five minutes.

"Holy crap you write a lot," Sawyer whispered. "Look how much I wrote."

Kate shrugged and erased a word. The bell rang to dismiss them from their classes.

Kate ran towards Charlie. "Hey, Charlie, did you finish your essay on time? I know that we were all talking and I felt bad."

"Yeah, barely," Charlie told her and walked to his locker. Kate shrugged and turned around.

She was surprised to see Juliet walking down the hallway with a small, bleeding cut just above her eye. "Are you okay?" Kate asked immediately.

"Like you care," Juliet said.

"I do care," Kate said. At that time Ana arrived to talk to Kate. She froze when she saw Juliet.

"What happened to you?" She asked.

"Some kids threw a textbook at my head," Juliet told them.

As much as Ana and Kate didn't like Juliet, they didn't think anyone should actually treat her that way. "Who?" Ana demanded. Juliet pointed down the hall. Ana was glad to see that it was Ace and Matt.

She stormed down the hall. "You think throwing things is funny?" She asked them, grabbing the collar of their shirts. "How would you like it if threw a book at you? Or perhaps something heavier?"

She pushed them into the wall, making several students scatter. Then some teacher came up to her and gave her a detention. She didn't care; it was worth it.

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I don't know why I added that last part in. I needed to add something about exams. Keep voting! Koone is winning, so I put Kate and Boone next to each other in class.

Next chapter: Exams are over, and the teacher makes an announcement.