Some people have been a little a little confused about Jenkins. Let me clear up a bit: Jenkins is a cheerleader in Riley and Maya's school. She appears in Girl Meets Rah Rah, and she helps to convince Coach Kelly to accept Riley into the cheer leading team. Anyways, please enjoy the new chapter!

Jenkins looks shocked and pleasantly surprised. My mouth is half open. Lucas Friar just asked Jenkins to the semi-formal. With a beautiful bouquet of daisies. In front of half the senior class.

"Yes." People clap and cheer as Jenkins accepts the bouquet.

I'm happy for Lucas. I am. I mean, I'd told him already that I probably wasn't coming for the semi-formal. He's at perfect liberty to ask anyone he likes. Except–! The girls leave at the bell and I walk up to Lucas.

"Wow, Ranger Rick. Nice flowers." I tease.

"Yeah. After the 'Red Envelope Assignment' I didn't feel bonded to Riley anymore, so I decided to ask someone. Jenkins was really nice when Riley tried out for cheerleading, so I decided to ask her." he shrugs.

"Oh." It's awkward now.

"You didn't change your mind about going to the semi-formal, did you?" he asks suddenly. I shake my head.

"I'm probably staying home. Mom's at Topanga's and Shawn's chaperoning."

"Oh." Awkward again.

"Do-" we both start and stop at the same time. We laugh.

"You go first." he says.

"I was going to ask you if you had plans for this afternoon." I admit.

"Me too." he laughs.

"What did you have in mind?" I ask as we walk to gym.

"There are a bunch of us gathering at my place after school for a round of basketball. Want to come? Don't worry, you won't be the only girl there."

"Sounds fun. I'll have to run it by my mom but it should be okay." I say as we enter the gym.

"Let's have a bit of fun, shall we? Dodgeball today!" says the substitute teacher. I double check that my ankle guard is tightened. I've experimented with a bit of jogging, but nothing too strenuous yet. Last gym lesson we did passing. This would
be the closest I'd come to strenuous activity.

"The playing area is everywhere in the gym. I want to see you guys running. Once you're out, sit at the benches. Girls versus guys, losers take three laps around the gym. Let's go!" Correction; definitely Strenuous activity. Dodgeball around the entire
gym? Girls versus guys? This might be really fun.

The substitute teacher blows her whistle. And the games begin. Somehow I dodge a ball that comes flying to me, and I grab a ball off the ground. It's chaos everywhere.

"Sorry, Farkle." I call out as I throw the ball at his leg. I see someone throw a ball viciously at Zay's face. Suddenly it's just me, Riley, Jenkins, Yogi, Billy and Lucas left. Riley shoots Jenkins a look that could kill. I guess she heard about
Lucas asking her to the semi-formal. Yogi's so small he could hide through the chaos. He's out in the open now, though. Riley and I exchange a look. We've got to do this together. No one wants to run rounds. Both sides are screaming and rooting
for the ones left, cheering them on.

We stare each other down. I sneak a glance to my left and right, looking for balls. Jenkins takes out Yogi with a good aim. The girls cheer. But then Jenkins is left unguarded and Billy catches her off guard. The boys cheer. The four of us left all
have balls. The boys do a handshake of awesomeness. We roll our eyes. Riley throws her ball at Billy and I throw mine at Lucas, and half a second later Lucas throws his at Riley. Lucas and Riley's ball meets its target but Lucas dodges mine by
a hair. There's a mixture of cheers and disappointed exclaims. Lucas and I scramble for balls. It's one on one, and we've both got balls.

I toss my ball to the side because I know I can catch better than I can throw in one-on-one. Lucas raises his eyebrows, amused, and hoots of laughter rises from the boys' side, accompanied with cries of "What are you doing?!" from the girls'
side. Lucas throws, and I drop to my knees to catch it, and raise it triumphantly. The class erupts. Jenkins high-fives me. I mouth "Sorry, Huckleberry." to Lucas because the boys are outraged.

"Boys, go do your punishment." The boys grumble and start to run. As Lucas passes me, he whispers, "I think you'll fit right in with the group this afternoon."