A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews and the e-mails, wow they mean a lot. Thank you so much for being patient with me and putting up with the delays. I honestly just don't have the time I thought I would have had. Oh and the picture that Dolphy drew for me for those of you who have already seen it, (great, ain't it?) will be posted, just not in this chapter. Kay enough chit-chat, here's the story!

The ducks were all ready to go out for a long ride to their next game. Nosedive had insisted on a road trip and was soon supported by many teammates who were on a protest to once again flying coach thanks to Phil's wanting to save money. The team sat in the kitchen all packed and ready for their upcoming game and road trip. They were all finishing up sandwiches. Tanya finally arrived and in accordance to her plan they were all finishing up. All of the ducks had departed the room except for WildWing and Nosedive.

"Hey Tawn", said WildWing, "We left you a sandwich. Sorry but we have to start packing the stuff into the car or else we would have eaten with you. Would you like me to sit, with um you?"

Nosedive rolled his eyes, which received him an elbow from his older brother.

"No that's quite all right", replied Tanya, "I'll be fine thank you. Don't worry I'm a big girl, I think I can handle eating a sandwich all by my lonesome."

WildWing managed a smiled and then left disappointed. Nosedive trying so hard not to laugh was "affectionately" punched on the way out by his brother. This only caused the younger sibling to burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at", asked Tanya.

"My brother's expense", replied Nosedive.

"And what would that be", inquired Tanya.

"Ah nothing", replied Nosedive. There was a moment's pause, and then Nosedive continued, "Hey are we okay?"

"Oh about that", said Tanya apologetically, "I didn't mean what I said, I was just very frustrated and well I snapped. You actually helped me out."

"I did?"

"Yeah. I was very frustrated and I kind of needed to get it out. Thankfully I did, because I felt a lot better afterward, unfortunately though at your own expense."

"Oh. Glad to help?" "Oh please, are you going to tell me that there aren't times when you do stupid things? I can distinctly remember you and I in a very tramatic incident."

"Hmm?"

"Jumping out of an airplane!"

"Oh yeah."

"You say it like its nothing."

Nosedive laughed, "Yeah well maybe it is."

Tanya returned the laugh.

"Well I got to go help my brother", said Nosedive, "Glad you're okay. But um next time you're like you know all unstable, can you yell at Mallory or preferably Canard, cause I'm kind of going to look forward to that. It'd be the highlight of my life."

"Goodbye Nosedive", said Tanya sternly yet with a smile on her face.

Nosedive smiled and waved goodbye.

Tanya let out a huge breath. She was such a good liar she scared herself. It was so real, and she soon started to believe in her lies. She was a fantastic liar and she sure as heck wasn't going to keep that talent inside. Nowadays all of her talents were being focused and aimed somehow onto getting her into that perfect body. Tanya through her sandwich out into the trash.

"Tanya", asked Nosedive.

Tanya jumped, "Nosedive, what? I thought you left!"

"Why did you throw out your sandwich?"

Now this took her off guard, she had not expected to ever be caught and for once in the entire scheme the lies did not roll off her tongue like someone else was speaking and she was just a mere spectator.

"Um,"

"Taste bad? You want something else?"

"No! I mean Nosedive, I'm fine really."

"But-" "Nosedive, what are you even accusing me of?"

"Well nothing", stammered Nosedive, "But why would anyone throw out their sandwich? It was a good sandwich Tanya!"

"Nosedive relax, how many times do you do stupid things that I don't dare to question?"

"Yeah but-"

"No buts."

"But Tawn, that's my personality?"

"What? Stupidity? Please child, now let's go."

"Tawny-"

"Nosedive what?"

"Nothing I guess, but-"

"Are you kidding me? Nosedive if you must know I'm thinking about becoming a vegetarian."

Soon the lies began to once more come to her easily.

"Oh. Why couldn't you just say that to begin with?"

"Well I didn't want you to know, I didn't want anyone to know."

"Why?"

"Promise you won't tell?"

Soon Nosedive somehow found his fun loving buddy who he had thousands of secrets with.

"Okay", said Nosedive giddy to have a secret.

"Well you know how Grin can be all "weird.""

Tanya spoke "Nosedive" too well, and Nosedive bought her words as easy as child licks a lollipop.

"I didn't want him to convince me to become a vegetarian", continued Tanya, "You see I wanted to make the decision on my own for my own reasons, and I'm afraid that he'll persuade me to become a vegetarian and then give me gory reasons on meat products so I'll never go back even if I want to."

"Hehe", giggled Nosedive, "You hate Grin!"

Tanya smiled back, "Our little secret remember?"

"Ya huh!"

Nosedive ran out of the room once again happy to have earned his "buddy" spot back on her list.

The car trip was long and agonizing as traffic lingered on. Nonetheless it beat those small cramped up seats on the plane. And what was even worse from sitting in those seats, all of the team members were huge and they took up large portions on the seats, and who ever had to sit next to Grin well forget it. Considering it was usually Nosedive or Mallory them being the smallest on the team they were most opt to driving.

Finally the team reached their destination. The team unpacked and each had their turn of the bathroom. Then it was Tanya's turn. Dare she use the toilet again? She hadn't eaten in the longest time. But then again she was worried about the calories she might have gained from the gum she had been offered and unable to pass up from Nosedive. Normally she would have been able to resist the temptation but she could not for it was a gift from the teen's heart and she knew that she had already broken it enough over the last few days. So she chewed on the gum. And now she would throw it up.

She stuck her fingers down her throat far enough so her contents in her stomach would purge them. However, the hotel that had been rented for them was not top condition; Phil rented it after all. Therefore the walls were paper-thin and everyone heard her getting sick.

After she washed her mouth out, and brushed her teeth she came out of the bathroom.

"Tanya", said a very concerned team, all except Nosedive who was studying her from the corner of the room, "Are you okay?"

"Oh", said Tanya soon playing the part of ill, "I'm not feeling well. Must have been the sandwich I ate earlier. Maybe the meat was bad?"

Somehow Tanya had completely forgotten that she hadn't eaten that sandwich on account of Nosedive being in the room. Nosedive kept studying Tanya. He couldn't understand and fully comprehend the entire situation but he caught on that this was all an act. What she was putting on, he could not yet tell, but he would get it soon enough. He just kept staring at his friend trying to decipher her motive for all of this. She had no reason to lie now; it was ridiculous, and the whole Grin thing, what was that? Soon Nosedive was able to interpret the feeling he had been feeling. That strange instinct the he had tried to blow off was soon coming to him. It had felt weird for a reason, she was lying, but only now he knew when she was. In a couple of hours Nosedive would soon begin to unravel the hideousness of life.