"Hey Lark, wait up!" Terry called from across the hallway. Lark was walking along the corridor with Dana. She turned around hearing her name. Terry caught up with them. "Hey Dana." He said awkwardly, looking down at the floor.

"Hi Terry." Dana said. There was an awkward silence in which no one spoke for a few moments. "So." Dana said. "I just remembered that I have to meet Rick for lunch. I'll talk to you in our dress rehearsal tonight Lark." Dana's eyes lingered on Terry. "See you later Terry." She said.

They watched her walk off. "So.did you want something?" Lark asked.

"Huh, what?" Terry snapped back to reality.

"I said, did you want something?" She asked.

"What? Oh yeah I need to talk to you in private." He said. He led her to the empty economics classroom and shut the door.

"So.?" Lark said, seating herself on one of the desks and looked expectantly at Terry.

"I just wanted to check that you were OK, after all the stuff that happened last night." Terry said.

"I'm fine." Lark replied.

"I'm sorry if Bruce's reaction wasn't what you expected." Terry continued.

"I'm fine really. I wasn't expecting anything."

"He'll come around. It's just a bit of a shock to him, suddenly having a family." Terry said.

"Terry, trust me I'm fine." Lark said.

"I don't know how you can be so, well."

"Nonchalant?" Lark prompted.

"Yeah." Terry said.

"Because either way it doesn't both me. I've got on fine every since I was born without him being a grandfather to m. I don't need him now."

"But you had family then, and now.I'm sorry." Terry said as Lark looked at the floor.

"I don't need anyone." Said Lark defiantly.

"Everybody needs somebody." Terry said, lifting her chin up so she met his eyes. "Bruce will see that he needs you, he needs to find out about his family."

"OK love birds break it up." Mr Matters the economics teacher walked into their conversation at that point.

"It's not what you think." Terry said quickly, jumping back.

"I'm sure." Mr matters sat behind his desk and Lark slipped off of the table guiltily. "If your recent portrayal of Romeo and Juliet is anything to go by."

"How do you know about that?" Terry asked.

"Staff do talk Mr McGinnis." Mr Matters smiled. "We have social lives just like you two do. And by the way Terry, how is your economics project going, it's due in next week you know?"

"Fine sir." Terry flinched; he had totally forgotten the paper.

"Right then, I expect it to be good. Off you go and finish your business behind the bike sheds or something." Terry and Lark both blushed as they left the classroom.

"So anyway, when is the play happening?" Terry asked.

"If everything goes well the first performance is a week today." Lark said.

"All going well meaning no more attempted murders." Terry said.

"Yeah." Lark turned to Terry. "Look Terry, I think we should be honest with each other here. I can see that you are not over Dana yet, and to be truthful I don't think she is entirely over you."

Terry looked at Lark with interest.

"Anyway, when you are over her, there's plenty more fish in the sea." Lark said. "And, well, when you are over her maybe you could give me a ring?"

Terry looked at Lark as she made to walk off. "Are you saying that you."

"I'm just saying that if I hadn't known that you were.you know who.I wouldn't have been letting you into my bedroom every week." Lark looked away in embarrassment. "There, I've said it. Now I have to get to dance practice."

She left Terry alone in the corridor, feeling confused.

A few hours later Lark stood on the stage, looking for any signs that Dracula's Nemesis could strike again. She had already checked all the light fittings, floors and props for dangerous faults, but she couldn't find anything amiss.

"Hey Lark." Dana said gloomily.

"Dana? What's wrong?" Lark asked, seeing Dana's pale face.

"Nothing. I'm just on the singles market again." Dana sighed, slumping down into a chair.

"Did you finish with Rick?" Lark asked.

"He finished with me." Dana sighed.

"But why? I though you two were getting on so well." Lark said, slipping a comforting arm around Dan's shoulders.

"Yeah, well apparently guys aren't too keen on their girlfriends calling them by their ex-boyfriend's name." Dana said.

"You what?" Lark asked.

"I kept calling Rick Terry OK?" Dana burst out.

"You're really not over Terry are you?" Lark said.

"I thought I was, but now I'm not so sure." Dana sighed. "But I've lost Terry now so I may as well get used to it."

Lark was battling under an inside struggle. She could tell Dana that Terry was over her and perhaps win Terry for herself. Or she could tell Dana that Terry still liked her and loose Terry for sure.

"I just thought that we were meant to be, Terry and I." Dana said. Lark made up her mind.

"Maybe you are." She said. "He still likes you Dana."

"Really?" Dana wiped a tear from her eye. "How do you know?"

"I can just tell these things." Lark said.

"But I can't go out with him again. He just treated me like dirt." Dana protested.

"Cut him some slack Dana. He has an important job to do. I know he doesn't tell you about it, and he has a good reason to I'm sure." Lark got up and started walking away from Dana.

"But you said he should treat me like a Queen." Dana said. "You were the one who said he was in the wrong."

"I was proved wrong then." Lark said. "Sometimes Dana, a Queen just has to be treated like anyone else. It doesn't mean he likes you any less. It means that he likes you more if feels willing to juggle a job and a girlfriend."

"You're right!" Dana jumped up. "I've still got twenty minutes before we start the rehearsal. I'm going to find Terry now!" She ran over and hugged Lark tightly. "Thanks babe, I owe you one!" She ran out of the room.

"Indeed you do." Lark sighed.