Author's Note: Sorry about my mistake with Kouichi's last name in the previous chapter :-) It's suppose to be Kimura. Also, I'm changing Kouji to Koji (The spelling). I hope you will enjoy this chapter and please review :)

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Zoe woke up and got ready for school. When she finished, she walked out and went into her limo (She decided to use her limo instead of walking because she doesn't want to bump into Zack again. Her limo reached the school early, so she decided to look for Sarah and Serena. Moving through the big crowd of students, she finally reached up to Sarah, who looked so annoyed. Zoe looked at who she was with and saw David bothering her...like always.

"Hello Zoe!" Said Sarah happily. "Thank god you came! David is soooo annoying!" She whispered to Zoe's ear.

"Hey Zoe." Said David who smiled. "Are you girls talking about me?" He asked and gave Sarah a wink which made her frustrated.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!" Yelled the extremely pissed off Sarah. "David, try getting this through that thick skull of yours, I do not like you!"

"Now you see, that does not matter. I like you and I can support you throughout your whole life." Said David. "You can use money, unlike your life now, you see? It's smart to date and eventually marry me."

"David, it's either you are deaf or it's because your stupid." Said Zoe helping her friend out. She said it loudly which made a couple of people to stare at them. Koji and Takuya heard Zoe's loud words and walked over. "She does not like you!" Said Zoe enunciating each word clearly and slowly. She was a bit annoyed because David actually pretended to be deaf.

"Hey... What's going on here?" Asked a confused Koji.

"Nothing that concerns you, Minamoto." Said David. "Now, Sarah please try to reconsider this opportunity with me, David. Remember I have the looks, personality, and the money," After hearing that, Zoe starting laughing at David.

"David, first of all you have no good looks and you personality sucks!. Lastly, even if you had all the money in the world, I wound not want a thing to do with you. I do not want you or your money! Now, do you understand?" (Sarah hates it when people think that money is all that matters". David grabbed both of her wrists and said "I don't care if you don't want me, I still want you." Before Sarah could say anything, Takuya pushed David which released David's grip on Sarah. "She doesn't like you, face it loser." Said Takuya.

"I believe this is not you business either, Takuya!" He said. Then he looked at Sarah and said "At the end of this year, you will be mine." And he walked away.

"You okay?" Asked the worried Takuya.

"Yea, I'll survive." Sarah replied looking at her red wrists.

"Be careful, you don't know what guys like him can do." Said Koji.

"I agree, from now on, don't wander around the school by yourself and always walk with someone during school." Said Zoe

"Thanks, all of you." Said Sarah. "Where's Kouichi?"

"Oh, he's out sick." Koji said. "He caught a fever yesterday."

"Is he going to be alright?" Asked Serena who basically popped up from nowhere.

"Yea, he will probably be back tomorrow."

"That's good." Said Serena.

"That's good?" Teased Sarah and Zoe.

"What?! The sooner he gets better the better... so he won't have to miss school." Said Serena too quickly causing everyone to think something's going on between her and Kouichi.

"Are you dating my brother?" Asked Koji eyeing her suspiciously.

"No! Where in the world would you think that?!"

"If she's not dating him then she." Said Sarah. "Likes him!" Said Zoe finishing Sarah's sentence.

"Kouichi and Serena sitting on a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g," Said Takuya. Before he could go on, Serena slapped him hard and said "Shut up Takuya."

"Takuya, that is so old." Said the whole group. "Seriously, do you like him?" Zoe asked.

"I like him... As a friend though nothing more."

"Sure, we all believe you." Said Sarah smiling at her friend.

"Whatever you say." Said an innocent Koji who was snickering in his mind.

"Arrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!!" And the bell rang. They walked into class and remained in their seats until the bell rang for first period.

"Good morning class," Said Mr. Yamasaki. "Before we start class, I want to hand out your new and improved schedule. You guys will no longer be in the same classes, it is now mix classes so you can all 'meet new people'. This new schedule will start tomorrow therefore starting tomorrow, there will no longer be assigned seats. Also, you will still have the same teachers." After hearing the new changes the class burst with happiness. Mr. Yamasaki walked around the classroom passing out the schedules. "Since today is only the third day of school, you will obviously meet more of your different subject teachers." Mr. Yamasaki walked to his table and sat down. He looked at the attendance sheet, then looked around the classroom. "Is Kouichi here?"

"Right here." Said a boy walking through the door with a note. Isn't he sick? Wondered Serena.

"Hello, Mr. Minamoto."

"Hello Mr. Yamasaki and it actually is Kimura, not Minamoto." Said Kouichi and sat down. Mr. Yamasaki gave him the new schedule and told Koji to explain to Kouichi some other time.

"I thought you were sick bro."

"The doctor said I'm fine now and it's always better to go to school." Said Kouichi. Soon the class was loud, everyone was having side conversations.

"Okay class, be quiet!" Yelled Mr. Yamasaki. The side conversations suddenly stopped and the room was quiet once again. "This is better. Now that I'm done with the attendance, we will start our class. First, I'm going to distribute the science textbooks that will be needed for class work and homework." Mr. Yamasaki walked to the back of the room where the closets of textbooks were. "When you get your textbook please turn to page five and read up to page fifteen. Takuya and Koji, come up and help me hand out the textbooks." Said Mr. Yamasaki already starting at the first row of tables. Takuya and Koji walked to the back and started handing out the thick science textbooks. When everyone had a copy, everyone turned to page five and started reading the small letters. When they finished, Mr. Yamasaki walked to the blackboard and wrote in big letters: FIRST SCIENCE PROJECT OF THE YEAR. "Today I am introducing your first science project. This project is a two-person project and I had already picked the partners. The partners are Serena and Stephen,"

"Yea!" Said Stephen loudly while Serena groaned.

"Please no comments or I will change your partner." Said Mr. Yamasaki. "Sarah and Takuya, David and Victoria, Nicole and Zack, Zoe and Kouji, and Kouichi and Mandy." (Mandy Mish is another character in this story. She has red hair and green eyes) "J. P, your job is to make sure everyone is on the right track. Make sure everything is under control.

"Okay Mr. Yamasaki." Said the disappointed J. P who wanted to be Zoe's partner.

"I want everyone to take out a piece of paper and a pencil for notes on this project." Mr. Yamasaki said as everyone went into their schoolbags for a piece of paper and pencil. "You and your partner will do research on how much money is needed for one, two, three, or four children. I will assign each of you a specific occupation and a number of kids. This project will be on a display board and one written report from both of you. I am going to hand out your rubric for this project and I want each of you to read it." Said Mr. Yamasaki.

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Project Name: How Much Money Will One, Two, Three, or Four Children Cost You.

Project #: One

Total Possible Grade: 100%

Written Report

Total Possible Grade:65%

-Good flow [25 points]

-Grammar (Spelling, punctuation, etc)[15 points]

-Must have at least ten pages [5 points]

-Front (Both names, subject class, date, and my name)

and Back cover [3 points]

-Accurate with your board [10points]

-Bibliography [7points]

Display Board

Total Possible Grade: 35%

-The order has to make sense (good flow from one piece to another) [15 points]

-Attractive/looks nice [10 points]

-Accurate with your report [10 points]

Total Grade: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------

Zoe raised her hand and Mr. Yamasaki called on her. " When you said how much money is needed for x amount of children, does that include their food, clothing, etc?"

"Of course, you will estimate how much your children spend and the estimation must make sense." Answered Mr. Yamasaki. "Now the assigning... Zoe you are a teacher and Kouji you are a doctor. Both of you have one children. Takuya you are a diplomat and Sarah you are a famous fashion designer. Both of you have three children. Serena and Stephen, both of you are accountants with one children. Kouichi you are a lawyer and Mandy you are a reporter. Both of you have two children. Zack you are a business worker and Nicole is a school nurse. Both of you have three children. David you are a advertisement writer and Victoria you are a store owner of a clothing store. Both of you have three children." Mr. Yamasaki said and the bell finally rang. Everyone hurriedly left the room.

"Wife-ie!" Yelled Stephen as he ran to catch up with Serena. Oh great thought Serena.

"Hell-o... Stephen"

"Call me hubby." Stepehn said as he put his arm around her shoulders and smiled at her. Behind them were Takuya, Koji, and Kouichi. (Zoe and Sarah is with Serena and Stephen). When Kouichi saw what Stephen did, he felt jealous and wondered what the feeling was and why.

"Get off of me, Stephen." Said Serena who basically pushed him away.

"Whatever you say Wife-ie." Said Stephen still smiling. "When do you want to start? How about tomorrow afternoon? Since it is Tuesday tomorrow, we get out early."

"Yea sure... whatever." Said Serena. They all walked into math class. When Zoe got to the table on the window side, she looked for Sarah and Serena. They were nowhere in sight so she sat down. Unfortunately, Zack took the seat next to her.

"Hello Zoe." Said Zack looking at her which made her uncomfortable.

"Hey." Said Zoe with a half smile.

"You know what I think?"

"What?"

"I think we should have been partners for the science project." Said Zack. "It would have been perfect."

"Yea..." Said Zoe looking for anyone to come. Zack realized that she was looking for someone so he asked "Who are you looking for."

"I'm looking for..." Said Zoe still looking for someone and she saw Koji. "Koji. Koji! come over here please." Zack was so disappointed when Zoe called Koji to come over. He walked over to her and wondered why she called him over.

"Hello Zoe and Zack."

"Hey Koji, I thought that we should discuss our plans for the science project." She said hinting with her eyes that said she didn't want to be near Zack.

"We really should. Why don't we start over there." He pointed at the two empty seats across the room near Takuya and Kouichi. "It is easier to concentrate there."

"Yea sure, see you later Zack." Said Zoe as she got up to walk with Koji. As they walked, Zoe was so happy that Zack did not do anything about her just leaving with Koji like that. Maybe he isn't so bad after all She thought.

"Thanks back there." Said Zoe smiling a very sweet smile.

"Anytime." Said Koji returning a smile. By now, they sat down and waved at Takuya and Kouichi.

"Hey." Said Takuya and Kouichi.

"Hey." Replied Koji and Zoe.

"Have any of you guys seen Serena?" Asked the worried Kouichi which made Zoe to think he might like Serena. "She was not here since the beginning of this period."

"No... I wonder where she could be." Said Koji looking at them.

"Speaking of Serena, where is Sarah?" Asked Zoe.

"I have no clue." Said Takuya looking around the classroom. Suddenly the door opened and in came Serena and Sarah both carrying packages of paper.

"Thanks girls. You many take a seat now." Said Ms. Fernul. Serena and Sarah put the papers on Ms. Fernul's desk and sat down near Zoe.

"Good Morning class. I apologize for the late start today but the photo copier was jammed." Said Ms. Fernul picking up some of the packages of paper. "Our agenda for today and many this whole week, is to review last year math." Everyone in the class groaned.

"But we all know it already." Said a student.

"Well if you do, you should be able to do like that." Said Ms. Fernul snapping her fingers when she said like that. They all groaned again. She walked around the room, passing them out. The papers were in a packet with fifty review questions. Everyone groaned at the sight of the problems. "There are thirty minutes left of this period. Do what you can and finish it for Hw. I will collect it tomorrow and I will correct them." Everyone groaned once more. After thirty minutes, the bell rang and everyone quickly left class. Zoe walked with Koji. "So, when do you want to start the science project?" She asked.

"How about... tonight, I will do research on how much a doctor earns per year and you can do research on how much a teacher earns per year."

"Okay and we can meet tomorrow afternoon and research colleges. Fine with you?"

"Yea, at my house?"

"Yea sure." Answered Zoe as they walked to Spanish class.

"Everyone please take a seat anywhere." Said a lady with a strong Spanish accent. When the class settled down, the lady introduced herself. "Good Morning class, I am Mrs. Morales, your Spanish teacher. A heads up would be to always be prepare for class assignments and pop quizzes. Everyone in here took Spanish last year right?"

"Yes." Replied the whole class.

"Well, today I want each of you to take out a piece of lined paper and a pen. Write at least one page in Spanish describing who you are." Everyone did as they were told and before they knew it the bell rang. "Please give me your paper and leave through the second door." Nicole walked right next to Koji. "Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing much." Replied Koji.

"Lets compare our schedules to see if we are in any classes together."

"I would but Mr. Aiwa right there and we got to get to class." Said Koji smiling which made Nicole weak on her knees.

"Okay." She said dreamy. They walked into their La class.

"Welcome back from your weekend, class. Today's assignment will be an essay. It should be at least five pages long and it will be due by the end of this week. The essay question is:" Said Mr. Aiwa walking towards the board and wrote "Should staying in high school be obligatory?" "This should be written in her essay notebooks and watch out for grammar." The whole class took out their essay notebooks and a pen. "One more thing, the heading should be like this:

Your full name Date My name Subject class Essay Question:

Everyone get start." The class did and the bell rang for lunch. Zoe, Serena, and Sarah walked to their new assigned lockers since the principal took out homeroom. Their lockers where right next to each other. They unlocked their lockers and left their belongings that were not needed for lunch. They walked down a flight of stairs into an awfully big cafeteria (the cafeteria looks like a food court in a mall but smaller with less stores). They went to a specific food store and bought what they wanted to eat. When they finished buying food, they looked for any free tables and unfortunately non were free. Luckily, they spotted Koji, Takuya, and Kouichi waving at them and gesturing them to sit at their table. So the three girls walked over and sat.

"Hello girls." Said Takuya.

"Hey." The three girls replied in unison. The six students started talking about the school sports teams when Mandy, Victoria, and Nicole walked towards them. Mandy walked behind Kouichi and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Hello sweetie." Said Mandy sweetly which made Serena want to throw up. Mandy took the seat next to him, her arms now on his shoulders. Kouichi took her arms and placed it on her lap which made Mandy furious.

"Hello Koji," Said Nicole. "Why are you eating with them." Nicole said making a disgusted face when she looked at Zoe, Sarah, and Serena. Zoe could tell who she meant when she said 'them' and she was annoyed at Nicole's rudeness towards her and her friends. "Hello Nicole." Zoe said which made Nicole stare at her. "You look awfully good today." She said in a way too sweet voice which meant she did not mean what she said.

Not catching the weird tone in her voice she replied "Oh thanks." Zoe, Sarah, and Serena then smiled sweetly at her which made Nicole a little suspicious but ignored it.

"Sarah, I have a question that I had been dying to ask." Said Victoria.

"Yes?"

"How come you won't go out with David? I mean, he might be the only boy you will ever find."

"Why don't you keep your thoughts to yourself." Said Takuya. Wait, what did I just say? How did that pop out? He thought at his sudden reply to Victoria.

"Thanks Takuya, but I can defend myself," She said nicely to Takuya, then turned to face Victoria. "Why won't you go out with him? He does have his eyes on you."

"Well, I don't have my eyes on him. I have mine on someone else," She said and smiled at Takuya. "Anyway, David may be the only boy that will turn your poor miserable life to a rich happy one. Take that path." Sarah looked at the cup of milk near her and grabbed it.

"Won't you shut up?" Sarah said annoyed and poured the milk all over Victoria.

"Whoa." The three boys said in unison.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! You bitch! What the f***! My clothes!!!! They are all ruined! Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!" Said the mad Victoria who grabbed the closets soda and poured it all over Sarah. "Take that you bitch!" After Victoria poured soda on her, she grabbed Zoe's chocolate ice cream and smudged it all over Victoria's clear face. "Grrrrrrrrr." She said and was about to reach for someone's food when Nicole stopped her.

"Stop," Said Nicole. "We would not want poor little Sarah to start crying to her mother." She motioned to Mandy to come along and the three of them left.

"I'm not going to call my mom and make her go through all that trouble." Sarah said and looked at her friends.

"But won't you be cold? That was ice cold soda." Said a worried Takuya.

"There's only two more periods to go through, I can endure that."

"I have a dress -not fancy- with me. You can borrow it."

"Thanks, but it's your dress, probably to a fancy occasion." Said Sarah thankfully.

"Oh no. I brought the dress in case I get all sweaty after cheerleading practice and that's cancel. You can borrow it." Said the sincere Zoe.

"Thanks." Said Sarah and they walked to the bathroom.

"So... That was weird." Said Takuya.

"What was?" Asked Serena who stayed behind.

"The little fight between Sarah and Victoria."

"That was nothing. Sarah always stands up to anyone who insults her or people she cares about." Said Serena.

"Oh." Said Takuya who felted as if he respects her more.

"We're back." Said Zoe in a singing voice.

"Why are you so cheery?" Asked Koji.

"Well... I don't know. Why I can't?" She said jokingly.

"Are you cold?" Asked Kouichi noticing Sarah shivering.

"No." She said and smiled.

"Are you sure," Said Zoe who had stopped her conversation with Koji and turned to look at Sarah. "That's my dress and I know hoe thin it is." (The dress is like a regular spring dress. Spaghetti strapped.)

"Well, kind of but I'll survive through out this whole day."

"Here have my jacket." Offered Takuya and he took it of to give it to her.

"No it's alright. Besides you'll be cold."

"No I'll be okay. Here." And Sarah took his jacket. She putted it on and smiled at Takuya who smiled back. Lunch finally ended. The remaining two periods of the day was boring and every time they switched classes, Victoria and some other Takuya lovers glared at the sight of Sarah wearing Takuya's coat. At 3:15pm, everyone left school. Sarah, Zoe, and Serena walked down one block to where all their limos waited. When they all departed, Sarah -sitting in her limo- realized that she was still wearing Takuya's jacket. When the limo reached her mansion, she ran through the doors and to her parents' room. There she looked for her dad's address book which will obviously have Mr. Kanbara and Mrs. Kanbara's address there. She finally found it and found Takuya's address. She ran to her room with the address book and took off Takuya's jacket, put on her sweater and ran out of the house, into her limo. She told her limo driver to stop a block away from this address as she handed him the address to read. After a short period of time, her limo reached a block away from Takuya's house. She walked up the block and reached a humongous house. She knocked on the doorbell and a butler answered.

"Hello, how may I help you young lady?" Asked the nice butler.

"I'm looking for Takuya Kanbara, is he here?" She asked.

"Yes, you may come in and sit down on the couch while I go get him."

"Thanks." And Sarah walked in and sat on the couch, Takuya's jacket still in her arms. She heard footsteps running down the stairs and saw Takuya half naked.

"Sarah? Hey. Sorry to keep you waiting, I was taking a shower." Said Takuya with his boxers on only and a towel around his neck. The amazed Sarah was staring at his buff body when she remembered why she was there for and quickly snapped out of it. "I came to return your jacket. Here." Sarah handed him his jacket.

"Thanks, but you didn't need to go through all that trouble to come here, you could have given it to me tomorrow."

"Well, I thought it would have been better. Got to go."

"Wait. Why don't you stay here for dinner?"

"My mom's probably cooking." Said Serena imagining her mom in the big kitchen cooking and smiled. Her mom would have been frustrated.

"Want me to bring you back home?"

"No it's alright. My lim- ... My limping uncle is waiting for me in my car, I have to bring him to his doctor's appointment." She said quickly surprised that she almost blew her cover and then noticed how lame her excuse was.

"Okay..." Said the confused Takuya and walked with her to the door.

"Bye See you tomorrow." They said to each other and Sarah left.

That was weird. Her limping Uncle? Is she hiding something? Would she? Takuya thought. Never mind that, I got to do homework. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Authour's note- Like it so far? Hope you did . Please review :-)