Marco looked around, trying to figure out where to go. Maybe he could join Craig's group. That would be a good way to be "forced" to spend time with him. It would be incredibly difficult to find him though in this huge, annoyingly crowded amusement park.

He realized that Spinner was right. If a teacher caught him by himself, he would be punished, meaning he would have to stay in the hotel the whole trip. Maybe he should go back and join Spinner and Jimmy. He headed back towards Indiana Jones and started maneuvering through the line. People around him glared.

"Man, what the hell are you doing?" a huge guy asked him with a look on his face like he were about to kill.

"Sorry, I'm just trying to get back to my friends," explained Marco.

"You can't just cut. We've all been waiting in this line forever. You aren't any exception. Get out NOW!"

Marco whimpered. "You little coward," said the man. "Whimpering? That's only for losers. I said, GET OUT NOW!"

Marco ran for his life. He did realize that he was being pretty cowardly, as the guy had said. But what was wrong with not wanting to be beat up on his first trip to Disneyland?

Okay, so maybe this wasn't working out too well. He could just have waited at the exit to the ride, but for all he knew, he could be standing there for a looong time. Walking through the crowd, he gasped as he saw Mr. Simpson with a group of a few other teachers. Please don't see me. Please don't see me. He thought. He began scurrying away from them, but it was too late.

"Marco?" Mr. Simpson called. "Are you by yourself?"

Marco winced. "Yes."

"And why is that?" asked Mr. Simpson.

"Well, I was trying to get back to Jimmy and Spinner but this dude started yelling at me and I could-"

"Please come with us."

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JT, Emma, and Manny sat on a bench in Tomorrowland. Manny was staring at specks of dirt on the floor, Emma was reading the Disneyland map over and over again, and JT was shouting "hi" to random strangers that passed by. How exciting.

"Maybe we should do something," suggested Manny.

"Ya think?" JT asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, but what is there to do?" asked Emma.

"Well, there's at least twenty rides we haven't even seen yet," Manny pointed out. "Why can't we at least go see them?"

"They're probably all boring," Emma assumed.

"Well, let's just go check them out," Manny said. "We can't spend the whole day sitting on a bench."

They wandered around for a few minutes until they came to the Haunted Mansion.

"Wanna go?" asked Manny. JT and Emma said yes. The line was only ten minutes long.

Entering the elevator thing, they laughed as the voice told them that "This chamber has no doors and no windows," despite the fact that they had just walked through a door to get into there. Whatever. The lights went out and they all screamed as the people around them did. They then went to the next room and got in their "Doomsbuggies." Disneyland was actually starting to look up.

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"Okay, so what's the plan for today?" Ashley asked Ellie.

"Hmm.well, I was thinking," Ellie said.

"And?"

"We're both single currently, right?" Ellie asked.

"Yeah, so?"

"Why not go looking for guys?"

"Ellie!" Ashley laughed. "What has gotten into you? Suddenly, you're a boy freak?"

"So what if I am?" Ellie giggled. And so began their search.

They spotted a guy of about their age standing nearby. He looked pretty cute and was slightly punk. Perfect.

"I call this one!" announced Ellie. She walked over to him smiling. "Hi. I'm Ellie."

"Hi," he replied uninterested.

"So, what's up?" Ellie asked flirtatiously.

"Nothing," he replied. "I have to go." He quickly walked in the direction away from them.

"Okay, so first try was a failure," said Ellie. "There's tons of more guys to hit on! Come on, you gotta try too."

"Um, I don't think that's such a good idea," Ashley said. "I mean, it's been less than two weeks since Craig and I broke up. I don't want to look like a total slut."

"Whatever. Well, I'm gonna keep doing it though."

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Craig, Sean, and Kyle (the other member of their group) had just gotten off of Splash Mountain and were walking towards Main Street just as Manny, JT, and Emma were exiting the Haunted Mansion.

"Manny!" Craig shouted over the crowd of people.

Manny groaned as she heard the familiar voice. "Hi Craig," she said in a bored tone."

"What's up?" he asked.

Act like nothing's happened, why don't you! "Nothing," she replied.

"Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" asked Craig.

"Um, well, we, uh, we have to meet someone in two minutes on the other side of the park," Manny lied. "Bye!" She ran off. Emma and JT, confused, followed her.

"Manny, what was that about?" Emma asked, concerned. "I thought you and Craig had been getting along lately."

Manny glared at Emma. "Well, you thought wrong."

"Do you want to talk?" Emma had no clue what was going on.

"No, just leave me alone, okay?" Manny shouted, causing a few people to stare at her. "Let's just go on Splash Mountain." She stomped off towards that direction.

"What's her problem?" JT asked Emma. They were a few feet behind Manny.

"I don't know," Emma told him. "Obviously something with Craig, but she won't tell me."

"Ah. Boy troubles. Something I don't know too much about."

"Let's hope," Emma said. "Look, when we get in line, I'm gonna try to talk to her. Can you stay a few feet behind, just in case she wants privacy?"

"Sure. Good luck." They got in line and Emma took a deep breath as she approached Manny.