Sorry for not posting yesterday! I thought I could since it was a half day but I was really busy with Girl Scouts and my mom's birthday!

Part Eight: DETENTION

"So, how was the funeral?" asked Hilary, not sounding at all like she was actually interested. She was looking into a big mirror that she made Adam and Mark hold in front of her while she redid her make-up that day at lunch. Magnet could see many other guys, including Adam and Mark, staring or glancing at her face or her chest.

Magnet just shrugged. "Sad." Hilary rolled her eyes.

"Did you pass on that box to Squid?"

"What? Oh, yeah." Magnet seemed distracted.

Becky had told Magnet that he shouldn't be worried about what Hilary would do to him. She told him that if she did spread those rumors around, as long as he told the truth it would be ok. He wasn't sure about that.

Most of the school's students were boys. All the boys would probably believe Hilary. And if they didn't, she'd probably bribe them to with that body of hers.

It was now a month and a half into the school year, and people started to notice how much Magnet had changed.

"You used to be all over girls like Hilary." said Mark on the bus one day.

"I did not." he said.

"Oh yes you did! Remember that time with the cheerleaders-"

"All right all right! Enough of that." Magnet interrupted him, ignoring Hilary's curious look.

(*)

Bookworm07: So, is Hilary still being annoying?

Magnetic Charge: I'm trying to ignore her, and it's working, but it's extremely annoying being with her all day..... she's such a flirt.

Paranoid: Damn right she is.

Bookworm07: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paranoid: Oh, sorry.

Bookworm07: Nah it's ok......

Squidman17 has entered the room.

Squidman17: What's up?

Magnetic Charge: Nothing interesting.

Squidman17: Oh. How are you doing, Becky?

Bookworm07: Better. How about you?

Squidman17: Good. I'm doing good.

Bookworm17: Good.

Smelly One: Hey Squid, remember the funeral?

Squidman17: Yeah. Don't say a word.

Bookwrom07: What?

Paranoid: Just something he said.

Bookworm17: What did he say?

Squidman17: Don't listen to them!

Magnetic Charge: Why not?

Squidman17: Just don't, all right?

Squidman17 has left the room.

Bookworm07: That was weird.....

(*)

Magnet got detention for being late the next day.

"Man this sucks." he muttered to himself.

"Come on, detention's not that bad. You got it millions of times before!" said Mark.

"I dunno. I have things to do."

"Like what? Steal another dog?" said Hilary, coming up from behind them. Magnet glared at her.

"No."

"Good." Hilary started to take out a load of magazines.

"What those for?"

"I'm gonna wait here until you get out." she answered, sitting down outside of the detention room.

Magnet gaped at her. "You're going to wait for ME? Why?"

"Because. We're FRIENDS, remember?" she said loudly as all the students walked by. Magnet shook his head.

"No we're not." he said. People suddenly stopped, and looked at the both of them. Hilary started to look angry.

"Of course we are!"

"No we're not. Never were, and never will."

"How dare you say that!" she said, standing up and looking at him.

"We're more than friends. Remember what we did at camp?" she was talking loudly.

"You mean what YOU did at camp?"

The students looked at each of them as they talked, eager to see what was going on. The busses were waiting outside.

Hilary's face was even turning red. She looked around her. "I don't know what you're talking about. YOU were the one who kissed ME. Even though you had a girlfriend there, who ran away from you."

"Do you ever run out of lies to tell?" Magnet picked up his backpack and headed into the detention room. Hilary blocked him, then she smacked him. Not at all hard though.

"What was that supposed to be?" he said. She tried to smack him again, but he ducked and she ended up flipping over him. The students started to laugh. Hilary got back up angrily, as one of the teachers came by. Just as she turned the corner Hilary punched Magnet.

"HILARY WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"

"I.....he....we....." she said hopelessly.

'I think we'll have to pull out an extra chair in detention today." she said sternly, then walked away, shooing people onto their busses.

"I hate you." she muttered to Magnet.

"I've hated you for a LONG time." he said, then he headed inside, Hilary following him after she got her magazines and her backpack.

(*) Squidman17 has entered the room.

Bookworm17: I wonder why Magnet isn't on.

Squidman17: Me too.... Maybe he's staying after school or something.

Bookworm07: He might be.........So, anything interesting going on?

Squidman17: Not really.

Bookworm07: Same here.

Squidman17: How's the rest of you're family doing?

Bookworm07: We're doing good.

Squidman17: Did you're grandfather answer your letter yet?

There was a hesitation.

(Ok, just a note. Sometimes my obsessions change, and when I was writing CAVES I was still in my Magnet obsession, then when I started writing Hallways I was sort of shifting into my Squid obsession. That's why there's a love triangle between Becky, Magnet, and Squid. Plus it makes things interesting. You'll see what happens sooner or later.)