Ashley walked into the school. Toby was right behind her but sidestepped her to walk over to Kendra and JT.

Ashley looked over at Kendra who was staring hard at her. "What?" she asked.

"That was mean what you wrote about Sammy," Kendra snapped.

"So, she better stay away from Craig," Ashley said.

"Did you read Sammy's locker?" Emma asked, walking over.

"No."

"Well, if you did you wouldn't have written what you did," Kendra said.

Everyone looked up as Sammy walked up with Craig, Spinner, Marco, Ellie and Paige. They stopped talking and looked at each other.

I feel like a freak, she thought. She looked at Craig as if to say "Make them stop looking at me."

Craig nodded. "What are you looking at?" Craig asked. Everyone turned and started talking again.

He caught Ashley's eyes and walked over to her. "We need to talk Ashley," he said.

"Ok," Ashley said.

Craig walked with Ashley over to a bench.

"What do you want to talk about?" she asked.

"I don't like the way you're treating Sammy."

"Oh, back to her are we?"

"Yes, we are. What did Sammy ever do to you? You don't even know her."

"Craig, I know she's trying to come between us."

"She is not!" he exclaimed. "She wouldn't do that to us."

"Well, Craig, what is she doing to us?" she asked.

"She just needs me to be her friend and to be there for her."

"Craig you don't owe her anything. She got pregnant because she slept with some guy."

"What makes you say that?"

"She has a baby."

"But do you know the whole story Ashley? Huh? Do you know that she was raped by her dad?"

Ashley looked up at him.

"Do you?" Craig's voice was louder than it usually got when he was angry.

"No," she said.

"Well, you shouldn't jump to conclusions without knowing the facts!"

Ashley looked up at him. "What do you want to do?" she asked. "You have your choices Craig. Me or her? Which will it be?"

Craig stared at her hard. His hazel eyes boring into her. "Her," he whispered.

He stood up and walked away. Ashley watched him walk away. Tears filled her eyes.

You only got what was coming you jealous brat! she thought. That's what you get for jumping to conclusions like that…and spreading rumors.

Ashley sat frozen as the bell rang. Everyone scattered into the building.

"Ms. Kerwin!" Ashley looked up to the sound of Principal Raditch's voice. "In the building! Now!"

Ashley stood up and walked inside.