A/N: I am sooo sorry to all of you readers who have been keeping up and have noticed that I haven't updated in AGES!!! I am truly sorry but here it is… I won't keep you any longer… the new chapter!!!
Great, just great. I feel like such a fool. Everyone is plotting against me, the only person that I could think of to help me has halfway backed out on me, Kat is furious with me for something that isn't my fault! Life doesn't get much lower than this! He grabbed his bag from the passenger's seat, seriously getting a headache from the major blow to his ego from a couple of girls making a complete imbecile out of him. He slammed the door shut in frustration, noticing the looks he got from passersby. His mind continued to buzz as he walked up to the enormous Padua High School. I wish I could get back at those ambidextrous bitches, but I don't have half the wit as Kat, no matter how good I am with those comebacks. I hope that no one else knows about them destroying my car. Now that it's fixed, hopefully no one else will know… He felt his shoulder collide with another, followed by an explosion of books and papers. "Sorry," he managed to say through the papers fluttering through the air like confetti. His was replied by another apology, not one of some random person, but from a voice he actually recognized. "Cameron?"
"Hey! Long time, no see! You wanna help me out?" Cameron pointed down at the ground.
"Oh! Yeah, sure!" He helped Cameron pile the papers back into his book bag. "What class are you going to?"
"Pre-Cal. I can't stand that teacher… Where are you going?"
"Physics…" A light bulb clicked on in Patrick's brain. "Hey, Cameron. I have to get to class, but make sure you are at lunch…and it might be a good idea to bring Michael. Just make sure you're there. See you then!"
Cameron watched Patrick walk away, dark locks flowing, with that bad-ass saunter of his, wondering what the hell it was that he wanted to talk about.
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Patrick stared vacantly at the teacher, feinting that he was paying attention. This guy is so boring! Physics is bad enough. Being taught it by Ben Stein doesn't help the matter… He dragged his gaze toward the clock. The second hand moved at a normal pace, but minutes seemed like hours. He needed to get out of here and to lunch. He needed to talk to Cameron. An extremely unexpected bell interrupted his thoughts. He gave the teacher a confused look, which the teacher saw.
"The minute hand won't move. I meant to get it fixed months ago and never did," the old, slow teacher droned. "Sorry."
Patrick was out the door before he finished his sentence.
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"So, what exactly is it that you wanted to talk about?"
"Well, Cameron, I was wondering if you could help me out with something…"
"I don't like that look on your face, Patrick, but I'll hear you out anyway."
"Okay. Let me just give you guys a quick summary of the past days' events. It's a little embarrassing, so you have to promise not to laugh," Patrick said, as he scanned the cafeteria for any eavesdroppers. "Basically, I had a girlfriend once upon a time, but she was too young. Actually we were both too young and too wild, so I broke it off before something bad happened. I moved here, went to Padua, fell in love with Kat (with a little help from you two) and then all of the sudden Mai, the wild, young one, comes back from my past, still crazy as ever but not so young any more. By some stroke of bad luck, the two have formed a deadly alliance and I need to get back at them!"
"'Get back at them'? What did they do to you?" Michael interrupted.
Patrick lowered his head and mumbled in a voice only audible to the to of them, "They completely wrecked the side of my car… It was a truly horrific experience…" He took their expressions as those of understanding. "I would try to reconcile, but that obviously didn't work. So whaddya think? Help a friend in need?"
"You guys seem to always get in fights a lot. That scratch on your car is fixable. I think we just should stay out of it and let you guys work it out," Cameron suggested. He saw the charming smile Patrick was flashing Michael and Cameron instantly evanesce from his face. "Or maybe we could help you… but what ever happened to the good old 'sacrifice yourself on the altar of dignity'?"
"I don't think that is going to work at this point. It's gone a little to far for that. Plus, don't we remember that little thing a while back with Bianca? I think I am owed a little something-something for that…"
"Oh, fine. I guess I'll help," Cameron responded. "You in, Michael?" His question was answered with a reluctant nod. "Okay. So where do we start?" He and Patrick directed their attentions towards Michael.
"What?" Michael looked at their faces, realizing that he must come up with a plan, and a good one at that. He turned to Patrick. "Is there something that Kat hates a lot?"
"Right now, probably me."
"No. I mean something she is like afraid of. Something that she couldn't stand to be around. You must know something! Think hard. C'mon! Reach into the deep, dark, uncharted depths of your brain. Just dig deep, all the way to…"
"Shut up!" Patrick exclaimed a little louder than necessary. "I get it. You may be the one coming up with the plan, but that certainly doesn't mean that I have no brains!" He glared at Michael, who still wasn't sure if all those rumors were false and hence backed away. "But, now that you mention it, there is something she isn't too fond of…"
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"Spider!" Kat shrieked, practically jumping into her sister's arms.
Bianca slipped off her shoe and killed the tiny arachnid in one fatal blow. "I still don't understand how mean, tough Kat is afraid of something so small and completely unterrifying as spiders!"
"You don't understand. You weren't there when Benjamin Stevenson's pet tarantula got loose and I had to find out through the means of the goddamn thing crawling up my back and getting it tangled in my hair. Don't you remember that it took me five years to grow it all back?"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Well, let's just hope you never come face to face with one of those again. That would not be a pretty sight."
A/N: So… Did ya like it? Did ya? Did ya? Did ya? If you did REVIEW!!! Sorry! I am way to hyper! I just had a cup of coffee to stay awake to finish this. The problem is, I don't drink it on a normal basis because I need to grow (I am not even five feet tall yet!). So when I drink coffee, I get wayyy out of control!! Shannon should know… Anyway… C'mon! You know you want to do it. Go ahead. Press that pretty blue Go button!! JUST DO IT!!!!
Charlotte ;)
