A/N: Hope ya like!

He knew he couldn't just take all this sitting down. He had to stand up to her. But somehow, he was unable to justify doing this to Kat. Revenge is sweet, but not right. It was too late to turn back though, he already had the plan all made up. Cameron and Michael were waiting for him. He worked his way through the masses of people hurrying out of school to their jobs, to their houses, to their boyfriends at the sound of that glorious bell that signaled the end of one day closer to the end of the school year.

Everyone was high strung around this time of year, seniors especially. Students were preparing for college, trying to squeeze in a few more good grades, studying for those last finals. It was hectic, but even more so for Patrick. Even though he wouldn't be going to college due to lack of sufficient funds, Kat and Mai were totally stressing out the normally laid-back, cool Patrick that most people saw. A lot of people must have noticed too; last time Mr. Morgan sent him to Miss Perky's, she didn't share with him any wisecracks that she usually would have and vice versa.

He was glad to stop occupying his mind with being stressed when he finally saw Cameron and Michael in the parking lot, leaning on the hood of his car. "What do you think you're doing? I just got a new paint job on that when I got it fixed!" Patrick hollered at the two in mock rage. He figured that some of the sarcastic humor he was famous for might hide some of the stress for which he was not.

Michael jumped away from the car as though he had just found out it was radioactive while Cameron removed his arm and commented, "It's nice to see you make a joke. No offense, but you have been a little high-strung lately."

So much for keeping my mind off the stress. "None taken. I know I've been, but let's not talk about that right now. We need to review the plan."

Michael began. "Okay well, here in this cage, we have one grade-A tarantula at our service. All we do is place said tarantula in her car and let the little critter do its job. Pretty simple, but guaranteed to work."

"Okay, but how do we get it in her car with out her noticing?" Patrick inquired.

"Now, there's a problem. Because, you know, I kind of forgot about that part of the plan. Any ideas, Cameron?"

Cameron felt cornered by the pleading faces of the two other guys. "Um…we could, uh," he searched desperately around with his eyes, resting them on Kat who had just come out of the school entrance. "We could put it in right now!" He saw the puzzled looks on their faces. "She just came out of the school! If we throw the thing in there now, we can run away, blend with the masses, and watch the end result! But we must act quickly!" The two others followed him, sprinting across the parking lot to Kat's car. They approached the car. Cameron looked around for Kat. She was still a considerable distance away. "Michael, you put it in through the driver's seat window and Patrick and I will hide behind that car right there."

"Why me?" Michael tried to protest to no one; they were already in the said hiding place. He lifted off the lid and lowered his hand in slowly as not to frighten the tarantula. The seconds ticked away. He managed to get the spider through the just-big-enough crack at the top. He saw Kat talking heatedly to Mandella about twenty feet away. He knew if he joined Cameron and Patrick, he would reveal their hiding spot, so he decided to confront the pair instead. After all, he was involved with Mandella. "My fair lady, long have been the days since the brightness of your beautiful face graced my presence," he addressed to Mandella.

Kat rolled her eyes as Mandella replied, "Oh, William! Long had my heart yearned to see thee once again!"

"Shall we share a kiss, my lady?"

"Only so I may taste your lips, of whose sweetness I have been long deprived!"

Kat cut in. "Mandella, I am getting in the car. Are you coming?"

"Oh, William, we must part ways, but we are sure to meet again and finally share that kiss, possibly upon the day after two moons have passed."

"I shall see you then. But for now, farewell, my fair lady!" Michael called to his love. He then realized that he needed to clear the scene quickly so as not to be caught and be subject to the wrath of the shrew reborn.

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Kat climbed into the car. "Mandella, you are so strange sometimes, you know that?"

"What is strange is that you should be saying that when in fact your ways are sometimes strange to me. Neither of us are strange, we are only strange to each other."

Kat rolled her eyes, jammed the keys in the ignition, and moved out of her parking space. There was no point in going fast because of the heavy traffic of high school drivers. Kat sighed as she rested her head on her hand, waiting for the car in front of her to even budge an inch. She didn't bother making conversation with Mandella because Kat could tell, from the dazed look on her face, that she was having Shakespearean dreams and it was better to just let her be. Due to lack of something else to think about, her thoughts slowly drifted to Patrick.

Lately, they always seemed to drift toward that subject, whether she was thinking about how much she hated him for what he did or how much she loved him for who he was. It was really tearing her apart. She didn't want to hate him, or just think about him. She just wanted him there with her.

A loud honk from the car behind her dragged Kat back to reality. She rolled her eyes, not bothering to get mad at the asshole that thought that it really made a difference to move the car forward a few feet. Kat just inched the car forward a bit and sat there again, waiting for the people in the parking lot to learn how to drive and get out of this parking lot before dark. She drifted back to thinking about Patrick, when she felt a small tickling sensation on the back of her neck. Kat had felt that before, and sincerely hoped she wasn't getting a rash. That is, until she remembered where and when she had felt that same sensation.

A/N: I know that I probably should have kept the spider thing a secret to all you readers. But still, you must read on in order to see exactly HOW Kat reacts… Til then REVIEW AWAY!!!

Charlotte ;)