Maggie made her way down the hallway, which was less crowded then usual it seemed. She slowly trudged towards her first class of the day, glancing slightly in the direction of where she had formally worked on the upcoming slasher film.

"Guess the stars won't be making that trip from Hollywood after all..." she sighed to herself quietly before entering the somewhat calm classroom to her left, the sight of yellow caution tape bringing back unsettling memories.

"Hello Maggie." The teacher greeted her a bit friendlier then usual, then again he always was a friendly guy.

"Hi..." was all she said in response, taking her seat in the second row.

"I hope everyone remembered the assignment that's due today..." the teacher began the class, pushing his dark plastic framed glasses up on the bridge of his nose.

"God, if I have to hear one more Shakespearian quotation from this nerd I'm going to throw myself into a creek..." the black haired gir beside Maggie mumbled tiredly under her breath.

"That's good to know, Ophelia." Maggie replied sarcastically with little respect to the girl as she gathered up her many papers that her assignment was written on.

"What's a matter Maggie, your boyfriend keep ya up all night?" the black haired girl then asked tauntingly, a smug smile stretched across her dark red painted lips.

"Why Paige, jealous?" the brunette smarted back in the same mocking tone.

"Oh trust me honey... Timmy can go all night and into the morning hours..." Paige retorted, a bit louder then before.

"Ladies..." the teacher scolded gently, trying to get their attention more then set them right.

"Sorry Mr. Marliston..." Maggie apologized as she passed up the row's papers, Paige only rolled her eyes in response.

Stu and Trevor crept down the hallway, headed towards Film Discussion, but Stu was more interested in catching up with his girlfriend as she left her English Literature class. The two boys stood outside the open classroom door as the class bell sounded above them, Trevor sighed deeply with impatience as he waited beside Stu.

"Okay remember, chapter twenty three should be read and summarized before tomorrow!" Mr. Marliston alerted the class as it flooded out of the single doorway to the room.

Stu leaned against the wall outside the room as he noticed students exiting the doorway to his right in quite a hurry.

"Hey..." the black haired girl acknowledged him as she traipsed over in his direction.

"Oh... hi Paige..." Stu said to her, his tone a bit more nervous then usual.

"What brings you to the seventh layer of hell?" she asked, referring to the class she had just left.

"Just waiting for Maggie..." he explained simply, flashing her a short smile.

"Well it might be awhile, Othello... Desdemona is meeting with Cassio at the moment..." Paige stated, both Stu and Trevor sent her a look of complete confusion, she only pointed towards the classroom as if to answer their expressions. "Chow..." she said before strutting away from him.

"What the hell was that supposed to mean?" Stu asked himself more then his bewildered roommate.

"Hell if I know..." was all Trevor said in reply.

Stu shook her words out of his head as he walked over to the open doorway, he peered in to see his girlfriend happily conversing with another man.

"What the..." he muttered beneath his breath as he watched the two talk, their actual words inaudible to him at his distance.

Trevor slowly came up beside him, now looking in the same direction as Stu.

"Ah... I see now..." the short boy sighed, Stu quickly averted his attention towards him.

"See what?" he snapped swiftly, paranoia sounding in his stressed voice.

"Tough break, man..." Trevor replied, sympathetically patting him on the back before walking away in the same direction that Paige had gone.

Stu now stood alone in the hallway, staring in at Maggie and the man as they chatted away. The guy was in his late twenties, tan pants and sweatervest along with his oversized glasses let him know right away he was dealing with a geek. Either way he was obviously invading Stu's territory, and at the moment that's all Maggie really was to him... his property.

"See ya tomorrow..." the brunette told the man as she walked in Stu's direction, about to leave the classroom. "Oh... hi..." she stopped walking and muttered to her boyfriend once she noticed him entering the room.

"Who's this?" was the first thing Stu said to her, nodding towards the man she had be speaking to only seconds before.

"That's my teacher..." she answered in a lost tone, not really knowing why he was so interested in him or why Stu was acting so strangely all of a sudden.

"Hi, I'm Mr. Marliston." The man introduced himself politely, Stu only grinned cockily at him with amusement.

"So, Mr. Marliston, ya like my girlfriend, huh?" Stu asked him while stepping closer with every syllable, towering over the man intimidatingly.

"She's a very good student..." he answered honestly, Stu scoffed at his remark.

"So do you think she'd get an A or an A plus in your class?" Stu then questioned suspiciously, Mr. Marliston narrowed his gaze on him in contemplation.

"What is it you're trying to insinuate exactly?" the teacher asked, seriousness in his voice as he stood up to Stu, almost challenging him to answer.

"Hey!" Maggie snapped at her boyfriend, grabbing his right arm and pulling him towards her, away from her English professor. "I think we should go... your going to be late for Film..." she reminded him, sternness in her voice as she almost dragged him towards the room's only door. "Bye..." she said to her teacher one last time with a weak smile.

Mr. Marliston waved slightly as the brunette and her gung-ho boyfriend exited his classroom finally.

"I can't believe you just did that!" Maggie exclaimed in shock as she continued to pull Stu by the arm down the hallway as if he were a disobedient four-year-old.

"What, stand up for what's mine?" he implied with arrogance as he looked her over questioningly.

"What are you talking about?" she wondered, totally lost by what he meant.

"Oh come on! Like you didn't notice the way he looked at you!" he spat, showing little lenience to her puzzlement.

"You're crazy, ya know that!" she muttered back dismissively.

"Am I?" he asked suspiciously, glancing over her closely, Maggie only shook her head at his comment.

"You acted like a popular jock asshole in there!" she pointed out with annoyance towards his behavior.

"Well I was a popular jock asshole once... well except for the jock part, I only played for a year and a half in high school..." he answered back, now starting to regret his earlier actions.

"I'm so ashamed..." she joked with a small smile, he grinned back sweetly.

"I'm sorry." He whispered once he pulled her to him in a tight hug.

"Its okay... I kinda like that you're protective of me..." she said thoughtfully, hugging him back gently.

"That's 'cause you're mine... no one else can touch you!" he murmured as he kissed her neck affectionately.

"Oh Yay! My own personal stalker!" she shrieked sarcastically, laughing as he lifted her off of her feet a few inches in is arms only to set her back down on her feet as before.

The two quickened their stride down the hallway to their next classes as the teacher watched them carefully as they walked away from his room, he then slowly shut the door yet continued to watch them from the safety of a small nearby window.