Chapter 8

A week has passed once again, and they still had trouble with Nathan. At the moment, they were just sneaking him into the club and letting him play in Alex's office. They locked it up so no one but her could get in, and she would sneak in every 10-20 minutes or so. At first they were wary of the idea, thinking Nathan might cry at the thought of being alone, but then when the asked Nathan himself, they were quite surprised at what they heard.

"Its s'okay mummy…I's used to it" (remember, he IS only 3 years old people, he's smart, but not that smart)

"Wait…what do you mean by saying your used to it!"

"Well, Gwandmommy always worked with that Gu…Gussi lady, and Pappi had to work too…so that mean lady at the door…she looked afta me…then gave me some food and toys…and went away…I dunno where…but I think she was talking on the phone with another lady."

"What? Why didn't my mom and dad hire someone new!"

"I don't think they know mummy…"

"Oh my god…I'm gonna kill that bit...bitter old lady!" Alex caught herself before swearing in front of her young child.

"Well…at least we know we can trust him…hehe…"Marissa said sheepishly, trying to find something good out of this slightly bad revelation.

Alex just stared at Marissa incredulously for a few seconds, and then shrugged her shoulders. Although this wasn't exactly excellent news, this was good since now she knew that she could trust Nathan.

Chapter 9

The bell rung as Marissa hurriedly walked out of math class, groaning at the fact that just to pass she'd have to somehow scrape by algebra class.

"Coop! Coop! Wait up!" Summer called out, rushing after her.

"Summer! What's the rush?"

"What's the rush? Coop! You're the one in the rush lately! I've barely ever seen you! Heck, I haven't seen you after…after…see! I can't even remember the last time I actually saw you! Wait…I remember now…we were talking bout nose-rubbing and almost kisses and OH MY GOD have you been nose-rubbing with someone and haven't told me about it!"

Marissa stared at her for what seemed like forever, when in reality was a split second, and shook her head to clear the rambling thoughts in her mind.

"Um…Summer…buddy…pal…I don't suppose you could say that again…just a LITTLE slower so that I can actually understand you?"

Summer however, was slightly kneeled over, breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath after rambling.

"I just…I said…lemme catch my breath for a sec…"

However, the bell soon rung once more, signaling that school was now over.

"God YES! I love Fridays. I gotta go Summer, but call me! We HAVE to catch up! Bye!" Marissa shouted as she ran off to the parking lot.

"What is going on with her?" Summer mumbled to herself, watching her drive away.

Unbeknownst to them, Ryan was hiding behind a column. Although they did break up, he was concerned. Marissa never acted like this before…was someone doing this to her? He was going to make sure she found out.