Authors note: The last few chapters have been very angsty and I'm really not in the mood to write angst, 'cause this was a really good week. So I decided that I would write about an actual drama experience, you know except for the end part. I hope you guys enjoy it!

"A girl who'd wait for the third time around, head in the clouds feet on the ground,

She's a girl he's glad he's found, she's his Shipoopi."

---Shipoopi, The Music Man

Summer walked into the drama room, wearing a pink tee-shirt with 'I heart Nerds' printed on it, and dropped her bag on a table before she headed towards the couch.

"I so, so hate Alyson Caruthers." Summer said sitting down on the couch

"Join the club." Ariel laughed and the rest of the group nodded their heads

"What happened?" Wasman asked

"Well I was on my way to drop Sam off at the nursery and Sarah stopped me by the debate room to tell me about the debate tournament and we were talking and Alyson walks by with her debater friends and she just goes 'God, I hate teen mothers. Be a mom or be a student, pick one already'."

"Yeah, that sounds like Alyson." Kristi said

"Let's get to a new subject." Becca said smiling, "I see that you're wearing your 'I heart Nerds' shirt Summer."

"She is." Kristi said smiling too, "So I guess you and Seth had a good talk last night."

"What makes you think that?"

"Come on Summer!" Jackson exclaimed throwing his hands up, "You always wear that shirt after you and Seth have had a good conversation. Even I know that."

"And what do I wear when we've had a bad conversation?"

"I don't know something that screams angry female get out of my way. It doesn't have that often so it's not as noticeable."

"So...did you talk to Seth or not?" Kristi asked

"Yes." Summer said blushing

"What did you guys talk about?" Becca asked

"Nothing...and everything. We talked a lot about Sam and how he wants me to audition for Noises Off tonight 'cause he used to have a crush on Nicolette Sharadon. Paper dolls, not Desperate housewives."

"There's a difference?" Foxy asked.

"Oh yeah." Jackson and Wasman said nodding their heads.

"Where is everyone?" Ms. Casey asked walking into the room, followed by a tall blonde right as the clock turned eight and the bell rung

"Debate tournament." Summer said turning around and looking the blonde right in the eye, "Who's he?"

"Shilling." Becca exclaimed jumping up off the couch followed by Foxy and Kristi.

"Who's Shilling?"

"Last year's big man on campus." Counterman whispered back

"He and Kristi had a thing." Jackson told her.

"They did not have a thing." Wasman whispered loudly.

"Dude come on. No guy would hang out with a girl as much as he did if he wasn't getting some."

"Jackson, Wasman how's it going guys?" Shilling asked as he made his way towards the couch.

"It's going okay." Jackson told him, "But how about you man. How's the real world treating you?"

"Sorry to burst your bubble but NYU is not the real world. I mean how many times in the real world can you wear your pajamas to work or flirt with the Olson twins?"

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Fifteen minutes later Summer sat on a table watching the boys toss a bouncy ball back and forth.

"I just though of something." Becca said looking up from her French homework, "Why don't the Olympic rings contain cool colors like purple or pink?"

"Because the colors of the rings can be found in all the flags or something." Foxy told her.

"We should start our own country with a flag that's like a solid neon purple." Summer said turning her attention away from the guys

"We should!" Ms. Casey said getting up from her desk, "We should totally make the drama room our own country."

"We'd need a name." Shilling said abandoning the rest of the guys and sitting down on the table next to Summer.

"You guys are ridiculous..."Wasman started and was cut off by Jackson

"Oooh, Gotham City!" he yelled out

"We're not naming our country Gotham City." Becca said walking to the board and picking up a blue dry erase marker

"I think you might have to if nobody can come up with a better name."

"Valley'o'pia!" Summer exclaimed

"Yes!" Ms. Casey said excited

"Okay now that we have a name we need to figure out how this country will be run." Becca said writing Valley'o'pia on the board.

"We're going to have dictators." Ms. Casey announced.

"And I guess you're going to be the dictator." Kristi said

"No, we'll have a new dictator everyday."

"And who gets to be today's dictator?" Foxy asked

"Summer." Becca said proudly, "I mean she did give us the name and all."

"I agree." Kristi said nodding her head

"Okay then, Summer you're the dictator of the day." Ms. Casey said

"Okay...what exactly are the dictator's duties?" She asked

"Pretty much sitting around and looking pretty." Kristi told her and then asked, "Right?"

"And giving orders." Casey told her

"Sitting around, looking pretty and giving orders, sounds like you were born to have that job." Shilling said smiling

Summer opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by her phone ringing.

"Crap." She whispered, "Casey is it okay if I take this?"

"You are the dictator. Just hide the couch so that if any faculty member comes in I won't get in trouble."

"Okay." Summer said and then answered her phone on the way to the couch, "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Seth."

"Seth! Hi."

"What are you doing answering your phone? I was expecting to get your voice mail."

"I forgot to shut off my phone before school."

"I hope I didn't get you into any trouble."

"Oh not at all. We're having a free day here in drama..."

"Valley'o'pia!" Becca exclaimed from the board, not looking away from the map of the room she was drawing

"I'm sorry, this isn't drama anymore it's Valley'o'pia."

"What?"

"It's far too long of a story to get into right now. So, what's up with you...?"

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"So what was that phone call from Seth all about?" Wasman asked that afternoon as he and Summer walked to math.

"He's coming to town this weekend to see Sam and he also made it sound like he really wants to see me." Summer said excitedly

"Are you serious? That's great."

"Yeah it is."

"You look excited about it."

"I really am.