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Chapter 6 The Clue On The Locker

Later that day at lunch, Trixie, Spud and Jake sat around their table, talking.

"I know that wasn't the easiest thing for you to do, Jakey.. Trixie said, but you did the right thing..."

Jake sighed. "I know I did, but...it's not fair! I mean, why does Rose have to be Huntsgirl! Why couldn't it have been someone else...?"

Spud laughed. "Because then, you would get off easy..."

Jake sighed, and looked over at Rose and Courtney, who were at a table across the room. Then he looked back at Trixie and Spud. He was so lucky to have friends like them. If it hadn't been for them, Huntsgirl would've killed him on the ski trip last week. He looked back across the room, and locked eyes with Rose! She was staring across at Jake Long and his friends, weearing a very hurt look on her face. Then she caught him watching her, and the hurt look turned to an angry face as she stuck her tongue out at him. Jake sighed sadly and looked down at his lunch. He wished more than anything in the world that he could tell Rose why he had dumped her, but...he couldn't. They were mortal enemies by birth, meaning they couldn't help that it was their destiny to defeat each other.

After lunch, Jake walked over to his locker to get his science book. He was surprised to find Rose there, waiting with her Math book.

"Hey, Jake..." she began.

"Uh..hi Rose..." Jake replied, then he saw the Math book and put his hands over his head. "Are you going to hit me again...?" he gulped.

Rose looked surprised for a moment, then luaghing, she answered, "No... "

Jake stared at her. "Then why do you have your Math book?"

Rose chuckled. "Because Math's my next class. Listen, I, um, wanted to...uh, talk to you..."

Relieved, Jake reached into his locker and pulled out his science book.

"Ok, but make it quick, because I have science in 6 minutes..." he said.

Rose looked down at the ground and sighed. "I was just...wondering...Why did you dump me...?"

Jake gulped and looked at his book, pretending to be interested in the cover.

Rose continued. "I mean, you changed over the ski trip. You at least acted like you wanted to be around me...after the trip...you started avoiding me..."

'Too bad I can't tell you that it's because you tried to kill me up there...' Jake thought silently. He cleared his throat.

"Jake?" Rose pressed. "Are you going to answer me..?"

The school bell rang, and Jake looked at his watch.

"Oh! Um...would you look at the time? I'm late for science class!"

"Ok, bye..." Rose replied as Jake ran away from the locker.

'Saved by the school bell!' Jake thought, as he ran down the hall...

'There he goes, running away again...' Rose sadly thought, as she watched from Jake's locker.

Suddenly, she saw something hanging out of it. She pulled it out, and saw to her disbelief, a picture of the American Dragon, her arch foe! Was Jake somehow connected to him?