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The heat was stifling. They all knew that it was going to be hot; this was Florida for crying out loud, it was always hot. But this was just unbearable.

"Remind we why we turned the air conditioner off?" Adena asked, he eyes closed, trying to concentrate on thinking about cold things.

"Saves gas," Cody insisted. Her bare feet were sitting on the dashboard and her hand was drifting along outside the window. Adena let out a whimper, fingering her hair, which was starting to lose its usual bounce.

"Relax Adena," Squib called from the driver's seat. He tipped his shades down a bit to glance at the sign they were about to pass.

"We're here," he perched the glasses back on his nose and turned into a long driveway. The large 'Trussford Academy' sign was blue and carved out of beach wood. Squib followed the tournament signs to the parking lot.

"Ugh, get me out of here," Adena whined, jumping out of the van before Squib even had a chance to turn it off. Cameron rolled his eyes as he and Tanis followed her, hand in hand. Cody smiled to herself as she watched them, they had been inseperable since the snake incident.Everything was back to normal, well, almost everything.They were beginning to unload their bags out of the trunk when they were approached by ablack haired man in a dark suit.

"Hi there, Joe Harkin, President of Trussford Academy," he reached out his hand to Squib, who shook it firmly. So this was their Bates, good to know.

"Gary Furlong, this is Tanis McTaggart, Cameron White, Adena Stiles, and Cody Myers," he motioned to the others behind him.

"We're the team from Cascadia."

"Ah, Cascadia! You must be the kids Harold is always bragging about, we're very excited to have players of your calibre here for the tournament. I'm sure you'll give our kids a run for their money, it should be an interesting competition," he said with a smirk. Squib wasn't sure if he should feel flattered or threatened.

"Well, we should get you kids settled. Hey!" he shouted to two kids across the parking lot and motioned them to come over.

"What's up El Presidante?" the one guy joked as he came and stood beside Harkin. He was stereotypical surfer kid, tanned and built with curly blond hair, he even had the outfit down. Adena bit her bottom lip as she noticed his bright blue eyes; she liked Florida already.

"These are the students from Cascadia Academy. This is Jace Miller and Carrie Pearson," the girl with the clipboard and the braidsnodded at them.

"Jace and Carrie will be your student guides for the duration of your time here, so if you have any questions they will be happy to help you. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some other students to greet," and he strode off, waving at another group just coming in.

"So Cascadia huh," Jace said.

"Harkin is always talking about you guys."

" Do either of you know if our coach is here yet?" Cameron asked, totally ignoring his statement. He wasn't sure that Bates had helped them by building them up to their opponents. It was one thing to psyche your opponent out, it was something totally different to lie.

"His name's Gunnerson," Tanis added. Carrie began flipping through the papers on her clipboard.

"Gunnerson…Gunnerson…oh yeah, here he is, he checked in about an hour ago. He asked me to make sure I had court time for you five."

"Oh not for me," Cody said. Carrie gave her a strange look.

"I'm not here to play," she explained.

"Cody's our resident photographer," Squib grinned, draping his arm over her shoulder.

"Need a model? I'm always available," Jace winked at her. Cody laughed, he reminded her of Rick.

"What Jace means," Carrie punched him in the shoulder.

"Is that we'll show you where your rooms are and let you know when your court time is."

When the girls reached their room, Adena flopped down on the bed. Practice wasn't for another hour and that meant she had another hour to cool off.

"Adena, could you not leave your bag right in the doorway?" Tanis requested, kicking it out of the way.

"Everything okay here ladies?" Jace appeared in the doorway.

"Uh huh, yeah, great!" Adena shot up on the bed and smiled.

"Well, good. Let me know if there's anything I can do…uh…" he tapped the frame of the door, trying to remember her name.

"Adena," she blurted out.

"Right, Adena," he nodded and gave a slight wave as he disappeared down the hall. Cody and Tanis looked at each other and then at Adena.

"What was that?" Cody asked, opening her duffel bag and taking out a role of film.

"What was what?" Adena asked as Cody loaded the film into her camera.

"My name's Adena," Tanis giggled, twirling her hair and trying her best to inpersonate Adena.

"You know what you can do for me Jace, yo-"

"Tanis!" Adena shrieked, chucking a pillow at her.

"Oh, you did not just do that!" Tanis grabbed her own pillow and began to attack Adena, who ran across the room to grab her own pillow and fight back. Cody started to snap pictures of the two of them until they turned and threw a pillow at her.

"Hey!" she shouted and put her camera down just as they began to pelt her with their pillows.

By the time Squib and Cameron arrived after hearing the noise through the wall that separated their rooms, it had turned into an all out war.

"What's going on!" Cameron shouted, he and Squib looking both confused and scared by what they were witnessing.

"Look out!" Adena yelled, but it was too late. A pillow hit Squib square in the side of the face. He stumbled back a little and when he finally found his bearings, he realized it was Cody who had hit him. The other two took the opportunity to catch Cameron off guard and got him as well.

"You're done," Squib grinned and just like that, he and Cameron were involved in the madness The five of them assaulted each other with pillows, screaming and laughing. Cody tried to hit Squib again, but he was quicker this time. He ducked, the pillow just missing his head, and grabbed her waist, throwing her over his shoulder fireman style.

"Come on Cody, we're going to go take a trip down the hall to the showers," Squib laughed.

"Squib no! Adena! Tanis! Help!" she struggled in vain, shouting for the two girls who were busy fighting off Cameron. Squib was almost to the door, when it flew open to reveal,

"Coach Gunnerson…" Squib nearly choked. Still upside down, Cody peeked her head out from behind his back.

"Hey…Coach…"

"What is going on here!" Gunnerson bellowed, halting the other three who hadn't seen him come in. Everyone was frozen on the spot.

"Put her down Mr. Furlong!" Squib immediately dropped Cody onto the floor. She yelped and shot him a dirty look. Adena bit her lip and closed her eyes, doing everything in her power not to laugh, as were Tanis and Cameron. But it was Tanis who broke first, letting out a small snort, which turned into full-blown laughter from the three of them. Gunnerson sighed and shook his head.

"I want to see the five of you on my court in fifteen minutes!" he shouted over their laughter before throwing up his hands and leaving the room, smiling to himself as he closed the door behind him.

Author's Note:

Well, we're in Florida folks! We have two new characters which are sure to stir things up and trust me, the good times are about to get better! I'm just getting warmed up! Sorry for the long time between chapters and the shortness of this one, I'm having a bit of writer's block. I know where I want this to go, I'm just struggling to get it there! But I love that you guys are loving this! If that made any sense at all! The reviews and the posting are great! I love hearing what you think! I will try to be quick and put up a longer chapter next time! Hang in there, you guys are fabulous! And YAY I joined the board! Go me! LOL okay, I'm officially a loser! Well, enjoy and I hope you all like it!