"Good plan. How many rules are we going to be breaking?" Corrine said.
"Um.. Actually.. None." Marshall said.
"Come on Corrine. It's not going to be that bad." said Josie.
"I hope." said Vaughn.
The next day they had already put their plan into action. As Lucas was walking along the corridors looking for Samantha, he spotted a girl from his history class, who happens to be roommates with Samantha.
"Hey Christine. Have you seen Sam anywhere?" asked Lucas.
"Um.. Yeah. She was in the gardens a while back. Why don't you check there." Christine said with a smile.
"Thanks!" yelled Lucas as he headed for the door that led to the gardens. Lucas searched near the orchids and underneath the big oak tree, yet he saw no sign of Samantha. All of sudden, he heard weeping sounds coming from the nearby lake.
"Sam? You here?" said Lucas.
"Umm.. Yeah. Hey Lucas! What's up?" said Samantha as she rubbed of the tears that were rolling down her rosy cheeks.
"Oh nothing." he said as he sat down beside her. "Why are you crying?"
"Umm.. Nothing.. I'm okay." she said smiling. "Really I am."
"Well okay. But you see I have this problem.. And well I thought I could ask you for some friendly advice or something so.. Here goes.. Well you see.. I have a friend, who isn't being totally honest with me and well I've noticed it and my other friends have noticed it and well.. I don't know if I should to talk to my friend about it.. So.. Should I?" he asked.
"Umm.. I don't know. I guess you should just say what you feel. Don't hold it back. Don't bottle up all your emotions."
"Wow. Thanks Sam. Oh by the way, Can I ask again.. Why were you crying?" he asked.
"Its nothing. You wouldn't understand.." Sam replied.
"How would you know? I can. If you just tell me. You said it yourself don't bottle up all your emotions. Don't hold back. Right?"
"I can't tell you.. I.. Because I.." she said as she dusted off the sand and grass from her pants. "I gotta go Lucas. Thanks anyway." she said and ran of inside the school.
Lucas then returned to the Science Lab where everyone was impatiently waiting for his return.
"Well?" they all chorused.
"I was getting there, but I guess my charm isn't charming enough to let her trust me so quickly." he said.
"Oh Boy. What now?" asked Josie. "That's all I could think of. Using Lucas' cute-boyish-charm."
"My cute-boyish charm?" Lucas thought to himself, as he smiled at that comment from Josie. Marshall could see he was flattered, but he just rolled his eyes at the fact that Lucas was actually getting flattered by just one comment. "Who could blame him though?" thought Marshall, he does have a crush on her anyway.
"Anyone got any ideas? Professor Z?" asked Corrine.
"Um.. Before I conclude any theories, I would just like to know. Has there been any other strange or weird thing that any of you have noticed lately?" Professor Z asked.
"Well.. The Janitor.." said Josie.
"What? What? What has he said to you?" asked Professor Z.
"Well, I accidentally bumped into him and he said 'She's almost getting it! She's almost getting it!' or something weird like that." said Josie.
"Hey. He kind of said that to me too." added Vaughn.
"Hm.. Very strange indeed." said Professor Z.
"Well, What can we do? And how can we find out who's getting the what?" said Marshall.
"Well.. Maybe we can.. No.. Too frank.." said Professor Z in his dont-bother-me-now-im-trying-to-think-this-through face.
"The what Professor Z?" asked Lucas.
"Huh? Oh.. Um.. I was thinking.. We gang up on her and just ask her why she was crying.. Take the information out of her.." he said. Silence. They all just stared at him, obviously surprised at his plan.
"Are you okay Professor Z?" asked Vaughn.
"Yeah.. Why? Did I say something wrong?" he asked.
"No.. No.. Its just weird.. Those words coming out from your mouth.. You know.." said Marshall. "Um.. okay." said Professor Z.
"Anyway.. I think its kind of plausible to use Professor Z's plan.. I mean it worked in those movies right?" said Josie.
"Yeah but they usually get killed after they spill the information to the one's who are asking." added Corrine.
"Yeah.. But we don't kill.. We're nice people." said Lucas as he smiled with his cute-boyish charm.
"So it's settled then?" said Marshall.
"Yup. I guess so." said Corrine.
"So when do we take action?" asked Vaughn.
"A.S.A.P." said Professor Z, for he just spotted Samantha walking down the corridors. "There she is! Lets go!" said Professor Z, and they all ran to catch up with Samantha.
"Sam! Samantha! Wait up! We've got something to ask you!" yelled Vaughn. Samantha stopped, she turned around and screamed, "No! I will not tell you why I was crying! I can't! It's confidential! Don't you get it? It's private!" she said then turned around and continued walking.
"But we want to help! That's what we're here for.. To help!" yelled Marshall.
Everyone was jogging right behind Samantha as to not tick her off again.
"How? How can you possibly help me?" Samantha asked in a why-do-you-care kind of tone.
"How can we if you don't tell us what's up?" said Corrine. Just then, Samantha turned around and was frowning.
"Fine. I might as well just tell someone. My conscience is killing me." she said.
"Let's go to the Science Lab. We'll talk about it in there." said Professor Z.
They all walked to the Science Lab. Some were excited that they started to walk at a faster pace. Once at the Science Lab...
"So.. Sam.. Care to share?" said Professor Z.
"Hey that rhymes! Good one Prof!" said Sam, faking a smile.
"SAM!" they all chorused.
"Fine.. So this is how it goes.. You see.. Victor Pearson, Vaughn's dad.. Is my distant relative." Sam explained.
"WHAT?" gasped Vaughn.
"Yup.. I'm like your seventh cousin or something. Anyway.. He called me up one morning and asked me if I could do something very important for him. Ofcourse I wanted to refuse because I'm very bad at lying or pretending to be normal, but I couldn't refuse. He threatened to tell my mom about my bad records, and well you see my mom knows me as straight A student, so I was scared to refuse! So here I am.. 'supposed' to be spying on you all.. Trying to figure out the things you discuss after class.. But I just cant spy.. I'm bad at it! I'm sorry if I caused anything bad to happen. And I hope you all wont hate me or anything." said Sam.
"Wow.. That's um.. Wow.." said Marshall, obviously speechless.
"So.. Who was the other girl?" asked Josie.
"Oh.. Her.. She's.. My sister.. Ashley.. I guess Uncle Victor found out I just couldn't do it so he sent her.. And by the way.. She's the real rebel.. So she has absolutely no problem on finding out about anything, and I mean anything!" Sam said.
"Maybe that's what the Janitor meant.." said Vaughn.
"Probably.. But.. What exactly is she after?" asked Professor Z.
"Maybe.. She's getting close to finding out about the black holes and all the paranormal stuff!" said Lucas.
"But how will she know? She's never here.. And I doubt that anyone here knows her.. aside from us ofcourse." said Josie.
"Yeah.. But.. Ok I got nothing." sighed Lucas.
"It's alright bud. You don't always have the answers. But we still love you"
Marshall said as he patted his buddy on the back.
"So what should we do?" asked Sam.
"For the meantime.. I think we should just lay low.. If ever you see Ashley.. Try following her.. But be very very careful at doing that." said Professor Z.
"Okay, sure." they all said.