"Kory, are you okay?" asked Rich.

"Never been better," Kory lied.

"Right," said Rich, not believing her.

"Okay, it's PMS," said Kory.

"Kory, I am your guy friend. You talk to your girl friends about things like that," said Rich.

"You asked me if I was okay," said Kory.

"Fine! I'll stop asking you if you're okay," said Rich. Kory giggled.

Kate spotted Kory and Rich in the crowd. She walked over.

"Hi, Richie-Poo, you hottie!" said Kate.

"Hi Kate!" said Rich. "Kate, this is my best friend, Kory."

"Hi, Kory," said Kate unenthusiastically. "Anyway, I gotta go talk to my friends, see you later." Kate walked away.

Rich and Kory tried to get to first period through the huge crowd of people trying to find their classes.

"Hey, Anders," said a voice behind them.

Kory turned around. It was Xavier Red, whose goal in life had been to get Kory to like him ever since the two of them hit puberty.

"Hello, Xavier," said Kory. "What do you want?"

"You know what I want, cutie. Your virginity," said Xavier.

"You are a pervert!" said Kory.

"I'm just a man deprived of something, Anders. You," said Xavier.

"Leave Kory alone," said Rich. "Why don't you go fuck yourself or something?"

"Already tried that, Grayson. It's not as pleasurable as the real thing," said Xavier. "Of course, you would know."

"What?" asked Rich.

"You know. Kate Moth. Or as her friends call her, Katie, Kitty, or Kitten," said Xavier.

"Kate and I are just friends!" exclaimed Rich.

"That's what they all say, Grayson. Anyway Anders, I have to go for a smoke. And if you want me, you know where to find me." Xavier slid his hand across Kory's chest and walked away.

"I hate that guy," said Rich.

"Me too," said Kory. "Where's Room 101?"

"Upstairs, to your right," said a voice. Kory turned around. It was the boy Kate made fun of on the bus.

"Thank you," said Kory. "Hi, I'm Kory Anders."

"I'm Gar Logan," said Gar. "Nice to meet you. It looks like we have English together. Who's your friend?"

"Rich Grayson," said Kory. "He has to be elsewhere in Science."

"Cool," said Gar. "Hi, Tara!"

A short and skinny blonde girl with a flat nose looked over. "Ew, it's Garfield!" she exclaimed.

Gar looked pained. "That's Tara Markov," he said. "We dated in eighth grade, and then I don't know what happened. It was all going so well…" Gar sighed. "She wanted someone cooler."

"Oh," said Kory. "That is not very nice."

They stepped into Room 101 and sat in the back, near a girl who was reading. She put her book down, and Kory saw it was Rachel.

"Hello, Rachel!" exclaimed Kory.

"Hi," said Rachel monotonously.

"Rachel, this is Gar Logan. Gar, this is Rachel Roth," said Kory.

"What's up, babe?" said Gar.

"Hello," said Rachel. She continued reading.

"Hello, my duckies," said a voice from the front of the room. It was a tall, skinny man and Kory, Rachel, and Gar noticed he had a British accent. "My name is Mr. Mod, and I am your English teacher this year. Lovey, please put the book down." He looked straight at Rachel. Rachel rolled her eyes and put it down. "Anyway, blah blah blah…"

Rich headed to Room 103 for Science. The teacher wasn't there yet. He looked around for someone familiar, and saw Kate with two other girls who were blonde and skinny like her. Rich went over.

"Richie-POO!" exclaimed Kate. "Sit next to me."

Rich sat down. "It's good to see you."

"Hey, sexy. I'm Tara," asked one of the girls. She was the skinniest and had a flat nose and long straight blonde hair.

"Mine!" shrieked Kate. "You already have Roy. Leave my Richie alone!"

"Yeah, but Roy can't fuck for shit. I bet this one can," said Tara.

"Tara, just leave him alone," said the other girl. She had waist-length curly blonde hair and fake looking breasts. "I'm Tommie, by the way."

"Isn't Tommie a boy's name?" asked Rich.

"Yeah, but it's better than Tomasina," said Tommie. "That's my real name, and if you ever call me that, you will be very sorry."

"Okay," said Rich.

"Hey Richie," said Kate. "You know that Kory girl? Are you two going out?"

"Of course not!" exclaimed Rich. "Why, I've never even thought of—"

"Good," said Kate. "Who do you like?" Her eyes grew wide.

"Sorry," said Rich. "That's kinda personal, and I don't really know you."

"I understand," said Kate. "I'm gonna go get a drink." She stood up and walked out.

"She can do that? Just get up and walk out?" asked Rich.

"Well, duh," said Tommie.

"Principal Moth is her Daddy," explained Tara. "Do you like her?"

"Who?" asked Rich.

"Kate," said Tara.

"Uhhhhh…" said Rich.

"We won't tell her," said Tommie. "We're cool like that."

"Yes," said Rich. "But don't say anything."

"We won't, Richie. Didn't I just say that?" said Tommie.

"Yeah," said Rich. "Where's the teacher?"

"Professor Chang?" said Tara. "According to my brother, Brion, he's never here. Instead, he's working on Zenothikabob or something."

"You mean Xenothium?" asked Tommie.

"Yeah, that," said Tara.

Kate came back. "Hi people. What's up? I love this class. I get to see you people."

"Yeah," said Rich.

Yeah, lame ending I know, but whatever. Please review!

Love Ya Lots,

Chelsea :D