Duke heard the dorm door open and Andrew and Toby's voices. He opened the door.

"Oh what's up Duke?"

"Who did you tell about what happened with Cassandra and me last night?" he asked Andrew.

"Nobody, man, all I did was tell Toby, I swear."

"What's going on Duke?" Toby asked.

"Cassandra just walked out of here pissed and crying because a rumor has been going around that we slept together last night, like really slept together."

"Are you serious? Man I swear we didn't tell anybody."

"Well then who?"

"Wait a minute; I wasn't the first one to see you guys," Andrew said.

"Amber," Duke said angrily. He grabbed his biker jacket and ran out the door. Toby and Andrew looked at each other and ran after him. Duke ran into the east hall and walked into the Home Economics room. There was Amber, chirping away as usual. "Amber!" he yelled.

"Oh hey Duke!" she said excitedly. She ran over to him and went to put her arms around him but he pushed her away. "What's wrong?"

"Why have you been going around saying that Cassandra and I slept together last night?"

"What are you talking about?" she said, her face turning red from embarrassment.

"Don't play dumb, you're going to go to all those people and tell them you were just talking crap if not I'm going to principal Gold and telling him about the rumor you started."

"But you guys really were sleeping together," she said.

"Says who?"

"Well Andrew saw it also," she said.

"Saw what?" Andrew asked.

"Ok, fine, I'll so it at the carnival next week." Duke sized her up and walked out of the room, Toby and Andrew right behind him.

"What are you going to do about Cassandra?" Andrew asked Duke.

"I don't know."

"Ok, we'll see you later man." They walked away. Duke walked down the hall to one of the ceiling to floor windows and looked outside; five minutes later he saw Cassandra push through the doors and sit on one of the courtyard benches. She looked up at the window and saw him. She shook her head in disappointment and looked the other way. Duke looked at her for a while more then walked back to the room.

"Hey Duke come on," Andrew said. A week had gone by and Cassandra hadn't spoken to Duke. Eunice, Toby, Olivia and Anna were waiting in the hall ready to leave for the carnival

"I'm coming." He grabbed his jacket and they left.

"Ok, let's go," Andrew said. It took them about ten minutes to get there. "Sweet, it looks better than last year," Andrew said as they walked in. "I'm heading over to the ring toss, see you guys later."

"Hold up Andrew, I'm coming with you," Olivia said. They walked away and soon the whole group had separated. Duke saw Amber and walked over to her.

"Amber don't you have something to do?" he asked. She rolled her eyes and walked over to the stage.

"Um hello, hi everyone! You all know me, Amber; anyways I have a little announcement to make. I know that a certain rumor has been going around; you all know what I'm talking about. I just want to say that it was just a rumor and nobody was supposed to take it seriously." She looked at Duke but he still didn't look satisfied. "And I apologize for opening my big mouth, so now that I have cleared that up, have a great carnival!" she jumped off stage. "Happy?" she asked.

"Thank you." He looked at the Ferris Wheel and saw Cassandra getting on a cart alone.

"So do you want to ride the 'Lake of Love' with me?" she asked.

"Um, no I have to…" he ran to the Ferris wheel.

"Duke!" he ignored her and kept running.

"Excuse me," he said skipping everybody and getting onto Cassandra's cart. Cassandra turned to look at him.

"Duke, what are you doing here?" he sat down across from her and the wheel started going up.

"Cassandra I know you're upset but…" he started but she cut him off.

"I'm sorry," she said quietly.

"What?" he asked, thinking he heard the wrong words.

"I heard what Amber said and I'm sorry. I should have let you explain in the first place, I was just so pissed that I…"

"It's ok, really." He sat down next to her. "I'd never do that to you."

"I should have known that even if we had met only two days before," she said with a small laugh.

"You know that when I walked out and saw you on the floor that night I thought you were the prettiest girl I had ever seen," he said, his face getting closer to hers.

"Well I can't say I didn't think you were the hottest guy I had ever seen."

"Really?" she smiled and nodded. "Alright then." His lips met hers. She put her hand around his neck and he put his on his cheek.

Toby, Eunice, Andrew, Olivia, Anna, Grace, Amber and a few other friends were in line for the Ferris wheel when Andrew spotted something.

"Hey guys, is that?" he asked. Duke and Cassandra's cart passed by and they were making out.

"Yes it is!" Olivia said. "How cute!"

"What is he doing?" Amber yelled. Andrew walked over to the man managing the ride.

"Keep cart 12 up there for a while," he said slipping him a bill.

"You got it sir." He stopped the ride and Cassandra and Duke's cart stayed at the very top.

The cart came to a halt and Cassandra moved her head back for a second.

"Why did we stop?" she asked. They both looked over the edge and saw the guys smiling and waving at them.

"Guess we're going to be up here for a while," Duke said.

"What to do?" Cassandra asked. He shrugged.

"I don't know, I guess we could…" she smiled and pulled him over to her. After about twenty minutes the ride started up again. When they got to the bottom Andrew, Olivia, Toby, and Eunice got on their cart.

"What's up guys?" Andrew asked with a smile. "Were you scared up there?"

"No, we were fine," Cassandra said. Duke put his arm around her and kissed her head.

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