A/N: OMG thanks for all of the lovely reviews! You guys so totally rock! Ok, three girls and a guy sent me little bios and stuff. I just couldn't resist, they all sounded so great, so all of them are in my story! Two of you won't come up until the next chapter, sorry! I really hope I write you out good!

Abbie had had a blast during the past week. She hung out with Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern almost every day, and she simply loved being with them. They had mostly hung around in the tree house playing cards and at everybody's houses (except for Chris' for obvious reasons), but it didn't matter, they all had fun. Abbie discovered just how unique and genuine Gordie, Teddy, and Chris were. Gordie had told her several stories of his own, and they were just simply fantastic. She was amazed by Gordie's creativity and sensitivity. Teddy brought out the truly wild side in Abbie, and probably in almost everyone. He was so daring, and so crazy. He even once hung out of the window in Vern's bedroom for four agonizing minutes. Abbie thought Chris would have reached down and pulled him right up if Teddy hadn't of come back up. Chris was the leader of the group to Abbie, and she thought that out of the four boys, he was the best one for the job. He was tough but compassionate, cautious but brave, serious but funny…..he could be the opposite of things he was. Abbie just loved her new best friends, and hoped to make some more since it was going to be the first day of school………

Abbie had dressed nicely for school, only under Aunt Fay's command. She dug through all of her things and found the outfit that would be considered "nice" but still normal. She wore a tight black skirt that fell to just above her knees and a dark blue polo shirt with closed-toed shoes. She let her dirty blonde hair hang around her chest and didn't apply any makeup-she wanted to look natural. Abbie went down the stairs, ate breakfast with her aunt and Vern, grabbed her backpack, and she and Vern walked along the sidewalk to get to school. They strolled in silence, with the exception of Abbie's whistling. She was doing it in tune to her favorite song of all time-Lollipop, by the Chordettes.

"Hey guys!" Vern called. Abbie looked ahead of her and saw Teddy and Chris stopping to wait for them to catch up, which they did. They looked the same as they had done before, they didn't have to get all dressed up. Lucky them, Abbie thought.

The four of them walked on together until they reached the school, which was white with an American flag on a pole off to one side. Kids had their bikes parked in different places, and they could be seen hugging each other. Even a couple boys and girls were making out.

"They allow that at school? Jesus," Abbie said with disbelief, as they passed a black haired boy groping a blonde haired girl who giggled loudly.

"They didn't let you do this stuff at your old school? Man, that sucks," Teddy commented.

Abbie rolled her eyes.

"Hey….where's Gordie?" Vern asked, and Abbie wanted to smack herself for not remembering him.

"Over there," Chris nodded his head towards Gordie, who was making his way to them.

"Hey you guys," Gordie said when he made it over, and then looked at Abbie with a small smile, "Hey Abbs."

Abbie smiled back. Gordie had created the nickname for her, and she just loved it.

"Hey Gordie."

"And helloooooo Beautiful!" Teddy exclaimed, his eyes wide with a huge smirk on his face, staring at a girl with curly sandy brown hair that reached the middle of her back. She had heard him and turned to face him. Her eyes were brown and her face was round. She was thin, and had about the same skin tone as he had. She wore a black tank top and black shorts. Her eyebrows were raised with amusement, giving half of a smile.

"My name's Emma, just for the record," she replied.

"You know…..Emma is such a pretty name for such a pretty girl-"

"Well thank you! And you are?"

Teddy's smirked widened. "Teddy Duchamp," he answered with pride in his voice.

"Ahh yes…..I've heard of you," Emma said.

"In good ways, I'm sure!" Teddy responded.

"If you that's what you want," Emma said with a manic grin.

Abbie studied her for a moment. This girl looked crazy!

"What I want is you…." Teddy whispered followed with a low purr that sent Abbie, Gordie, and Chris into fits of silent laughter.

Emma gave him a pleasant smile and put her hand on his shoulder. She moved it back and forth, almost like giving him a massage and stared into his eyes. Emma stopped, stepped back, and replied, "You think you can get me that easily? Think again, four eyes!" And with that she continued on her way inside.

"OOOOOO!" Gordie, Chris, Vern, and Abbie chorused together.

"Tough luck man," Chris said with amusement.

Teddy continued to stare after her while they walked into the building and said, "She so wants me."

"If she wanted you, then I'd be dating Vern," Gordie joked.

"Well then, ask him out if you must Lachance," Chris replied.

"Nah, I'll stick with the girls."

"Good choice," Abbie remarked, "But the only reason for that would be that you'd have to be making out with my cousin. Total and complete gross-out."

"Yeah," Gordie agreed.

"Hey!" Vern piped up, but then soon followed Teddy down the hall.

"And besides," Abbie continued as the three made their way towards their first class, "we all know that you have the hots for someone else."

"You do?" Gordie asked confusedly.

"Yep. We all know that you have lust for Chris!" Abbie laughed.

"Shh! People might hear you!" Gordie hissed.

"Ha, I knew it!"

"Wow Gordo, I dunno what to say, except that I will still be your best friend, and that I'm straight," Chris said.

"Me too, asshole."

"Wow, me three!" Abbie gasped as they entered the classroom. Gordie and Chris sat down at a table in the back, and Abbie seated herself next to a girl with long brownish/blondish hair and natural-looking tan skin. She was thin and wore a pink skirt that stopped mid-thigh with a white polo shirt. The girl flashed her a huge smile, her blue-green eyes glowing.

"Hi!" the girl burst out.

"Hey," Abbie said calmly.

"I'm Cameron, but call me Cammie."

"Alright, Cammie. My name's Abbie, Abbie Tessio," Abbie replied.

"I haven't seen you around before, are you new?" Cammie asked.

"Yes, I moved here from California. My parents are on a one-year trip, so I'm living with my cousin."

"Cool!" Cammie exclaimed, "I bet you'll have lots of fun here."

"Oh, I already have been."

"That's great! So, where are you from in California?"

"Well, around the Redwoods area. More towards the northern part, but I've been down around the beaches sometimes. They are so awesome," Abbie responded.

"I've been down there before! The beaches are really boss. It's a shame we don't really have any. They are great places to pick up guys," Cammie commented.

Abbie laughed, "Yeah, there are some pretty nice looking guys at the beach."

"There are some here though."

Abbie looked thoughtful and said, "Name some."

"Well," Cammie said, glancing around to make sure nobody could hear her, "The best looking one is in this very room! And he's super sweet."

"Who?" Abbie asked.

Cammie gave a playful smile and looked behind her. Abbie followed her gaze and raised her eyebrow in surprise, which was usually something done by Chris. Abbie gave a few small laughs and turned back to Cammie.

"Him. Gordon Lachance…." Cammie said with a far-away look in her eyes.

"Gordie?" Abbie questioned while giggling.

"Only his friends call him Gordie. Do you know him?" Cammie asked with much interest in her voice.

"Yeah, he's one of my best friends."

Cammie's beautiful blue-green eyes widened, as did her smile.

"Oh my god….can you introduce me?" she asked.

"Sure," Abbie replied.

"Thanks, you're boss!" Cammie exclaimed.

"Class!" a voice suddenly boomed.

Everybody jumped and turned to look at a very old lady, who looked old fashioned. She wore a white blouse tucked into a black skirt with black dress shoes. She had on glasses that had slipped to the end of her nose, and her hair was gray and frazzled.

"I'm sure some of you remember who I am," the old lady said sourly, "Now, I'm calling attendance. And you had better say here if you are, and if anybody covers up for someone who isn't here, gets a Saturday detention. Now. Amberforth, Amber?"

"Here." responded a tiny girl.

"Bennett, Gina?"

"Here."

"Carlston, Richard?"

"Here."

The teacher stared at her role book for a few minutes with wide eyes.

"There must be some mistake," she said while looking up. She scanned the room until her eyes rested on non other than Chris.

"What are you doing in my classroom, Chambers?" the teacher spat.

"Getting ready to learn," Chris replied, staring at the woman with confidence.

Her eyes became dangerous. "Did I grant you permission for you to be in this room?"

"No."

"Did any of the other teachers give it to you?"

"No."

"The principal?"

"Must of, or I wouldn't be in here right now," Chris shrugged.

The teacher shook her head and stared at him with hawk eyes.

"You don't deserve to be here," the woman said, hate dripping from her words.

Chris stared back, sizing her up and responded, "Well, that's not really your place to say, is it?"

"Did I tell you to speak, Chambers?"

"No."

"Then shut your filthy little mouth," the woman said with an almost teasing tone.

Abbie felt intense dislike bubble inside her. A teacher couldn't talk to a student like that! Chris closed his mouth, and remained silent. The teacher smirked.

"You listen, for once. Someone finally gave you some discipline. Now, continuing on…"

Abbie caught the name of the teacher-Simons. She immediately scribbled the name onto a blank sheet of loose leaf paper and put flames around it with devil horns sitting on top of the capital S. The class wasn't asked any questions, but they were told to write down everything Simons put up on the board. Finally, the bell rang, and it would be time for their next class. Abbie and Cammie got up together and waited by the door for Chris and Gordie.

"Saturday detention, Chambers," Simons said with a smile on her wrinkled face as Chris and Gordie stalked out of the room. When they were out of earshot, Abbie went into a whole façade.

"Who does that woman think she is, bossing you around like that!"

"Abbie-"

"She can't silence you like that either, it's a thing called freedom of speech, she should know that being the history teacher and all!"

"Abbie-"

"Boy that little devil woman has another thing coming, talking about my friend like that, I'll punch in her old rat face!"

"Abbie!" Chris exclaimed.

She turned to look at him.

"It's alright, don't worry about that old pile of shit. I can deal with her myself," Chris said.

"Fine. But if she says one more thing like that in class that old hag woman in going down," Abbie mumbled, " 'then shut your filthy little mouth'…..UGH!"

Chris gave her an annoyed look, but his eyes looked genuinely touched and were shining. Gordie flashed her a smile, and Cammie gave her an identical one.

"Oh, by the way, this is Cammie," Abbie said, after the frustration went down.

"Hey," Chris said.

"Hi!" Cammie burst out. Abbie gave an inwardly smile. She really liked this girl….she was like bubble gum. She was sweet, but it seemed that when she got really pissed off, she'd pop.

"Hi," Gordie replied, giving her a shy smile.

The next few classes flew by fast, and it was time for lunch. Abbie strolled into the cafeteria with Gordie, Cammie, and Chris at her heels, got their lunches, and sat down at a table.

"Could the food not get any grosser?" Cammie asked, picking up an unidentified something with her fork and staring at it with a distasteful expression.

"I know. I don't think even homeless people would eat this shit," Gordie agreed.

Cammie, Chris, and Abbie laughed.

"PARATROOPS, OVER THE SIDE!" a very familiar voice yelled from across the cafeteria. The four of them turned around and saw Teddy running straight towards them and flinging himself over the table. He landed right on his back on the other side but instantly stood up, sat down next to Abbie, and picked something off of her plate and ate it. The four stared at him with disbelieving expressions.

"What?" Teddy asked.

"You continue to amaze me everyday, Duchamp," Abbie said, shaking her head.

"I continue to amaze everybody," Teddy replied arrogantly.

"Yeah, with your utter stupidity," Chris joked, causing everybody to laugh.

"Oh shit," Teddy muttered, "Look who's coming this way!"