Hey thanks for the reviews! A few of you had some questions, so I'm going to answer them.

Monica7725: I pronounce it Cal-um, but I guess you could pronounce it either way.

Retasuika: No, the Boucher's aren't in the movie, I made them up to suit the purpose of the story, kind of like Mack isn't real.

Tolazytologinrightnow: They aren't seniors, Coach Bolton was talking to the seniors on the team. The all-star games is for the seniors only, so Troy and the guys would be in it next year. He was about to leave then he noticed that Troy was gone, so he asked the team if they knew where he might be.

I was thinking about their ages and decided that in this story, they are juniors, so ignore anything in previous chapters that might suggest that they are either older or younger, because I wasn't quite sure then. They are juniors this year, so they'll be seniors next year.

So, on to the story!

"Please check the lobby for new activities, Mr. Bolton," Ms. Darbus said with a small smile. Troy turned around in his seat to face front. Ms. Darbus' attitude toward him had changed tremendously. Chad patted him on the back, "remember, she's due on the mother ship anytime." Troy laughed as the bell rang and the students filed out of the room toward their next class.

"So dude, it's science, Darbus, free period, lunch and...what did we pick for..." Chad looked at his schedule before he started yelling. "ZEKE! I AM NOT TAKING HOME EC!"

Troy started to laugh as Chad found out what his new related arts class was. "Your taking it too," Chad said looking at Troy's schedule. "What?" Troy said. "Zeke, how could you!"

"I thought you said you said you signed up for something good," Jason said.

"I did, it is so much fun! I took it last year," Zeke said excitedly. Chad's face dropped, Jason's eyes widened and Troy looked amused. "Oh, come on guys, it's not that bad. I mean, I could have signed you up for creative writing with Darbus."

"I think I would have enjoyed that more," Chad muttered to Troy as they walked toward the science room. When they approached the door Chad halted, making the three boys behind him, run into each other. "Do I have to go?" Chad whined. "Can I skip?"

"You could skip," Troy said, "except for the fact that the teacher gave you a ride to school this morning."

Zeke, Jason and Troy pushed Chad through the door and into his seat. Mr. Bolton watched this and laughed, this happened everyday.

"I just know that I failed this test," Chad said. "Coach, can I retake it now?"

"Chad, how do you know that you need to retake it?"

"Because I have failed every single test you have given me this year," Chad said confidently.

"What does that tell you Chad?" Mr. Bolton said.

"But I do study! I studied with Troy, Jason and Zeke because they pass." Mr. Bolton shook his head. "I studied really hard for this test, but I know I bombed it, because I always bomb it."

"You might be surprised," Jack said as he passed out the tests. Chad looked at his in disbelief before his shouted, "I got a B! Yes!" Chad started to walk around the room, finding out other peoples grades. "I did better than you!" "I did way better than you!" "I got the same grade you did and you're on the scholastic decathlon team!"

He walked back to his chair and looked at Jason's paper, "how did you manage to get 100! Troy didn't even get 100, and he's the teacher's kid!"

"Science is my passion," Jason said, imitating the hip-hop girl in the cafeteria. Both broke out into a fit of laughter.

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"Welcome to Home Economics," the teacher said in a voice that sounded way too sweet. "When I call your name please say here. Zeke."

"Here."

"Welcome back. Troy," she said.

Troy, who had been in a conversation with Jason, replied with, "what?"

She sighed and moved down the list. She called 3 names before, "Chad Danforth." There was silence. "Chad, is he here today?" Troy turned around, in the chair behind him, Chad had fallen asleep. Troy nudged him and he looked around. "I'm in my nightmare," he screamed finding out he was in the home economics room. The girls all laughed at him.

"No Chad, this is real," Jason said.

"No, but, in my dream...Zeke signed us up for...oh no. Well, at least I still have that B."

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"So, Mack are you going to shadow your brother?" Bailey asked as they sat down at their lunch table. She opened her light blue lunch box and took out her thermos filled with soup. "Cause, if you are, we could all shadow one of his friends and walk around with them all day."

"I don't know, I might shadow Gabriella, she has a more interesting schedule."

"She has a smart schedule," Keisha said, biting into her salami sandwich. "I still don't get the point of shadowing. You walk around with a person older than you for a day, big whoop."

"It's to see the difference between middle school and high school," Bailey said.

"And to skip school," Mack said. "That's why I'm doing it." A few more girls came over and sat with them and they stopped talking about shadowing.

Across the room, Calum was explaining his vacation to Teagan and Adam. "So your telling me," Adam said, "that Bolton has changed your mind so much about everything, that you got your parents so mad at you, your dad kicked you out."

"Until I see 'their way' again."

"So where does Cam fit into it?" Teagan asked.

"He's on my side."

Adam's eyes widened. "Wow, never would have saw that coming."

"You're still going to East High right," Teagan asked.

"Oh, yeah. My parents can't force me to go anywhere and that includes West High." Calum said. He wasn't all that hungry so all he had was a drink.

"Where have you been staying?" Adam asked.

"I was on Mack's couch last night. I did sleep outside for two nights though. It wasn't very comfortable," he said.

"Why didn't you come to my house?" Teagan said outraged. "My dad would have let you sleep in our guess room."

"I didn't think you guys liked me anymore, because of the whole Mack situation."

"I've been thinking about that," Adam said. "The only reason that we hated her and wanted to go to West High was because you did. We were like followers and when you changed your mind, we blew it out of proportion. I mean, if you really like her, then we should encourage it."

"Yeah," Teagan said. "If you want to go to East High, who are we to stop you? We've been really jerky friends. So if you want to go to East High, then we do too."

How did you like it. I just always pictured Coach Bolton as a subject teacher, not a gym teacher. Tell me what you think. Review!