So, I'm skipping Calum being in the hospital because we have been there a lot. He would have just stayed in his room anyway. Let's welcome Calum back to school by starting Chapter 37 with his first day back!

Calum hated the stares that he got when he returned to school. Some were sympathetic glances, others were glares...as if he had faked the whole incident to skip school. He still had some stitches that weren't out yet as well as some bruises on his arms and face and a broken arm, but other than that he was fine physically. He was scared on the inside though he would never let it show.

"Forget about them Cal, they don't know anything," Adam sneered as another group of boys glared at the three boys.

"Yeah," Calum replied distantly. "They don't know anything."

"You okay," Teagan asked.

"I'm fine."

Teagan looked skeptical but didn't ask any further questions.

"Hi Adam," came a wishful voice. The three turned around and saw a girl with bleach blond hair and very pale skin that made her dark brown eyes stand out.

Adam sighed and rolled his eyes. "Hi Fawn," he said uninterested.

"I was just wondering if-"

"No," Adam interrupted.

The girl looked outraged. "But you didn't even let me finish. I just wanted to know if you had a partner for the language arts project."

"Sorry Fawn, but I have a partner," he said trying to look as sincere as possible.

"Oh, okay...do you have a date for the semi?"

Adam didn't answer and Fawn was looking excited. Calum saw this and said, "you remember Adam, big dance, semi formal, date required..."

"I know what a semi is Calum," Adam said threw his teeth. He turned his direction to Fawn, "I'm...going with..." He turned his head to the hall. "Bailey," he said rather high pitched. "I'm going with Bailey."

"Oh. I got to go to English," Fawn said quietly. She hugged her books tight to her chest and walked through the group of boys and around the corner.

Adam looked back at his friends. Both looked dumbstruck. "What?"

"I didn't know you asked Bailey," Teagan said acquisitively.

Calum snorted, "I didn't know you liked Bailey."

"I didn't ask her, I just needed a name," he said. "I don't like her."

"And I'm the President of the United States," Teagan said sarcastically.

"Really? Man they keep you secret. How's the White House doing?" Adam replied. Calum and Teagan both gave him a look and he sighed. "Can we drop it now, please. I don't like her."

"Okay dude, what ever," Teagan said in a sing song voice.

Calum wasn't paying attention. A pair of hands were covering his eyes. "Guess who?"

"I need a hint," he said, knowing who the hands belonged to.

"She's smart, pretty, funny, a great basketball player..."

"Well then, it can't be Mack," Calum heard Adam shout out. Calum opened his eyes and turned around. "He's right, you're an amazing basketball player," he said before he kissed her cheek.

"That's not what I meant Cal."

'Two can play at this game,' Calum thought. "Mack, does Bailey know that Adam likes-"

"To skateboard," Adam interrupted.

"Why would she care?"

"Oh, she would care if she knew that she was the skateboard," Teagan said smiling. Calum and Teagan high-fived as Adam groaned.

"I hate you, I hate you both! I never said that."

"You didn't have to, we read between the lines," Calum explained.

"We're just two innocent friends trying to help you learn who you are," Teagan said.

Adam glared at them and turned around walking straight into Bailey. "Sorry," he said as he picked up her books. "I am so sorry," he said. "Let me help you-" but even if he wanted to speak, he wouldn't be heard. Calum and Teagan were laughing at him because his voice cracked. "I'm gonna go now."

"What's wrong with him today?" Keisha asked as she and Bailey walked up to the others.

Teagan and Calum looked at each other briefly before Calum said, "little Adam is all grown up," in a voice that sounded like a mother when their son or daughter got married. "It seemed like just yesterday he was walking with me to the first day of sixth grade and know he's a grown man."

"I wouldn't go that far," Teagan said as the boys jogged to catch up with Adam and left the girls to wonder.

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"Gabriella...no that sounds weird. Gabi...no way that sounds like a guy on t.v."

"Troy, why don't you just do it like the girls do it," Chad asked. "Here watch, pretend Jason here is Gabriella."

"Goody, Troy where we going?" Jason asked.

"Observe," Chad instructed. "'Hey you want to go out to a movie or something?' It's simple! You're already passed the 'what if she doesn't like me' part."

"Troy, you've been dating Gabriella for how long?" Zeke asked.

"Three months, two weeks and six days," he said, unaware that Chad was standing behind him mouthing every word he said because he'd heard them so much.

"Try this Troy," Ryan said. He approached Jason and said "Hey girlfriend, want go to lunch with me," in a high pitch voice that reminded them all of Sharpay.

The group laughed. "Troy, I hope that inspired you, because no matter what you say, it can't be worse than that," Chad said through laughter.

Troy still looked nervous. "Troy, it's not like you're asking her to marry you," Jason said.

"Although, I can see him in a few years down on one knee," Chad got down on one knee and held an imaginary ring box to Troy. "Gabriella even though I couldn't build up the courage -that a captain should have- to ask you out on a date, will you marry me?"

"Chad I didn't know you cared that much," came a voice from behind them.

"Hi, Gabriella...me and the guys were just leaving...right guys."

"Right!"

"So," Gabriella said. "What was that all about?"

"Oh...nothing. Um, say...would you want to have dinner tonight...if you don't want to-"

"I'd love to," she said, interrupting him before he started to ramble. "And you can put your home ec skills to work. I'll be by your house at seven?"

"Sure," Troy said, not knowing what to say.

"Bye."

"Bye," he said. She smiled and walked down the hall to her history class. Once she turned the corner, Troy ran in the other direction yelling, "CHAD! WE HAVE A PROBLEM! I CAN'T COOK!"

He stopped and smiled to himself. "Zeke, I'm gonna need a favor." He started to run to find his friends trying to figure out how to get the guys to help him cook a dinner Gabriella wouldn't forget.

Oh...Gabriella won't ever forget this dinner! Chapter 38 should be up soon!

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