Last Time: Christy nodded, and threw her pen and paper on the floor. She lay back on her own bed, and fell asleep.


Christy was roughly shaken awake, her dreams clattering inside her head.

"Wha…What gives?" She groaned, pulling the duvet over her head.

"School gives," she heard Joys' voice say. "You forgot to set your alarm clock….now come on!"

Christy sat bolt upright, and saw that the others had already left for breakfast. Joy was brushing her hair, and looked at Christy through the mirror.

"Looks like we'll have to do that homework over breakfast."

They walked down to the cafeteria, where most of the students were already. They headed over to their usual table, where Jackie and Torrie sat, eating. Lita was getting her food.

"Where have you guys been?" Jackie asked, spooning into her berry yogurt. "You missed Lita throw a glass of juice on Stacy."

As Christy and Joy's head flicked over to the far table, she saw Stacy trying to wipe the juice off her white singlet with no success.

"Late," Christy said, simply as she kicked her school bag under the table, and got up to get food.

"Well, obviously," she heard Jackie's voice from behind her.

First period, Christy had biology as usual. She walked to the back, and took a seat. Ms Wilson was writing up notes. Joy sat down next to her.

"I saw Stacy in the bathrooms. She is never going to get that stain out," Joy sniggered.

The teacher spoke to them about their assessment on cells, while John kept contradicting everything she said, such as the due date. Next period in math, Christy had to put up with Joy's quiet giggling as Dave constantly mocked the teacher.

"Doesn't seem like anyone respects the teachers here," Christy said thoughtfully, as she and Joy headed out into the courtyard.

"Of course…I mean, where's the fun in that?" She asked Christy.

The weather hadn't improved much. It wasn't raining, but it was still quite windy.

They walked over to a secluded bench, in-between the shelter of tree trunks. Jackie was lying lengthways on her back across it, headphones over her ears, while Torrie sat at her feet, flicking through a novel.

"Hey guys," Torrie said, transfixed to her book.

Joy sat on the grass in front of them. Lita came soon after, and they spent interval laughing at a group of nearby cheerleaders. Stacy was not with them, however.

That night Christy and Joy were furiously working on their Biology assessment; John conveniently annoyed the teacher to the point where she pulled the due date forward.

"Cena is going to pay," Joy muttered, as she typed on the computer.

"Well, you two shouldn't leave things till the last minute," Torrie sang. She had finished her assessment a few days earlier, but was kindly helping to lend her notes. But Christy was still getting annoyed at her proud attitude.

After they handed their work in the next day, Christy was able to enjoy the next three days blissfully. On Friday morning, Christy walked down to the cafeteria alone, as the others were still getting ready. She grabbed a tray, and put only a few things on as she wasn't hungry. Unfortunately, she had to pay the price for coming down alone, as Stacy and her friends kept calling out to her. She tried to block them out, but couldn't ignore the fact that they kept saying John's name.

AUTHORS NOTE: there you guys go, another chapter. They are a bit...mellow, i guess you could say. Only for now though. Just to clarify a few things, Dave doesn't really know what he did to Joy, as Stacy drugged him. Stacy didn't really do anything, as John and Christy interrupted ((which was a very good thing, might i add..)). As for Joy's marks/ bruises, she got them just before John and Christy arrived. Dave obviously lost his temper ((under the influence of whatever Stacy gave him)) at Joy, as she was trying to stop him. He lost control and attacked her..thats that. I would put that in the story, but we are kind of past that little mishap.

whew hope we got that off most our chests. Thanks for all those who r and r once again...i really and truely do appreciate your reviews, as they are the fuel for ideas and motivation for my fics. that one was a little short...but dont worry, i shall try my best for a longer one soon. x0x