A/N: Hello everybody! My name is Bambi and welcome back to "The Gossip Around Shermer". I hope you're all doing well, I'm doing just fine. I hope you all are ready because this chapter is about to be a long one. As always, I do not/ have not/ probably, nor will I ever own the rights to "The Breakfast Club" or any of its characters and themes. Those belong to the estate of John Hughes and Universal Pictures. Xia Hart is 100% mine though. Now that that's out of the way, onto the chapter. Enjoy.

Ch. 11 Weed Smoke & Runaways

The surviving five have made their way back to the library. Allison returned back to her drawing, Andy went back to eating his feast of a lunch, Brian focused on finishing his paper, and the hunt for Xia's notebook was back on. Meanwhile, Claire was just sitting in her seating, staring worriedly at the others. "Do you guys think he's gonna be okay?" Claire asked the group. "He should." Brian assures optimistically. "For your sake I hope so." Xia shrugged. The wooden double doors had blown open revealing John and Vernon. Vernon shoved John in the direction of his table.

School authority figures aren't supposed to put their hands on students. That's another incident going down in the notebook when Xia finds it. "Get your stuff." Vernon barked at John. Vernon then turns to address the others. "Caught this one in the gym. Sorry to disappoint you all but it seems you'll be without his services for the rest of the day." Vernon explains, his tone seeping with sarcasm. "Where is he going, sir?" Claire asks politely, causing Vernon to glower at her. "Nowhere you need to be." he brushed off. Xia's stomach drops into her shoes as she sees Claire's expression change. "Boo Hoo." John scoffs.

"Everything is a joke to you huh, Bender? That false alarm you pulled on Friday was really funny. What if your home? What if your family? What if your dope was on fire?" Vernon asked. "Impossible, sir. It's in Johnson's underwear." John admits, making Andy burst out in laughter. Vernon looks as if he's had enough when he turns to look at Andy.

"You think he's funny? You think he's bitchin? Wanna see something funny? Go visit John Bender in five years, you'll really see how funny he is then." Vernon snapped. At that moment, John looks like a scared little kid. Vulnerable, sad, dejected and angry as Vernon launches nothing but venom his way. It was truly a sight to see. "What's wrong, John? Gonna cry?" Vernon's taunts him. Oh, this was going in the notebook.

Vernon was a bitter old nightmare of a man and an atrocious educator. People deserved to know the truth. Vernon leaves with John. The very second those wooden double doors clicked closed, Clairee started freaking out. Worried, a slight tremble of her body. Xia had never seen her so off of her game. "Andy, switch me spots." Xia requested. "Why?" He asked. "She's freaking out. Just switch me." Xia demanded. Andy looks over at Claire, realizing that Xia's right.

"Knock yourself out." Andy accepts before standing up to let Xia sit down. Xia takes over his seat and immediately gets to work. "Hey, Claire." Xia calls out to her softly. "What?" Claire snapped nervously. "Hun, relax. He's fine." Xia comforts even though she doesn't fully believe that it's true. "No he's not." Claire shakes her head. Rumbling sounds begin to grow overhead. Five sets of eyes are transfixed onto each thud and stomp.

"What the hell is that?" Andy wondered. "Could be a rat." Allison piped up. The group looks at her confused and disgusted. "What? This school is crawling with vermin." Allison shrugs. "SHIT!" A loud voice screeches. Tiles begin collapsing from the ceiling. Suddenly, John Bender comes crashing onto the carpet, instantly picking himself back up and rejoining the others. "What? I forgot my pencil." Bender tries to brush it off.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Vernon shouts from the hallway. John quickly shuffles himself under Andy and Claire's table. Vernon storms in looking like a man possessed. "What was that racket?" Vernon screamed. "What noise?" Andy asked, confused. "Sir, there is no -" Claire is cut off by her own squeak. "Claire? Was Claire the noise you heard, sir?" Xia asked. "No. I might not have caught you kids this time, next time I will." Vernon decreed.

His little decree made Allison start laughing from how Scooby Doo villain it sounded. "I will not be made a fool of." Vernon cries as he turns to leave. The six notice a paper toilet seat cover stuck to the back of his suit pants. Now they're all laughing except for Claire. Once Vernon leaves, she shoots out of her chair and starts smacking John. "Sorry!" John apologizes as he tries to cover himself from the slaps. "Asshole!" Claire remarks.

John walks over to Brian to retrieve his weed. "What did he do?" Xia asked Claire. Claire pulls Xia in closely by her shoulder. "He put his head between my legs and touched me." Claire whispers. Xia makes a disgusted face. "What a pig." Xia grimaced. John got his weed from Brian and was making his way towards the back of the library. "You're not blazing up in here." Andy tries to stop him. Allison, Brian, Claire, and Xia didn't listen and decided to follow John. They all sat down and started passing out blunts. "Got a light?" Xia asks John once she gets her blunt. John nods and lights her joint. That's when Andy walks up.

Xia knew they still needed to talk. Nothing like talking over a joint. "Can we talk? I'll share." Xia offers. Andy stares at her knowing they couldn't hold out for much longer. "Come on." He waves her into the audio learning room. Xia takes the first as soon as they're inside the room. "So." Andy starts. "So." Xia replied after exhaling smoke. "Did you want me to kiss you in the teacher's lounge?" Andy asks, getting right down to business. "Yeah." Xia confirms. "Why? I've been a dick to you all day." Andy pointed out.

"You have been, but I haven't been much better. I don't know, there's a small part of me that still is attracted to you and never really lost the feelings I carried for you. It's so dumb because I know you're gonna like me how you used to." Xia admits. "How do you know?" Andy asks, taking a step closer to her.

"Look at what we've said and done to each other, Andy. We called each other horrible names, I wrote all those rude things about you, and we've tried to hurt each other. Not to mention, broke both of our hearts in the process. We're not who we used to be." Xia reminds as she reaches out to touch Andy's face. "Come on, Sunshine. It's not like we meant that stuff, at least I didn't. It was all bullshit. I never stopped caring about you." Andy assures as he pulls her in closely.

"Really?" Xia asked softly. "Really. I didn't want to break up with you. I just didn't know how to be there for you at the time. I know it's a really bad excuse, but I promise I'll make it up to you. I just want you back. If you'll have me." Andy shrugs. Xia's heart was doing flips. She didn't realize he still felt this way and the feeling of finally being wanted by somebody made Xia feel good. It's what she's been missing.

"What about your dad?" Xia questions. "I don't care." Andy chuckles. Xia leans up and pecks his lips. "I don't care either," Xia assured as she pulled away. The couple stays in the room smoking, kissing, and talking until there's thick white smoke clouds around them. "You know what I'm feeling like right now, Xi?" Andy asks. "Hmm?" Xia responds. "Dancing!" Andy exclaims as he hops off the table they'd been sitting on. "Yeah okay." Xia brushed off. She had never seen Andy dance in his life. "I'm serious. Come on." He grabs her hand and pulls her towards the door.

Andy pushes the door open and starts dancing around the library. Everybody laughs and cheers as he does so. When he's done dancing, Andy and Xia join Allison and Brian on the couch. "You got a middle name?" Andy asks Brian. "Guess." Brian taunts Andy. "Your middle name is Ralph as in puke." Allison speaks up. The trio stares at her confused.

"Your birthday is March twelfth, you're five nine and a half, you weigh one hundred and thirty one pounds, and your social security number is 0-4-9-3-8-0-9-1." Allison finished. "Are you psychic?" Andy asked. "How did you know that?" Xia wonders. "Mind telling me how you know all this information about me?" Brian grilled, not looking very amused. "I stole your wallet." Allison confesses, showing it to him. This makes Xia sit up straight.

Stolen? Had she stolen anything else today. "Give it to me." Brain demands, holding his hand out to her. "No." Allison replies slyly. "Give it!" Brian whined. Reluctantly, Allison gives it back. "So, you're a thief?" Brian asked rhetorically. "I'm not. Besides, what's there to steal? Two bucks and a beaver shot?" Allison broadcasts. There's a tinge of hurt in her voice as she did so. "What?" Andy asked, a little too excited.

"Gross." Xia cringes. "He's got a nudie picture in there. I saw it, it's vulgar." Allison revealed. Xia turns to Brian. "Take the fucking picture out. I think you hurt her." Xia suggested through gritted teeth. Some guys can be so stupid sometimes. "She stole my wallet." Brian noted. "Yeah, but it's not like she took anything. Besides, you like her right?" Xia checked. "Not as much now." Brian laments with a shrug. "Bullshit." Xia dismissed him, rolling her eyes.

"Then what should I do?" Brian questions. "Just throw the damn picture away. You play your cards right and you won't need it." Xia suggests. Brian goes to throw out the picture in a nearby trash can and takes a seat next to Andy, who was examining the other things inside Brian's wallet. Xia looks at Allison, who was standing by the statue and scoots over so she could sit down. Slowly, Allison takes her place on the couch.

"I like your sweater." Xia compliments, just trying to make conversation. Allison doesn't respond. Xia nods, feeling like an idiot then turns to the guys. "I goofed it." Brian laughs as he and Andy look at his fake ID. "What do you need a fake ID for anyway?" Andy asks. "So I can vote." Brian replies as if it's the obvious answer in the world. Allison turns to the three. "You wanna see what's in my bag?" She asks "No." The boys replied in unison.

"Sure." Xia nods. Unlike the guys, she was being polite and she wanted to see if maybe her notebook was in there. A hurt and resentful Allison dumps her bag out on the couch. Xia is tuned in as she watches items cascade out of the bag like a tchotchke waterfall. Xia saw a set of bra and panties, an extra pair of shoes, clothes, tooth brush, a sweater, mints, small bottle of mouthwash, she's almost certain she saw a knife, and a coin purse.

Yet no notebook. "Why do you have all this stuff?" Xia asked curiously. Xia's used to seeing purses so loaded, but she's never seen practically half a suitcase in one. "What is all this stuff?" Andy wondered. "Do you always carry this much shit in your bag?" Brian questioned. "Yeah, I always carry this much shit in my bag." Allison confirmed. "Why?" Brian asks. "Never know when you need to jam." Allison explained with a shrug.

"Do you wanna be a shopping bag lady?" Andy grills. "Andy don't say that. That's rude." Xia chastises. "I'll do what I have to." Allison assured. "Why do you have to do anything?" Brian questions. "My homelife is unsatisfying." Allison admits. "You're willing to live on the streets because your homelife is unsatisfying? Andy and Xia would you like to get in on this?" Brian offers. "Not particularly." Xia shook her head. To her, Allison's behavior read like a cry for help.

She couldn't believe how dense and obtuse Brian was being by ignoring these signs. "If they weren't, people would live with their parents forever." Andy added. "Yeah, but her reason goes beyond normal." Brian criticized. Taking pity for his blatant stupidity, Xia decides to throw him a softball. "Maybe there's a reason for that." Xia noted.

The look of hurt returns to Allison's face. "Never mind everything's cool." Allison lies as she scoops up her stuff and storms off. Andy and Xia are left staring at Brian like he's got fifteen heads. "What?" he sighs. "Way to go!" Xia scoffs. "I didn't do anything!" Brian exclaims. "Go after her." Xia urges. "Why should I? She clearly doesn't want to talk to me, and she stole my wallet." Brian shouts.

"Look, dummy. You like her and judging by her reaction she likes you too. I don't see how, but let's look at the facts. You two shared a moment, you won't stop looking at each other, she just gave you cry for help. Go get her." Xia explains as she's shoving him up from the couch. "Really, if you like her so much tell her that you're sorry and then talk to her." Andy backs Xia up. Brian gives the couple a final look before taking off in Allison's direction.

Xia turns to Andy "And he's the smart one?"

A/N: Wow that was a doozy of a chapter for me to write honestly. Big chapters tend to be quite the undertaking for me. I wonder what's gonna happen to Brian and Allison. Anyway, I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I will see you next week. Have a great weekend. Bye guys!