"What was that for?!" Tommy had just kissed Kimi, and she had pushed him away.

"I'm not in the mood, okay?" she mumbled.

The bell rang, "Well…I better go," she said, walking away.

"Hey, I'll walk you to your next class," he said, catching up.

"No, it's fine. I have algebra, and you have biology. Which is on the other side of campus."

"I don't care…c'mon Kimi!"

"Just…please. Leave me alone," she said, walking away.

"Hey! It's fine if you want to walk alone, but come over to my house for dinner?"

"Fine. I guess I'll see you then," Kimi said, only saying yes because she knew he would make her feel guilty for saying no, which would probably lead to another argument, and would result in her being late for Algebra…again.

I'm just trying to be nice…why doesn't she see that? Tommy thought glumly after she finally walked away.

"Hey, bro," Dil said, going over to Tommy's locker.

"Hey, Dil," he said dejected.

"What's the matter?"

"N-n-nothing. I just…gotta get to my next class," he said, shutting his locker door.

"But….it's lunchtime," Dil said quietly, but he was too far away to hear him.

"Hey, you guys," Susie said, plopping down next to Phil.

"Hey," they all said, going to back to their conversation. Something about peanut butter.

Her stomach growled in response. She wanted peanut butter. But she sighed and picked at her limp salad.

Her stomach gurgled, "Someone's hungry," Phil said.

She nodded.

"That's all you got? Salad and water?" he asked.

She nodded again.

"Want my applesause?" he asked.

"Ummm…that's okay, I'm alright, really."

He shrugged, and turned back to endure Tommy and Kimi's latest argument: who was better? Emica or The Sulky Boys?

She sighed, going back to picking at her salad.

People, they come and go

Leaving so quickly

I just wanna know

Will you stand by me?

Oh-whoa-oh-whoa

Will you ever know?

O-whoa-oh-whoa

Please don't, please don't…

Please don't go…

Chuckie wrote in his notebook during biology. He put together a few chords last night, and unlike all his other songs, he thought it needed some lyrics.

"Hey," Phil said, startling Chuckie,"watcha writing?"

He closed his notebook suddenly, "Notes," he said.

"Sure," Kimi said sarcastically, joining in.

"I-it's….nothing, guys," he said.

Phil and Kimi shrugged and went back to what they were doing.

But inside Kimi was wondering what Chuckie had wrote. Her brother had been acting a bit strange lately, and spent lot of time in his room. Most of the time, she could hear lots of music as she walked by his room to get to hers. She wondered what he did in there.

"Hey, Angelica!" Harold called out, catch up with to his friend. But she apparently hadn't heard him.

She walked over to Savannah and her group, and sat down on the bench beside them, laughing with them.

He sighed, turning away. Who does Angelica really want to be friends with?

Lil was just walking down the halls to her locker, when Tommy bumped into her. She was suddenly felt butterflies in her stomach, "Hey Lil…I was kinda wondering…"

"Yes?" she said, excitement welling up inside her.

"You and Phil wanna come over for dinner tonight?" he asked.

She definitely wanted to…but she didn't want Phil included. She wanted this to be a special night for just the two of them, and she wanted to open Tommy's eyes and show him they were capable of something more, so she said, "Oh…he can't come…soccer practice," she lied, "But I'm free."

He smiled, "Cool. It will just be you, me, Dil, my parents, Angelica," he said, not excited, "and Kimi."

"Oh…Kimi's coming too?" she said slowly.

"Yeah, of course. I really need your advice on something."

Suck it up, Lil," What's that?"

"I really want to give her something special. She really hates me right now, and I really want to show her I care."

"Oh…well….what were you planning on giving her?" she said, trying hard to hold back tears.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a badly made friendship bracelet, "Do you think this is ok?"

She was overcome with jealousy. Kimi was a lucky girl who didn't appreciate Tommy. It made her mad to think that she had everything she wanted, and took it all for granted, "She'll….love it," she said slowly again.

"Cool…so around 5:30?"

"Yeah," she said softly before walking away.