I know, I know, I'm seriously late updating this, and I'm seriously sorry. Please don't be mad and refuse to read the story anymore, I feel bad enough

Chapter 20- Mending Ways

Haley's POV

Chemistry, Haley thought, annoyed, I hate Chemistry. The girls are right, we're never going to use it in real life, why do we have to take it?

Ring-Ring

"I got it!" she yelled, darting out of her room and grabbing the phone in the hall, "Hello?"
"Hey Haley!" Torie's upbeat voice drifted over the line, "Wanna come over? Kapree and Allie both are, I thought maybe we could all study together"
"Doing you Chemistry?" she asked curiously.

"I hate Chemistry", was her answer, "So, do you want to come over or not?"
"Sure", Haley said, "Why not? I'll be there in a few"
She hung, packed her books and stuff into her bag, yelled, "Going out!" to her parents, and ran out the door and down the street. A little ways down the street she stopped, turned around, and went in the other direction.

"Why did I agree to this again?" Sam grumbled as they stepped out of the elevator and made their way to Torie's apartment.

"Because you're our friend and you know you miss us", Haley said gently as she rang the doorbell. Sarah through the door open.

"My sister's mad at you", she informed Sam.

"Ditto", the girl shot back, "I'm outta here Haley—"
"Come on", she grabbed Sam's backpack and dragged her into the apartment.

"Torie's in her room", Sarah said, shutting the door, "Kapree and Allie are already here"

"Thanks Sarah", Haley said, making her way down the hall. Sam reluctantly followed.

"Hey Haley", Torie said as she walked in, "What took you so—" she froze when she saw Sam was there. "What's she doing here?"
"My thoughts exactly", Sam shot back, "What am I doing here? Adios amigas, I've got so many better things to do"

"Not yet", Haley jumped in front of the door and shut it, "Not until you and Torie make up"
"I won't make up with her until she apologizes", Torie snapped, folding her arms.

"I'll apologize", Sam said, "As soon as someone clues me in on what the heck I'm apologizing for!"
"Like you don't know", Torie said bitterly.

"I don't", she said, "I don't know what I did, I don't know what I'm supposed to do, and honestly, I don't know where the heck you got that I insulted you!"
"Sam, I'm bad at Chemistry, but I'm not an idiot", the blonde girl informed her, "Are you going to tell me you have an evil twin or something?"
"Maybe I do", Sam snapped, "I'm telling you, after I got out of Vandom's class I went straight down to the Band room to practice, no dawdling, no stopping at my locker, and no hooking up with you guys for an insult fest"
"Oh yeah?" Torie asked, "Lets prove it then"
She walked over to the door, yanked it open, and stormed down the hall to the kitchen. Tentively, the other girls followed her. "Hey Irma", Torie said easily as she walked in, "Can you help Sam and I settle a debate?"
"What debate?" Irma asked, looking over at them. She, Hay Lin, and Torie's were mom were sitting around the kitchen table, chatting. Now they all looked up curiously.

"Well", Torie said, picking her words carefully, "Remember the other day when Will assigned me Sam as a tutor for Chemistry?"
"Uh huh"
"Well, after that, Sam swears she went down to the Band room to practice", she explained, "Even though we—" she pointed at herself, Haley, Allie, and Kapree, "saw her outside. Did she really go right down to the Band room?"
"Yup", Irma nodded, "Came down saying she got held up in Science for a few. She was only a few minutes late, not much time to go outside, don't you think?"
"Ha!" Sam said triumphantly, "Who owes who and apology now?"

The girls were stumped. Irma looked a little confused too, "What's going on?"

"Nothing", she turned around, "And now I must be going. Bye"
"Torie", Haley whispered.

"I know, I know", she muttered, following Sam out. Kapree, Haley, and Allie followed her. "Sam, wait", Torie said, catching her just as she was opening the door, "I'm sorry about what I said. Irma's not a liar—most of the time—so I guess that means you were telling the truth. I'm sorry about what I said, really"

They waited. And waited. And finally Sam turned to face them, smiling. "If I were the type of person to hold grudges—"
"You mean you're not?" Allie asked curiously.

"Point is, apology accepted", she finished, "Do you still need someone to tutor you?"
"Yes!" Torie sighed with relief, and the others giggled. It felt as though things were back to normal for them. Even if they knew they weren't.

"Brilliant", Ellie muttered under her breath, "Just brilliant"

She turned to Cedric, "Well?"

"The mogriff was your idea", he reminded her, "Which means this is your mistake to fix"
"If I'm going down you're going down with me", she shot back, "The guardians are your job just as much as they are mine, so put that tiny snake brain of yours to work and help me think up a way out of this mess!"

"Such big demands for such a small girl", Cedric shot back, "You're in far over your head Ellie"
"Are you going to help me or not?" Ellie asked, annoyed, "Obviously just using the mogriff to turn them against each other isn't going to work, we need to go deeper. A lot deeper"
"What do you have mind?" Cedric asked.

"Something that will definitely make them not friends anymore", the sides of her mouth twitched as she tried not to smirk, "Listen close Cedric, here's the plan"

Yeah, yeah, I know, it was short, but hey, at least I'm updating. Next chapter (when it comes out) will be longer, I promise. So anyways, review!