Heyy there, i finally updated lol. I'd like to thank DtentsQueen for the idea for this chapter. Sorry it wasn't all your idea...so yeah lol enjoy.

Chapter 13

It had been 3 days since we left our note back saying: "Who are you and how did you find out about Lianne's secret?" Three long, long days without a response. Never again would we check under that mat. But soon after, things began getting hectic in all of our lives…

"Hey Kelly." Devin said, approaching me after our music technology class.

"Hey Devin, sweet guitar." I said, plucking one of the strings of the chocolate brown instrument.

"Thanks." He responded, looking around nervously. "Look, I know you have a boyfriend and all, and don't think I'm coming onto you or anything, but I wrote this song for my demo CD. I was wondering if you would like to do a duet with me for the CD. I've heard you singing in the piano room and you're just what this song needs." He smiled hopefully.

"Sure, I'll think about it. Do you have the music with you?" I asked. He fumbled through his backpack for a while before pulling out a folded piece of paper.

"It's not much." He said sheepishly.

"I'm sure it's great." I began to open it.

"I gotta run. See you around Kelly." He dashed off before I could even tell him how beautiful I thought the first line was.

I read the music and hummed the tune as I waited for Squid and everyone to come to lunch.

"Who's Squid talking to in the lunch line?" Amber asked, taking a seat across from me.

"I don't know." I said turning around. I saw Squid standing, talking with a girl with too high cheek bones, dark black hair and piercing green eyes. He spotted me, waved and returned talking to the girl. Is this some plot to make me jealous? Because if it is, it's working.

"I've got his lunch right here. He doesn't need to buy any." I patted the brown paper bag lunch next to me.

"He usually never does anything but come in here and eat and eat and eat…" Amber went on.

"Ok Amber I get it, he eats." I said.

"This is so weird, there's ZigZag." Soon ZigZag was talking to the girl too.

"Guess who asked me to sing on his new Demo CD." I asked.

"Who?" Amber asked anxiously.

"Devin LaMoine." I said.

"What about Devin LaMoine?" Squid asked, pulling out the seat next to me.

"He asked me to record a song on his new demo CD." I said. Squid frowned.

"So you'll have to be with this guy, alone?" He asked. I nodded.

"Shorty, this guy is like the creeps of the creeps." ZigZag said, pulling a chair up to the table.

"It's a harmless song. I'll go over to his house, sing and then leave." I frowned too as I saw the new girl walking over to our table.

"Mind if I join you?" The new girl asked. Squid looked at me.

"Of course. Move over Shorty!" The girl giggled.

"Shorty that's a funny name!" She said in a high pitched voice. That's a funny mask. I mocked her voice in my head.

"What's you're name?" I asked with a fake smile.

"Oh I'm Chloe, I'm new here. Squid is in my math class and we were talking about working on our next project together." She smiled.

"Is that right?" I said, smiling at Squid who smiled nervously back.

"Well I'm going to go find Devin and talk about these beautiful lyrics he wrote." I said, waving the paper in Squid's face.

"Dark or light, day and night, you're here, watching over me?" He read them. "Please these are lame." Chloe grabbed the papers. My face twisted into a mocking smile as she read them.

"These are beautiful." She said.

"They are." I said, snatching the papers away. "Bye Squid, Amber, Zig, and Chloe." I smiled at everyone, bit my lip and left. Walking into the upstairs abandoned bathroom was kind of creepy. What, did you really think I wanted to go hang with Devin?

"So, Squid's really trying to make you jealous." I said to my reflection in the dirty mirror as I leaned on the sink. "Pick of the crop." I muttered to myself, shook my head and kicked the wall.

"That was great!" Devin said when we had finally finished recording at his house Saturday afternoon. We stood in his basement, only separated by one microphone, but it felt like we were closer than Squid and I had ever been. I can't be thinking I like him. I have a boyfriend!

"So did you wanna watch TV or something?" Devin asked, sitting on a couch and flipping through channels. He looked at me and smiled. "Are you coming?"

"I don't know, I probably should be heading home. Squid's probably worried where I am and…" He let out a frustrated sigh.

"You let your life revolve too much around him." He said. I looked at him, astonished.

"You have no right to say that. You don't know me or my life." He nodded.

"I've seen enough at school. He talks with other girls, you make his lunch and he's way too overprotective." He crossed his arms.

"So what if he talks to other girls." I said defensively, crossing my arms as well. "I'm talking to another boy right now, aren't I?"

"You know if I had a girlfriend that I'd only talk to her." He said, stepping closer.

"I really have to go." I said, picking up my bag and coat off the ground. I rushed out the door and into the cold winter air. I shivered as I walked to the bus stop down from his house.

I flung the door open to my room and jumped when I saw Squid lying on my bed.

"You scared me!" I said, hanging my jacket on the back of my door.

"Where have you been?" He asked.

"I was at Devin's, you knew this." I said, putting my hands on my freezing red cheeks. "And where have you been all day?"

"Showing Chloe the town and such but that's not important right now, we're talking about you here." He frowned. Is he kidding? He thinks that I can't go to a guys house to record a CD and he can go out to town with another girl, and think it's going to be fine with me?

"I thought you would be home sooner." He said, looking at the clock.

"What are you my mother? The bus was late picking me up. I got to the stop late because I was arguing with Devin. About you." I added.

"What about me?" He asked, standing up, towering over me.

"He was calling you all these mean things and I merely defended you." I said, sitting on the chair by my desk.

"What mean things Shorty?" He asked, raising his voice slightly.

"Squid calm down. He just said you control my life to much and I disagreed with him." He muttered to himself.

"Squid, it's no big deal." I said, trying to calm him down.

"Yeah it is." I shook my head.

"It's really not." I said, shrugging slightly.

"You have no idea." He said coldly.

"Well I would if you explained." I said annoyed.

"I can't have losers like Devin going around making up shit about me. I won't have it." He clenched his fists.

"Squid, you get in one more fight and you'll be kicked out, you know it." I said warningly.

"My mom always wanted me to go to military school." He said and walked out of my room. I noticed a piece of paper was folded on my dresser. I opened it slowly.

"Weston Park, 5 o'clock, Sunday. Alone." I read out loud. "Finally, the person is coming clean." I smiled, folded the sheet back up and placed it back on the dresser.

Disaster in Paridise? Will we finally find out who told the school about Lianne's financial issues? Tune in for the next chapter. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed!