No, I'm not dead. Thanks for the reviews! I still don't own Lost. If I did, Ben would have been in Tricia Tanaka is dead and Enter 77. He better be in Par Avion. Or else. I think he will be. Remember, I own a vicious attack hamster. The Charlie/Claire boyfriend/girlfriend thing just kind of formed. Just to straighten things out, the cheerleading team stays the same (except for additions) while you have to try out to make the football team.

At the end of the school day, Sawyer met Kate at her locker. Jack watched Sawyer make Kate giggle. Jack slammed his locker shut. Kate looked over. Then she and Sawyer went back to their laughing.

Kate didn't feel bad about dumping Jack at all. Why should she? She was like a dog to him. Jack had a dog, didn't he? He used to. It got hit by a car a month after he got it. Kate shivered at the thought of comparing herself to his dog.

She and Sawyer walked to Baskin Robbins, a couple blocks away. They laughed and gossiped. Kate was kind of new to this, as Jack was never someone for giggling and goofing.

At Baskin Robbins, Kate got a table and Sawyer went to get ice cream. He came back to the table with a huge bowl of strawberry ice cream. Kate gasped. It was enormous! She had never seen anyone get that much ice cream.

"What, never seen ice cream before, sugar cheeks?" Sawyer smiled, pleased with being able to awe her.

"No, just not that much. I can't eat all that," Kate told him.

"What, you skip that day in preschool? Ever heard of sharing?" Sawyer replied.

Kate had no objections to sharing. Sawyer sat down and opened a packet of Swedish Fish and poured them on the ice cream. Kate smiled and laughed.

"Fish ice cream," Kate exclaimed. She rolled her eyes.

Charlie and Claire sat at another Baskin Robbins table. Claire had ended up buying, as Charlie didn't have anything on him.

"I'll pay you back first thing tomorrow, I promise," Charlie said in between bites of chocolate ice cream.

"Charlie, honestly, you don't have to pay me back. It was my treat," Claire replied, her mouth full of peanut butter swirl. "Can I have a taste of yours?"

"As long as I can have a taste of yours," He said, smiling. They laughed and exchanged ice creams. Charlie looked at Claire's.

"You left your spoon," He informed her.

"Of course I did," She told him. "Give me yours."

Charlie handed her his spoon.

"I can't eat another bite," Kate told Sawyer.

Only about half the ice cream was gone, but Sawyer was still gobbling it down. "More for me then," Sawyer said, half a Swedish Fish falling out of his mouth.

"Can I request something?" Juliet asked Ben. The two of them had decided to hang out in the music room after school so Ben could play piano. Ben had just finished some complex classical piece that Juliet didn't know the name of.

"Anything," Ben told her.

"Linus and Lucy."

Ben rolled his eyes and started the piece. Juliet started dancing Ben loved watching her dance. She moved so gracefully, so elegantly. Ben wanted to dance with her.

"V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, that's what makes our opponents cry," The voices of the cheerleading squad cheered.

"Perfect," Colleen cried. Colleen was the captain of the cheerleading squad. The only members of the cheerleading squad so far were the eighth graders, as try-outs hadn't been held yet. They were going to be the next day, so guys would try out for football, and girls would try out for cheerleading. They were practicing on the field, so Colleen could watch Danny practice for the next day's try-outs.

Juliet was now sitting close to Ben on the piano bench. Very close, Ben observed. Ben started playing a difficult looking pattern. His fingers were still moving, but he moved closer to her. The music stopped once his lips touched hers. Practice was over. Ben and Juliet were having their first make-out session.

And everyone thinks he's a nerd, Juliet thought. He kisses better than anyone else.

They made out for what felt like only a few seconds, but what was really ten minutes.

Colleen spotted them walking out of the building. She squinted. They were holding hands, she noticed. Her head was leaned on her shoulder. Was that Chap Stick Ben had on his cheek? Since when did guys wear Chap Stick? Colleen smiled evilly. They had been kissing! Oh, she couldn't wait to share this information.

"I can't believe you ate all that," Kate said to Sawyer in disbelief as they threw out their garbage.

"I shouldn't get so much next time. You ate so much, and I don't want a fat girlfriend," Sawyer luckily realized what he had said in time to give her a kiss before she could respond. Luckily, she didn't take it badly. In fact, she kissed him back. Not too bad, he thought to himself. She didn't deny there would be a next time.

"You should try out for cheerleading tomorrow," Ben told Juliet as they walked home.

"Only if you try out for football," Juliet responded with a friendly smirk.

Ben rolled his eyes.

The little purple button provides attack hamster security. Next chapter: try-outs. Who will try out for cheerleading? For football?