"So, how was the sleep over girls?" asked Kyle, who was now sitting beside Rachel at the lunch table. All the girls turned their head toward Rachel with smiles on their faces.

"It was great. Rachel pulled a wicked prank on Jade and you should have seen the look on Jade's face," answered Tanya.

"Priceless," commented Tara, cracking up at the thought. Rachel looked at Kyle with a small, satisfactory smile on her face.

"So she did use the spider tip. I bet Jade really hates her now," Kyle thought. Gar looked at Rachel.

"You actually pulled a prank on someone? And enjoyed yourself?" asked Gar in disbelief. Rachel nodded and looked around.

"Speaking of which, where's Jade?" she asked. Everyone looked around suddenly noticing that Jade was in fact missing. "Not that I mind, but where is she?" thought Rachel curiously. The bell rang and Rachel was heading to her sixth hour class when she noticed the snobs at the end of the schoolyard huddled around something. "What are those idiots up to now?" she thought. She started walking over there and as she got closer she saw that the snobs were huddled around a girl. "I'm going to be late for class, but what the heck," thought Rachel. As she got closer she could hear what they were saying.

"You know we have plenty of room for a new member of our group if you want to join," said Jenny who was in a seemingly pleasant mood.

"Oh great they have a new member," thought Rachel with an eyeroll. "Nothing to see here."

As she started to turn away she heard someone say, "Thanks, but no thanks. I don't like hanging out with a bunch of self absorbed punks. And what's with miss pink over here she looks like she got sprayed with Pepto-Bismol?" Rachel turned around.

"Huh. I may actually like this girl." Kitten looked like she could have murdered the girl then and there. Cami was holding back a laugh. But Jenny seemed to have lost her good mood.

"So if you'll excuse me I don't want to be late for class." The girl was wearing a short red skirt, black combat boots, a red spaghetti strap top, with a black chocker with a pendent that had the letter "T" on it. She had black hair and from what Rachel could tell dark eyes. Rachel also noticed she had a sort of Australian accent.

"Your not going anywhere you little punk," stated Jenny stepping in front of her. Thats when Rachel decided it was time to intervene.

"You know Jenny, it's not nice to pick on the new girl," she said. All four girls turned their attention towards Rachel who was now standing in the shade of a tree.

"This is none of your business 'lil Rae-Rae, so buzz off," said Cami.

"Nah. What fun would that be? But you better leave before you find yourself in a world of pain." Jenny's jaw clenched and the glare she gave Rachel would have scared even the most powerful man into hiding. But Rachel seemed unfazed.

"Let's go girls, were late for class," said Jenny who was slightly irritated. As they walked away Jenny called over shoulder, "See you later Rae-Rae."

Rachel rolled her eyes and then walked over to the girl. "Thanks," said the girl. Now that Rachel was close enough, she could see the red highlights in the girls hair.

"No problem. So, your new here right?" The girl nodded. "Well I'm Rachel and you are…?" she asked.

"My name's Toni Meretti. Who were those girls anyway?" Toni asked. Rachel looked at Toni, her face expressionless.

"The one in pink was Katherine Moth but everyone calls her Kitten. Ridiculous I know, but whatever. The one with black hair was Cami Anders. But the one you need to watch out for was the one in the middle with blonde and pink hair. Her name is Jenny Hex, or the devil. Which ever you prefer," answered Rachel.

"I see," replied Toni. Rachel looked at her watch.

"Well it's official we're late."

"Sorry about that," apologized Toni.

"It wasn't your fault," stated Rachel, a forgiving look on her face. "Hey you need any help getting to your class?" she asked.

"Umm, let me see," said Toni pulling out her schedule. "I need to go to history next." Rachel smirked.

"That's my next class. Just follow me," Rachel said leading the way. When they entered the classroom every head turned to look at them. Mr. Light was the first to confront them.

"Well where have you ladies been?" he asked, looking at Rachel as if she were the only possible offender. Rachel took her seat without answering and Toni took the free seat a row behind her. "Well?" he continued. Rachel looked up.

"She's new and I found her lost on the other side of campus so I escorted her back here," Rachel replied, not technically lieing. Mr. Light did not look like he bought a single word of Rachel's story, but reluctantly decided to let it go. Rachel felt someone tap her shoulder and pass her a note. One look at the handwriting and she knew it was from Kyle.

"So what really happened Rae?"

"Snobs were picking on the girl I walked in here with so I decided to help her out."

"Oh, so what's her name?"

"Toni Meretti, she seems nice enough."

"Aw look at you making new friends. Rachel could practically hear his joking tone. And she's new here right?

"I guess, and yeah I think she's from Australia or something."

"So what did the snobs want with her anyway?"

"They were trying to add her to the group but the girl wasn't interested and said Kitten looked like she was wearing Pepto-Bismol. Lol."

"I see. So you coming to Vic's tonight? I am."

"Yep see ya there."

School let out and Rachel ran into Toni. "Hey," said Rachel.

"Hey, thanks again for helping me out."

"No problem. Hey, I'm heading over to my friends house. You want to come?" Toni looked at her.

"Sure," she said indifferently.

"Follow me." When they got to Vic's house everyone stared at them.

"Who's your friend Rae?" asked Vic.

"This is Toni Meretti. Toni this is Victor, Garfield, Richard, Kori, and Kyle." She said introducing everyone.

"Nice to meet you all," said Toni. Everyone greeted her and started talking to each other. Rachel went over and sat in her usual seat, Kyle walking over to sit with her.

"Well here's another bright side to my day. Jade's not here to ruin it," Rachel thought with a smirk as Kyle sat on the arm of her chair.

***** Kyle and Rachel were walking home when Rae noticed that Kyle had a smile planted on his face. "Why are you so happy?" she asked.

"I was thinking, since we've never been on a real date, would you want to this Friday?" he replied. Rachel smirked.

"Well…" she paused. Kyle looked at her anxiously.

"Please say yes, please say yes." Rachel finally looked at him.

"Yeah I'd love to." Once again they noticed they were in front of Rachel's house.

"Well I guess I'll see you soon then," said Kyle happily.

"Yeah. See you soon then." Kyle took a step and turned back around.

"I forgot something," he said. Rachel arched her eyebrow.

"What'cha forget this time?" she asked. Kyle's smile grew.

"Your goodnight kiss," he replied. Rachel smiled back at the answer.