-Studying is Good…For Some-

Jeanette walked down the hall with Simon to the study hall area as she accidentally tripped up on her shoe laces and almost fell. In doing so, Simon's quick reflexes managed to catch her from falling, as he caught her they looked up at each other and blushed a little. "Well I um…gotta get to…um…study hall, right…that's it," she kinda laughed as she noticed she past the room while backing up and accidentally bumped into one of the lockers. "Oops, sorry," she blushed in embarrassment and quickly ran inside to begin her tutoring session with Doug.

Simon just smiled in amazement then turned around and walked down to the science annex of the school where he met up with Mark and the rest of his friends to rehearse for the science bowl coming up. "Okay guy's lets get to work shall we," he said as he put his books down on a empty desk. "Dude did you ask Jeanette out to the ball yet," Mark asked as he wiped down the whiteboard. "N-No…not yet," he quickly brushed off the question.

"What do you mean not yet…it's TOMORROW," he emphasized with a laugh. "YES I KNOW THAT…EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING ME," he blurted out as he closed his eyes to relax.

"Dude…you need to like seriously take a break or a vacation from all this…you're always serious and studying all the time…you can like get into any college you want right now if you could," Mark pointed out to him as Simon stood and looked out the window at the clouds slowly floating by. "I'm sorry for lashing out at you guys…but I'm gonna try to ask her today alright," he quietly said as he turned around to face them. "Can we just get to work guys…please," he added as he took out his study guide and began going over their strategy.

Meanwhile back at study hall, Jeanette was getting settled with Doug from the basketball team as they have a lot to cover judging from the grades he has right now. "WHOA…you're Jeanette from the Chipettes…I can't believe I'm getting help from you…it's like awesome," he said as he warmly greeted her. "Yes, yes…thank you for the warm welcome…," she was in the middle of saying until Doug asked another question. "So how's Brittany…is she always like she is on stage," he wondered. "She's doing…okay…she can be fun at times," she replied again as she pulled out her Literature book.

"Alright Doug…not to ruin the fun, but let's get down to business…it seems like you're having a hard time in your American Literature class…you wanna tell me what seems to be the problem," she asked as she pushed up her glasses. "Well it's just studying for the tests," he replied as visions of Simon flashed through her mind while she thought about how hard Simon has been studying as of late.

"Jeanette…Jeanette," Doug called her as he shook her arm to wake her up out of her trance. "Y-Yes…I'm here Doug…lets just continue okay…What bother's you so much about the tests," she asked while trying to concentrate. "The authors and the stories," Doug answered. "Ooookay…which authors and stories," she followed up. "Um…all of them," he replied with a shrug. "Oh boy this might be a minute," she sighed as she covered her face. "Okay, lets start with the obvious authors…Edgar Allan Poe…what if anything do you know about him," she began to start her session with Doug.

Back in the science annex building, Simon was staring off into the distance while the science team were going over flash cards until they got to Simon's turn. "Simon it's your turn…Simon," Mark called him as he didn't reply. "SIMON," everyone called him as he sat up quickly. "Huh…what is it," he answered in shock. "It's your turn to answer a question on the flash cards. "Oh…okay show me one," he asked.

"Okay…what involves directed beams of particles. In particle physics one gains knowledge about elementary particles by accelerating particles to very high kinetic energy and letting them impact on other particles," Mark asked. "Is that all you got," he laughed. "It's a particle collider," he answered without breaking a sweat.

"See Simon, you got this like glue…you need to get out there and have fun…you're all set for college dude," Mark reminded him as Simon got the answer right.

"Um…yeah maybe," he nervously answered. By then Simon looked up at the clock that it was almost time for the pep rally.

Since he realized that he was pretty much all set for the science bowl, he sat back and kept an eye on the clock while occasionally stepping in to help his teammates with questions for the tournament. Thoughts of Jeanette's speech to him last night played over and over in his mind while sitting at the desk by the window. "I wonder what Jeanette is doing," he thought to himself as he looked outside again.

Back in study hall, Jeanette was explaining more authors and stories to Doug as she kept an eye on her watch to make sure he wasn't late for the pep rally. "I wonder what Simon is doing," she said to herself as she sighed while watching Doug copy down test taking notes and learning more about the American authors.

"Okay, I got most of it now…so I actually have to study at home more than just in the classroom right," Doug asked as he glanced up at the clock. "Yeah…you're right…I think you pretty much got the hang of it Doug, I'm pretty sure Coach Kreaton needs you guys to be in the locker room I think…but we will continue to meet still because I want to see how you're going to study now," Jeanette explained as she started packing up her stuff and proceeded to go to her locker.

Back across the school, Alvin and Brittany were sitting in their computer science class learning how to put together a website. But instead Alvin was playing tetris and Brittany was at another computer using the internet to check her You Tube account. Alvin was in the middle of his game until he turned his head to look at Brittany. As in doing so, she looked up as their eyes met and Alvin quickly turned back around as Brittany couldn't help but chuckle a little.

"Alright class, we have a little time left as there is a pep rally this afternoon for the basketball team," the instructor announced from her desk as Alvin thought about it and grabbed his notebook to begin writing again on his song. Brittany would look up every now and then to see what he's up too. "God what is he writing in that book that is so important," she wondered as she looked up at the clock to keep an eye on the time.

Alvin continued to write and erase then write again as he sat there singing part of the song to him in his mind over and over. "Gosh…what am I doing," he wondered to himself as he laid his head down. "I'm dead no matter what I do," he added softly as the teacher came up behind him. "Mr. Seville, I do believe that it's not bedtime here," she strictly reminded him. "I'm sorry…it's just there's a lot on my mind right now he said as he turned around to look at Brittany while she shook her head and continued to answer messages. "You need to get to work Alvin and stop playing games on the computer," the teacher added.

A few minutes later, he opened his document on the computer and worked on his assignment a little to make it look like he was working. After the teacher walked off from him to go back to the front of the class, he pulled his lyric book back out to think more about his song. "It needs something extra…but I don't know what it is," he pondered to himself again.

At Brittany's computer, she was busy working on the current class assignment as well as working on answering questions from her fans. "Gosh all these questions about me and Alvin…it would be a shame that we didn't go to the ball…but I must teach him this lesson about all this," she said to herself and sighed. She continued on as she watched a fan made video about her and Alvin on You Tube which brought a little tear to her eyes.

By the end of the class, everyone was hard at work as the bell rang for everyone to report to the gym for the pep rally. With hearing the bell, he and Brittany gathered their things and headed out of the door to walk down to the gym as Alvin continued to think about his song for Brittany. "Hey Alvin…I saw the most awesome fan made music video about me and you…it so reminded me of the good times," she told him with a little smile on her face. "R-Really…hmm," he thought as an idea began for form in his mind. "I'll see ya in a little bit Britt…I have an idea," he said as he ran off down the hall to head to the other side of the school. "Good talkin to ya Alvin," she said sarcastically as Theodore and Eleanor caught up with them.

Back on the other side of the school, Simon and his science team mates were finishing up their study session for the science bowl to head to the pep rally as Jeanette walked in and stood in the back to watch Simon in action. "Gosh Simon you're like on a roll with this…honestly you don't need anymore studying time because you've like answered every question we threw at you," Mark said with a little laugh. "Well…it's just part of who I am…I mean I just want to make sure that everything flows the right way for college," he answered just in time for Jeanette to accidentally tripped over a chair which made him turn around.

"J-Jeanette…what are you doing here," he wondered. "Hi Simon good to see you too," she said sarcastically with a little smile. "I didn't mean it like that…but how are you though," he chuckled and smiled back. "I'm doing okay…just thought I'd come and check in on you…you really seemed under a lot of stress," she replied as she stood there playing with her hair a little. "Oh I see…," he said a little nervously as he pushed his glasses up again.

They stood there looking around shyly as the others already grabbed there things to head down to the gym. "So…um…Jeanette…I was wondering if maybe…you'd kinda want to…you know, go with me…to the ball…but if you don't want to I completely understand," he said with a very nervous look on his face as he looked down. "Well actually I was kinda…wondering…that maybe…I'd love to," she replied with a big smile on her face as she hugged him. "Simon…I can't believe it…what made you face your fear of asking me out," she wondered. "I just mainly thought about you the entire time I was in here…and I came to my senses," he replied as they held hands just in time for Alvin to run in.

"Simon…something's just came over me…I need your help," he said as she grabbed his hand while he was pulled away from Jeanette as they ran down the hall. "Well…don't mind me…I'll just stay here," she shouted sarcastically as she thought about what she was going to wear to the ball. "Gosh…wait until Brittany hears this," she smiled brightly as she left the science annex to go down to the gym.

-End of Chapter-