This chapter is going to be a little short, because it builds up for my next chapter (which I hope will be longer/ it should). Btw, a little CodyXSierra in this, just as a cameo (as I said before). Anyways, enjoy!

EP 3

Mike walked down the hallway hurriedly, as the other students left their classes happily to grab their lunches and get to the field to have lunch. Cameron was another nice student that Mike had never gotten close to. In fact, to be quite honest, Mike really never tried to get friends after his performance in 1st grade…

*Flashback*

Mike, Scott, and Duncan are running around the playground happily as they continued their game of tag. Duncan was it, and was chasing after Mike. In an attempt to escape Duncan's grasp, Mike climbed up onto the top of the jungle gym bars. Duncan followed him, but stopped when Mike climbed on top of the monkey bars.

"Um…Mike? We aren't supposed to be up there!" Duncan called from below. Mike realized what he had done and immediately freaked out.

"Oh no! Oh no! Oh n-" *Gasp* "What da heck am I doin up here?" Mike/Chester spoke. Duncan, at first, stared at him blankly, obviously confused on what Mike was doing.

"Mike? Why are you pretending to be an old man?" Mike/Chester was about to answer, when he gasped, and realized where he was again. For the second time, he freaked out, but this time, he started to fall off the monkey bars. A nearby teacher who was counseling the playground saw this, and started rushing over.

Mike then lost his balance completely, and fell off the monkey bars, much to his friends, and the teacher's horror. But midway down, he gasped again, and his eyes became full of excitement. "Dis looks like a job for Svetlana!" He/She shouted happily, and landed right on his/her feet. The teacher ran over to him, and scolded him not to do anything like that again. The teacher then said that she was going to put him in a time out, and have him sit on the bench outside the fence. Duncan, now completely confused (along with Scott) approached Mike carefully.

"Mike…what is wrong with you?" Duncan asked.

"Vat? Nothing is wrong wit me?" Svetlana answered.

"Oh really? What's with the weird accent?" Scott asked. Suddenly, Mike/Svetlana gasped again, and Mike was himself once more. 'Where am I?' he wondered. He looked up and saw his friends staring at him.

"Hey guys! What's wrong? Aren't we still playing?" Mike asked them curiously, wondering why they were staring at him in a weird way.

"Not anymore!" Scott informed him with a mean accent.

"Not with you, you're acting weird! You're weird!" Duncan added, and ran away with Scott to play on the playground.

Mike stood there, with tears in his eyes, wondering why his friends had left him. 'What's wrong with me?' he sadly asked himself over and over again. Later on that day, his parents came to the school office where they talked to Principal McLean about Mike's strange behavior. Soon after, Mike was sent to a doctor and a psychiatrist to diagnose his peculiar character changes, which eventually discovered that he had MPD.

*End of Flashback*

Mike realized that he had reached his locker, and began putting in the combination. After he heard the click of the lock popping open, he opened up his locker, and grabbed his lunch. As he put it in his bag, he noticed Zoey close her locker and start making her way to him. Mike threw his lunch in his backpack, and closed his locker just as Zoey reached him.

"Hey mike! Ready for lunch?" She asked him happily. Mike rubbed his arm,

"Uh, yeah about that, I need to go talk to…uh…a teacher! Yeah, I have to ask Mr. Franklin something, I'll meet you on the field in a minute." Mike quickly made up an excuse. Zoey bought it and walked off towards the stairs. Mike didn't like lying to Zoey like that. She was his best, and first, friend. But he had to, in order to keep his MPD a secret.

Cameron and Mike had agreed to meet in the library where they could get some privacy and someplace where Mike could avoid Scott, Duncan, and Alejandro. Scott and Duncan refused to read books, and Alejandro had other things to do, so it seemed to be the safest place for Mike and Cameron to talk about his MPD in peace.

Mike opened the glass doors to the library and walked in. All around him, students were studying or reading. He walked up to the main desk, and signed in. After he wrote his name down on the paper, he scanned the room. It took him a minute before he finally spotted Cameron in the back table behind a bookshelf. He was waving at Mike, and signaling for him to come over.

Mike excitedly made his way over to the table, and sat down with Cameron. As soon as they made sure that nobody was listening to them, Cameron started speaking,

"So, Trent and some others tell me you have MPD?" he asked. Mike sighed and put his head in his hands.

"Yeah…yeah I do. I'm just surprised you didn't hear of it sooner." Cameron gave a soft laugh before looking down at the book before him,

"Well, I'm not exactly the most social person out there…most of the times my bubble keeps me from learning anything around here! For instance, I don't even know who that girl is over there! Is she new?" Cameron said pointing towards Sierra, who was happily chatting away to what looked like an annoyed Cody.

"Um…no…that's Sierra…she's been here for two years now…." Mike said flatly. Cameron sighed heavily and slouched.

"See what I mean? Anyway, let's get back to the issue at hand. Since Trent told me you have MPD, and told me that it's been giving you trouble, I couldn't help but be intrigued to find out more about the disorder. Of course, I would help you in the process…" Cameron explained.

"Great! But I have to ask two things first. For one, what do you mean 'learn more about the disorder', and two, can we keep this just between the two of us? I really don't want anyone knowing, especially Zoey…" Mike begged. If there was one thing that Mike didn't want, it was for Zoey to find out about his MPD. That was the whole reason he was doing this anyway…

"To answer your first question, I've read about MPD in books, but never found it believable. But now, I can learn it from you, and possibly help you out in the process. Besides, it would make a great project for AP Psychology!" Cameron exclaimed. As he had mentioned earlier, Cameron was a bit of a nerd. Actually, he was a big nerd. He was in all of the Advanced Placement classes, and usually hung out by himself. "And to answer your second question, sure! I don't mind keeping secrets, besides, I don't have anyone to talk to and tell them to." Cameron assured him.

"Good! But…um…how do we…ya know…how do you help me out?" Mike asked him. He wanted to know how he could possibly help him in ways that his psychiatrist hadn't been able to do.

"Well…I could take notes of your different behaviors, and then find out what triggers them. Maybe if I can figure out what triggers them, you can just make sure that you don't set them off, and you'll be rid of them! Easy!" Cameron explained. Mike smiled. For once, things seemed to be looking up on the subject of his MPD. For the next 30 minutes, Mike and Cameron talked about his MPD, and Cameron began taking some notes. 10 minutes before the period ended, Mike realized that he still wanted to hang out with Zoey, so he said goodbye to Cameron, and ran outside onto the turf.

Once outside, he spotted Zoey, talking with Jasmine and Shawn in the corner of the field. He was about to make his way over there when two hands grabbed him on the shoulders and pulled him around the corner of the gym, where nobody would be able to see him. Mike spun around and landed against the brick wall with a thud, and slid down to the concrete sidewalk. He looked up, stunned, and saw Scott grinning from ear to ear.

"So Mike. Where've you been? I've missed you." Scott snickered.

"What? Well-I-I-I…uh…I…um…" Mike couldn't find his words, nor the will to speak.

"Well, a some squealers told us that you went to see Cameron about your MPD? Is that right?" Scott asked rhetorically while looking to his right. Mike followed his gaze and saw Harold and Cody pinned against the wall by Alejandro and Duncan. Mike began sweating and looked back at Scott fearfully.

"What do you want now? What could you possibly want from me now?!" Mike asked practically hysterically. Scott snickered.

"What do I want? I want you to leave bubble boy out of this! And if you don't, you can bet that Zoey will be receiving a special note about someone's mental condition." He threatened.

"NO! No don't Scott! Why don't you just leave me alone? What have I ever done to you?" Mike pleaded with him. His words, however, ricocheted right off him, as Scott avoided the question,

"That's not the point! Either leave bubble boy out of this, or say goodbye to Zoey! Your choice!" Scott repeated. Eventually, Mike gave in and nodded, signing his agreement to leave Cameron out of his MPD troubles. "Good. Now, get back out there and act like nothing ever happened." Scott said picking Mike back up and pushing him back around the corner of the building. Mike shakily grabbed his backpack (which he had dropped earlier) and ran back onto the field towards his friends. Scott watched him go with enjoyment.

"Hey Scott, are you done with your little show so we can beat up these nerds now? I'm getting tired of holdin up this toothpick over here." Duncan called over to him. Harold began sweating even more so now that he was being talked about like a punching bag.

"I don't care do whatever you want. I'm not in charge of you…" Scott said as he walked off. Duncan grinned as he and Alejandro prepared to beat up the two nerds they had caught. Alejandro was mere inches from throwing the first punch at Cody when they heard a voice,

"Ohhhh codyyyyy? Cody where are you? Cody?" Instantly, Duncan recognized her voice. 'Oh man I better get out of here before she sees me with Alejandro and Cody!'. Duncan dropped Harold (who gladly ran away) and ran off. Alejandro watched him go and laughed.

"Boy he is weak. Now where was I?" Alejandro turned back to Cody just as he noticed Cody was smiling. "What's so funny?" He asked him. Cody pointed to behind Alejandro, and he turned around to see what he was pointing at. There, behind him, was an enraged Sierra. "Uhhhh…."

The sounds of Sierra ripping into Alejandro were heard clearly around half of the school.

Mike reached Zoey, Shawn, and Jasmine at the corner of the turf, where they usually met and sat down with them. On his way over there, he had managed to calm himself down and make himself look presentable for his arrival.

"Hi Mike! What took you so long?" Zoey welcomed him.

"Oh, I was having trouble with a question that's all. Anyways what's up with you guys?" Mike asked the group.

"Nothing much. Just talking about that Global Studies quiz that is coming up. I'm surprised that Mr. Cromwell gave us a quiz so early in the year, does he do that often?" Zoey asked to no one in particular.

"Well, he does it once in a while, but usually when they are this early; it's probably an easy quiz. Just study the textbook I'm sure it'll be easy." Jasmine assured her.

"Good, cause I'm horrible at Global Studies." Mike laughed. Zoey laughed along with him, and Mike half smiled, regarding what had happened earlier. The last 15 minutes of lunch ended with a few jokes between the four of them, and some more tips on studying for school. They departed once they reached their lockers, and went off to their seventh period class. For the rest of the day, Mike kept what Scott had said in his mind. He didn't want to bring Cameron into this, for both of their sakes, but he needed to find out how his multiple personalities were triggered.

Mike thought for a moment and devised a plan. He would ask Cameron for his phone number and they would exchange notes via text, and if Alejandro, Scott, or Duncan spotted him, he would tell them that he was telling Cameron that he didn't need his help anymore. Mike waited in agony as the minutes ticked away. Seventh period turned into eighth period, where the minutes and seconds seemed to be going even more slowly.

Finally, the bell rang and Mike ran out of the classroom desperately trying to find Cameron before Scott/Duncan/ and Alejandro found him. Weaving his way through the people, Mike eventually spotted Cameron with a book in his hand near his locker. Mike made a beeline straight towards him, and continued making his way through the crowd. When Mike finally reached him, he took a deep breath and repeated his plan verbally, while looking sad to keep the others confident in case they were watching them.

"Cameron I have to talk to you. Here's my phone number (Mike handed Cameron a piece of paper with his telephone number on it), we can't speak in school anymore. Nod like you understand that we can't hang out anymore." Mike instructed.

"Wait what? We can't hang out anymore?" Cameron asked sadly.

"No no! We can, just take my phone number. We can only talk through text." Mike explained.

"Oooooohhh! Ok gotcha!" Cameron said before replacing his grinning face with a frowning one. Scott watched as Mike conversed with Cameron. After a few minutes, the two broke up their conversation, and Mike went back to his locker. Scott watched him go, and then went over to Cameron's locker.

"He Cameron, I was just wondering if what you and Mike were saying over there." Scott said playing innocent.

"Oh that? Mike was just telling me that we couldn't hang out anymore…I don't undersetand why…" Cameron faked. Thankfully, Scott took the bait and smiled. He walked back to his own locker and smiled to himself. 'Good, now that those two are broken up, he won't be getting any ideas.' Scott thought deviously.

Zoey tapped Mike on the shoulder at his locker. "Hey Mike, what was the chemistry homework again?" She asked him. Mike thought for a moment before remembering.

"Oh it was section 4.1 end of assessment questions." Mike explained. Zoey nodded and watched as Mike finished packing up his things.

"Ok thanks, sometimes I forget, anyway I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" She said happily. Mike grabbed his backpack and smiled back at her.

"Yeah I'll see you tomorrow." He replied. The two walked down to the buses together, and departed where their buses separated. Mike hopped on his bus and sat down at an empty seat. He stared out the window, wondering what he would talk to Cameron about tonight, and what he might be able to tell him about his MPD. Soon, the bus gathered all its passengers, and took off, distributing them to their houses.

Mike hopped off the bus at his stop, and walked up to his house. He pulled out his key, and unlocked the door. Once he got inside he locked the door again, set his backpack down on a chair, and ran upstairs where he flopped onto his bed. Once again he stared at the ceiling thinking. 'Man…what am I going to do about Scott? He's turning out to be a real problem…I swear if he tells Zoey that I have MPD…I…I'll…' Mike's thought was broken when his phone buzzed and he received a text. Expecting it to be Cameron he picked it up.

Instead, it was Zoey, asking if he was there. He replied with a 'yes' and waited for her reply. She soon replied with a 'I forgot to ask you, where were you again during lunch?' Mike frowned. Was she getting curios? Did she think that he was lying? Mike decided to stick to his former lie and see where it got him.

'I was asking Mr. Franklin a question about the homework.'

'What did you ask him that could take that long?' She persisted. Mike thought quickly before replying,

'I was asking him how significant figures worked. I can't seem to grasp how to figure out how many significant figures are in a number…' there was a pause before Zoey answered.

'Oh, well in that case next time you have a question, you could just ask me. I'm great with significant answers.' Mike smiled. It was nice to know that she wanted to help him, even though he was lying.

'Thanks! I have to go now, later.' Mike ended the text.

'Bye!' Zoey replied. Mike closed his phone after they closed the conversation and closed his eyes. Overall, today had been a horrible day. It seemed like he had spent more of the day with Scott and Duncan, than with Zoey. 'At least Cameron is going to help me figure this out now…' Mike thought optimistically. Later on that night, Cameron finally texted Mike, and the two had a long conversation of Mike telling Cameron what his multiple personalities were like; what they liked to eat, what they liked to watch on TV, all that simple stuff.

Mike didn't understand why this was important, but when he asked Cameron, he said that it would all make sense eventually. After eating dinner, Mike eventually fell asleep after texting with Cameron for so long. He had had a rough day after all.

Well that's the end of the chapter. Like I said, it's kinda short compared to the others, but the next one should be pretty good. Also, I know that Cameron might sound like a doctor a bit, but I mean he's a nerdy kid who is interested in Mike's MPD itself, just like he said in the show, so I'm sorry if he seems like a doctor and stuff, but I think that's how he would act.