So this is what happened to me: I may or may not have told you that my personal computer is from before the dawn of time. Well, it is. A month or so ago, my dad decided I had to get a new one. I didn't really think so... I mean, it had all my precious files on it (including Reawakening, Crushed By A Crush, Code: TARDIS/Family of Wrath, and all my stories/songs, some of which you haven't read) and this was the computer without internet, so all I ever used was Word, which worked fine. But my dad goes, NOOOOOO, it's obsolete and must be replaced! So one day he brings in a new computer in against my will. But now I can't really do anything about it – he paid for it, didn't he? So we're trying to figure out how to move all my files and stuff. We didn't want to try doing it manually because we didn't have a flash drive with that much room on it, and the new computer didn't seem to like them anyway. So then my dad's all, "Hey! Let's take out the hard drive from this 15-year-old computer that's just about ready to explode next time something weird happens to it and see if it'll fit in this brand new one! That's a good idea, right?" And just after he takes it out he thinks to call someone to make sure it's safe. And now all my stuff is bye-bye. A lot of it I had in writing or up here, but the new stuff all has to be rewritten. And before you ask, no, I can't try putting the hard drive back into the old computer and getting my stuff. We did that, but the hard drive is now busted. And the new computer had OpenOffice instead of Word. No AutoCorrect, and I had to add all these names and stuff to the dictionary. I lost all my special fonts, too. And my videos. And I couldn't do anything that has to do with audio because none of the holes would accept speakers. It wasn't just muted, even, it just plain won't let me do it. So that rules out music, half of my life. I still have my brother's computer with most of my music on it, but I lost all the silly little kid songs that are oh so fun to put in crazy videos. Including the F.U.N. Song... I lost the F.U.N. Song... I.LOST. THE F.U.N. SONG. Thank you, father dear, for this lovely gift. Thank you so much. T_T WHYYYYYYYYYY?

NOW I have yet another computer with Windows 7. It's so much better, I have internet and Word and moviemaker and sound. And I know I should've gotten something down since all that happened, it was before summer, but… My brain HATES me. I'm so, so sorry, guys. I really wanted a new chapter as much as you did, but my creative juices just vanished, it was horrid. There were some dark days… I mean, nothing happened, but… Well, nothing happened. Lol. That was the issue. I went crazy because there was so much nothing. But it's over now, I'm sane again. Well, as sane as I used to be. Hehehehehe. And I'm gonna make myself write this, because you deserve it for waiting so long.

Chapter 4

"SARI SARI SARI!" Alice shrieked at the top of her lungs, running up to Sari at the end of school a few days later. It turned out she dropped the nicknames after knowing someone for a while. This was the first time she'd used Sari's real name.

"ALICE ALICE ALICE!" Sari shrieked in turn.

"Guess what?" Alice asked, panting as she stopped running.

"You got abducted by aliens!" Sari guessed.

"No," Alice replied, "...But wouldn't that be awesome? They could like put this chip in my brain and then I'd be all 'I come to this planet representing the-"

"You were gonna tell me something," Sari interrupted before Alice went too deeply into this.

"Oh, yeah, I was talking!" Alice exclaimed, "So you know who Danny Anderson is, right?"

"That guy you're always talking about?" Sari asked with a smirk, "How could I not? You practically worship him."

"Yeah, him! Well, I overheard him talking today-"

"You mean you were following him?"

"Well, yeah," Alice said shamelessly, "He's cute! It's not illegal or anything."

"Actually, Alice..."

"But anyway!" Alice blurted out, "You know what I heard him say?"

"Hmmm..." Sari mused. Judging by the fact that Alice seemed more excited than usual, there was only one conclusion. "He's going to ask you to the dance?" Sari guessed.

"Close," said Alice, "He's asking YOU to the dance!"

Sari's eyes bulged. What in the name of sanity...?

No. Just no.

"Well?" Alice asked, obviously expecting Sari to squeal or something, "Anything to say to that?"

"You're kidding, right?" Sari asked, not at all pleased, "Tell him no."

"WHY NOT?" Alice screamed, the way she always did when she was shocked.

"Why?" Sari asked in turn.

"Because he's DANNY ANDERSON! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! He actually thinks you're cute! This may never happen again!"

"And that's why not," Sari replied, "There's a reason he may never ask me again, Alice. Do you know anything about popularity?"

"He's really nice!" Alice defended, "You know he's not into cheerleaders and stuff? He always asks someone who he knows no one else would."

"Exactly," said Sari, "Poor unsuspecting girls who he can easily use. I'm not falling for it, end of story."

"It's just a dance!" Alice protested, "You don't have to be his girlfriend or anything! It's like courting."

"Why don't you go with him if he's so amazing?" Sari asked with a chuckle.

"He didn't ask ME!"

"He didn't ask me, either!" Sari replied.

"Robo-teeeeeeeen!" Alice whined. Ah, there was the nickname again.

"And what do you mean, 'no one else would?'"

"Did I say that?" Alice asked.

"I think you did."

"I'm sorry! I just open my mouth and words come out! You should know that by now! Antidisestablishmentarianism! See? I don't even know what that means!"

"You really think no one else would?" Sari asked again, only slightly less insulted.

"Well, not that you're not cool and appealing and cute, but you're not, you know, into dating and stuff."

"What do you mean I'm not into—When did I say I wasn't into dating? I stopped homeschooling to meet people, and that includes males!"

"Just not Danny," Alice said nonchalantly.

"What, you think I'd take any guy I can find like some kind of—"

"Language, Sari."

"He's just not my type, okay? I can't believe I'm having this conversation. Go tell him no, please."

"I don't waaannaaaaaa!" Alice moaned.

Sari decided to take a different approach. "Would you rather he was taken?"

Alice paused.

"I'm going home," Sari said, knowing that would work, "I will say no more."

"I'll tell him no," Alice called as she left.

Blah. Dialogue. Blah. I wanted more, but I don't think I can get another scene in today. So this'll have to do. It IS relevant, for the record. I'm just still trying to get my creative juices back. Waaaaahhh. So it looks like a random filler thing right now. But it's setting up something pretty epic, I promise. And not just stereotypical teen drama, if that's what you're thinking. Really, it's setting up epicness. The drama's coming. I just need to get the lighthearted fluff out of the way first. The Transformers-ness will be here shortly. It's gonna tie in with an episode and all that. I should stop talking now, shouldn't I…? Spoilers…