Here's Chapter 9! I'm so glad that I'm noticing the OC's you guys made are starting to fit in. :)

As I go to the lobby of the country club, I see Carlos and everyone at least trying to hang with our rivals. We all know there's at least one person everyone hates. I noticed Izzy got back to her roots and flirted with Carlos. She always did that back in the day. The guys I liked, she flirted with. The guys I dated, she made out with. But maybe it's time to get revenge on Carlos, because he probably loved Izzy right now. "Hey Micaela, wanna hang out with them?" Carlos walked up to me and signaled to our competition. I just rolled my eyes. "Uh, okay then, I'll talk to you later," He walked back to them. Not that I'm jealous or anything. I just hate her guts.

So who's the lucky guy I was going to talk to? There's Andrew, Riley, Matthew, and Ryan. Perfect. "M, I know you and Izzy have been enemies for your whole lives, but she's actually pretty nice." Carlos came up to me, again.

I just chuckled, "No." My smile turned into a solid smirk. I trotted (not horse trotted) off to Ryan.

"Hey," He grinned.

"It's Micaela. And I like the style brown-hair." I forced a smile. This guy was actually cute in a way. The look in his eyes told me something.

"Yeah I know. So, do you have any plans tonight?" He asked me. I noticed Carlos passed by.

I was silent for a couple of minutes, "Nope." Then my eyes looked to Carlos, who's face was seriously potentially jealous.

"How about dinner at Lé Fancé? Six o'clock?" He offered.

"I would love that." I smiled.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa big guy. She's like a sister to me. Well, mostly an ex-girlfriend-"

"James." I interrupted.

"But I don't want you mackin' on Carlos's girlfriend. And if you-"

"James." I said again.

"And if you break her heart some serious butt will be-"

"James!" I nearly yelled. "Ryan's just taking me out for a small dinner. No need to get all protective over it."

"Fine. You still love me right?" He asked. I just pushed him away and he stumbled off. "You better watch what you'll be doing!" He yelled.

"He can be…stupid sometimes." I stated.

"I noticed." Ryan chuckled.

"So, I'll see you tonight," I walked off, feeling good about myself.

"So, you decided to cheat on your own boyfriend didn't you?" Kate came up to me.

"No. How did you get that into your head?" I asked.

"Because she has something called ears. You use them for listening." Aria said.

"Yeah. It looks like you're going out with Ryan tonight." Nina stated a fact.

"Your point is?"

"That's cheating. No guy likes when their girlfriend cheats," Aria finally left my face.

"I'm sorry Micaela. They can be mean at times." Micayla told me. It was kinda weird talking to another person with the same name as me. I smiled then she walked away. I was hanging out at the chips and everything, then the all-time snobs (except Micayla) were telling Izzy probably what happened to me.

"How could you do this to me?" Carlos walked towards me in frustration.

"Do what?" I faked a smile.

"Go out with Ryan over me! Look, he's not as lovable." He showed his puppy-dog face to me.

Aw, there he goes at it again! "Forget it Carlos. When we fought, I knew you wouldn't listen." My voice was shaky.

"Wait, since when did the puppy-dog face not work on you?" He asked me.

"In high school." I murmured then went to our room.

What to wear to Lé Fancé? Well of course it's going to be fancy. I found a white dress in my suitcase, but I needed that for show night. Nah, whatever I'll buy a new one later. I arrived at Lé Fancé and then I saw my so-called date sitting at a table, tapping away for me to come. I smiled then walked over there to sit down. "You look beautiful." He told me. Man, did this guy actually like me?

"Thanks." I said. I noticed a moving plant… or bush right behind Ryan. How nice. Moving plants. Wait. My vision cleared up as I saw the tip of the tree hat. "Can I be excused for a couple minutes?"

"Sure." He said.

I went to the bush, took off the hat, and there sat Carlos. "Carlos!" I whispered.

"I didn't want you to get hurt okay?" He said.

"Oh really." I asked.

"Really."

"That's not enough to get me back," I walked off then sat back down. "Ryan, I'm so sorry about this, but I have to go." I decided to bail on him. I felt like such a terrible person. I quickly walked away and straightened up my dress.

"Micaela!" I heard James call, and his footsteps running after me. "What did he do to you?"

"Nothing. I just ditched the date." I stopped walking.

"Great job!" He exclaimed.

"No, it wasn't a great job James. He's one of the sweetest guys in those bands, and I just broke that." I told him. "We're for sure going to loose that competition because of me. You guys won't even help on the work."

"Don't say that. Look at me. If you really believe in yourself, then you- and we can win this. We have two more days, and then the night of the competition, we can pull it off and have fun." He looked me in the eyes.

"Wow. That sounded like a Kendall speech." I just said, then walked off.

"Wait, what did I say!" I heard him calling after me.

That just gave me another idea. I was going to watch the Demigodz and Pearlz perform, so I can do a little changes to what we're doing.