-1Zac and Danielle:

Zac Finderly did not want to go to boarding school in Mclean, Virginia many miles from his town near Boulder, Colorado. He just wanted to be with his best bud Nicki. Everybody thought you could not be best friends with a girl. Most people thought if you were friends with a girl, (or in Nicki's case boy) you were crazy. Zac did not like girls if they were not Nicki. A few years ago, Zac moved from Great Falls, Maryland to Springfield, Colorado. The only person Zac would know was his Evil cousin Danielle. Danielle wanted to take over the world, she was only eleven, and in 7th grade, she had skipped kindergarten. Zac had never had a crush before. He did not think he ever would.

The fifth graders were lining up and Rose and Jean were behind a bunch of boys who were shouting and jumping all over the place. They were right behind Zac and his friends. They were talking about how immature boys could be when the boys turned around to speak.

"Oh my Gosh, I just broke a nail!" Said The Duck (The Duck was a kid named Andrew Lawson)

"Like really! Let's go shopping." Said Chuck

"Ha ha! But, Girls don't do that!" Jean said

"Hut! Let's go play some football men!" Jean continued

"Boys don't think at all! They don't even want to be friendly to girls!" Rose added

Zac had stayed out of the conversation but he snapped at the last comment.

"For Your Information! I have a girl friend, Genius!" Zac snapped

"Oh Zacky! You have a girlfriend named Genius?" asked a girl behind them

"Oh shut up Elle!"

"You are a very mean Zacky!"

"My name is Zac, not Zacky Wacky Shalacky Smacky!"

"Ok Zacky Wacky Shalacky Smacky!"

"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Zac lunged, Danielle ran for her life. Zac caught her, made her say that Zac was Zac, and would always be Zac for as long as he lived.

After that Rose and Jean were friends with Danielle and could call Danielle by the name, she had nicknamed herself, Ella. When they were inside and free from school, they went to the dress store in the mall that was across the street. Rose picked a beautiful light blue flowing gown made of taffeta .Jean had a shocking pink gown made of silk. There were going to be two boys who would need someone to bend down and pick their jaws of the floor for them.

At six, they went to dinner with Brad and Keith. They went to Miyagi the Japanese restaurant in downtown McLean. They all had Teriyaki chicken, and loved it. Bella was there with Marshall from biology. Bella had her usual expression; the I-am-the-best expression. Marshall was just gazing at Bella nodding every few seconds as Bella found things to criticize. After a fun night, they all retired for the night, or not. Bella called at midnight to ask how to get rid of Marshall. Apparently they were on her doorstep and he just refused to budge it was as if he was glued to the spot. After many yawns and goodnights, all was silent.

The Ultimate Prank:

Tuesday was here though the schools inhabitants were still sleeping, well most inhabitants were sleeping. Rose got up at 6 am, and by the time, Jean woke up at 7 am she had had breakfast and done some housekeeping. Rose was sitting on the couch with her feet also on the couch. She was text-messaging Ella. Ella was plotting to prank someone, that someone was Zac. Ella had the keys to his dorm. (Her mom had given it to her to use in "Emergencies") So she was going to go to his room and grab his picture of Nicki his Best Friend, enlarge it and put it in his locker ( Ella also had his locker combination) and make it say "My Girlfriend". Ella signed off.

The door to Zac's dorm slowly creaked open. Ella snatched Zac's picture of Nicki. Then she looked at his bed, he was not in his bed. Ella silently shrieked as she sprinted out the door. Did he see her? She was out of breath by the time she reached her door, she dashed in.

Zac had just woken up, and washed his face when he heard a thud and a creak, he came out of the bathroom as soon as he could. His picture of Nicole his BF was gone. He logged on to his IM and started to talk to Brad who was talking to Rosemary, who Zac did not know. He told Brad to come with Rose his friend so he could use her detective kit. They came right over.

"Umm Hi Zac." Rose said nervously

"Hi Miss Barker." Zac was just as uncomfortable as Rose was, maybe more.

"Hi Zac! What's the problem?" Brad asked

"Well this sounds silly but…my picture of Nicki is gone!" Zac said sounding troubled

"Who's Nicki?" Brad was confused

"His best friend." Rose answered

"How do you know?" Zac was very confused

"Danielle."

"Arghhhh! That girl is going to get it."

"Easy now don't explode!"

"I suppose she told you a lot more than just who my friends are."

"Obviously! Zacster or would you prefer Zachary Andrew Brian Finderly?"

"I am going to…"

"To what Zacky Wacky Shalacky Smacky?

"Danielle?"

"Me, from my security camera."

Suddenly Danielle was on the T.V. screen.

"Security in my room?"

"Ok Spy camera. There is one in Mark Delonge and Tom Hoppus's room for Bella."

"Bella?"

"Bella the Diva! I thought hearing them talk about other girls would be fun for Bella, or for me. I found out that one of them likes me. Not that it matters."

"What do you want you little Devil?"

"You, to throw a sleepover."

"What?

"So I can videotape it and watch it at my sleepover."

"Why would you even want to do that?"

"It Doesn't Matter! You have to play Truth or Dare."

"Fine, just go away!"

"Ok!"

Danielle disappeared. Zac still did not know where his picture was. Oh well! Brad and Rose left.

Back in her room, Rose told the whole story to Jean. By the end, she was on the ground laughing. It was already time for classes to start. In history, they almost fell asleep. Yawn! In biology, they talked about dissecting frogs .It was almost as disgusting as actually doing it! The day crawled by, finally, it was lunchtime. Rose sat next to Danielle, and plotted. They plotted their sleepovers. Yes, they plotted two sleepovers. Zac's would have a Hula theme. With palm trees and three hula dancers. The three-hula dancer's names were Ella, Jean and Rose. It was actually Danielle Abbledwarf, Jean Melissa Fowl and Rosemary Barker. Ella's sleepover would have a Soccer theme as Ella, Jean and Rose were on the school soccer team. Brad and Keith were also on the soccer team. However, they were not invited. The sleepovers were on Friday night. As there were no parents, they would probably stay up until four. Ring! School was over for the day.

The Dance:

Friday dawned bright and early. Classes were out an hour early because the dance started at 1:30 and ended at 4:30. Ella and her team had to work fast because the sleepovers started at was wearing a plain green dress, and was going to the dance with Tom Hoppus. Brad picked Rose up20 minutes before the dance. Brad was wearing a tuxedo, he looked very weird and Rose half expected him to be wearing soccer cleats. However, Brad was wearing nice shiny dress shoes. As expected, he needed help closing his jaw. They danced to "Let's Dance" by Miley Cyrus. Brad danced with her for an hour before he had to step out of the room to catch his breath.

"My cousin is evil!"

"Hi Zac."

"Hi Rosemary."

"Rose no Mary."

"Ok. Hi Rosie Poise!"

"You don't have a date, Do you."

"I do not do dates. The Zacster does not fall in love."

"That would be messy." Brad had returned

"Hey Brad!" Zac said

"We should be leaving Rosie Bud."

"Ok Bradie Bunch"

"I should go too, so Danielle does not trash my room."

"You're probably not going to stop her."

Brad and Rose disappeared into the sea of people; they were surfing into the waves. They got to Rose's room they said goodbye. Rose went into her room and Ella was sitting on her bed. Jean was not there yet, so Rose stepped out of the room to ask what time Zac's party was by texting him .She decided to walk to his dorm. She walked halfway down the hallway when Brad came out of the shadows and he screamed "Boo!" They walked to Zac's room together.

Zac was thinking about Rose, he had a vivid picture of her in his mind. She had long brown hair that was wavy, beautiful chocolate colored eyes and a shiny smile. All the boys had crushes on her. Zac thought crushes was a joke; that it was not real, but Brad really liked her. Brad was too soft and sweet, not tough sounding. On the other hand, he was good at almost every sport, but mostly soccer. Keith was more tough person and not very polite. Keith also had a quirky sense of humor. He some times went a bit too far in his jokes and hurt the feelings of someone. But then again, Brad could get so sweet it almost made you choke. Zac was still lost in dreamland. He was dreaming about a canal boat with him steering the boat and Brad and Rose sitting across from each other with jack-in-the-boxes on either side of them Brad had Jo-Jo (his friend from back home) and Chuck pop out of his jack-in-the-boxes. Rose had Jean and Danielle pop out. He was shaken awake by his cell phone.

Zac was not responding to Rose's text messages. After five text messages she got an answer it was, What U want. She typed, Open your door! Click! The door creaked opened to let them in.

"Hi Brad Rose." Zac said dully

"Hi Zachary!" Rose said business like

"Hi Zac! Guess what!" Brad said happily

"What?" Zac said more happily

"Jo-Jo is coming to PEMHS!" Brad exclaimed

"That's just great!" Brad did not hear the sarcasm.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Rose said confused

"I didn't think you would care."

"Well then, call me when you do!" Rose snapped.

Rose walked out the door. Brad looked very sad and left too. Five minutes later Rose came and asked when his party was. He said it was at she left.

Rose went to Danielle's room and helped set up. Jean came at 5:00 and Alison arrived five minutes later. The girls got comfortable and watched the live entertainment.