A/N – Sorry for author's notes all the time!! Well, thanks to everybody for reviewing/reading this. It means a lot to me. Oh yeah, Jenny's named after my best friend Jenny, and Nicole's personality is totally based on her, and Jenny's is my personality. I seriously do think stuff like that about people.. Unfortunately. xD

Okay, today is the second day of school. Like I said, it's only the second, and I can sense some drama coming up. I roll over to my beeping alarm clock and see that it's six in the morning. I hate waking up so early. After my ten minute shower (I'm trying to conserve water) I feel kind of sad standing in front of my closet. I kind of liked my outfit yesterday. I guess I'll just go back to the true Jenny. So it's a green t-shirt about world peace, slightly flared jeans, and my good ol' black Chucks. This is who I really am. Not a girl who dresses in revealing clothes that shows her ass and stomach.

I opted for a Pop-Tart today and let Nicole have it since I wasn't feeling so hungry. "Gah dammit, I'm starting to feel sick, dude" Nicole said to me. I get a sinking feeling inside me. "You mean, sick, sick?" I ask her. She replies "Yeah, SICK, SICK." This is bad, this is really, really bad. "Wait, you mean.. you can't come to the party tomorrow night?!" I all but yelled. She gives me an apologetic look and says "I'm really sorry, Jenner." After a couple deep breaths, I tell her "I'm not worried about the party really. I think I can kind of manage on my own, but I'm concerned about your health." Did I tell you guys that I want to be a pediatrician when I grow up? "It's nothing too serious. Maybe a temporary case of the flu or something" she replied. I saw her pull out a tissue and blow into it.

"Oh great, the bus is here. Whoop-dee-doo!!" I say sarcastically. We hop on the bus and opt to sit in the front seats this time. Some of the kids on there are giving me strange looks. Okay.. weird much? "Nicole.. have you noticed that some people are looking at me all funky?" I whispered to her. She looks around and says "I think word about you and Morgan and Shane and the whole Angela/Heather crew spread around.. that could be a pretty darn good explanation." I thought all that was over and done with. What was I thinking? A couple hours can't really change that much, can it?

The both of us get off the bus and Nicole starts looking dizzy. Oh no, she looks like she's about to puke. Maybe I shouldn't have let her eat that Pop-Tart. "Seriously, dude, can you make it through the day?" I asked her. I was getting really worried. "Uh, yeah.. I think I ca – " she cut off while running into the nearest bathroom. After three minutes, she comes out and said "I puked out my fucking guts.. I think I'll wait 'til lunch to go to the nurse or something." She seriously looked green, and not to sound selfish or anything, but I'm going to that party alone. I wanted my first Grey party experience to be with my best friend. Looks like that's not going to happen.

"Well, lunch is only a couple periods away, but you sure you can make it?" I'm getting worried now. She nods and we both go to our homerooms. As I get to my locker to get my books for Biology and Spanish, I see some note stuck on the front. I open it up and it says "You're going to, like, soo regret messing with my Shaney-boo! Signed, anonymous." Oh God, don't tell me Angela just wrote anonymous. Wow, she is seriously dumb. I laugh to myself and open my locker to find a small milk snake. I step back and try not to scream. How did she know that my biggest fear was snakes?! Oh, and if somebody helped her with 

this, they might've thought that I'd mistake this snake for a coral one. A coral snake is pretty venomous, and the snakes have similar body patterns, but it's a tad bit different. I know my snakes, and that this thing was harmless.

I try to be brave and grab some tissues I kept in a small compartment on the locker door and gently grabbed the snake. People were staring at me, startled, as I walked by them. I went to my biology class and told Mrs. Mullen to keep it there and I told her the whole story. I am so a teacher's pet. It kind of helps at times. She put it in a spare cage and let me go back to my homeroom. As I sat down next to Nate, he refused to even acknowledge me. "Uh, why were you walking around with a snake?" he asked me. I just said "Found it in my locker. Probably one of Shane's fuck buddies did it or something. Mrs. Mullen has it now." I feel so brave!! Normally I'd freak out, but I didn't want to cause much more of a scene. I'm not going to get revenge. She's not worth it, it was a harmless snake, and I'm better than that.

By the time homeroom was over, the entire freshmen class heard about my little "adventure" that morning. I mean, it's a small population, of course it'd spread quickly. I could feel stares as I headed for gym, but nobody was going to talk to me. I opted not to participate in anything since my mood was kind of down now. Cassie and Erica walked up to me, hands on their hips, looking really arrogant and bitchy. They were trying to act tough, but it sooo wasn't working. You don't act tough by making your face look like a fucking fish. Ooh, that was alliteration. Cassie was the first to speak. "You know, because of you, Morgan's like, suspended for the rest of the week." Then Erica said "And her mom's banning her from going to the party tomorrow night." All I said was "Can't she sneak out or something? I mean, it's not that hard, REALLY." Cassie yells "Morgan's mom wired her room. If the door or window moves, it'll set an alarm and everyone in the house will know she snuck out and try to stop her." Whoa, that's drastic measures in my opinion. "How can she eat or shower then?" I ask them. Erica says "She has a mini fridge with take-out, a microwave, and her own bathroom. She can live in there for like, an entire week."

Okay, wow. If I had a mini fridge filled with Chinese take-out in my room, I'd be in heaven. "We're just letting you know that you better watch your back. We'll get you at that party!" Cassie screams at me. Is every cheerleader in this school stupid? You're not supposed to tell me when y ou're going to take revenge on me. You're supposed to keep me guessing. Don't they read murder mystery novels or watch those murder mystery TV shows? Wait, not even that. Where the heck did their common sense go? Well, all the better for me since I know when they're going to try and get back at me. And they can forget tomorrow. I'll be out that day. I'm going in for an early whitening session at the ortho. Mom wants me to stay home the entire day, and that's just fine with me.

"Sure thing girls, thanks for telling me the info" I tell them. I slip off the bleachers and cautiously walk away from them. Might as well play with a hacky sack while waiting for that stupid bell. I feel a basketball hit the back of my knees as I fall forward. It didn't hurt, but I was damn pissed. Before I could scream out curse words, I hear Shane say "It doesn't feel so good to get hit by balls, huh Jenny?" As I stand up, my knees make a loud cracking noise. Shane's face drops and he gets this weird shocked look. Oh. My. God. He thinks he's injured me! I am soo going to take advantage of this. "Ahh!! My knee! My fucking knee!! What the fuck did you do to it?! You are sooo dead. I'm gonna sue your ass to Hell and 

you're going to get expelled and – " I was cut off by Shane rushing to my side. "I am so so so sorry Jenny! How's your knee? I didn't mean to hurt you, are you okay? I don't mind getting sued, but please take pity on me on the expulsion part." He wasn't speaking so loudly. I don't think he wanted his friends to hear his words.

He was acting extremely out of character. What the heck's going on? He's supposed to be a total jerk, and now he's apologizing?! Oh wait, I know now. He's a totally selfish bastard. He's just afraid of getting in trouble with the administration. He's not acting out of character now, is he? I think my act is up as I finally stand up straight and say "Thanks for being a total pussy. My knees crack like that all the time, dumbass." Of course, Shane gets a pissed off look on his face. Instead of getting madder, he just whispers to me "Funny how you're calling me a pussy. I already get enough of that, don't worry." I think my cheeks flushed or something because he smiled, winked, then arrogantly walked away. He's fucked up in more ways than one. I'm pretty used to guys saying stuff like that to me, but when Shane said it.. it was so strange. I mean, I BLUSHED. I don't get it, I don't blush that much. I've been adjusting to words like those since I was eleven. Ugh, my head hurts.

When I get to Biology, I can see Nicole looking seriously pale, then I notice that the snake's gone. OH NO! Where'd the snake go?! I think Mrs. Mullen sees my face and tells me that she got it sent to the ASPCA. Whoo, that's a huge relief. When Nicole and I finally make it through the doors after class, I GENTLY grab her arm and ask her "Are you sure you're alright? You're looking pale, and the fact that you're Chinese kind of means something when I say that." She tries to laugh, but nothing really comes out. "Like I said Jenner, I'll wait 'til lunch" she hoarsely whispered. I breeze through Spanish and run as fast as I can to the cafeteria. I see Nicole sitting there, looking so weak. I tell her to sit there while I grab her some fresh squeezed orange juice. Well, Tropicana's fresh squeezed is the best I can get my hands on. At least there's some vitamin C. She flinches while she drinks it. All I got for myself was a salad with Italian dressing. Do you know how fattening Caesar dressing is? Trust me, you don't want to know. "I'm going to the nurse now. I feel like total shit" Nicole tells me. We get passes from one of the teachers on lunch duty and I escort her to the office and wait while she calls her mom.

I leave when the bell rings signaling me to go to Geometry. I make a quick stop at my locker, which had yet another note. All it said this time was "The snake wasn't enough, huh? You better watch your back now, Chink." Oh no she/he didn't! Whoever sent this just called me a Chink. That's worse than some white geek going up to a black kid and saying "Wassup nigga?" Yeah, worse than that. I am seething as I sit down next to Shane. I don't even notice him there, I'm just too mad. Shane turns in his seat towards my direction and asks me "So why do your knees crack?" He's still hung up on the whole knee incident? I rolled my eyes as I said "I don't know, okay? They like making weird sounds." So what if my knees randomly crack? It's nothing to talk about.

I'm not being myself, I'm not paying attention in class. What's wrong with me? Both brothers ignore me for the rest of the day while I walk through the house in a daze. Gina's still her peppy self in High School Musical clothing and light up sneakers. Why is my sister so Disney obsessed? I fall asleep really well for once. Tomorrow's the party. I can sense some stuff is going to happen. I doubt that the sluts have 

anything good planned. I know Shane's going to be doing something.. I'm just not sure. I'll be on my own..

A/N – I am so sorry this chapter sucked!! I have quite some stuff planned for the next chapter, which is the party!! I hope that'll make it up. What's going to happen?? Dun dun dun…