Um...hi.

I've been trying to do this chapter for a while, but somehow I get stuck while writing and I pause to think 'What the heck am I writing?' and then I just dump the poor document aside. At other times, I get a severe case of writer's block and refrain from touching for a while.

Okay, the four cousins will NOT be making any more appearances and there will be no more references to them in anywhere else, unless xXlil-eveXx, who has yet to return to , wants to use them. I'm leaving every story, every chapter of them as it is, but there will be no more insanity caused by OCs. Don't bother asking me about it, since I may end up screaming about how terribly fat I look (you have NO idea how related they are...I think), and no ones likes a whiney authoress.

Okay. Now, I write.

"So, May, how was the non-dance?" Whitney asked, nudging the brunette eagerly. Somehow, the term 'non-dance' was coined, since May didn't even reach the school hall on that night.

"Fine, a little...weird, but yeah," was her brisk reply, as May bent down to open up her locker. She scooped out all her books, before shoving them impatiently in her bag. Whitney winced as May whacked and slammed the books down.

"Weird?" the pink-haired girl probed further. She looked behind her to see Misty walking up to them, before looking back at the brunette again. "Define 'weird'."

May pursed her lips. "Well...I think I met Ash's childhood sweetheart, so that was awkward."

"Ew," Misty interrupted, her face pulled into that of disgust, "you mean Melody?"

Whitney blinked. "You mean that really rich student who just entered school?"

Solana happened to walk past the trio, and she immediately chimed in, "And the girl who clings on to Ash all the time like he's all she has?"

May gave a small smile. "Yup."

"Speaking of which, here comes Ash now..." Whitney pointed out, as the girls greeted him monotonously (besides, thought May, who even HAD the energy after lessons?)

May smiled, and commented, to the amusement of everyone else, "So, where's your babysitter?"

Ash groaned, "Aw, come on! I came here specifically for the purpose of NOT being reminded of her...!" The boy suddenly stopped, and he looked about cautiously for the girl. Then, he heaved a sigh a relief.

Whitney raised an eyebrow, "How bad can she get?"

"S-She came up to me and asked to stay away from Drew because he may influence me into becoming a sissy, chided Brendan for being too submissive to Misty..." the raven-haired boy gulped when Misty glared, but nevertheless, he continued the list, "and she beat up Brawly because he was flexing his muscles too much."

The girls stared at him in silence for a short moment, before Whitney smiled, "Sounded like Brawly alright. He has HOT BICEPS, y'know?"

"Shut up, Brendan can beat your man at arm wrestling anytime!" Misty joked, punching Whitney in the shoulder teasingly.

They were interrupted by a loud, commanding voice, "WELL, MY Ash can beat ALL of your boyfriends!"

The girls (minus Ash; who froze) turned around, only to come face-to-face with Melody herself.

"Speak of the female devil; she's here." Whitney muttered under her breath, and Solana let out a light chuckle.

"Ah, Melody...!" Ash retorted, his face flushed.

"Speaking of which, Ash, didn't I tell you not to be late for class? By talking to-" Melody paused to survey all four girls. She cast a wary glance at all of them, but for May, she decided to glare. "these...people."

Ash looked at the four girls apologetically yet urgently, and then he looked at Melody. "Why can't I talk to my friends?"

"Yeah, Melody, why can't he?" May added, with a small smirk on her face.

Melody's face flushed, not expecting a response. She gave May a scowl. "S-Shut up!" she spat vehemently, before she promptly dragged Ash away from May, who burst out laughing upon seeing her flustered face.

So, maybe teasing Melody indirectly was fun.

May smiled absentmindedly to herself, as she looked at the sky idly, watching the amorphous (and the authoress is proud to say that she actually spiffened up her vocabulary during her hiatus) clouds drift by.

It was only when Solana shook her out of her daydream that she realised that she was squirting a tad bit too much ketchup on her hotdog.

"Oops. Right..." the brunette laughed as she put away the ketchup bottle. Then, as she turned around, her ketchup-stained hand swung juuust a little before landing smack on a certain girl's pale white blouse.

"Oh. My. Gosh." Melody looked at her shirt, with a distinct red handprint on it, and she screamed.

"A-Ah, damn it! Sorry!" May apologised profusely.

Gah, just forget it; she's such a she-jerk anyway, the annoyed voice in May's head muttered.

"Ew, urrff...!" Melody winced as she looked at her shirt in horror, as though she was actually bleeding. She spun around, slapping Solana with her thick chestnut brown hair, and snapped at May, "This is all your fault!"

"Hey, I already said sorry!" May yelled back, huffing. "Besides, who asked you to be such a she-jerk?"

Sudden, overly dramatic gasps resounded, since May practically yelled that part. Solana smirked, and she looked at Ash, who had sat up straight to watch the two girls fight it out in mild curiosity.

Melody was somewhat flabbergasted, but she quickly took her stance. "W-Well, who asked you t-to be in cahoots with Ash, huh?!"

Ash slumped back in his seat and groaned.

"In the very least I don't babysit him!" May retorted back.

"Screw this!" Melody screamed, and she snatched the ketchup bottle from the counter, much to the shop owner's shock. Then, she squeezed her eyes shut, and squirted out dollops of ketchup at May.

May quickly skidded away, and the spray of ketchup hit Whitney's pink hair. With her hair stained red, she looked at Melody incredulously, and then she glanced at her unfinished noodles. Without sparing a thought she grabbed the wad of noodles, and threw it at Melody.

"Foood fight!" someone quickly announced, and soon, the whole cafeteria burst into life, as they all grabbed whatever was on their plates and threw it at all places possible.

May scurried away from the scene, before she was hit by a plate full of fries at the back of her head. She turned around, and saw Melody, with a smirk on her face.

"Oh, now you're screwed..." May hissed under her breath. She looked around, and grabbed a long loaf of bread, wielding it in Melody's face.

"For Ash." Melody muttered, and she grabbed some fries on the table nearby. She placed them in between her fingers, like sharp knives that could easily be thrown.

"Oh, gosh, don't!" Ash yelled, as he ducked underneath the table. He gathered four more tables to shield him from the food, before watching helplessly as Melody started screaming war cries that sounded distinctly like "For Asssssh!"

The epic battle began. May ripped off part of her weapon with her teeth, and when Ash cried "Ewwww...!" she simply replied back, "I'm hungry. Someone took my hotdog to throw."

Then, the two started to really fight. Melody leapt on top of a table, and as May lunged forward carrying the bread, Melody swung her arm, snapping off the bread.

"HAH! Now you're open!" Melody yelled, as she dipped her fries in ketchup, and threw all of them at May with murderous intent. May retaliated by running, and then lifting the table up as a shield. Noticing a plate on the floor, May crawled to reach it.

"No way; you won't get away!" Melody cried, as she ran forward, her arms flailing wildly. Instinctively, May reached out, holding Melody's arms in front of her as the two struggled with overpowering the other with brute strength.

Soon, the whole cafeteria stopped to watch the two girls.

"Go, May!" Ash cheered.

That enraged Melody, but yet distracted her such that May, smiling with glee at Ash's encouragement, was able to tackle and pin Melody down to the floor. Melody thrashed about wildly, but May's firm grip was strong.

Then, May felt a weird sensation on her body. Looking down, she saw that Melody had stabbed a mustard-lined burger into May's heart.

"Gahh, gross!" May immediately let go of Melody, crying out in shock.

A few lot of the people in the cafeteria, safely situated behind some benches cheered wildly as Melody shoved May away. Whitney and Solana were screaming like fangirls as their friend worried over her shirt, until Jasmine screamed, "May! Behind you!"

The usually quiet girl's loud voice silenced the crowd. May quickly took the opportunity to turn around. She saw the ultimate weapon, the weapon that had started it all - the ketchup bottle, and its companion, the mustard bottle.

May grabbed the two, and with a glint in her eye she squirted its contents out in fury, one squirt at a time. The little bullets of condiments went wild, as she fired at will. She took aim at Melody, who was unable to dodge them.

"Take this!" May yelled, and she squirted a whole dollop of both red and yellow. Melody jerked to the side, sliding along the soup-stained floors, and the condiments landed on the one place she would never expect.

"Oooooohh...!" the coos of the teenagers echoed across the cafeteria as the new principal, Mrs Whitaker, was attacked viciously with condiments.

And to be honest, May still didn't know why she even attacked Melody because of Ash, anyway.

And done. Okay. So...when 2010 starts I'll take hiatus status again, and I'll prepare for the most important exam of my life. When its over (I guess it ends by late November next year for me) I shall come back and write ALOT, since that would spell the end of my four years in my school. Which means I don't have to read up any books for the year after that.

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