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Taranee was silent for several minutes, apparently building up the suspense. "Will, Matt's back!"

At this news, Will quickly sat up in her bed. "Matt's really back?"

Taranee gave a mental smile. "I'm pretty sure it is him, since he looks the same as the last time we saw him. There is also the fact that he made Jason move out of the desk that is next to yours."

There was several minutes of silence, as Will thought about what Taranee had told her. "Taranee, don't let him out of your sight. I am on my way there."

Chapter Five

Taranee mentally shouted "What!?" "Will did you..." Opening her eyes, Taranee said. "Oh no." Quickly closing her eyes again, she focused upon the other girls. "Guys, we have a problem?"

"What kind of problem?" asked Irma.

Taranee told them about Matt being back, and that she had told Will about it. "Will told me that she was on her way here."

"Oh dear." said Irma. "That could be a really bad idea."

"What was you thinking, Taranee?" asked Cornelia. "You should have known Will would want to see Matt."

"I know." said Taranee. "And I am sorry. But what are we going to do about it now?"

"What can we do?" asked Hay Lin. "We have class, and my teacher just entered the room so I can't just up and leave." Irma and Cornelia said the same thing about their teachers.

"Maybe Will, will come to her senses before she leaves." said Taranee hopefully."

"Taranee, this is Will we are talking about. "said Cornelia. "She isn't exactly Miss Sensible, you know."

"I'll try to contact her again, and see if I can convince her not to come." said Taranee as the room to her class opened, and Misao entered the room.

"Good morning, Class." called Misao heading towards her desk. The class returned the good morning, which caused Taranee to open her eyes. "I have your math homework from yesterday graded, and I will admit that I was really impressed with a lot of you." Picking up a stack of papers, Misao moved out from behind her desk and started to move around the room, placing a paper down on each desk as she reached it, while occasionally stopping at said desk to compliment the owner of the paper.

As she reached the desk that Jason had sat in for the last few days, she was surprised to find another boy sitting there. She looked around the room, and found her son sitting in one of the desks at the back of the room. She then turned her attention back to Matt. "Sorry young man, but I don't think we have been introduced. I am Mrs. Mikachi, and the new math teacher for this class." Matt told her his name, and also said that it was a pleasure to meet her. "Mr. Olsen, you are aware that school started a few days ago, correct?"

"Yes Mrs. Mikachi, and I am sorry for missing class." said Matt. "I had some out of town trouble that I needed to sort out, and it took a little longer then I thought it would."

"Very well, Mr. Olsen." said Misao. "I do hope you don't plan to miss any more class, and will work very hard to catch up." Matt told her that he would try. Misao then continued on her way, so she could finish handing out the rest of the math homework.

Reaching Taranee a few moments later, Misao found her with her eyes closed. "Miss Cook, are you okay?" With a silent sigh, Taranee opened her eyes, and said she was fine. "If you are worried about your grade, Miss Cook, you have nothing to worry about." Misao handed Taranee her paper, and flipping it over Taranee found a A at the top of the paper. "You had the best grade, Miss Cook. I hope you keep up the good work." With this said, Misao continued on her way.

Once Mrs. Mikachi had moved away from her, Taranee once again closed her eyes and focused on the others. "Guys, I can't reach Will."

"Well keep trying!" shouted Cornelia.

"You're not helping, Cornelia." chided Irma.

"Well excuse me." said Cornelia sarcastically. "It is Taranee's fault we are in this current mess, and she is the only one who can fix it."

Hay Lin, Irma and Cornelia started to bicker with each. Getting a serious headache, Taranee shouted. "Guys!" This caused the other girls to stop. "That's better. Now then, while I don't often agree with Cornelia, she is right. I shouldn't have let Will know about Matt. As to what to do about it, I'll think of something." Massaging her temples, Taranee opened her eyes closing her connection to the others. 'Now all I have to do, is figure out what to do about Will.'
-(1)

As Taranee tried to figure out how to fix the mess she had made, Will having changed into a pair of white pants and a pink shirt, was currently walking on her way to the school. Or for a lack of a better term, she was skipping on her way to school, since she was so happy about Matt. 'Oh I can't wait to see him, and tell him how worried I was.'

However as she passed a nearby alley, she was forced to groan as a portal suddenly appeared. With a sigh and a quick glance around the area, she ducked into the alley so she could close the portal. Pulling open the front of her shirt, she reached inside and pulled out the Heart of Kandrakar. Holding it up before herself, she closed the portal. As the portal closed, she caught sight of a person standing on the other side. "Calab?"

As the person turned to face her, his eyes lit up in recognition. "Hey Will." Will returned his greeting, then asked if everything was okay. "Everything is fine. In fact, it's been pretty quite for awhile now."

"Quite is a good thing, right?" asked Will.

"Don't know." said Calab. "I suppose it could be, but then again I think it is just the calm before the storm." A few moments of silence passed at his words, before he spoke again. "Any way Will, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at school?"

Apparently hearing that from Calab, caused Will to remember the reason why she wasn't in school. "Crap. I am going to be in so much trouble, if mom finds out."

She started to turn and run off, but Calab caught her by the arm. "Will, what's wrong?"

"Sorry Calab, but I don't have time to explain." said Will breaking free of his grip. As she ran off, she called out. "Go talk to the others!"

"I'll never understand girls." said Calab after Will had ran off. With a shrug of his shoulders, he turned and headed off in the direction that the school was in.

Arriving back at her house a short time after leaving Calab, Will quickly rushed inside. As she closed the door, the nearby phone rang. 'One guess on who that is.' After letting the phone ring a couple of times so she could get her breathing under control, Will made her way over to the phone, and picked up the receiver. "Hey Mom."

"Hey, Will." said Susan. "Sorry if I woke you up, but I just found out that I am going to be working late into the night." Will told her an okay, then asked when she thought she would be home? "I can't really say, but I am hoping that it isn't any later then ten. If you need me too, I can call Mrs. Lin and see if she can deliver something for your dinner tonight."

"I don't think that will be necessary Mom, since I still have the pizza money you left." said Will noticing the money next to the phone. "And if I get hungry before then, I can probably find something."

"You're not going to try and cook are you?" asked Susan with a hint of concern.

"No Mom, I won't try and cook anything." said Will hiding a sigh. "You and I both know, how that would turn out."

"True, but you can't blame me for thinking that way, Will." said Susan. "Anyway I need to go. However, if you do need me, you know how to reach me."

"If anything happens I will call you, Mom." said Will. The two said a few more things, then said good-bye to the other. Hanging up the phone, Will thought. 'Wonder what Mom would have thought, if I hadn't answered the phone?' There was a very brief pause. 'Who am I kidding? She would have rushed straight home, and checked to make sure I hadn't left the house. I would give anything, to have her trust me.' With a sad sigh, Will headed towards her bedroom.
-(2)

Having arrived at the school, Calab made his way inside and headed towards the classroom that Cornelia had once told him, was one of hers. He reached the classroom just as the bell rang to dismiss the current class.

As the classroom door opened and students made their way out of the room, Calab watched for Cornelia to make her way out. Looking for him that he was taller then most of the other students, he was easily seen. However, it wasn't Cornelia that saw him. "Calab, what are you doing here?" asked Irma before grabbing his arm, and pulling him to the side.

Calab told her on how he had ran into Will. " She was acting pretty strange. And as she ran off, she yelled back to me, to come talk to the rest of you."

"Will isn't here is she?" asked Irma glancing around at the crowded hallway.

"She didn't come with me." said Calab. "But before she started to run off, she said something about being in trouble if her mother found out. It was almost like she wasn't supposed to be out in the city."

"That's because, she isn't supposed too." said Irma causing Calab to ask her why was that. With a sigh, Irma told him about what happened a few days ago.

Once she had finished, Calab looked at her in confusion. "Grounded? Suspended? What does words those mean?"

'Oh boy, this is going to take awhile.' She then sighed again. "Calab, I can assure you that Will is fine." said Irma. "However, I don't have the time to fully explain all of the details right now, without being late for my next class. I'll meet you after school at The Silver Dragon, and explain everything, okay." Calab nodded to this, and told her that he wanted to hear everything later. "I'll tell you everything, I promise. But right now, I need to hurry to class."

With this said, Irma hurried off. With a sigh of his own, Calab headed off back towards the entrance of the school, mumbling under his breath. "Why is Earth so complicated?"
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Irma wasn't the only person with problems, for soon as the bell had rung Matt made his way up to Taranee. "Hey Taranee. Is Will sick or something?"

"Hey Matt." said Taranee. "Will is fine." 'I hope.'

"Her desk was empty through out class." said Matt looking back towards Will's desk. "If she isn't sick, then why wasn't she in class?"

"Matt, Will got suspended from school for a week." said Taranee."

"Will, suspended?" said Matt laughing slightly at this. "Sure she is a hot-head, but this is Will we're talking about. What could she have done, to get herself suspended?"

Jason having overheard the conversation, made his way up to the two. "Will's suspension is my fault, I'm afraid."

Matt turned to look at Jason. Seeing that it was the same boy he had told to get out of his seat, the look Matt sent Jason's way turned into a glare. " And how did you get Will suspended? Better yet, who are you?"

"Sorry about that, since you wasn't here the first day of school you don't me." said Jason. "I am Jason Mikachi, and I started school here a few days ago." With this said, Jason held out his hand towards Matt.

Matt glared at the offered hand, and crossed his arms over his chest. "That answers my second question." he said. "But that doesn't explain how you got Will suspended."

Jason lowered his arm with a sigh. "It's a bit long of an explanation, so here's the short version. I went to school with Will in Fadden Hills, before I was forced to move away. This year, I came here and seeing Will here, I decided to tease her like I did at our old school. Turns out she didn't remember me doing that too her, and got really angry at me because of it. Later in the day we had gym class together, were I ended up accidentally knocking out one of her friends on our dodgeball game. Will snapped and attacked me, giving me a bloody nose in the fight. Well, due to her attack on me as well as several marks against her from last year, the principal suspended Will for a week."

As Jason caught his breath, Taranee told Matt the rest. "And on top of the suspension from school, Will's mom has grounded her for an undetermined amount of time. Will can't leave the house except for school once she is allowed back, and she lost a lot of the privileges that she had."

Matt then looked between Jason and Taranee. "Okay, let me make sure I understand this correctly." Matt then pointed, at Jason. "Everything that happened to Will is all your fault, correct?"

Jason nodded. "I wish it hadn't happened this way, but I thought Will was the same girl I went to school with."

Matt nodded to this, and then looked at Taranee. "And now due to this jerks stupidity, Will is not only suspended from school, but she can't leave her home or anything. Is that correct?" Taranee nodded at this. "And to add to it, Mrs. Vandom has taken away any privileges that Will had, meaning that even though I am back in town, I am unable to go see or call my girlfriend. Correct?"

Taranee nodded to his question, then added. "Will, will be allowed back to school on Monday, Matt. However, as soon as school is over, she will have to head straight home." Matt turned his attention back to Jason, and for a moment Taranee though his eyes had glowed green. But it quickly passed. 'Must have been a trick of the light.'

Matt glared at Jason for a few moments, then shook his head. He then turned away, and returning to his desk gathered up his stuff. As Matt headed towards the door, Jason let out his breath and looked over at Taranee. "Is he really Will's boyfriend?" Taranee nodded, and told him that Matt and Will had been dating since last year. "And he calls Will a hot-head? I really thought he was going to hit me."

"Truthfully, I thought as well." said Taranee.

"Oh well, the good thing is that he didn't." said Jason. "But if he had, I wouldn't blame him, since what he said was true. It is my fault that Will is suspended from school, as well as grounded." Jason then headed off, leaving Taranee to gather her things.

'Did I really see what I thought I saw?' 'I sweat Matt's eyes glowed green, for a few brief seconds.' Since she couldn't ponder on this problem without being late for her next class, Taranee filled it away in her mind, and got to her feet. A few moments later, she ran out of the classroom and once out in the hallway, she took a left heading to her next class.

She didn't see the shadowy figuring, as she ran out of the classroom. 'So Will is unable to leave her home. Hmm, maybe is it time to cause some turmoil and see if she comes running.'

End of Chapter Five

Bold Numbers:

1. I really doubt Will would act like this, but you do have to take into account that she hadn't seen Matt for some weeks. Finding out that your boyfriend/girlfriend was back in town after being gone for awhile, I am pretty sure you would act a bit silly at the chance to see them again.

2. If I remember the cartoon correctly, Calab has been to the school on occasion. And I know he was in the episode H is Hunted, for he was there with Elyon as she said goodbye to one of her friends.