Coach Phil started the stretches and exercises; Jasmine groaned and half-assed her way through them.

"Today we start partners' tennis," Coach Phil announced. "So, everyone make your way outside to the courts."

Jasmine jumped up, eager to spend some time outside.

"Jasmine, be my partner?" Peter Pan asked.

Jasmine didn't really like Peter; he was very arrogant and a player. He was currently stringing along two girls; Wendy, the sweet girl from drama club and Tinker Bell, the self-obsessed cheerleader.

"I don't think so," she told him.

Peter shrugged and walked away. Immediately after he left, Tarzan walked up to Jasmine. Tarzan was a good guy, Jasmine liked him. He was kind of awkward around girls, but he was sweet and funny.

"Will you be my partner, Jasmine?" Tarzan asked.

Jasmine was just about to answer him, when she noticed Aladdin walking alone just a few feet ahead of her. I didn't know I had PE with Aladdin, she thought.

"Hold that thought," Jasmine told Tarzan before making her way to Aladdin.

Jasmine tapped Aladdin's shoulder and he turned around. When he saw it was her, he smiled. Butterflies fluttered in Jasmine's stomach and she could feel herself blush.

"Hey there, stranger," Jasmine said.

"Hi."

"Do you have a partner, yet?" Jasmine asked.

"Uh, no, actually," Aladdin replied.

"Then, will you be my partner?"

Aladdin nodded. "Sure."

After everyone reached the courts, Coach Phil explained the rules, then assigned each team a court. Aladdin and Jasmine were playing against Snow White and her best friend, Cinderella. Snow White and Cinderella were very good and beat Jasmine and Aladdin every game. When it was time to go back in, everyone gave their rackets back to Coach Phil and headed to the gym.

"I guess I should have warned you that I'm terrible at sports before I asked you to be my partner. I apologize," Jasmine said.

"Yes, you should have. You really held me back," Aladdin said.

Jasmine's mouth dropped open. "Oh, please! The ball hit you more than it hit your racket."

Aladdin laughed. "Ok. So, it's probably safe to say we're both the worse players in class."

"Well, then I think we should continue to be partners," Jasmine said.

"Why is that?"

"We're a good match," Jasmine replied. Aladdin raised an eyebrow. "I mean, if we were partnered with anyone else, we would just bring them down. We're good together."

Aladdin smiled at her. "Agreed."

Jasmine smiled back, then waved good bye as she went into the girls' locker room. After she got dressed, she sat down on the bench and sighed. She couldn't believe Aladdin gave her butterflies and made her blush just by smiling at her; no guy had ever done that to her before. Jasmine wondered if he had a girlfriend; she couldn't remember ever seeing him around school before. She decided she'd ask Esmeralda. Esmeralda had the scoop on all the guys at the school. Jasmine's heart sank as a sudden thought crept into her head. What if Esmeralda has slept with Aladdin?

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Meg sank down in her seat next to her lab partner, Jim Hawkins. She was so glad he was her partner. He always kept to himself and never tried starting a conversation with her. He was also really smart, whereas Meg didn't know anything about Science.

"Today you all will be spending the period indentifying cells," Dr. Doppler said. He walked around setting several different slides on each table along with worksheets. "Each slide has a different type of cell on it. You need to record each one on the worksheet and answer the following questions."

Jim looked at each slide under the microscope, then filled out the worksheet. As he went along, he explained everything to Meg, and was very patient with her when she didn't understand something.

They finished before anyone else in the class. Jim tapped his pen against his notebook. Meg was surprised to find she actually wanted to talk to him. She started to say something, but changed her mind. She opened her backpack and pulled out the homework for her next class. Meg stared at the problems on the page and found herself cursing Mr. Crane.

Suddenly, Jim reached over and took Meg's pencil, then slid her notebook in front of him. He read her notes, then turned to a clean page. He flipped back and forth, jotting down his own notes. He pushed her notebook back in front of her.

"That should make more sense," Jim said.

"Thanks," Meg said.

"No problem."

The bell rang then. Meg gathered up her stuff and made her way to Mr. Crane's class. Math was her least favorite class. Not only was it boring, but she also had it with Hercules.

Meg sat down in her usual seat in the back corner. It wasn't long until Hercules walked in and sat down next to her.

"Hi, Meg," he said.

"Wonder Boy," she greeted.

"I'm sorry about the other night," Hercules said. "I was out of line."

"Yeah you were," Meg said. "Does your girlfriend know you tried kissing me?"

Before Hercules could answer, his best friend, Gaston, walked into the class and called out to him. Hercules waved him over. Gaston winked at Meg, then sat down in front of Hercules. Meg was starting to feel very uncomfortable. Suddenly, Gaston jumped up and went over to the door. He put his arm around his girlfriend as she came in. He led her back to where they were sitting. Vanessa walked up the aisle towards Meg and glared at her as she sat down in front of her.

A lump formed in Meg's throat. Vanessa had been Meg's best friend when she was dating Hercules. The four of them did everything together and were good friends. Sometimes Meg missed Vanessa, but Vanessa had been the first one to cast her out. Then Vanessa replaced her with Gothel, although Meg didn't understand why. But it didn't matter anymore. Nothing mattered anymore. In one night, Meg had lost her boyfriend and her best friend. Hercules managed to take everything she had away from her, and now wondered why she wouldn't forgive him…