This is episode six, ?It's A Hit? of the Harven High series. If you haven?t read the previous episodes, I highly recommend reading them before reading this; otherwise you may be confused.

I apologize for the 2 month hiatus, but Harven High is back. I hope you all enjoy the new season.

"We are going to be late again!" Kylie shouted to her sister Emily. The two of them were still in the vicinity of their home on a cool crisp Monday morning. The girls were still tired out from Saturday night?s homecoming. Kylie stood near the doorway of Emily's bedroom watching her sister fix her hair in the same hairstyle she wore everyday. Kylie sighed inwardly then simply walked out of Emily?s bedroom, leaving her sister behind.
"You're going to leave me?" Emily asked loud enough so her sister could hear from outside the doorway. Kylie simply ignored her and casually walked out the house, slamming the door behind her.
'That would explain why my Tampons are missing,' Emily said to herself.

She gathered up her things and headed out the door. She took short strides, taking her time on her lonely way to school. Finally she arrived at the school campus. Signs of relief greeted her as she walked up the flight of steps to see that people were still in hallways.

'Good thing, I'm not late,' she said to herself. She walked up to the doorway, placed her nervous hand on the door handle and pulled open the door. Immediately thoughts of the previous night flashed before her. Then his name echoed throughout her head, Ryan. It sent chills down her spine as his name repeated itself. She took a deep breath and continued walking down the hallway.

Emily scoped out each corner of the hallway while on her way to her locker. She heard groups of students discussing their homecoming experience amongst themselves. As she continued walking down the hallway, she noticed people begin to point and whisper something about her. Emily was puzzled and unable to comprehend the commotion that was going on. She simply shook her head and continued walking to her locker. Once she arrived at her locker she began entering in her locker combination. She turned the dial on the final digital then pressed up on the handle, opening the door. She unzipped her backpack, emptied it, and then sorted out the contents. Like a gunshot, a loud shrieking bang quickly approached her. She closed her eyes in response of the reaction.

Then Emily opened her eyes, to see her sister in front of her.
"What the hell is your problem?" Emily shouted at her with fury. Kylie, however, didn't flinch to her anger. She simply kept the shocked and concerned expression on her face.
"Ryan is suspended!" Kylie answered back. Emily's jaw quickly dropped to the floor.
'Should I be upset or happy? she thought to herself.
"What happened?" she asked, somewhat excited to hear more.
"Ryan and Jason got into a fight at the dance. Something about Jason entering Shanda in as homecoming queen, then Ryan told Shanda. Then Shanda got mad, then Jason got mad and then they just got into this huge brawl. Oh and Ryan kicked Jason in the crotch," Kylie explained to her sister, trying to hold in her laughter from the last line.

Emily lowered her head and stared down at the floor. She was quite confused at the whole situation and she didn't like how her sister quickly bombarded her with a skimmed down explanation.
"That's it! I had enough, I'm breaking up with him for good," Emily announced with confidence.
"Yeah right," Kylie said raising her eyebrows in disbelief.
"No, I'm serious this time. I'm really going to cut him off."
"And how would you do that? He's suspended. Don't tell me you?re going to do this by phone," Kylie asked, still unable to believe Emily was serious.
"We will go to his house and I will tell him in person," Emily said looking quite serious this time.
"His house! Are you serial? I'm bringing my camera," Kylie exclaimed with joy.

"No, we are just going to go to his house and knock on his front door," Emily said, bringing her sister's hopes down.
"You're boring? Do you even know where he lives?" Kylie asked.
"I was hoping Brendan could tell us that," Emily suggested.
"I was thinking the same. But why can't we go inside his house at least? Or take a quick dip in his pool? Come on! When was the last time we went swimming?" Kylie pressured her sister.
"Kylie really, I don?t want to stay there that long." Emily said disapprovingly.
"Well I'm going to class now," Kylie shunned her sister. She slowly walked away, leaving her sister to be pointed at by the gossipers. Emily slammed her locker in anger and walked the short distance to her art class.

Emily walked into the classroom to see it rearranged differently. The usual aligning of the canvases was now switched to desks. She automatically assumed that they were not painting today; she walked over to where Shanda and May sat and took her seat.
"What happened at the dance?" Emily immediately asked.
"They got into a fight over me," Shanda boasted.
"Emily, your boyfriend's a jerk. He ruined our almost perfect night," May complained.
"Gah!" Emily blurted out. She placed both hands over her face with her elbows down on the table and then she stared down, analyzing the situation.
'Wow, what a nice way to start the week? Suddenly everyone hates me again,' she thought to herself.

"Emily, it's not your fault. Just dump his sorry ass and find a new man," Shanda suggested.
"I'm going to?" she answered slowly.
"So, I'm guessing you didn't win?" Emily hinted.
"No, I got disqualified because I didn't enter. I don't really care anyways. It's just a title and besides I should be happy I got into the top five. As for Jason, they said he might get expelled for forgery," Shanda said in a disappointed tone.
"They are going to expel Jason? That's crazy! So you aren't mad at him for entering you in?" Emily asked.
"I was upset that he did that, but he really stood up for me and well?"
"Aw?" May said with a huge grin on her face.
"Yeah? My dad is a lawyer so if they expel Jason, I'll make sure he fights it," Shanda blushed.

"You really like him don't you?" Emily questioned Shanda. A large smile soon arose on Shanda's face showing her embarrassment.
"I don't know. He's just really sweet. And I think it's cute that he hid emotions like that," Shanda answered.
"Aw? you guys were so cute dancing together," May complimented her.
"Yeah, until he ruined the night," Shanda added, her cheerful smile was now washed away with her lips compressed together forming a thin line.

The word he echoed through Emily's head. Her head throbbed with such frustration and anger. She wanted to say something to them; that she wanted to break up with him and not associate with him, but she couldn't.
'At least he won't be here for a while,' she reassured herself. She looked over and glanced at the empty seat aside her.

'That's where Ryan would have sat,' she said to herself looking at the void in front of her.
'Why would he be so stupid to get into a fight with his best friend? Why couldn't he just have solved things out normally?' she questioned herself one after another.
'Then again, he was really nice to me and I kinda treated him like dirt. No, don't think about that. You don't like him and you want to be done and over with him. Damn I'm really going to have to think about this,' Emily said to herself once again. She sighed inwardly taking a few minute to relapse from the situation. She then stared at the clock on the wall waiting for the bell to soon ring to start class.

The bell to end class rang and Emily casually exited the classroom. Steadily, she walked through the hallways scanning for her sister. At a she saw her sister talking to a fairly tanned girl. She had dark hair that reached her shoulders and wore a black skirt along with a thin black jacket.

"Kylie!" Emily called from behind. Kylie immediately rolled her eyes and continued to talk to the girl.
"Hey don't ignore me!" Emily ordered. Kylie turned around and looked at her sister with annoyance.
"Yeah what is it?" She answered lazily.
"I'm calling it off. We aren't going to Ryan's house. I just can't tell him," Emily confessed. Kylie rolled her eyes and sighed deeply.
"That doesn't mean we can't still go to his house. I don?t understand? What is it about this kid that you can't tell him the truth?" Kylie said raising her voice at her.

"I don't know," Emily answered slowly.
"Well I guess we shouldn't go unless you have everything sorted out," Kylie suggested.
"I guess so," Emily agreed. She then turned around and walked away from her sister and friend, unsure of where she really was going.
"So that's your sister?" Kylie's friend asked.
"Yeah Angela, that's my sister," Kylie said lazily.
"Why was she so upset about it? From what you told me, she seems to be afraid of Ryan," asked Angela.
"I don't know. I don't really get her sometimes," Kylie answered.

She continued talking to Angela until it was soon time for second period to start. Then she walked through the hallways and into her second period class, where she tossed her books on her desk and carefully took her seat. She moaned a little, and then opened up her notebook and started copying the notes from the board. Brendan glanced over at her noticing that her hair was styled differently. She also had a yellow headband in her hair, which he had never seen her wear before.

"Nice headband," Brendan teased her.
"Nice lip ring. Is it fake?" Kylie mocked him.
"Actually it is," he answered with a small laugh.
"Bleh, why do you wear it then? It doesn't make you look hardcore or anything. So how was the dance? I heard Jason and Ryan got suspended," Kylie asked.
"Yeah, the dance was alright until that happened. I'm going to see Jason after school today to give him his homework," Brendan answered.

"Emily's going to break up with Ryan," Kylie added.
"She is? Well I guess that's no surprise. She left him alone at the dance. So how was your homecoming then?" He moved his chair closer towards Kylie attentively waiting for her response.
"It was good other than the crappy music. Hey I thought you weren't supposed to talk to me?" Kylie asked, remembering the whole situation about May.
"Yeah, it's pretty hard not to talk to you. Besides you are one of my closest friends ? that's a girl," Brendan answered back. The two of them both looked at each with smiles on both of their faces.

From several seats back, May stared at the two of them with envy. She had been listening to every word that was spoken from their mouths. Her body was tense with anger at her hatred towards Kylie. Both fists formed, which rested carefully onto the oak table.

"Grrr?" May grunted to herself. Ben looked at her a bit confused to why she was suddenly angry.
"Is something wrong?" He asked politely.
"Nothing is wrong, I just don't feel like doing math right now." May lied.
"It's Kylie, isn't it?" Ben asked slowly.
"Maybe," May said as she looked away from the two of them.

"Why are you so upset about it? They are only friends. They sit together at lunch," Ben pointed out.
"He sits with her at lunch?" May's voice grew angrier.
"Um?." Ben said nervously. Before even finishing, he quickly got up from his seat and walked over towards the pencil sharpener to sharpen his pencil. May flared her nostrils at him from a distance, and then sighed inwardly at Ben's shyness.
'Why is Brendan friends with her? I told him not to talk to her,' May thought to herself.

The day eventually dragged on, until it was the final hour of the day. Brendan walked into the classroom to see May with her chair tilted away from him. He walked over to his desk, placed his books onto the desk and took his seat.
"May, is something wrong?' He asked kindly.
"Oh nothing, just Tommy has been flirting with Angelica, even though Kimi told him no," May said sarcastically.
"Huh what are you talking about? Who's Tommy and Angelica?" Brendan's puzzled face asked.
"I told you not to talk to Kylie and you still do," May stated.
"Sorry?" he said slowly.
"And you sit with her at lunch?" May questioned.
"Yeah, but we're only friends; nothing else," Brendan admitted.
"Does she make you little sandwiches and put it in a brown paper bag with your name on it?" May exaggerated.

"No, but I don't understand. Why are you are so jealous of her?" Brendan asked.
"I'm not jealous? It's just we don't really talk to each other. I mean, we will sit together on the bus and talk to each other in class." May explained.
"Well, I live down the street. Maybe you could visit more often or call me. Who cares what your parents think. You can't let them control you forever," Brendan suggested.
"I know, but I just can't keep lying to them. Eventually they are going to catch me and then I'll end up in serious trouble." May complained.
"You're just going to have to keep taking those risks then," Brendan answered. May nodded her head and directed her chair towards the front center of the classroom.

Within minutes, the bell soon rang and everyone calmed down patiently awaiting the substitute teacher to walk in. From outside the classroom, footsteps could be heard drawing near the room. Finally, a familiar figure emerged through the doorway, who was none other than Ms. Beverly. She walked up towards the front of the classroom with a stack of papers in her hand.
"Sorry I'm late, I had to make copies," she said as an excuse. She placed her stack of papers down, then walked up to the podium and cleared her throat.
"I apologize for missing several days of school. My mother was terribly ill for the past few days and I had to stay with her at the hospital. She is recovering, but she is still sick. I'm sorry you all had to deal with those substitutes. Why don't we just take it easy today and review what you learned with the subs and then we will pick off where we left off tomorrow," Ms. Beverly announced to the class.

"That's so sad about her mother." May whispered to Shanda from across the aisle.
"Yeah, I know I hope her mom's alright. I would hate to have that crazy lady again," Shanda whispered back.
Brendan placed his elbow on his desk and rested his head firmly on his hand. There was something still puzzling him with Ms. Beverly's situation. He was aware of her little fling with Jason ? and coincidently, the next day after Jason didn't show up at the skate park, she was gone. Then when Jason is out for suspension, she reappears. He waited patiently until class was over. Once the bell rang, Brendan got out of his seat and approached Ms. Beverly in an orderly fashion.

"I'm sorry about your whole situation," Brendan said kindly, and then smiled at her.
"Thanks, that's really kind of you. You better get going now, you wouldn't want to miss the bus," she said smoothly.
"Actually I had a question to ask you," Brendan added.
"Is it about any of the work you had with the sub?" She asked, trying to sound professional.
"No, I was just wondering if you could quickly arrange Jason's homework assignments together. I'm going to his house after school to drop off his work from his teachers," Brendan requested.
"That's nice of you, but I'm afraid I can't do that. Usually the administration will ask us to assign the work then they send him all his assignments at once," Ms. Beverly explained.

"Hmm? I would hate to go to his house empty handed, can't you just assign work in advance and then when the administration asks, you can assign the same assignments?" Brendan insisted.
"I'm sorry, but I don't even have the lesson plans done yet. I've just been so busy with my mother lately. Why don't you go to his house another day? This is really such short notice," Ms. Beverly refused.
"Alright then, I'll just be on my way out. I'll just remember to tell Jason what you just told me," Brendan responded back. He gave a small wink then slowly walked out of the classroom in disgust of Ms. Beverly's behavior.

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"Is this the place?" the cab driver asked.
"Yeah, this is it," Brendan answered. The vehicle drove into the parking lot area of Jason's apartment complex.
"$6.50," the driver requested. Brendan reluctantly reached for his wallet out of his back pocket and handed the cab driver the cost of fare.
"Thanks," the cab driver replied. Brendan nodded his head and opened the passenger door and walked out of the cab. Brendan took a few steps towards the house, waiting for the cab to leave.
"Damn $6.50 for a stupid ride here!" Brendan shouted as the cab driver took off. He doesn?t visit Jason much since his apartment was towards the outskirts of town. He would have taken Jason?s bus, but he didn't know which bus it was.