I LIVE! Alright, here's part 1 of this update.

Star didn't count herself as one of the unfortunate, but sometimes, it sure felt like it. She might have been Paulina's satellite, but that didn't mean she had all of the benefits that Paulina had. She didn't have a rich father, she wasn't spoiled rotten, she didn't have wavy black hair or incredible legs that looked good in a cheerleader outfit, and she didn't have a boyfriend. She had to face reality, Kwan was a happy-go-lucky idiot. All he talked about was football or the latest nerd he had wailed on in the hallway of Casper High. Breaking up with him wasn't a heart breaker, but it was a social killer. Paulina still hung out with her, but she was more out of the loop than usual, and she had a feeling that she was going to be replaced. Paulina had been talking with a great number of girls on the squad, some had been fighting for her spot beside Paulina for years, and getting kicked out of the cheer squad was probably not far behind. Having a boyfriend may not be on the academic terms to be on the squad, but the adults really didn't run the squad anymore and Star knew it. Plus, she had to fill in for her parents more than ever now.

About a year ago, her single aunt had been in an accident and gotten herself killed. Her two kids had nowhere else to go so they stayed with her and her parents. Of course the kids were five and three. One just entered kindergarten and the other was too small for school at all and had to go to a daycare while Star's parents worked and she was at school. After school, she had to pick up both of them and take them home and watch them until her parents got home to take over. The only up side to all of this baby sitting was the money and the use of the car she had to drive the kids around in, but it was a minivan and not a cool car by teen standards at all.

She sighed heavily as she pulled said minivan into Amity Daycare and parked it. She slouched in the driver seat and turned the car off.

"I hate my life," she mumbled as she stepped out of the van and walked up to the entrance, just as another class mate was as well.

"Fenton?" she asked, wondering what he was doing here.

She knew that sometimes the A-list would pay off nerds to spy on someone, mainly other A-listers. She didn't think Fenton was the kind of person to do such a thing, but everybody had their price and the A-list was never running out of their parent's money. Fenton looked up at her and blinked.

"Hey Star, what are you doing here?" he asked.

The surprise seemed genuine enough, but Star knew Fenton could pull the dumb look off pretty good with the teachers.

"None of your business," she spat at him.

"Alright," he shrugged and walked into the building.

She reluctantly followed. Star watched Fenton walk up to the front desk and say something. The woman nodded and told him to have a seat beside the desk. Star approached the desk next, leaning over and talking quietly so Fenton couldn't hear what she was saying.

"I'm here to pick up Mia," she said to the old woman.

"I know Star, you're in here every weekday," she smiled pleasantly up at the teen. "Just take a seat by Danny, they should be in soon from the play ground out back."

Star frowned at being reminded she was in here nearly every day and took a seat by Fenton as she was told. He looked at her from the corner of his eye, but didn't say anything. It was kind of creepy having this looser look at her like that.

"What are you looking at?" she hissed.

"I didn't know you were Mia's cousin," he said, not seeming to be effected by her bad mood.

"What! How did you know that?"

"She's one of Ty's best friends."

"Who's Ty?"

Her question was answered when a red-headed little boy came rushing up to them and tackled Danny down in the chair.

"You're here!" the boy squealed in delight.

"Ty, I'm always here," Danny shrugged the boy off, but he was smiling while he was doing it. "Now go get your stuff and we'll go home."

The boy nodded and rushed off to the room where Star saw Mia walk out with her bag on her shoulders, not looking to happy.

"Hey Mia," Danny smiled at her.

"Hi," the younger girl said quietly and walked past them, Star getting up and following her to the door.

Star opened the van door so Mia could jump in, still wondering who that kid was with Fenton. Once Mia strapped herself in her car seat, Star started up the car so they could go pick up Tony, Mia's brother, from the Kid's Club at the elementary school. Star absentmindedly turned the key in the socket, but when she didn't hear the sound of the engine revving, she tried again. It sounded like it would start, but the hopeful sounds dwindled into sputtering coughs from the engine. Star growled and would have cursed, but Mia was in the car, so instead she slammed her head on the wheel. The sudden blare of the horn however shocked her and made her sit up in shock.

"Why aren't we moving?" Mia asked after watching her cousin hurt herself.

"It won't start," Star moaned, turning the key again but with the same results as before. "What do I do now?"

A tap on the window made Star's head turn. She glared at Fenton who was standing outside the door, looking concerned. She rolled down the window with the intention to tell him to go away, but he spoke first.

"Need some help?" he asked.

Star was about to turn him down, but she stopped herself from doing so. Fenton might be her only chance to get out of here and get to Tony on time. She didn't say anything to him, but she popped the hood and slid down in the seat while Fenton lifted the hood to see what was going on.

"Nothing's wrong there," Fenton said as he slammed the lid shut. "Check your gages, you low on anything?"

Star looked down at the gages behind the dusty glass of the steering wheel. She couldn't believe it.

"No gas," she muttered. "Of course it would be this simple."

"Hang on, I've got a tank in the RV. I'll fill you up enough to where you can get to a gas station," Fenton said as he started to walk over to that monstrosity that his family called a car.

The little guy from earlier followed him and Fenton opened up the car door so he could sit in the back seat and wait while Fenton grabbed the tank of gas and walked back over to the minivan. Star watched him skeptically as he opened the gas tank and poured the gas from the dirty yellow top of the red container. After a few minutes, Fenton shut the cap and gave her a thumb's up. Star turned the key and the car came to life, the gage needle just above empty.

"That should get you to the gas station around the corner," Fenton said as he came back up to the window.

"Um, thanks, that was really nice of you," Star said, not really knowing what to say to him since she wasn't use to talking nice with a nerd.

"No prob," Fenton smiled, and Star found it kind of cute, no wonder half of the younger grade population found him cute. "Well, see ya in school tomorrow."

"Uh, Fenton wait," Star stopped him before he walked off. "Um, I kind of have to ask you something."

"No, I don't know anything about the ghost boy," Fenton said with a scowl and an air of annoyance that was very thick.

"No not that," Star rolled her eyes. "I'm kind of failing English Comp, and I know you're good at that stuff."

"You want me to help you study?" Fenton sounded surprised as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, I can try, but I don't know when I'm free. My parents are out of town on a ghost hunt and I'm stuck watching Ty for the whole weekend."

"Well, Mom and Dad work all weekend, so how about we just babysit together?" Star suggested. "We can do it at my place."

"Sounds like a plan," Danny half smiled. "It could work."

"Good, because if I fail this, my parents are going to ground me until I graduate—collage!"

"Alright, if it's that bad, then I can make it work."

"Uh, don't tell anyone about this please?" Star almost begged him. "If I get caught getting help from a nerd, I'll get kicked out for sure."

"There's nothing wrong in asking for help Star," Danny said, frowning at what she said, "but I'll do as you ask."

"Dan-Dan," a smaller voice piped up. "Let's go!"

"Alright pipsqueak," Danny said as he looked down at the red-headed boy who was tugging on his leg. "See ya Star, I get to get the monster home so he can have his snack."

"Snicker doodles!" Ty jumped in the air excitedly as he ran for the RV to get in his seat.