Cory In The House – The Fight For Alyssa

Summary – Cory In The House A new girl, Alyssa Evan, quickly draws the attention of Newt, Cory and Stickler. Who will win her heart?

Chapter 1 – The New Girl

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Cory, Meena, and Newt were sitting at the table in front of the school talking about a new song they were writing.

"No, we should have a long chorus." Meena was saying.

"Why?" Cory asked.

"It's two lines long." Meena replied.

There was a loud thump behind them, then laughter. The three friends turned around. A girl was sitting on the ground, three textbooks and some papers strewn around her, looking like she'd been tripped. Darryl Roscoe, the biggest jerk in school, was standing a couple feet away, laughing with his friends, Jake and Bobby.

"Oops, let me help you with that." He held out his hand, his voice dripping with sarcasm, then pulled it away. "Not!" He and his friends walked away.

"Nice meeting ya, new girl!" Jake yelled over his shoulder.

If looks could kill, Darryl would have been dead at the moment. The girl was glaring fiercely at his retreating back.

"Need some help?" Newt offered. He got up and helped her retrieve her papers.

She sat down across from them. "Thanks. I'm Alyssa Evan."

"I'm Meena." Meena said. "This is Cory, and Newt." She introduced the boys.

"So you're new?" Cory asked.

"Yeah, my dad's a senator, and my mom's opening a café a couple blocks away. A couple weeks ago they jumped on me, 'Alyssa, we're moving to DC!'." She shook her long dirty-blond hair out of her eyes.

"You're dad's a senator?" Cory exclaimed.

Meena rolled her eyes. "Cory, you live in Washington DC, in the White House, at that, you're going to have to get used to it sooner or later!" Meena pointed out.

"You live in the White House? Well, that tops all." Alyssa said. "Is your dad the president or something?" She joked.

"Uh, no…he's the White House chef." Cory said.

"That's so cool!" Alyssa exclaimed. "It'd be really cool to have a dad who's the chef of the White House, not to mention get to live in it."

"Well, uh, you could come over after school, if you wanted." Cory offered.

"Uh, does this mean band practice is canceled?" Newt asked.

"Yeah Cory, Friday is band practice-movie night." Meena added.

"It's okay, my mom probably has a lot of stuff for me to do-" Alyssa started.

Cory cut her off. "How 'bout you come to band practice-movie night?" Cory suggested.

"Yeah, it's fun, first, we have band practice, then we watch a movie!" Newt explained.

"If you really want me to, I guess I could…" Alyssa said.

"We can meet you back here after school…" Meena's voice trailed.

Alyssa noticed all of them staring above her head. She turned around. "Ohmigosh!" She exclaimed.

"Stickler, what do you need?" Cory said exasperatedly.

"Hey, you wanna come to band practice-movie night too?" Newt asked.

"No!" Meena and Cory cried.

"Just coming to meet our new classmate." He said in his creepy voice.

Alyssa turned around. "He's creeping me out." She mouthed to Meena.

"We would appreciate it if you would leave!" Cory said angrily.

"Fine!" Stickler left in a huff.

"Um, why do call him Stickler?" Alyssa asked.

"Cause it's his last name." Meena shrugged.

"Cause he sticks to you like glue." Cory grumbled.

Suddenly, two little kids ran up to the table. (A/N: let's pretend it's a middle school/elementary school.) "Lyssa! They squashed our lunches!" One of them cried. They were two identical boys, who had dirty blond hair like Alyssa, who could have passed for younger versions of Cole and Dylan Sprouse.

"Here, you can split my sandwich." Alyssa handed them a sandwich she had pulled out of her messenger bag-style backpack. The two boys ran away arguing over which side of the sandwich they would get.

"My brothers, Danny and Drake." Alyssa explained.

"Now what are you gonna eat?" Newt asked.

"I packed an extra. I figured this, or something similar, was going to happen. It always does. We've moved seven times. Although, the first six were within California…" Alyssa replied.

The warning bell rang, signaling everyone that the break was over.

"Oh shoot." Alyssa started gathering up her books. "Hey, do any of you have Matthews for history next?" She asked, looking at her schedule.

"I do!" Meena said.

"Awesome. I've been late every period because I keep getting lost." Alyssa explained.

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"So, what do you think of DC so far?" Meena asked Alyssa. Mr. Matthews had given the class free time because he had to 'catch up on grades', and it was Friday.

"It's great! I love being where everything happens." Alyssa replied.

"Yeah, it can be pretty exciting." Meena said. She then smiled teasingly. "So, Newt has found himself a crush."

"What?" Alyssa said, confused.

"He totally likes you." Meena explained.

"Well…he is really cute…"Alyssa admitted. She could see Meena's mind working a mile a minute. "Don't you dare interfere!"

Meena just grinned mischievously as the bell rang.

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After school, Alyssa stood in front of the table the group had been sitting at earlier with her brothers.

"Lyssa, why are we waiting here? I wanna tell Mom about my first day!" Drake whined.

"Because, I need to wait for my friends." Alyssa explained.

"You made friends already?" Danny said, awed.

"Are you popular?" Drake asked eagerly.

Alyssa snorted. "As if."

"Hey Alyssa, you ready to rock?" She heard Newt before she saw him. He came sliding past on his knees, an electric guitar in his hands. A crash rang through the courtyard. Alyssa winced.

"Not again!" Meena and Cory sighed, right behind Newt, though on feet.

"Whoa!" The twins exclaimed, impressed with Alyssa's new friend.

"Is he okay?" Alyssa asked worriedly.

"Of course, this happens all the time." Meena said as Cory went to help Newt. They returned a minute later, Newt and his guitar all in one piece.

"I'm all ready to…rock, but first I have to take Danny and Drake to my mom's café." Alyssa explained.

"Hey, we can ride in my helicopter!" Newt suggested.

Alyssa and her brothers gaped at him. "You have a helicopter?" The twins exclaimed.

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A/N: Hey! I hope you like my story! I'm hoping we get a Cory In The House category soon, but until then, I guess we'll have to live with miscellaneous. I love reviews, especially ones with feedback! (Hint hint) 'til the next chapter… - CaliforniaRockin'101