Oh, and in the earlier chapter in the author's note I accidently wrote Harold/Kyle instead of Harold/Angelica. I meant Harold/Angelica. Okay? Thanks if you do review! Again, all I own is the plotline, Kyle, Aidan, and soon to come Brad. I also don't own Firework, Katy Perry does, but it is my favorite song! (For many, many reasons.)

Firework by Katy Perry began to play from Lil's alarm clock. Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag? Drifting through the wind? Wanting to start again? Lil pressed down gently on the Snooze button. She ran her hand through her thick, wavy hair that was now in a tangled mess of knots.

She groaned, and got out of bed. She got dressed and fixed her hair, putting in a light blue headband that matched her light blue blouse. Lil walked into the kitchen, where Howard was making pancakes for breakfast.

"Hey Lil, how was school yesterday?" He asked, flipping pancakes in the air. That always used to entertain the 'rats when they were babies, watching pancakes soar through the air. Lil grabbed the pitcher of orange juice out of the refrigerator.

"Good, dad," She said, yawning. She had spent the entire night tossing and turning in her bed, dreaming about Tommy. His warm breath on her skin, the moonlit sky illuminating Lil's large, exquisite chocolate brown eyes. Then, Tommy leaned in and kissed her.

"Yo!" Phil said, slamming down a textbook in front of Lil. Lil jumped, and smacked her brother right in the chest. "Idiot," She hissed through her teeth. "Lil, Phil, please stop." Howard croaked, coughing.

Lil sat back down, shooting nasty glares at Phil. Phil sat down at the seat farthest from Lil. Howard stacked all of the pancakes on a large, ceramic plate. Phil took five pancakes. Lil stared at him, disgusted. He drowned his pancakes in syrup and butter and then took a huge bite.

Lil almost gagged at the sight of her brother. She grabbed two pancakes and poured a small layer of syrup on top of them. She cut them into tiny squares and took a bite. Phil snorted at his sister's eating habits. "At least I'm not a pig." Lil snapped.

Phil opened his mouth to protest, but realized she was right. The two ate in silence for the rest of the morning. Lil put her plate gently down into the sink, and got her backpack and school supplies from her room.

She walked out the front door and into the DeVille's minivan. Howard put the key in ignition, and Phil climbed into the backseat. Lil changed the radio station to her favorite channel. Howard drove the car to Chucky's house to pick up Chucky and Kimi.

"Hi guys," Kimi said, climbing into the minivan and sitting down next to Phil. Phil smiled, and began to start a small conversation with her. "I'm tired." Chucky said. "Me too," Everyone in the car agreed.

They stopped at Tommy's house. Lil's eyes lit up as she saw him, he looked even more handsome today than yesterday. Tommy took the seat next to Chucky. "You guys know that film I made over the summer? The one about parallel universes?" Tommy asked.

"Um, yeah, you made us all star in it." Kimi said. "Well, last night I edited the first twenty minutes of it and I came up with its name, Intertwined, because parallel universes are supposed to be intertwined? Right?" Tommy said.

"Cool," Lil said. They soon pulled up in front of the school. Everybody sighed and moaned. "I don't know if we can take 179 more days of this torture." Phil whined. "You'll be fine," Howard said, parking the car in the lot.

The Rugrats all piled out. Tommy and Chucky walked together into the front doors of the school to their lockers. Lil and Kimi were saying hello to a few kids they knew from middle school but didn't see yesterday.

Phil was trailing behind Lil and Kimi. He was trying to finish his English assignment that he forgot to do last night. He always did his homework for the first week of school, and then began slacking off.

Chucky headed to his homeroom. Mr. Humphrey seemed irritated at something. Chucky turned around to see he was the only one in the room, when the bell was about to ring in thirty seconds.

Tommy walked into the room, and took the seat next to Chucky. "Sorry, Dil texted I and I needed to explain to him that I had homeroom in about a minute and didn't want to get a tardy on my second day of school."

"It's fine." Chucky said, already setting up his notebook for AP Algebra, his first period class. The bell rang, and the rest of the class began to pile in. Lil was amongst them, taking a seat two rows ahead of Tommy and Chucky.

Mr. Humphrey went into a long lecture about arriving a bit earlier than required so that you can eliminate your chances of being late to class. Then, he took attendance. Nobody in Tommy's homeroom was absent.

Principal Falcon came on the loud speaker again. "Good Morning, Students! Today is the second day of school, and we would like to welcome you all back! Due to the beautiful, warm, sunny weather outside, during your lunch period you may have the option to eat outside and get some fresh air." The entire class erupted into cheers.

"Quiet down!" Mr. H shouted over all the noise. The classroom became silent, a pin could drop and you would be able to hear it. "Now, as for other news, sports and clubs sign-ups will take place on Thursday. Remember, first come, first served. Tryouts for sports will only go to those signed up."

The Rugrats all wondered what clubs and other activities they would join. Chucky had read the student handbook and paperwork Chas and Kira had received from open-house here, and already knew he wanted to join the chess club and the mathletes.

Tommy wanted to focus his main attention on sports and photography. He also looked at the list of clubs given at open-house to the parents, and wanted to join the photography club and the soccer team.

Lil wanted to join the yearbook committee, float committee, the mathletes, soccer, and track. She wanted to be very active in sports and activities because she could possibly get into a good college, along with her already high grades. She also was considering cheerleading, but worried that by joining that she would be sucked into Angelica's "clique".

Phil was going to sign up for many sports. He wanted to be on the soccer, track, baseball, football teams. He learned that there would also be a paintball club in the school, and if there was, he would probably sign up for that, too.

Kimi wanted to sign up for drama club. She had always been able to imagine herself as a professional actress who starred in one of the Dummy Bears movies. That way, she could tie her two favorite things together, acting and the Dummy Bears.

"…I hope you all have a wonderful day and school year." Principal Falcon's voice came off from the loud speaker. "Okay, homeroom is dismissed." Mr. Humphrey said. Just as Lil, Chucky, and Tommy had gotten out of the room, the bell rang.

Kimi walked to her already personalized locker. Pictures of her and her friends, the Dummy Bears, and her family covered her locker door. She entered her combination and got out her history books. She tried to close her locker, but her arms were full with books. She finally closed her locker, but all of her books spilled onto the floor.

She knelt down, picking up her books. She felt someone's hand on her back. They grabbed her History textbook. Kimi looked up, expecting to see Tommy, Phil, or even Chucky. But, instead, helping her up was Z.

"Hey, Kimi," Z said. His hair was gelled nicely, and he wore a blue shirt that revealed his rippling muscles. "Um, hello Z," Kimi said. It felt awkward to be talking to him again, after so long. Yesterday in Earth Science they briefly had a short conversation, but then were busily taking notes.

"Can I talk to you for a moment?" Z asked kindly. Kimi flashed a quick glance at the clock hanging on the wall. "I kind of have to get to class…" Kimi said, trying to go to the history room. Z stopped her. "Just give me one second." He pleaded.

Kimi sighed. "1 Mississippi," She said, and then tried to walk off. Z stopped her and chuckled. "It's important," Z said, staring into her dark brown eyes. Kimi sighed. "What," She whined, watching the clock out of the corner of her eye.

"Kimi, I made a huge mistake. I like you, no, I love you. I am really, really sorry, and promise this will never happen again. But, please will you be my girlfriend again?" Z said, gleaming a handsome, pearly white smile. The words took Kimi by shock. She really wasn't interested in dating Z anymore; she more had a crush on… Phil…

"Er, Z… I, I don't think so." She said, staring at the ground. Z's face dropped. "There's someone else, isn't there?" He said, his tone turning from sad into angry. "Wha-what, um, no way! Of course not!" Kimi stuttered. She was an excellent actress, but when it came to real life, she was a terrible liar.

Z stormed away from her, his hands bunched up in fists. "When I find out who it is, they're dead!" He shouted, punching the locker angrily. Kimi gulped, she had never seen Z so angry before. Z stormed off, and now he had attracted a crowd.

Kimi put her hood up to cover her face and hurried to her first period classroom. She took the seat next to Tommy, who was texting on his phone. Kimi looked over his shoulder. He was texting Dil.

Kimi copied down the assignment written on the board. She sighed after reading that there would be a Chapter Eleven test on Friday. First week of school and they already start the testing. Kimi complained in her head.

"What's wrong, Kimi?" Tommy asked. Kimi pointed to the board. Tommy frowned. Aside from studying, they had to write a summary of the chapter due on Thursday, along with the narrative on the Great Depression. Yes, their teacher had decided to start in the middle of the textbook, instead of the beginning.

"Everybody open up to page 411." Mr. Pond instructed. Tommy and Kimi both flipped to page 411 in their textbook. It was the second lesson of the chapter, but fortunately was a short one. Tommy previewed the third lesson; it too, was very short. In class they probably could finish both lessons today, and maybe would be allowed to do some homework tomorrow, and study.

Meanwhile, Lil was copying down numerous algebraic equations into her notebook, along with Chucky and the rest of her first period class. Ms. Vah had told them to complete twenty equations using yesterday's lesson.

Chucky breezed through the problems. He had reviewed all of his notes last night, which turned out to be a huge help. Lil was having a bit of difficulty, but was able to accurately complete all problems except number nine. She must have zoned off into her daydreams about Tommy when Ms. V explained this one.

After about five minutes, Ms. Vah made all of the students hand in their papers for a grade. Lil just guessed for number nine, and handed her paper in. Ms. Vah went into a little review of yesterday's lesson, and then she covered a brand new lesson. Forty minutes later, the bell rang.

Chucky walked over to Lil. "How do you think you did on the problems?" He asked, putting the Algebra books he would need for homework into his backpack. Lil shrugged. "Got maybe one wrong." She said.

"Me too," Chucky said. Chucky walked over to his locker, grabbing his French books. He sighed; he would have to go through the next four years in French class. You weren't allowed to switch language placements.

Chucky had trouble understanding most things Madame Bonaparte said. It had taken him over an hour to complete his French assignment, even with the French/English dictionary. He copied down the assignment for tonight; he had to transfer the definitions of the given words last night from English to French. He had written the definition of the French word originally in English.

After what seemed like an eternity in French, Chucky walked to his locker when the bell rang. He snaked his way through the hallway crowd, making it to the gym. He brought his health books with him.

The five Rugrats, and Susie, met up in the middle of the gym. Coach Keller and a woman were talking by the Coach's office. "Students, please quiet down." Coach Keller said. Everybody sat on the bleachers, waiting for further instructions.

"I will be taking the boys, and Assistant Coach Myer will be taking the girls." He said, gesturing to the woman who was known as Coach Myer. "Could all the girls please rise and follow me?" She said. Lil, Kimi, and Susie, followed with a bunch of other girls, followed Coach Myer to an average sized classroom inside the gym. There was another classroom next to it, the boy's classroom.

Lil, Kimi, and Susie all sat in one row. Angelica, Kristina, and Amanda sat the row ahead of them. "Kyle is hot, you're so lucky." Kristina said. Angelica nodded with a smile. "He's the hottest and most popular boy in the entire school." Amanda added. Angelica giggled, nodding her head.

Susie rolled her eyes at them. She was well aware of Angelica's boyfriend, Kyle, the captain of the football team here. They had started dating over the summer when they met at the country club pool. "Who's Kyle?" Kimi asked. Lil shrugged.

"Angelica's new boyfriend." Susie replied. Angelica heard this, and snapped her head back at them. "Susie, jealous much?" Angelica said. Susie rolled her eyes. "I like guys for who they are, not their image." Susie said.

Angelica rolled her eyes back at her and turned to gossip with her friends. "She's so obnoxious." Lil said, feeling the sudden urge to smack Angelica in the head with her hard textbook. "Tell me about it." Kimi agreed. Susie nodded in agreement.

Coach Myer walked to the front, and introduced herself to the class. She explained this is where we would meet every Tuesday and Thursday. Then, the class started to read from the textbook. Before the class was over, Coach Myer said that she would also be coaching gym classes along with Coach Keller, and the homework assignments.

Once Health was over, the Rugrats all met up again in the gym. "At least we didn't talk about the…disturbing things. All we talked about was food pyramids." Tommy said. "I know, right." Lil said, putting books in her bag.

"What class do you have next?" Kimi asked, opening her locker. Lil showed Kimi her AP History book. "Oh, what teacher?" Kimi asked, grabbing her Earth Science books. She remembered what had happened with Z. She would have to find somewhere else to sit.

"Pond," Lil replied, walking to the history room. "Well, see you later, lunch." Kimi waved. Lil waved goodbye and walked into the history room. Kimi walked down the hall and made a right, and came up to the Earth Science room.

She took a deep breath and walked inside. Z was sitting in the same seat as yesterday, his eyes focused immediately on Kimi as she walked in. She turned away from him, walking to a seat closest to the window.

The bell rang. Mrs. Greenwell explained how the lab would precede, and made everybody copy down the format for the lab into their notebooks. Kimi's partner was Leila. Kimi got stuck doing all the actual work, while Leila acted as the scribe, recording down observations, hypothesis, etc.

"How about you do this mineral?" Kimi asked, handing Leila the talc. She could already tell it was talc by its softness and powdery texture. "Um, no thanks," Leila said, pushing the mineral away. "Why not, I shouldn't have to be doing all the work?" Kimi protested.

Leila rolled her eyes. "I suck at science; we'll get a better grade if you do it." Kimi sighed, and just did the mineral. Once everybody finished, Mrs. Greenwell collected all of the supplies and passed out a quiz on the results of the lab, and all you could use to assist you was the written up lab in your notebook.

The quiz was easy for Kimi; she didn't even need the lab in her notebook. It was an easy hundred for her. Leila looked as if she was struggling a bit; she continuously was flipping back to her lab for help.

The bell rang, and it was the 'rats' favorite period of the day, lunch. They all met up in the middle of the cafeteria and got onto the lunch line. Everybody bought lunch today, it was surprisingly edible. Once they all purchased their lunches, they carried their trays outside.

They sat down at an empty picnic table on the pavement. Kids were hanging out under the gazebo, playing handball, wiffle-ball, football, soccer, talking, texting, and some were even doing their homework.

Tommy and Phil finished their lunch quickly and joined the group of kids, mainly boys, playing handball. It was too bad the school didn't have a handball team, especially when they had a handball court.

Lil and Kimi joined a group of girls playing soccer. Lil loved soccer, it was her favorite sport. She had played and was an all star on her middle school soccer team, along with Phil and Tommy. Kimi didn't really know what to do, so she just tagged along.

Chucky wasn't very athletic, so he decided to stay away from the sports. He had brought all of his books with him, so he got a head start on his homework. Sadly, lunchtime ended in what seemed to the Rugrats a few minutes, but actually turned out to be forty three minutes.

Kimi, Phil, and Lil walked into the English room. Ms. Cartel was chatting away on her phone, unaware that the bell had rang and the period had started. Kimi and Lil sat next to each other, and Phil sat in the row ahead of them.

Phil put his feet up on the desk. "Phillip!" Lil cried, embarrassed at her brother's actions. "What," Phil spat, chomping on a piece of bubble gum. Ms. Cartel got off the phone. "Phillip DeVille, get that gum out of your mouth and your dirty feet off the table!" She commanded.

Phil became annoyed. He got up and spit his gum into the garbage pail in the front of the room. Ms. Cartel wore a disgusted expression on her face. "Nerve of that woman." He muttered. Ms. Cartel walked up to the front of the board, writing down the lesson title.

Principal Falcon walked in the room. "Ms. Cartel?" He asked. Ms. Cartel turned around. "Yes," "May I please speak with Lillian DeVille?" He asked. Lil felt like she was about to throw up at these words, she hadn't done anything wrong, why was she being called into the principal's office.

Ms. Cartel seemed confused as well, and just nodded. Falcon gestured for Lil to follow. Lil nodded nervously, and followed him. Falcon leads her to his office. She stares confused as she sees Chucky, Alana, and Roland in the office as well. They were all the smartest kids from middle school, and wouldn't get in trouble either.

"I'm here to inform that all of you have received a perfect score on the state exams last year." He said, passing out certificates. Lil gawked, surprised. She had always known herself to do well in school, but never be all that intelligent.

"Yes, in fact, Miss DeVille, we would like to move you up into more advanced placements. We have already placed the rest of you in numerous advanced classes." Falcon said. Lil nodded, her classes were actually quite easy for her, and it would be different to actually be challenged for a change.

"Now, head back to class." Falcon said. Everyone got up and headed back to class. Lil stopped by her locker on the way, tucking her certificate into a spare folder she had. She wanted it to stay in perfect condition to remember this day. She was so proud of herself, and couldn't wait to tell Betty and Howard.

The rest of the school day went by quickly. Lil had hurried home without even saying goodbye to her friends, but Chucky had relayed the message onto them. Lil was anxious to inform her parents of the recent news.

Lil tugged on the doorknob, the door flew open. "Hello?" Howard asked. He was cooking dinner, homemade chicken soup. "Hey dad," Lil called, flinging her shoes off and taking her jacket off.

"Where's Phil?" Howard asked, taking off his "Kiss the Chef" apron. Phil and Lil always groaned whenever he wore it, claiming it was embarrassing, so he only wore it when they weren't home. Betty was in the basement on the treadmill.

"Um, still walking home, I guess?" Lil said. Howard nodded, going back to tending to the chicken soup. Phil burst in through the door, sweating. "Where…were…you?" He panted, rubbing his sweaty forehead.

"Home," Lil said casually, flipping through her folder for the certificate. She had moved it from that empty folder to her Spanish folder. She found the certificate and placed it on top of the papers. "Why are you sweating like a pi-, I mean, you?" Lil said, giggling. Phil snickered.

"Nerd," He said, pointing to the certificate. Lil frowned, walking into the other room. "Dinner," Howard called. Lil sat down at the kitchen table, across from Phil. She had the folder on her lap.

Betty came upstairs, wearing a neon green tank top and black shorts. "Hey, isn't dinner a bit early?" She asked Howard, who was using a ladle to pour soup into four bowls. He shrugged, passing everybody their bowls. The family sat down at the kitchen table, eating their soup.

"Mom, Dad," Lil said after eating a spoonful of noodles. "Yes," Betty asked. Lil got the certificate from on her lap and held it in the air for everybody to see. "Aw, congrats Lilly!" Betty said. "Our little girl's a genius!" Howard exclaimed. They hugged her. Lil blushed.

"Mom, Dad," Phil said. He had been running home because he was late, Coach Keller said that he had been recommended for the track team and would be evaluated during gym tomorrow, and didn't have to try out. They ignored him, gushing over Lil's accomplishment.

Phil got up from the table and locked himself in his room. The three pulled away. "What's his problem?" Lil asked. Betty and Howard both shrugged. Lil finished her dinner and grabbed her backpack to do her homework.

She walked upstairs to her room, but could hear muffled sobs coming from Phil's room. "Phil, are you okay?" She asked, concerned. Phil opened the door, his face red from crying. "Leave me alone," He said bitterly.

"What's wrong?" She asked, putting her arm over his shoulders. He shook it off. "I'm always left in the shadows! Coach said that I already could join the track team without trying out, but you wouldn't let me tell Mom or Dad! You are such a stuck-up, boasting snob!" He growled, slamming the door in her face.

Lil stared, stunned. Then, she realized why he was so upset. He must have thought that their parent's thought Lil was better than Phil, because they were so proud of her accomplishment and wouldn't even bother to listen to his. Lil sighed, she hadn't meant for this to happen, it just did. She trudged to her room to do her homework.

A little sibling rivalry for their parent's attention, eh? I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. Please continue to review, thank you so much for reviewing! Also, Olivia, I believe at my soon to be high school they do have advanced classes beginning in the first year. Also, can I please have the answers to those questions from the previous chapter? I really need to know. I added a little more discussion about Kyle in this chapter, during the health class. Aidan will be introduced in a few chapters, as soon as soccer tryouts are over and they are all on the same soccer team. Brad and Susie will happen in later chapters, I'm not exactly sure when though. Finally, Dil will move up to Tommy's grade in chapter 6. I don't know anything about Chucky's relationship status, so please reply to those questions. Thanks and please continue to review!