"Kace, chill- we're already here. Our speech is in half an hour." She leaned into Kaci to whisper. "Besides, I think Jake has the hots for Zuzu!" She straightened back up, and noticed the boys suspiscious looks. "Hi."

"Right, speeches... I um... need a moment, to prepare myself" Kacita said taking a deep breath and walking deeper into the woods.

Diana followed. When they were out of earshot, she said, "Spill. What's wrong? The student council president, my best friend for six years, does not have stage fright or need to go to the bathroom. So why else did you come out here? What's wrong?" She suddenly froze. "Does it have something to do with Tony? 'Cause Olivia's here. And you won't believe what I'm seeing."

Tony was kissing Olivia in front of at least fifteen other people. Diana glared at him when they made eye contact. "I guess both our rejects got together."

"Look, I know it's going to sound stupid, but it really is stage fright, I'm just really scared, especially with those two public school boys showing up, and one of them staring at me creepily, I just can't, can we just pretend I got sick or something? Because I actually might pukr" Kacita said. "I have no idea why, but, I just need to go into the woods, just to hide there or find something maybe? I don't know, but I just need to explore a little" Kaci told her, looking into the woods.

"Yeah, sure."

(I have to leave, sorry)

The two had reached a clearing with a few tree stumps in the center. (Everyone needs to bring their characters here, it's where they get their powers.)

Diana steadied the pacing girl with her hands. "Kacita, you know, I'll also always be there for you. You're my best friend and I'm the vice president. When we first met A in fifth grade, what did she say to us? We'll always stick together. And you said: Like glue! And I know we were super cheesy, but it's true, isn't it. So get over that stupid fear, because as your best friends, we have the right to tackle you onstage if you freak out."

She knew she would get a look like, That's what you meant to say with your cheesy speech?, but she just waited for a reaction and sat on a tree stump.

"Pfft, you're still horrible at motivating people, or at least me, because I'm not sure why, but I've kind of always hated people trying to motivate me" Kacita sighed. "I just need a few minutes cheeselord, maybe sit down a bit" she said sitting down on a different stump, grimacing at the fact it was slightly damp. She suddenly felt a state of calmness and peace, not even minding the dampness anymore. "Maybe this can be our new secret hangout, these stumps are really nice places to sit, and the big river is that way" Kacita said, pointing somewhere behind her.

"Yeah, maybe we can stay here for a while until we need to go to our speech. Imagine the look on Russel's face when he doesn't see A." She giggled, then raised her voice, "ZUZU, COME OVER HERE! WE'VE GOTTA SHOW YOU SOMETHING! Oh, and you can bring those two too, I guess!"

Diana shrugged at Kaci. "They're bound to come anyway..."

Azura headed over to where her friends were sitting.

"Alex, this way." Jake whispered following the girls