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The Return of the Cheater

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Vince huggled his little sister Ashley. "Yeah! It worked!"

Ashley smiled. "You may come back to the PCA?"

Vince nodded solemnly. "Dean Rivers believes that I'm now a normal guy and not a danger for the morals of the school!"

"Acting!" Ashley beamed proudly. She had taught Vince how to feign being nice and trick them all, including, finally, Dean Rivers..

"Thanks, sis!" Vince sighed with relief. "I wouldn't have made it anywahere without your help!"

Ashley smiled. But she also felt a bit guilty. "If I hadn't been such an arrogant diva in the first place, you wouldn't have had the need to cheat and bully in order to become a star like me."

Vince ruffled Ashley's hair. "Let's forget about it. You are my little star."

"And you're my big star!" Ashley grinned. "But now Lola will regret having betrayed you."

"If it was Lola indeed, she will!" Vince swored.

Ashley wondered. "Have you got your doubts?"

Vince nodded. "Lola isn't as good an actress as you are. And she's totally gullible. She may just have been someone's tool ..."

"Whose tool?" Ashley wondered.

"Who hated me most?" Vince shrugged.

"Boys who envied you ..." Ashley suggested.

Vince nodded. "That makes sense ... probably Logan Rese and Drake Parker. We've had that bet ... and I've made it to Lola first. She was going to praise my kisses."

Ashley nodded. "Logan Reese has been expelled a few weeks ago, but Drake is still around ... and he has got the hots for Lola, and vice versa ... totally, from head to toey!"

"It should have been Drake!" Vince thundered. "I'll pulverise him!"

"One problem ..." Ashley objected. "Drake is way too dumb to get you framed."

"How could I forget about that!" Vincent Blake hammered with both of his fists at his head. "And so is Logan Reese ..."

"Definitely!" Ashley sighed.

"Maybe some other secret worshippers of Lola ..." Vince grumbled.

Ashley remembered something. "Hey! Lola once had a crush on Chase Matthews ..."

"Chase!" Vince boomed. "But how did that turn out?"

Ashley nodded. "Lola must have had a really poor taste back then, downright abominable. Chase first accepted dating her, but then backed out because he had remorses ..." Ashley sighed. "He told Lola that there was that girl from his hometown ... and now we know who that was ..."

Vince grumbled. "Not that Brooks wench?"

Ashley grinned. "No way! It was Rebecca, the archenemy of that Brooks beast."

Vince hammered at his skull again. "Oh yeah, the one that Chase had sent flying when she complained about him talking to Zoey."

Vince nodded. "Brooks and Matthews ... hey! Zoey Brooksd was the one to deny my request to write the term finals for me!"

Ashley beamed. "There we've got it ... Zoey and Chase are at the bottom of the whole expulsion! Too bad Zoey is now in England. But Chase Matthews ..."

"I'm so going to squish him like a fly!" Vince announced solemnly.

Ashley grinned. "You're the best fly swatter west of the Mississippi!"

Vince Blake punched his sister playfully in the shoulder. "Hey!" he had sometimes been called a fly swatter by his coack when the latter wasn't content with Vincent's catching performance.

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After the vacations, Michael returned to the PCA.

Chase was glad to see him again.

"Michael!" Olivary swooned. "Let's play the moon dance!"

Chase sent Olivary away. "I've got to talk to Michael."

Olivary sighed and pouted.

Chase sighed when Olivary Biallo had left through the door. "Dean Rivers is about pardoning Vincent Blake." Chase shivered.

Michael was flabbergasted. "Oh no ... he's going to figure that you've been behind his expulsion!"

Chase nodded. "I'm a goner!"

Michael shivered. "We must be faster than him and teach him a lesson!"

Chase nodded. "What we need is a trouble maker!"

Michael and Chase highfived.

"Maybe the new custodian may help us?" Chase wagered.

"What new custodian?" Michael scratched his head.

"Gordy!" Chase chuckled. "He has replaced Finnegan. Gordy is an experienced weasle hunter." Chase grinned.

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Megan highfived Dustin. "20 miles! That's a new record for the charity walkathon!"

Dustin smiled. "And Lola sponsored me with 30 bucks per mile."

"600 green leaves!" Megan beamed brightly.

"600 what?" Lola wondered.

Megan did the maths: " Thirdy bucks per mile, 20 miles, that sums up to 600 bucks!"

Lola had misunderstood the whole thing. She was supposed to sponsor Dustin per mile, not flatly. Alas, she didn't have the bucks!

Sam sighed. "The organisation belongs to my uncle Carmine, and he is really mean!"

Lola trembled.

Nevel had listened. "Carmine is going to rue the day!" Nevel thundered. "He will rue it! Until the times of dystopia is he going to rue it!"

Megan and Dustin applauded wholeheartedly.

Lola hoped that Nevel's curse worked wonders ...

Megan went to Nevel's laptop. "Hey, gambling is illegal at the PCA!"

"Yeah? And so?" Dustin moaned.

"Don't you get it ..." Megan sighed. "The whole action with bidding money per mile is against the rules of the school! It's like Russian roulette ..."

Nevel beamed. "We're going to Mr. Bradford!"

Megan nodded. "That's it."

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Mr. Bradford stumbled into the administration office. "Beverley!" He boomed. "Where is Dean Carl Rivers?"

"He should be back any moment!" Beverly was surprised.

Mr. Rivers came back from the room for little boys. "Mr. Bradford?" He hadn't known about the founder's visit to the school.

"Dean Rivers!" Mr. Bradfard was angry. "I'm consternated."

"I don't know what you're talking about ..." Dean Rivers stammered.

Mr. Bradford stomped his feet. "The charity walkathon ... kids are supposed to offer a certain amount per mile."

Dean Rivers shrugged.

"How could you allow for this?" Mr Bradford slammed his fist against Dean Rivers's table. "Are you aware that this is illegal betting, and even if it weren't because of the charity puropose, you need to check for the written consent of the parents or guardians of the pupils. Did you do anything like that? The parents of some of the pupils deny that, and there is no written eveidence that any of the responsible adults have ever been informed avbout this action."

Dean Rivers felt like hit by a giant lightning bolt.

"But it isn't even a charity event!" Mr. Bradford explained. "Mr. Carmine is wanted in seven states for tax fraud and illegal bank affairs."

Dean Rivers almost passed out.

"Mr. Rivers!" Mr. Bradford boomed again. "Do you know what this means? The confidence of the parents in our school has been stained. People will unregister kids from here, and less new pupils will get enrolled. The losses may be gigantic. I leave it hear with a warning, but next time I get to here anything like that, I'm going to look for a new headmaster. Have I been cleer enough?"

"Crystal ..." Dean Rivers stammered.

"OK!" Mr. Bradford turned around, ready to leave the office. "Have a nice day!"

"I need a cognac!" Dean Rivers whimpered with his last efforts.

"This is a school!" Beverly replied. "No alcohol is allowed here, especially not at daytime!" She shook her head. How may Dean Rivers have forgotten about that?

Dean Rivers passed out.

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Chase and Michael snuck into the custodian's workshop.

"Hi kids!" Gordy smiled. He had just donned his safari suit. "The perfect outfit for the weasle hunt!" He showed the kids his collection of weasle traps.

Chase and Michael were impressed.

"So ... what do you need?" Gordy asked.

"We need a trap for a ... bigger version ... of a weasle." Chase stammered.

"How big?" Gordy wondered.

"Six foot for and full of muscles!" Michael explained.

"Oh, I see ..." Gordy scratched his chin. "Let's go for this!"

Chase and Michael wondered about some trap.

Megan passed by. "Aw you boobs!" She chuckled. "If you need a real trap for Vince Blake, you need to ask me!"

Chase was astonished. "How do you know about Vince?"

"Hey! Remember, I've helped you." Megan reminded Chase. "Hence he will want to get back at me as well."

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A few days later ...

"Thanks , pal!" Chase told Vince. "Let's go for a smoothie?"

"Sure!" Vince smiled. Michael, you're coming too?

Michael grinned. "Of course!"

Megan observed the situation suspiciously. She still refused to trust Vince. Even more, Vince tried apparently to ask out Lola, and then Drake would slide back into his old one-girl-per-fortnite habit. This had to be prevented. Even more, Zoey Brooks had to be warned. Also, after Bradford having reading the Levitics before Dean Rivers, the latter was now downright cornered. He couldn't afford any other complaint from the parents, especially about Vince Blake, or there was going to be a new headmaster.

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Zoey was equally consternated when she had heard that Vince had been pardoned and was no back at PCA.

"He appears to be nice?" Carly shrugged.

Zoey nodded. "I hate to look for the bad in people ... except that Trisha Kirby, back then, or other girls that don't deserve Dustin, unlike you ..."

Carly smiled. "So, will we go to the PCA for the prom night?"

Zoey nodded. "I try to give my best ad forget about what Vince had done ... otherwise, Dustin would be very much disappointed."

Carly hugged Zoey and smiled. "It will be a funny time at the prom ..."

"Spencer needs to like the socks and ties, first, though ..." Zoey warned.

Carly shrugged. "Spencer likes cranky outfits, and if you make it even look fashionable ... I know him too well!"

"I wish I knew Dustin that well ..." Zoey sighed.

"Hey, you're a really good sister." Carly smiled. "Good in another sense than Spencer being a good brother, but Dustin may be glad."

Zoey moaned. "I hope so!"

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Spencer went into Nevel's dorm.

"You are?" Nevel glared oddly at Nevel. "Frewss up or rue the day!"

"I'm Spencer Shay." Spencer sighed. "The brother of Carly."

Nevel shrugged. "Oh yeah, Zoey had sent me that mail ... Indeed, I've still got a few socks and ties and penny tops." He rummaged through his belongings.

Spencer saw the socks. "Wow! Those are ..."

Nevel grinned. "Zoey has got style!"

Spencer smiled. He definitely had to get to know Zoey Brooks closer. "Most obviously!"

Nevel nodded. "I think that you may make her a manequin doll in turn ... she will need one as a future fashion stardesigner. And you make them so fanciful ..."

Spencer smiled.