Note: Been a while since I updated! BUT it's the weekend, then next week is HOLIDAY TIME :D So I will hopefully update more then! Anyway, as requested, we shall have some Zoey / Rythian / Duncan POV's this chapter, then we will go check out how the Team Crafted peeps are doing next chapter :D
Extra note: RIDGE BROKE UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND IN IRL :O (i think, judging from his tumblr), *runs to Ridge's house* WILL YOU MARRY ME?! :D

Rythian's POV

Monday. Eugh. Stretching my arms, I yawn loudly, and roll over. I frown. Sjin wasn't in his bed, and neither was Lewis or Ridgedog. It was just me, Sips and Duncan.

"Morning" Duncan mumbles, not rising from his messy clump of covers. Sips just groans, face down on his pillow. Slamming my hand onto my desk, I wince, and pick up the clock, squinting at it. "We have half an hour" I grunt, sitting up and rubbing my eyes warily. The bleeping of my phone alerts me and I reach for it, jamming my hand on the screen to enter my password and I find that I have a text from Zoey.

Can I speak with you at break time? :D ~Zoeyyyyy:3

Sure. -Rythian

"Who you texting?" Duncan asks, now sleepily sitting up and I try not to chuckle at the state of his mop of blonde hair. "No one" I sigh, turning my phone onto standby. But not before Duncan glimpses at the contact. "Hey, that's Zoey!" he exclaims, snatching my phone out of my hand. "Hey!" I protest, and grin when he reaches the password screen. He groans and chucks the phone carelessly at me, and I only just manage to grab it before it hits the floor.

"What was she saying?" he demands, fiercely running a hairbrush through his hair. I shrug and he groans again. Sips showed no sign of getting up, as he usually never did, and seemed even more tired than normal. I remembered hearing that he punched Tia and had tried to nick her stuff. In which case, he deserved to be late to class.

"Was she talking about me?" he demands. I shake my head with a sigh, slipping my phone into my trousers, which were hanging on the edge of the chest of drawers. "Where's Sjin and Lewis?" I ask, trying to change the subject. "Oh, they went to go spend some time with Mints and Hannah" Duncan smiles, and I roll my eyes knowingly. 

"And Ridge?" I ask, wincing when Sips does his best to growl into his pillow, beginning to shift. "With Tia, probably" Duncan sighs, raising an eyebrow. "What's wrong with those two being friends?" I ask. Sips lifts his head, showing his crooked nose and scratch on his neck. "Ridgedog is horrible. He's an annoying stuck up twat who thinks he is better than everyone else and Tia is just stupid enough to hang round with him." he spits, before slamming his head onto his pillow again.

 "Someone's on their period" I mumble, and Duncan snickers. Sips just grunts into his pillow. "Well, I'm gonna grab a shower" I sigh, standing up and grabbing my clothes and a towel before going into the shower.

For a ten minute shower, it helped me relax. Over the sound of pattering water on tiles, I hear Lewis come in and Duncan wolf whistle, and I eagerly get out, wanting to know what was going on. Grabbing the towel, I rub my hair with it, watching with disbelief in the mirror as it turns into a birds nest. Sighing, I tug my clothes on after I've dried, and open the bathroom door, snatching the brush from my chest of drawers and tugging it roughly.

"...and then we hung around for a bit outside and then we kissed some more" Lewis was babbling, his cheeks red and his eyes sparkling. Sips was resting his head in his hand, raising an eyebrow at the flustered boy. Duncan was grinning and chuckled now and again, shaking the bed. "Wow Lewis, you were certainly busy this morning" I laugh, and he beams proudly. "Sjin was outside too, with Minty. They were talking and he kissed Minty on the cheek" Lewis laughed, and laughed harder when Sjin walked in, also looking slightly flustered.

"Ooh, here comes lover boy" Sips chuckles, patting his bed for his best friend to sit. Sjin obeys, rubbing his hand sheepishly in his brown hair. "I guess Lewis already told you since he saw me..." Sjin sighs, shooting daggers at Lewis who throws him a smirk. Rolling my eyes, I grab my stuff and bid my farewells, shutting the door quietly and walking down the corridor. 

Pausing outside of Tia's door, I wait and listen. There is the sound of whispering and the unmistakable deep laugh from Ridgedog. Ridge hardly ever laughed, unless he had insulted someone. But I hear Tia's giggling, so I guess he didn't insult her. I had no idea what everyone's problem was-Ridge finally had a friend. So what? He could be an idiot most of the time. Well, all of the time. But he had something to distract him now.

Knocking on her door, the laughter and whispers pause, and Ridge opens the door, eyes wary. "Morning Ridge, may I come in?" I ask, trying to be polite. He narrows his eyes suspiciously, until Tia says "Let him in, Ridge". Sighing and mumbling curses, he opens the door wider and disappears behind it.

Tia is sat on her bed, all dressed and bag ready. "Morning Rythian" she smiles. "Hey, uh, I just came to say that I think Sips was out of line, and I'm sorry to hear that he punched you and stuff so...uh...don't tell the others but I'm on your side, OK?" I stutter. The words were flowing out of nowhere, but it felt better to get it off my chest. "Oh. Thanks Rythian, and we won't. Uh, you're friends with Zoey aren't you?" Tia smiles. Ridge doesn't say anything, but when I look over at him, he offers me a small smile and a nod. "Yeah, a bit, we talk a bit" I say vaguely. "Well, uh, could you ask her if she's still my friend?" she asks, and I nod. "Sure, I think she is." I say before Ridge butts in. Like he usually does. "I was talking to Hannah yesterday, actually. She said they are all fine with you, it's just Ashley who doesn't like you." he says quietly, darting suspicious glances at me as if I was going to leak it.

"I'll ask anyway" I say, before saying goodbye and leaving their room. Zoey was also emerging from her room at the same time. "Oh, hey Zoey" I smile. "Hey!" she grins, tugging her bag to a more comfortable position on her waist. "Want to walk together?" she smiles, beginning to walk down the corridor. "Sure" I reply, jogging after her.

Note: Quick switch to another POV...

Zoey's POV

"Does Duncan like me?" I blurt out. Uh oh. Was that a good question? I bite my lip, internally hitting myself. "Yeah, I told you before, he is mad about you" Rythian shrugs. Noting that he doesn't seem to be bothered, I sigh. "OK" I smile, looking away. "Why do you ask?" Rythian asks curiously, and I can feel his strange purple eyes on me. Looking to him, the purple eyes were captivating. I stutter, and cough, feeling a red tinge going onto my face. "Oh, just curious" I reply. "Do you like him back?" he presses. I consider my answer.

If I told him I did, he would tell Duncan and he would get all excited and come ask me out. But...I didn't like Duncan! I mean, he was a really super nice friend and all, but...I don't like him in THAT way! Then again, if I told him I didn't, Duncan would get upset...

"I don't know" I sigh finally, looking away, troubled. "You look worried" he notes. I nod, looking down almost sadly. "You can tell me you know, I won't say anything to him" he smiles, and I smile back, looking back into those hypnotic purple eyes. "He's OK and all, but I don't really know him all that well..." I say vaguely. Rythian nods, soothing me with the wisdom in his eyes. "You don't need to rush it, we have a few years to be worrying about it yet" he chuckles.

"I guess" I smile, before we enter the dining room. Hannah and Minty were waiting for me, and I skipped away from Rythian without saying goodbye and grinned at them. "Hey guys! Did you enjoy your dates?" I giggle, watching them go red. "Yeah, me and Lewis are going out" Hannah smiles shyly, brushing her long blonde hair behind her ear. Lewis walks in at that exact moment and smiles, walking over to us and hugging Hannah lightly, who flushes automatically. We all coo, and laugh as Hannah glowers at us. 

"I think Sjin is gonna ask you out soon" Lewis tells Minty, who nods vigourously in agreement. "Yeah, I think so too" she grins, before we are cut off when Ridge and Tia walk in. They walk side by side, no contact between them, but they both look happy, though Tia looks nervously round before she catches us staring and turns away. 

"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask you" Rythian says from behind me, and I turn. "Are you still friends with Tia? She still wants to be friends with you" he says, glancing over to Ridge and Tia's departing figures towards the breakfast counter. "Yeah. It's just Ash..." Minty says, biting her lip and looking over to where Ash walks in, surrounded by boys, like Sky, Tato and Jerome. Ash smirks at us smugly, before she carries on walking towards Ridge and Tia.

Uh oh.

Note: OOOH :D Someone requested some Tidgedog again, so...just gonna stick this in here. Again. I'm sorry, I can't stay away from it! D: I'll try and avoid it in future chapters...but no promises! :D

Tia's POV

Waking up, I stretch, yawning loudly. My foot hits something and I frown, turning round. I realize with a start that I was on the floor. Ridge was sprawled out on his bed, the covers hanging off the edge. Our laptops dangled dangerously off the edge, and I stumble to my feet, tiredly grabbing them and slamming my alarm clock off as I slide them onto the drawers.

We spent all last night and most of the morning on Minecraft, building houses, mining, even playing things like Testificate Golf and parkour. We went onto multiplayer servers and played in the survival games, and Ridge always won. He was amazing in them, he seemed to know where every chest and secret was on every map, even the ones he had never been on before.

I must have fallen asleep on his bed, then he must have kicked me off, I decide sleepily. Idiot. 

The alarm clock hadn't awoken the seemingly dead boy, so I tug his covers off and he falls onto the floor, groaning and flinching from the cold. "C'mon, wake up" I chant, burying through the mass of covers to find him burrowed right in the middle of a giant marshmellow mountain. He looked like he was hibernating, and blinked sleepily as the light hit his face. He looked adorable, actually, like a little hedgehog with spiky hair. I grin and fall on top of him and he groans, pushing me off. He glowers at me, now looking like a very angry hedgehog and I giggle to myself as he kicks the covers off and sits up, running his hands through his hair and yawning. 

"Go take a shower" I tell him, going into my own shower and locking the door. "Clothes" Ridge grunts from behind the door, and I open the door slightly, watching in amusement as his hand shoots through the gap with a pile of random clothes. Sighing, I grab them, and he barely manages to get his hand back through the gap before the door slams shut.

After the shower, I stick a towel on my head, making it look like I had a strange hat on, and when I come back, Ridge is sat on my bed, shaking his wet hair like a dog. He must have gone back to his own room and showered without them waking up. When he sees me, he erupts into laughter and I sigh, facepalming. I glower at him as I wait from him to stop. "You finished?" I ask, and he chuckles, grinning at me and I laugh quietly as he tries to maintain a poker face, and failing. 

There was a knock at the door, and Rythian came in. It was only a quick visit, and when he went, Ridge was serious again. "Oh look, baby Ridgedog is all serious again, aww" I laugh, grabbing his cheeks and moving them around like he was a baby. He glares at me, and pulls my hands away. "C'mon, let's go" he groans, grabbing his bag and checking his hair in the mirror again, before I push him out of the door.

Walking into the dining room, I flinch as I see Zoey, Minty, Hannah and Lewis staring at us but I look away as Ridge and I walk to the cereal thing. I look at the choices. Rice crispies? Not in the mood. Cheerios? I wasn't that happy. Weetabix? Yes please, I think, grabbing one and I go to grab the last one when Ridge's hand swoops in and steals it, laughing as he reaches for the milk and turns his back to me so I can't get it.

He was going to be the death of me.

When I finally get the milk and begin to eat my cereal, I spot Ash and some of the Team Crafted gang heading towards me. I swallow, nudging Ridge, who looks up mid-nom (I don't know if mid-nom is a word just go with it :D) and puts his bowl down. I copy, and don't protest when he steps ever so slightly in front. It was about time he did something useful.

"Hey dog, hey idiot" Ash greets us, smirking as the boys chuckle. "Hey whore" I say before Ridge can get his insult in, and she glares at me. "So. You two are the new little love doves, are you?" she practically spits. "I've already had a shower, thank you" Ridge replies smoothly, brushing his top. There are the sounds of "oohs" from the boys, and I try to hide my grin.

"Look Ash, just leave them alone" Zoey's voice drifts next to me, and I look up to see Minty, Hannah, Zoey, Lewis, Simon and Rythian heading towards us, followed by a nervous looking Duncan. Sips glowers from the other side of the room, next to a worried looking Sjin. They stand around us, like a barrier, and I feel a lot safer. "What, you're sticking up for her?" Ash snaps, glowering at them. "They haven't even done anything" Minty says quietly. "Well, Ridge has..." Lewis murmurs, but is elbowed hard by Hannah. 

"You cross us again, and it won't be pretty. I'm warning you" Ash threatens, accompanied by nodding from the Team Crafted gang. "Oh, piss off" Rythian grunts under his breath, but it is still heard by Sky. "You what?" he snaps, stepping up to him. Automatically, we surround Rythian, making sure he was protected now. "C'mon Sky, they aren't worth it" Ash snaps, glaring at us.

When they have disappeared round the corner, I spot a worried looking Mitch and Liam. Mitch looks after Jerome, who is disappearing with Ash, and Liam who is walking towards us. Ridge stiffens beside me, but I step forward to greet him. "Hey Liam" I say, smiling nervously. "What was all that about?" he asks, smiling at Mitch who decides to come stand with us. "I'll tell you later" I say quietly, glancing at the teacher stood on the other side of the room who was giving me a stern look. 

"Thanks guys" I smile, and they all nod in sync which makes me laugh. "We're still your friend Tia" Minty smiles, hugging me. I hug her back, sighing.

When the group disperses, leaving Ridge and I on our own, I glance at him. He looked troubled for some reason. "What's up?" I ask, grabbing my now mushy Weetabix and chucking it in the bin. "Well, now that you have your friends back, you aren't gonna talk to me much anymore, are you?" he sighs. I roll my eyes and give him a small hug. "Of course I will. Come hang with us!" I suggest. He snorts. "What, with the girls? Delightful" he sighs. "Fine, sit on your own then" I smirk, giggling as he sighs louder, shooting me a glare. "Why am I even friends with you" he groans. I laugh, and tug him to our table. "Because I'm awesome?" I suggest, and he chuckles. "Yeah, that's not it" he laughs. "What is, then?" I ask curiously, sitting down next to Lewis and patting the empty seat next to him.

He sits, glancing awkwardly at Lewis who also looks awkwardly his way. "I don't know, actually. You're just...different. Yeah. You're different." he shrugs. I go quiet, taking in his words. "Oh. Should I take that as a compliment or...?" I ask. He chuckles again, leaning his head on my shoulder for a few seconds, before straightening up and pouring himself an orange juice. "To be honest, I don't know that either" he admits, sipping it thoughtfully. "You're a bit cryptic today" I note, getting a little irritated at his lack of answers. "That's a good thing, trust me" he laughs. Slowly, I hug him tightly, and he looks down in surprise. "Got to go to class now" I tell him, and he finishes off his orange juice and we walk off. Holding hands.

Note: TIDGEDOOOG :D YAAAAAAAAY! More than 3000 words! :O I hope it was worth the wait...