Note: OK, OK, I haven't updated for a while :( But I have loads of tests to do, and loads of revision! :( Please forgive me if the chapters are uploaded late, because I need to get these tests done. So, some people were requestiong some Ashley and Tato scenes, so...:D

Ashley's POV

"Oh my god I hate her!" I snap, gritting my teeth. She got on my nerves so much. Just because she was the new student, everyone was going on her side. And even when she made friends with Ridge, everyone STILL loved her! And now I was the one taking the blame! Sips was right to hit her and Ridge. They deserved it. Scum, the both of them.

"You OK Ashley?" that familiar voice says from behind me. I was on the way to maths and I was late. "I'm fine, Tat-I mean Tyler" I sigh, pulling my bag up a little further onto my shoulder as I quickly walk down the empty corridor, glancing at the clock. I was three minutes late-the teacher was going to kill me. "Call me Tato" came the friendly voice back. I hold back a groan-I was already late, I guess it didn't matter anymore.

"Who do you hate? Tia?" he asks casually. He pulls up beside me, looking calm, though his green glasses were a little lopsided and he quickly twitched them back onto place. "Yeah! She's so annoying, she thinks just because she is new she is better than everyone!" I huff, fiddling with my hair. I slow down a little, letting him keep pace with me.

"She's not that bad" he chuckles, then flinches when I turn to glare at him. "Oh yeah? She's taken all of my friends away from me! Now I have no one!" I yell, and tears suddenly begin to drip down my face. He looks at me, somewhat startled, and I turn round, trying to hide my face. How embarrasing-the popular girl crying. 

An arm suddenly goes round my shoulder, and pats it gently. Looking up, sniffing a little, Tato smiles at me. "You have me" he whispers, before checking the corridor and kissing me gently on the cheek, kissing my tears away. I freeze for a moment, blinking rapidly, trying to control the urge to blush. 

"We better get to class. We will probably have a detention" he says quickly, pulling a face and slides his arm off me. Part of me wanted to stay here with Tyler and talk to him some more, but I knew I would get him and myself into loads of trouble. 

"Alright" I smile. He smiles back shyly, brushing a lock of my hair back behind my ear before he sets off. "Tato?" I ask, tugging on his hand to grab his attention. He looks back, head tilted shyly. "Yeah?" he asks. "Thanks" I smile shyly, and he grins. "Any time!" he replies, and we set off back to Maths.

When we open the door, we let go of our hands, and Mr Casso looks up to glare at us. "What time do you call this?" he snaps, the classroom going quiet. I try not to look at their stares. "We had to speak to a teacher." Tyler says coolly, not dropping the teacher's eye contact. "Do you have any proof of this?" Mr Casso asks suspiciously, eyes narrowed. "We left in a hurry to get back to class, we didn't have time for a note" I say quietly, trying to look innocent. I hear a snort, from the idiotic new girl, followed by that stupid idiot who hangs round with her snickering in response. I don't look away from the teacher however, and I try to look innocent.

"This is unlike you, Ashley-Mariee" Mr Casso says finally, using my full name. I resisted the urge to scowl-I preferred just my first name. "I'm sorry, sir" I say, just wanting to sit down so everyone would stop staring. I could feel Tia's stare burning a hole into my head and I wanted to turn and glare at her, but I held it back. "Ashley-Mariee and Tyler, go sit down in your seats. If you two are late again without a reason why, I will give you both a detention" Mr Casso commands, and I nod, thanking him and he waves us away. I sit down in my seat. which was, unfortunately, next to Ridgedog.

"Too busy kissing your boyfriend then?" he smirks, not looking up. "Oh shut up you stupid idiot" I growl. He looks over at Tia with a somewhat confirming look and she rolls her eyes. "Got a problem?" I snap. She raises eyebrows. "I didn't say anything" she replies, glancing at Ridge out of the corner of her eye, smile rising. "Jealous that at least I can kiss mine?" I snap. That shuts them up. Both of them glance at each other in surprise, and both go red. Idiots. They were both horrible and they both deserved each other.

Glancing over at Tyler, he's already staring at me. He smiles when he gets eye contact with me and holds up a scribbled message on a white board. 

Meet me after school in the plantation?

I nod, and he smiles, looking down. He looked proud of myself and I smiled. I was beginning to really like Tyler.

Note: So there we go! MunchingMariee! But, ooh, Liam, I don't know, I kinda like the idea of Mashley... (Mitch x Ashley)... ;) Might include it...

Tia's POV

The end of the day took ages to come. When it did, I sighed in relief. "Hey" Ridge's voice broke my thoughts and I whirl round. "Oh hi" I smile, sighing again. "What are you sighing about?" he asks curiously. "Happy the day is over." I shrug. He grins. "Me too. Hey, would you come to your room for a second? I need to show you something" he smiles. "Sure" I reply, following him down the winding corridors to our room. 

He shuts the door quietly, looking nervous. "What's up Ridge?" I frown. "Uh, a day ago I started feeling weird" he starts. "You mean ill?" I ask. "No, just weird. You know I'm a demigod right?" he replies. I nod. "Um, I found myself hovering in the middle of the night" he confesses. "Awesome!" I laugh, and he smiles. "I guess. I just thought I'd let you know, if you see me in the night floating or something, it's fine" he grins. 

"Can you do it now?" I ask. He shakes his head. "I've tried. My dad said it will come permanently in time." he shrugs. "Cool" I laugh. He rolls his eyes. "So. What shall we do for an hour?" he says awkwardly. "I don't know. Stay here, I guess, since we're here already" I sigh. "Let's go down to the plantation" he suggests. "Only because Ashley and Tato are going" I groan. He smirks, eyes glittering. "I can't be bothered with arguing Ridge" I whine. He sits down on his bed, sighing heavily. 

"Fine we'll stay here" he murmurs, leaning backwards. "Want to fight?" I ask suddenly. It came out of nowhere, but he sits up eagerly, eyebrow raised. "You think you can beat me?" he grins. "I know so" I grin back, before pouncing on him. I shove him back, pinning his arms back and sitting on his legs so he can't move. But somehow, he manages to toss me over easily, pinning me down and as much as I wriggle, I can't get free.

"Since when did you get so strong?" I snap angrily. It was so frustrating, being stuck underneath him with nowhere to go. "Demigod, remember?" he grins. "Let me go" I groan. "What if I don't want to?" he smirks evilly. "So you're going to keep me pinned down forever?" I ask, trying to kick him. "Yep" he laughs. I change my tactic to something I'd learned back in Voxel High, when I was bullied.

I relaxed, like I'd given up. Sure enough, his grip relaxed. Just enough for me to...

I flipped him over, shoving him against the wall. His eyes widen in surprise as I pin his arms above his head, sitting on his legs. He struggles a lot, but I manage to keep him down. I smirk as he groans and tries to fight away from me. "How does it feel now?" I taunt.

"Oh. Am I interrupting?" a voice came from behind me. I pause, whipping my head round to see Minty and Hannah stood in the doorway with Lewis and Sjin. Flushing, I let Ridge go, practically throwing myself away from him. "N-no! We were just fighting" I stutter. Ridge glowers at me, rubbing his wrists, though a small smile is twitching at his lips. Lewis looks slightly embarrased, and Sjin is fighting to stop himself from not laughing out loud. 

"What's up guys?" I ask, ignoring it when Ridge wraps his arms round my neck, obviously teasing me so I blush more, which I do, unfortunately. "Lewis just wanted to apologise to Ridge again" Hannah smiles. Ridge sighs, pulling away, and I glance back at him. "Sorry Ridge" Lewis sighs. The brown haired boy looks like he does feel sorry, his chestnut eyes worried and anxious. 

"Lewis I don't care" Ridge groans. Lewis looks even more worried now, pleading with his brown eyes. "Please Ridge, I'm sorry" Lewis begs. I glance at Ridge who looks over at me, and I pull a sad face. He glares at me, before sighing. "Fine" he sighs, shaking hands with Lewis, who looks relieved. "Well, we know who wears the pants in this relationship" Sjin murmurs, snickering before Minty nudges him in the stomach with her elbow. 

They leave after a while, and the room is strangely silent once they have gone. "You're gonna have to go sleep back over there now, aren't you?" I ask bitterly. I was going to miss him really, it felt less lonely with someone else in my room. "You sound upset" he notes, grinning as he hugs me. I found it strange that he trusted me so quickly. It had only been last week that we had been kicking each other and fighting. 

"I am a bit" I admit. He coos and I scowl, though he can't see it. "I think I'll stay here, actually, Duncan still hates me, Sips still hates me, Rythian...well, we never got on." he says. I'm a tiny bit pleased at this fact and try and hide my smile but he sees it anyway. He smirks. "Looks like I'll have to put up with you then" I sigh, pretending to be disappointed but it doesn't fool him.

"Aw, you know you want me really" he grins, before biting his lip and jumping on me. "This fight isn't over" he reminds me and I groan. 

I try the relaxing trick again, but it doesn't work. He stares at me intently. I frown-why were his pupils dilating?

He suddenly leans in, and my breath catches in my throat. He pauses just before my mouth, blue eyes on mine. My heart was pounding, my eyes wide, and I couldn't breathe. He was going to kiss me, he was going to kiss me, he was going to kiss me...

But he pulls away hesitantly, and my breath returns, and I gulp in deep breathes of air thankfully. He doesn't look at me as he pulls away, and grabs his laptop. "Want to play some Minecraft?" he asks coolly. "Sure" I stutter, my voice quiet and unsteady. I just hoped he didn't hear it. Grabbing my laptop, we lay down on opposite beds, every so often snatching glances up at each other, and blushing each time.

Well this was awkward.

Note: As I said before, chapters will be coming slow for the next week or so, as I have tests. Any more plot ideas? I have the Ashley-hurts-Tia in mind too...but if you have anymore, or want to see any other character's povs, just ask in the comments. And again, sorry this took so long! :(