Jas picked through her homework assignments trying to keep her mind on what she was doing. It really wouldn't be a good idea to fail any of her classes. Especially since she would likely have to transfer to another college next semester to escape the clutches of the evil Mfer. Really, though. It was hard to keep her mind on what the colonials were doing, so history was probably going to end up being a lost cause. She sighed and did her best to memorize the dates of the significant events she would be tested on later that day. Finally, after about an hour or so, she got through it. Just in time, too, apparently. Esq came bouncing in from her Spanish final.

"How'd it go?"

"Muoi bien!" (A/N: I never took Spanish. Hope that's right!)

"Uh, okay," Jas grinned. "I'll take that as a 'fine.'"

"How'd your studying go?"

"Well, it went."

"You okay for the final today?"

"I guess I'll have to be," Jas shrugged. "I may have to change schools again so I'd better keep my grades up."

"You won't have to go anywhere," Esq scowled. "Shannon's not going to bully you anymore. You keep forgetting your multitude of cohorts."

"Speaking of cohorts, have you seen Ally around today? She was supposed call me last night and it's not like her to forget."

"I just saw her in the cafeteria downing what looked like her fifth cup of coffee. She was probably up all night studying."

"Yeah, that was probably it. I keep forgetting other people besides me have problems!"

"Narcissist," Esq teased. "You want me to check to see if we've heard anything further?"

"To tell you the truth, I don't even want to deal with them until I'm done with finals tomorrow."

"Understandable. Go kick historic ass!"

Jas laughed as she ducked out of the room.

Shannon fidgeted with his duffle bag in the airport. He hadn't heard anything from Jas or Esquirella in a day or so and the silence was deafening.

"Will you quit it?" Jeff finally sighed. "She ain't updated since we talked to her. She's probably in the middle of finals."

"That's probably right," Matt concurred. "And anyway, she all but confirmed the talks, so Prime will handle it."

"I know," Shannon growled. "I just want it over with. You can't imagine how frustrating this is."

"Can't we?" Shane growled. "Her friends showed up at Raw, not Smackdown! I was scripted to win that match, you know. And I don't get to win many."

"I'm sorry!"

Shane's face softened. "It ain't all your fault, little buddy. We all helped push her into this."

"Is it even worth it to continue fighting with her?" Matt asked finally. "Really. It ain't like we can stop the slash writers from putting up stories. And it ain't like anyone will believe her more than any of the others."

"Hell YES, it's worth it!" Jeff howled. "She went WAY too far with those things, KNOWING how it would piss us off."

"You seems to be more pissed than the rest of us, bro," Matt shot back. "I don't like what she writes either, but what can we really do?"

"Well, I still want to stop her," Shannon sighed. "That part ain't changed."

"See?" Jeff looked at his brother triumphantly. "He agrees."

"Course he agrees with you," Shane muttered. "Anyone having to live with you would just for sanity."

Jeff gave him a baleful look.

"Well, we'll just go on as usual until we hear from Prime or Esquirella," Matt said. "Just don't let this affect your in ring performances."

Shannon sighed again. Like he was going to be able to comply with THAT order.

NOTE: First of all, I really want to apologize for the really, really long time I've been away from the computer. I've only been on it in dribs and drabs lately, and most of you haven't been able to catch me there.

I was in a very bad accident and broke a few limbs and whatnot. Physical therapy has been going well and I should be able to return to school (finally) next semester. The bad news is I'll have missed two semesters, as I couldn't finish last spring.

Updates will be few for a while, as typing hurts like a bitch! This is a short chapter and it took me a week to type.

I hope you all will hang in there with me and I hope my helpers will come back. (HD, Esq, Prime, Allie, Kandi, Cat, Kazza, xtremediva!)

Until next time, here's to Motrin!