Wednesday morning....
Sammie, Michael, and Maria wait in the recording studio for Tucker to arrive so she can confront him.
Sammie (growls): What the hell is he taking so long?
Michael: Maybe he heard that we were close to figuring out what really happened and decided to skip town?
Maria: He wouldn't do that. Would he?
Michael: I dunno. He apparently sabotaged Sammie, so....
Sammie: But if he doesn't show here, we can track him down and then confront him.
Tucker: 'Confront him'? You talking about me? What did I do?
Sammie turn and see Tucker striding into the room.
Tucker: Listen, if this is about the noodle joke I made yesterday when we were announcing the lunch menu--
Michael: Not this time, Tucker.
Tucker: Come on, why the long faces?
Sammie: Tucker, did you steal Sydney's login info?
Tucker: What? I don't know what you're--
Maria: We know the whole story. Sydney keeps her password on a note in her binder. You stole it, hacked her account, faked an email from Ezra to Cameron saying that tryouts were rescheduled, and made it look like Sammie was responsible.
Sammie: Wait hold up, Maria. It could still be someone else.
Tucker: No....it was me.
Maria: I....Why, Tucker? How dare you?
Tucker: I didn't want to. You have to believe me. But....
Michael: Someone threatened to hurt you?
Tucker: No....
Sammie: They threatened to hurt someone else, didn't they?
Tucker looks up at Sammie, shocked.
Maria: It was Max and Kara, wasn't it? Possibly with Brian and Zoe?
Tucker:....Just Max and Kara. How did you know?
Michael: Well, for one thing, they're massive douchebags, so of course they'd do something like this.
Sammie: It's not just that. They did almost the exact same thing to someone else.
Tucker: Who? When?
Maria: We promised we wouldn't say.
Sammie: What I want to know is why you needed to bring Sydney into this.
Tucker: Max warned me that Michael was good at tracing digital footprints. Said I should hack someone if I could.
He sighs.
Tucker: This is so much worse than I thought. What are we gonna do?
Michael looks at his phone and smiles.
Michael: I have an idea. First thing we're going to need to do is talk to Wes....
After school....
As soon as the bell rings, Sammie hurry over to the bathroom in the math hallway. She meet up with the others and crowd into a handicap stall.
Tucker: You're sure Wes gave us the right place?
Maria: Positive. Wes knows everything that goes on at this school.
Sammie: Shhhh! Max and Kara could be here any second, and that's my cue.
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High School Story Book 3
RomanceIt's springtime at Cedar Cove. However, with Hearst High temporary closed, most of the friends are forced to transfer to Berry. Old enemies and new friends arrive at Berry High, leading to all sorts of drama and with Prom only a few months away. Rat...
