�All boys with last names A through N follow Mr. Lewis here. The rest follow me.�

Mark looked up at the sky and picked up his bags. He took a deep breath. �This is going to be a long summer.� He said and followed the rest of his group.

-Meanwhile-

�Who�s up next?� Mike asked as he passed the ball through his legs.

Hours passed and the lunch bell finally rang. All the kids ran to the lunch hall hoping to get first dibs on the food. Mike walked in with a few guys he met while playing. Grasping a ball to his side, he led the group to a table in the far right of the cafeteria.

Mark was already up getting his food. He brought his tray back to his friends sitting on the other side of the room. Once he sat down, he took out his CD player and put his headphones on. He started to bop his head to the music.

�Yo Mark, what you listening to?� he friend Jake asked. Mark pulled the headphones off.

�Sorry what do you say?�

Jake laughed. �I just wanted to know what you were listening to.� Jake repeated.

Mark paused. �Oh�you probably never heard of her.�

�Come on. I�m a big music buff, just tell me and I�ll let you know if I�ve heard of her.�

�Well�I um�it�s�my mom.� Mark admitted, slightly embarrassed.

�Your mom?� Jake chuckled. �Who�s your mom?�

�Uh�Britney Spears.� He answered and looked away, afraid of seeing the expression on his friend�s face.

�No way! Britney Spears is your mom!� Jake shouted in surprise. Some of the guys sitting around them turned to look at them.

�Yeah�� Mark replied, still looking away.

�Dude I love her!�

Mark�s head popped up. �Really?�

�Yeah, I love her first CD. My mom still plays it at home. She�s the one that kinda got me hooked on her. She has this tape collection of your mom�s old videos and everything. It�s really ridiculous.� He paused. �But man Mark, all I have to say is that your mom was so hot when she was 18!�

�Eww dude, come on. This is my mother your talking about here.� He sighed. �Look man, I don�t want to hear this the whole time we�re here, ok?� he said as he continued to eat his food and put his headphones back on.

�No problem. But hey, do you think you can get me an autograph?� Mark stopped what he was doing and his mouth flew open. He rolled his eyes and ignored him.

�Ok�sorry.� Jake said as he started eating.

All of a sudden, Mark had that feeling in his stomach. The ones he had when he felt something was wrong.

�Damn it, I hate this.�


Chapter 3