Beck leaned against a wall and scratched his head. His hair still itched from the lame wig he had to wear. He was at the Asphalt Café for the after party of the 4-person play he, Andre, Tori, and Jade just put on. He hadn't seen Jade or Tori since they ran off at the end of the play. After a little persuasion, he found out from Sinjin that the girls had a run-in with two obnoxious boys last night and they had shown up for the play. Just then Andre walked up to him.

"You find 'em yet?" Beck asked.

"Nope. And I've checked everywhere!"

"Yeah, me too,"

"Maybe they just went home," Andre said and then walked off.

Beck sighed, Andre was probably right. But he had been hoping for a chance to talk to Jade. It had been a month since they had broken up. He missed her. Every morning he went to bed or woke up without Jade there, he felt emptier and emptier inside.

He walked into the school hoping maybe Jade would be at her locker. As he did he heard a loud 'OHHHHH!' from around the corner. He peeked his head around to see the two guys that had been harassing Tori and Jade. The brunette with a girly scarf seemed to be talking about a girl, Jade, by the sound of it. What he was saying was definitely not G-rated.

Beck felt anger boil up inside of him. He turned the corner.

"Hey, who ya talkin' about?" Beck said casually ad he approached the two jerks.

"Just this super hot girl we met at a sushi place a few nights ago. Black hair with blue streaks, you know her?"

"Yeah, I do. And you better stop talking about her like that. Right now." He took a step forward, switching from Nice Guy to Tough Guy.

"Oh, yeah? Whaddya gonna do about it?" challenged Scarf Boy

"This," Beck said as he swung his fist right at the guy's nose.