Prologue: Bang

BANG. BANG. BANG.

"Jade?"

"Oh, it's you." BANG. BANG. BANG.

"What – what are you doing? That's my car!"

BANG. "Stay away from my boyfriend."

"Are you serious? I swear I never looked at him – give me that! Stop it!"

"No! Tori, let go – give it back – ow!"

"Ouch!"

"Hey!"

"Whoa, stop! What's going on?"

"Stay out of this, Beck!"

"Yeah, shut up, we're only fighting 'cause of you!"

"All right, just calm down . . ."

"NEVER tell a girl to calm down!"

"D-augh! Jade! You hit me!"

"I'll make it up to you later, right now I'm gonna end this gank!"

"Beck, help! She's gonna kill me!"

"Don't you talk to my boyfriend!"

"Jade –"

"Whoa, whoa, what's going –?"

"André, look out –"

"OUCH!"

"JADE!"

"Ooh, group fight scenes, I love group fight scenes!"

"Cat, get out!"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

CRASH.

"Stop it!"

"You stop!"

"Augh!"

"Ow!"

"Oomph!"

"Ack!"

"HEY! What is going on here?"

"Lane, I can explain –"

"Holy – what did you kids do to this car?"

"It's my car –"

"I didn't –"

"She wouldn't –"

"I thought there were cupcakes –"

"Enough! That's it. I can't take it anymore. This – this has got to stop. It will stop. I don't know how, but it will, I swear. Come on, my office. Now."

"But Lane –"

"NOW!"

". . . Crap."