Chapter 1

"Why's Deuce so sad?" Rocky Blue asked CeCe Jones. "I've never seen him like that before." "Wow, Rocky," her redheaded best friend shook her head. "I've never heard you so un-updated before!" "What are you talking about?" Rocky said interestedly. "Well, Deuce and Dina have broken up!" CeCe answered, almost shouting.

Rocky felt weird. Usually, she would try to fix the situation and get Deuce and Dina get back together. But instead of being sorry for her friend, she felt a little happy. But she tried not to smile.

"Hello? Were you even listening to me or are your ears damaged by the rock music that you listened to after the whole goody-two-shoes incident?" CeCe said loudly, snapping Rocky out of her deep thinking. "That's great," she blurted out. "I mean, that's awful… I hope he gets over it."

"You wish," CeCe bluntly replied. "He's been this horrible funk for days." "I'm pretty sure I know how to make him feel a lot better," Rocky smirked to herself. CeCe overheard her. "What did you say?"

"N-nothing," she answered. "I was just doing… stuff." "Oh yeah," CeCe recalled obliviously, referring to one time that Rocky started talking to herself after being bored in this ridiculous class her former school called "Sock Sessions." "The stuff I thought Counselor Paisley got rid of 4 years ago."

Then the bell rang. The whole class loudly ran out of the silent room much to the frustration of their sleeping teacher.

"Well, I gotta go," she excused herself, trying to approach Deuce. "Go where?" CeCe asked. "Somewhere," Rocky said. "Somewhere, I'm sure." "Wait, what?" CeCe asked in disbelief. "I mean, aren't you coming with me to somewhere?" "Well, I can't always be with you," Rocky scoffed. "But hey, thanks for the effort!"

CeCe wondered why she was acting differently and followed her.

"Hey Deuce," Rocky said shyly. Deuce ignored her. "Hello," she repeated impatiently. "This is me, Rocky, your friend." Finally, he cracked. "Okay, Rocky, I don't know what you want from me, but I know you can see that I'm doing something here!" he answered. "You were mooning on your locker," Rocky said. "Yeah, right, but at least it's something," he defended himself. "I don't want you to disturb me." She felt hurt. Does Rocky like Deuce? CeCe thought.

Ouch! CeCe fell down after someone bumped onto her. "Do you ever watch where you're going?" she shouted at the boy with blonde hair.