Max caught herself staring at Alec and Asha, then she turned away quickly. Okay, she wasn't really a fan of Asha, everyone knew that, and she didn't really get along with Alec, that wasn't a secret either, but why did she care about them talking to each other? She cleared her throat and turned to OC, trying to hide her rage.

Asha was the one who always jumped around Mr. Cale, like when Max wanted to talk to him, the blonde always came in between, which was annoying and had the two girls fight several times. Of course Max was the one to always win, she was the best fighter on school either way, but it still tired her out.

"You alright?", OC asked, looking at her best friend, worried.

Max shook her head and tried to ignore her massive want to jump up and punch Asha in the face. "Yeah, sure. 's just Asha."

Cindy nodded, though not really convinced. "Asha who's talkin' to Alec?"

"Shut up", Max warned, a little glare in her eyes. "It's not like that between me and McDowell and you know that."

"'f course I do, Boo", Original Cindy answered, waving, as Cece came over. "Hey, cutie. What's up?"

She shrugged, sitting down beside Max, a small smile on her face. "Nothing much. How're you two doing?"

Both girls told their friend they're fine and Cece just smiled happily. "What's with that smile?", Max asked, not being able not to smile back at her big grin.

She looked around, as if trying to see, if someone was listening. "Sketchy talked to me today", she whispered and a blush made its way across her cheeks.

Max and OC exchanged a look, actually surprised. "He did?", Cindy asked. "What were you talking about?"

"Oh", Cece said. "Just the normal stuff, you know. School, books, the ball!"

Wide eyed, Max stared at her and slapped her on the arm. "No way! He asked you to go to the ball with you?!"

Nodding, Cece pulled at her cap. "And I said yes! I'm going to the ball with Sketch!"

OC pulled her into a hug immediately. "Oh, I'm so happy for you, dear!" Then her eyes drifted off. "Speaking of the devil…"

Max followed her gaze over to the table where Alec, Asha and Biggs sat at and made a non-human sound of disgust. Sketchy was joining them and Alec was using him again for his stupid needs. "What an ass."

Alec was talking to Asha, when Sketch came over and sit down across from Asha. "Hey, guys", he said, a little smile over his features.

"Hey, Sketchy", Alec answered and looked over to Biggs. "Sketch, that's Biggs. Biggs, Sketch."

Biggs nodded and Sketch nodded back.

For a few seconds, Alec stared at him and then noticed, that he probably should be talking to his goofball friend, and why he did smile that weird smile. "What happened to you, man? You seem very happy."

"Well, I am", answered Sketch and looked over to where Max, OC and now Cece sat. "I asked Cece to the ball and she said yes."

Impressed, Alec raised an eyebrow. Cece was not the one to go to balls, she was more the one to hang with friends, ignoring all kinds of girly stuff. "Hey, congrats man. She's a nice girl."

Biggs looked over and shrugged. "Pretty she is, yeah", he said, looking around in the cafeteria. "So, a ball, yeah?"

Alec nodded, looking back at Asha. "Yeah, but it's in a month, so you got plenty of time to ask one girl."

Asha blushed a little bit and looked away, then Biggs began to talk again and she fixed her attention on him. "I think I'm gonna ask Guevara."

Choking on the coke he was drinking, Alec turned to him wide-eyed. "What?"

Biggs shrugged, a sly grin on his face. "I like danger, you know that. She looks interesting and I like getting my ass kicked, so I can only win", he said, a wide grin on his face.

Alec looked at him and for a brief moment, something hot made its way through his stomach. He ignored it and looked back at Sketchy. "Well, whatever you say, man. But she's the devil. Right, Sketch?"

Sketch nodded, a shiver running down his spine. "I mean, we're friends and all, but she can be freaking scary sometimes."

"You're friends?", Biggs asked, kind of confused.

Alec shrugged. "Yeah, they are. Cece is a friend of mine, too."

"Huh", Biggs answered, trying to suppress his astonishment.

"Anyway", Alec said, looking directly at Sketchy. "Because it's a big day, you gonna bring me a coke, okay, Sketch?"

The two blondes just stared at each other for a while, then Sketchy stood up, rolling his eyes. "Alright, alright. A coke. You want something two, guys? Asha? Biggs?"

Biggs thought for a while, then he smiled. "Yeah, I'd like a coke, too."

Sketch nodded, looking at the blonde woman. "Asha?"

But she just shook her head and got up. "I have something to do…" Her gaze was on Mr. Cale and Alec suppressed a groan of annoyance.

Both went away and Alec glared at Cale. "Ugh, that man is just a pain in my ass!"

Trying not to grin, Biggs looked at the teacher. "So that's the Cale guy, huh? Gotta say, he's not as ugly as I imagined."

"Yeah, and that's the problem." He looked over to where Max sat and noticed, that she was staring after Asha, a glare on her face as well. "Oh, I gotta do something. Wait here." He stood and went over to the brown-haired girl and just as she wanted to get up, he pushed her down softly and sat beside her. "What's up, Maxie? Jealous?"

She glared at him, angry, trying to get past him, but he wouldn't let her. "First", she mumbled. "Don't call me Maxie. Second", she said, a little louder. "I am not jealous. Now let me out!"

He smirked and patted her head slightly. She slapped his hand away and started to push him. But he leaned against it. "Ah, sorry, dear. I don't think I can do that. He's a teacher, just let it go." He looked at Cece and smiled. "Congrats on the date with Sketch!"

Confused, she still managed to smile. "Why, thank you, Alec."

"McDowell, I swear to god –", Max said, but she was interrupted.

"Oh, Guevara, you never cease to enjoy me." He smiled at her and took her arms to keep her from pushing him. He then leaned forward to whisper in her ear. "Cale is not interested in little high school girls. How about you try someone your own age?"

She scooted away from him, a mixture of confusion, disgust and arousal on her face. "Shut up!", she said, while her cheeks started to warm up. "God, you're embarrassing!"

Alec grinned and got up. "Just think about it", he said with a wink and went away, listening, how she said to OC: "Why didn't you help me?" and Cindy's laughing.

Biggs watched the way his best friend was whispering in Max's ear and couldn't stop himself from smiling. Oh, man… This is not good, brother, he thought and nodded at Sketchy who just came back with three cokes in his hands. "Thank you", he said and took one.

Sketch looked over to Alec and the girls and sighed. "Not that again."

"He does that more often?", Biggs asked, trying very hard now not to grin.

The blonde nodded, rolling his eyes in annoyance. "He has some guts, seriously. But it's weird, too. Alec is the only one Max wouldn't kick across the room… Well, she did that once, to be honest, but she apologized for that. And that's something, believe me."

Biggs suppressed a chuckle, when Alec came back with a huge grin on his face. "Now that was refreshing", he said, while he sat down beside Biggs and grabbed a coke. "What are you laughing about?" He turned to Biggs.

"I'm not laughing", the black-haired guy answered, looking into another direction.

Alec rolled his eyes. "Yeah right. As if I don't know you. What's up?"

Biggs shrugged, glanced at Max and then back at his best friend. "I want to know your story."

"With Max?", Alec asked, one eyebrow raised. "There's not much to say."

Biggs nodded in disbelieve. "Yeah, sure, and I'm a Disney princess."

"Dude", Alec answered, a little smile on his lips. "You are."

Biggs punched him in the arm and chose to leave it. For now. He looked back at Max, who seemed pretty confused and looked at Alec, then back at Mr. Cale, back at Alec, and so on. She bit her lip and laid her head on the table. Now, now, Biggs thought and sighed. So I have to fix my best friends' love life. Again… Well… Here we go.