Things were tense for a while after Robbie's closet confessional with Jade. Despite saying that things would go back to the way they had been it was difficult to ignore what had happened.

He could still see feel her pressed against him, the warmth of her body next to his. Could still smell the scent of her perfume wafting delicately from soft, milky skin. Most of all he could still taste her, the uniquely Jade taste of her lips had been plaguing his mind since the moment she had done it, and he longed to feel the press of her lips against his once more.

"You're daydreaming again" Rex mocked dragging Robbie back from the depths of his mind to the busily streaming hallway of Hollywood arts. Robbie groaned as he realized that once again he had drifted of into the part of his imagination that Rex had dubbed "Jade-land".

"I swear it's like every-time I'm alone for more than a minute" Robbie grumbled grabbing his supplies for class and slamming his locker door with a bit more force than necessary. "Face it man, you've got it bad!" Rex laughed as Robbie continued muttering obscenities under his breath slinging his messenger bag across his shoulder.

"Heya Robbie" The cheery voice made Robbie cringe inside as he forced himself to straighten and smile as Catarina Valentine made her way to him in her usual cheery fashion.

"Hey Cat" Robbie smiled forcibly trying to keep up the cheery facade. This by far was the most difficult part of the aftermath with Jade, they had an unspoken agreement that their friends shouldn't know what had been going on, and so Robbie had to feign his normal cheery disposition, so no questions would be raised.

"Yay, your not mad anymore" Cat giggled gleefully, wrapping her arms around Robbie in a brief hug. Robbie returned the hug woodenly as he thought about what she had said. He had forgotten that he was supposed to still be angry with his friends in order to distance himself long enough to pull himself together. It was yet another costly mistake he had made in the last few days, but one he corrected quickly enough.

Cat's smile as she pulled away from Robbie's stiff form diminished a little as she took in the serious look on Robbie's face. "You're not mad anymore, are you?" She asked hopefully, hanging her head in apprehension.

Robbie sighed before reaching out a hand and tilting her chin to look him in the eye. "No Cat, I'm not mad anymore. Just try not to give anyone anymore crazy idea's about me and Jade okay?" Robbie asked smiling gently. Cat's mood did an immediate 180 as she positively beamed at him "Kay-kay"she giggled bouncing happily on her feet at Robbie's acceptance.

"Are we interrupting something?" Jade's voice was icy cold freezing the joyous moment. Robbie's hand dropped from Cat's chin as he mentally rallied himself for what he knew would be a difficult moment.

He turned, and only barely noticed Tori, and Andre looking quizzically between him and Cat. His attention focused in on the couple beside them, Jade and Beck were standing arm in arm beside Tori and Andre, Beck smiling good natured and Jade posing what was only a fraction of her normal smirk.

It was a decent attempt, Robbie thought dimly, but it wasn't fooling him for a second, he could read her entire mood through a single look into those deep green eyes. Worry, jealousy, guilt, anger, all swirled in the depths of Jade's eyes, and Robbie found the depth of the emotions left him breathless and dazed, still the words left his lips easily enough.

" Just Cat and I making up" Robbie chuckled dryly, forcing himself to smile disarmingly. Andre and Tori looked satisfied with the answer, but Jade's smirk withered a bit more. The jealousy in her eyes intensifying.

"Ya, well just don't get too handy there puppet boy." Jade said snarkily. "Easy Jade, Robbie wasn't bothering Cat, was he Cat" Tori piped up staring between Cat and Robbie. "Nope, it was actually pretty comfy" Cat smiled at Robbie warmly, much to his confusion, and Jade's rising fury.

Before she could vent herself; however, the bell rang loudly causing the teens to jump at the sudden burst of reality. Andre and Tori raced off to class, yelling about being tardy. Cat continued to smile at Robbie for a moment longer before turning and following the two, dragging Beck and by proxy Jade with her, chatting animatedly about her brother's latest incident. Jade allowed herself to be led away, but the look she sent Robbie over her shoulder was anything but compliant. It told Robbie in no uncertain terms that he was in serious trouble and that he and Jade would be talking about this. Correction, Jade would be yelling, he would be talking.

"You're in for it now? Rex laughed evilly, as a still confused Robbie made his way to class. Geometry was never his favorite subject but, it was one of the few classes without any of his friends, and he was deeply thankful for that at the moment.

Robbie had only been in class a few seconds before his phone vibrated. He scowled knowing it could only be one person, the exact person he was trying so desperately to forget about. He resolved to ignore it when the phone began to vibrate again, this time in the steady rhythm of what could only be a phone call.

Robbie fumbled for a moment to silence the noise before anyone could notice. He succeeded only barely his frantic scrambling drawing a few quick glances, but after a moment, he was forgotten.

Robbie nearly smirked as he settled back into his seat feeling victorious at his small victory over Jade. It was only as he leaned back in his chair that he caught sight of the pale glower of Jade West looking through his classroom door. He gaped openly at the sight of her, rubbing his eyes to push away what he was sure was a figment of his overworked imagination.

When Jade's glower only darkened he knew without a doubt she was, in fact, standing there. Jade glared at him for a long moment, then when she was sure he was looking, she held up a small sign written on cardboard with a red marker. *Answer, OR ELSE* After a moment, Jade lowered the sign and raised her cell-phone in a texting gesture, then she turned and strolled off.

Robbie paused for a moment, unbelieving that Jade had gone this far just to make a point, then he remembered who he was dealing with and sighed loudly.

"Mr. Shapiro, is the Pythagorean theorem boring you?" The teacher asked sharply causing Robbie to flinch. "No, not at all, please continue" Robbie mumbled trying not to roll his eyes a his teacher went back to repeating the same theory for the 30th time.

Robbie debated only a moment, before pulling out his phone. It wasn't a bright idea to further irk Jade because she was being paranoid.

Jade: You got something going with Cat?" The message was straightforward and a tad blunt, but that was Jade's way, if she had been subtle she would have been beyond reasoning with. A subtle Jade is a vengeful Jade.

He paused only a minute to ponder the oddity of the question before typing back a reply as stealthily as he could manage. * No, where would you get that idea?* Robbie had barely sent his reply when his phone buzzed again.

Jade: She was all over you this morning

Robbie stared at the phone incredulously as if Jade could actually see the look on his face. He almost sighed again but held it in, fearing another public tongue-lashing. * She's always like that, that's Cat remember. Since when are you so possessive of me? * There was a long moment after that before Robbie's phone buzzed. Jade's response was restrained, but it spoke volumes.

Jade: Closet

So it wasn't just him, she was feeling just as frustrated as he was. That made him feel a bit better, but it wasn't enough. Robbie sent back the thought that had been commanding his mind ever since. *I can still feel you*. It had been all he could think about since then, her lips, he curves, her warmth, he could still feel the way her body had molded to his. The phone distracted him once more.

Jade: Me 2

Robbie smiled outright at that, he had hoped, but now he knew it had affected her just as much as it had him. The thought lifted the frustrated haze he had been in for days as a new thought began to dominate his mind.

'She wants me too'

The rest of the day passed by in a blissful blur for Robbie as fantasies of a certain raven haired beauty weaved through his imagination, before he realized it, he was at his locker. Pretending to organize the few bits of paper it contained while he waited impatiently for Jade to show, he was rewarded a moment later as Jade appeared her usual scowl evident, but Robbie could see the small bounce in her steeps, something she would have never allowed if she had noticed it, Jade was simply too happy to notice. That thought made Robbie smile as he stuffed Rex in his locker barely noticing the muffled protests as he made his way to Jade.

She must have seen him because her eyes widened, and her scowl became closer to a smile, and her eyes positively twinkled. Robbie moved a bit faster anxious to wrap his arms around her, to feel her lips again. Before he could make it any closer, a voice halted them both. "Baby, there you are, I've been looking all over for you" Beck smiled happy to find his girlfriend, he clapped Robbie on the shoulder in greeting as he passed the smaller boy before wrapping his arms around his girlfriend lifting her in the air and spinning her around before lowering her to the floor and planting a slow steamy kiss on her lips. "My parents are going out of town this weekend, sleepover?" Beck asked hopefully, thrilled at the idea of some alone time with his love.

Jade looked from the smiling Beck, to the spot where Robbie had been seconds before and felt her heart break even as she forced herself to smile.

"Sounds fantastic, Baby"

The walk out the door was all one giant blur as Robbie made his way from the building as quickly as he could the weight of reality crashing down on him. So entranced in his journey that he didn't even notice his friends shouting his name, at least not until he tripped over Cat sending them both sprawling to the ground.

"Oww Robbie that hurt" Cat whined. Robbie pushed himself off the ground numbly, not even noticing as he extended his hand to lift Cat to her feet. Nor was he aware of the blush that graced Cat's cheeks as she took his hand, or that when she was standing that she didn't release his hand.

Only when the white-noise of Beck's greeting to the group as he and Jade approached did Robbie's mind begin to process his surroundings. Only when he saw Jade, wrapped up in Becks embrace, breaking his heart all over again, did he realize what was going on.

Without a thought of the consequences, he smiled at Cat and pulling her closer. Cat's blush deepened and Jade's glare darkened. Somewhere in the depths of his heart some black part of Robbie relished the look of pain in Jade's eyes, to be able to hurt her, to make her feel what he felt.

He leaned in and planted a chaste kiss on Cat's cheek, causing the bubbly girl to blush a shade to match her hair. "Robbie, what's gotten into you?" Cat asked, her voice breathy and interested. Robbie smiled a bittersweet smile and though his eyes never left Cat's, Jade knew his words were directed at her. "I just wanted to kiss a beautiful girl" Robbie said smoothly brushing Cat"s hair away from her face much the same way he had Jade's so little time ago.

The words burst from Jade without a thought, full of venom and rage. "Wow, Robbie kissed a girl, I didn't know the frog could kiss the princess." Jade spat barely managing to keep her spot in Beck's arms when she wanted nothing more than to separate Robbie from Cat and kiss him senseless, until he remembered who he belonged to.

" Rib-bit Rib-bit Jade" Robbie laughed turning to face her, not letting go of Cat's hand. He smiled, some part of him hoping, desperately praying to see her smile, that smile she only showed him, she didn't.

"Whatever, let's go" Jade growled pulling away a seriously confused Beck behind her as she walked away. She wouldn't cry, not for Robbie, certainly not now. Later, when she was alone, she would let out the hurt she had just been burdened with.

Robbie watched her go, his hope fading further as Jade walked. He watched her all the way hoping that she would turn and show him that smile, when she climbed into the passenger side of Beck's sports-car Robbie felt the world fall apart at the seams.

A small squeeze to his hand reminded him of the world moving past him, and a steadily blushing Cat holding his hand with a small smile. He forced himself to smile back ignoring the prickling behind his suddenly moist eyes.

"Will you walk me home?" Cat asked hopefully, Robbie's throat felt too tight for words, his tongue made of lead and an a heavy weight in his chest. So he simply nodded, widening the false smile. It was only as he walked away that a voice suspiciously similar to Rex muttered a soft

"Game Over"