So, I'm a liar, I'm updating. Hiatus is over, though updates will still be unpredictable.

Shout-outs! Not a single one of you got all three quotes! I'm disappointed in you, my lovelies. Just kidding, I will love you forever and always!

So, Qwerty Poiuy and Mikey337: You got two of the three, so, kudos to you!

And Shiskatchegg: Would you believe you were the only reviewer who got the Victorious quote? Well, you were!

Answers:

Harry Potter: "What would come, would come, and he would meet it when it did." It's the very last line of Goblet of Fire. It is found in Scars in Flynn's POV.

Hunger Games: "But there are much worse games to play" Very last line of Mockingjay, in my story, it is the last thing in Rocky's POV.

Victorious Song: 'Pick up the pieces when the damage is done", from the song 'You're the Reason' in the episode, 'The Birthweek Song', in my story, it is also found in Flynn's POV.

More Shout-outs:

ihrtme, Digiboy1, and Bunnyvixon4u for their pm conversations.

TrinitylovesRoshonfreak CRocs, and R O S E M A R I E 7 5 3 for being the only ones to review 'Downward Spiral.'

Really, I'm ashamed of you all if you didn't read/review. I was really proud of Downward Spiral, and now I feel sad, because no one else appreciates it.

Totally kidding! While I do wish more of you had reviewed it, I will always love you, my lovelies.

Things had slowly returned to normal in the Jones household. Flynn still yelled, "GOT IT, MOM!" whenever someone was at the door. Their mother had gone back to work, and Cece and Rocky got back to their shenanigans.

But things would never really be the same. Cece still couldn't look at her mother without remembering that day in the kitchen, when her father had first hit her, she couldn't look at Flynn without remembering taking the knife for him. She couldn't look at Ty or Rocky without remembering confessing to both of them, on the night Rocky was raped. Walking down the street reminded her of when Danny had tried to rape her.

But she had good memories, too. She remembered her and Rocky's friendship, which her relationship with Danny had endangered, righted. They were closer than ever, and though everything was a lie, it was beautiful, bittersweet lie.

She remembered Ty, when he took her to the subway station. Dancing to the sound of the saxophone player's tune. She remembered her and Ty's first kiss, their first date, her first love (yes, she was pretty sure she was in love).

She remembered her and her family becoming closer, watching cute animated kid's movies together, with the occasional Harry Potter thrown in. She remembered laughing as they tried their hands at all sorts of different games – trivia, Monopoly, Scene-it, and Clue, to name a few.

The sound of knocking on the door shook her from her reverie, and Flynn, predictably, hollered, "GOT IT, MOM!" and answered the door.

"Gary Wilde? What are you doing here?" Flynn asked, seeing Gary at the door.

"I came to see Cece, is she here?" he asked. Cece, from her perch on the couch, walked to the door.

"What did you want?" She asked suspiciously.

"I just wanted to know why my two best dancers suddenly quit. Because, yes, you two were my best dancers. Or, if not the best, then certainly my favorites."

"Awww, thanks, Gary." Ceec says, ignoring the question.

"Well?"

"Well, what?"

"Well, why did you quit?"

"I'm just going through a hard time right now, Rocky too. We needed a break."

"… Oh. Well, ummm… I hope things work out for the best?" He replies, unsure of what to say.

"Thanks, Gary."

"What's Gary doing here?" Cece's mom cuts in, walking into the living room in full police garb.

"He came to ask why Cece quit." Flynn answers.

"Oh, well, it was... Nice of you to be concerned."

"Yeah…" Gary seemed at loss for words. Was there something between them? Cece never found out, for, at that moment, he left, the door closing behind him with a resounding click.

"Well, I have to go to work. You two be good, kay?"

They nodded, as she, too, left.

"Flynn, Rocky might stop by soon."

"Whatever. I'm going over to Henry's."

"Have fun."

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Twenty minutes later, which Cece spent in the shower, a knock on the door signaled Rocky's arrival.

"Hey!" Cece said, opening the door.

"Hey, Cece!" Rocky said, smiling.

After an hour of nail-painting, hair-doing, and lots of gossiping, comes a question that makes Cece uncomfortable.

"Do you like anybody? Like, as in a guy?"

"Well, um…"

Rocky laughed, and Cece looked at her, confused.

"I know about you and Ty, you know."

Shock courses through her, followed by relief. She hated keeping it a secret from Rocky.

"Good. I hated keeping it from you."

"Then why did you?" Rocky replied, somewhat coldly.

"I just thought you had enough going on without your best friend dating your brother."

"Your best friend's brother? Isn't that a song?"

Cece nodded, "Victoria Justice. And we both agreed not to bring it up, but if you did, we weren't going to lie."

"Yeah, I asked him why you two were acting kind of weird, and…"
She laughs, and if feels good, "What about you and Deuce? There must be something going on between you two."

"Well, I want there to be something, but… I'm afraid," she admits, "I'm afraid of him. I'm afraid he'll be like Danny. That I'll trust him, fall in love with him, and then have him betray me."

"He won't. I can tell. I don't think I ever told you this, but I could tell from the very beginning that there was something off about Danny. I knew he wasn't as flawless as he seemed. Deuce is a good guy. I don't think you'll have any issues with him."

Rocky beams at her, "Maybe your right…"

The conversation turned back to playful gossip, but something in their relationship had shifted. It was the first either of them had brought up Danny, and the first time Rocky admitted to how it had affected her.

The first step to fixing a problem is admitting there is one.

What would you think if I told you I was planning on having every chapter being a different POV? Like, using POVs from Cece, Rocky, TY, Deuce, Flynn, Gary, Georgia, etc.?

I guess POV is misleading. I write third person, but 3rd person limited, which means I focus on one character more than others…

Sorry this chapter wasn't very good, it's just… setting the stage for the rest of the story.

Read and Review this, and PLEASE read and review Downward Spiral!

That song, 'Best friend's brother' is going to be a running gag in the story. Whenever someone finds out about the Cece/Ty relationship, expect it to be brought up.

Goodbye, my lovelies (I'm going to call you guys that forever, you know that, right? Hope you don't mind.)