Trina was excited when she realized Tori's friends were staying over. She made sure everyone knew about her new role and how she'd be playing the lead role. They all sat on the couch as she described her part to them. "And this is just my first role. Can you believe it?"

"No," said Jade. "Not at all."

Beck at least pretended to be happy for her. "That sounds great. I'm sure you'll blow everyone away."

"I know I'll blow them away," said Trina, a wide grin on her face. She was blushing, likely excited by Beck's fake compliments. "Do you want to hear my line?"

"Not particularly," said Jade.

"Sure, we'd love to," said Beck, shooting his girlfriend a dirty look. "Blow us away."

Trina was practically bouncing up and down. "Well hold onto your seats. Hello police, I just saw your missing girl. You need to come down here fast. What'd you guys think? I ad libbed that last part. Isn't it amazing?"

"Sure," said Andre.

"Yeah," said Beck. "I've got goosebumps."

"It's easily your best acting," said Jade.

"Do you want to hear it again?" said Trina, who was practically hyperventilating at this point.

"Not right now," said Tori.

"Yeah," said Beck. "Your acting was so intense we need a break."

"Are you sure?" said Trina. "I can do more ad libbing."

"Maybe later," said Beck.

"Okay," said Trina, who excitedly rushed back to her room. "You know, if it weren't for that video, I wouldn't have gotten my big break."

Beck raised an eyebrow. "What video?"

Tori's heart started to race. She began thinking of explanations that wouldn't reveal her embarrassment to Beck and Andre. Her eyes darted between each of her friends, trying to see if any of them were suspicious. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see that Jade was nervous. Obviously she hadn't told their friends about the video. If she did, they'd take Tori's side on the matter. Tori wondered if it'd be worth the embarrassment of her friends seeing the video if it meant they'd all be mad at Jade. Tori decided it wasn't. Jade spoke "Um uh...she's probably talking about that video of her in the play. You know, when the harness-"

"She posts videos to the Slap all the time," said Tori. "Some casting director probably noticed her through that."

"Oh right," said Jade. "That's probably what happened. I mean, I don't watch her videos, but that makes sense."

"It must have been some video," said Andre. "Maybe it's just because I know her, but I wouldn't want her in my movie."

"It's just one line," said Tori.

"Well until she's done ad libbing," said Beck. "Then it's going to be a whole monologue."

"No," said Andre. "The whole movie's going to be about her on the phone."

"When she's done, she'll really be the lead," said Jade.

Tori laughed. "That sounds kind of restrained for her."

Andre reached into his pocket and pulled out his pear phone. "Hey, it's been nice hanging with you, but I've got to go."

"Why?" said Tori.

"I've got to meet with Cat," said Andre. "She's my partner for the science project."

"Oh yeah," said Beck. "How's that going for you?"

"I did all the work," said Andre. "Well, that's not true. Cat did choose the fonts. How about you guys."

"We're done," said Beck.

"But we should look it over," said Jade. "We should leave soon so we have enough time to do that."

"I'm sure we'll have plenty of time," said Beck. "We can stay."

Andre turned to Tori. "How about you? How's your project coming along?"

"Great," said Tori. "Robbie's my partner. He finished the whole project over the weekend. I actually kind of feel bad."

"You should," said Jade.

"She was sick," said Beck. "Plus, I don't think Robbie minds."

"He doesn't?" said Tori.

"Yeah," said Beck. "He's kind of got a crush on you."

"He does?" said Tori.

"He does?" said Jade.

"Yeah," said Beck. "Of course, he does have a crush on every girl who's nice to him. And Jade."

"Still, I should make it up to him," said Tori. "Maybe I could take him out for lunch one day."

"I'm sure he'll like that," said Beck.

"Yeah," said Jade. "Just don't skimp out when the check comes."

"When have I ever done that?" said Tori.

"Remember the last time we went to Karaoke Dokie?" said Jade. "You only paid for part of the bill and me and Cat had to pay for the rest."

"That's because we split the bill!" said Tori.

"Whatever," said Jade.

"Anyways, I going," said Andre. "Bye guys."

"Bye," said Tori. "Thanks for hanging out with me, even if it was just for a few minutes."

"No problem," said Andre as he headed out the door.

After Andre left, Tori coughed. Beck turned his head to her. "You okay?"

"Yeah," said Tori. "My throat's just a bit dry."

"Here," said Beck, getting off of the couch. "I'll get you some water."

"She can get her own water," said Jade.

"Thanks Beck," said Tori. Jade glared at Tori, who responded with a smug grin. Beck returned from the kitchen with a glass of water. Tori took the glass and smiled. "You're so sweet."

"Anything for a friend," said Beck. As he sat back down, he gently patted Tori on the shoulder. Out of the corner of her eye, Tori could see that Jade was fuming. It looked like she wanted to tear Tori's head off. Tori sipped her water, pretending not to notice Jade's anger. Even though she knew it wasn't nice, she was enjoying Jade's jealousy. It was then that Tori got an idea. She started rubbing her arms, as if it were cold.

"Is it cold in here?" said Tori.

"No," said Jade.

"Yeah, it feels normal," said Beck. "Do you feel cold?"

"A little," said Tori.

"Seems like you're getting chills," said Beck, putting his hand on Tori shoulder and rubbing her. She could practically feel Jade's gaze on her. Beck's hands were pretty warm, feeling nice on Tori's skin. "Probably because of your infection."

"I think you're right," said Tori.

Beck got off the couch again. "Here, I'll get you a blanket."

"Hey, she can get it herself," said Jade. "She's a big girl."

"Look at her," said Beck, pointing to Tori. "She's really sick."

"She doesn't look that sick," said Jade.

"Look, I'll just be gone a minute," said Beck, going up the stairs. "You two can be alone together for that long."

"Of course." Once Beck had disappeared out of view, Jade turned to Tori. "You're going to regret that."

"Regret what?" said Tori. "Beck likes doing favors for me. He's such a sweet-"

"Don't finish that sentence," said Jade.

"Maybe if you didn't want Beck being so nice to me, you shouldn't have put that video online," said Tori. "By the way, why hasn't Beck seen the video? Doesn't he know you're ScissorLuv?"

"He knows me as ScissLuv19," said Jade. "And how do you know he hasn't seen the video?"

"He hasn't mentioned it yet," said Tori.

"Maybe he isn't bringing it up to be nice?" said Jade. "Did you ever think of that?"

"Nope," said Tori. "And you're not going to get in my head."

"Sounds like I'm already in your head," said Jade.

"I'm not the one freaking out because their boyfriend wants to take care of his sick friend," said Tori.

Jade bit her lip. "Okay, how about a truce?"

Tori raised an eyebrow. "A truce?"

"If I take down the video, will you give up the sick girl act?" said Jade.

"Jade," said Tori. "This isn't an act. I'm really sick."

"You know what I mean," said Jade.

At that moment, Beck came down the stairs, carrying a pink blanket. "Here Tori."

"Thanks Beck," said Tori, taking the blanket from him and draping it over herself. She glanced at Jade. Once Beck sat down, she wrapped her arms around him, as if trying to prevent him from getting up. She looked at Tori. Their two eyes met. This time, Jade's eyes weren't menacing. Instead of glaring at Tori, her eyes were imploring, as if she were begging for Tori to accept her ultimatum. As Tori thought about Jade's offer, she heard the door to her house open. She looked up to see her mom standing in the door, holding a bag. "Hey mom."

"Hey Tori, sorry I took so long, but there was traffic," said Tori's mom. "I see you invited your friends over."

"We just came over to give Tori her homework," said Beck. "We stayed so Tori wouldn't be alone."

"But now that you're here, we can leave," said Jade. "If you want."

"No you guys can stay," said Tori's mom. "You're really good friends if you want to keep her company when she's sick."

Tori nodded. "Yeah, they are."