Title: "A Blow to the Heart"

Pairing: Kirby x Ted, Ted x Mandy

Rating: T

Summary: "Ted hasn't quite given up Mandy even when Kirby's truly in love with him. Mandy's starting to question Ted's reluctance, who will he choose? "

Authors Notes: Alright, so it's a small chapter. I'm so used to writing something tiny, so it'll take me a while to get to the huge chapters. Please be patient until then. Okay, so I wanted some Ted x Mandy in this, and yes, this is for you, you straight couple likers! By the way, I was planning on making this a new story, but I decided to add it onto the story before this.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN "Bully" and any of its characters, etc. or anything else that I mention within this entire story.

Chapter 4 - Curiosity

"Oh Ted! You're sooo strong." Mandy cooed as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in for a big kiss. Ted laughed and held her close to him, putting his arm around her waist. Damon came up in front of the two, laughing, as he held a camera up. Mandy kicked up her leg back like Pinky always did and posed for the camera. The flash blinded Ted for a moment when Damon stalked off, following some of the jocks into the gym, grinning. Ted kissed Mandy on the lips, letting his hands run along her slender body. She giggled before jumping over to the cheerleaders in the middle of the huge, grassy field. Kirby sat on the bleachers, his face soft with sorrow. He watched the way Ted and Mandy acted together. Did those nights mean nothing to him anymore?

"Hey buddy." Casey plopped beside him, his blonde hair blowing in the wind. Kirby pretended his hands were more important and muttered a small hello. Casey growled and punched Kirby in the shoulder, hard.

"Hey! What was that for?" Kirby snarled, rubbing his arm. Casey laughed and smiled.

"That's more like it! You've been so out lately," he beamed, "Wanna go pass the ball around?" Kirby nodded and jumped down the bleacher steps and onto the field where Casey tossed him the ball. Kirby glanced over to Ted where he was doing push ups. Kirby sighed as the ball collided with his face. He grumbled and fell to the ground, a sting hurt his cheek. Kirby cursed under his breath as Ted ran over to him, leaning over his face. He turned a light shade of pink and rolled over on his side and jumped up quickly.

"I'm fine!" Kirby laughed nervously, he had won over Ted's thoughts. With his small sized brain, he didn't catch on and pulled his arm.

"I'll take him to the nurse's office, make he's okay." He snickered, glancing over at Casey who nodded and ran over to the cheerleaders, waving. Kirby grumbled to him self as Ted pulled him along the stairs.

"Ted… it really isn't necessary." Ted took a turn and hoped over the fence, taking Kirby along with him. This was the spot where Hattick and that prep were caught selling fake tests… Ted softly placed Kirby against the large tree in the center and began to kiss his neck. The small jock threw his arms around Ted's neck, pulling him closer. Ted opened Kirby's mouth and slid his tongue in, making Kirby shiver with pleasure. Kirby broke away and gazed into his sapphire blue eyes, dropping his arms to his sides. Ted cocked his head in confusion causing Kirby to turn away, biting his lip. He fought hard to keep his tears from falling.

"You and Mandy… you treat her like… like she's me…" Kirby sobbed into his sweater, his words coming out muffled. He wiped them away and looked at Ted again, wishing he didn't. Ted's face was agonized as he pulled Kirby into a tight embrace. He stroked his dark brown hair slowly, whispering into his ear. Kirby cuddled up into Ted's chest, crying silently.

"Mandy is nothing to me… she's just there to show… you don't want anyone knowing about us, do you?" He felt a head shake back and forth in his chest, "That's what I thought. Nothing I give her means anything, okay?" He felt Kirby's head nod up and down. Kirby pulled away from him and leaned on his toes and kissed Ted softly and slumped against the tree, his face buried in his hands. Ted heaved a sigh and jumped over the fence, leaving Kirby alone. Ted suffered just a little bit as he heard a sharp take of breath, a small sob that was just hearable from next to the gym. He shook his head in disappointment and pushed through the gym doors to be greeted by an excited Mandy.

Kirby growled and got his self together and jumped over the fence. Slowly, he began to walk to the dorm doors when someone bumped into him.

"Hey! Watch where you're going or you'll get a taste of my pound cake!" he taunted. The white shirt turned around and hissed at him.

"Oh, sorry… Kirby…" Trent whispered and began to walk past him to the gym. His ex-boyfriend and he had been the rude one. Kirby cursed under his breath and walked faster to dormitory. Slowly entering the long hallway he tripped over hundreds of marbles. A swear escaped his lips as he stumbled to get up, being careful not to hurt himself. He heard a low laugh come from ahead of him. He lifted his head and saw Jimmy holding his sides, laughing.

"You want to hear my new recipe for pound cake?!" Kirby charged at him and slipped on more marbles. He heard the whole dorm roar with laughter. Cursing again, he got up and tried to slip into his bedroom but was held back by Jimmy. He swatted the boys hand away and tossed open his door and slammed it shut.

In about an hour or two Ted would come back to their dorm room - thank god for his mother, or he would have never gotten a dorm room change. He slowly slipped off his snow white sneakers and placed them next to his dresser and jumped over onto the bed, looking at the ceiling. The pillow was rock hard on his head, but he didn't care. The bed was only big enough for one person, but they always found a way to fit together. The room was blank, but it wasn't annoying. Sure, they had a few trophies here and there, a few medals, but they didn't like to brag. Yeah, sure they were jocks, but that didn't mean they had to show it off to the world. Kirby sighed and looked across at his old clock.

Eleven fifty o'clock.

Why was he so late? Kirby bit his lip, trying to push the images out of his head. Tomorrow would be Christmas Eve and he had to be glad for Ted's happiness. He wondered if they'd even have a white Christmas… that would be romantic. But Mandy kept coming into his view. Why couldn't Ted just push her out of the picture…? The clock tickled by slowly, the sleep overwhelming him.

No, I have to stay up for when he comes back. Kirby's eyes became heavy as they began to close. Just out of the slit of his eye, he could see a large blurry figure enter the door and that's when he drifted off to sleep.