A/N: Here's Chapter 7, on time for once :) Congrats to i love you now and forever and Demi909Lovato for correctly answering the bonus question!
Cece: P, Plead for what you want, O, only take yes for an answer, O, Cry if all else fails!
Rocky: Wait a minute, isn't that P.O.C.? Like poc?
Cece: Yeah but P.O.O. sticks in your head
Rocky: I'll take your word for it.
(Season 1 Episode 19 'Twist It Up')
Chapter 7
Rocky saw Cece and called to her, she was talking to Gunter. Rocky shook her head; she didn't have time for suspicions "Cece! We have to get to the studio!"
She grabbed her friend and dragged her nearly all the way to the subway. She wondered why Gunter and Tinka hadn't come with them, seen as they too had to get to the studio. Probably a good thing, she concluded.
Rocky noticed her friend avoiding her eyes, almost like she was hiding something. But Cece wouldn't hide anything from her, they were best friends. But then she remembered her own secret and didn't feel so sure anymore.
She wondered if Deuce had told anyone and if he had, who?
Obviously Cece didn't know, otherwise she'd be bombarding her with questions or freaking out.
"Are you alright Cece?" Rocky asked as they waited for the subway.
"What? Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" She replied.
"You seem kind of jumpy," Rocky pointed out, noticing her friend seemed a little on edge. Before she could catch Cece's reply, Frankie appeared up ahead. He was stealing somebody's money before he threw whoever it was in a dumpster. His 'crew' was with him.
"Hey Frankie," Cece called and he turned, looking at her, then at Rocky before he darted off with the others close behind. "Hey!" She shouted after him "Weird…" Rocky heard her mumble as she breathed a sigh of relief before the train arrived and they headed to the studio for rehearsal.
Deuce arrived at the studio, not happy because he was brushing garbage off his jacket.
The girls saw him and came over.
"Wow!" Cece exclaimed. He had gotten used to the smell by now, having missed the subway he had had to walk all the way here.
"Deuce, what happened?" Rocky asked genuinely concerned for her friend.
He looked at her, wondering how she and Cece would react, but he was too mad to care right now so he decided to tell them anyway "That dingle Frankie threw me in a dumpster and, he took my lunch money! I got that money fair and square!" Deuce looked up. Two very different reactions greeted him.
"What a jerk!" Cece exclaimed. Rocky just stared at her feet; he noticed a conflicted look in her eyes.
Then Cece narrowed her eyes at him "By fair and square, you mean what exactly?" She asked.
"Sold a watch to a kid at school," Deuce said which lead to Cece's second question.
"Really?" It wasn't really a question, she sounded more shocked that someone had actually bought something from him. "Which hand did it have?" She asked gesturing to her own watch which she had bought from Deuce that only had one hand.
"None," They both glared at him and he shrugged "What? Hands weren't included," He said picking a piece of what looked like lettuce off his shoulder.
"So Deuce, Where's Dina?" Rocky asked changing the subject.
"Right here," Sure enough and to Deuce's relief, Dina walked in at that very moment, perfect timing, he thought to himself.
Dina saw Deuce smiling and then she saw the state of him, he was covered in garbage.
"Deuce! What happened?" She asked, aware he had probably already explained it all to Rocky and Cece, but she needed to know.
"Frankie threw him in a dumpster!" Cece blurted out.
Dina stared at him and then glanced at Rocky, for a moment to long as Rocky narrowed her eyes at her as if she suspected something. Then of course she remembered that Rocky didn't know she knew her secret. Not wanting to get Deuce in trouble she said "What a jerk," Although that didn't help either as she was calling Rocky's boyfriend, secret boyfriend, a jerk. Only Dina seemed to notice the hint of hurt in Rocky's eyes as she called Frankie a jerk.
She wanted to apologise but that would've made things much worse.
"That's what I said!" Cece exclaimed high-fiving her.
Ty had taken Flynn to the studio, bored of baby-sitting on his own, plus he knew Tinka would be there, that was his main reason, although he couldn't admit that.
When he got there, Deuce was covered in garbage surrounded by Rocky, Cece and Dina. They were clearly in the middle of a conversation, or at least that was his excuse to go and find Tinka. She was with Gunter on stage. As he casually sat down in a chair she waved to him but stopped when she remembered no one was supposed to know, that's what he assumed anyway.
Both Tinka and Gunter approached him, Tinka with an apologetic look on her face.
"I am Gunter!" Gunter began.
"Und I am Tinka!" Tinka followed and they finished together "Und ve are ze Hessinheffers!"
"I know that," Ty sighed, they always did this.
"Ty, Gunter knows," Tinka said catching him off guard.
"You told him?" He asked.
"Oh please it was obvious," Gunter laughed and said in a lower, more serious tone "Look after my sister," Tinka hadn't heard this, it was clear this message was meant for him.
"Hey, don't worry I will," Ty promised sincerely. He hoped this would be enough to satisfy Gunter, apparently it was, for now at least, as he nodded and gave the two some space.
"Is he the only one that knows?" Ty whispered.
"Yes, unless Gunter told someone," Tinka laughed and slapped him on the shoulder "Tinka made a joke!" She said, but he didn't see the funny side, sooner or later everyone would find out but he preferred it be from him rather than Gunter.
Rocky was hurt. Her friends were calling the boy she loved a jerk, when she knew he wasn't.
Then again she knew Deuce was telling the truth, she and Cece had witnessed the event themselves although they didn't know it was him being thrown in the dumpster at the time. She wondered why Frankie would pick on him of all people.
Rocky saw Dina look at her, her eyes full of what seemed like sympathy, did she know? Had Deuce told her? She began to wonder, beginning to think that maybe Deuce had deserved after all to be thrown in a dumpster.
"Deuce, could I talk to you for a second?" She asked a fake smile plastered on her face. He followed Rocky to the other side of the stage where she turned on him "Did you tell Dina?"
Deuce looked at his feet and answered honestly, finding no point in lying "Yes,"
"Deuce!" Rocky hissed. She couldn't believe it, her friend, had given away her secret.
"Look I'm sorry! Maybe now might be a good time to tell Cece," He offered only making things worse for himself as Rocky began to pace back and forth.
"Do you think Frankie's a jerk?" She asked suddenly, needing to hear his honest opinion.
"Well to be fair, he did throw me in a dumpster, and take my money," He said not answering the question. Rocky found herself holding back tears, which Deuce must've noticed because he suddenly spoke in a gentler tone "Look, it should't matter what I think, if you like this guy then that's all that matters-hey, if you're happy, I'm all happy, and I think Cece would be happy for you too," He made a good point, she realised ignoring the fact he was really just avoiding the question, but she had guessed what his answer would've been.
"He's really not a jerk," Rocky said quietly.
"So tell Cece that," Deuce told her. She looked at her little red-headed friend, was what Deuce said true? Would she be happy for her? Rocky knew Deuce was right, but she didn't know how to tell Cece that she was in love with Frankie, 'The Complication'. They were after all, complete opposites.
That night Cece went up to Rocky's apartment, but this time it was not in search of Rocky. She climbed the fire escape, finding it more fun than the elevator or the stairs. She jumped when a pigeon landed just below her, it only had one eye.
So this must be that scary one eyed pigeon Rocky's always complaining about, Cece thought to herself, she chuckled aloud, she thought it was kind of cute.
Cece knew Rocky was at the library so Ty would be home alone, their mum would be there, but she never seemed to come to the window, and she had gotten Deuce to watch Flynn.
She knocked on the window; Ty sighed loudly and opened it.
"Rocky's not here," He moaned.
"I know, I need to talk to you," Cece said not bothering to go in.
"Fine," He gave in, not about to start an argument with Cece Jones, who would, one way or another, end up winning anyways.
"Do you really like Tinka?" She asked Rocky's brother. He seemed startled by this question and she remembered that Gunter had told her not to tell anyone. Too late now, she thought shrugging.
"How-" He began but she cut him off.
"Look, just answer the question," She demanded impatiently as a cold gust of wind had picked up outside.
"Yes," Ty said finally.
"If this is some sort of messed up joke-" This time it was Cece who was interrupted.
"It's not a joke Cece, I love her," He said sincerely and Cece believed him, something about the look in his eyes told her he wasn't lying and really did love Tinka Hessinheffer. Then she remembered how she was in love with Tinka's brother and wondered how exactly Ty would take this. She decided it best not to tell him now.
"Rocky still at the library?" Cece asked, reading her watch which said it was…darn Deuce's watch! It only had one hand, what use was that?
"Nah, she's on her date with Frankie," As soon as he said this Ty shut his mouth and regretted it as Cece almost fell off the fire escape.
No way. Frankie and, and Rocky?
NO WAY!
A/N: Cece knows about Rocky and Frankie, what could go wrong?
"No Rocky I'm not okay, I just found out that my best friend didn't tell me she was dating Frankie,"
(The DRAMA! That was another SMALL preview...tune in next time)
Anyways to conclude chapter seven...BONUS QUESTION: Who plays Frankie or 'The Complication' in the epsiode 'Wilde It Up'? (The name appears in the end credits, look closely)
