A/N: In this story, Jesse pretty much looks like he did in Season Three, but smaller, and more like a kid. Just to help you get a mental picture.

~IlluminatiGirl

D.J.

Part Two- Chapter Five

As I walked to school, I prayed that no one had heard. Secrets in Junior High spread like a forest fire.

I spotted my friends, Pete and Duane, at the corner of the street. As soon as they saw me, they started snickering.

"Hey, Jesse Tanner," Duane teased. I scowled at him.

"Oh, so you heard," I said bitterly.

"I heard?" he repeated. "The whole school probably heard!"

I groaned.

"I can't believe that Pam married the Neat Geek!" Pete exclaimed. "She is way too good for him."

"Sam's gonna be crushed." Duane pointed out.

Sam was my other best friend. He had a huge crush on my sister, which was way out of line. But to be honest, Pam would be better off if she had married Sam instead of Danny. Too late for that, though.

"Look, can we just forget it?" I snapped.

"Sure we can." Pete replied. "But I don't think anyone else will."

"How did you even find out?" I demanded.

"Well, I heard it from Pete, who heard it from Jimmy, who heard it from Rory, who heard it from Jerry, who heard it from Janice, who heard it from Patricia, who heard it from Wendy." Duane explained. "And I bet a lot of other people were told along the way."

Keep in mind this all happened in one night.

I blew a strand of hair out of my face in frustration. My hair was getting long. My mom wanted me to cut it, but I had said NO WAY, JOSE. My dad agreed with me. He knew that you don't just cut hair. Hair is precious. Life would be easier for most people if they realized that.

Just then, Wendy came running up the sidewalk to me. She looked maaaaad. But for once, her besties Janice and Patricia weren't tagging along behind her.

"I'm gonna kill you!" she seethed.

"Me?!" I asked. "What did I do?"

"I'm still trying to figure that out...but you'd better watch your back!"

"So you heard?" I said.

"I HEARD?" she repeated. "Danny came home in the middle of the night and told us that he'd gotten married to your sister! We're step-siblings!"

I winced. "Don't remind me."

"This is horrible!" she went on. "It's gonna ruin our reputations!"

"Uh, no. It's gonna ruin my reputation. Not yours. Pam is cool. Danny isn't."

"Still! I have a reputation, too, you know."

"Oh, do you?" I asked.

"Yes. I have a reputation of being the only girl in the school who doesn't like you!" she argued. "Which won't work if we're related!"

"Shannon doesn't like me..." I reminded her.

"Shannon is blind." she said, like it was the most obvious thing. It probably was, since the girl was literally blind.

I sighed. "Details."

"Don't try to turn this on me! We're both victims here!" she exclaimed.

"I'm not turning anything on you, and just because we're both victims doesn't mean we have to be allies."

"They are forcing us to be family! This should technically be just as illegal as rape!"

I gave her a look. "What?"

Wendy groaned in frustration. "You are so dumb. I don't know how I'm gonna stand living with you!"

She turned and stormed away.

"Jess, come on," Pete called. I had stopped walking. I was deep in thought of what my rival had just said.

'I'm gonna hate living with you... living with you... living with you...'