A/N: Hey guys, so while I was writing this chapter I realized I made a mistake concerning Matt and Julie's relationship...this is set in Season Two, when Matt and Julie were broken up, yet I have them still together in this story. I'm gonna go ahead and keep them together, simply for the fact that I don't want to go back and change those one or two parts that I may have written Julie into. So please ignore that mistake and imagine, for the sake of this story, that Matt and Julie never broke up, there was no Swede etc.

Also, this chapter ended up being so long that I split it into a part one and part two, so that it would be a little easier to read hopefully.

I just wanted to say thanks, as well, to everyone who has been reviewing and saying such wonderful things about the story...I'm so glad you're enjoying it! Please keep those reviews coming, they really do mean the world to me 3 And a special thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter and told me how wrong I was about my opinion of the chapter (I wasn't pleased with the way it turned out but had several people tell me they thought otherwise). Anyway, here's Chapter Ten parts one and two. I hope you enjoy them!

- Mystic

Chapter Ten Part One:

"Hey guys!" Jenny greeted her friends and band members as she entered Annabeth's parents' garage where they held band practice a few times a week.

Sitting at the drum kit was a very pissed off looking Kim, next to her, holding her bass, was Annabeth, who waved at Jenny, and finally, just when Jenny was about to ask where the last members of the band were, the door that led from the house to the garage opened and Leslie Simms and Sarah Marshall came in.

"Hey Jen" Leslie chirped, oblivious to the tension in the air caused by Kim's glaring at Jenny.

"Hey, so what do we feel like working on first?" Jenny asked, setting down the case for her acoustic guitar and sitting behind her keyboards, which she usually left in the garage so she wouldn't have to tote it back and forth every day.

"You know you're not the leader of the band Jenny, stop being so bossy" Kim snarled and Jenny raised her eyebrows but held up her hands in defence.

"Ok, sorry, you go ahead Kim"

"How about we start working on the fact that you are a traitorous bitch and go from there?" Kim spat, and all three girls were shocked at her vicious reaction.

"Whoa, Kim, Do you have something you'd like to talk about?" Sarah asked sarcastically, getting defensive on Jenny's behalf.

"Yeah, actually, I do. I want to know how Jenny can just sit here like normal and pretend nothing is going on when she is clearly being seduced by Riggins and the other clones!"

"Kim, calm down" Leslie tried to sooth her friend.

"Shut it Les!"

"Hey!" Jenny yelled, standing up quickly "You are upset with me, don't yell at her"

"Don't tell me what to do!" Kim stood up as well.

"You do need to calm down Kim, you are over reacting so badly right now. Just because I'm getting along with Tim now doesn't mean I'm not still your friend first...I'm not going to ditch you for him if that's what you're thinking"

"Of course that's not what she's-" Annabeth started, but Kim cut her off:

"Oh, that's exactly what I'm thinking! Give it time...she'll leave us and never look back and I for one, won't wait around for that to happen. You're out of the band" Kim declared.

"What?!" Leslie exclaimed.

"Kim!" Sarah looked just as shocked as Jenny did.

"You can't" Annabeth protested.

"I beg to differ; it was my idea to start the band, I invited you to join it Jen, and now...now I'm kicking you out"

"You know what Kim, that's just fine, but you can't use any of my songs. So that means you're left with, oh, nothing" Jenny shot back, using anger to cover up the immense pain she was feeling from her friends betrayal.

"Whatever, we don't need your crappy songs, we'll write better ones" Kim said, trying to sound confident.

"Good luck with that" Jenny grabbed her guitar case, slinging it across her back and unplugging her keyboard, lugging the whole machine to her car that was parked on the street.

She had just loaded both of her instruments into the backseat of her car when the stand to her keyboard crashed down by her feet, landing hard from the force that Kim had thrown it with.

"You brought this upon yourself Kim. I'll come back as soon as you've come to your senses. I'm still your Jenny, and y'all will always be my girls" Jenny whispered, fighting back tears as she shut the car door and jogged around to the driver's side. She was barely half way down the block when her tears spilt over.

While she was driving home, Jenny saw a line up of cars parked near a house, and she recognised Tim's truck as part of the line up. Making a split second decision, Jenny parked her car and walked towards the party displaying more confidence than she really felt. The front door was propped open and despite the fairly early hour the foyer was packed with people, so Jenny shuffled into the crowd, keeping her eyes peeled for someone she knew.

Music was thumping so loud that the bass sent vibrations up from the floor through her feet as she wormed her way through the throngs of people. She was nearly to a gap in the bodies pressing in around her when she found herself pressed up against the chest of none other than Smash Williams.

"Well hey there, you be Riggins' girl right?" he asked with a friendly, yet slightly intimidating smile.

"I, um, well I guess you could put it that way" Jenny stuttered, kicking herself for sounding so out of place when she was trying to blend in.

"In that case, what can the Smash do for you? You looking for someone or something?"

"Could you help me find something to drink?" Jenny asked, looking Smash in the eye, trying to imitate the confident look she often saw Tyra Collette and Lyla Garrity wearing in hopes that Smash might not notice that she hadn't been invited to this particular gathering.

"That's definitely something the Smash can help you with" he told her, leading the way to the kitchen, pulling her into his side so that they could talk on the way. "So are you crashing or did Riggs invite you?"

Mentally sighing in defeat, Jenny glanced up at Smash from the corner of her eye.

"Does it matter?" Smash laughed.

"Nope, just curious is all"

"Well then, I'm crashing...had a rough night and need a distraction" Jenny told the truth, figuring her night couldn't get much worse no matter what happened.

"Atta girl!" Smash crowed "That ears you some of the good stuff"

They had reached the kitchen, but Smash by-passed the table full of kegs and plastic cups and pulled a bottle of rum and a few cans of coke out of a cabinet on the other side of the room. He grabbed a few of the plastic cups and quickly went about mixing two drinks. Passing one to Jenny, he winked at her and disappeared back into the crowd.

Jenny sipped slowly, but steadily on her drink, her eyes unfocused as she played the fight her and Kim had had in her head over and over. She was so lost in thought that she didn't even notice Smash re-filling her drink until he was re-capping the rum and patter on the shoulder, checking that she was alright.

"Yeah, I'm fine" she mumbled.

"Well drink up then, you look like you need it" he told her and Jenny complied by taking a large sip, downing a third of the cup in one go. "That's what I'm talking about! See you around kid" And with that he had disappeared again.

Matt Saracen was the next to stumble across Jenny, just as she downed the rest of her drink in a hurry.

"Jenny? What are- I didn't know you were gonna be here"

"Neither d-did I. I crashed the party, so I get the good stuff" she stage whispered to Matt, who caught a whiff of her breath and coughed.

"What are you drinking?"

"Rum and coke...mostly rum though, I th-think" Jenny giggled as she stumbled over her words.

"Hey does, uh, does Riggins know you're here?"

"Nope" she said, popping the 'p'. "But it doesn't matter because I'm being social, which apparently I don't do enough"

"Well, if you ask me, you aren't so much being social as you are being drunk. It's pretty early still, you should pace yourself" Matt cautioned.

"What time is it?" Jenny asked, her voice overly loud and causing several people in the kitchen to glance at her for a moment before turning back to their other conversations.

"About nine" Matt said after checking his watch.

"Holy cow!" Jenny exclaimed again.

"Yeah...Ok, so I'm gonna go check on Julie, so I'll be back in a minute, Ok?"

"Okie dokie"

Matt slipped away, groaning when he turned around to see Jenny fixing another drink.