The next morning, all eight students walk into Sikowitz's class. (I'm not counting the shruggers.) Sitting down in their seats, the see Sikowitz dressed as a priest, with a plastic arch behind him, and a small plastic container in his hands.

"Now that you all are here, I have something for you. Will the husbands come up here please? I have something for you."

Worried, the guys walk up to the stage, where Sikowtiz takes out four rings. There's nothing special about them, they look like he got them at a flea market or yard sale, but they are all different colors. Sikowtiz hands a ring to each husband, and then tells them to sit with their wives. André gets a blue ring, Beck gets white, Robbie gets the green one, Jace is given the red, and Carlos is given black.

Sitting in their seats, Sikowitz then stands at the center of the archway, and proceeds to call up each couple, one at a time. First up is Beck and Tori.

"Good morning Beck, Tori. You two are to be married. Beck, place the ring on Tori's finger."

Doing as Skowitz says, Beck turns to Tori, lifts up her left hand, and slides the ring on her ring finger. Surprisingly, the ring goes on easily.

"Beck, do you take Tori to be your wife until the project is done?"

"I do?"

"Why did you question it? You do or you don't. It's as simple as that."

"I do."

"Much better. Now, Tori. Do you take Beck to be your husband until the project is done?"

"I do."

"See? That is how it's done. Sit back down. André and Hayley, you're next."

As Beck and Tori sit in their seats, André and Hayley step onto the stage, where Beck and Tori stood before.

"André, place the ring on Hayley's finger." After André puts a ring on her finger, Sikowitz continues. "Do you, André, take Hayley as your wife until the project is over?"

"I do."

"Good. Hayley, do you take André as your husband until the project is over?"

"I do."

"Good. Robbie and Trina. Your turn."

As Robbie and Trina get to the stage, Sikowitz says the same thing about the ring, before turning to Robbie.

"Do you take Trina as your wife until the project ends?"

"I do."

"Trina, do you take Robbie as your husband until the project ends?"

"I do, unfortunately."

"I'll take it. Cat, Jace. Front and center."

"Ooh yay! Our turn!"

"Jace, put the ring on Cat's finger. Now, do you take Cat as your wife until the project is over?"

"I do."

"Cat, do you take Jace as your husban..."

"I do!"

"Good luck, Jace. Hide the candy. Finally, Jade and Carlos. To me."

"But I want candy!"

"Not now Cat. I see you already put Jade's ring on. Excellent. Do you..."

"We do. She's impatient and I'm getting there. Sorry."

"You kind of scare me, Carlos. Same as Jade. Anyway. The weddings are done. I have cake for you all now. Well, coffee cake, anyway. It's cheaper and I didn't feel like baking one or ordering one. Here you all go, now, feed the cake to your other, and you are sort of officially married. I think. Have fun."

As each couple feed each other the coffee cake, Sikowitz slips out of the room, laughing happily at his students.

Lunch

Jade, Carlos, André

"Before my 'wife' gets here, I have a question for you Carlos."

"What's on your mind, André?"

"What happened when you and Hayley broke up?"

"I was wondering when someone would ask that. We were dating for a few years, almost four. I would do some small and odd jobs around my town and stuff to save up some money. I finally decide to buy the ring, when Jace calls me and says I should break it off with Hayley, before something happens. Unbeknownst to me, Jace saw her acting awfully cozy with someone I saw as a big brother. I won't say his name, he's unimportant to me now. After Jace told me, I basically yelled at him and called him jealous. I was wrong, but I didn't know that then. The next day, I decide to stop by Hayley's place, to surprise her with lunch, and using the key she gave me, I walk in unannounced like I used to do. I find her in her room, making out with him. I yelled at them, then left. I haven't heard from either of them since then. Until monday anyway, when she moves to town and joins HA. I returned the ring, and used the money to buy my Impala. And that was that. Now you both know."

"Wow. I didn't know it was like that. I asked her yesterday, but she didn't say anything. Look, if you want, I can talk to Sikowitz, and get a different partner or something."

"No, go for it. I won't stop you. She seems a little different, but I still don't trust her. I trust you, though, André. Just watch your back."

With silence around them, the three of them slowly eating their lunch, when Hayley finally sits down with her lunch. Shortly after she sits, Jade gets up and walks over to where the others are sitting. Getting up after apologizing to André, Carlos walks over to the table with Jade, sitting beside her.

Jace and Cat go to sit with Jade and the others, but they notice that the table is full, so they sit with André and Hayley, glancing at the others as they sit. Cat looks at André and notices he's quiet.

"What happened, André? Why does Jadey look so mad?"

"Carlos told me and Jade what happened with him and Hayley. Jade left as soon as he finished, and he followed. That's about it. And to you, Hayley, I recommend you keep your distance from Jade. She will hurt you if you get close. Trust me."

"You're supposed to be on my side, André."

"I am. That's why I'm telling you to keep your distance. Jade gets, protective. Jealous even. I can tell she really likes Carlos, so I'm letting you know to keep your distance from both Carlos and Jade, Hayley."

With the bell ringing for lunch to end, everyone collects their bags, throws their trash away, and heads to class. Jade giving Hayley one of her patented glares, she heads in, not letting Hayley get close to her or Carlos.

Next Morning (Wednesday) Hallway by Lockers Jade POV

I can't believe that stupid chick Hayley. Why would she do something like that to Carlos? If she cared about him, why would she do that? I might be gank, but she's so much worse than me. Carlos seemed a little out of it after telling the story yesterday. He seemed fine after school though, so hopefully he's over it. I wonder why he went to Lane's office this morning? He said he'll meet me at Sikowitz's after he's done, but I hope everything's okay with him.

Lane's Office Carlos POV

"Why did you want to speak with me before school, Carlos? And how come you didn't want Jade to come with you? I thought you two were practically inseparable?" Lane asks, curious about why one of the newest students asked for a meeting.

"I didn't let Jade come because I don't want her to worry, and yes, we pretty much are. Kira's just as protective of her as she is me now, which I never would've expected. I don't want her to think anything's wrong, so I asked her to wait for me. As to the meeting? I guess I just needed someone to talk to. I told André and Jade about my past with Hayley, and of course, Jade wanted to stab her. Anyway, Jade didn't stab anyone, so don't worry. I just wanted to talk to get my past to stay that, the past. Any recommendations?"

"All I can say is talk to Hayley. Maybe that will help you forget it by talking to the one who caused the bad feelings. Let Jade know, but don't let her be there. I have a feeling Jade'll hurt her. Maybe the two of you can talk here? We can set up a time during school, soon, for you two to talk. That okay?"

"Sounds good I guess. I'm good after lunch usually. Jade and I have a free period. I'm not sure about Hayley. I'll have to let Jade know, because we usually hang out or help each other with something we're writing."

"I'll talk to Hayley later. Is that all?"

"Pretty much. I should go. I promised Jade I'd meet her before Sikowtiz. Talk to you later Lane, and thanks for the help."

By Sikowitz's Class Jade POV

"Why did you want to talk to Lane?"

"I needed to talk to him to set up a meeting. So I can get over Hayley completely, and focus more on you, Land suggested that the three of us, me, Lane, and Hayley, talk to get it all out of the way. I don't want you there, but I do want you there, if that makes sense."

"Not really. I'm sitting in anyway. I don't trust her and if she makes a move on you, I hurt her."

"Makes sense, to me at least."

"When's the meeting?"

"Don't know yet. Lane said he'll talk to her to see when she has a free period or something, and we can talk then."

"Good. What do you need to talk to her about exactly?"

"Find out her side of why she cheated on me. I'm not gonna be friends with her, not after that, but I just need it to get my thoughts of it organized and filed away, hopefully never to be seen again."

"Okay, confusing."

"Yeah, I know. Ready for class?"

"Ready as I'll ever be for Sikowitz."

Lane's Office Hayley POV Before Lunch

"Thank you for coming, Hayley."

"Why am I here?"

"It has come to my attention that you have a, complicated, past, with another student here."

"Let me guess, Carlos?"

"Yeah. All he wants is to clear the air, as it were."

"What do you mean, clear the air?"

"I don't know the details, but he asked me to talk to you to set up a meeting for the two to talk without bad feelings coming up. Do you have a free period or anything?"

"Yeah, after lunch, like a lot of other students. Why?"

"Would you be up for coming here after lunch to talk?"

"Can't today. Helping André with something for his music writing class. I'm free tomorrow."

"Good. I'll talk to Carlos and let him know. See you tomorrow, Hayley."

"You too."

A/N: I decided to post this earlier than I originally thought I would. Did anyone else notice that there was a bit of a Jori moment in 'The Hambone King'? After Tori beat the guy that embarrassed Robbie, Jade seemed more excited than Cat. Unless it's just me. Thank you to everyone who reviewed, follows, and favorited my story. I'm kind of surprised at the favorites though.