A/n: As always huge thank yous to everyone who took time to read, favorite, follow and review this story!

DannyKilmore: I try to keep my chapters around 1,000 words. It's just what I've found is easiest while writing my other fics. Occasionally I'll go a few hundred less or more. Thanks you the suggestion though!

Spkieeb2: I don't usually like pairings/ships that aren't cannon, but this idea just kind of came to me after finishing Season 3. I didn't want to paint Jenny as a bad guy because she's not a vindictive or manipulative person at all. I want Brian and Zelda to developed slowly and I haven't decided if Jenny will show up once they're established or not.

NutMegan56: I agree that Brian's a bit OOC, and I've noticed (at least for me) he is the hardest VGHS character to write for! Hopefully this next Chapter, which is more Brian centric, will help his character develop! There's a very small TedxKi moment here, but I plan on writing them some more fluff later on!

Lanton Lineage: I haven't decided exactly when/how/if I want to incorporate Jenny yet, but I'd like to see her and Z interact together at some point!

Bogo: Urban Dictionary suggest you may be trolling me, but an 8/8 is always nice!

Thanks again to everyone for favoriting, following and reviewing! Here's Chapter 11, I can't wait to hear what y'all think!

The next Day, Brian sat at his work station with his Skype profile opened up. He didn't really understand why he'd signed on in the first place. He didn't use the app to talk to anyone he wasn't already at VGHS with. No one except for her. For the past month Brian hadn't even dared think her name, but there it was grayed out in the list of his offline Skype friends: Jenny_Matrix. It wasn't like Brian was expecting her to be online in the middle of the day. Jenny was playing with the pros now, she didn't have time for mid-day chats. She made that perfectly clear when school had ended last June. Three months. It had been three months since he and Jenny had their mutual split.

He couldn't really blame Jenny. Playing on a pro team was the dream of every VGHS student. It's what the school was created for. If he'd been given the same opportunity, Brian liked to think he'd make the same choices as his now ex-girlfriend. That didn't mean the spilt hadn't left a stinging feeling , a feeling, which had only grown as the two fell out of communication a month ago. He could always text her, but if she was in the middle of something important she'd be unable to answer anyway. A sinking idea crossed Brian's mind that perhaps Jenny simply wanted nothing to do with him anymore. He dismissed the idea as quickly as it had come. Jenny was many things smart, pretty, determined, and fiery but she wasn't cruel. The honest explanation was that Jenny was still busy training with her fellow Panthers and the two friends would be able to talk again soon.

Ted and Ki Stumbled into the room, both doubled over with laughter.

"Hey Guys!" Brian greeted them as he scrambled to close his Skype account. Ki, who was far more observant than either boy gave her credit for, had spotted the name Brian's mouse was hovering over before he exited the app.

"Thinking about Jenny again?" She asked Brian sympathetically.

"Just checking to see if she was online." Brian tried to sound nonchalant. "I mean she's probably busy but we're still friends so..." Ted an Ki exchanged a look. Brian really hated when they did that. Like just because they were a couple they knew more than him about dating. Brian took a deep breath. It was fair to his two best friends that he was still upset about his break up. Brian didn't even really understand what was happening. He'd been fine for the past few months. Sure he was hurt, but he'd never been angry about it. How could he be angry at Jenny for something that was his idea in the first place?

"So...how was hanging out with Zelda last night?" Ted asked. Brian didn't really hear Ted's question, he was trapped far too deep in his own head. Normally the FPS captain liked having his best friends with him when he was stressing about something, but in that moment the four walls of the dorm seemed to be closing in on him.

"I-uh I have to go guys, see you later, bye!" Brian mumbled as he raced out of the room.

"Did I say something?" Ted asked Ki when the two were left alone in the room.

"I don't know." Ki said, her eyes locked on the doorway Brian had just disappeared through.

Brian wasn't heading in any particular direction when he wondered out of the dorm building. He just stared down at his feet, watching strips of pavement pass with each forward step. The FPS captain didn't pay the slightest attention to his surroundings which is what caused him to bump into someone in the quad. Both parties were knocked to the ground as they collided, each apologizing rapidly as they struggled to their feet.

"I'm sorry, I-I wasn't paying attention." Brian mumbled.

"Oh no, it's my fault I was distracted by my game...Brian?" Brian looked over to see the girl he'd knocked into was Zelda.

"Here let me help you...there you go." Brian helped Z to her feet and handed her the backpack she had dropped.

"Brian, are you okay?" Zelda could see the frantic look behind his eyes.

"Yeah, I was just taking a walk to clear my head...I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking. But I'm fine. Just...fine."

"Well if you're sure..." She wasn't at all convinced that Brian was fine, but he obviously didn't want to talk about whatever was bothering him either. "Look, I've gotta go meet Kat but if something is bothering you and you want to talk to me you can." Zelda started walking towards the dorm building, her hand had just reached out for the door handle when someone called out her name.

"Zelda!" It was Brian again.

"Yeah?" She took her hand off the door as a group of student's passed between her and Brian.

"Can we talk?" He asked.

"Yeah." Zelda let Brian lead her into Grand Theft Auditorium. After using Brian's ring of Janitor keys to gain access to the building he and Z sat at two of the swivel chairs on the auditorium's stage.

"I like to come here sometimes when I need to clear my head." Brian explained.

"It's pretty impressive." Zelda marveled. it was the first time the freshman girl had seen the room. She tried to imagine what it was like to play a game with hundreds of eyes watching intently from a live audience. "What did you want to talk about, Brian?"

"Well, um...I...I don't know where to start." Brian sighed. Running a hand through his hair, Brian tried to put his thoughts into words. "I have...had an girlfriend." He began.

"I heard about that, the girl who was Captain before you, Jenny Matrix. But she moved to Paris to play with the Panthers." Zelda remembered.

"Yup." Brian recollected sadly. "We broke up at the end of last year and...I don't know..."

"You're still not over her." Z said with understanding.

"I guess not." Hearing someone else say it made all the foggy thoughts in Brian's head make sense. "I don't want you to think that I've been leading you on or anything..."

"It's totally fine." She rushed to assure him. "Friends?"

"That's not fair to you..." Brian frowned.

"Why isn't it?" Zelda questioned. "I'd rather be friends than us never talk to each other again. I mean I enjoy hanging out with you, and you obviously like spending time with me. We don't have to date to hang out. Don't you and Ki ever hang out together without Ted?"

"Yeah all the time." Brian smiled. "Alight friends then."