It was early the next morning. Rays of sunshine lightly brushed Linda's face. She blinked, then sat up and yawned. Her light blue silk pajamas sparkled when the sun shone on them. She swung her legs over the side of the bed, stood up, and proceeded to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

Meanwhile, in the boy's room, Blash was bouncing on the bed. Slash was trying to get him down, and Jam was getting changed. Tommy was still snoring.

"Hey, Tommy!" Jam snickered, "Get your big fat load UP!" Jam kicked him. Tommy rolled off the bed and plopped on the floor with a PLIP! "Haha!" Tommy groaned. "Leave me alone," he muttered.

"No way, Jose," Jam laughed. "You're still a fat, stupid little kid." From the other room, Linda gasped. Jam had said it loud enough that she had heard every word perfectly.

"That jerk!" She declared, punching her pillow.

"Linduhh?" Nancy said groggily. "What's going on?"

"Nothing," Linda replied. She didn't want Nancy to get upset because Jam, despite his promises, was still torturing Tommy.

"Oh, okay." Nancy bounced out of bed and went to brush her teeth. Linda sighed. Now that jerk had made her lie to her best friend! She'd get him for that. Linda grimaced. Now she just had to think of a plan...

"Hey Tommy! I heard your Dad was a sumo wrestler! What was his name again? The Lardinator?" Jam continued to annoy Tommy all during breakfast. Linda made sure Nancy was away every single time he did this-which was a lot. This made Tommy think she was avoiding him.

Does she still like me, he wondered to himself, or is she siding with Jam, and ashamed of it, so she's hiding from me? Tommy was confused. I'll find out the truth, Tommy told himself. Soon...

"Jam, what the heck is wrong with you lately?" Slash and Jam were in the boy's bathroom, washing their hands. "Why have you been picking on Tommy so much?"

"He got a girlfriend before us," Jam replied, leaving the bathroom. Slash stared after him, wondering what he meant. Then it hit him. Jam was jealous of Tommy because he had a girlfriend, so Jam was making fun of him to make Nancy break up with Tommy! Slash sighed. Leave it to Jam to rush off into a plan that would never work. Slash decided he had to stop this. He summoned up all his courage and left the bathroom, ready to face Jam and stop this nonsense.

Back in the lobby, Tommy was being pestered by Jam. Linda had sent Nancy up to get her notebook so she could draw a picture of the sea-and so Nancy wouldn't see Jam bugging Tommy.

"What's the matter Tommy, can't say anything back?" Jam taunted. "Come on, fight like a man." Tommy ignored him.

"Just like the obese wimp you are, you're scared to fight back. Chicken." Jam flapped his arms and bu-balked. "Chicken! Chicken!"

Just then, Nancy came down the stairs, carrying Linda's notebook. "I'm back!" she declared. Then she saw Jam flapping around like a chicken. "Jam..." she sighed. "Jam, you're really a jerk. Why are you picking on him? You guys used to be friends, until yesterday. What's wrong with you?"

"Well, I uh..." Jam faded. He pointed to Tommy. "He's fat!"

"He's always been fat," Nancy said, coming down the stairs. "Just lay off the insults, okay, Jam?"

"Sure, Nancy," Jam promised with a grin. Everyone behind him-meaning everyone except Nancy-could see his fingers crossed.

"Oh, boy," Slash sighed.

"Oh, brother!" Linda sighed too. "He's such a liar."

"What?" Jam asked innocently.

"I'm peeved at you," Linda hissed.

Nancy sighed. Why couldn't everyone just get along?