Clare sat at lunch with Alli and Fiona. When Clare asked Fiona why she was sitting with her instead of Adam, she simply shrugged and said, "The Girl Code."

"I can't believe you and Eli broke up," Alli said, shaking her head.

"We didn't break up. We are on a break."

"Either way you aren't together." Alli scoffed. "Are you sad about it?"

"Not really. It was for the best. I feel…free. It's weird to explain. Am I making any sense?"

"Of course you are," Fiona said.

"Anyway, the other day, I went rock climbing! It was actually kind of fun."

"Clare Edwards? Rock climbing? It sounds too good to be true! Who convinced you to go, considering I couldn't" Alli asked.

"Fitz."

Alli's mouth fell open and Fiona nearly choked on her Panini, "What!" they screeched in unison.

"He not as bad as you guys think!" Clare defended. "He's actually really sweet and nice."

"Really…" Fiona said, suspicious.

"Yes really," Clare rolled her eyes. She glanced across the cafeteria and when she saw Fitz, she wished she hadn't. He was sitting with Bianca and Owen, glumly picking at his mash potatoes. Bianca and Owen were trying to cheer him up but it clearly wasn't working.

"Oh gosh," Clare muttered, putting her head in her hands.

"What?" Fiona asked and she glanced behind her shoulder to look at Fitz.

"He's sad….because of me."

"What did you do?" Alli asked.

"He kissed me, but I rejected him."

"Wait, he kissed you!" Fiona nearly yelled.

"Ohmigawd, is that why you broke up with Eli?" Alli asked.

"No!" Clare said. They looked at her unbelievingly and she blushed. "Maybe…" She admitted.

Bianca was walking down the hallway and was about to turn the corner but stopped short when she heard the end of a conversation. She turned around and saw Alli and Fiona talking at their lockers.

"I can't believe Clare and Eli broke up." Alli said sadly.

"I know, it kind of makes me scared that Adam and I will end up like that considering they seemed perfect for each other," said Fiona as she looked in her locker's mini mirror as she applied another coat of lip gloss.

Bianca's eyebrows rose and she walked over to the girls, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did you just say Eli and Clare broke up?"

"Yeah," Alli scoffed. "So what if they did?"

"Why did they break up?" asked Bianca, ignoring Alli.

Alli glared at Bianca and Fiona stepped between the two, "Because Fitz kissed Clare," Fiona whispered.

Bianca's eyes went wide in shock, but she shook it off. "'Kay, thanks, bye." She said, spun around, and ran back down the hall as fast as her heels would let her.

"Owen!" she screeched once she saw him, nearly tackling him to the ground. She grabbed the collar of his shirt with both hand and started shaking him. "Eli and Clare broke up!" she shouted in his face.

Adam Torres, whom was at his locker a few feet away, looked over curiously (and suspiciously) at the mention of his friends and especially their very recent break up.

"Bee, let go," Owen grunted and she released him. "They broke up? Why?"

"Because Fitz kissed Clare," Bianca said.

"What?" Owen asked, and as Bianca continued filling him in with as much a she knew (which wasn't much), Adam had snuck off down the hallway in search of Eli.