It had been three weeks since Jack and Cloe had broken up, and during that time Jack had been avoiding his friends when Cloe was around. He and KC quickly took up with some other friends they had from the skate park, and from classes. Jack smiled at the girls he was sitting with at lunch. He didn't know who they were but so far he had figured out that the dark brown haired one was Danni. Her father was a scientist or something like that and she seemed to always follow rules. The one with the pink fading hair was called Dee. She seemed to talk a lot but Jack couldn't figure out what she was talking about. He had yet heard the other two talk yet, so he didn't know they're names.
"So Jack what's your favorite subject?" Danni asked smiling over at him.
"Subject?" Jack asked looking at her then over at KC who didn't know what she was talking about either.
"Yeah you know, class." Dee said looking at him.
"Dee thinks is something to do with computers. She seems to think you're a genius." Danni said giving him a small smile.
"Yeah I don't know. I don't really like school, I'm just here because I have to be." Jack said shaking his head.
"Well your parents would be upset if you didn't come." Danni said moving her salad around with her fork.
"They only time they care is when they have to come in and talk with a teacher because I'm failing." Jack said looking around the table at the five other people sitting there. He knew from looking at them that they where the misfits of the school. The ones that had groups of people just like them but didn't fit with them. But KC and him didn't go here, they had friends that they fit in with.
"My father would kill me if I ever got close to failing." Danni said smiling and then looking down at her lunch.
"Danni you worry to much about what your father would do when he's home." Dee said rolling her eyes. "He's never there and you act like you see him every day."
"I know." Danni said with shame in her voice.
"When was the last time you saw your dad?" KC asked.
"Umm…about a three weeks ago." Danni said looking up at him. "He's very busy and his work keeps him from home most of the time."
"Yeah can you believe this girl lives in a huge home by herself and has never once had a party." Dee said laughing.
"I've had parties." Danni said as pink rushed to her cheeks. "My father has just been there when I do have parties."
"There's nothing wrong with that." Jack said trying to make her smile.
KC tried to contain his laugher as he watched Jack. "Hey man I'm gonna go see everyone else you coming?" he asked standing up.
Jack looked up at KC and then over at their normal table. He hadn't sat there in weeks, he looked over and saw Cloe sitting in her normal seat. "Yeah. Danni you wanna come meet some of my friends?" he asked standing up.
"I don't know if I should." Danni said softly.
"Come on. Not all of them bite." Jack said taking her hand and helping her up.
KC sighed as they walked over to the table. There was no way anything good was going to come from this.
Cloe didn't know what to say. How could he do something like this? Bring this girl over and sit down with her at their table. She wanted to get up and leave but she knew that all he wanted was to get to her. She wanted to scream at him and tell him what was going on but she couldn't.
"So Danni, how do you know Jack?" Ebony asked not sure what else to say to the girl. She wasn't sure where any of them stood with each other, she hadn't had the time to ask, or the chance.
"Well I don't really." Danni said smiling. "We were both in the library this morning and ran into each other and its turns out we have most of the same classes."
"Really cause I've never seen you in any of our classes." Ved said looking over at her. He knew what Jack was trying to do and it wasn't easy for him to see Cloe in this much pain.
"I sit in the very front of the class." Danni said smiling. She wasn't sure what was going on but she knew it was something weird.
"Yeah, Danni is a straight A student." Jack said smiling. "She's gonna help me out with my English grade."
"I'm sure she could help you out with all your grades man." Lex said with a laugh.
The loud bell rang throughout the school yard.
"I should go. I've got to get to class." Danni said standing up from the table.
Jack stood up as well.
"We've got 15 minutes before classes start." Bray said looking at the girl.
"Yeah but I don't want to be late." Danni said smiling at them. "It was nice meeting all of you." She said before she started to walk away.
"Danni we're gonna see you at the park later tonight right?' Lex asked before she had gotten too far.
Danni turned around and looked at Jack who was still standing up. She wasn't sure what to say. "I don't know." She said looking down at Lex.
"She'll be there." Jack said smiling and then turning around and sitting back down at the table.
Ebony could feel her eyes widen. That had not just happened, she told herself. Jack wouldn't go that low. But when she saw his corky smile she knew it had happened. "I've got to go." She said standing up. "Bray, Tai come with me?" she asked before leaving the table as well.
Bray and Tai-san left the table and Tai-san pulled Lex along with her as well.
"I know what I need to go pee." Mackenzie said standing up. She left the table with Ved.
Jack looked around at who was left. Him, KC and Cloe. He knew it wouldn't be long before KC said he had to go do something.
"You two need to talk." KC said standing up. He walked away from the table shaking his head.
Jack looked over at Cloe. He was about to get up when he head her speak.
"Why would you do that?" Cloe asked looking down at her hands.
"Do what?" Jack asked looking at her.
"Why would you pull something like that with me sitting right here?" Cloe asked looking up at him. She knew that he knew what she was talking about.
"I didn't pull anything Cloe." Jack said. "We broke up. You remember you were making out with Ved."
Cloe could feel the tears run down her face. She knew that it showed her weakness but she couldn't help it anymore. "Two weeks Jack, it's been fourteen days." Cloe said looking at him. "We broke up two weeks ago and you're acting like I didn't even matter you to."
"Cloe how do you want me to act? I'm not going to wait for you to start hanging out with other people, cause I'm sure it's going to be a while before Ved and Mackenzie break up." Jack replied. He knew that what he did was wrong, and it had hurt her, but that was the point, that's what he wanted to do.
"That was low Jack." Cloe said.
"Yeah well you making out with someone that I thought was my friend was low too." Jack told her.
Cloe sighed and looked down at the table again. "Is this the way it's going to be between us now?" she asked.
"I don't know what else to do Cloe. It's either this or not talking." Jack said.
Cloe looked up at him and for a long moment was quite. "I'm leaving." She softly.
"Fine." Jack said thinking she was getting up and leaving. But when she didn't move he became confused. "What do you mean you're leaving?"
"I'm going to go spend the school year with my aunt. I leave at the end of the month." Cloe said looking him in the eye. He was the first one to know and the first one not to know the truth.
"Fine." Jack said getting up. He didn't see why she was telling him this. What difference did it make to him if she was going to leave now? He walked away from the table leaving her sitting there alone.
"I'm pregnant." Cloe said after Jack was long gone.