A/N: Thanks for reviewing, galindapopular! I'm going to keep writing this, even if it's only for you :)

Sophia stood at her locker and sighed. She missed Andria already and it had only been a couple of days since she had been gone. From her e-mails, Andria was already having the time of her life and Sophia was miserable. Who was she supposed to hang out with now? There was always Andy but things had been awkward between them since the day in the park with Jared.

She sighed loudly again and began walking to class.

"Um, hi," She heard someone say behind her. She spun around and had to catch her breath after seeing the boy in front of her. He was absolutely gorgeous, with his messy, blond hair and dark blue eyes. She was speechless.

"Can you tell me where this class is?" He asked, pointing down to his schedule. His British accent becoming more apparent to Sophia now.

"Um yeah," She said, pulling a strand of her hair behind her ear. It was a nervous habit of hers. "It's right this way; I have that class now, actually, I could show you how to get there." She said, with a polite smile.

He smiled too. "Great," He said. "I'm Mark."

She nodded. "I'm Sophia," She said. "I guess you're new here, right?"

He laughed, nodding. "What gave it away? The British accent or the lost look on my face?"

She laughed. "A little bit of both?"

He laughed as they continued down the hall. She stopped, though, when she saw Jared approaching them.

"Oh God," She whispered. "Not now!"

"Hey Sophia," He said, with his usual charming grin. She narrowed her eyes at him and he turned to Mark. "You gonna introduce me to her new friend here?"

"Of course," She said, with a fake smile. "Mark, this is Jared, Jared this is Mark."

Mark nodded. "Nice to meet ya."

"Oh, British?" Jared noted. "You must be on the exchange program then, huh?" He asked and Mark nodded. "Dude, I heard your sister's a total babe."

Mark narrowed his eyes at him but Sophia put her hand on Mark's shoulder, stopping him from beating the crap out Jared.

"Don't mind him," She whispered. "He flirts with anything that walks."

Mark chuckled. "Ha, I know someone like that back at home." He said and Sophia nodded, smiling. She turned back to Jared and saw that he was talking to a girl. She frowned, walking over to them.

"Since I introduced to my new friend, I think it'd be only fair you introduce me to yours." She said, plastering a smile on her face.

He smiled back. "Of course." He said, imitating her earlier comment. He turned to the girl. "Sabrina, this is Sophia, Soph, this is Sabrina," he said and Sabrina nodded. "And well, you already know your brother." He said and Sabrina giggled.

Mark rolled his eyes.

Sophia turned to Sabrina. "Listen, I'm sure you're a great girl but you'd be wasting your time with him," She said and Sabrina raised an eyebrow. "He likes to lead girls on and then make out with other girls at homecoming dances." She said, smiling at Jared.

He smirked. "Touché, Soph, I'm proud." He said and she rolled her eyes. He turned to Sabrina. "Would you like a tour of the school from yours truly?" He asked, taking her hand and she blushed.

"Why not?" She said, as they started walking away. She looked back at Sophia. "I like trouble." She winked.

Jared smiled. "We'll get along great then." He smiled and they walked away.

Sophia sighed and turned back to Mark.

"Is it just me or is there something going on between the two of you?" Mark asked, with a smile, and Sophia looked up at him.

"There was something," She told him. "He messed it up."

Mark nodded. "Does that mean your available, then?" He asked and she smiled, nodding. "Perfect." He said, and they started walking back to class.

Zach walked towards the Science rooms with his head hung low. He hadn't been making much contact with anyone since sleeping with Jade. He wasn't proud of himself for sleeping with his brother's girlfriend, and even though he thought he loved her, he was now realizing that he probably didn't.

He sighed once he got there. He was going to have to face Kevin and Lucy for the first time in days. He knew Kevin wouldn't ask him about it, but Lucy definitely would.

He walked in and headed towards the table where Kevin and Lucy were working on their robot. He set his back down and got to work but could feel his best friends staring at him.

"Where have you been?" Lucy asked and Zach looked up at her. They'd been best friends since the first day of freshmen year but there was no way he was telling them about sleeping with Jade. He was already ashamed of himself; he didn't need Lucy reminding him of what an idiot he was.

"Um," He started, looking at both of them. "I've just been… at the hospital, with Casey," He lied. Truth was, he hadn't visited Casey once. He told his parents it was because he was so busy with the robot but he knew that he'd have to face his brother once he came home, and he dreaded that day. "Casey's in pretty bad shape and I, uh, just wanted to be there for him, you know?"

He said and Kevin nodded, understandingly, but Lucy was still suspicious.

"Are you sure?" She asked, placing her hand on her hip and he nodded. "Okay, well, maybe we should all go visit him?" She said and Zach stopped what he was doing. "I mean, I know we're not like, friends or whatever, but I'm sure seeing people would make him feel better, especially since he broke up with Jade." She said and Zach looked at her. "Why'd they break up, anyway?"

"Yeah, did you have something to do with it, Zach?" Kevin joked and Zach laughed, awkwardly.

"Oh, of course," He said, sarcastically. He turned to Lucy. "I don't think going over there would be such a good idea though," He said and she frowned. "He won't even let Jen come visit him, he's been pretty sad about Jade so I guess we should just leave him be."

Lucy sighed, giving up. "Fine, whatever," She said, turning back to her station. "You've missed a lot, get back to work." She said and he nodded, with a smile.

"Not that I mind missing class because I've been called into the office," Jade said, walking into the main office of the school, her cell phone in hand. "But I didn't actually do anything this time, I swear." She said, looking up to see Julie and Ethan standing in front of the principal's office.

"What's going on?" She asked, putting her phone away.

"Come on, sweetie," Julie said, calmly. "Your mom's on her way to pick you up."

"What, why?" Jade asked, confused.

"It's your dad," Julie said, sadly. "He's in the hospital… the cancer's back."