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"TRANNY!" Andre's grandmother screamed. "WALTER WAS A TRANNY."

All eyes turned to the old woman, no one sure what she'd just screamed. "Grandma, what...?" Andre stammered.

"WALTER WAS REALLY WANDA!" The Charlotte Harris clarified. "ONLY TIME IN MY LIFE I EVER WAS WITH A WOMAN." Her voice dropped to what would be considered normal. "She was gentile, more of a man then many of the people I've met, but I just couldn't get past the truth. Ron, however, my Ron, he understood." Her eyes looked at Jack, not being able to understand what she was seeing. "HAY, YOU'RE TORI'S GUY, RIGHT?"

"I'm sorry, sometimes she gets lost in the past..." Dre started, only to see Jack moving towards the old woman.

"I'm not exactly a transsexual." The boy's voice was calm, soothing, but his eyes were trying communicate, to help everything make sense for the confused woman. "I'm closer to a split personality. I'm Jack, the guy in a girls body, but when the other half is in control I'm..."

"JADE!" Charlotte screamed. However, in that moment, the old woman seemed to relax a lot more then anyone had seen in years.

"Yea." Jack agreed. "Under these cloths, and my other gear, I'm borrowing Jade's body." His voice, his stance, everything about him was calm, controlled, helping the old, confused woman feel more comfortable. "You've seen this before?"

"No." Mrs. Harris said, her voice now almost a whisper. "I've seen things like this, but never split personalities." She had a warm smile, then it was gone. "ANDRE, TAKE ME HOME!"

"Jade..." Dre was trying to understand. For those who didn't already know, it felt like the world had turned on it's ear, and they were the confused ones. Sam, Beck, Andre and Robbie stared at Jack and the old woman, not sure what to think.

"Sam?" Jack called to the blond. "Could you take Charlotte here home, stay with her?" Then to the grandmother. "Cat and her friend will take you home."

"You can use my car." Rob offered with a warm smile. "I'll catch a ride."

The others weren't as quick to recover. They watched, trying to make everything clear, only it wasn't. "Jade..." Beck tried again.

"Okay, lets just say my family is a bit complicated." Jack smiled at the others. "It's like this, I have a, we'll call it a time share, in Jade's body, and Tori figured it out. I'm not gonna explain anything more then that, cause it takes far too long. Maybe later, once your used to the idea, but for now, please accept that I'm borrowing her body, and it's all worked out. And as for the weekend, it was Tori working things out with us, both of us. Jade and me. So we'd appreciate you not telling anyone, and working with us to get through this, confusion."

"Have you been Jack at school?" Robbie asked, still the only one of them to have regained his mental balance.

'Of course, he probably snapped out of it to help Cat. I guess I understand him being able to think, a bit.' Jack thought. "I've haven't really interacted with anyone in the group, except for Cat, and that was a while ago. Usually I'm out during the weekends. I hang with Ryder, who knows my situation, and keeps his hands to himself. I'm his wingman. I help him meet girls."

"I knew, I mean, I..." Tori started, only to realize just how big this was for them. 'They've all known Jade a lot longer then I have, so this has to be...Mind numbing.' She thought. "Okay, lets get simple. I love Jack. I love all of him, and that includes Jade."

Jack held his hand up, cutting Tori off. "This is very complicated." He reiterated, trying to get control of spiraling events. "I dated Tori without telling her, then we had to figure things out before we continued. But Jade, she..." He took a deep breath.

"How does Jade feel about you using her body?" Beck asked, and neither Tori or Jack knew who the handsome boy was asking.

"You know what?" Jack said, closing his eyes. His voice shifting between the breaths, and once again she sounded like Jade. "I think I should handle this." Her eyes opened.

"Jade's back." Cat clapped.

"OBVIOUSLY!" Charlotte screamed. "COME ON BLONDIE, LETS GO HOME!"

Sam gave the guys a helpless look, trying to understand what had changed. Andre stepped closer. "Please take my grandma home. I'll be by later."

"Cat, you should go too." Jade said. "I promise, either I'll tell you later, or one of these losers will gossip the living chiz outta it and you'll hear it that way."

"I'm a loser now?" Tori asked.

"No, but your not a gossip either." Jade replied, smiling. "Just, I doubt Sam has the patience to handle Andre's grandmother alone. Hell, I know I don't. Maybe Jack could…. Just, I'll make sure you know everything, okay?" She made sure Cat understood.

"You so owe me details about the weekend." Cat said, pointing her finger at Tori. "Bye." She then bounced towards the door.

The three girls, Charlotte, Sam, and Cat, walked out of the house towards Robbie's car, each glancing back over and over, trying to see what was about to happen.

Jade, for her part, sat down next to Tori, and watched the guys. "Lets start with one thing. I know, feel everything Jack does, and he gets the same sensations."

"I thought..." Tori started, but held her tongue.

"Yes, Tori, normally I'm kinda off, a part of Jack when he's in control." She said, smiling. "But back to you losers. Jack and I control when and how we swap out. I'm here cause I don't want him giving the farm away trying to explain things."

Robbie's hand went up. "Can I get Rex before the girls leave?"

"Sure." Jade said with a sigh. "Beck, Jack is a part of me, and as I'd mentioned, he feels almost everything I do. He can block things out of his memories, as well as some things from mine. But the things he keeps from me are old, painful, and I don't want to talk about them, ever. Clear?"

"I thought you'd told me everything..." Beck started. He was looking hurt, but trying to stay controlled. He knew getting emotional might cost him whatever explanation he was gonna get.

"Well, I didn't." She shot back. "Have you seen the way you were looking at Jack? I mean, the way you were looking at him, me, after Andre's grandmother blurted things out? I never wanted you to look at me like that, like I was Robbie."

Said boy was walking back into the house, holding his puppet. "They'd tossed his carryall." The nerdy boy said. "So, what'd I miss?"

"Jade said she didn't want Beck treating her like he does you." Andre filled in.

"Yo, Dre, that didn't help anyone." Trina scolded.

"The point is, after everything else, Jack dating her and everything, I had to be involved in some kind of relationship with Tori." Jade continued. "So when she and Jack had that conversation, she decided she had to figure out what to do about me. It's like, If they got intimate, then she'd be with me, no matter what Jack did to be as male as possible." Jade was struggling to make this as painless as she could, and failing.

"And your okay with this?" Beck asked Tori.

"I..." She held her breath. "I'm with Jack, and that includes Jade." She repeated.

"Let me see if I got this straight?" Rex asked. "You've had some major kissing sessions with Jack, then found out he was Jade?"

"It's not that simple." Robbie tried.

Tori looked defeated. "I wanted you guys to know about Jack, cause I want to hold Jade's hand at school. I know they're different sides of the same person, so I figured I'd just date both. Jade was nice enough to go along with it, and so..." She let her voice fade.

Jade took a deep breath, then sighed again. "How the fuck does he breath in this thing" She asked. "Jack and I share emotional connections to things. I love what he loves, and he usually loves what I do. Beck, I'm afraid you were kinda the exception. He's straight, and I'm bi, so we can agree on the ladies, but not you. I'm sorry, cause I really did love you. Jack even put up with you. But Tori, she won his heart, and got mine in the bargain."

Trina chimed in. "Ryder explained it like this. Imagine a computer with two different operating systems, and you've set up your software to run on each of the systems. The systems do things differently, the way they interact with their programs and the internet, but they call upon the same saved files. Jack interacts with the world through the Jack system, like Linux, while Jade is more windows." She smiled, then frowned as she saw the looks on everyone's faces. "The point is, they're like two in one, and Tori is dating both of them. You can make a big deal out of it, but that just hurts Tori, who wants the advantages of having her girl with her in school. We clear?"

The boys all looked like they had a million questions, but none of them spoke. Not Beck, who was floored by the whole thing, and not Andre, who felt like he'd been handed a lead weight and tossed into the ocean in the middle of a storm. As for the last boy.

"So who hurt you?" Robbie asked, looking straight at Jade.

"Wha…?" The goth asked, looking back, but something in the boys eyes made her hesitate.

"I was just… Never mind." Rob looked very uncomfortable.

"Of course." Trina's head shot up, like she'd just remembered something important. "I read something about this. It said that split personalities often involves severe stresses, usually abuse. That would mean..." The older girls eyes locked on Rex. "What are you hiding, puppet?"

"I'm not hiding anything." The puppet said, somehow looking nervous. Trina wasn't buying it, so the mannequin started to ramble. "Rob here, he's a tool, never good enough for his family. Maybe thats why he needed me around, someone good enough for them to show some praise."

"I don't think we need to know." Jade cut in, calming the Jewish boy with a single hand on his arm. "Lets make a deal, okay? Jack's been on me to see someone, you know, professionally. I really don't wanna... cause I'm afraid of what I'll find out." She stopped to center herself, pushing to say what was on her mind. It was terrifying to admit she was afraid. Now, she had to go even further. "But I'll do it, if you will." Blue green eyes held him, almost hypnotic with their intensity. "We find out if our insurance covers the same doctors, find someone who can handle this kind of problem, then go get help. We don't need to get rid of our inner friends, or outer in your case, just face whatever it is that they are carrying for us. I know, Rex isn't carrying anything for you, but he almost blabbed out something. I'm betting you'll feel better, have a better relationship with Rex, if you do this."

Tori was watching Jade speak, watching as the girl reached out with an offer that was probably as terrifying to her as heights were for the singer, and felt her love of the girl slash boy all over again. 'She won't do it for herself, but she will for a friend? Hell, she'll do it for Robbie?'

"Oh… Okay." The nerdy boy said, looking nervous. "B-but I'm not so sure Rex would agree with you."

"He's right." The puppet said.

"Really?" The goth challenged the puppet. "I know what Jack does for me, so what do you do for Robbie? Why do you resent him so much? You've made it painfully clear you think he's terminally uncool. What dark secret are you hiding from him? What caused you to enter this world?"

"None of your damn business." Rex snapped.

"Your just afraid of what they'll find, aren't you?" The blue eyed girl pushed. "Trust me, I've had this argument before. Jack is my protector, and guess who he has to protect me from the most? Guess." She waited a couple of breaths before continuing. "No idea? I'll tell you, he once hid my razor for a month. Made me stop cutting or I'd have to live with hairy legs. Could you imagine me with hairy legs?"

"No.." The wooden man said, feeling strangely embarrassed to be having this conversation. "Will you let me touch your fun bags?"

"I could just toss you in a wood chipper." The raven haired girl commented. "Or you can agree to be my wing man on the most risky venture I've ever agreed to." She then looked over at Tori. "One more thing to do, beyond facing my own issues, and thats my parents."

"I suspect this is gonna be a big surprise for them." Trina cut in. "But we have more then one thing to do. Ryder still needs to be dealt with."

"Should we involve them?" Tori asked. "I mean, should we?"

"Yea, and yes." Jade let herself sit back down on the couch. Tori felt it, how she was shaking from the effort to open up to Rob. "Guys I've decided that I'm gonna help Ryder the way he helped me. So, we need information. Who can we find who could fall for Ryder, and would rock his world?" She seemed to calm down as she entered more familiar territory.

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So thats Jade's master plan, getting Ryder into a relationship? Makes you wonder if she's gone so soft, doesn't it? But think about it, she's seeking revenge for toying with her, and Tori's, feelings, and making damn sure that he never does so again. Having him find the girl of his dreams will curtail his activities, as well as force a change on his life style.

So, thoughts about anything you just read? What was your thoughts about Robbie? Trina? How about Charlotte? (Yes, thats the name they gave Andre's grandmother. You can look it up if you want.)

So, review, ask your questions, let me know what you thought, and we'll see you next time.