Hello everyone. I have a new chapter for you, but it is a shorter chapter than what I usually post (busy completing the last chapter of 'iGuess We're Roomies'). However, I hope to post the next one sooner than next Thursday because of it and enjoy this chapter.

Let me cover some reviews.

Jeremy Shane: Thanks

Agent-M-0167: The Robbie/Rex relationship, I called it probably a year ago or more in my Creddie crossover with Victorious. Freddie outright called Rex Robbie's sex puppet and nearly shoved him up the boy's rear after he used Rex to make a comment about Carly and his sex life (Freddie and Carly are married at the time).

The pre-marital sex has always popped up from time to time in the story due to Freddie's religious views on the matter and the legal implications of being in California instead of Washington State. I'll let Beck explain why in the story. Tori is upset because Freddie is her friend if not by now her best friend on equal footing of André.

TenorSax93: I hope you got my PM

pbow: I've done the same thing and if I didn't have those, I use light white bread. I'm surprised the school didn't shut her down as she was competing against them for the students' money. The government never likes it when you compete with them for money.

darck ben: I saw go for your idea. Outside perspectives are interesting to read.

Challenge King: I wasn't actually entirely happy with the FCC situation, because I never worked in the idea that Freddie technically owns iCarly as he invented the name and did all the heavy lifting.

Twilight Warrior 627: I'm tempted to touch back on that relationship and explain what Rex truly is in the story before I'm done. About how things are going or will go for Dusty and Heather Fox, we'll see. He's just some Southern boy who wants to get out of California after graduation and she's a famous model that travels. Not an easy combination.

Fanfic-Reader-88: Nothing has happened to Beck yet. I think Freddie is getting to the point where he just doesn't care about how Beck runs his mouth. He's the one that has Jade and he has a bright future in more ways than one. Living well is the best revenge and Sam is learning that the hard way. I'll reserve comment on why Beck said anything.

In California, the age of consent is 18; Seattle and Nevada it is 16. As their law is written, they could have both been charged before Freddie's 18th Birthday and anything after before Jade is 18, he could be charged. It is quite serious. Whether it is widespread in enforcement is irrelevant, it is still on the books.

PD31: So you're voting to turn this into a Jade/Freddie/Tori story?

I will stay mute on agreeing or disagreeing with characters in the story.

As you pointed out, 'iMeet the First Lady' the Secret Service stated that she was the most powerful person in the country and higher than the president… they should have all been arrested for treason.

Rating: T Language

Chapter 37: Pear Eye in the Sky

Hollywood Arts High School
Los Angeles, CA
Monday, May 21, 2012

School had just let in for the day and the hallways were filled with students before they were to head for their first period class, which of course meant the obligatory socializing among the students. Tori and André were off near Jade's locker and the school entrance talking to a number of their classmates from their songwriting class while Freddie and Robbie were standing on the landing of the main stairwell looking at the ventriloquist's aqua PearPad.

The tech-producer laughed out, "Whoa... that's insane."

Robbie held up a finger as he interrupted, "Wait, wait, wait, watch what happens when I zoom in."

"No way!"

The curly haired teenager nodded to disagree, "Yeah."

Cat happily walked down from the left stairwell to the pair from Robbie's right, looking very lovely that day in her blue summer dress. "Hi."

Robbie danced his fingertips over the screen and continued to comment, "Oh and now you can turn it this way..."

Freddie chuckled, "Oh they have outdone themselves this time."

The redhead knotted her brow and called out, quite annoyed at being ignored, "Hi!"

Robbie finally turned his attention to his would be girlfriend and answered, "Hey Cat."

The more muscular teenager followed up while still looking at the screen, "Hey."

She looked over Robbie's arm to see the PearPad and asked, "What are guys looking at?"

Robbie happily answered, "Pearmaps upgraded their app. Now you can look at any place in the whole world..."

"In super high rez… which they failed to let us know at the store. It's kind of hard to push a product when they don't let us know."

"No way!" She quickly looked up to Robbie for clarification. "I don't get it."

"Just show her," Freddie suggested.

Robbie slightly turned to show the redhead his PAD and answered while manipulating the screen with his fingertips, "See, here's an overhead shot of our school..."

"Cool."

He ran his fingertips over the screen, zooming in the picture. "And now I'll just zoom in..."

"I'm falling!"

Jade called out as she strolled behind them down from the right side staircase, "What... you guys looking at the new Pearmaps app?"

Freddie took a sidestep to his left to allow Jade to slip up beside him and for him to wrap his right arm around the small of her back while Robbie answered, "Yeah, now you can zoom in from any angle."

Cat grabbed the PAD and pulled it to get a better view of the screen. "Oh my God, that's where we eat lunch!"

Robbie happily joined, "Yeah! The Pearmaps satellite must have taken this shot a few months ago."

The former Seattleite pointed to the ceiling with his free hand and overdramatically commented, "From space!"

The redhead looked up to the ceiling and waved, "Hi!"

Jade quietly pointed out, "Cat, we're inside."

The petit girl stopped and slightly frowned in embarrassment.

Freddie noticed something on the screen and asked while pointing at it, "Hey! Is that us?"

Cat excitedly yelled, "Oh my gosh, that is us!"

Jade idly agreed, "Oh yeah, I'm wearing my red boots."

Freddie knotted his brow and commented to Jade then questioned Robbie, "You looked great in those jeans that day too, but uh, can you zoom in tighter on Jade?"

The glasses wearing teenager playfully answered then started manipulating the screen, "I think... a zooma-zoom zoom."

The picture zoomed into the right side of Jade's face with her left pointer finger looking like she was picking her nose as she looked down at her PearPad.

Robbie muttered, "Um..." followed by Cat, "Oh!"

Freddie pulled slightly away from his girlfriend as she angry retorted, "No! Okay, no... I'm not..."

Cat softly spoke up, "Picking your nose?"

"Cat!"

The redhead quickly turned and walked away several feet before stopping and looking back at her friends.

Jade quickly caught up to Cat then turned to look back at Robbie and Freddie. "I was not, picking it. I was just scratching the outside of my nose, like this..." She took her left pointer finger and started scratching the side of her nose.

Robbie motioned with a hand towards her and commented, "Well yeah you see, from this angle, it just looks like you're picking..."

She quickly cut him off, "Don't say it! Okay, nobody mentions this to anyone."

Robbie agreed, "Promise."

Cat innocently asked, "You mean you picking your nose?"

"Cat!"

The glasses wearing teenager directed a "Shh!" at Cat.

Jade quickly continued, "I was scratching it."

The redhead answered in a tone that suggested that she wasn't entirely convinced, "Right."

Freddie spoke up, "It's like when you're scratching above your upper lip just under your nose with your ring finger. You do it without thinking." He mimicked the gesture he just described with his left ring finger.

Jade's brow knotted. "What?"

He softly smirked while letting out a soft laugh, "It's just one of your many little quirks I've noticed over time."

The comment seemed to placate her for the moment with the hint of a smile forming on her face and long enough so Freddie could start them down the stairs without further incident. However, just as they were reaching the corner where the dark headed teenager's locker was located, Robbie and Cat let out a laugh.

The couple snapped their heads around hearing the laughter and Jade gave them a deathly glare, instantly silencing the pair.

Vega Residence

It was early evening when Trina was opening her package on the kitchen table while Tori was relaxing on the couch towards the door and reading a book. She was using her mother's lap as a pillow and had her feet propped up on the backrest of the couch under a blue, wintry blanket.

Mrs. Vega was reading a message off of her phone and let out a soft laugh.

Tori looked up at her mother in curiosity, but she softly patted her daughter's head to turn her attention back to the book and instructed, "Read your book." The brunette reluctantly agreed and turned her attention back to reading, but it was short lived when Trina called out from the kitchen, "Yeah."

The younger sister sat up in place and turned her attention to the kitchen to see Trina holding out a trophy she had pulled out of her package. Mother and child looked to the other sibling with Tori calling out, "What is that?"

"My trophy."

Mrs. Vega shifted in her seat and asked, "For what?"

Trina answered in a tone as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "For the shelf in my bedroom."

Tori looked on in confusion and it filtered into her voice, "But how'd you get it?"

Trina brushed some hair behind her left ear as she walked into the living room and answered, "I took mom's credit card, went online to Trophiocity dot com and bought it." Mrs. Vega and Tori exchanged quick glances while Trina looked to her trophy while walking around the couches towards the stairs and let out a squeal, "Trina Vega, first place." She threw up her left fist and shouted, "Go me!"

The doorbell rang as Trina started up the stairs and called out, "Someone get that."

Tori blew out a breath, pulled her blanket off of her legs and sat her book down on the coffee table. She got up to answer the door as Trina could be heard singing while she went deeper into the second floor, "It's an all night party we're getting into—"

Tori opened the door and immediately frowned at seeing Beck then attempted to shut the door in his face.

He shouted out, "Tori, please don't shut the door in my face."

The brunette paused in shutting the door and blew out a breath while giving him an irritated stare.

He lightly pleaded, "Come on Tori, it's been nearly a week and you won't talk to me. What's going on?"

Mrs. Vega's attention was instantly peaked and slyly turned her attention to the door.

Tori slightly bowed her head as she rested against the edge of the door.

He slightly tilted his head to the side and softly asked, "Please Tori, you have to tell me why you're mad at me."

She looked at him with an annoyed expression. "Fine, you told my dad something you should have never told him."

Mrs. Vega sat completely up and turned her full attention to the couple without any pretense.

He cracked a nervous grin and put on a completely perplexed expression. "What? What did I tell him?"

"Prom night? When you tried to make yourself look better by telling my dad about Freddie and Jade? How you weren't like him and my dad didn't have to worry."

He slightly frowned and asked in a surprised tone, "That's what you're mad about?"

She crossed her arms under her chest. "Yes, I'm mad about it. That was there business. You had no right to just blab it out to my dad, a cop, when you know they could get in trouble for it."

He blew out a breath and rolled his eyes then tried to respond in a calm voice, "I didn't appreciate your father looking down at me because I'm not Freddie and wanted to let him know that Freddie is not as perfect as your parents think he is. Maybe they wouldn't judge me as harshly." He glance passed Tori's shoulder and looked to Mrs. Vega.

Tori frowned as she looked back at him with a cold stare while Mrs. Vega slightly shrugged a shoulder.

He blew out another breath and in a near trademark manner, ran a hand through his hair. He looked up to meet her eyes and continued, "Look, I didn't think about getting him into any trouble. Okay, we've had our differences—a lot of differences—especially recently, but I don't want to see anything bad happen to him." He slightly bowed his head as he finished, "I guess I finally understand what Jade meant about her feelings of thinking she had to compete with other girls and I handled it very badly. I just don't want to compete against Freddie for you."

The brunette rested a hand on her upper chest and responded with a neutral tone, "You're not competing with Freddie for me and you don't have to."

"Maybe not in your eyes," he answered in a quiet tone and passed another look to Mrs. Vega, but she looked back without a bit of guilt.

Tori looked over her shoulder to meet her mother's eyes with a near accusing expression, but Holly forged innocence in response. She turned back to Beck and answered, "Their eyes aren't the ones you have to worry about."

He lifted his brow and looked at her wide eyed as he softly challenged, "I don't have to worry about your dad? Really?"

She softly rolled her eyes and lolled her head slightly to the side then answered, "Okay, I'll give you that one."

He motioned his arms in front of her back and forth. "I get it. I did the exact same thing I complained about Jade doing when we were together: I got jealous and I lashed out. I'm a hypocrite and I'm sorry. I lost Jade to Freddie; I don't want to lose you to him either."

Tori nodded along and softly uttered, "Okay."

"Okay what?"

She calmly and in a deliberately slow voice replied, "You're a hypocrite and you're sorry… I'm angry at you and touched at the same time, but that's not an excuse for you did, okay?"

He slightly nodded his head and whispered, "Right, not an excuse."

She nodded along with him then took a step forward to give him a kiss on the left corner of his mouth.

He was a little surprised by the reaction, but remained silent while looking into her eyes for her to finish with a soft smile, "Next time just talk to me."

The long haired actor blew out a breath, "Okay."

She softly smiled to her boyfriend and tenderly spoke, "You'll apologize to Jade and Freddie tomorrow. I'll see you then."

He stuffed his hands into his pockets and nodded his head, a soft smile playing on his face. "Tomorrow." He turned away while she closed the door then turned to face her mother. The brunette's expression shifted into one of annoyance. "Would you like to tell me something mom?"

She blew out a breath and rolled her eyes. "I give: I like Freddie and wish you were dating him; he's a sweet, nice guy with a good head on his shoulders and a bright future. Why wouldn't I prefer him over Beck?"

Tori's eyes shot open. "Mom!"

Her mother raised a challenging eyebrow and slightly smirked.

The younger daughter raised her hands and eagerly countered, "Look, Freddie and I are just friends."

She laughed out, "I know, that's the problem."

Tori dropped her hands and gave her mother an annoyed expression and curtly retorted, "Mom, there is no problem. We are friends and I'm very happy for Freddie and Jade."

Mrs. Vega slightly tilted her head to the side and comment, "A mother can still wish."

"I'm not getting with Freddie, so stop wishing—" She pointed at her mother and finished with a sharp tone, "—and would you lay off Beck?"

She gave her daughter a temporary placating smile then answered, "I didn't say anything to him in the first place. If he has a problem that I took Freddie's side in their fight, well too bad. I'm not going to fault Freddie for trying to protect you or anything else Beck said about him."

Tori crossed her arms and slightly bowed her head, realizing that her mother was aware of the situation. She nor Trina had mentioned anything to their mother about the situation as apparently after a week, their father hadn't done anything. They decided to leave well enough alone, but not she worried that had been a mistake in not informing their mother on their terms.

Mrs. Vega could tell from her daughter's eyes that she wasn't faulting Freddie. She put on a guarded expression and decided to be forthcoming to her daughter, "Your father told me what Beck told him and his talk with Mrs. West."

Tori's eyes shot open and asked completely flabbergasted, "He talked to Jade's mom?!"

"Yes, but just to let her know what could happen, not to get Freddie into any kind of trouble. Apparently she's aware of the possibility, but denied it in a… unique manner. She told your dad to drop it and if he talked to Jade without her there, she'd file a complaint against him then sue us."

"Do you think she's serious? I know she had a talk with Principal Helen about Sikowitz, but would she go that far?"

"Your father thinks she would, but it's pointless; he doesn't want anything to happen to Freddie."

Tori didn't attempt to hide her worry, "Are you sure?"

The Vega Matriarch smiled at hearing her daughter's concern for Freddie, but quickly assuaged her daughter's worry, "Mrs. West would be the least of your father's worries. If he tried, your dad would be sleeping on the couch until our next anniversary."

Tori pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes as she curiously responded, "But your anniversary is in March and it's May."

Mrs. Vega smiled innocently while answering, "I know."

The younger Vega sibling lips pursed and she looked to her wide eyed.

The mother softly laughed, "I already told you, I like Freddie."

Tori nervously started playing with her fingertips again. "So you're not judging Freddie?"

Mrs. Vega patted next to her for Tori to have a seat and she complied. The matriarch directed a supportive smile towards Tori and answered, "Your father and I have always made it very clear to you and Trina about what we wished—what we hoped—you would do in those circumstances, but I'm not going to judge Freddie if he's made a different decision."

"Good, because Freddie's a good man and he's not like the guys you and dad warned us about—he's not Steven or Ryder. He's nothing like that and what I've…" She licked her lisp and hesitated on exactly how to phrase her next words. "…picked up since they got together that he takes that as serious as you taught us and as old fashion as this sounds, he'd be afraid he was… shaming the girl even if they are that committed."

Mrs. Vega snorted out a laugh, "Do you see why I would like you to be dating him?"

Tori rolled her eyes and shook her head. She turned in her spot and lay back down to use her mother's lap as a pillow. Holly reached over and picked up her daughter's book to hand it back to her then the pair settled back into relaxing as they were before Beck arrived.

Hollywood Arts High School
Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Jade wore her blue denim jacket she had worn from Easter and Freddie's favorite standby pleated skirt as she causally made her way down the left side stairs towards the landing and towards her locker. She undid the zipper to one of the pockets on her Gears-of-War bag and shoved her keys into pocket and zipping it up as she reached her locker. The purple streaked hair girl put in her combination to her lock then opened her locker to put in her bag.

An African-American teenager, perhaps a sophomore at most, approached her with two other underclassmen on either side of him. He laughed out while passing a quick glance to his friends, "Hey Jade... If you had to choose between your elbow and your nose, I guess you'd... pick your nose."

She knotted her brow at the absurdity of the random statement and him just approaching her out of nowhere. She glanced over to a knot of students between the lockers and left side guardrail of the stairwell looking at a PearPad then started laughing and pointing at her.

She finally realized what he meant and before he could turn off and laugh with his friends, she took step forward and deeply frowned. "You realize that my boyfriend put the last boy that harassed me into the hospital and the one before him is now traumatized from female dancers, right?"

The underclassman swallowed down nervous along with the others.

She took another step forward and she softly whispered, but still seemed to be loud enough for the other teenagers that were laughing to stop and listen, "Do you realize that I can do far worst?"

He took another step back in fear and his friends looked like they were about to bolt any moment.

"Are you really that stupid? Really? Is that what that picture shows?"

She scratched the side of her nose exactly how she had done in the picture. The students on her left side saw what she had done and looked worried that instead of feeling humiliated; Jade was angry and that was a very bad thing.

"No."

"No what?"

He swallowed down in fear, "No ma'am."

She smirked down at him and continued with a haughty voice, "Good, now get to class before I have to learn your name. You don't want me to learn your name."

He quickly nodded his head then turned and scurried off with his two friends.

She looked to the knot of students with a cold glare and asked, "What are you looking at?"

The other bowed their heads in fear then glanced around to notice Freddie and Cat at the end of the hallway at the drink machines.

She turned back to slam her locker shut then swiftly walked down the hall to catch up with the pair. She shouted when she reached them, "Hey!"

Freddie turned and smiled. "Hey angel, I was just looking for you."

"Who told?!"

The redhead answered with a question and curious expression, "Told what?"

"About me! About me on Pearmaps," she angrily shouted as she motioned as if she was frantically scratching the side of her nose.

Freddie cocked his head to the side and gave his pale girlfriend a questioning look as if she really asked such a thing. "I'm really going to lie about you to people?"

Jade looked down embarrassingly for a moment as Cat spoke up, "I told people not to look."

The pale girl quickly picked up before she fully realized what the redhead had said, "Well, then it had to have been Robbie because..." She turned her full attention to Cat once she processed what the redhead had actually said and asked with a strained voice, "What do you mean you 'told people not to look?'"

"I tweeted it on The Slap."

"You... What did you tweet?"

Cat looked at her phone and read, "Just... 'Please do not go on Pearmaps and look up Hollywood Arts. If you do, do not zoom in on Jade. P.S. she's not picking her nose.' I made it super clear."

During Cat reading off what she tweeted, Freddie slowly edged between the girls as he saw Jade get angrier with each syllable.

"What?" Jade shouted just before she attempted to charge Cat.

Freddie dashed between them and grabbed Jade in a bear hug and shouted out, "Just run. Run fast and far."

Jade struggled in his arms for a few seconds trying to get at Cat.

Sinjin walked up behind Jade and interrupted the struggling with them looking at the lanky teenager, "Hey Jade... As a guy who used to pick his nose, I'm here to tell you... It gets better."

The couple met each other's eyes for a moment while Cat placed a hand over her mouth and let out a soft, "Hm."

Freddie hissed out, "Walk away."

Jade screamed out and tried to charge at Cat again, but Freddie held on to her in her struggling. He seriously debated letting her go and letting Cat take her chances since he was afraid he'd hurt her by hanging on to her if she struggled any further.

"Ah!" Sinjin shouted as he doubled back as fast as he could run.

Cat shouted and dashed down the short hallway towards the senior wall, "No!"

Freddie held her tightly against him and started stroking the back of her head, "Angel, shh, shh, stop Angel, stop. Just settle for me just settle. Shh. Shh."

She stopped flailing her arms over his shoulders, started settling and her knees were giving out on her. He quickly realized that and gently slid down with her to the floor with him ending up on his behind and her on her knees.

He gently started rocking her and whispering into her right ear, "It's okay angel, it's okay."

She started crying in frustration and embarrassment into the crook of his neck and he felt the wetness of her tears on his neck.

This garnered the attention of the loitering students and he glanced upwards and outright glared at them. They had enough sense to look away and some started walking away to either class of meet up with other friends.

He kissed her right cheek and continued to whisper calming words.

Asphalt Café
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Lunch time rolled around and the Hollywood Arts ganged were gathering around their lunch table. Jade and Freddie joined the group for the first time in several days and sitting on the left side of the table with their backs to the Asphalt's parking lot. Beck and Tori took a seat next to Jade and Freddie with Tori sitting between the tech-producer and her boyfriend while the others took seats rounding the table facing away from the school.

Freddie and Beck exchanged guarded, cursory glances to one another and everyone expected to have a relatively quiet lunch with the tension between the pair, but Beck surprised them (after a slight, unseen nudge of Tori's elbow into Beck's side); the long haired actor wore a mollified expression and started with a pretty submissive tone, "I'm sorry about… you know, running my mouth about you to Mister Vega."

André curiously asked, "About what?"

The tech-producer passed a quick glance to his dreadlock wearing friend. "It doesn't matter." He nodded his head to Beck then guardedly asked, "Is there an apology in there for calling Jade a freak and implying that she would cheat on me with your friend Moose? I never forgot about that."

Beck softly bit his bottom lip and glanced down to the table.

Freddie rolled his eyes and curtly commented, "Oh just save it; if you were going to mean one, you would have apologized sometime during the last two weeks."

The school's heartthrob snapped his head and nearly glared at his ex's boyfriend.

Freddie ignored him and turned his attention to Tori and asked, "So how's your song coming for Kojeezy?"

The brunette appeared that she was willing segue into another discussion to prevent a blow up between her boyfriend and friend, "Slowly, but I think I should be ready for tomorrow."

André offered, "If you need help tonight, just let me know."

"Thanks."

Freddie raised an eyebrow and questioned, "Can you even sell a song to him? Wouldn't Mason want you to keep any song you wrote for your own album? Why don't you just keep it for your album?"

She took a quick sip from the straw of her drink then answered, "When Kojeezy was at Neutronium Records and made his suggestion, Mason didn't have a problem with it and I thought about it. I won't be able to get an album done until the end of the summer, but if Kojeezy buys and produces a song now, then maybe I can have a hit summer song and stay in the public eye until I can get my album out."

Jade nodded her head to the side and commented, "Good plan."

The semi-formal-rival replied, "How about you? How's your album coming?"

Jade hesitated. Tori was her competition on another record label even if she had a clause that allowed her to perform and record with artists on other labels. Unfortunately, it was something to consider in future relations with Tori on a professional level. However, she decided to answer honestly, "The soonest I could get mine out is the end of the summer too, but Quincy doesn't want a rushed album. He's happy to wait for the holidays then either a spring or even summer tour next year."

Cat hesitantly pointed out, "But if you two release at the same time, you could be competing for record sells?"

The girls exchanged silent glances then Jade answered, "That's the nature of the industry: we all want to be actors or musicians, so there was always the chance we would be competing head to head for roles and opportunities. We've had to do that plenty of times already here."

Freddie mumbled as he took a sip from his cup, "With the teachers completely rigging it."

The group decided to ignore it and André took the opportunity to speak up with a melancholy tone, "Jade's right, there may be times we're be competing against each other if our albums come out at the same time." He looked to Jade and Tori as he finished in the same tone, "I'm just sorry I'll be outselling the both of you."

The girls simultaneously gave him looks questioning that he really had made the comment.

He snorted out a laugh and causing the others to soon joined him.

Tori picked up with Jade in a curious tone, perhaps eager to learn how the pale girl was handling the silent dilemma she was facing, "What about college? If you could tour in the summer, it'd be alright, you'd have plenty of time, but what about the spring? You'd have to miss your spring semester?"

Jade glanced to Freddie then hesitantly answered, "We're still discussing about college. Signing with Quincy for a record deal has made me seriously debate whether I should go to college right now or take a year or compromise and go part-time." She spared Freddie another glance then finished, "If I did go to UCLA, as Freddie and I'd planned, I'd have to take the winter quarter off to just prepare for a tour then I'd miss the spring quarter for the actually tour. I have a lot of options and it's something we're still debating about exactly what to do. What do you plan to do?"

"I'm debating the same thing with my mom and dad and Mason then I have to worry about promotion for my movie. They're finally ready to release it for the summer. I think they want to take advantage of my name recognition while we're still fresh on everyone's minds."

Freddie laughed out, "Balancing school, music and acting? There are plenty of people would love to have your problems and I'm glad you have them. I know what it's like to have options taken away by others." The girls he was sandwich between each gave him a narrowed eyed expression. He casually popped a French fry into his mouth then idly commented, "I'm just telling the truth. It's a nice break from all the other chizzy problems we've had to deal with lately and something actually good happening to you."

He was surprised wide-eyed the next moment from briefly feeling a pair of lips on each one of his cheeks.

Beck gave a disapproving expression of Tori giving Freddie a cheek kiss, but held his tongue. Cat just laughed at the action while Robbie and Rex remained silent.

André spoke up towards Jade, "Speaking of truths, I read about the 'nose picking' picture."

Jade outright glared at the songsmith and snapped, "I was not picking my nose; I was just scratching it." She made the motion of scratching the left side of her nose.

He leaned backwards and held up his hands in surrender.

She glared at the rest, daring them to bring it up again and they wisely chose to turn to other topics for the rest of lunch.

Sikowitz's Classroom
Hollywood Arts High School
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Jade was pacing about behind Sinjin and Freddie while the pair was focusing on the curly hair teenager's PearBook. Cat was sitting on the feet of the stage, patiently watching her annoyed friend. Jade had thought in frustration about forcing her friend to eat bush peas, but Cat smirked at her in such a way that made her realized that would have been a fruitless endeavor. The expression to Jade's eyes was a hint of the 'old Cat' and a part of her thought that tweet wasn't an accident at all but to make them even for the whole fake head shaving incident. If that really was the case, she was to let it go.

Sinjin announced as he sat in front of a PearBook and quickly typed away, "Okay, I'm past the firewall… into Pearmaps' main server."

Freddie pointed to a particular portion of the screen and commented, "There! You just need to input the proper code..."

Jade stopped her pacing next to Sinjin and annoyingly interrupted, "Blah blah nerd nerd can you take down the picture of me or not?"

Freddie looked up from the computer and knotted his brow. He softly retorted laced with a hint of irritation, "Hacking is a diminishable skill and it's been awhile since I used it… especially doing something that might get me fired and void my deal with them. A little caution is in order."

She apologetically frowned to him. He was taking a big chance in risking in trying to take the picture off the site. However, if anything went wrong, she was going to blame everything on Sinjin and to Hell with any complaints from Ava.

Robbie walked in the room with his PearPhone between his right ear and his shoulder, talking to the person at the other end of the line while scribbling on a notepad, "Yeah, they're trying to get the picture down now. And that's tomorrow? Got it. Thanks Mister Ferber."

Jade stepped behind Sinjin and Freddie and asked the ventriloquist in a hopeful tone, "Well?"

Robbie slid his phone in his jeans pocket and answered, "My dad's friend said that if we can get the picture of you off Pearmaps..."

Sinjin interjected, "Almost done..."

"They'll take a new picture of Hollywood Arts next time the satellite goes over the school."

Freddie got up from his seat and asked, "Okay, when's that?"

Robbie looked at the notepad in his hand and answered, "Tomorrow afternoon at four fourteen P.M."

Jade picked up, "Okay, great, so plan is tomorrow at four fourteen, I will be outside posing for the new pic and I'm going to look hot, so no one will even remember the picture of me..."

Freddie wanted to interject and asked when was she not hot, but the ventriloquist interrupted, "With your finger up your nose?"

Jade hissed out in a threatening tone, "Robbie..."

Freddie bowed his head and palmed his forehead, resisting the urge to pop Robbie in the back of his head.

Sinjin shouted, "Boom! The pic is down." He got up from his seat and turned to the dark brunette. "You may pay me in cash, pizza, or hugs."

Freddie spoke up in no uncertain tone, "You're not touching my girl and I don't think Ava would approve."

The dark brunette motioned her head over Sinjin's shoulder and instructed the dark curly haired teenager, "Robbie, hug him."

Robbie snapped back, "I most certainly will not!"

"Hug him!"

Sinjin pulled Robbie in a hug and started rubbing Robbie's back and letting a small smile play on his face.

Freddie looked past them to meet Jade's eyes and asked, "Am I the only one kind of freaked out by watching this?"

Jade shook her head and agreed, "No, you're not."

Asphalt Café
Thursday, May 24, 2012

It was four thirteen in the afternoon as Freddie, Jade, Robbie and Cat were outside in the café with a surprising number of other students loitering since school had let out at three o'clock. Freddie focused his complete attention on the laptop screen sitting at the usual lunch table while Robbie was looking over his left shoulder at the screen.

Cat was sitting at the neighboring table brushing her giant stuffed doll pig, readying to hold it up to be in the picture.

Jade was standing between the tables and glancing towards the school. She was wearing a black and burgundy sweetheart neckline dress. The top half was black with a dark burgundy diamond on the front, one point at the center of her cleavage and the other at her waist. The skirt was a dark burgundy with the hem trimmed in pink, separated by her standby wide elastic back belt. Her outfit was finished with a matching burgundy leather Western vest. She intended to look hot in the picture and she certainly was to Freddie's eyes in that outfit.

The tech-producer called out, "Forty seconds and counting."

Robbie happily shouted, "Perfect." He walked over to the Jade and gently took her by the shoulders and turned her away from the superstructure of the café and instructed her, "Now you're gonna wanna stand south-east—" He pointed his right finger to her face, "—so the satellite gets a good shot of you."

She looked up at the sky and asked, "Right here?"

"Yep."

"Awesome…" She spared him a slight glance and snapped at him, "Now get your hands off my shoulders."

"Time?"

Freddie quickly answered, "The satellite should snap the shot in... Seventeen seconds."

"Good, now nobody talk to me," she quickly snapped and placed her hands on her hips and looked up smiling.

Robbie walked back over stand behind Freddie to watch the screen, but a bee almost immediately started flying toward the standing teenager and started swatting at it. "Shoo. Shoo, bee."

"Fourteen… thirteen…Freddie paused in his counting and looked up and gave Robbie a curious expression as he questioned, "Bee?"

Robbie started swatting at the bee and stepping away from behind the tech-producer towards Jade. "Shoo! Bee! Shoo! That's a bad bee! Shoo!"

The word bee also went through Jade's mind and triggered a memory of a negative connotation to it. However, the ventriloquist couldn't respond to Freddie or allow Jade to further contemplate the reasons her instincts were screaming out a warning as Robbie was too busy tripping over his book bag, colliding with the purple streaked hair teenager and tipping the pair over into a neighboring lunch table.

Fortunately (depending on your point of view), Robbie's left arm got behind Jade and took the brunt of Jade falling into it instead of her spine. Robbie may have enjoyed the intimate and compromising position he found himself in with Jade as his lips were just inches apart, but Jade's weight dropping on his arm nixed that pleasure as he cried out in pain.

"Get off!" Jade shouted out in disgust as she pushed Robbie off of her. She was ready to shout out in frustration and anger as she knew that the satellite had to snap that image. She could literally feel it in her bones.

Her anger was cut off in an instant as Freddie started coughing and clamped his right hand over the back of his neck.

Jade's brow knotted and looked onto her boyfriend with concern. She softly questioned, "Freddie?" as he stood up and started to walk away from the table in the direction of the school. His breath was instantly becoming labored and the next moment his legs went out from under him and his jean covered knees hit the pavement then he rolled onto his left shoulder on the ground.

"Freddie! Freddie!" Jade shouted as she was by his side in an instant.

He was able to look up to meet her frightened eyes and mutter out, "Bee—stin…" He started breathing harder with only a wheezing sound passing through his lips.

She looked to Robbie and desperately shouted, "Help me pick him up!" She looked to Cat and shouted, "Cat, go to the office and tell them a bee stung Freddie!"

"'kay, 'kay!" the redheaded shouted after she already started dashing towards the doors.

Jade pulled Freddie's right arm around and over her shoulders then whispered, "Freddie, you got to stand up."

He apparently he heard her and pulled his feet under him, but Jade had to push up with all her might to get her and Freddie onto their feet. Robbie got under Freddie's left arm and the pair struggled to get the muscular teenager towards the school entrance.

Author's Note: Sorry for the cliffhanger. I hope to get the next chapter out by early next week instead of the end of it. I hoped you liked this chapter anyway. Also, if you're wondering why I didn't cover the other plot, simple Mrs. Harris is fine since Christmas and two, it was established twice already that André doesn't actually live with his grandmother in the first place, so it didn't make sense even in the canon. Later, OneHorseShay.