And Then There Was You

Chapter Two

The angry teen stormed through the halls of Salem High, knocking anyone and everyone out of his way. So far, he had managed to hit three nerds and four others had basically jumped out of his way.

Philip Kiriakas watched as the teen walked down the hall and decided he should do anything before Jason did any serious damage.

"Hey Jase, what's up with you?" he asked as he ran to fall into step with the enraged teen.

Jason suddenly stopped and glared at the dimpled teen.

"Nothing, everything is just peachy," he yelled out sarcastically, earning a few stares.

"Wanna talk about it?" Philip asked, hoping talking would calm Jason down.

Jason stared at him for a while. Unsure of whether or not he was serious. The two had just started to become close again but he wasn't sure if Philip had really cared. Deciding that he would just tell him because he really just needed to vent to someone, Jason began to explain.

"That girl is just the most infuriating person on the planet. She thinks she's all that."

As Jason said this Philip tried to figure out who he was talking about. His first instinct was Jan, but she hadn't been talking to anyone for the past few months so he quickly dismissed that thought.

"All I did was try to help her and she acts like she owns the whole place. Making stupid comments about me not being suitable for giving love advice. Like she is? The chick never even had a boyfriend but just because a couple of social losers think that her advice is oh so wonderful, she acts like she is the queen of the universe!!!"

Realization finally dawned upon Philip. Jason had been babbling on about Mimi. He should have realized when Jason started babbling. A trait he obviously picked up from the girl.

"I thought things were going okay between you and Mimi. I thought you two had called a truce," he said, not knowing what else to say.

"Yea, well that was until she decided that it was her column that was doing so well on the newspaper and not ours," he said, anger still boiling inside of him.

"Hey man, why do you care so much? I thought you didn't even like working on the advice column. And, you gotta admit, that it really is Meems' part that does well. I mean, no offense man, but without her no one would really take your advice seriously. You went around tormenting the majority of the people that read the column. And you still seem to be hurting a few," he concluded by pointedly staring around at the teens Jason had knocked over who were only now just getting up from the floor.

"Thanks Phil, your support means the world to me," Jason bit out sarcastically as he watched as two people had to help one of the people he had knocked over stand up. He shuddered slightly. He didn't mean to harm anyone. They were just all in his way at the wrong time. He'd have to apologize later.

"Yeah, well, I still don't see why you're making such a big deal out of this. Mimi meant no harm. She's just not used to being in the spotlight. She's usually seen as Belle's shadow and now she's found something she's good at, she just trying to enjoy the moment. I'm sure if you just go back and tell her that her comment upset you, she would realize what she did and apologize."

Jason realized that Philip made sense. Mimi wasn't used to being in the spotlight and when she finally gets her time to shine he has to make it hard for her. What an idiot he was. The two of them had just begun getting along and he had to go screw it up. Well he didn't do it alone. If she hadn't been being such a bitch-major he wouldn't have lost his temper. But that wasn't the point. What was important was that he had to try to fix things before they got any worse. He knew what he had to do.

"Thanks Phil, you're the greatest!" he yelled out as he took off in a run.

"Can I get that in writing?!?" Philip shot back as he watched Jason's retreating figure.

"Where's he off to in such a hurry?" came a voice from behind him.

Philip turned around to see Mimi standing behind him looking as confused as he was.

"I wish I knew," was all Philip could manage. He then noticed the look of disappointment on her face.

"What's up Meems?" he asked, already figuring out it had something to do with the conversation he had just shared with Jason.

"Well, I was going to apologize to Jase for something really stupid that happened a while ago. But since he took off like the school's on fire, I guess it'll have to wait for later. Anyways, I'm going to lunch. You coming?"

Philip turned around one last time to see Jason exiting the school. He really hoped his buddy knew what he was doing. It was obvious he had a thing for Mimi. If he didn't he wouldn't have been so stuck up on the fact that she didn't think the column was a team effort.

"Good luck Jase. Looks like you're gonna need it," he mumbled out loud without realizing it.

"What was that?" Mimi asked, looking at Philip like he had just grown another head or something.

"Nothing, nothing at all. I'm starving, let's go eat."

And with that, he grabbed her arm and pulled her to the cafeteria.

'It's official. All my friends are nutcases!' Mimi thought to herself as Philip continued to literally drag her to lunch.

A/N: After writing this, I'm not sure if I really like it. Feedback would be lovely. If y'all don't like it I'll just write it over or something. I need to decide whether or not to continue this fic. If I don't get a response I'll probably stop. But I have some really interesting ideas for the story so please, please read & review. Reminder: I don't own, so please don't sue.