A/N: Thanks again to everybody who took the time to read and review my story.

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It was a brand new day at Degrassi and Kendra felt like she was on top of the world. The Winter Ice Festival was scheduled for that night and she couldn't wait. On top of that, her grades were up and things at home were going pretty good too. The only thing that had her worried was her friend, Nadia.

Even though Nadia told her everything was fine, Kendra wasn't blind and she could see that things weren't. Nadia had seen her doctor a couple of times recently, but when Kendra would ask her how things went, Nadia would just tell her that it was a routine check up. As Kendra was thinking about Nadia, Jimmy walked by.

"Hi Jimmy." Kendra said.

"Hey Kendra." Jimmy replied as he stopped to talk for a minute.

"So have you thought about my offer from yesterday?"

"Yeah, I really would like to come over to your house on Christmas Eve. Are you sure your parents are okay with it?" Jimmy asked.

"Of course! I told my Mom and she wanted to know why I was even asking her, she said that you should know by now that you're welcome to come over anytime." Kendra reassured him, "Plus Spinner and Paige are going to be there. I could use someone else there to talk to while they have another one of their marathon 'slob-fests'."

"You know, making out with someone you love isn't as bad as you make it sound." Jimmy pointed out.

"Probably not, but it's not a great spectator sport either." Kendra replied.

"I get your point. Look, I need to find Marco before class starts, so I'll catch you later." Jimmy said as he hugged Kendra, and then took off down the hallway.

"Bye." Kendra said, as she turned her attention back to her locker. Just then she heard footsteps behind her.

"I can't believe what you're doing Kendra!"

Kendra turned around to see Toby standing in front of her.

"What, exactly, can't you believe I'm doing?" Kendra asked him.

"I'm talking about Jimmy." Toby answered.

"What about Jimmy?"

"I can't believe you're getting involved with him." Toby revealed to her.

Kendra was dumbfounded at first.

"Toby, what in the world, are you talking about?" Kendra responded, "What makes you think him and me are a couple?"

"You can't deny it. I saw you hugging him after-school yesterday and I saw you again just now. Plus I saw you two at the mall." Toby told her.

"The mall? You followed us to the mall. What, are you stalking me now?" Kendra asked him.

"No, I just wanted to be sure about everything before I confronted you today. Spinner freaked out when we started going out because I was only a year older than you, he's gonna go ape when he finds out about you and Jimmy." Toby stated to her.

Kendra was less concerned about Toby's accusations than she was about him ruining her surprise for Spinner. So she decided to play along for a little while and find out if he knew what they had bought. If he did, she would simply tell Toby that Jimmy bought the MP3 player for himself.

"So…what exactly did you see?" Kendra asked him.

"Not just me, J.T. was there also." Toby answered, "We saw you two go into a store and you came out holding a bag. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out Jimmy bought some expensive gift for his new girlfriend. I mean, he did date Ashley for a year and I saw how he liked to get her nice things."

Kendra wanted to bust out laughing, but she managed to keep her composure as she responded to Toby.

"Really? Do you have anything else to say to me?"

"You don't get it. You're going to ruin their friendship over a relationship that probably won't last." Toby said, trying to make her understand his point of view.

Kendra was irritated by Toby's comments. He made it sound like it was so unbelievable that any guy besides him would show any interest in her. So she decided to make a point of her own.

"Let me get this straight, what you're saying is that I should forget about Jimmy because he could never be serious about a girl like me?"

"Not exactly, you're turning my words around." Toby tried to explain to her.

"Oh, so what you really meant is that I should sit around and wait for you to decide that you want to be with me?" Kendra asked him.

"No, wait, that's not what I meant either." Toby said, trying to clear up the meaning of his statement.

"Well which is it? Is Jimmy so desperate that he has to settle for me, or am I so pathetic that I should just spend the rest of my life waiting for you?" Kendra posed to Toby.

"Neither one, you misunderstood what I was trying to say." Toby replied.

"Well you want to know what I think? I don't think you were worried about Jimmy and Spinner's friendship. I think you're just jealous that I might actually be over you." Kendra told him, even though deep down she wasn't sure if she really was.

"I'm not jealous." Toby said as he tried to deny what she said.

"You know what, it doesn't matter. I'm not going to stand here and argue with you about it.  If you want to know what's going on in my life, then come talk to me. But if all you're going to do is play private eye, then just leave me alone!"

Kendra gathered the rest of her things from her locker and started to walk away, but she felt Toby grab her by the arm.

"Just wait Kendra, please." Toby began, "I just want us to be friends again." Toby then paused for a moment.

"Would you like to go and talk sometime, like lunch today? Just the two of us."

Kendra thought about his offer for a moment.

"It's about time." Kendra answered, "And yes, I'd like to go and talk too."

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That night at the Victoria Village Arena, it was a madhouse in the backstage area. Kendra and Manny did their best to keep their young charges focused on their performance that night. The two girls had to deal with the fact that the children on their squads had short attention spans at their age, and that some of them were coming down with a severe case of stage fright.

"Manny," Angela Jeremiah called out, "There must be a million people out there." She said as she peered through one of the curtains.

"I don't wanna go out there!" Another girl said adamantly.

Manny knew how to calm down the young kids. She did come from a large family, after all, with younger brothers and sisters.

"Don't worry, there aren't that many people out there."

"Uh-huh." Another girl said, disagreeing with Manny.

"You don't have anything to worry about, I'm going to be right here the whole time. Just go out there and pretend that this is just another practice." Manny said, encouraging the children.

"You all are going to do great." Kendra added, trying to make them feel better, "Plus, when you get through, we have a special treat for you."

"Yeah, a treat for everybody." Manny added.

As the children went out on to the ice, Manny and Kendra watched from behind some of the decorations as their weeks of hard work paid off. The children's performance came off without a single mistake, making their coaches very proud. After the performance, Manny and Kendra gathered the kids and took them to the dressing room for the special treat that they had promised them. Some of the children needed a bathroom break, so Manny volunteered to take them. Meanwhile, Kendra began handing out bags of popcorn and candy. Kendra had finished passing out the treats to everybody in the dressing room, but Manny still had not returned. So she decided to go and see what was taking her so long. As she walked through the crowd of people, she didn't see Manny, but she did see Nadia.

"You and Manny did a great job with the kids' performance." Nadia complimented her.

"Thank you." Kendra said.

"So, are you ready for your performance?" Nadia asked her.

"As ready as I'm ever going to be." Kendra responded.

"What made you decide to do a synchronized performance with Manny?" Nadia inquired.

"Well one reason was because of time. By the two of us combining our performance, we get to be out there a lot longer. But it was really Manny's idea, which surprised me." Kendra revealed to her.

"I know, who would've thought you two would be friends again. I guess I could say the same thing about you and Toby." Nadia pointed out to her friend.

"You're telling me." Kendra replied. Just as she said that, Manny came walking back with the rest of the kids.

"That was a long restroom break. I was starting to think maybe you got lost or something." Kendra said to her in a joking tone.

"Actually, I ran into a friend and we started, um, talking. I also saw your brother while I was down there too." Manny said, only telling Kendra part of what had really happened. "I'm going to take the rest of the kids back to the dressing room."

"Okay, just remember we go on in about twenty minutes." Kendra reminded her.

As Kendra turned her attention back to Nadia, she noticed Nadia really didn't look well.

"Nadia, are you okay? Do you need your inhaler?" Kendra asked, worried about her friend.

"I'm fine." Nadia replied in her most confident tone, "I'm going back to the audience so I can find a good spot before you go on. Break a leg." Nadia said as she turned and wheeled away, leaving the backstage area.

Kendra stood there for a moment, her concern for her friend continuing to grow.

Before long, it was time for Manny and Kendra to go on and the kids were just as excited about it as their coaches were.

"Are you scared?" Angela asked Manny, "You're going to be out there by yourself."

"No I won't." Manny replied, "Kendra will be out there with me."

"Yeah, we'll both be fine." Kendra added, "Besides Manny wants to do well because she wants to get her special treat too."

Her comment made all of the children start giggling, and even Manny couldn't help but smile at Kendra's remark.

When Kendra and Manny hit the ice, they moved in a synchronicity that left the crowd awestruck. Manny had done most of the choreography for their joint routine, but she got a lot of input from Kendra. She had gotten her inspiration from that night when she and Kendra had skated against each other. The routine was like a call and answer session between the skaters. When one of the skaters would perform a movement, the other would answer it by doing a move of her own. Then they would perform a string of moves together in unison, which was then followed by the skaters trading places as the caller and the answerer. Their routine lasted for a solid fifteen minutes that kept everyone in the arena glued to their seats. When they finished their routine, the two girls received a standing ovation from the audience that seemed to go on longer than their performance itself, and the girls couldn't have been happier.