AN: Another kind of short chapter, but hey this one's cool too. Hope you guys like it. Enjoy :D

Archie sat in the witness box. He didn't look fidgety or shifty or anything like that. In fact he looked relatively calm and collected. That didn't stop most of the Nerd Squad from glaring daggers at him. But he didn't look at them. He kept his eyes on the prosecution attorney.

"Can you state your name for the record," the attorney asked him.

"Archie Johnson. A-r-c-h-i-e J-o-h-n-s-o-n"

"Now, what is your relationship with the victim Jeremy Kinkel?"

"I hardly know him. I mean, we're not friends or anything." Archie's voice was strong and sure. He still didn't glance at his friends or Catherine either.

"Do you know his brother Henry?"

"Not really. He's on trial for the attempted murder of my friend."

"Is that going to give you a motive to lie?"

"No," Archie said. He shook his head for emphasis. "I'm here to tell the truth, that's all. I swore to god. I will tell the truth."

"Okay, can you tell the court what happened the day Jeremy was attacked?"

"Uh...well I was walking down the street. I saw Jeremy come out of the arcade, the one right between the Starlit theater and that little alley. I recognized him. He turned into the alley, I don't know why. I saw this girl follow him. She was maybe 17 or so, not very tall. She had like blond-ish red-ish hair. She followed him into the alley. I got closer and I saw her start hitting Jeremy, juts her hands. He was fighting back but he wasn't doing a very good job."

"Then what happened," the attorney asked Archie.

"I got the hell out of there," Archie said quickly. "I didn't want her to know I've seen her."

"Do you see that girl in the court room today?" It was the key question. Without it, the rest meant nothing.

Archie actually looked the court over. Like he was actually looking for her. His eyes connected for a split second with Catherine's. Then he looked back at the attorney.

"No," Archie said confidently. "She's not here."

The entire Nerd Squad let out a breath they didn't know they were holding. Catharine had to complement the prosecution attorney for not missing a beat though.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. She's not here," Archie repeated.

"Mr. Johnson, do you know what perjury is?"

"Lying in court under oath right?"

"Do you know the penalty for perjury?"

"No. But it hardly matters, because I'm not Lying."

"Your not?"

"No."

The prosecution attorney they called for side bar, and she and the defense attorney both approached the judge. The Nerd Squad was refusing to smile, that wouldn't go over well given the present circumstances. They kept their faces blank and watched Archie. Catherine glanced back at them quickly and Cassy flashed her a thumbs up that nobody else saw.

The lawyers were obviously discussing Archie's testimony. When they went back to their seats, nothing had changed and the prosecution attorney had stopped her questions.

"I just want to be clear on something," the defense attorney said. "Did you see my Ms. Willows anywhere near where Jeremy Hinkel got beat up?"

"No. I didn't see her at all that day."

"No more questions, Your Honor."

The judge turned to look at Archie. "You can step down."

Archie nodded and stepped out of the witness box and walked out of the court room. Greg waited 10 seconds before following him. The others also waited 10 seconds.

Outside the court room, Kiley was the first to get to Archie, despite she wasn't the first to leave. She leaped at him and wrapped her arms around Archie's skinny body and hugged him tightly.

"Um...Little help...her," Archie said in a strangled voiced. Kiley let go.

"Sorry," she said, not sounding that sorry. She was smiling from ear to ear. "You're brilliant."

Greg smiled also. He clapped Archie on the back. "Always knew you weren't that evil," he said.

"Nothing but the truth," Archie stated proudly. Cassy sighed and hugged Archie tightly, though not as tightly as Kiley.

"You scared us there," she scolded. "We thought you were gonna say Cath did it all."

"No offense, and don't say Cath I said this, but if Catherine tried to beat Jeremy up, she would've ended up in a body bag."

Cassy laughed and released him.

The court room doors opened again and Catherine came out.

"They dismissed the case," she said happily. "Something about uncorroborated testimony, only one witness."

Catherine walked forwards and hugged Warrick, who lifted her off her feet and spun her around.

"Hey Cath," Archie said when Warrick let her down. "I'm sorry about the whole 'deceiving you' thing." He attempted a week smile. Catherine smiled and kissed Archie on the cheek.

"Hey Warrick, I think you should be worried," Greg joked. Catherine glared at Greg then turned to Warrick and kissed him passionately.

"I'm not worried," Warrick said a little dazed when Catherine's lips left his.

"I say we celebrate," Cassy said loudly.

"IHOPs," Kiley half-shouted.

"I vote with Kiley," Archie said.

"Oh course you do," Greg said sarcastically. Archie punched Greg's arm.

"Yeah, isn't Kiley a bit young for you," Warrick joked. Kiley's face got red and she glared at Warrick.

"Isn't Catherine a bit out of your league," Archie shot back.

"He got you," Cassy said to Warrick.

Warrick smiled. "I guess I deserved that," he said

"Are we going to celebrate and eat or what," Greg exclaimed. The others laughed.

"You're real impatient aren't you," Nick said.

"Duh," Greg said with a goofy grin.