Cole threw his phone over the railing into the grass. He had just gotten back from Ninjago City where he finally met Morgen and her parents. It was horrible. The trial was officially moving into a courtroom in two weeks. He tried to call Nikki when he got back to his grandparents' house, but his phone wasn't cooperating.

"Are you okay?"

Cole turned and saw Eric standing in the door.

"Sure," Cole mumbled.

"So why did you throw your phone?" Eric asked as he stepped onto the back deck.

"Because… it's a stupid phone, it's always running out of storage space, it's slow, and I hate it."

Eric sighed as he walked down the steps into the yard. Cole's phone was surprisingly undamaged from the fall.

"Holy cow, how old is this phone?" Eric asked as he came back up.

"I don't know. I only have three or four apps on it, but they never stay on the SD card, so it never has any storage space."

"Yeah, I'm getting you another phone. Can't have family walking around with the competition's phone."

"As long as it fits in my pocket," Cole mumbled.

"Giovanni told me the trial isn't going so well," Eric said as he sat down at the table with Cole. He started fiddling around with the phone, but eventually placed it on the table.

"That would be an understatement." Cole crossed his arms.

"Right. Well, I can't make the trial end any sooner, but I think I can cheer you up. You like FSM, right?"

"They're my favorite band."

"Yeah, I like them too. Anyway, I have a four-pack of backstage passes and front row tickets for their concert next weekend in Ninjago City. I was going to go with Misty and a couple of our friends, but Misty has decided that she is not going, and our friends won't go if she doesn't go. Which means I have three extra tickets, and I was wondering if you could give them to people. I don't even care about them paying me back for the cost of the tickets."

"I'm sure I can find people to take those extra tickets."

"Good. So tell me about this girl you've been seeing. Giovanni says you've been hanging out a lot in town with her."

"We're just friends."

Jay sighed as he stood in line with Kai, Nya, Skylor, and Lloyd. They were waiting in line outside of the Ninjago City College Arena for the FSM concert. Zane didn't want to come to a concert because he didn't understand why they were fun when all the music was available online. Cole was inside already. He told them his uncle had an extra backstage pass to meet the band, but they could try and meet on the concourse before it started.

"This is taking forever!" Jay whined.

"Patience, Jay," Lloyd said.

"They're supposed to open the doors at six. It's six-ten. Why aren't the doors open?"

"I'm sure they'll open soon," Nya said.

"Woah, who's that?" Kai asked, looking at his phone. Everyone gathered around and saw Cole had posted some pictures. They were him, Giovanni, a man about his dad's age, and a beautiful girl about Cole's age meeting the band.

"Cole's in a jacket? Why is Cole in a jacket? It's the middle of summer," Lloyd commented.

"That's Eric Nagel! How does Cole know who Eric Nagel is?" Jay asked.

"Who?" Skylor asked.

"Eric Nagel! Cyrus Borg's top rival. He owns Mystitech. They're developing a smart house that's supposed to hit the market in a couple of years. Supposedly there's one out there now, but no one knows who has it. I have to meet him!" Jay rambled.

"I wasn't talking about Eric Nagel. I was talking about the girl," Kai said.

"Maybe she's his cousin? He did say his uncle had an extra backstage pass," Nya pointed out.

"No. Remember a few weeks ago, they posted all those pictures from his grandfather's birthday? She wasn't there." To prove his point, Kai went to Cole's timeline and found the pictures he was talking about. One picture was of Giovanni and Helaine, one was of Giovanni with Wil, Misty, Ben, and Lou, the next was of Giovanni and all of his grandchildren, and the last picture was of Giovanni with his great-grandchildren. The girl in the pictures with the band was not in any of the pictures at the birthday party.

"Is she tagged?" Lloyd asked.

"Um… yeah. Nikki Konstantinopolites."

"Besides, his uncles are Wil Burton and Ben Burton," Jay said.

"The actor and singer?" Lloyd asked.

"Yes. They use stage names. How does he know Eric Nagel? Ugh. I'm gonna call him." Jay's call almost immediately went to voicemail, but Cole quickly texted Jay, saying it was too loud inside to take a call.

"Jay, calm down. Look, they're about to open the doors. We'll find Cole inside and talk to him," Nya said, taking his hand.

The doors opened and the crowd surged forward. Bags were searched while tickets were scanned. Once the entire group made it inside, they found a semi-empty corner to regroup.

"I think we should get our food now, before it starts. We still have to find our seats, and we're near the top row," Lloyd shouted over the crowd.

"Agreed. Let's find our seats, then if there's time, we'll see if we can meet up with Cole," Kai yelled.

The group waited in line for nearly half an hour for their food, then they had to climb up to their seats four rows from the top of the stadium seating.

"I thought you were ninja and famous and stuff," Skylor panted.

"We are," Kai said.

"Then why are we in the nosebleed seats?"

"Lloyd's the one who bought the tickets."

"It's all that was available. We waited until the last minute to decide to come here tonight," Lloyd argued.

The group eventually made it to their seats, which were in the middle of the row. Everyone in the surrounding seats wanted pictures with the group.

"We're not going to see Cole before it starts," Jay sighed. Nya put her hand on his shoulder. They saw a large group of people come out from presumably backstage and make their way to the front group of chairs on the floor. Kai texted Cole, asking where he was, and Cole sent a pic of the stage from the front row in response.

"Jealous," Skylor said as she looked over Kai's shoulder.

"Oh, look at this!" Jay handed his phone over to Kai. He was looking at a picture posted by Eric. Cole had taken a selfie of him, Eric, and Giovanni on Eric's phone, while conveniently framing it so the would-be photo bombers were cut out. The caption said, "Fun evening out with my FIL and nephew at the FSM concert," and he tagged Cole.

It wasn't long before the opening act came on stage. The ninja, like most people in the crowd, finished their dinners while the singer did her set. Lloyd had his phone out to take a video when a notification popped up on his screen.

"Cole just updated his relationship status!" Lloyd yelled over the music.

"What?!" Everyone else got out their phones and saw that Cole and Nikki were officially in a relationship. He had also changed his profile picture to a group shot of him, Nikki, Eric, Giovanni, and the band.

"Who is this girl?" Jay asked as he clicked on her profile. Since he wasn't friends with her online, he could only see her profile picture which was of her and her mother.

"I don't know, but one way or another, I'm going to find Cole and ask him before the night is over." Kai looked at his friends, who nodded in agreement, before settling in to enjoy the concert.