"Promise me you won't engage with Justin?" Zack asked Freddy as they arrived at school.

"You have my word, Zack." Freddy reassured him.

"That's what worries me." Zack said before walking off. Freddy looked at his phone and noticed he arrived early so decided to go to drop off some stuff in his locker. He walked to the back end of school where it was located and found there were a surprising amount of students there. He was putting some of his things inside when he heard two seniors behind him chatting.

"C'mon bro, you haven't told how the date was with that Mooneyham kid." Freddy stopped moving and began to listen closely.

"It was alright I guess, but I don't think I'll be going out with him again." Good. Freddy though.

"At least you got to bang him right?" Justin's friend asked.

"Of course I did. Wasn't great though. He was way too easy you know? I just got on top of him and-" They were both cut off by the sound of a locker slamming shut. "Whoa dude, who shit in your cornflakes?" Justin asked, not knowing it was Freddy at first.

"You fucking liar! Zack wouldn't sleep with you if you were the last person on earth!" Freddy yelled as a crowd began to form around them.

"What's wrong Jones? No one else aloud to plug your ex?" Justin mocked once he realized it was Freddy. "What's with the hat? You think you're a cowboy or something squirt?"

"Zack told what really happened." Justin's smile dropped immediately. "Every last detail and if you don't want me telling the whole school, you better shut your mouth." Freddy warned.

"Why don't you make me?" Freddy and Justin starred each other down as an intense silence filled the halls.

"You're not worth it." Freddy said walking away.

"Guess Daddy raised a quitter huh?" Justin called out. Freddy stopped dead in his tracks and turned around with rage in his eyes and pounced

Zack was chatting with Lawrence when Katie ran up to them. "Guys, there's a fight breaking out."

"So? It's Monday after all." Zack told her.

"Trust me Zack, you're gonna want to see this." She said, grabbing his arm and pulling him down the hallway.

When they arrived they couldn't see anything due to the thick wall of other students. Zack saw what looked like blond hair in the fight and pushed his way through and sure enough, saw Freddy and Justin in the middle. "Get this kid off of me! He's fucking crazy!" Justin yelled. Before Zack could make a move, Chiaki pushed through the crowd and forcibly pulled them away from each other.

"Show's over everyone, now get to class. Except you two, straight to the dean's office now." The two begrudgingly walked down the hall in the same direction refusing to look at each other. Zack watched them leave as he picked up Freddy's hat off the floor, realizing it must've fallen off during the fight.

"Ok, what's this all about?" The dean asked the two boys sitting in her office. Both of them began yelling over each other at the same time before she put her fingers in her mouth and whistled to silence them. "Let's try this again. Justin why were you fighting a freshman?"

"I wasn't! He just jumped me like a psycho person." She turned her head towards Freddy.

"He wouldn't stop pushing me and then he lied about his date with Zack. Calling him easy and all this other stuff."

"Is this true?" She asked.

"Well...yeah." Justin admitted.

"I see. Justin, spreading rumors like that is not only wrong, but it's potentially very harmful to Zack. And Freddy, violence is never the answer. Do you both understand?" They both nodded. "Good, Justin that's a week of detention for you and two weeks for you Freddy. You're both dismissed." The two got up and left to find Zack waiting outside.

"Zack?" Freddy asked.

"Here, you dropped your hat. Or more that it fell off." He said, handing it over.

"Thanks," Freddy said putting it on his head. "Shouldn't you have class though? Aren't you late now?"

"I think I'll live." He said with a smile.

"Well, hello there Zack." Justin said sliding over.

"You don't want to get into this again do you?" Freddy threatened, standing in between them.

"Zack, call off your bulldog." Justin said in a condescending tone.

"Freddy, I can deal with him. Just go to class ok?" Zack said, putting a hand on his shoulder. Freddy walked down the hall not taking his eyes off Justin for a second. "I want you to stay out of my life forever." Zack told him.

"And what if I don't. You think anyone will believe you?" Justin asked with a smile.

"My dad sure seemed to believe me and I could have him call your dad." Justin's smile dropped. "I'm pretty sure he'd be better at punishing you than the police. All I'd have to do is give the ok."

"Y-you wouldn't."

"Try me." Zack said stepping close to him.

"Alright whatever." Justin said, back off. "You're missing out though." He said walking off.

"Keep walking asshole." Zack said before walking away himself, turning the corner and bumping into Freddy.

"That was pretty cool back there."

"Thanks,"

"Was that how you're going to teach him a lesson?"

"Nah, I paid the lunch lady to put laxatives in his food."

"Oh, that is just cruel. I like it when you're cruel." He said as they shared a laugh. "I don't know if you heard, but I got detention for the next two weeks."

"I'll tell the band to practice late." Zack said before walking off to class. Freddy watched him leave, remember the kiss they shared after his and Justin's date.

"Yep, still in love with him." Freddy said to himself before making his way down the hall.

"So, what you're saying is, if we fail to impress your dad, you'll have to move back to Japan forever?" Katie asked Chiaki as the band was setting up for practice.

"Yep, no pressure, but we'll have to be perfect." He told them.

"Yeah, no pressure at all." Zack muttered, while tuning his guitar.

"Anyone seen Summer?" Marta asked.

"She's usually on our asses about being on time." Alicia commented. Almost as if someone heard her, the door to the classroom opened immediately.

"Everyone, I need you to be quiet please." Clark said, holding the door open.

"Yeah sorry to burst your bubble," Leonard began. "But this is band practice, we can't can't exactly be-"

"Just do what you're told for once Leonard." Summer whisper shouted, walking in with a baby strapped to her chest.

"S-Summer, is that-but you told me that-" He attempted to say, tripping over his words.

"Oh relax, it's not our's. How would I have hid that from you? It's my new baby brother, Joey." She explained.

"So, your parents still-" Lawrence started.

"Please don't finish that sentence, but yes." Summer told him.

"Summer, why did you bring him?" Chiaki asked.

"Well, I need a favor from one of you." She said shyly.

"I don't like where this is going." Tomika said grimly.

"My parents are out of town and I have alot of work to do since we got the school gig. So, I need one of you to watch him for a day." Everyone avoided eye contact in hopes that she wouldn't choose them. Freddy stood up slowly to make his way towards the door while she wasn't looking.

"Freddy, this means so much, thank you." She said turning to him.

"No, you don't understand, I'm not-"

"Going to do it alone." Zack interrupted. "We'll watch him together."

"Oh, well thank you both very much." She said with a smile, handing Joey over to Freddy who shot Zack a look.

"Why on earth did you agree to this?" Freddy asked. The two were at Zack's house after school and Joey was crying loudly.

"Maybe I want kids someday." Zack said as a half question, shaking Joey lightly to calm him down.

"Well, you're off to a bad start. He needs to be burped." Zack put Joey's head over his shoulder and patted until his back until Joey burped and quieted down.

"How did you know that?" Zack asked.

"I have a little brother and eight younger cousins remember? I know what different cries mean." He said. Zack smiled and sat down next to him on the couch. "Can I see him?" Freddy asked. Zack handed him over carefully. "Hey there, hey Joey. You happy to get away from your stuck up sister? I bet you are." Hey teased while tickling him causing a small laugh out of him.

"You're pretty good at this." Zack told him.

"Don't go telling anyone. Gotta keep my street cred in tact." Freddy said with a corny smile before Joey began to cry again. "That's a hungry cry."

"I left his bottle in the kitchen, I'll go get it." Zack said getting up and leaving.

"You like him huh?" Freddy asked Joey, even though he knew he wouldn't be able to understand him. "Yeah, I like him to. Even though I really shouldn't anymore." Zack walked back in with his bottle and handed it to Freddy who put it in Joey's mouth.

"How the Hell does Summer have such an adorable baby brother?" Zack asked.

"Give it a few years, he'll be acting like a mini her." Freddy told him with a chuckle.

"I pity the kids in his class." Zack said going along with Freddy.

"Shh," Joey began to fall asleep and the two wrapped him in a blanket and took him up to Zack's room and laid him down in his bed and quietly left the room.

"Thanks for help, I'd be totally lost without you."

"Well, I was volunteered against my will. Really it's you that chose to do this."

"You should get going home soon, it's pretty late." Zack said looking at his phone.

"Nah, I can't leave Joey, Cool if I stay the night here?" He asked.

"I guess so. I should have a sleeping bag somewhere you can use."

"Not aloud in your bed anymore huh?" Freddy asked with a laugh.

"You know my parent's or Ashton will freak if they see you in close proximity to me right?"

"I know, it was a joke, calm down." Freddy said. "I've been meaning to ask you something though." He added as they walked downstairs.

"What's up?" Zack asked.

"Back in the tree-house, after-after your date last Friday, why'd you kiss me?" Freddy asked.

"The last person I kissed was Justin and I wanted to fix that." Zack said with a shrug.

"You sure that was the only reason?" Freddy asked, taking a hold of Zack's hand.

"Freddy, we've been broken for over a month-" Zack began.

"Is that enough? Zack, I want you to look directly into my eyes and tell me in all honesty that don't feel for me at all."

"I can't do that Freddy. You were my first love, i lost my virginity to you and you're still one of my closest friends. I can't just not feel anything for you. But I don't love you romantically."

"Is that the truth?" Freddy asked.

"Yes. Completely."

"Then why are you gripping my hand even tighter?" It was true, Freddy may have grabbed his hand first, but Zack was holding his hand as tight as he could. Freddy put his other hand on Zack's shoulder causing Zack to flinch. "It's ok, Zack. It's me, not Justin. You know I won't hurt you." Freddy said before they leaned in and shared a soft kiss. Zack looked longingly into Freddy's eyes before he blinked and turned away.

"Get out." Zack said, turned away.

"Zack, I-"

"Don't." Zack stopped him. "I don't want to-" They heard a loud thump from upstairs and ran upstairs to check on Joey. "Joey?" They looked inside and saw he wasn't on the bed. "Joey?!" They began to frantically search Zack's room.

"Ok, you got up Joey! Ha ha. Come on out now." Freddy said looking through Zack's closet.

"He's not under my bed!" Zack said standing up, panicking.

"He's not where we were a year ago either." Freddy said from inside the closet. Freddy noticed the curtains blowing from the wind outside. "Zack, did you leave your window open when you left him in here?" Freddy asked. Zack's eyes nearly popped out of his skull.

"JOEY!" Zack called. "Joey. can you hear me?! Are you out there?! Freddy, we gotta go look for him." Zack said running out his room and down the stairs. The were about to run out the door when they heard a voice on the couch.

"Shh, he's sleeping." They turned and saw Ashton holding Joey.

"Ash? What the Hell?" Zack asked.

"I saw you guys. I saw you kiss each other." He told them. "Are you two stupid? Do you really want to date again?"

"Ash, it's not-"

"I saw that look Zack. I know that look."

"Ashton's it's not Zack's fault. It's mine. I have a hard time letting go. Obviously. So I tried to pressure Zack into saying he still loves me when we should've been keeping an eye on Joey."

"Yeah, you should've. What if that wasn't me that climbed in your window? What would you have done? What would you have told Summer? You need to stay close to him ok?" Ashton said handing Joey over to Freddy.

"Ash, we're sorry." Zack told him.

"I'm going to bed now. Stay with the baby." The two of them stood in awkward silence.

"We should go to bed too." Zack said, heading for the stairs.

"Where's that sleeping bag you mentioned?" Freddy asked, following him.

"Just sleep in the bed with me and Joey, it's big enough." Zack told him.

"Are you sure?" Freddy asked.

"To be honest, I'm too tired to care." Zack responded.