A/N Alright guys sorry for the wait! Here is the next chapter! Enjoy!

Summaries of Christmas until February 8th:

Austin- spent the majority of his Christmas break with Andrew and his family. He went back to school and was delighted to know Massie was only subtly seducing him. His relationship with Addie and the boys was fading, and he had no energy to fight back.

Jesse- had a great time in Boston, actually better than great time, there was only one thing drawing him home. He still hasn't spoken to Andrew other than necessary talking. At lunch he sits with Cam, Kyle, and Ken, along with the PC.

Kyle- still hasn't told most of his classmates and friends about the impending pregnancy, but he will have to soon. Things with Kristen are getting better every day and he is oblivious to the blatant crush she has on him.

Ken- Officially dating Dylan and she are quite into him- almost too into him. He is trying to become the Alpha of his new group, but it seems Cam has the same idea in mind.

Andrew- Hates being the reason he and Austin can't sit with the group. Austin doesn't mind since he hasn't been talking much lately. He and Nicky are smitten in their relationship, but he sometimes feels she wears the pants too much.

Kyle's POV

It was lunch, on Friday. Ken and Dylan were sitting next to each other but not talking very much. Jesse and Alicia were beside them, pretty much ignoring everyone else, babbling about how realistic the Bachelor is. And Massie was talking to anyone who would listen. I did miss Austin and Andrew, but they didn't even ask us to sit with them or confront us, so whatever.

"Tomorrow night let's go to Manhattan. Night on the town!" Massie exclaimed excitedly, gesturing with her hands, and the PC nodded in agreement.

"Ahh… sorry, we'll have to miss it. I'm going to dinner at the Rivera's." Jesse said proudly, nudging Alicia, as everyone "whoo"-ed and teased him. He had his huge dimpled grin on and I saw Alicia look somewhat tentatively at Massie. Massie raised her eyebrows.

Alicia pulled on Jesse's sleeve. "You know, Manhattan is a lot of fun, I'm sure my mom and dad won't mind." The two of them had a quick conversation with their eyes and Jesse put on a defeated smile and slumped down in his chair.

Massie smiled contentedly, and for a split second, her eyes darted over to Austin and Andrew. This had been happening a lot, and even though Austin was siding with Drew, I still had his back.

"Hey Mass, will you come with me to get a Starbucks?" I asked. At first she looked taken aback, but then she nodded.

When we walked up to the kiosk I pretended to be studying the menu, even though I had it memorized. I blame the caffeine in Starbucks for not letting me get taller than 6 feet.

"Listen, Mass, I know you like Austin and I want to help you get him."

She looked at me skeptically and put a hand on her hip as her eyebrows arched. "What's in it for you?"

"I'm just kind hearted."

Massie gave me an even more doubtful lip and raised her eyebrows higher.

I blurted out quickly, "I miss my buddy. I think one of the main reasons, he isn't with us is because of Andrew. He and Drew are new pals because their girlfriends are pals. They tried hanging with the rest of the gang and their girls with our girls, and us but it didn't work. If you started dating him for one we'd all hang out more, and we miss Austin!"

Massie smiled sweetly. "That's more like it. How about you invite him to Manhattan?"

"He's afraid to go near you for some reason."

"We hooked up," she responded like it was no big deal, but I saw a smile fighting its way onto her face.

For the rest of the period Massie and I went to a different table and talked. The real reason that they didn't go out before, not the BS one they had told their friends, was because it was Austin's father's fault that the Blocks had to move to England for a year. Before that, Austin's dad had worked with Mr. Block, but Mr. Block fired him because he was having an affair with Kendra.

"Sounds like Gossip girl," I breathed, running a hand through my hair- this was going to be tougher than I thought.

"Gossip Girl on steroids, but we can fix that, right? We can still make things happen…" Massie mumbled almost to herself.

"The attraction between you two is too strong. Honestly, the fact that he's afraid to talk to you or even us when you're around just proves that he's nervous."

"We could get Addie to dump him…"

"That wouldn't happen unless someone told her and he'd never go out with you if you said something and he'd never forgive me."

Then we heard a voice from behind us. "That's where I come in."

A girl with shoulder length brown hair and a Marc Jacobs dress slid into an empty chair at our small square table at the corner of the Caf. "Who are…?" I began, but Massie cut me off.

"Cecelia," Massie said unsurprised, finishing my though. She look agitated this, as Massie would say, "LBR" was even in her presence.

"I know everything and I've been texting Austin. I told him I wouldn't tell the big hook up story or even your kissing booth kiss, if he did what I wanted and he has been pulling though!'' She exclaimed unknowingly rubbing it in Massie's face.

I looked, horrified, over at Massie, whose eyebrows were crinkled in confusion. She spoke very softly, "Like, sexual favors…?"

"God no!" Cecelia laughed, "Like I've been hanging out with Nicky, Andrew, and Addie. Austin has been trying to set me and Andrew up - or else I reveal everything I have on him. Including your history, what happened over Christmas break and much, much more."

This time I spoke up, not loud, but disgusted. "So you've been blackmailing him?!"

"No. I'm not a stalker or a blackmailer; I'm just a girl that wants to have fun! He has until Valentine's Day for me and Andrew to kiss, or else I'll drop the bombshell, and it's not the only bombshell in my arsenal, Kyle. He's protecting you too."

Cecelia looked at me knowingly as I stared down into my Latte. Massie glanced frantically between the two of us. "What's going on, Kyle? What does she mean?"

I just shook my head and Cecelia spoke up. "A friend of Kyle's has a bun in the oven and let's just say they carry similar DNA."

Massie looked over at me quickly and whisper-yelled, "You knocked someone up? Who was it?"

I still couldn't meet her gaze but whispered, "Tanya."

"The townie?" she asked, to which I nodded. She wiggled her hand into mine and squeezed it; using her thumb to stroke the top.

Then a wave of anger crashed over me. "Cecelia, did you tell Austin?"

"No, but he knows he's protecting you. I guess now that you're both in on the secret you can play my little game," She paused for dramatic effect, then leaned in. "I'll give you until Valentine's day. Massie, you and Austin have to have gone farther than Jesse and Alicia, and Kyle, you have to hook up with Kristen. Ta ta," she smiled as she walked away.

Jesse's POV

Sitting at the large round lunch table, I watched as Massie and Kyle talked. I was pretty curious but then was quickly distracted as Alicia placed a hand on my thigh under the table. "Come with me to talk." she asked, and we started walking down the hallway.

Things had been okay with Alicia, not great, but not bad. When I came back from Boston at first she was really tentative around me. Claiming that she thought I wouldn't be happy to be back, because I had had so much fun. Then a girl named Ashleigh from home uploaded a bunch of pictures on Facebook. Most of them were of me holding a Solo cup with my arms around fake tanned, skinny, beach blond girls. I mean, my arms were around them for the picture, and there were guys in the picture too. I didn't cheat, but she wasn't too happy about it. Then she'd kind of lashed out by continuously meeting with her dancing partner. After I told them they lacked chemistry, they had been hanging non-stop. Sometimes they weren't even hanging out to dance. She claimed that since the show was the day before V-Day, they had to practice. So I had hardly kissed her for the first 2 weeks of being home, but now we were back to normal... kind of.

"So for Pre-Valentine's day you're going to my performance, right?" she asked… again.

"Yeah, of course, I can't wait." I answered, trying not to sound too sarcastic. She looked at me, smiled, and rolled her eyes.

"You're the best," she laughed, turning to me and rubbing her hand up and down my chest in the abandoned hallway.

"Uhh… no problem." I mumbled. Why do I mumble so much around her when she gets all sultry?

She then leaned in and whispered seductively into my ear as her intoxicating Angel perfume numbed my senses and I was frozen. "As your reward for being the best boyfriend ever I think we should do it." Emphasis on the "it". Her eyebrows were raised sexily and every part of my body was paused. I then felt an unfightable smile creep onto my face as she leaned in to give me a quick peck on the lips.

Austin's POV

Well, this sucked. Massie and Kyle were holding hands and Cecelia was talking to them. I didn't know if I should intervene and stop her from blackmailing them but fuck 'em. Kyle was ignoring Drew and me and Massie was just ruining my life.

"You can sit with them if you want," Andrew said, looking down and guilty. He was throwing himself a pity party. It was bad enough that he texted that to Alicia, but then he never really apologized to Jesse, but tried to get Alicia to talk to Jesse for him.

"Forget it. How is Nicky?" I asked absentmindedly.

"Good, we got pretty far last night…" he answered, cockily.

I laughed. "You two nerds hooked up on a school night?"

"Her parents weren't home and she gave me head," he responded proudly, just as Jesse and Alicia passed, walking towards the hall.

Jesse spoke up without even looking down. "How much did you pay her?" Alicia giggled and the two of them walked away. That was something he would say, but normally it would have been a joke. He sounded sinister when he said it to Andrew, and Drew stared down into his soup. We didn't talk for the rest of lunch. Damn, I couldn't even bring up his chemistry or lack of chemistry with Cecelia.

Before football off-season lifting, Ken walked up to me. "Yo Austin!'' he said, acting as if nothing was wrong.

"What do you want, Kendal?" I sighed trying to half ignore him.

"Wanna come to Manhattan with us? Kyle told me to invite you."

"Really?" this honestly took me by surprise.

"Yeah, Jesse will be there too! C'mon, it'll be fun!"

"Sweet!" They missed me! My boys were back!

"No Andrew, though…" Kendal said, walking away. I could live with that. One night without him.

I did my lifting with a new spring in my step. I saw Andrew on the treadmill so I stopped over and he got off.

"Hey man, are you hanging with Nicky over the weekend?" I asked, not really caring about the answer I just had to bring up Cecelia.

"Yeah I am! Tonight actually. Wanna go with?"

"Sure! I'll call Addie and Cecelia", I said without waiting for a response.

Andrew's POV

After I went home I got ready. Honestly I don't really miss the guys that much. I mean yeah, Kyle's silly jokes, Jesse's sarcasm, and Ken's charm were needed at times, but I made a new friend- Cecelia.

Cece really got me. I mean she was such a real person! She read the same books as me; both liked the same movies and her Marilyn Monroe impression literally made me pee in my pants. She also I guess didn't dress to impress. Nicky did, she always wore low cut shirts with tight pants or whatnot. But that was because of her lack of confidence. I mean I really like the down to earth, just normal girl. And Nicky was perfect sometimes, but I have a feeling with the whole Alicia-texting thing, Cece wouldn't have freaked out as much.

We all met at a diner. Addie sat on my right, Austin on my left… that's weird. So Cecelia and Nicky both sat across from me on this round table.

We ordered Pizza's and the conversation started.

Austin was digging in trying to be discreet despite his huge size, but Addie stared right at him, "Austin, how was your week?"

He looked up and wiped his mouth on a napkin, then in the most polite, yet distant way possible responded, "fine, thank you, and yours?"

Addie rolled her eyes- pissed off- and just said, "fine."

There were a few moments of silence before I acknowledged anyone, "Hey Cece, did you get your hair done differently?" Her usual chestnut brown hair that was blow-dried out at the ends now had a side part and a looser ringlet look.

"You noticed my hair?" She asked sweetly then looked over at Nicky, "you've got a catch their, boys who notice your hair are the one's that become the best men… according to Cosmo." Everyone, but Austin laughed, whilst I blushed. Nicky told us about her recent admission into school and I couldn't be happier for her! A year with Nicky… I don't know if she'll like me at school, I don't smell as good or act as energetic. But I guess Cece see's me there and isn't freaked out so it'll probs word.

Andrew's POV

After the pizza Addie asked me to walk with her.

"Austin," she sighed stopping and turning her body towards me without looking up, "what's going on?"

"Nothing…" I whispered, why was I whispering? That sounded guilty.

"Is it Massie? Do you like her?" I looked up and this time she was staring at me. Whoa she caught on quick, I guess her vulnerability or my guilt or whatever made me smile and hug her.

"You, Addie, are the only girl I like. I can guarantee you that," oops… I lied, but she smiled and then kissed me as the snowflakes fell all around us…

Saturday Night! After a day of homework it was time to get to the real city!

When I was picked up, the whole PC was in the car- what were they doing here?! I did my best to mask my nerves as I chatted with them all. Occasionally giving Kyle a bad look for not telling me. Well, whatever, I had my boys!

"So what's the plan, Clan?" Jesse smiled, nudging Ken at his clever rhyme.

Too bad Ken was busy sucking Dylan's face off. They were defiantly not afraid to show how much they liked each other.

"Get a room!'' I threw in as everyone laughed. We had a great trip down to the island.

Ken's POV

God, this was tiresome. I liked Dylan and I liked kissing her, but my lips were chapped and my hand always got lost in her curly hair, and when she introduced me to her mom she kissed me in front of her… Dylan kissed me in front of Merri Lee Marvil…. At least the reality show thing was over.

When we got there to NYC, Massie presented us with Broadway tickets, and a reservation to a nice dinner and then a nightclub. It was pretty fun, I must say.

At the nightclub, through the strobe lights Jesse and Alicia were making out… not just making out, but it was intense as they were dancing. I saw her perfectly glossed lips meet Jesse's and felt a pang of jealousy… I don't know if I was jealous because Alicia was hooking up with my boy or because I liked her or whatnot, but it was bad.

Massie and Austin were small talking over the loud bass that shook the room and Dylan was grinding up against me.

Could she just leave it alone? Literally any time I was near her she wanted to like jump me. I actually wasn't feeling it at all! I thought after waiting so long and becoming such close buds this would be a great relationship, but really it isn't.

On the way home I saw Jesse in the corner with one arm around Alicia's shoulders as she used her hands to hold his free one and place a hand on his chest. They were sound asleep snuggled together.

Dylan tried to kiss me a few times, but I pretended I had a headache. Kristen and Kyle were giggling in the corner and… hooking up! Finally right? Kyle looked guilty, but it probably was my imagination. Claire was stretched over a few seats with her head in Cam's lap as he absentmindedly stroked her hair. We were all tired to say the least.

Then the best part- Massie and Austin. They weren't cuddling, but sitting close and having a fun discussion, even looking at them felt like interrupting. They were laughing quietly, and using hand gestures and had eye contact the whole time. I knew Massie was drooling over Austin's eyes, but she seemed like a friend, not pushing it. I honestly hope they get together; it would make our relationship easier.

When we got home, we all said goodbye and went to bed after a successful night.

Austin's POV

February 13th, I was going to the show with Jess and Ken. I missed those two. I felt bad for ditching Andrew so much, but whatever, I only knew him recently.

We were all hollering, laughing about whatnot.

"Ay, don't let me forget to get my jacket from Alicia's house," Jesse said. He left his suit jacket there from Saturday and he had family dinner after her performance with his Mr. Governor father and snobby step monster, plus all his little half sisters.

We all filed into the giant auditorium and all the dancers started performing in the duo contest. It was actually pretty cool to watch. There were cool outfits and different dances like contemporary and hip-hop. The three of us were clapping along to the beat and having a blast.

Then, the announcer said, "Next up are Connor Miller and Alicia Rivera." Jesse stood up and cheered, so naturally we did the same. Alicia walked out with her hair in a high pony and black onesy swimsuit thingy on with heels. Her partner was handsome with blond floppy hair and a black shirt and black pants on.

Then the song Girl on Fire came on, by Alicia Keys, except it wasn't Alicia Key's voice. I saw Jesse go red and I knew he had sung this - and judging from his reaction had no idea it was to be played. The two dancing on stage were all over each other - like at one point Alicia was lifted and her head was in between Connor's legs and his head was in between hers as he was twisting her. It was beautiful to an onlooker, but poor Jesse had his head down in sheer embarrassment and Ken and I were just uncomfortable.

For the rest of the show Jesse kept his head down and stayed beat red. It was awkward for all of us now, but we all stayed quiet.

Alicia came out of the locker-room beaming. She had her hair up in the same high ponytail, but was wearing a navy blue sweat suit. She weaved her way through the crowd until she came to a stop in front of Jesse.

Jess' POV

"What did you think?" she asked quickly, with a huge smile on her face.

I forced a closed-mouthed smile onto my face, "You were great."

"You didn't like it," she said disappointed, not breaking eye contact.

"No, Ali, you were really good," I said trying to just man-up and not let it bother me.

"What didn't you like?"

"I guess it just made me uncomfortable." Alicia pushed me out the side door then turned with her arms crossed over her boobs.

"Is it because I used your song? I thought you'd like that, like I was dedicating it to you. I spent hours editing out the acoustic and making the back sound like the actual song," she said trying to justify everything, in a very straightforward manner.

"Yeah… okay, but then you also were really into Connor," I added rubbing the back of my next nervously and chewing my Big Red frantically.

"Jess, you were the one who said we didn't have chemistry," there was a bitter sound to this, making her seem annoyed.

"Yeah… I just said it needed a bit of work, but, well, you've got the chemistry now." I said trying to lighten the mood, but she tilted her head to the side and gave me a weird look.

"What do you mean we have chemistry now?" she asked harshly.

Once again I tried to make things funny or comfortable or I don't know. "Well, you were practically having sex on the stage."

Well, that wasn't the right this to say. She raised her arms in the air and exasperated, "What did you say?! Were you jealous?"

"No."

"Yes, you were, Jesse. It was art. Dance is like singing, a way to show your emotions and how you feel."

"So you felt like banging Connor? As ART?" I responded sarcastically, practically spitting out the word "art".

"No! Why are you so jealous?" she asked cocking her head to the side, even though her voice was still risen.

"I'm not jealous but your face was no more than an inch from his crotch or face the entire song! You almost kissed him on stage, Ali!"

"Does Brad get mad at Angie when she kisses another guy in a movie?!" she responded flustered.

"No, but I'm sure Angie doesn't do it just to make Brad pissed."

"You think I did the whole thing to…." She was beyond annoyed now, but I cut her off as my temper was rising too.

"Annoy me? Yeah, I think you did. I could see the moment I said that there wasn't a spark you had a competitive gleam in your eye, Ali. You wanted to prove me wrong and to make me feel like that!" Tears started welling in her eyes.

"You've got to be kidding me!" she barked, "You are so self-conscious. You got jealous whenever I would go to extra practices or hang out with him or…"

"You only hung out with him to piss me off! Or else you like him! If you do, that's fine, just go date him! But first you should make sure Massie is okay with it, cause you can't do shit without Massie's approval," I said sarcastically, it was all coming out now.

"Oh-em-gee. I've known Massie a lot longer than you and I wanted to make sure my friends liked you. Grow a pair, Jesse! You get so jealous and make me always wear the pants."

I rolled my eyes and fake laughed. "You love the pants. You want to control everything."

Then the waterworks stared. "Because I'm a manipulative bitch, right, Jesse? I do whatever Massie says and I'm crazy controlling!" She said rolling her eyes at 'crazy' as the tears streamed down her face.

"I didn't say that," I answered quietly. I think I went too far.

"Yeah, well, you meant it. I am a beta to Massie, I was Alpha for a year and it was stripped from me! I do what she says, because when I was Alpha that was what I excepted. I'm not going to apologize for who I am! I am possessive and yes, I was trying to piss you off, but I wanted you to show some fucking emotion! You just do whatever I say whenever I say it! I wanted to feel wanted! You used to make me feel so desired but you don't do it anymore! I mean you didn't even pressure me to have sex, Jesse, I had to ask you!"

I felt like she just punched me in the groin, I mumbled "Alicia, you know I like you, but…"

"No, do you think I was hanging out with Connor because I wanted to? I wanted you to tell me that you were uncomfortable and jealous and wanted me! But you were okay with it." She said through tears, this was ridiculous.

"I thought you were moving on, Alicia!" I blurted out.

She stopped freaking and gave me a puzzled look. "What?"

"Well, when I came into town you dropped Josh and I just thought that…"

"That I'm a shallow slut?"

"I didn't say that."

"No, but you meant it," she said turning away and crossing her arms. I wanted to hug her, but couldn't- I couldn't muster up the strength to hold my own girlfriend. She hen sighed and said, "You frustrate me so much."

"How? How do I frustrate you?" I asked genuinely confused.

"You have so much going for you but you always throw yourself a pity party. Your grades are good and you say it's all the tutors or the audio books or whatever, but it's because you work your ass off. And you play sports because you're afraid to do something you are actually good at. Because dancing and singing is 'gay' and you don't want to be made fun of, just gain some confidence Jesse…"

Ouch, actually beyond ouch. She cut me to the core. I never knew she knew me that well. That she understood me on such a deep level. And honestly it hurt. My heart is hurting, because she doesn't like who I really am. She doesn't like me, and she knows me. She knows that I like people feeling bad for me and all my other flaws. I had an urge to push her away, so I acted on it, "We're over."

She turned quickly and looked at me with an overly worried and confused look in her eyes. "What? You can't just give…"

"No, you think I have no confidence? You intentionally try and make me angry or jealous or upset! You have no social freedom and do whatever Massie says! You obviously have no respect for me and honestly, I'm nuts about you, but you don't give a shit! Because I don't tell you I love you. Whatever, Alicia, we're done."

I started walking away. She called my name a few times but I didn't turn. There were tears running down my face when I felt an arm wrap around me. I looked up at Austin. "No need for an explanation. We've got your back, man."

We all were in the car, the three of us. I was just staring out the window and no one was talking. Then I remembered my jacket.

"Shit, guys, I've got to get the jacket. Ugh, then I'll have to walk into her house and she'll be home and…"

Ken spoke up. "Drop me off there and I'll have it at your house in 10 minutes."

Ken's POV

I walked through the big gates, into her big house and up to her room. I could hear the heavy sobbing from inside the room and the sound of an acoustic guitar and no doubt Jesse's voice singing.

I knocked gently, and I heard a soft voice say, "Jesse?" then she scurried over to the door and opened it. She was clearly disappointed.

"I'm just picking up the, umm… jacket." I said, uncomfortably letting my eyes move up and down her body. She was super fit, but still had great curves. Her eyes were red and she was sniffing from the crying but still was a total ten. I noticed how her boobs jetted out of her tank top, inside her sweat suit. Her hair was in a ponytail still, which made it easier to study her face. Her small nose, dark brown, mysterious eyes, slightly parted pink lips and perfectly tanned skin, sent me over the top with lust. Definitely the hottest chick I've ever seen.

I walked into her room awkwardly as she went and grabbed the jacket. She put it in my hand and our fingers brushed. Her head rose and looked into my eyes and before I even knew what was happening I was leaning in and kissing her like I've never kissed before. She didn't resist…

Jesse's POV.

I sat on my coach, as my parents were getting ready for dinner. I was all dressed except for the suit jacket. Rosie was sitting next to me with her cascading blond curls framing her heart shaped face. She was wearing a white dress and had her nails just done. She had gone to get them done with Alicia.

"We broke up," I told her out of the blue.

Even though she was five, she still was a very bright young lady. "Do you not love her?" she asked, staring up at me.

"Huh?"

"Well if you love her, that's dumb," how is she so smart? I don't know, but I never responded to her.

I got up and ran out the door.

Ken's POV

My hand was stuck in her hair, which was a lot different then Dylan's. Meaning I could actually get it out without it being knotted.

Alicia wasn't that into it, in fact she was just lying there kissing me absentmindedly and in no way she did it in the club. I do like Alicia, I was jealous that Jesse was kissing the girl I liked! I started taking off her shirt and she unzipped my jeans.

My green boxers were in a tent shape as I kissed her boob.

"Turn off the light," she whispered.

Jesse's POV

One foot followed the next as the 2.5 miles between our houses lessened, through my sprint.

After about 10-15 minutes I was in view of her house running parallel to the giant wall that surrounded it. Then the huge metal gates opened and Ken walked out, I stepped into the shadow of the gates and watched as he tried to flatten his hair as he got into his town car. I felt a sinking feeling, but I had to investigate.

I walked past the guards and avoided her parents in the living room, up the grand stairs and I walked into her room. I heard the shower in the connecting bathroom, and a little sniffling behind the dark wood door. My CD was still playing and I saw her bed was stripped and her sheets were in the hamper. Maybe she cried so much the bed got wrecked… then on the floor of her was room a gold wrapper, Durex printed on the outside and it was ripped open and emptied.

A condom wrapper.

I sprinted out of her house and as I jogged home, the tears overwhelmed me. Dream On by Aerosmith started playing in my head. Then my phone started ringing: Alicia. I threw it as hard as I could against a tree and sat down in the middle of the sidewalk, rocking myself as I cried.

A/n Special thanks to livvylovesyou and all my commenters.

So now that a bit of drama is going on I think it's time for you to help pick what happens next!

What do you want to happen to Cecelia?

Massie and Austin or Addie and Austin?

Predictions on Jalicia and the bromance of Ken and Jesse?

What should happen with the baby drama and Kyle?

Also I want to know how many people actually read this, so if you do please answer the 4 questions above (it takes like 2 minutes and I spend hours writing this) and it'll be much appreciated.

In the words of Cecelia: Ta Ta