AN: For all of you to know, this is just a build up. I know there isn't very much drama going on right now, but I plan for quite a bit of it. I just have to build up Jade's character so it's not a cliché JADELOVESBECK kind of deal. I'm also starting to change the summary for every chapter, maybe that will grab more people.

Her lips landed on Beck's, and Jade's attitude changed.

Jade attacked her bottom lip with her teeth, making sure that she wouldn't say the things she had rushing through her head. The confusion: he was flirting, right? The shock: he didn't seem the type to go after preppy, ditzy, bimbos with fake tans. The annoyance: she could already tell that this girl was going to be her biggest enemy, regardless of if she was dating Beck or not. The ego: she was better than any one of the girls here, and this one was no exception.

The pride: Jade could do better than Beck, and he sure as hell wouldn't be able to handle her.

That's when she pushed all of the feelings that were starting to build up in her heart out of her chest. She didn't care where they went, as long as they weren't around her.

When Beck finally pushed the girl away from him, gently of course, she pouted at him and turned her attention to Jade. The girl scanned Jade up and down, giving her a once over. Her expression turned into one that only a true bitch could have mustered up. Jade should know, she had the look down to a science.

"Who's your friend?" the girl asked, getting into a defensive pose.

Before Beck could speak for her, "I'm Jade. And you are?"

"Jessica D'Vito," she said as if it was something to be impressed by, "I'm surprised you didn't already know."

"Why would I?"

"Oh you don't know? I'm only the greatest singer here," Jessica stated with a smile. She opened her hands and motioned to the school, "I guess you could call me a celebrity of the school. Isn't that right Beck?"

Her hand went to Beck's arm, rubbing it up and down. Jade could only imagine what they did behind closed doors, "Sure, Jess, but Jade's new. She's been here for like, twenty minutes. How could she have known about you already?"

That answer didn't seem to please his girlfriend too much. Jade was surprised. They had just met and he was already fending off his bitchy girlfriend for her.

The bell rang before Jess could make anything else come out of her mouth. She glared at Jade and kissed Beck one last time before going off to class.

"Sorry about her..." he said, closing his locker, "she's a little full of herself."

"I can see that," Jade said, watching Jessica walk away from her, swinging her hips back in forth in a taunting manner.

"Time for English. Looks like we've got a good teacher though. Hopefully this is going to be one of the ones that you like. You have her twice. She's also the Creative Writing teacher," Beck said as he started walking down the hallway that was thinning out by the second...

"Hello class!" the teacher started off shouting.

Jade looked at the lady confused. Why was she shouting if it was so early in the morning? Her slender frame couldn't handle coffee, by the looks of it. She was holding a steaming mug in her left hand, taking a sip every once in a while. The lady couldn't have been older than twenty five.

"I'm Ms. Hollinshead, but you can call me Ms. H because I've found that it's easier than saying my name," she explained, "today will be an easy day, or more of a get to know you day. I'll explain the rules and everything when we come to that point. Right now, I want you to all find someone you don't know, and pair up with them."

The class looked around waiting for anyone to make the first move.

"MOVE," Ms. H shouted and some students instantly jumped out of their seats. Jade watched as Beck casually stood up, and looked around the room. Three out of the six girls, minus Jade, in the class went straight for Beck. She could almost vomit from all of the hair twirling, gentle eyes, and flirty smiles.

Jade felt a tap on her shoulder.

She turned in her seat, sticking her legs out in the isle. There was a guy sitting behind her, his tightly braided hair pulled back into a pony tail with the sides shaved. He had a friendly smile on, "Wanna be partners?"

"Sure," she said in a noticeably apprehensive tone, "I'm Jade."

"I'm Andre, nice to meet cha," he said, sticking his hand out. She smiled a little and grabbed his hand with her own.

"Now that you've all found a partner, I want you to spread out. Most of you can go in the hallway, a couple of you can stay in here, just make sure no one distracts you from knowing your partner. I have a list of questions I am going to ask you involving your new friend. They're basic knowledge, but you still have no idea what they're going to specify to," the teacher said from behind her desk. She was typing away on her computer, giggling every now and then.

Jade and Andre sat still while everyone else, minus two other groups, made their way out of the room and into the quiet hallway. As Beck passed Jade, he gave Andre a pat on the back and said, "take care of the girl."

Andre stuck his hand out and touched knuckles with Beck, "will do, sir."

Beck laughed a little and exited the classroom. Jade tilted her head a little and squinted, "you know him?"

"Know him?" Andre huffed, "he's only one of my best friends. We've been hanging out since middle school. You remember those playground days."

Jade couldn't help but smile at the reference, "yeah, sure, lets go with that."

Andre laughed again, "Beck's already told me a little about you. That boy can text in class like no one else. On another term, he said it's your first day here, ever."

"Yeah. And?" Jade snapped. She almost felt offended that Beck would just tell everyone about her. Why did he need people to know? She could have blended in just fine by herself without his help. She didn't need a guardian.

"I just wanted to help you out a bit, if that's cool with you, snappy," Andre held the palms of his hands out to her, faking a surrender.

She looked around the room once nervously. She wasn't one to apologize, but she suddenly found herself to feel bad about snapping at him. He seemed like a nice guy, and from his attitude, someone she could get along with, "Sorry, Andre..."

"It's cool," he said with his smile getting back on his face, "can I see your schedule?"

Jade took the yellow piece of paper out of her pocket and handed it to him after a little un-crumpling.

"Ah. Well, obviously we've got English together, then we've got Math, Acting and Creative Writing together," Andre started off, "our schedule here is a little different from other schools. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we go to all of our arts classes, like Acting, Singing and in your case Creative Writing, or I think other schools call 'em electives? I don't know. And so on Tuesdays and Thursdays, you would go to your basic school classes."

"So I would only have three classes on a Tuesday? Wouldn't that make my day really short?" Jade asked. That would have been perfect, like a senior privilege all of her friends had at her old school.

"Oh... naw. You go to your fifth hour every day. It's sort of your homeroom," he said with a sigh, "and based on fifth period, you've got Acting every day, which means that your lunch is second lunch. Anyone who you have in Acting will also be in your lunch. So that means we can chill at lunch."

"That was actually a little more helpful than what the teachers have been telling me," Jade said, nodding to Ms. H. She was busy typing away on her computer, probably chatting on awkward dating site, or looking up funny grammar mistakes.

Jade thought back to this morning. She remembered Beck saying that she had the same Acting class as he did. A part of her heart decided to speed up, involuntarily of course. What was wrong with her today? This kid could not be affecting her this much. It's been a few hours and she was already thinking about him more than she should be.

There was no way she could have feelings for Beck. Not now. Not ever. Justin would still be the only man on her mind... she owed him that much.

"So, let me get to know Jade," Andre said with a smooth tone that made Jade feel comfortable. She could tell already, these two could be friends. He was nice, seemed to have a good sense of humor, and had some close friend potential. So they started talking...

The final bell signaled the start of fifth period for some, and for others it was the start of lunch. Andre and Jade sat next to each other. Just as she thought, they were becoming better friends by the second. He understood her sarcastic sense of humor, and she appreciated his odd stories of his grandmother and his entire family. They found out they had a bit in common, from their go to music and to their favorite plays.

Everyone in the class took a seat, grouping friends together with each other. Beck sat next to Jade and gave her a head nod. She rolled her eyes at him, crossing her arms across her chest, slouching in her plastic chair.

The red head, Cat, sat in front of Andre. She turned around and waved, her eyes where in a dazed state. Jade wondered if she was on any type of narcotic, and if so, what was it so Jade could get some.

An awkward, lanky, boy sat down next to Cat. His brown hair curled every which way on his head, making himself his own jew-fro. He turned to the side and Jade saw a puppet sticking off of his right hand. The thing looked creepier than any other ventriloquist doll she's ever seen, even in the goosebumps novel.

The boy's puppet moved it's head as if it were checking her out, "hey there, sweet thang."

Jade's face held confusion and disgusted features, "Ew..."

"Rex, leave the poor girl alone," Andre said, pushing the puppet's head away. "That's Rex, and Robbie is his... controller?" He looked to Beck for support, but all he did was shrug back.

"It's nice to meet you," Robbie said with a wave.

"Yeah, we needed some new options around here," Rex said. Cat made a squeak and her jaw dropped.

"He's only playing, Cat," Robbie said, and scolded Rex right after.

The door to the room slammed shut as a man who was dressed as a hobo walked in, making an annoying slurping sound. Jade's face went back to disgusted. The man was scruffy, slightly smelly, didn't match anything he was wearing, and he didn't have any shoes on! Did he even know what probably crawled across this floor at night?

"Good morning, good morning, good morning," he said, sticking the straw to a coconut into his mouth. He made the slurping sound all over again. His attention fell on Jade, "who are you?"

Beck and Andre both leaned over to her and whispered, "stand up."

She hesitantly did, pushing her messenger bag off her lap and onto the floor, "I'm Jade West."

"Jade West? I've never had you in a class before. How could you be in Acting Two if I haven't had you in Acting One along with the rest of these hooligans?" he said, snapping his fingers at her, "schedule, schedule, schedule."

"Hooligans? I ain't no hooligan," Andre said, obviously offended.

Jade took out the piece of paper again, handing it to the teacher as a wad of paper. He unfolded it and looked straight at the fifth period slot. He looked at the paper and then back at Jade. Huffing, he threw the paper towards her, but the wind caused it to land on Rex's face, "Well then. You're already behind on your class, Ms. West."

"How? It's the first day?"

"Yes, but I've had all this class before this year, so they already know of the first play we're going to be preforming here. A new musical that was just developed and published a month ago. A movie turned into a play. A classic movie wit-"

"Just tell her what the play is, Sikowitz!" Beck said.

"Well... someone's a little bossy today," he said, "it's The Wedding Singer. And the auditions are on Friday, so I suggest you get a move on a song to try out for. I'll give you a copy of the script, and this is also a part of your grade. You must audition, you must help to make this show happen, or else you'll fail."

He let out a demented laugh and walked up to the front of the stage, grabbing another coconut to sip on.

A musical...? Didn't Jess say something about being the best singer in Hollywood Arts? There would be no way the girl would pass up an audition to be the leading role...

This gave Jade an idea.

AN: Yes, the Wedding Singer was turned into a musical. My school just did it, and I was sort of inspired by some of the songs. They would work great in here. This is going to start off all of the drama. I hope you guys love it. (:

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