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When you're a Jet,
If the spit hits the fan,
You got brothers around,
You're a family man!
You're never alone,
You're never disconnected!
You're home with your own:
When company's expected,
You're well protected! - Riff, West Side Story, Act I, Scene I

Bella sat at her Chem lab station glumly with her hand against her cheek.

"Rough day Leigh?" Kevin asked sitting down next to her. She looked at him. "What?"

"Don't call me Leigh," she said sitting up primly.

"Gordon calls you Leigh," he said.

"I'm sorry are you Gordon?" She said. He laughed. "I'm not in the mood for it today Kevin."

"It's the first day," he said. "What could you possibly be all pissy about?" She shook her head and kept working on the lab station. "Oh the peace talks with Cole didn't go so well huh?"

"God, does he keep anything to himself?" She mumbled.

"Don't blame it on Gordon," he said. "He's really paranoid about Cole. From the look on your face right now, I'd say he has reason to be." She looked down. "You can't have your cake and eat it too, it's not fair."

"To either of them," she whispered.

"I don't give a shit what's fair to Cole," Kevin shook his head. She nodded. "I do give a shit what's fair to Gordon, and to you." She looked at him.

"Don't lie," she said. He looked at her. "Kevin, um," she sighed, "that night, when you broke up with Connie, and we," he nodded. "You said no because of Gordon?"

"Yup," he said. She looked at him. "It wasn't easy," he said. "I wanted you bad Riley." She nodded. "But I'm really lucky to have a friend like Gordon. I wouldn't blow that, no matter how hot the girl."

"You think I'm hot?" She said. He rolled his eyes.

"You know you're hot," he smiled. "It's part of your charm."

"So, for the record," she said. "If your best friend hadn't had such a huge kind of creepy crush on me, you would have had sex with me that night?"

"Jeez Riley," he said, "I didn't know you were so hot for me. You can't have three guys, that's just greedy." She looked at him.

"I'm having a low self esteem day," she said. "Help me out, since we have to be friends now or whatever."

"Yes," he said, "if you weren't top of Gordon's spank bank, I would have totally hit that. But it all worked out for the best since now you're with him, and if I'd hooked up with you that night I wouldn't have hooked up with Anne." She nodded and then the bell rang. "So are you eating with us? Or is the great social canyon keeping you with the other rich kids and A-listers?"

"I'm eating with Gordon," she said, "if you're there then that's an unfortunate bi-product."

Cal stared across the cafeteria to where Carmen was sitting. Trina sat down next to him.

"Just go talk to her," Trina said. Cal looked at her. "What?"

"She thinks I'm a jerk," he said. "She thinks that you're my girlfriend."

"Yeah, that's weird," Trina laughed. "Why do people always think that?"

"Because we don't look anything alike," he said. Trina raised her eyebrows. "Not that that's shocking because we're not blood relatives."

"Is this about that weird crush you had on me when we first hit puberty?" She said softly. He stared at her. "Anne told me about it then. Just because we aren't blood doesn't mean that it's not creepy."

"Why is it creepy for us and not for TJ and Steph?" He said.

"It is creepy for TJ and Steph," she shrugged, opening her soda. "You're really stuck on this one huh?" He sighed. "OK, I'll be right back." She stood up.

"Trina, don't," he groaned. She walked over to Carmen.

"Hi," Trina smiled. "It's Carmen, right?"

"Yeah," Carmen said. "Look, I'm sorry about earlier, I'll stay away from your boyfriend, I mean, I can't in class."

"Oh God," Trina rolled her eyes, "Cal is not my boyfriend. He's my cousin."

"Cousin?" Carmen said. Trina nodded. "But you don't look like family."

"Yeah, our moms are step sisters," she shrugged. "But cousin none the less." Carmen nodded. "So you should eat lunch with us, because Cal's got some kind of insta-crush on you and Cal doesn't normally have like human feelings that aren't for girls that aren't related to him so we're encouraging this." Carmen looked at him. "That made him sound like a freak, he's not. He's just kind of shy."

"Oh," Carmen said. "So have lunch with you and Cal?"

"Uh huh," Trina said, "And Anne, his sister, and our other cousin Elisa, and our friend Hunter."

"Whoa," Carmen said, picking up her tray, "does you family like own this place?" She snorted. Trina looked at her and nodded. "I was kidding."

"Yeah, it's not a joke," Trina grinned, "we're like the mafia. We're everywhere." She whispered.

"Hi Trina," Bella walked past them.

"Hey Bella," she said. "We're on for dinner still right?"

"Definitely," Bella said. "When you talk to Dean tell him I say hi, OK?" Trina nodded. Carmen looked at her. "Why is this freshman staring at me?"

"Don't stare at Bella," Trina said. "This is Carmen."

"OK, I really don't care," Bella said. "See you later." She walked away.

"Who is she?" Carmen said. "She's like intensely fabulous."

"That is Bella," Trina said. "Also our cousin, and very fabulous and very scary if you get on her bad side. You can ask Elisa about that." They sat down.

"Hi," Anne said. "Who's the new girl?"

"This is Carmen," Trina said. "This is Anne, Elisa, and Hunter, and you know Cal."

"Hi," Cal said.

"Hi," Carmen smiled. Elisa smiled at her.

"Oh, Kevin's here," Anne said. "Later losers," she bounced away.

"Anne's boyfriend is a senior," Elisa explained seeing the stunned look on Carmen's face. "We are insignificant ants, comparatively speaking."

"Because if Eddie snapped his fingers you wouldn't go running," Hunter mumbled. She glared at him. "Oh, did I say something wrong?"

"Yes," Elisa said. "I told you what happened this morning, but you weren't being supportive."

"All I said, was that if he kissed you then he probably doesn't just want to be friends!" Hunter sighed, "and that he's doing the same thing he did last year."

"Anne let you feel her up and you two are friends," Elisa said.

"Dude," Cal said. "Brother sitting right here, I don't need to know who made it to second base with her." Trina choked on her pudding. "What you too?"

"We were thirteen," Trina said. "We wanted to know who's were bigger, it was totally normal."

"I'm going to say Elisa's," Hunter said. "You know, based on now." Elisa glared at him. "Yours are nice too Carmen."

"God, you're such a pig!" Elisa said and stood up, "what is wrong with you?" She marched out.

"What did I say?" Hunter asked.

"You're an idiot, dude," Cal shook his head. "Sorry Carmen."

"It's OK," she shrugged. "I have a twelve year old brother, this is nothing."

Bella sat quietly while Kevin and Anne made out. She'd completely lost her appetite.

"Hey," Gordon said walking in. He sat down and kissed her.

"Hey," she smiled. "I haven't seen you all day. I missed you."

"I missed you too," he said. "Are you OK? You seem weird."

"I love that you can sense my weirdness," she said. "It's just been kind of an odd day." She looked over at Kevin and Anne. "Are they always like that?"

"Only on days that end in y," Gordon laughed. "You get used to it. We could try to one up them." She squeaked as he pulled her onto his lap and they kissed. She ran her hands onto his face. "Mm, people can see us Leigh."

"Let them," she said and kissed him again. "I'm so sorry I got weird."

"It's OK," he said. He didn't even want to ask how her talk with Eddie had gone. At that moment he really didn't care.

Eddie sat at the table with the rest of the hockey team and actually crushed the empty soda can in his hand. She was actually giggling as Conway kissed her neck. That was his giggle. He kept waiting for her to look over and see him. To give him that look she did when she was trying to piss him off, but it was like he wasn't there. Like no one else was there. He stood up and walked outside, unable to take anymore. He saw Elisa sitting on the steps wiping her eyes.

"Ellie," he sat down. "What's wrong?" She swallowed and looked at him. "Are you crying about us?"

"No!" She said. "Oh God, this is so embarrassing." He looked at her. "Is Anne sexier than me?"

"This is not a question to ask your ex boyfriend," he said. She looked at him. "Anne is more obvious than you. But there is no way she's sexier. You're beautiful and interesting and sweet," he pushed her hair off of her face.

"Are you still in love with Bella?" She asked.

"Yeah," he nodded. "I am." She nodded. "It's Hunter, isn't it?" She looked at him and nodded. "I kind of figured it wasn't Reed." She laughed and wiped her eyes. "Now it's your turn to pull me up."

"No, you need to move on," she said. "She's completely in love with Gordon. But I guess you have history on your side." He nodded.

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