Okay, so I've decided to continue Friday with Andre's dilemma so I can set the background for what Robbie is going to be dealing with on Saturday. (it's his turn next for the horoscope project). It's a lot easier for me to do instead of stuffing a huge flashback, diary entry, and another chapter all in one enormous chapter.

And sorry for not updating for so long again- school and work keep me insanely busy, PLUS my Christmas break has been really hectic. So yeah, get used to the long hiatuses between chapter updates because I have a lot going on in my life right now. But good news! I'm going to college! Yipee! Such a weight off of my shoulders, you have no idea.

Enjoy the story!

Narrator's POV

After a tense lunch (with Andre trying to avoid Jade as much as possible) and a couple more classes, the school day came to an end, much to Andre's dismay.

Usually, students were happy when school ended. They could go home and do whatever they wanted or hang out with their friends. So why wasn't he happy that eight hours of torture were finally over and the weekend was approaching? (TGIF, anyone?)

Because halfway through the day, Tori had reminded him that a certain someone's car had broken down and he would have to drive her home. In order for him to stop being wonky about 365 Days, he would have to tell her before he dropped her off or forever hold his peace.

He found her in his car texting on her PearPhone with her feet up and resting on the dashboard. She looked up as he approached the car, gave him a slight nod, then went back to what she was doing before with an emotionless, unwavering expression hanging on her face the whole time.

She didn't even glance up at him when he got into the driver's seat and slammed the car door shut. "Ready to go?"

She rolled her eyes. "I always am. Now let's go. I don't want to get stuck in traffic."

He sighed and pulled out of the Hollywood Arts parking lot. He would have to get over with this quickly. Jade's house wasn't very far from his, which means that he had approximately twelve minutes to tell her about his song.

"So… how was school today?" he asked her, trying to bring up the subject casually.

"Don't beat around the bush, Harris. Tell me exactly what you want from me and get over it. You've been acting weird all day- well, weirder than usual, that is."

She put her phone in the pocket of her black leather jacket and looked at him expectantly. "Well, I…um…" Andre bit his lip nervously and kept his eyes on the road. "I…"

"If you stutter one more time, I will cut your lips off with my new scissors. Get to the point," Jade threatened him. "I don't have the time or the interest to listen to this crap."

"Damn, girl…" he muttered. "Okay, fine! I'll tell you if you stop interrupting me."

"No promises."

He sighed in frustration. "Remember when I performed that song at the Friday Night Concert last year? It was the day after we brainstormed the lyrics for 'Okay.'"

"Yeah, what about it?" Suddenly, something clicked in her head. "Wait… 365 Days? The song I read during our class today?"

Andre could feel his hands slipping on the wheel. He was so anxious that his hands were starting to sweat, despite the fact that it was only about 50 degrees outside and he didn't have the heat turned on in his car. "Yep, that's the song…" he trailed off.

"So? I have to admit, it was a good song. Kind of corny, but it wasn't horrible. The only thing that really bothered me was all the red marks scattered across the page," Jade remarked.

"Yeah, about that… I originally had this one idea, but I decided that it was silly, so I replaced the person's name with 'baby' so she wouldn't know that the song was about her." He laughed nervously, dreading what was to come.

"Aw, Andre had a crush!" she crowed in her mock-Tori voice. "Who was the girl?"

"Uh…"

She pulled out the scissors that Cat had gotten for her last Christmas and stroked the shiny metal blades with the tips of her fingers. "Don't make me use these," she warned him.

"Would you quit that? You're starting to scare the shit out of me!" Andre exclaimed.

Jade smirked. "Exactly."

He shook his head in defeat. "You're going to kill me when I tell you who it is."

"Says who?"

"Me!"

"And why would you think that I'd kill you if you tell me the girl's name?"

"Because that girl is you!" Andre practically shouted, then covered his mouth. Uh-oh. He didn't mean for the truth to come out, but it did.

There was no going back now.

"WHAT?!" she screeched loudly, causing him to slam on his breaks in alarm and pull over on the side of the road. Good thing no one was behind him; otherwise, the driver would've gotten a cruel surprise.

"Were you trying to give me a heart attack?!" Andre exclaimed.

Jade said nothing. She sat there with her arms crossed and a million emotions traveling at the speed of lightning across her face. She slowly unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car, keeping the scissors firmly clutched in her right hand.

"What are you doing?" He mimicked her actions and followed her as she trudged through the tall grass. The ground squished under their feet and the sky seemed to get even cloudier than it was before.

She kept walking until they reached a clearing surrounded by trees. He shuffled behind her, utterly befuddled by her actions, and gasped when she whipped around and he unexpectedly found her scissors just inches away from his nose.

Her hand- the one she was holding the scissors with- shook the tiniest bit as she glowered at him and motioned for him to sit down on a nearby tree stump. "Talk. Now."

And fearing for his life, Andre obeyed her commands.

Meanwhile…

Beep beep beep

Robbie's phone buzzed and made noise, alerting him that someone was calling him. "Hello?"

He hastily shut his locker door and made his way to the boy's bathroom, where it was quieter. He walked into a stall and locked the door behind him. "Oh hey Mom! What's going on?"

He listened to her talk and groaned in response. "No, I can't look after Tracy tomorrow, Mom! I…have plans."

Again, he paused and grimaced. "No, not with Rex. He's still sour about me putting him in a time-out in my backpack."

"Damn right I am!" he heard him exclaim. Robbie kicked his backpack to shut him up, and he got his wish. "Sorry about that. But Mom, Tracy hates me! She always cries when I try to play with her! Why is Aunt Carrie bringing her over this weekend, anyway?"

His eyes widened. "Oh… Okay, I totally understand. Too much information, Mom. I'll do it. Okay, see you later."

He hung up the phone and sighed. Apparently, his aunt was having "pregnancy issues" and his mom had planned to soothe her mood swings by planning a "girl's night out" tomorrow night. And that meant he was stuck with Tracy, his evil three-year old cousin.

Don't get him wrong, she was adorable and everything. She had big blue eyes, curly strawberry blonde hair that bounced with every step she took, and the cutest little dimple on her chin. She just hated Robbie's guts. He didn't know why she hated him or how she could dislike him so much at such a young age, but he just dealt with it and kept his distance whenever possible.

"Looks like you won't be doing anything Saturday night," a voice chuckled behind him.

"Aaaaah!" Robbie screamed. He turned around to see Beck's head peeping over the stall wall. "Good gravy, you scared me! I would've expected that from Sinjin, but definitely not from you."

"Well, I was in here first and you were talking really loudly, so I became curious."

"And that gives you the excuse to climb onto the toilet and peep over my stall? What if I was-"

"Let's not get into that," Beck waved it off. "Sounds like you've got a problem, dude."

"Yeah, what do I do?" Robbie paced around the stall awkwardly, trying not to bump into the scratched-up, grimy walls that surrounded him.

"You could ask one of the girls to babysit Tracy with you. Cat loves kids, especially little girls. You can all have little tea parties together and play dress-up."

Beck snorted, failing to keep his laughter inside of him, and Robbie glared at him. "But seriously, ask Cat. I'm sure she won't mind."

Robbie thought about it. "That's actually not a bad idea!"

"Uh, okay?"

Robbie burst out of the stall and ran out the restroom. "Thanks Beck!" bounced off of the ceramic tiles on the floor and the walls.

Beck smiled to himself. "It's about time those two get together." Good plan, Beck, he thought to himself. Good job playing matchmaker.

If only you could keep your own love life in order as well.

"Hey Cat!" Robbie called out to the little redhead as he ran towards her. "I need to ask you something."

"Oooh, is it a pop quiz?" Cat exclaimed. "I love random questions!"

"No… " He leaned against her locker, which was pink and covered in unicorn magnets and candy stickers. "You love kids, right?"

"Of course I do! They're so cute! I babysat this kid one time that ate things that weren't food."

She gasped and put a hand to her chest. "I think he ate my charm bracelet," she whispered with a serious look on her face.

"Wait, I thought your brother ate your charm bracelet…?"

"He did, but I bought a new one a couple of months ago and then I lost it. I was really sad, too! It was red and sparkly and had all these cherries dangling off of it. But the cherries weren't real- they were made of metal. I tried eating one just to make sure, but that didn't work out too well. It tasted really bad."

He sighed in exasperation but couldn't help being enamored by her flattering purple lace top and her dark skinny jeans. Ignoring her little story, he got right to the point. "Will you help me babysit my cousin Tracy tomorrow night?"

"Ohhhh, the cousin that hates your guts?" she commented innocently.

Thanks, Cat. Not that I knew that already or anything. "…Yes, that cousin. I've never taken care of her alone, though! I don't know what girls like!"

She giggled. "Robbie, you're so clueless when it comes to girls."

Ouch. That hurt. "Will you help me or not?" he snapped, quickly becoming irritated.

Her eyes twinkled and her smile reeked with a little bit of mischief. "Sure! …But you have to do something for me in return."

"Okay… What do I have to do?"

Cat pulled Mr. Purples, her stuffed giraffe, out of her backpack and stroked his head affectionately. "I don't know yet," she said. "I'll have to think about it."

She then squealed and hugged the giraffe close to her chest. "It'll be a surprise! How exciting!"

She gave him a quick hug and he watched her skip out the door. He could still smell her perfume on him- strawberries and cream- even though the hug had lasted merely a few seconds. God, she was beautiful.

He made a note on his phone that Cat was coming on Saturday and also made a mental note to prepare dinner ahead of time and rent a movie that they would both like to watch after they put Tracy to bed. He shivered in anticipation and got butterflies in his stomach about all the things they could do together… alone. Without anyone from the gang interrupting their little "moments," as he liked to call them.

Maybe babysitting Tracy wouldn't be so bad after all.

Andre's POV

Dear Diary,

So my horoscope told me that I was nervous and that there was something I needed to say. At first, I didn't know what the chizz it was talking about. I thought the whole thing was a big bunch of baloney. But soon enough, I started feeling nervous because of this one assignment I had to turn in. And then Jade ended up reading it and I got all wonky.

Why did I get wonky, you ask? Because I originally wrote that love song for her while she was still dating Beck.

So I took Tori's advice and told Jade about my true intent behind 365 Days. I almost wet my pants because she pulled her scissors on me and looked like she wanted to kill something, but I eventually got her to calm down and to tell me exactly what was on her mind. She told me that it was sweet and that I shouldn't be ashamed that I had a crush on her, even though she was with Beck at the time. Weirdly enough, she understood what I was going through, which completely blew me off my feet. Who knew Jade had an understanding bone in her body? I sure didn't.

And then she told me she didn't feel that way about me (which I was totally okay with, given that my crush on her a year ago has disappeared almost entirely since then) and admitted that she was still in love with Beck, which I sorta expected anyway. I mean, it's hard to be with someone for three years and suddenly have to forget about him. So, in the end, I didn't die. Or get stabbed with those sharp, shiny scissors of hers. Man, I'm going to have nightmares now from that experience! It'll be the toilet paper incident all over again.

But in a way, we kind of became closer as friends, so it worked out in the long run. She still doesn't like me, but at least she can tolerate me- and I'm okay with that. As long as she doesn't kill me in the future, I'm cool with her insults and torment.

Unless she tries to harm Tori. Then, I'll have to intervene. There's not a doubt in my mind about that one.

Well, I gotta get to bed and hope that Jade doesn't haunt me in my sleep. Guess this project isn't as unbearable as I thought it would be. So I guess I should say thank you, in a way? I don't know.

But if my horoscope next week screws something up somehow, then I may just have to take that thank-you away. Universe, you have been warned.

Woohoo, overcame the writer's block! Mission accomplished :D. Finally was able to work some Cabbie and Tandre in there. There will be more Bade in a chapter or two, so keep an eye out for that in the future as well. Hope no one has forgotten about me yet! Please review and tell me what you think of the chapter, and hopefully I'll be able to update again sometime in early January. However, I will have to start studying for finals and I'll probably have a million tests before the semester ends, so we'll see how the updating works out :P.

Can't wait to ring in the new year! 2013, here we come!