Tori Vega was out of town for the last half of the week and that changed the whole week from negative to positive. My father and stepmother were home and I couldn't hide from them at Becks anymore while Jer was at my mothers. It was time I came up with something else to keep Jer away from that house. Mom didn't really want me, she would take me in for some nights if I asked but she would already get into trouble for taking in Jer if the authority's got tipped about it, we were only allowed to see her once every two weeks in the weekend, I didn't want her to get into more trouble because of me and Dad wouldn't let me stay without Jer. If I didn't come up with something within the week it was time for plan B. Get Jer to Mom and sleep in the park myself.

But know wasn't the time to worry about that. I sat at my old table, waiting for Cat to arrive. She missed having everyone together at lunch and while I could stomach André and Robbie for one afternoon having lunch with Tori Freaking Vega was one bridge to far.

"Hey Jadey bear, are you leaving us again?"

There were only two persons who would dare to call me that Cat and Jake and this wasn't a high pitched girl voice. "One, don't ever call me that again. And two, no. I'm only sitting here for today. Cat's misses this and she told me Vega wouldn't be here for this part of the week."

"Oh." Jake plumped down next to me. "Then we're sitting here too."

"Jake…"

I didn't say what I wanted because André sat down on the opposite side of the table. "If it isn't the devils apprentice. Did they kick you out and was he the only one who followed?"

Well, that stung a bit. I knew André was mad because I poured coffee over Vega, but I had hoped that he would have gotten over it.

"Nice to see you too, piano guy."

I would never give André the satisfaction of a reaction. Apparently Jake didn't give a damn about that because he stood up and clenched his fists. "I would think very carefully about what you're going to say, kid. If you say one more word like that and I'll promise you your life on this school will be a living hell."

André glared at him and was about to get up when Beck seated himself at the table. "Hey man. Jade. Jake. What are you guys doing here?"

"Cat." I saw here standing at the Grub Truck and grabbed Jake by his shirt. "Sit down you. And all of you could better cover your ears."

The warning was just in time. Cat turned around with lunch in her hand when she saw me sitting at her lunch table. She squealed, dropped the burrito and ran towards me. That girl could be fast as she wanted. Within two seconds her arms were around me. Squeezing the life out of me.

"You're here!"

"CAT!" She didn't let go when I screamed at her. Not that I expected her too. "Let go of me or I'll won't give you candy."

That threat worked and she let me go immediately. "Candy?"

"Here." I pushed her down on a bench and grabbed a bag of candy out of my Gears of War bag.

"So." Beck resumed our conversation. "Now tell me again why you're here."

"Blegh." I leaned against Jake. "No."

"Is Jadey scared that someone will see that she is actually nice?"

"NO!" I growled at Beck. "I. Am. Not. Nice. Never."

"Uhm…" Someone lay a hand on my shoulder. "I don't know what you are doing sitting at this table with these losers or where this conversation is about but you can be nice."

Ryder seated himself next to Jake, so I couldn't reach him, with a smirk on his face.

"Jade and nice? You all are lunatics. She's a gank."

"André!" Beck glared at him. "She is not a gank."

Wow… That was different. When we were dating he didn't say a word to defend me. Normally he just laughed and agreed with whatever they were saying. Sometimes he even said it himself.

"Are we sitting at the losers table today?" Laura plumped down next to Cat. "Please tell me this is not going to be a habit."

She ripped me out of my thoughts and I smiled thankful at her. "Not something I would like. Although I can't speak for the boys of course."

"Normally you won't let that bother you." Jake elbowed me laughing.

"Shut up, you idiot, or I'll rip your tongue out."

"No, you won't." Ryder pitched in. "Otherwise we all wouldn't have tongues anymore."

"GUYS!"

The three of them laughed. "Don't let it bother you. With some people you're just all bark and no bite."

"I'll bite you if you'll continue this, Daniels."

"Hmhm." Jake slung his arm around my shoulder. "If you say so."

Sometimes I wished that these idiots didn't know me this well. They knew what I hid with other people. Just to show everyone that I haven't gone soft I glared at everyone at the table. Beck and Cat just grinned, Laura stuck her tongue out, Jake just kissed my cheek, Ryder smiled innocently and André looked surprised. I fixed my glare on him. "What are you staring at?"

"Just you."

Gritting my teeth I asked him another question. "Why?"

"Because you seem…nice."

"Careful, little boy. She seems mad enough to take a nip out of your ear. She won't do it to the rest of the people at this table so I recommend you to shut up."

Andrés mouth closed with a pop. Smart move of him. Just for good measures I grinned at him, making sure my teeth were exposed. He paled a little bit and shifted a little closer to Beck.

"Just do what you are here to do and leave. That seems better for everyone."

I raised my eyebrows a bit. He truly was an idiot.

"Duck."

Jake was just in time with his warning, at least so it seemed. My scissors missed André with an inch. He ducked underneath the table and if you looked closely you could see that even if he hadn't moved the scissors still wouldn't have scratched him. This was just a warning and if he was smart he would take it by heart.

"Jade!"

I smiled innocently at Beck. "What?"

"You can't throw your scissors at people."

"Or else?"

He would have had leverage if we were still dating, but we weren't, so he had nothing to blackmail me with. If you looked really closely at his face you could pin point the moment he realized that too.

"Just…" He ran a hand through is hair. "Don't do it anymore."

"Maybe." My glare directed itself at André. "The moment he stops being an idiot I'll stop."

André decided to be smart and didn't make a sound. There was hope after all for him. When he didn't make a sound I wouldn't have the urge to kill him.

"Well." I stood up and grabbed my tray. "I'm going to get my scissors. See ya."

Sinjin was already near my scissors and grabbed them before handing them to me. Sometimes it was handy to have him around. If there was one person who would abide me every whim it was him. Although I was grateful for it now I just strode past him without saying a thank you, throwing my trash in a bin and stalking into the school.

"Jade!"

"What?!" I whirled around and snarled at Ryder.

"No need to be so defensive. Just wondering why we were sitting there."

"God." Rolling my eyes I walked further towards my locker. "You guys were all there voluntarily."

"Because of you." Ryder leaned against Robbie's locker. "I know. But why were you there? You said because of Cat but you sit with her once a week."

I sighed. He wouldn't let this go and if I didn't tell him Jake would ask the same, after that Laura and then all three of them at the same time. "Fine. I was nice, okay? Cat misses having everyone together so I figured because Vega isn't here this week I can sit there one time without wanting to kill someone. Of course I was wrong."

"His fault." After I opened my locker Ryder grabbed the books out of my bag and pilled them in. "Don't worry about it."

"I don't." I put the books I needed in the bags and closed the door with a sigh. "It's just… I wanted it to be nice for Cat and I can't even do that."

"You tried."

"And I failed." The bell rang and immediately the halls were crowded. "Just like I fail at a lot of things."

This chapter sucked... At least from my opinion. What do you guys think if I'll stop following the Victorious episodes? Let me know.