<em>Oh man, I can't catch a break today!  First Fiona ignores me, then Mr. S grills me, and now this?</em><br/><br/>Trying to hide the embarrassing shade of crimson that his face was turning, he caught his Ghost Badge and followed Jade to the back of the room.  He had had it up to here with bullies and he was going to set her straight, yet...something in her eyes told him this was just how she had fun.  James stopped for a moment and analyzed her; she was pretty, obviously gifted if she had made it through four years here, and she was a little rough around the edges.  She was exactly what James needed at the moment.  She seemed so confident all the time...<br/><br/><strong>"Hey, Jade.  Would you mind telling me why you singled <em>me</em> out?  Why not that moody kid with the ghost?  Why not that meat-head over there?"</strong>He moved Jade into the corner, not overtly so, but just subtly enough so that anyone who was paying attention to them could tell he purposefully placed himself there.  She was not getting past him; not before he got some answers.  And who knows, he was starting to like this girl already.<em>Let's just say, there are a lot worse guys to fool around with than the guy who knows everyone's schedule...</em>He thought.