"Well, aren't you the little super sleuth," Jake glared at the Matty kid. Seriously, anyone who gave Marie Salazar any amount of sympathy was someone already not on Jake's good side, depending on circumstances. (except maybe his dad?)

And by pulling his wand on Neptune, he'd already totally made Jake maaaaaaad.

"I won't have people talk to you like that, Neptune." Simple as.

Speaking of which, Jake gave Marie a blank look. Poor little she-sna-...


WAIT.

WHAT had that been about Neptune and Jimmy? What the... had they... they'd been...

What?

Dated?

And... now Neptune was upset for some extended reason and Jake suddenly realised that Neptune MUST have showed up here because she was more worried about Jim. Runes finally made sense as well.

There weren't any defective desks after all.

But something made Jake push that away. No. Neptune had only turned up because she cared when her friends were hurt... it was that simple. The fact that they'd dated meant nothing.

He kept saying that to himself.

Jake noticed Neptune had left and, stunned and near tears himself, he followed her out, determined to keep his emotions in check.

Just what had been going on?

He hated being clueless.