"Amber! Amber! Focus!" yelled Jerome into poor Amber's ears. It was the day of the ping pong match and she was getting nervous. She never knew this was what she signed up for... When she agreed to be Jerome's ping pong partner she never expected to go against her ex. ...

Giles, the cute, adorable, hunky Giles. She remembered the horrible break-up like it was yesterday.

"Amber, we just don't click! It's not you, it's me. Yes, we have ping pong in common but that's all... I love you, but this isn't working out," Giles stared at the floor as he was saying this, trying not to look into crying Amber's eyes.

*Sniff sniff*

"If that's what you believe.. *sniff* then... FINE," said Amber as she crashed against a cupboard which then shot an excruciating pain up her leg. She sniffled and kept going forward and started running, forgetting about her pain. "It just wasn't meant to be... I guess", thought Amber. But she really did think they had more in common than ping pong, like how they both loved pizza, both liked watching action-packed movies (well not really, but Amber could tolerate them), and how they both liked being around each other. She thought they had hit it off quite nicely... But now he says it's over? Just like that?

"EARTH TO AMBER," yelled Jerome as he looked at Amber's worried face. He didn't mean to yell at her, it just bothered him that she was so frozen, and quiet like an snowy night.

"Amber, is there something wrong?"

"No, I'm fine Jerome, really."

But she wasn't fine, she was frozen in time, she couldn't lose this match for Jerome. He really wanted that Frobisher Shield, and she was going to help.

Jerome thought this out. Whenever Amber said she was fine, she was always, always hiding something.

"Amber, just tell me. I know your not fine."

Amber looked Jerome in the eye. Jerome could see the hint of glassy eyes and the sad look on Amber's old worried face. She tried to plaster a smile, but failed. He then noticed her longing gaze at their oppenent.

"Amber, come on, talk to me."

"No, you're just going to laugh at me. You're going to make a joke, and I'm going to feel miserable about it. Then we're going to lose this match."

"I won't make fun of you. Promise."

"Fine. See that boy over there?"

Jerome nodded. So he was right. It was about that ping pong duffus, with the obnoxiously big cap.

"Go on."

"Well, we dated for like three months... It didn't end well."

Giles looked over at the two, he then winked at Amber. Jerome looked at Giles in disgust. Jerome couldn't stand guys who thought of themselves as players. When Eddie did it, it made him cringe, but he knew that Eddie was only joking. But this guy.. He thinks he can have everything at this finger tips... Jerome then had a thought. He reached over and took Amber's hand, squeezing it lightly to reassure her that this would make Giles jealous.

Ordinarily Amber would be disgusted, but right at that second she was delighted. She had the best comeback now. Giles would be so jealous it would be perfect.

Giles looked disgusted and jealous. He dated this girl for three months and already she had moved on? No way. Impossible. He glided across the floor and approached the pair.

"Well hello Ambs."

God, no. Don't use that name with me Giles, thought Amber. That was his nickname for her when they were dating. He. Could. Not. Use. That. Name. On. Her.

"Hey, Giles."

Jerome then put his arm around Amber's shoulders and pulled her closer.

"So you must be...?" said Jerome with a plastered smile on his face.

"The ex-boyfriend." Giles admitted.

"Oh, I've never heard of you. Amber's never mentioned a Giles." said Jerome.

Amber was delighted that Jerome was such a good actor. And she was glad that she didn't need to speak because she knew she'd be in tears.

"THE MATCH WILL NOW START," announced