A Complete 180

Ch 1. Desperate Times Call for Desperate Means

"So this is Macy Misa reporting live from the Lucas Household," Macy said into her digital camera as she zoomed in on the reactions of each Lucas brother upon hearing that Nick, the boy three points shy of being a genius, was in fact the one who failed his geometry final. The look of utter disbelief and sadness was apparent in the youngest member of the band Jonas.

"I can't believe it," Nick said as he plopped down into the nearest armchair. "How is it that I failed my geometry test just before the tour? What am I going to do now…"

He put his face into his hands as if he faced defeat. He wasn't trying to be dramatic but Macy loved the footage she was getting. Albeit she was saddened by the fact that the Jonas tour may be cancelled because of Nick going to summer school. She already had her full Jonas gear ready for when she planned to attend their show in Camden. Despite all that, she did not want to disappoint her Jonas heads so she zoomed in or rather placed the camera right in front of his face with the narration, "What will Nick of Jonas do? Is this the end of Jonas? Who would have thought geometry out of all things would break up the band?"

She would have continued her narration of suspense and intrigue if it wasn't for Nick glaring through the screen of her camera.

"Ah Macy, I think you should step away from Nick right now," Stella said cautiously as she grabbed the petite brunette away from an already frustrated Nick Lucas.

Macy was about to close her camera when Mr. Lucas came bursting back into the room to announce that Mr. Peterson, Nick's geometry teacher was going to give him a second chance to retake the exam on Monday and if he passed he wouldn't have to take summer class and more importantly the tour wouldn't have to be cancelled.

"That's awesome!" yelled Joe who sprang up from his depressed state after learning that the tour may have been cancelled.

"Yeah Nick all you need to do is ace the exam and we're good to go," exclaimed Kevin.

Joe and Kevin high- fived to the sound of that and were glad that the tour was going to happen after all.

Although Nick was excited about getting a second chance, he was always one to think ahead.

"That's easier said than done, bro," Nick said. "The key phrase here is passing the exam. How am I going to learn a year's worth of geometry in one weekend!"

And out of nowhere Macy blurted out, "I can tutor you!"

She said it with such enthusiasm and excitement that everyone stared at her like the crazed fan that she was.

"Uhhhh.." Nick had a look of apprehension that only came when he was near an overzealous fan and well, Macy fit that description to a tee.

But thankfully his brothers butted in and Kevin said politely, "It's alright Macy we got this. Joe and I took geometry last year we can help our lil' bro out."

Joe was hesitant at first to agree with Kevin because he knew for a fact that the only reason he passed geometry was because his teacher's daughter was a big fan of his. He even had an inkling that his exam counted as a prized autograph for her.

Macy felt a little embarrassed after her outburst. She could tell she freaked Nick out a bit and she wanted to kick herself because she was already starting to become "normal" around them and she so desperately wanted to be in their good graces. She envied Stella's calm, cool, and collective demeanor around them while she was still a major klutz at heart.

"No, no no," Stella said with a voice of reason. "Macy's actually really good in math. Aren't you Macy?"

"Huh?" she was lost in her thoughts of self-pity when Stella nudged her in the rib.

"I was telling the boys that you are great in math so it isn't that weird for you to offer Nick help with your mathematical expertise," Stella said again. "I mean it'll be better than having Joe help."

"Hey I resent that!" Joe yelled but Stella gave him a look that said are you really going to argue with me on this.

"Oh yeah. I mean I can totally help you out if you want," Macy said again this time trying to contain her excitement. Don't make any more sudden outbursts and scare a Jonas she mentally noted.

"I didn't know you took geometry," Nick said still unsure if this was one of Macy's fan-crazed schemes to get closer to him. "You're not even in my class."

At least he didn't think so. It was hard keeping track on who was in his class because he was always distracted by a certain girl named Penny who forever remained the girl of his dreams. But Macy was an exception. He would have certainly known if she was in his class because Macy has a tendency of making her presence known especially in front of any member of Jonas. As he could remember he didn't recall any crazy fan-girl antics happening in Mr. Peterson's class. Thus no Macy in his class.

"That's because I'm taking advance geometry and trigonometry with Mrs. West," Macy said matter-of-factly as she regained confidence to redeem herself in the eyes of the Jonas. "Everything you learned this quarter we already went over and I have some old exams that could be of great use…that is if you want me to help you."

As much as she wanted to be casual about it all, she couldn't help but stare at Nick with anticipated excitement. Could it be that she will be getting her chance to actually help out a Jonas in a time of need? Could the heavens have actually heard her pleas and granted this sole wish of Macy Misa, who breathes and lives for everything Jonas? Don't get carried away Macy she told herself he could say no…

Nick thought about it for a second. He really needed all the help he needed especially if he wanted to go on tour. Sure his brothers passed geometry but the idea of them helping him out was not that appealing especially since he knew Kevin and Joe often went on tangents when trying to explain something to him. And Stella did say Macy was surprisingly a math genius with the credentials to match so before he could take his words back he said, "Okay sure Macy I'll take you up on your offer."

Macy almost fainted when she heard his response and out of pure fan instinct she ran up and gave him a great big hug and said repeatedly "Thank you thank you thank you!"

"Errr.. Too close for comfort," Nick said as Macy seemed to be squeezing the life out of him. "Help! Can't feel my legs…"

It took Kevin and Joe to detach Macy from Nick.

"Nick 101," Kevin started to say. "He hates hugs. It's part of his people-phobia."

"Yeah we always need to find a way to sedate him before fan meet and greets," Joe piped in with a chuckle.

"Sorry about that," Macy said sheepishly. "I just couldn't help it. …well yeah…But rest assure, you won't regret it Nick! I'm going to make sure you'll pass this test if it's the last thing I do."

"Come on Macy, I think we should go it's getting pretty late," Stella said as she grabbed her stuff and waved good bye.

Macy walked out of the room with a noticeable bounce in her step as she smiled at all three brothers and waved good bye.

"I hope you know what you have gotten yourself into," Joe said in a what-were-you-thinking-kind of voice.

It was valid though because right now as much as Nick was desperate to go on tour he wasn't sure if spending one-on-one time with Macy Misa , the self-proclaimed Jonas #1 Super Fan was the wise choice after all.