Luckily, Hannah comes to the bus stop. I explain to her about everything as fast as I can. I tell her about meeting Jason, becoming secret boyfriend and girlfriend, and the awkward times with Jackson, and the good times with Jason. And I tell her about the second piece of blackmail I have. She winces and says, "So you can't be annoyed with Jackson on dates you have to go with, and if you don't he'll tell everybody about you and Jason, and if that happens, the next piece of blackmail will happen and you'll be framed for some school crime that could possibly get you suspended or expelled."

"Yeah," I say, "Why does life have to hate me!" I groan. Hannah hugs me and pats me on me on the back.

"It's okay," she says, "I'm here to help you, and sounds like Jason," she winks at me and continues, "seems to also be on your side."

"Yeah," I say, "but one thing that worries me is that even if I explain to Jason about the blackmail that Jackson has with me, oh never mind. That probably wouldn't happen." I was going to talk about Jackson's attempt to kiss me, I left that part out in the explanation.

"Okay, just don't worry about it." She says. She smiles and gives me another hug. I am so glad Jackson isn't here to see this, he would probably threaten us being friends as blackmail too. Jackson is way too desperate.

The bus comes and Hannah and I split up and go to our seats. I stare out the window the entire way to school because luckily, Olivia doesn't decide to sit with me. The bus arrives at school and I get out and go to my math class. Jason's already there and in his seat. The teacher isn't in the room yet, so everyone is talking. They won't notice me whispering to Jason. "Hey, Jason, can we pass notes during class?" I whisper to him.

"Sure, Tara." He whispers back. He gives me that bright smile and my heart melts a little. Jason is so cute. I don't know how he's my boyfriend. I know people tell me I'm cute too, I mean I must be if Jackson is this desperate. He could literally ask 75% of the girls in my school out and they would say yes and then faint. Believe me, Jackson is kinda cute, but he is obviously a complete jerk.

Anyway, class begins and our teacher gives us just stuff to work on. The perfect time to pass notes because the teacher is just sitting at her desk and reading novels. I start to work a little and then grab a sticky note from my binder. I write out, Jackson is blackmailing me. I pass it underhanded to Jason. He takes it and reads it. A few seconds later he scribbles something under what I wrote. He passes it back to me. I do another math problem and then read what he wrote. How, it says. I write out on the back how and pass it back to him. He reads through it and looks a little shocked, but then writes something under it. He passes back to me. That's not good at all, it reads. Yes, I write. I pass it back. He looks at it and then writes something else. He gives it back and I read it. Cool, hey I need help with my homework. There's a winky face next to it. I giggle and grab a new sticky note. I write haha and pass it back to him. He giggles and his eyes twinkled. He writes something and pass it back. I'll help you, by the way. We can get through this together. That's what it says. I smile back at him, and he smiles back. I start to write a message and the bell rings. We all pick up our stuff and head out. Our teacher reminds us the worksheet is due tomorrow. I head to my next class with Jason. I have a feeling that today won't be as bad as I thought it would be, with the scare in the morning from Jackson. It's going to be a good day.