Kevin walked down the corridor with his nose in his english notes, trying desperately to sort out his Cordelia's from his Ophelia's before the test in first period English. He ducked Macy's awkwardly swung hockey stick, stepped around Joe and Stella's awkward conversation, and opened his locker with an expert tap of his fist.

Nick joined him a moment later, sighing the sigh of a disgruntled mini-genius. "Not soulbonded to Macy yet?" Kevin asked automatically. The joke had ceased to be funny sometime in the first two weeks of the school year, but Kevin was nothing if not persistent. Or consistent. Or maybe both. He hoped that wasn't on the English test.

"No," Nick snarled. "Here." He thrust a sheet of music at Kevin. "Live it, learn it, love it. But mostly learn it." He stalked off down the corridor, scattering students in his wake.

"What's the magic word?" Kevin yelled down the hall after him. He laughed to himself, stuck the music in the back of his folder, closed his lockers, turned, smiling as he opened his mouth to excuse himself past the student blocking his way.

The guy glanced over.

Their eyes locked.

Kevin manfully staggered. He did not swoon and faint, no matter what Joe said. He was a lying liar, who wasn't there anyway.

Unfortunately, most of the rest of the school did see Kevin Jonas meet his soulbond.