Complex sentence: Jt and Toby have been best friends sense the first episode of season 1, but as JT started hanging out with Paige since he helped her through her rape, he started getting much more popular than before.
Split into simpler sentences: Jt and Toby have been best friends sense the first episode of season 1. But as JT started hanging out with Paige since he helped her through her rape, he started getting much more popular than before.