Welcome to my new fic.
It's about Tori noticing new things about Beck and Jade in their relationship. Most things are very random and small. There will be nine each with their own chapter and then a tenth chapter which will kind of summarize everything before. I have already outlined all chapters and can say that every one after this will be only about... half the length. So, it will be all very short but that also means I can probably update twice a week.
Now to the most important part: This fic is very heavily inspired by WoNdY Alice's 10 Things which you probably have all read - if you haven't, you should definitely read it. :) Luckily, she gave me permission to write something similiar. It isn't actually all that similiar because in my story Tori's findings aren't all that big etc - but the idea is totally hers, so thank you again for allowing me to use it. :)
Now I hope you'll enjoy reading this.

It's just a month until graduation and they decide to take a trip over the weekend, all six of them.

Tori is the one who starts talking about going camping, having very fond memories of the few times she has gone with her family. Robbie seems to hesitate a little at first – something about the woods being scary – and Jade declares she won't go if they will camp when Tori starts with it but Beck seems to convince her that it will be fun.

Tori is glad that Trina for once doesn't invite herself into their trip although she has the time. But she hates camping.

They decide what each person will bring. Tori grabs two tents, each for three people, from her aunt. Beck and Jade have already said that they would bring a seperate tent they would sleep in, but these are the only others the group has access too.

And Tori doesn't know if it's really appropriate for the couple to share a tent – and she kind of hopes they'll come to another decision when they are there.

But while the others promptly set up the two tents, Beck and Jade truly set up their own. Tori still isn't sure about it but they put it so close that they probably... won't do anything in it, with their friends so close. And none of their other friends seem to worry or even think about it, so Tori pushes it out of her mind as well.

They take up a spot close to the woods on the camp site. They have a fireplace of their own with four logs around it to sit on and the lake in which swimming is allowed is on the other side of the camp site.

Only a few others are here this weekend. There is a small family who isn't set up far from them. And then there is a big tent closer to the lake.

Ten minutes by foot through the woods is another camp site where there is a hut with toilets, showers and a restaurant. A much smaller hut is of course on their site which has also toilets in it.

But they have already walked to the bigger hut to check it out before they now set up the tents.

"We really have luck with the weather," Robbie notices when they are done, looking up to the sky.

The weather report has been kind of different each day and they haven't known how it would actually be, if they could ever stand the whole weekend. None of them want to camp very much if it would rain the whole time.

Andre warns: "Don't jinx it." He has always said that whenever the report for the weekend has looked sunny and one of the friends has talked about it in relieve.

"Aw, I hope it stays this warm," Cat says and excitedly claps her hands. "Then we can go swim in the lake tomorrow."

They have agreed beforehand they wouldn't go swim that evening anymore. It is already late, have they spent their day in school and only after have driven their way up here. Jade has already said that she doesn't understand why they wouldn't just drive Saturday morning then – or never.

Tori looks up to the sky as well. "I wish it was darker already, so we had a good reason to light the fire."

That is what she loves most about the camping: the fire and everything that goes with it.

"I also want the fire," Cat agrees promptly. "I want to eat marshmallows. Let's light it."

"We need fire wood first," Beck reminds her and Cat asks happily: "Where do we get it?"

"Well, how about us guys go get it?" Andre suggests. "I bet until we come back and get the fire started it's already a little darker and colder anyway."

"Sure," Beck agrees and Robbie nods as well.

He doesn't need to put Rex away as he goes with Andre and Beck in the woods – he hasn't brought him or at least that's what he claims. Tori isn't sure if Rex isn't in Robbie's bag for emergencies.

Jade and Beck share a short kiss, then the boys are gone. Tori and Cat sit down on one the logs first. Jade sits on the one to Cat's side.

"Ugh. I hate camping," she says.

"Why?" Cat innocently asks.

"Because it's disgusting. Sleeping on the floor, eating food made over the fire. Are we in the 21st century or what?"

"You know, if you would at least try to enjoy it, I bet you would," Tori tells her.

They are truly friends by now but they still bicker from time to time and Jade often acts like Tori is the biggest idiot – not like she treats any of her other friends much better.

But they do get along and Tori understands Jade better now. Understands better what she says seriously and which is a joke even if she says it like it isn't.

And since they have gotten back together, she has understood Jade and Beck's relationship much better as well. Although there still is much she isn't able to see at all. Much about both of them themselves, but primarily about them in their relationship.

This weekend, she realizes some things about them she hasn't before. The first one is coming over right now.

"Pretty girls."

All three of them look up and there are five boys, probably a little older than them, standing in front of them. From the direction they approached it's seems like they sleep in the big tent closest to the lake.

"What are three pretty girls like you are doing alone in the woods?" one of them asks and another already sits down right next to Jade, way too far in her comfort zone, nearly touching her leg with his.

Another squeezes in between Cat and Tori while the last three just step closer.

"We are not alone here," Tori says and now, another guy plants himself on her other side.

He winks: "Brought some more pretty friends?"

Cat giggles as if the boy has called Robbie, Andre and Beck pretty.

"You are a happy one, huh?" the guy in between her and Tori asks her.

The one next to Jade is about to put his arm around Jade put she promptly hits him in his side with her elbow.

He makes a noise full of hurt and holds his side. However, he doesn't stand up or anything but stays right with her. The other guys don't seem intimidated as well. One instead smiles: "And a wild one."

"What kind are you?" the one next to Tori asks.

"Remind you of something?" Jade suddenly asks, looking directly at Tori.

She needs a moment but then she remembers their forced date for Sikowitz' play and the two boys there that wouldn't leave them alone – and actually made them bond in the end through singing a song.

"Oh, yes, it does," she says and the guy next to Jade seems to see that as another opening: "Do we remind you of your dreams?"

Even Cat rolls her eyes.

"So, where are your friends?" one of the guys asks.

It's Jade who answers, putting emphasis on the first words and looking pointedly the first and only time at the boy next to her while she does so: "My boyfriend and the others are collecting fire wood."

"Oh, if you want you can get over to our tent," one of the boys still standing says. "We have enough wood there."

He and the other high-five while the others jeer. Tori clearly hears Jade making a disgusted noise.

"We'll rather stay here," Tori says and the boy between her and Cat puts his arm now around Cat: "Then, so will we."

Tori sees the way, Jade glares at that boy and is sure that it doesn't take much anymore to push her over the edge. And then, someone could very well be killed.

And Tori herself has more than enough. These boys are disgusting.

"You should go."

The boy next to her shoves her lightly. "Come on."

"You really should go." That's Andre's voice. The three boys are finally back and let their gathered wood fall in the fire pit.

Tori is relieved. It's not like you need a man or anything but some guys just understand the prompt to go much better when another guy tells them. That fact is just as disgusting as the boys themselves.

But another thing catches Tori's attention: Beck. He has narrowed his eyes on the guy sitting right next to Jade and while one of the others tells Andre, Robbie and Beck to 'chill', Beck finally looks at Jade, goes up to her and offers her his hand. She takes it without hesitation and he pulls her up and has drawn her into a very deep kiss in the same move.

Tori is sure that the others have been talking to each other just now but everyone goes silent and watches.

This is a much more passionate kiss than they have ever shared in school, even right after they have gotten back together that one time, and Tori sometimes thinks even those are far too much and private for public. This is really inappropriate.

They finally break apart again and Andre tells the others to go another time while Beck grabs Jade's hand again, leads her over to the log opposite of the one, Tori sits on, and both of them sit down there.

She lies her head on his shoulder and he puts his arm around her and looks over to the other guy with eyes that for Tori just convey one message: 'See? She is mine.'

Tori has never seen this before and all of it distracts her so much that she doesn't hear the next few words that are exchanged, until the guy that had hit on Jade, stands up. "Well, then we will go. We just wanted to be nice."

"Yeah, nobody needs that kind of nice," Andre says while all five of them finally go away.

"Gosh. What's up with those guys?" Robbie says while he sits down on one of the logs.

Cat answers him something about how there are always idiotic boys everywhere and how she doesn't understand it, but Tori is still a little distracted.

She watches as Beck still looks after the strangers and it's only when Jade pulls him into another kiss that he seems to forget about them and finally loosens his grip around her that has been extremely tight before, as Tori realizes now.

Huh, interesing. Who would have known? Is Beck kind of possessive of Jade as well?

It doesn't just feel like him protecting her or anything. He could have just told them to go away like Andre did. But instead he chose to pull Jade to him and kiss her like that in front of that guy, just because he could.

Tori has seen Jade's jealousy time and time again but Beck not being happy with any guy around Jade? Well... Actually, she isn't sure if she has ever seen a situation close to this. After all, in school she scares every guy off, so that only very few even speak to her and noone would ever dare touching her.

But, obviously, Beck also hates it if anyone gets too close to her.