Tori stood at her locker before improv class. She was putting her books away when she heard screaming. "What do you mean you guys are 'just friends'?!" Tori heard Jade yell.
Tori looked down the hallway. Beck and Jade were having another fight. Usual. "Tori and I are just friends, period. That's all." Beck was trying to calm Jade before she went on a war path.
Uh oh... Tori didn't want to be in the middle of this. She turned to run off to improv class when she heard more yelling. "There you are! Get back here!" she heard Jade say.
Please don't be talking to me, please don't be talking to me. Tori chanted in her head. She turned around with a big, fake smile. "Hi Jade! How are you? Did you do something new with your hair?" she tried to change the subject.
"Can it, Vega." Jade snapped. "I heard you've been hanging out with Beck again?" she said, more mad than ever.
"Uhhh..." Tori was speechless.
"So what have you guys been doing, huh?" Jade asked, her hand on her hip.
"Nothing! I mean... nothing wrong! We've just been hanging out with Kat, Robbie, and Andre, I swear!" Tori was now panicking.
"Jade, stop it! You're being a fool about this!" Beck said.
Jade turned slowly towards Beck. Ooooh this is about to get ugly... Tori thought.
"... What did you just say?" Jade hissed.
The hallway grew dead silent as everyone looked on. Everyone at Hollywood Arts knew it was a death wish to make Jade mad. Beck looked at Jade intensely. He wasn't giving up. Not this time. "You heard me. You're being a fool. Personally, I'd rather hang out with Tori right now than with you!"
Jade's mouth dropped open in surprise and anger. No one ever talks to her like that. "What are you saying, Beck? That Tori is better than me?" Haha, there's no way I'm losing this fight! Jade thought smuggly.
"... Yes." Beck said after a long moment.
No one said anything. Tori stood there in shocked. Jade stood there, so surprised by his answer. "What do you me-" Jade began but was cut off when Mr. Sykowitz came down the hall.
"Do you kids realize you've missed twenty minutes of my class?" He said.
Beck, Jade, and Tori looked around. The hallways were now empty except for the four of them. "Uh, sorry Mr. Sykowitz. We were just... talking." Beck said quickly.
"Well talk some other time, now get to class!" Mr Sykowitz said, walking back to his classroom. Beck and Tori started walking, too. Jade turned slowly around and started walking a few seconds later. What did he mean, yes? Jade thought.
...
Jade sat in improv class all alone today. Beck was sitting with Tori, talking about who-knows-what. Robbie and Kat were doing some sort of skit that Jade couldn't care less about. She was so deep in thought. She just sat there, sipping on her iced coffee, glaring at Beck. He'll come crawling back, begging for another chance. Jade thought.
"Jade!" Mr. Sykowitz broke through her wall of thought.
"What?!" Jade said, slightly embarrassed.
"Can you tell me what Robbie and Kat were just talking about in the last scene?" Mr. Sykowitz asked, crossing his arms.
She looked up at Robbie and Kat on the mini 'stage' that was at the front of the classroom. She noticed Robbie and Rex wearing sailor hats and Kat was dressed as a mermaid. "Um... they were talking about... their ship?" Jade guessed. Sykowitz gave her a confused look. The rest of the class laughed. "Wait, no no no, the sea!" Jade quickly corrected herself. Another look. More laughter.
"Give up yet?" Sykowitz asked.
"... Yeah." Jade finally surrendered.
"They were talking about their Halloween party, Jade." Beck said.
"Very good, Beck. I'm glad someone was paying attention." Mr. Sykowitz smiled and went back to teaching the importance of character-performance. Jade looked over at Beck. Tori and him were talking about something and giggling. Probably about her. She glared at them. She's gonna pay for stealing Beck... Jade thought. She's going to regret this.
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