That was it, Tori couldn't take it anymore. Jade had just pushed her too far. What person in their right mind would do something like that? How could Jade ever think of doing something like that? Spilling hot coffee all over her and her project, a original script with props and all, that she had worked so hard on for Sikowitz class.
"Jade!" No answer. "Jade!" Tori's voice was gleaming with anger. She had just entered a classroom that contained Cat and Jade. It appeared they were working on a project for some class, Tori couldn't tell which.
When Tori barged into the room, she disrupted Cat and Jade's work and made them both look up. "Tori, what's wrong?" Cat's face showed she knew what was wrong, but didn't want to make it look like it.
Jade was just smiling. "Hello Vega."
"Why Jade? WHY? I worked really hard on that project, and now it's ruined. And it's due TODAY." Tori was yelling so loud, she was sure people in the classroom next to them could hear her perfectly clear.
In her normal nonchalant voice Jade simply answered. "I was bored." She walked over to a Tori and looked to be challenging her to do something.
Tori clearly knew she couldn't do anything to harm Jade and se took a step back. "I swear..." Her voice trailed off when she looked over to Cat with a sympathetic look on her face. "You know what I want to know Jade?"
"Not really."
Tori didn't even pay any attention to what the black haired girl had to say. "You're a jerk to everyone at Hollywood Art's. With one exception. Cat. You treat her better than you do Beck! WHY!" It wasn't a question, it was more like a demand.
Cat turned her attention on Jade, as Jade did Cat. There was worry in Cat's eyes.
"That is none of your business Vega." Jade started for the door and didn't stop when Tori called out from behind.
"If you don't tell me, I'm going to tell Sikowitz what you did!"
By the time Jade responded, she was far enough for Tori to barely hear what she had to say, but it was clear. "Like I care." Typical Jade.
When she looked over to Cat, Tori was hoping for an answer, but instead she was shocked when the little red head girl squeaked and ran off, cover her face when passing Tori. There was something weird going on, and Tori was determined to find out what it was.
It was lunch time, and Jade was going to be with Cat all lunch to work on their project. It was the perfect time for prying.
"Hey Beck, can I ask you something?" She looked across the table to the dark haired Canadian. He was eating pizza and listening to music.
Beck looked up at Tori and smiled. "Shoot."
"Your girlfriend, Jade."
"Yes my girlfriend is Jade." Beck gave a smile and let Tori continue.
Tori brushed Beck's comment aside and continued with her question. "Well, she's mean. To everyone." She could see Beck was about to make another smart remark, but she spoke too fast for him to say anything. "Even to you. Why not Cat though?"
Beck exchanged looks with Andre and Robbie. Andre spoke up before Beck could say anything. "We don't know. No one does. They have been like that ever since we met. One time..Robbie tried asking. We didn't see him for awhile after that."
When Andre stopped speaking, Robbie's uneasy expression showed he wasn't lying.
"Yeah, it was hilarious." A laugh came from Rex, who had been very quiet the whole lunch time.
Robbie looked down at the puppet and exclaimed what he always does when Rex laughs at him and his pain. "Rex!"
Tori shut up and continued to eat. The rest of lunch went that way, except when Trina came over to take money from Tori.
Soon enough, lunch was over and it was time for Sikowitz class. Tori had written a new script when she wasn't doing anything at lunch. It was short and bad, but it was better than nothing.
When class began, Sikowitz stood in the center of the room with his normal crazy clothes, and no shoes. "Ah, yes. Today is the day for something I can't seem to remember what." He looked around as if he was searching for something. "Good Gandhi when did that board get there?" He was talking about the same board that had been there, in the front of the classroom, probably since the school opened.
"We had those projects due today." Jade spoke in a devious tone from where she was sitting, which was with Beck.
"Oh right! Now since you mentioned it, Jade you go first and if I remember correctly, you decided to work with Cat."
Cat gave out a little cheer when her name was said. Jade seemed unaffected by what just happened, and in a monotone voice she spoke one word before getting up. "Whatever." Typical. Not like you could expect much else. Cat also got up and together it took them five minutes to set up the stage for their play.
It was kind of a morbid set up. Fake blood scattered everywhere. Their clothes, a mannequin, blanket they used to cover the stage. There was another blanket set up against the wall where the 'newly found' board was. It looked to be resembling the night.
"Jade thought of the plot!" Cat's words were mumbled as she put on a pink shirt covered with fake blood. Jade was doing the same, but with a red shirt.
"Are you ready?" Sikowitz was sitting in a chair in the back of the classroom. The words came in between sipping his coconut.
Jade's answer was short. "Yep."
"Good, then begin."
The air suddenly felt like it was denser and the smile from Cat's face was gone. She was bent over the mannequin. "No! You can't be dead! Ian! Wake up!" She vigorously shook the mannequin in vain. Tears started running down her face. "Ian..."
Jade was just lurking there in the corner. Her eyes were concentrated on the 'dead body', but at the same time, they seemed distant. Just like Cat's. Suddenly, it looked like she remembered what she was doing and started laughing.
Cat's attention was drawn to Jade. "You did this! This is your fault!" Her voice was consumed with anger, with was so weird to hear from Cat.
The laughs continued. "Me? What did I do? You're the one that wanted to go to the park."
"And you're the one that provoked those thugs into shooting him! How could you do that! Ian was your brother..." Cat's voice trailed off and Jade's expression weakened. They were staring at one another as if they forgot what was going on.
"How was I supposed to know they would actually do it!" The expression came back to Jade's face when she started speaking again.
"Why are you laughing about this? And when three guys all have guns pulled out, and you yell 'shoot him not me!' that isn't a good thing." Cat made a fake gun with her hand and acted out what would happen.
"Borrrrrriiiingggg." Sikowitz yelled from the back the classroom, making everybody turn.
These words saddened Cat and she was starting to become defensive. "But Sikowitz! We worked really hard on this project!"
He stood up from he seat and walked to the front of the class. "That may be so, but you expect stuff like this from Jade. It isn't special."
Tori let a small smile show on her face.
"But!" Cat tried to continue, but Sikowitz cut her off.
"I'm only kidding! I liked it. You were very good Cat." He clearly didn't want to hurt the red hair girls feels. No one wanted that. "Now...who's next?"
"You aren't going to let us finish the scene?" Jade was the one to speak up this time. When Sikowitz shook his head, Jade was just more infuriated. "Yeah, that's cool. We work hard on that project, and you aren't even going to let us finish. Perfect." No waiting for another word, she stormed out of the room.
That was pretty much how the rest of his class went. Sikowitz would call people up, they'd perform about two minutes, and then he'd stop them. Tori was thankful for that. Her performance was about someone that spilled coffee everywhere and one day she spilled so much coffee, it ruined her life. So she decided to cut out coffee, but she realized how much it meant to her. Yeah, pretty dumb.
So time went on, and soon enough it was the next day. Everyone seemed to forget what happened the previous day. Except Tori. Se needed to find the answer. Even if it wasn't hers to find.
