Jade lied in bed, debating on if she should go to school. She didn't like Hollywood Arts as much as she used to. It hasn't been the same as it was when she first came here. Her parents wouldn't even notice if she went to school or not. "Hell they won't even give a damn," Jade thought to herself. They never supported her in performing arts, especially her dad.

She tossed over, and lied on her stomach with her eyes closed. "I can't believe I did something nice for Tori," she said softly. "Beck…" she whimpered. She still couldn't believe she witnessed Beck attempting to kiss Tori, and Tori was the one who stopped. His intent was crystal clear. She let out a big sigh.

She got out of bed, and went to go get ready for school. When she was done, she got in her car and drove towards the school she used to be so excited to attend.

She felt the need for a coffee fix. She thought about going to the usual place… but she didn't wanna go to a place that her and Beck used to go to together. She looked at the clock and saw she was already late for first period, so she decided to skip it and take her time. She drove down 6th avenue and found a dark little coffee shop. She admired the decorations and decided to give it a try.

"Voodoo Café," she said, as she read the sign. She liked the ring to that. She walked in and took note of the dark interior and perplexing art. She liked it. It seemed relaxing. She got her usual: black coffee with two sugars.

There was a flyer on the table that read "Open Mic Night every monday night at eight." Today was monday. She stared at the flyer giving some consideration to it. Her thoughts were interrupted by a phone vibration, so she stuffed the flyer into her bag, and grabbed her phone.

To: Jade
From: Cat
Jaaaaaadddeeeeee! Where are you?

She sighed, remembering she had school.

To: Cat
From: Jade
I'm on my way Cat.

To: Jade
From: Cat
Can you bring some bibble?

To: Cat
From: Jade
NO!

Jade walked into school, and headed towards her locker. She rummaged through her bag trying to find her phone… when suddenly…

"Dude, what the hell?" she exclaimed. She found herself on the ground, after bumping into an unfamiliar face.

"I'm sorry love." He stood up, wiping himself off. "My name's Nathan," he held out his hand, with a smile across his face.

She rolled her eyes, got up, and dusted herself off. "Alright Nathan, next time you should watch where you're going!" She walked passed him, and shoved his shoulder. She opened her locker and continued looking for her phone. A few pens fell to the floor, but she didn't bother picking them up.

"Need any help love?" Nathan asked, as he picked up her pens. She was too pre-occupied; she didn't notice him standing slightly behind her. She turned around, seeing the same irritating guy that bumped into a few seconds ago. He had that same smug smile on his face, as he held out her pens.

She glared at him, and snatched the pens out of his hands. "Good for you. You know how to pick up some pens. Now go away, before I make you fetch a scissor." She turned around and threw her pens into her locker.

He chuckled to himself looking at her, frantically searching her bag. "Are you looking for this?"

She turned around, seeing her phone in his hands. She attempted to snatch it out of his hands, but he held it up higher than she could reach.

"Give me back my phone!" She tried reaching for it, but it was too high above her, for her to reach. "How do you even have it?"

He chuckled again. "It fell out of your bag, when we collided against each other."

"Ok, so give it back!"

"Say 'please' first."

She crossed her arms over her chest. "Hah! No ways. Want my phone? Fine! Keep it!" She grabbed her bag and slammed her locker shut.

Nathan watched her storm away. "What an interesting little thing," he said, as he slipped her phone into his pocket.

"Jade! Did you get me bibble?" Cat asked as Jade entered the classroom.

"No Cat! I thought you're parents banned you from eating bibble?"

"Ya… But…" She frowned, not knowing what to say. "Ahh, foo-ey."

Jade was glad she only had Cat in her second period. Actually, now that she thought about it… her and Cat had all of the same classes.

"Why were you late?"

"I went to get some coffee."

"But Sky Bucks is only a two minutes away from school, and we have a Sky Bucks cart on campus."

Jade didn't like being reminded of the place her and Beck used to go to everyday. "Ya, well I don't like Sky Bucks anymore."

"Why not?"

"I just don't Cat. Now, shut up."

Cat could see Jade was irritated, so she decided not to bother her.

They both stayed silent through their next class also. When the bell rang, they got up and collected their belongings.

"Want to eat?" Cat asked.

"Sure."

They both walked towards their usual table, but Jade stopped a little.

"What's wrong?" Cat asked, as she noticed that Jade wasn't next to her anymore.

Jade sighed, and caught up next to Cat. "Nothing." They continued walking towards the table. Jade was relieved that only Robbie and Andre was there.

"That was a nice thing you did for Tori," Andre told Jade as her and Cat sat down.

"Ya, ya, don't mention it… Seriously!"

"Looks like there's a heart deep down under all that black clothing," Robbie said with a teasing finger pointing at her clothes.

"Get that finger away, before I bite it off," Jade snapped at him.

"I always knew Jade had a heart. She's a big softy sometimes," Cat said as she clapped her hands.

"Whatever," Jade said as she got up. She walked away from the table and grabbed a salad from the grub truck.

Meanwhile at the table, Tori, Beck, and Nathan joined Cat, Robbie, and Andre.

"How you liking Hollywood Arts so far Nathan?" Tori asked.

"It's delightful actually. Much different from the last school I attended."

"What school did you go to?" Andre asked.

"Well, I came to the states a month ago, and my parents decided to send me to North Ridge. When I heard about Hollywood Arts, I auditioned and got accepted."

"Came to the States? Where are you from originally?" Robbie asked.

"Can't you tell from his accent? He's from Britain," Beck answered for Nathan.

"OMG! You're from Britain! Do you have bibble?" Cat asked him.

"Oh, no. Those little things can be very addicting."

"Ya, Cat's crazy for 'em," Andre contributed.

"How you liking the people here?" Beck asked Nathan.

"So far, I only got to know you mates, and you mates are much friendlier than the students at North Ridge and what most people assume about Americans." He paused for a moment, thinking about mentioning the girl. "However, there was an interesting person I met though, after first period," he said, as he touched the phone in his pocket. "She was stunning, but she had a feisty little attitude. I found it rather... cute."

Everyone wondered whom he was talking about.

"Who was it? Alyssa?" Tori asked.

"Trish?" Robbie asked.

"Liza?" Beck asked.

"Ooo! I love guessing! Britney Spears?" Cat asked.

"Cat, it's a girl from Hollywood Arts," Tori informed her.

"It doesn't really matter. I didn't get her name, and I haven't seen her since," Nathan told them.

They all continued thinking of who this "mystery girl" was. They pointed at some girls around them, but he shook his head, confirming that none of them were her.

Jade turned around and saw the gang all there, plus that irritating dude she bumped into. She rolled her eyes, and sighed, as she walked towards them.

"There she is," Nathan said, as he motioned towards Jade walking closer towards them. Everyone looked behind, and was shocked to discover the girl Nathan was interested in, was Jade.

Beck wasn't sure how he felt. He felt bubbles forming in his stomach, and felt an emotion he couldn't name or describe.

She squeezed in between Cat and Andre. "Who invited him?" she snorted.

"Jade this Nathan," Cat told her.

She looked at him, and flashed a fake smile. Then rolled her eyes, and started picking at her salad.

"Ello love. You ready to say 'please'?" he asked her, with a smirk on his face.

She didn't like that stupid smile he'd been giving her ever since she met him. She wanted to wipe that smirk off his face. "I told you, keep it. I don't want it!" she retorted.

"When did you guys meet?" Robbie asked.

Nathan chuckled. "I accidently bumped into her this morning."

"Ya, next time you should watch where you're going!" she yelled.

"Don't mind her. She acts all mean and tough on the outside, but she can be nice," Tori told Nathan. She faced Jade, "Thanks again Jade."

"God! How many times do I have to say it? Don't mention it!" she yelled back. She hated being reminded of how she did something nice. She hated it even more remembering why she did something nice. She rolled her eyes, and continued eating her salad.

"Jade is it?" Nathan questioned.

Jade looked at him again with the fake smile and lifted both of her eyebrows up twice, confirming it.

"Like the beautiful green stone?"

"I'm gonna throw a stone at you if you don't shut up," she responded, again with a fake smile.

"There's that feisty attitude again," he said with a smirk on his face.

She rolled her eyes, and decided to ignore him.

Beck felt out of place. Not to long ago, he was the one Jade would bicker with. For once, he was the audience, and he felt jealousy building up a little inside of him.

"Ya, it's short for Jadelyn!" Cat said as she giggled and clapped her hands.

"Cat, shut up!" Jade yelled.

"Jadelyn huh? I like it," Nathan commented.

Jade rolled her eyes, and decided not to reply. She had enough of this guy already.

"So, what do you like better? Acting or singing?" Andre asked Nathan.

Nathan thought about it for a second. "I can't really pick. I started singing before I did acting, but I grew to love them both the same. And yourself?"

"Singing man," Andre replied, taking another bite of his burger.

"Andre's a musical prodigy," Tori contributed.

"I'd like to hear your work," Nathan told Andre. "So are the rest of you musicians also?"

"We all do both, except Beck," Robbie said. "He likes acting better."

"Mainly cause I can't sing," Beck replied.

Nathan nodded. "I'd like to hear your beautiful voice," he said, looking at Jade.

Beck didn't like the way he talked to Jade like that, but he couldn't understand why. He was sure that he liked Tori now, but for some reason, he felt an indescribable emotion and discomfort, each time he heard Nathan talk to Jade.

"Yea? I'd like to hear your beautiful voice as I throw a scissor down your back," she replied, again with the fake smile.

The bell rang, and they all got up to get their things.

"Let's go Cat," Jade yelled. She wanted to get away from that table. She couldn't bare seeing Tori and Beck, and that Nathan kid was getting on her nerves.

"Kay. Kay." Cat quickly followed her like a little puppy.

They walked into fourth period, and sat down in the second row.

"Hey girlies," Robbie said as she joined them. Jade forgot Robbie was in their fourth period.

Cat and Robbie went on talking about a show they saw on TV last night, while Jade just listened. Her life went from forcing people to shut up, to listening to people talk about things she didn't care about.

"Here it is," Andre said as he entered class with Nathan. They made their way towards Robbie, Cat, and Jade.

"Oh great!" Jade said out loud, sarcastically.

"Hey Andre, are you in our class now?" Cat asked.

"Naw, I still got music theory class with Tori. I just came to show Nathan where this class was. He didn't know where Black Box Theater was, so I showed him," Andre informed them.

Andre walked out of the classroom, while Nathan walked over to Jade.

He stood in front of her, with a smirk on his face. "Hello beautiful."

Jade rolled her eyes. As if she wasn't already sick of this kid; she just had to have fourth period with him.

She glared at him as he took a seat next to her, but he just looked back at her with a smile.

Jade ignored him for the entire period, but she could feel his stare on him. It made her feel really uncomfortable. She thought about pushing him off his chair a few times, but she figured she'd get a detention-which she wasn't in the mood for.

The bell rang, and they all stood up, walking towards the door.

"Do you guys know where the History of Broadway class is?" Nathan asked.

"That's the class Jade and I are going to. You can follow us," Cat said as she grabbed his arm. "Yay!" she cheered. She grabbed Jade's hand with her free hand, and pulled both of them, as she giggled.

"Great, now I have two classes with you," Jade said, sarcastically.

"Actually, you have three classes with him," Cat corrected her.

Jade looked at her confused.

"He's in our improv class with Sikowitz. You woulda met him in that class but you missed first period," Cat informed her.

The same thing happened in this class, as the last class. He stared at her, while she ignored him.

As soon as the bell rang, Jade walked swiftly out of the door. She wanted to get home as fast as she could, without anyone interrupting her.

When she got home, she went straight to her room and lied in bed. She grabbed a pillow and covered her face with it. She screamed into the pillow, letting out all of her frustration from today. She hated seeing Beck now, after witnessing 'that moment.' She hated being reminded that she did something nice for Tori Vega. And to make things worse, that Nathan kid was really irritating her today.

She sat up on her bed, and debated on whether or not she should go to Open Mic Night at Voodoo Café. After an hour of debating in her head, she decided to go.

She took her time getting ready – showering, picking out her outfit, doing her hair, and applying her make up. By then it was seven thirty, and she grabbed her bag and went to Voodoo Café.

What's going to happen at Voodoo Cafe? Will she see/meet someone? Read Chapter 2 to find out!
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