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High school is one of the hardest things a person has to live through and on top of it all we have to have raging hormones running through our bodies like an out of controlled army trying to take over the free world. These hormones make us do all kinds of things from girls gigging at nothing when a cute guy walks by to the cute guy having to walk around school with book nicely placed in front of him so no one will know that his little trouser snake wants swimming lessons.

The hormones also make us say and do stupid things like trying to get that one person you want to pay attention to you. You know the one you should you have their picture circled in the year book or one in your wallet, yeah that one.

You know you have it really bad when you find yourself in a dark bedroom thinking about committing harry carry just after you have a fun time with harry palmer because you know that even though you are head over heels in love with this person chances are they don't have a clue who the hell you are.

You know that person would never give you the time of day let alone be seen with you in public with you. But you still do some big stupid gesture to prove your undying love for said person and where did that get you? That's right in a box six feet in the ground because like everything else dealing with the hormone cover true heart you didn't think things through.

That's right you thought trying to put a homemade banner on the bridge over the interstate on a windy day was the best plan ever.

And now you're dead and the only person that seen your banner was the truck driver as you flew into him face first.

Oh and the person the big gesture was for came to your funeral…with a date.

Ok so that was way out there flapping at any rate teenagers go through a ton of shit with feelings and emotions. Their told to grow up and act their age then when they act on their feelings and emotions their told that they are just kids that they don't know what they feel and that they'll understand when they're older.

Well the kids of Hollywood Art are no exemption.

Chapter 1

Tori has been in Hollywood Arts for two years she has done hundreds of performances small and big from plays done by students to the crazy drive by acting exercises for Sikowitz their aging hippy acting teacher. She found that acting helps her on stage performance when she would sing she also found that acting helped her deal with the other kids in the school case in point Jade.

Jade had hated her from the day she come to Hollywood Arts she found that the more she did to get on the girl's good side…well Jade doesn't have a good side so there wasn't any point. Tori would try everything to become her friend and found that it was a losing battle even Cat sweet kind loveable Cat told Tori that she should count her losses and move the fuck on.

Tori finally gave up on trying to convince Jade that she would be a good friend and that life would be better having more friends than just her small circle. Tori gave up on a lot of things by the time her second year came around in fact she was secretly looking for another performance arts high school, she didn't really want to leave Hollywood Arts but the pain and anger that went hand and hand with going to this school wasn't worth the outcome of the school its self. She just didn't have the motivation to leave but that day will come and when it does it will slap her in the face and leave a jade colored bruise.

Jade had a secret she would protect Tori without Tori knowing. She had always looked after her without anyone knowing well besides Cat that it.

Tori walked up to the table to join the others for lunch when Jade noticed that there was a young man with her. She wanted to know everything about this boy, where he was from what school he goes to and if he had any intentions in hurting Tori. However when Jade asked a question it does not come across as enquiring minds, no it's more like being in a hot room for twelve hours with no water and two guys Bruno and Max who are going to beat a confession out you.

Jade really only wanted to know what this guy was up to, the last guy that hurt Tori pissed Jade off. Tori thought that singing a song in front of the school about this guy would teach him a thing or two, but at the end of the day the guy got a failing grade and Tori past with a good song.

What everyone didn't know was after the big song and dance and the boy got all embarrassed. Jade talked Cat into finding him and teaching him real lesson and not with a dog and pony show. Of course Jade didn't have to beg Cat at all anything for Tori or to kick the shit out of someone random, Cat didn't care as long as she got to play.

Sweet, loveable, kind Cat wasn't so sweet, kind, and loveable, in fact she is actually vindictive, cruel, and right down heartless. The stuff she puts people through is harsh, violent, and sometimes could be call inhuman. She just hides behind Jade and her sweet innocent act and the trouble disappears, she walks away scot-free and Jade is the scape-goat, the fall-guy.

Jade was so happy to have Cat on her side with this now she would get the answers she wanted and if this guy was a jerk then Cat would get the man breaking, bone crushing, life ending fight she has been hungry for. And Jade would gladly take the fall for this one because then it would look like she did it because she cared, then Tori would have to see her right. She would have to see her for the hero, she'll just turn and look at her and say 'oh Jade you saved me' then…Cat kicks Jade under the table.

"Ow, what the hell Cat?"

"It scares me when my brother lives in he's head."

Everyone stopped and looked at Cat waiting for to finish her statement but she just played with her sandwich and giggled. Andre the brave sole raised his hand slightly, telling the others he would bear the headache.

"What are you talking about Cat?"

Cat turned and looked right at Jade, "my brother goes into his head starts thinking all romantic hoping for the girl to fall to her knees and love him but she never will, then he comes back to reality to pain sadness and pain of the heart."

"Wow Little Red that was kinda intense, your brother is so stupid most of the time…"

"Maybe you should just stop there with Cat's brother." Cat's stories about her brother bothered Beck because they were code for Jade and Cat to; plan out their ideas of mass destruction, talk about things they didn't want other people to know about, or just talk about other people in front of them.

Cat's stories also bother him because if anyone that has known her as long as Jade and he has would know that her brother was killed when she was ten.

Beck put his hand on the table moving it closer to Jade, who almost jumped away from his hand as if it were a snake coiling to strike her. She looked up from the defensive hand and saw Tori moving closer with her new boyfriend.

Tori had sat in the middle of Jade on one side of her and her boyfriend on the other side who had a protective arm draped over her shoulders. Tori leaned in giving him a kiss breaking the kiss with a smile. "What are you all smiles about?" He asked her pulling her even closer to him.

"Our 100 day kiss." She gave him a pick on his noise.

"Ok now I have officially lost my appetite." Jade crossed her arms over her chest making a big play with the pouting. She pushed herself as far back as she could without falling off the bench slouched down, crossed her arms and pouted. "I think I'm going to be sick listening to this crap about 100 day kisses and look at you dude you have Tori so close she almost on your lap she could fuck you right now she's so damn close." Jade made a small scene about how close Tori was to this guy, Cat watched her in fear that Jade would say something stupid not Jade like and fuck herself hard. So she did the only thing she could.

Cat flipped her red velvet hair giving a little giggle looking like she had no idea what was going on around her. She bounded a little moving closer to Jade. She ran her foot up Jade's lower leg this in turn made the pouting brunette look at her. "My brother threw a fit at a restaurant one time."

Tori smiled at the red headed girl hoping that she would finish on her own but the look on her face told the singer that she was lost in her own little Cat world.

"And then what?" Tori dared to ask.

Cat hooked her leg to the back of Jade's giving the dark haired beauty an evil smirk. "He pouted so much that he fell over on to his back making everyone look at him and he got all embarrassed"

"No he didn't Cat, don't you…" Before Jade could finish, Cat gave her leg a hard kick thrusting Jade's legs forward throwing her body backwards onto the ground behind her. Everyone jumped to look at the girl on the ground. Cat fell to her knees beside her "oops Jade you fell over." She bent down close to her ear and whispered "now watch what you say you're acting like a jealous girlfriend." She licked her cheek knowing Jade hated when she did that. Cat jumped up smiled at Tori "k...going inside." She ran off into the school.

"See you in class." Tori waved to Cat then looked back down to Jade still lying on the ground.

"K.K." Cat waved over her head as she turned to walk away.

Beck helped Jade up she gave everyone standing around a glare and they to disappear leaving Andre and Tori at the table with Tori's new boyfriend to wonder what just happened.

After the lunch activities everyone was to meet in the black box theater for Sikowitz's class. Standing outside of the black box theater waiting for Jade to get off her phone Beck started to think about everything that happened at lunch and he didn't like what his mind was coming up with. He looked back to the times that Cat and Jade would go on their girls only long weekends when he would ask what they did Jade would always say 'I never kiss and tell.' Beck knew that Jade was into well Cat but only for fun and it never hurt but he could never handle her being into girls for real. He watched and listened to Cat very closely and watched Jade loss herself in her own mind he was convinced that Jade was into someone else a girl but he didn't know who.

Beck was hurt, mad and just right down pissed. He knew that Cat had a brother but most of the time when she spoke of him it was code for Jade and her plans of terror, but this was different this was Cat talking about Jade thinking something romantic about another girl. Was it Cat that she was talking about, or Tori, or hell he would break up with her and move back to Canada if it was Trina. He was still in deep thought when Jade ended her phone call. She walked up to him and hugged him like there wasn't a problem in the world he was sure someone was going to take her from him but just like most thought of Jade he just shook his head and let Jade go he stood watching her walk into the theater.

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Tori stood on the stage in the black box theater waiting for Sikowitz and the rest of her class. Jade walked in to the room finding Tori standing in the middle of the stage with that cute innocent smile as she read her lines. She wanted to run to her and drop to her knees, wrap her arms around her; she wanted to taste her lips, feel her body against hers; Jade wanted to make Tori hers in every way but she took a deep breath and almost yelled when she felt a hands wrap around her waist and the warmth of her boyfriend's body press against her. Jade chocked back the tear that fought to escape. Beck ushered them to the back roll of seats in the room where they wouldn't make too much of a disturbance. Jade sat next to her handsome boyfriend and looked on at the beautiful girl on the stage feeling the overwhelming attraction she had towards the girls fill her heart.

The door opened and Cat walked in with Robbie, Rex, and Andre. Tori smiled as she waited for the teacher to come to the stage she didn't really want to do the scene that Sikowitz had picked out for her but Tori was an actress and she knew that sometimes you had to play parts that you didn't want to play and with people that you may not like. For an example Tori didn't like doing any scenes with Robbie but she loved doing scenes with Jade, yes Jade. She knew that with Jade she would get the best of whatever the scene would be called for but with Robbie she knew it would just suck. She also knew that she could count on Andre, Beck, and Cat to bring their best to the act. However her favorite person to work with was Jade. She knew that Jade would pick on her and tell her that her acting wasn't good and mock her in that bad southern drawl but she also knew that when 'action' was called Jade would bring the best performance of her acting ability, and Tori also knew that Jade would bring her best out as well.

She also watched Jade when she acted on and off the stage she knew that a lot of the way Jade treated people was an act and she wanted to be a strong actress like Jade, but she could never get over the cruel and hateful way that Jade treated her. She thought it was just for show but she also knew that one day it was going to be too much for her to handle and she would just have to walk away.

She was brought out of her thoughts when there was a loud crashing sound coming from above the stage looking up Tori seen Sikowitz on the catwalk looking down at her. Then a coconut fell missing her by only inches "Sikowitz…what are you doing…you almost hit me."

"Ah but I didn't so you should be happy" Sikowitz made his way to the main stage. "Are you ready to do your scene?"

"Yes"

"Okay well than let us see the actress that is Tori…?"

"Vega"

"I know"

"Oh goody one boring hour I'll never get back" Jade spat from the back of the room.

Tori glared at her as she turned her back to the class and steadied herself and found her character. Shaking her head Jade is going to love this. With a small smile she took a few deep breaths letting the smile fade and turned around using her best southern drawl Tori recited the scene from Gone with the Wind known as 'As God as My Witness'

"As God is my witness, they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." She ended the scene as it was ended in the movie with her arm raised in a fist shaking it to the crowd and a single tear fell staining her face.

Everyone looked on to the girl standing on the stage as if she was no longer their classmate, no one moved, on one spoke…well that only lasted until Jade opened her mouth she started to clap and shaking her head, "Wow Tori I never thought a person could take a classic piece and make it worthless shit…and yet still be proud of it." Jade was afraid that everyone could see her feeling for the other girl so she felt like she had to put Tori's performance down so everyone would think that she was just Jade and no one would never know that she did indeed loved Tori's work.

Everyone turned to look at Jade with disbelief in their eyes they couldn't believe she was that mean. Tori just gave her best performance to date at Hollywood Arts and Jade just shot her down, she was being more than just a gank she was being a right down cunt.

Tori l walked off the stage "I'm done" She walks past Andre and Robbie up to Cat handing her the little fake potato she had in her hand "I quit."

"You quit the class for the day right." Cat asks her with a hopeful look.

Tori smiles down at Cat and walks to the back of the room to the doors turning to look at everyone "sure I quit the class" She turns and looks Jade right in the face with true pain and puts as much venom behind her words "you win Jade I'm done." She turns and walks out of the doors as they close she calls behind her into the black box theater "I quit Hollywood Art!"

"How could you be so mean?" Robbie asked

"Yeah woman what's gotten into you?" Rex asked

Everyone including Beck ran out of the room hoping to catch Tori before she left the school. "Way to go dip-shit. What did I tell you…and now look what you did. Way to fuck things up." Cat said before she got up to run out to stop Tori.

Jade sat in the black box with her head hung and one hand on her forehead. Sikowitz walked slowly to Jade and took the seat that Beck had abandoned he turned so he was looking at her face as much as he could. "You know Jade you cannot be the best at anything if you destroy the dreams of your competition. This is a school for the arts this where you find your talent and the talent of others, Tori is not your rival she is the one person that can make you better if not the best."

"I don't see her as my rival I don't want to destroy her dreams, I just want to push her to make us better to make her see…to see who she is and to see that I'm here…right here right in front of her but she won't look at me. She doesn't want to see that I'm not the mean horrible person I put off to be. I only want her to see me." Jade never looked up from the floor she never turned to look Sikowitz in his eyes, she told her true feeling to her boots. As she looked at her boots she realized that the boots she was wearing were the very same boots Tori had gotten her for her birthday. "Damnit I told her I hate birthdays." She then stood facing her teacher for the first time giving him a weak smile and left the room leaving Sikowitz to take in everything she had just told him.

She walked out into the hallway to the front doors where she found everyone trying to get Tori to stay in school. Jade walked to the group of people "I'm sorry…stay we have to see who really wins you can't quit I can't win like this!" She walked to the door with her hand on the door she turned, "You were great!" She smiled and walked out.

Tori returned her books back to her locker, "you heard her right…she said I was great. Oh well she's a little too late." She gave the gang a small smile and ran out of the school. She ran right passed Jade who was waiting for everyone at the table in the court yard. Tori ran to her car.

The rest of the gang ran after Tori as they made their way to the courtyard they seen Jade jumping to her feet to follow Tori.

"Wait stop." Cat called to the others. "Let Jade go alone." Cat said stopping everyone in their tracks. Her voice was deep and husky with just enough power behind it to show dominance.

"What are you crazy…Jade is the last person that should be talking to Tori right now." Rex said.

Cat snapped around to Robbie and if looks could kill. "Listen ass monkey if your friend ever wants to become a real boy he'll never call me crazy again." Cat was now just inches from Robbie's face. "I am your friend Robbie but I have no qualms what so ever in setting that hunk of wood on fire, so keep him quite or he burns."

"Okay Cat he got it time to back off." Beck pulled lightly on her backpack. "Come on lets watch Jade now okay." Beck knew that this was the real Cat and the girl that everyone seen at school was a fake an act, a phony she had been living in character. Cat is really a very intelligent, skillful and clever person but with that also comes sly, cunning and sneaky. So to stay out of trouble she acts stupid and no one is the wiser. She has gotten herself out of more trouble acting like a lunatic and everyone looks to Jade as the trouble maker when it's really Cat. Jade on the other hand likes the attention so she just goes along with it most of the time not to say she doesn't make her own trouble with her hare-brained ideas but most of the time she is helping Cat out of her jams by taking the fall. Where Jade stops being mean Cat picks up and runs with it she doesn't have an off switch she is like ADHD, and OCD of mean.

This is the way it has been for years and Beck knows that it will never change and he also know that if Robbie makes Rex say anything at all then Cat will set him on fire, she will rip him right off of his hand and put the puppet to flames. Beck pulled Cat to a table where they could watch Jade and Tori. Andre joined them handing Cat bottle water "Here you go Little Red something to cool you down."

"What's that supposed to mean!" Cat cried out in a childlike voice and pouted looking at Andre like she had never shown her true self.

"Wow it's like she has a Multiple Personality Disorder or something." Andre shook his head trying to keep up.

Cat snapped her head up looking at him dead in the eyes and asked "if a person has multiple personalities shouldn't they get a tax cut for having dependents?" She looked at him like he held all the answers to the world.

"Well no Cat because the person is only one person it doesn't matter how many personalities they have." He was confident he gave her the right answer.

"You're so mean to me!" She yelled thrusting her head into Beck's chest she made it look like she had begun to cry but Beck could feel the smile on his hard chest.

"What did I do, she asked and I told her now she's crying what did I do?" Andre was confused at Cat's actions. He knew she could be weird but this was over the top even for her.

Beck just waved his hand for him to not worry about it he knew that Cat would be crying soon he knew she couldn't stop herself.

Cat had been under a lot of stress the last few weeks and only him and Jade knew about it she wasn't ready to tell the others about what was going on in her life but the stress was showing up in the one place she could be Cat and not Caterina the one person she didn't like being.

That person held all the pain, sadness, and anger. She wanted to be Cat the person that was cheerful, happy, and yes a little crazy she wanted to loss herself in that character that her and Jade made up for her, she wanted to free but unfortunately the real her will always be there she can run from her past but she can never run from herself Cat will always be short for Caterina.

Beck gave Cat a kiss on the top of her head then look to Jade and watched as his girlfriend grabbed Tori by the waist and pulled her close to her leaning in kissing his friend on the lips. He was now in pain with the shell of Cat cuddling up in his lap, he has lost his girlfriend even if Tori didn't want her but he still has his Cat to take care of until of course when Jade takes her too.