TAKING A LEAP

Chapter One: Self Doubt

Jade

Jade West looked at herself in the mirror for what seemed like forever, what was wrong with her that Beck didn't want her anymore? She knew that they had kind of been arguing a lot and sure she'd gone off him a bit but they had been together for like three years. did that not mean anything to him? In her head she knew it made sense, she wasn't in love with Beck, not anymore.

She couldn't deny that she had been once before, but now all the feelings she had once held for him were just, gone. She couldn't explain it; it was like her heart belonged to someone else. Tori Vega.

She both loved and hated Tori Vega, she loved her because she was talented, funny, smart, cute, confident but the major thing she loved the most was that when tori was around her, her whole body just came unglued. She lost all of her senses and those walls she put up to protect herself came crashing down, and that was why she hated Tori Vega.

To jade loving someone as much as she loved Tori Vega was toxic and it terrified her that someone had what it took to make and break everything she held so close. As Jade continued to look in the mirror she found herself asking;

"Am I good enough for Tori Vega?" it was a question that she despised, never not once had she questioned if she was good enough for anyone. It was all 'take me or leave me', 'you'll be lucky to have me' but now it was different. Jade had never felt this strongly about anyone before, sure Beck was a close second but when it came to Tori she was incomparable.

Jade couldn't recall when she started having feelings for Tori, but she knew that her insults and ever growing mean behaviour towards Tori was just a disguise she didn't want Tori, or anyone else for that matter to know how she felt. Tori already had her heart and if she knew how jade felt, jade was sure that her reputation as Ice Queen would seriously be jeopardised. For now she had to keep her mouth shut, it wouldn't be easy though!

Tori

Sikowitz' class was just as eventful as all the others, and Tori couldn't help but notice that Jade smiled when she walked in. Of course, this made Tori weak in the knees. With Jade she never really knew where she stood, one minute she could be really nice to her and the next she'd be doing all it took to get her out of a play.

'The smile could of meant anything' she told herself as she took her seat, of course her first instinct was that jade had planned something evil and was going to surprise her with it when she least expected it. Then she thought, maybe she was just being friendly? She hoped so. She really wanted to avoid another bad run in with Jade. She liked living after all.

But the third thing that crossed her mind was, 'maybe she likes me'. Tori smiled to herself at the thought of this, she had been hoping this for as long as she could remember. Only now that, Jade and Beck were broken up she could act on it (if she had the courage) without hurting him.

"Tori" came a voice disturbing her from her thoughts

"The lesson ended" announced Andre, making Tori feel really stupid indeed

"Sorry, I was daydreaming" explained Tori; Andre smiled at her a knowing smile. He had known for a while how Tori felt, she hadn't confirmed it but they were best friends so it was his job to know.

"Ahh right" nodded Andre as they left the room

During Her next class Tori couldn't help but notice her best friend Cat, spending almost all of her attention on Robbie. She smiled to herself. It was obvious to her that Robbie had a crush on Cat and now she felt the same way, she knew that they would make a good couple and it was only a matter of time but that still left her feeling kind of jealous. For theirs would be a relationship likely to happen.

"Hey, Cat. I've noticed you've got your eye on Robbie a bit more than usual" said Tori to her friend

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Cat defensively

"Ask him out" advised Tori, she loved being helpful and giving advice. It made her feel just that teensy-tiny bit better. If she couldn't get who she wanted then she'd try and get everyone else together with who they wanted

"You think I should?" asked Cat shyly, biting her lip

"Yeah, go for it" said Tori, coming out a bit peppier than intended to.

"Kay, Kay" said Cat happily, getting out of her seat and cheerfully skipping over to where Robbie was, she whispered something in his ear which resulted him to smile and nod. She skipped back happily

"So?" asked Tori

"He said yes" explained Cat, a big grin like the Cheshire cat on her face, which was fitting since her name was Cat.

A/N: Feel free to reveiw, I Do not Own Victorious. Obviously :)