A/N: Okay so I am a Christian, so whatever. I just went to church this Sunday and sat in the row where a bunch of youth group girls were sitting and there were two girls there, sitting very close to each other. At first they were texting each other, then they kind of leaned in close and whispered to each other. It wasn't anything different, but then I noticed their hands. They held hands. Fingers interlaced and I was riveted. Got me thinking… What if Tori and Jade had met at church instead of H.A.? That kind of forbidden fruit thing at church was kind of intriguing to me. So I wrote it. Review! Don't be shy.

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Youth Group

Welcome

I so don't want to do this. Really, I'm not into making any friends. But now that Joanne, My mom, is single and moved us half way to the other end of the world. I mean we might as well be in the back woods of Alabama. The suburbs of D.C.? Really?

She said she wanted to work with the State Department forever. Bull she just wanted to get away from my dad and Jodi his Jail-bait trophy wife. Which is fine, But there is no Arts high school in Northern Virginia, that I don't have to drive an hour to get to. She put me in Governor's school I guess that is cool, it is a gifted program which only accepts the top three percent of the country. I didn't know I was that talented.

The only other thing was, that I had to leave my boyfriend Beck and all of my friends behind. Mom is also going through this spiritual awakening. She found this church. Don't get me wrong I love Jesus, but she says I need to make friends with the kids at church. Church? Those kids won't get me.

It was Wednesday, I stood outside of this church. Just staring at it. There were all these little kids and teenagers running around. The adults greeted each other. They were having some sort of dinner there. I walked in behind Jo, and avoided eye contact with any of these people. "Hi Holly!" My mom said greeting a lady kind of youngish looking. Frankly she was the fittest looking adult in the room other than my mom.

"Hi, Jo… Is this her?" This Holly said looking me over. I was forced to make eye contact. I smiled a little and shook her hand.

"Yes this is Jade," My mom said introducing me. "Holly and David Vega went to school with me in LA."

"Hi," I said softly looking around the fellowship hall at all the new people that were going to look at me and think I was a total freak.

"Nice to meet you." Holly said with a warm smile, "Are you going to be joining the Youth group tonight?" she asked.

I shrugged, "I guess."

"Great! Tori and Trina would love to hang out with you!" Holly pointed out two girls at the table with the rest of the teens. One girl was yammering on about herself, making the rest just look at her bored.

I smiled at Holly and excuse myself and head for the bathroom. Some one walked in behind me. I looked at her through the mirror and she smiled. "oh hi! I'm Tori."

I smiled back politely, "Jade."

"Are you joining Trinity?" she asked

"Trinity?"

"Our youth group. It's a lot of fun, sit at our table for dinner!" she said and headed for a stall. I didn't really want to pee, I just felt awkward here. I watched her come out and wash her hands. "Dinner is gonna be great. You came on a great night, We're having Pizza from Italioni's so good."

I followed her out of the bathroom and to the youth table. There was this HUGE guy called Randy. He was a little like a red neck. With his trucker hat on and sweat shirt with shorts on. I mean come on, shorts with a sweatshirt? There was this girl Cat, and her man Robbie. The princess and the nerd. Andre he was cool and one of three black faces in the church. His sister and grandmother being the other two.

Randy took a shining to me right away. He came up to me in line for our pizza and introduced himself. He tried to flirt, it wasn't working. I raised my brow and just regarded him coolly. "what are you some sort of Goth or something." He asked looking at my hair which had streaks of blue in it today. My make up was dark my clothes were black.

What the hell did he think? Truthfully I wasn't goth, I just liked the look. It made me look edgy, and I had an advantage to looking this way in LA. Here in VA I stuck out like a sore thumb. "Who made you fashion maven Randy?" I asked. "That sweatshirt makes so much sense with those shorts. And the flip flops, sweet… it's October. Aren't your feet cold?"

He was embarrassed and turned beet red. I turned to the ladies behind the counter and asked for a slice of peperoni pizza and walked away to the Youth table. Tori sat next to me and looked at me. 'That was not nice."

I returned her gaze. "Did you hear what he said to me?"

She smirked, "I didn't say it wasn't cool, I just said it wasn't nice."

I raised a brow, "You bad girl."

She shrugged, "God has a sense of humor." She said simply taking a bite of her pizza. By the end of the night, Tori had convinced me that I should join Trinity, and the youth choir, and to try out for the play they were putting on for Christmas. Jo was thrilled because I was making a friend. Not only that, I made a friend with her friend's kid. I couldn't say that I wasn't happy to make a friend in Tori. I went home that night Excited about youth group and couldn't wait 'til Saturday for the auditions.