Ch. 1 - Miss Innocent's Not So Innocent Anymore


It's the start of a new week. Monday morning. Somewhat easy to wake up, but the most challenging task is staying awake for the rest of the day. Miss Jadelyn West enters the double doors of the school, messenger bag at her side and coffee in hand.

She's dressed in her normal black skinnies, combat boots, a loose sweater around a tank top, and some silver necklaces around her neck. She goes to her scissor clad locker and turns in the combination opening the door to meet her reflection on the mirror inside. She admires her perfectly curled hair and gold eyeshadow with winged eyeliner. She never needed concealer. Her pale skin was all natural and nothing ever stressed her enough to get a blemish. A little pink blush on her cheeks is enough to bring her features to life. But when it comes to her eyes, they truly were what made her so hypnotizing. They were the mirrors of her moods. No matter how she tried to mask them, her eyes would always give her away. But who would notice? No one was close enough to her to know that the color changed dramatically for every emotion. Not even Beck or Cat.

Speaking of Cat, in the reflection she could see a cheerful red headed girl with a pink powder puff for a brain coming for her. "Hiiiiiii!" she greets with her signature ditzy laugh. Jade returns the greeting with a monotone voice, "Hey." Cat looks past her friend to see the rest of their group surrounding a distraught Tori.

"Awww, Tori's crying," she says with a pout. Jade just distracts herself by rearranging her books, "And I care why?" Cat fiddles with her hands, "Well, we have to see what's wrong."

"No we don't." The baby-teen drops her jaw in shock, "But Jade, what if something terrible happened?" Jade scoffs, "Then it's her problem."

"JadeyBear!"

Jade's eyes widen at the girl's nickname for her. She turns to face her, "Don't you use that name in public Kitty Cat!" she whisper-yells. Her friend just pouts and bats her eyelashes in the cutest way that gives her a weird feeling in her stomach. Like, guilt or something?

"Pweeeaaassseee?"

"Do I have to?"

"Yes!"

"Ugghhh...fine." Cat looked like it was Christmas morning as her face lit up, "Yay!" Jade swings her locker door and it shuts as the red head grabs her wrist and drags her over to the sympathetic group. To Jade, it seemed more pathetic than anything.

Everyone drops what they're doing to help one girl with a problem she's probably throwing completely out of proportion. It is high school drama, and it's Hollywood Arts, so that was more than likely the case.

They stand next to Beck by the lockers, "Hey what's going on?" asks Jade. The tall boy shrugs, "I don't know. Neither of them have told us yet." Them being the crying girl on the floor and her best friend with his arms around her. They look down at the two. "Tori, what's wrong?" asks Cat with a sad tone. Robbie, who is on the other side of the lockers, asks, "Yeah. Did something happen to Trina?" Just as he finishes his questions, Trina comes around the corner, "Nothing could happen to talent like this!" She attempts to walk away like a model with an awkward hip swing, completely ignoring her poor sister.

Cat tries to ask again, "Why are you crying?"

"Maybe she saw herself in the mirror and got a HUGE reality check," mocks Jade with a small laugh, but ceases when Beck and Cat giver her a nasty look. Andre looks up at his friends and lets out a sigh with the reason behind the tears, "...she's pregnant." His statement is met with wide eyes and gasps from the group followed by a disgusted, "Ew.." from the raven haired beauty.

Her statement is ignored. The only one that dares to speak is the smartallic, "So? Who's the baby daddy?"

"Rex, that's so insensitive!" yells Cat.

With a groggy and heavily voice, Tori finally speaks, "It's Ryder's."

"Ryder?!" Came everyone's response with an incredulous tones.

"What happened to 'one day, I'll have you begging on your knees for me'?" asks/sings Robbie. Tori can't look anyone at the eye at this point, "That is what happened. He came to my house about two months ago and begged me to take him back. He told me how much he loved me and couldn't get me off his mind. I was so stupid to believe him again...but I did and...things got a little...heated."

Jade interjects, "Wow, so that's all it take's to get into little Miss perfect's pants, eh?" Tori hides her head in shame and Beck steps up to his ex-girlfriend, "Jade, this is serious."

The raven-haired girl nods, "Yes, you're completely right," he moves aside and Jade directs her words towards Tori, "So, when's the mini-you due?" she giggles at herself, "See what I did there?" she laughs a little harder.

Tori breaks down again and storms off. No one follows, but stay behind to all share a disappointed stare at Jade. " What?"

The group breaks into different directions, leaving the best friends to talk. "Jade! That was so mean!" says Cat with a stomp of her foot for emphasis. Jade just shrugs her shoulders and smirks, "You never said I had to be nice."

Cat crosses her arms over her chest and pouts her lips. That weird guilt feeling is back. Damn, this girl makes me soft. Even for Vega.

Jade ignores any further thoughts and her smirk drops to a blank face. She says over her shoulder as she walks away, "Happy Monday, Kitty Cat."


A/N: Did you like it? Should I continue? This is my first Jori fic but I have a bunch of ideas for tons more. R&R please!