It was just another typical day at Hollywood Arts as Tori Vega sat down at the lunch table in between Andre and Cat. The table was quieter than normal Tori noticed, her friends not chattering as much as usual. Robbie and Rex were reading some literature book with a thousand pink post it notes sticking out of the edges, all over the pages- Cats more than likely. Cat watched Robbie pointing out the direction of her pink posted madness, and Andre flipped through his pear pod which only left Beck and….
"Hey, Wheres Jade?" Tori asked as she leaned over to get a better look at Beck who was poking at his lunch.
"Hm?" Beck mused, turning away from his burrito- which he was sure there was something wrong with- and turned his attention to Tori. "What was that?"
"Jade? Where is she?" Tori repeated a mild curiosity rising in her chest. Jade struck some ugly chords in Tori and she knew as awful as it was- a day without Jade wouldn't make for a bad day.
"She's sick, I'm actually getting ready to go see her." Beck mused offering Tori a small smile.
"What? But its lunch~ your not going to leave during school are you?"
Beck only offered Tori a smile as he excused himself from the table, earning a lazy assed goodbye from Andre and Robbie, Cat for once so engrossed with something it was almost scary. But than Tori heard "and the ink from the gel pen is just the right kind of red that's suppper sparkly and makes learning even more fun because I just want the ink to keep shimmering on these oh so cute pink post it notes- you know I think pink is…" . Yeah, Cat was fine.
Tori excused herself as well, not feeling quite so eager to let Beck leave school just to check on Jade. Shed be fine, who knows what could happen if Beck got caught? Couldn't they kick him out? Why would he even risk it?
"Hey Beck!" Tori called quickening her pace to catch up with him, as he stopped turning around. 'Beck's always so cool. Doesn't matter what happens or what I say he's just gonna go with the flow.' Tori mused. She really liked that about him.
"Why don't you wait until after school?" Tori said jumping right to the point. "If you leave cant you get expelled? Or suspended? I mean would it really be worth it? And if you wait until after school we could all go over together-"
Beck shook his head, "Nah, Jade asked me to come."
"Just because she asked you?" Tori sighed throwing up her hands in mock defeat "I don't get it Beck, why do you love her so much?"
And as soon as the words were out Tori wanted to shove them back down her throat. That had probably come out so wrong- so…"Ugh, Beck I didn't mean it like-"
"Have you ever heard Jade sing?"
"Yeah, she sung back up with me in that play, me and you got the leads in…" Tori mumbled quickly looking away from Beck.
"No." Beck said, his voice surprisingly forceful for him. "I mean have you heard Jade REALLY sing, away from hollywoods arts, away from getting famous, away from skits-"
"No." Tori said locking her chocolate eyes with his dark smoldering ones.
"Than, you cant understand why I love her." Beck said and this time instead of offering Tori one of his typical laidback smiles, he offered her a genuine smile. The kind behind closed doors only Jade got.
It was than and there Tori Vega learned she knew NOTHING about Beck Oliver and Jade West.
R&R: Story now will start from how Beck met Jade- and work its way up to the where the story takes place. Sorry if anyone's a little AUish, Im still working on Becks personality. I think Ive got Jade down pretty well though. Anyway- Onwards!