My, My, My
By LandminesLandslides
Chapter One
(Jade's POV)
Time to prepare for the big showcase again. Not that I'm entering or anything, but I figured I should help Tori practice. It's coming up in about a week and she has this beautiful song she's going to sing. She didn't write this one, but oh well. It's not like it would be the first time someone played a cover song at the big showcase. No one really cares about how original the material is, it's all about how well you perform it. Besides, knowing Tori, she'll find some way to make the song all hers. Andre is here too, since he can play the piano and neither of us can. She's just finishing up another rehearsal of the full song.
"Does your wild wild heart, weigh you down sometimes? Tori sings, "Well my, my, my, ain't it the cost of living this life?" She stops and turns to me as Andre cuts the piano.
"It was great," I tell her, "There's not going to be a dry eye in the house at the showcase."
"Thanks," she says, "But I'd better keep practicing. You can never be too prepared for the showcase."
"You sure you won't enter something Jade?" Andre asks me, "You could be great up there."
"Umm…no way," I tell him, shaking my head, "In front of all those people? I think I'd faint." I'd have no trouble preparing a monologue or something in a week. I could do that in my sleep. But performing it in front of the entire school plus all those agents and stuff? Not a chance.
"Don't tell me you get stage fright," Tori says and I nod a little, "But you perform in front of the class all the time."
"But that's just you guys," I tell Tori, "That's a lot different than performing in front of the best talent agents Hollywood has to offer. The thought of doing that terrifies me."
"I see," Tori says, "That's too bad. You would be really awesome in the showcase."
"I guess," I say, "Look can we not talk about it please? It's giving me chills."
"Sure," Tori says with a smile. That's what I like about her. She's always very accommodating to me. I never feel strange or out of place around her.
"Hey I gotta run," Andre says, "My grandma's gotta go grocery shopping later and there's no way she'll leave without me."
"All right," Tori says, "Later Andre. And thanks for helping me rehearse."
"No problem," he says, "Catch you later." As soon as he leaves, Tori turns to me.
"So," she says, "You never told me how things have been going with your sister."
"Oh," I say, realizing she's right, "Pretty good. The last couple of months have been great actually. I think my parents are even starting to notice me a little. My dad actually made eye contact during our last conversation. It was so weird I thought I was dreaming." I laugh at that a little and Tori laughs too.
"I'm glad to hear things are going well," she tells me, "It's weird seeing you happy like this though." She grins a little.
"Well this is what happens when I actually have something to be happy about," I tell her as I return the grin, "Now come on, let's go somewhere. We've been in here rehearsing for hours."
"All right," Tori says, "How about the beach?"
"Ugh, you know I hate the beach," I tell her, wrinkling my nose in disgust.
"Yeah I know," she says laughing, "I'm only kidding. So where do you want to go?
"Well, we've been…you know…together for about two months now and haven't had an actual date," I say, not even believing that I'm about to say this, "So how about we go to lunch?"
"Got a point there," she says, "Where did you have in mind."
"I was thinking about that new Asian place that just opened up," I tell her, "Teriyaki, Sushi, the works and it's all you can eat."
"Four of my favorite words," Tori comments laughing, "All right, it's a date. Let's go." No sooner are those words out of her mouth then the two of us are headed out the door.
(Tori's POV)
Jade with a bad case of stage fright; if you had told me that when I first met her, I would have said that you were crazy. I guess it's amazing what you can learn when you spend enough time with someone. Anyway, we're headed out the door for our first official date. Jade's got her car here, so she's driving. I have a license, but she really wanted to drive. Guess she's still stuck in her mindset of having to pay me back for helping her. She even insisted on paying for the meal.
"Jade that's not necessary," I tell her, "We can split the bill."
"I want to," she says, "I want to play a role in this relationship too. You've done so much nice stuff for me, so I want to do something nice for you."
"You do something nice for me every time I see you Jade," I tell her, "You're there. That's more than enough."
"No arguments," she says decisively, "This meal is on me." I shrug, deciding not to press the matter.
"All right Jade, you win," I say with a laugh. She gives me a satisfied nod.
"I usually do," she says, laughing. We both climb into her car and pretty soon we're off to eat some Asian food.
A/N: Sorry, it's a little bit short. I'm tired and it's been a long day.
