JADE

She can't believe she's here. She wishes she was in a dark place where she could be unseen until the last minute, an alley where she could hide in the shadows until the time comes. Instead she's in a well-lit bookstore surrounded by screaming teenage girls and horny boys. And there's only one person to blame for this nightmare: Victoria Vega.

It all started a couple of weeks ago. She was switching radio stations while in the car at a red light. Unable to keep searching for a more suitable song once the light had turned green, she suddenly found herself stuck listening to the pop star's latest hit. The song was a fun and catchy one. She hated it. Luckily she managed to change the station after that one song, avoiding to hear the latest news regarding the 20 something year old singer. She couldn't have cared less.

A week after the radio incident she still couldn't take that song out of her head. She had tried it all. Listening to other songs, other types of music, the news radio, she had even tried to stop listening music completely. Nothing had worked. But when she found herself humming that stupid song she finally realized something had to be done. So she decided to listen more of Victoria Vega. She thought that maybe if she listened more of her songs and got to see some of her interviews she would get so sick of her that her mind would probably reject her.

It backfired. Not only did it not work but also her mind couldn't seem to get enough of it. A week after starting with that idea, Victoria Vega had turned into a guilty pleasure of sorts. She would find herself searching for new online videos to watch. She still refused to buy the album, somehow getting it would have been acknowledging she actually liked the singer. Which she didn't.

She wanted to stop, she really did. But somehow she found herself once again searching for her in the computer. And that's how she found out that Victoria Vega was going to be holding a signing for fans in the city the same day as one of her upcoming concerts.

She decided to attend. She told herself that maybe if she went there and discovered that Victoria Vega was in fact a brat or a gank that would erase whatever was happening to her. And then it would all go back to normal.

And that's how she ended up here. In line with Victoria Vega's (very loud) fans. Waiting for a chance to meet her. She has consciously decided to be the last in line. The crabbier the mood, the worse the impression. At least that's what she is hoping for.

Her only consolation is that there's a coffee store inside this place. Otherwise there would have been a mass murder in place hours ago. These kids (and adults!) seem to have too much lung capacity and not enough pills in them.

After four coffees of waiting (Yes, she measures her time in coffee cups, so what?) she's finally next in line to meet the singer. But first she needs to endure the most awkward encounter she has ever had the displeasure of witnessing.

"So what's your name?" Asks Tori to a very awkward looking, weird haired (she's not even sure how to describe that hair), teenage boy.

"S- Sinjin"

'Great, a stutter' Thinks Jade.

Victoria takes the album cover to get it signed. "That's S-I-N-J-I-N?"

No answer from the boy. A boy that's not exactly looking at her eyes.

"I will take that as a yes..." (awkward) "Here you go"

She hands him the cover practically in front of his face, so it can cross his line of sight. "And thank you for supporting my career."

Jade can't help but notice that not only the other woman is not mean after hours of signing but she's even nice to the creepy ones.

That Sinjin character takes the autographed cover and starts to skip away while humming still without looking up. So of course he runs against her.

"Hey watch-out where you're going. And my eyes are up here!"

"S-sorry" He says while getting uncomfortably closer to her.

"And were you sniffing her earlier?." She realizes that she's defending the singer which only helps to make her angrier. So she takes her frustration out on the boy "Victoria might be nice but I am not. So beat it!"

After that he runs away.

Now it's finally her turn. Last one. But before she gets to meet her, she sees a scrawny guy talking to the singer. "Tori lets rap this up quickly so we can leave."

She glares at the guy and he seems about to wazz his pants.

"Don't worry Robbie, we have time." The singer answers sweetly while turning to give her a huge smile.

At this Jade realizes this is worse than she thought, this woman is practically shooting rainbows out of her...

"Hi there. What's your name?" Tori asks while eying the other woman curiously.

"Like you care" Jade is nervous (not that she will ever admit to that, not even to herself) so she gets defensive. And everybody knows the best defense is a good attack. But the singer doesn't seem fazed by it, in fact she almost seems amused. This is getting worse by the minute for Jade.

"What are you looking at? I hate people who stare, that's almost as bad as the ones that only look at your boobs." Pointing to an already gone Sinjin.

"Sorry" The other one stops staring after apologizing, although for a second there she thought she saw her checking her boobs before doing so.

The singer takes the CD from Jade's hands. Yes, she bought one, that still doesn't mean she likes her. "So, who should I make this to?"

"West"

"West?" The singer asks while raising a eyebrow. And now Jade hates that eyebrow.

The black haired girl crosses her arms in front of herself. "Yes, West. Have a problem with that?"

"No, no problem." Says Victoria while signing the CD cover. "Here you go. Hope you like it."

"Whatever." She turns around to leave. But before putting the CD in her bag she decides to check the inscription.

"TO WEST, THE WOMAN WITH NO NAME BUT WITH A COOL JERSEY.

LOVE, VICTORIA 3"

She looks at her t-shirt, one of her favorites (not that she wore that and her favorite leather jacket specially for this occasion or anything). And she can't help but think that's a great inscription, so much so that the corners of her lips timidly attempt to move upwards on their own volition.

"Crap" She frowns at this. But she still takes her time to carefully put the CD in her bag for proper safekeeping before finally exiting the bookstore.

She misses the other woman's smile while she looks at Jade's retreating form.

A/N: I wasn't really sure about uploading this story. To be honest, I'm still not. So please let me know what you think.