A/N Kind of upset that one of the stories I was writing was deleted from my phone. Antyways... Please R&R let me know your thoughts or concerns.
It was never my intention for this to happen. I didn't go out there looking for it. I guess it finds you when you least expect it.
I stopped by my favorite coffee shop on that faithful day to get my usual.
"Excuse me. You dropped your wallet" I picked it up and handed it to her.
"Oh crap. Thanks."
"Don't mention it. Happens sometimes" I offered with a smile. She stood still gazing into my eyes and I hers. She was beautiful. Biggest chocolate eyes, wavy thick brunette hair, golden brown skin. She smiled at me and I felt a thousand butterflies let loose inside me.
"I'm a…I'm Jade by the way. Jade West"
"Pleased to meet you, Jade. I'm Victoria Vega" she offered me her hand. I hesitantly took it. She looked at the time and frowned slightly. "I've got to go but umm it was really nice to meet you. Thanks again" she said before walking out. "Welcome" I muttered to the empty space she once occupied. I shook my head in an effort to clear it from the rush of emotions I just experienced. I ordered my coffee and left.
I was just getting over my strange encounter with Vega a few weeks ago when Beck dropped by.
"Come on just go with me. Pretty please?" he pouted. I hate it when he does that.
"Why should I go with you to this love guru dude's seminar? You know how I feel about this lovey dovey thing" I stated.
"We'll go for me not for you. Just think about it if I find my soul mate you'll be right there to approve of him" he grinned. I rolled my eyes at him. He continued "plus he's like the real deal Jadey he talks only about having your soul mate. You know your twin flame and stuff like that" he waved his hand around elaborating.
"Fine let's go" I gave in. "Yay" he cheered excitedly. I laughed at his antics. We left with him chattering excitedly about what he read on the love guru.
We arrived at our destination to see quite a bit of people gathered in the backyard that was decorated quite nicely. We arrived just in time as he started.
"Love… one and one are one. The art of love reveals the beauty of our souls. How many times do our eyes simply not see? Your soul mate could be standing right next to you and you wouldn't even know it. That's because you have your true self and what I call your celebrity self. The one that's obsessed with ego, the one that wants the hunk with the thick brown hair, the bedroom eyes" a few people started laughing agreeing with the statement he just made. "Ahh see some of you know what I'm talking about" he joked. "These pairings never work out and when they fail we wonder why…why with our broken hearts and bruised egos. Now don't get me wrong I'm not saying that physical attraction is not important of course it is. What I'm saying is don't confuse the attraction to the physical with the yearning of the soul. Given its chance the true self the higher self will always break through to find its soul partner." That's when I looked over and saw her. She looked just as beautiful as the last time I saw her. I must have tuned out whatever else the guru was saying because everyone was now mingling and Beck was next to me giving me a weird look. I looked over to her and I guess she could feel me looking at her as she turned and we locked eyes. I smiled and walked over slowly.
"Vega"
"Jade" she said smiling. "Wow. Small world...I didn't think I would ever see you again"
"I know. Same here" I responded with a smirk. We smiled at each other.
"Well umm since this was preordained how about we get a drink"
"Sure". We got our drinks found a table and then I got lost in our conversation. We talked about any and everything. I don't remember the last time I had a meaningful conversation with someone other than Beck.
"Do you have someone in your life?" She inquired. I flinched at that question. Memories clouded up my mind. I shook it off and answered her.
"Not anymore. She left me for someone else. Her explanation was I didn't spend enough time with her."
"She? Oh so you're a…umm…a" she blushed profusely.
"Yep" I grinned.
"Oh well I think that's just fine. I voted in support of you" she grinned. I laughed at that.
"What about you?"
"Well I umm I do have someone. My family is very old school to say the least. They umm arranged our get together and they are even arranging our wedding." That's when I looked at her hand and noticed the solitary diamond sitting on her slender finger. Anger and jealousy flared within me. I tampered it down. I looked up at her and noticed look sadness pass over her features. "I'm ok with it you know. They are just looking out for me." She sounded like she was trying to convince herself that this was a good thing. "I'm sorry about what your girlfriend did to you" she said. I can tell she was being sincere. I was about to respond when Beck decided to intervene.
"I've been looking for you everywhere but I can see you were too busy to look for me" He looked at Tori then back at me with a knowing smile gracing his features. I rolled my eyes.
"Beck this is Victoria. Victoria this is my nosey best friend Beck"
"Pleasure lady Victoria" He responded sweetly kissing her hand.
"Nice to meet you too... Just Tori" she said with a genuine smile on her face. I looked at Beck with pleading eyes telling him to leave. He finally got the message.
"Well come find me when you're ready Jadey. Nice to meet you too Tori". He walked away and I groaned at his use of that nickname. I hate it but I love him so I let him get away with it.
"Jadey" she laughed "that's cute" she said.
"That is not cute and don't get any ideas" I said with an almost stern expression on my face. She held her hands up in mock surrender. "Okay. So what do you do Jade"
'I'm a screenwriter." I responded and took a sip of my drink. "That's very cool. I'm a singer/songwriter. Nothing really big though" she responded. "That's great. Do you have a business card that I can hold on to? I've got this script I'm working on and it may or may not need an original song." Her face lit up like the 4th of July then fell as quickly. "Seriously?" she asked cautiously as if I would rip the ground from under her. "Well I have to see where the script is going first but if I do need the song I would love to see your work." Her smile returned. She rummaged around her purse and pulled out a wrinkled card and wrote her mobile number on it and handed it to me.
"Sorry about the card. Been in there for a while" she smiled apologetically. "No worries Vega." I smiled in return. She looked at the time and frowned. "I've got to go. If you do need my help call me on my cell ok."
"Will do" I responded.
"It was really nice to see you again Jade." She said
"Likewise Tori" she smiled at that and got up to leave. "Bye" she said I waved in acknowledgement and smiled. Then she left. I got up to find Beck so we could go. I just need to wipe the stupid smile off my face to ward off the questions he would undoubtedly be throwing my way.
I sat on my couch with her card in hand. I punched in her number. I panicked and hung up the phone before it connected. 'What the fuck Jade? Since when are you a pussy' I sighed and got up to put the phone back on its receiver. I was completely frustrated with myself. I have been repeating this ritual since she gave me her card 3 weeks ago. At first I didn't want to seem too desperate. You know hold out as long as you can but lately I just have no clue what's going on with me. I took a deep breath picked up the phone and called her again.
"Hello?" Shit she answered. "Oh umm...hi Tori…its umm Jade" I slapped my palm against my forehead.
"Hey Jade how are you?" I can tell she has a smile on. "Umm I've been good. Thanks. Soooo umm it looks like I would need a song after all" I laughed nervously "Of course once the script gets picked up you will get compensated accordingly. You also will have all rights to the song so once a soundtrack is cut for it you will get credited as well. Now I will need to see what you can do so do you have a selection of original songs you wrote that I can see as well as have you perform them?"
"Oh my God yes! I have tons! She yelled excitedly. "Well not tons but I have a few" she laughed.
"Great! When can we meet?"
"I'll come to you."
"Ok you can come to my house." She agreed so I rattled off my address to her.
"Mmm you live quite a bit away. It's gonna take me about 30 minutes to get there. How about tomorrow?" Damn I thought she would've said today. I ignored the jab of disappointment.
"Yeah tomorrow's great. See you then"
"Ok thanks a lot Jade" she hung up. Tomorrow's gonna be a good day I grinned. I decided to clean up a bit for my big day.
I paced my living room waiting for her arrival. If I had carpeting I'm sure there would be a hole in it now. I didn't want to seem as if I'm trying too hard so I wore simple black jeans with a red tank and a black flannel shirt and my combat boots. I glanced out the window the same time I saw a car pull in the driveway. I jumped back from the window and forced myself to actually wait until she knocked on the door. I mentally pep talked myself. 'Ok Jade breathe and when she knocks count to 5 then open.' She knocked. I got to 2 before I caved and opened the door. I'm in trouble.
"Hi Jade" she smiled. Wow she is gorgeous. It took me a few seconds to respond to her.
"Vega" I smirked at her "Come in" I moved to let her in. She looked around in awe for a few seconds. The old place isn't too shabby.
"Wow Jade this place is amazing" she commented. I shrugged. "Thanks. Sooo let's see what you've got." I motioned for her to sit. We sat and went through a few of the songs she wrote and I must admit she is talented. I can't believe she hasn't hit anything big.
"These are really good Vega why haven't you pursued songwriting?" I asked curiously
"Oh well I wanted to but my parents didn't want that for me. They said that it will lead to me into the devil's playground" she chuckled humorlessly. "Wow. Well don't let them find out what you're up to" I joked trying to lighten the mood. She gave a small smile. I reached over and touched her hand. "Why don't you just leave if you're unhappy?"
"They are my parents. Leaving would probably break their heart. So I choose to stay and try to make them happy"
"So you would rather stay unhappy?" I asked with disbelief coloring my tone.
"Well it's not about me. I just want them to be happy and proud of me." Wow definitely a self martyr if I've ever seen one. I don't even know how to respond to that.
"Vega you can't live your life for people you have to live it for you. You don't want to wake up and realize you wasted your life doing nothing and you certainly can't live your life waiting for your parent's approval on anything you do. You have to do you" 'or let me do you.' Whoa where the hell did that come from? I closed my eyes & pinched the bridge of my nose at my perverted thoughts. I looked back at her and she seemed so down by my words that I instantly felt bad. I wanted smiling Tori back.
"Well enough of the sad shit. I'm going to get you something to drink and you are going to pick one of your songs and sing for me. Consider it your audition for the soundtrack" I smirked. She brightened at that fact and nodded busying herself going through her papers. I got her some wine and walked back to the living room. I set it down on the table and took a seat.
"Ready?" she asked. I nodded and gave her an encouraging smile. She started to belt out the tunes to one of her songs and I felt a calm come over me. Her voice was angelic to say the least. I could be biased because I'm totally crushing on her but she has an amazing voice. She stopped after the chorus noticing that I was just looking at her in a trance.
"How was that Jade...Jade?" I blinked snapping back to life.
"Yeah…that was…totally amazing Tori" she grinned. "You called me Tori." I rolled my eyes and smiled. "Whatever Vega" We spent the rest of day talking on my patio about the script and what I would like the song portray. She studiously took notes on her pad while I took notice her. The way she bit her pen cap and furrowed her brows when she was in deep thought or concentrating hard, the different hues her hair possesses in the sunlight, her soft kissable lips, her cheekbones… "Jade?" she was waving her hand in front of my face. I "Welcome back you were gone for a minute there" she said. I flushed with embarrassment at being caught in my daydream."I was saying I have to go but I can come back tomorrow and we can get started." She finished.
"Sure. No problem. Can't wait" At that moment her phone rang. She looked at it and panic flashed across her features. "Gotta go see you later" she shouted while rushing out the house. Her reaction worried me a bit. I don't know if I can trust myself to get in deep with her. I'm so screwed. Why couldn't I like someone who didn't come with huge baggage as well as complications? Why couldn't she be a lesbian already? Fuck I don't even know if she likes girls. She's probably ramrod straight. She probably never even kissed a girl. I ran my hand through my raven locks in frustration. I don't know if I can handle the heartbreak thing again. God knows what she did when she left damaged my fragile heart. I'm not sure I can trust Tori with that vital piece of me.