Once Upon a Jori
Chapter One - Falling into Love
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– Tori, stay a little bit. You know, I'm not good at this stuff… that's why I'll be rushing things here – Sikowitz announced after the bell rang, when the class was still full.
After a moment of silence, Tori agreed slowly with her head and watched her classmates vanished one by one.
– Lock the door up, would ya? You don't want people listening to things that are not their business.
Tori found it odd. Sikowitz was a crazy mess, she was afraid to do as he said, but they were in school territory, this should keep him from doing anything stupid, right?
She closed the door and came back to Sikowitz, respecting a safe distance she calculated herself.
– What is this all about anyway? – she asked nervous.
– It's about you – he risked a look to Tori before going on – I hate to see my students fooling themselves. Not a clue of who they truly are or what they should do next.
– Well, I'm pretty good with my life.
– I'm sure you'd think that. But, Tori… I shouldn't be here talking to you about it because then they'd say it is my fault, I influenced you into it… Hell, how am I supposed to say this to you…? Well, Tori, you're not happy.
Tori took a second to try to understand her teacher. Nothing made sense. Maybe he drank some bad coconut milk.
– Sikowitz, since that's my life I think I know if I'm sad or happy. And I'm happy. See? – she smiled – happy!
– I'm here as a friend, Tori, and that's crap. I wouldn't get in the way, but since you don't see it for yourself… You're in love. Or at least some kind of thing like love.
Tori stayed still quietly, what the hell was he talking about? She, in love? Maybe it was hallucinations. She couldn't be in love. There was no one, in the present moment, who she could be in love with.
– Trust me, Siko…
– Tori – he interrupted her – I know why you don't accept it, but no one will judge you, this is completely normal.
– Sikowitz! I don't know what you're talking about!
– I'm talking about how you're in love with Jade, goddamn!
Silence. This was awkward. What was Sikowitz talking about? She wasn't in love with Jade. Jade could barely stand being with her in a room. And how embarrassed she was from her teacher thinking she was in love with another girl. This idea was just insane.
– I don't know where you got this from, but I'm not in love with Jade – she frowned – this even sounds weird.
– Well, from day one she despises you and you keep kissing her ass. She ignores you, she hits you, she scares you and she's mean to you all the time. If you're not in love with her or attracted to her, why you keep being around her, trying to be friends with her if you know you won't get to?
Tori took one more minute to think about all the times Jade did wrong with her. If it had been Robbie, she would have kicked his ass, but how many times she got angry with Jade? Ok, many. But how many times, after Jade failed her, she would complain about never try on Jade again and then forget all about what upset her in the first place? All the times Jade never apologized to her, yet Tori had forgiven her every time.
What about the times she even helped Jade when she asked, but every time Tori needed help, Jade would laugh of her?
Tori thought about end it right away. She wouldn't let Jade control her life like a 80's movie bully. She was more than that. But then, Tori thought about Jade. And she wasn't sure that that was what she wanted to do.
She looked up to Sikowitz.
– Oh, crap, I'm in love with Jade.
I'm not sure of what to do with this fanfiction yet, but I'm gonna put together Jori moments and thoughts. I hope you'll like it.