author's note: so this is my first story for Victorious and I haven't written fanfiction since I was like 12, so I'm a little rusty... (and the other chapters will probably be longer than this one). idk this kind of has a one shot feel... enjoy!
You're hot. You're hot and sweaty and you're thinking that maybe lying on the ground wasn't the greatest idea because the grass is scratching your back and making your skin itch. But Cat had wanted to and when you said that maybe it was a bad idea because, you know, the ground is hard and there are bugs and that if Cat wanted to lie on the ground she was welcome to but you had no interest in getting bugs in your hair, she flung out her arms and asked you what was that supposed to mean.
So here you are. Cat sits up and her ice cream drips dangerously close to your eye. You sit up too, wipe your face with the back of your hand, and look around the park. Cat has been strangely lethargic, partially because of the summer heat and partially because, you think, she is still grumpy that the ice cream stand was out of strawberry so she had to get vanilla instead.
Cat's rare silence ends when she turns to you with excited eyes and yells, "Look! Tori, look! Look! Look!" Cat hops up fast and jumps around you, and you slowly peal yourself from the grass, sticky from your sweat.
"What is it, Cat? Another ice cream stand?"
She squeals and points, and your eyes follow her finger and settle on a bench under the one shady patch of the park.
Jade. Wearing her dark leather jacket and black, tight skinny jeans. You momentarily wonder how she can wear that without getting heat stroke before you actually realize that Jade is here and she looks gorgeous and you let yourself study her outline: her legs are crossed, one arm across her stomach, her fingers playing with the zipper on her jacket, her other hand holding… oh. She's with Beck.
Your heart slams to a stop.
You remember Cat telling you that they had broken up right before Jade went to somewhere in northern California for a three week acting seminar. You start to wonder when and why they had gotten back together, but Cat leans in your face and shouts, "C'mon Tori! Let's go say hi!" and you lose your thought. She runs off giggling and you follow her, tripping over your feet.
"Oh my gosh!" Cat's breathy voice draws out "gosh" as she propels herself towards Beck and Jade. "Oh my gosh!"
Beck looks surprised, but his shocked expression turns into a smile when he realizes the tiny red mass flying towards them is actually Cat. "Hey, Cat! How's it going?"
"Hi Beck, I just ate vanilla ice cream!"
Beck smiles at her and then turns to you. "Hey, Tori! We haven't seen you in forever!"
You notice he says "we." Does he mean Jade and him? You notice that you rarely see Jade without him. And, no, it hasn't been forever. It's been three long weeks and four miserable days since you last saw Jade.
You force a smile and greet him, and you shift your eyes to Jade. Your smile turns real. She looks happy. You end up hating yourself for wanting her to break up with Beck because sometimes she's so happy with him. Her lips curl up into a smile. She tells Cat about her seminar and her usually pale cheeks are flushed from the heat. A piece of her blue hair is sticking to her cheek.
"Hey, Vega. Long time no see." Jade smirks at you with her usual indifference as her eyes settle on you. Your heart races.
"Hi, Jade, how was your….seminar thing?"
She answers, probably says something snarky, but you don't hear her because Beck is reaching up and tucking her stray blue hair behind her ear. Jade glares at him and rolls her eyes.
Cat tugs on Jade's arm and she talks about finding another ice cream stand and strawberry ice cream and how it's her favorite kind because it always gives her the hiccups and she loves having the hiccups.
Jade jerks her arm from Cat's grasp and sighs, but agrees to buy strawberry ice cream for her. Beck holds Jade's hand and she doesn't jerk away. You think about how special Beck must be. He's allowed to touch her and hold her hand and kiss her. You suffocate in jealousy.
Cat pulls you to walk with them. Her hand finds your back and she absent-mindedly picks grass off your bare skin and bikini top as she tells Jade and Beck about her brother's latest scheme.
You wish Jade would pick the grass off your back and hold your hand and you wish you could tuck Jade's hair behind her ear when it sticks to her sweaty cheek.