A/N: Guess who's stoked that you all are enjoying the story? This girrrllllll! :D Enjoy this one as well.
Fun fact, every chapter is named after a song. Mainly because I listen to music all the time, so yeah... I don't think the songs have anything to do with the chapters... it's just a cool method of naming them.
Disclaimer: No ownage, just simple borrowing.
Sarah Smiles
Chapter 2: B-E-A-Utiful
Tori sat at the group's usual lunch table. She was still contemplating on what Jade had said earlier. What was she hiding about Sarah? Who is this Sarah? Is she dangerous?
Cat interrupted her thoughts. The redhead took a seat, placing her lunch down in frustration. "I'm so mad," the usually bubbly girl said as she frowned.
Tori cocked an eyebrow. "Why? What happened?"
"In the beginning of the school year, Robbie promised that we'd sit next to each other during Tech class every day."
"And?"
"He sat next to Sarah, who magically got switched into that class. Of course he chose to give her my seat, making me sit next to Sinjin. And of course she gets switched into the only class I have with just Robbie and I."
"Well, that's his girlfriend, Cat. He's going to want to sit with her... but why is it a big deal? You and Robbie hang out all the time after school."
"We used to. Now I barely see him because of Smiley Sarah." Cat pouted, resting her head in her hand.
Andre came to the table. "Okay, apparently I have like... every class with this Sarah chick, and she smiles wayyy too much."
"What do you mean? How can a person smile too much?" Tori asked, salting her French Fries.
"She's always smiling! It drives me insane, her smile is gorgeous, and...it makes me think of things. As, Robbie's best friend, I shouldn't think of his girlfriend the way that I am."
"I don't see how someone smiling can cause..." Tori was interrupted by Sarah placing her lunch at the table, "Hi there." the girlfriend of Robbie said taking a seat.
"Uhh... hi." Tori greeted.
"Where's Robbie?" Andre asked, avoiding eye contact with Sarah.
"He had to talk to Lane about something. He should be here in about five minutes." Sarah smiled again, causing Andre to squeak.
"I got to go." Andre hopped up, leaving the table in a hurry.
Beck and Jade walked over, noticing the kid's antics. "Where is he going?" Beck asked, taking a seat.
"He left his lunch... boo hoo." Jade said, taking a bite of Andre's salad.
"I'm not sure." Sarah said pouting. Tori took notice. Did she not want Andre to leave? Is she up to something?
"Why are you sitting here?" Jade asked, rudely. This caused Beck to almost choke on his pizza. Cat's mouth dropped along with Sarah's.
"I was told I could," Sarah tried to answer politely, but there was some rudeness in her tone as well.
"By who?"
"Robbie."
"Well, Robbie has no authority at this table. I am in charge of who sits here and you are not allowed."
"Jade..." Beck said, trying to get her to be nicer. Jade shot him a death stare, making him become silent.
"Leave now, Sarah."
"I'm not going anywhere." Sarah said with a bitter attitude.
Jade snarled, throwing Andre's salad making it fall into Sarah's lap, ranch dressing splattering everywhere. "Aw, you might want to go clean that up." Jade smiled, taking a sip of her coffee. Sarah rolled her eyes as she got up and walked away.
"That wasn't very nice." Cat commented. Jade glared and Cat started to eat her carrots.
Sarah stomped through the hallway. She was very upset over the ranch dressing that was all over her shirt and jeans. She saw Andre standing at his locker. His head banging against it. She ran her hands through her hair before walking over to him. "Hi, Andre."
She seemed to have startled him because he let out another small scream. "What is this 'sneak up on Andre day'?"
"Oh, Andre, I'm so sorry," Sarah was acting all sweet and innocent, "I just noticed you over here banging your head repeatedly against your locker and I naturally assumed something was wrong." She moved closer to him. "Is there anything wrong?"
Andre was backing away. "Naw! Naw, everything's…all good and…stuff."
She noticed his tension. "Andre, do I make you nervous or something?" She had a sort of pouty look to her. "Is it because I'm a new girl?"
"No…it's…I…"
"Wow, I guess you're another one of Robbie's friends who doesn't like me."
He noticed the ranch dressing all over. "Jade, huh?"
"Pardon my French but she can be a real bitch. Did I do something or is she just naturally vicious?"
"Option B."
"How does a guy like Beck stand a gank like her?"
"You know Beck?"
"Not personally. Oh, you're wondering how I know what Beck's like even though I just met him."
"Kinda yeah."
"Well," Sarah smiled as she blushed and turned her head away. "No, it's stupid."
"Come on, tell Andre."
"Promise you won't laugh?"
"Promise."
"Okay, well my mom says I have this ability to know what a person's like just by getting a good look at them." Andre gave her a skeptical look. "I know, it sounds so stupid but-"
"What am I like?"
"Well, when I heard the notes that came out of your keyboard locker when you banged your head against it, it occurred to me you were a musician and/or you love music."
"Both."
"You have good sense of humor and sometimes people don't understand it."
"Yeah, that one's true sometimes."
"You tend to get really passionate about things you love and lose your focus on other things like…maybe boring history or techy classes."
"Yeah, I guess that's also true. "
"You hate being surprised and you fear the unknown."
"That's what you get just by looking at me."
"You also seem to be under a great deal of pressure from a…psychotic relative?"
"Close, I got a crazy grandma."
"And you're a secret romantic."
"Now that one ain't-" Sarah reached into his locker and pulled out a romance novel. Andre quickly snatched it away. "I'm studying it for…romantic acting class."
Sarah raised an eyebrow to him, "Sure you are Andre. I'm gonna go look for Robbie." Sarah started to leave, but turned back. "Oh, and Andre…" Andre turned to look at her. Sarah was smiling. "Roger chooses Kristen over Annie, Kristen rejects him for someone named Peter, and then Annie dies in Roger's arms at the end." She was still holding onto that smile as she left.
"That is so not…" Andre skimmed to the end of the book. "Aw mustard it's true!"
"What's true?" Andre didn't know Cat was standing behind him.
Again, Andre jumped and screamed. "Why do this today?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Sorry Little Red, you just scared me. What up?"
"I was wondering if you knew why Sarah got switched into our Tech class?"
"Are you upset because you had to sit next to Sinjin?"
"I was also just curious."
"I don't know, maybe Lane's making her take that class and this was the only slot he could fit her into."
Cat shrugged. "KK, bye Andre."
Meanwhile at the lunch table, Beck had gotten up to do something and Jade and Tori were alone. "Jade, why did you do that to Sarah?" Tori questioned.
"I felt like it."
"Okay, you know something about her?"
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Let me guess, Andre is falling for her."
Tori looked at her suspiciously. "How did you know that?'
"I have my ways. Listen Vega, I don't wanna hear any more about this Sarah chick. She's not who she says she is, and you shouldn't trust her."
"To be honest, I don't think I trust her."
"I know." And with that Jade walked away as Andre came back.
"Hey Andre."
Andre sat down at the table. "Uh, where's my salad?"
"Don't ask."
At this point, Sarah met up with Robbie in the library. "Hey Cutie," she kissed his cheek. "I thought you were with Lane."
"I was," Robbie admitted. "Lane was talking to me about my songwriting class. Do you think there's anything wrong with a song about broken glass?"
"If you wrote it, no."
"Thank you. Is that ranch on your clothes?"
"It's a long story. Hey Robbie, I was talking to Andre about our Tech theatre project and he's really worried about it."
"He's not doing well in that class."
"I know and I felt so bad that I suggested that I help him with the project."
"But I thought you and I were gonna work together. Andre's working with Cat anyway."
"Just between us, Cat's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree if you know what I mean."
"Don't say that about her!" Suddenly Robbie was defensive. "Cat is really smart!"
"Okay, okay, sorry!"
"But she could use some help in that class."
"That's why you can pair up with Cat and I'll help Andre. Trust me this'll work, I took a backstage theater course with my drama class at my old school and they're like totally the same thing."
"You sure you wanna do that?"
Sarah smiled at him. "I'm sure. Come on, let's get you something to eat," she took his hand and led him out of the library.
Unbeknownst to them, someone was listening a shelf behind them.
A/N: Hiya, it's bluecinderella4 and just like ashyboo02 I can't thank you enough for reading this and the nice reviews we've gotten thus far. I'm liking where we've been going with this story and the full credit goes to ashyboo02 for this idea. Here's hoping we keep the momentum going and the positive reviews keep comin'. I just thought I'd say thanks and show my appreciation. I love working on this and having something to do.
