"Jade." Beck shook her lightly. "Jade. Babe, wake up." He leaned in and kissed her lips lightly. She shuttered lightly, and he felt accomplished with himself, smiling—he didn't know that she actually shuttered to get him off of her lips because they didn't feel or taste like Tori's, but she'd never admit to that—so he just cuddled into her on his couch a little more. She finally opened her eyes and sighed.
"Beck…what time is it…?" She asked sleepily, even though they were open, they were only open as much as she needed to actually see. She was so tired, today had taken a lot out of her.
"It's…" He said softly, kissing her forehead while looking over at his wall clock, "nine. Are you sure you're alright?" He asked her, nuzzling into her lightly. "You didn't seem right after Tori stormed off…"
"It's nothing…" She rubbed her wrist, looking at Beck. "It just bothered me. She stole my bit and everything." She smiled a bit, laughing softly with Beck as he nodded.
"She was pretty Jade-like. It was uncanny." He grinned.
"Have you texted her?" She asked, trying not to sound worried or anxious. All she had been thinking about was Tori. On the car ride here, during the movie, in her sleep…it was scaring her that Tori hadn't even texted her angrily or anything. She hoped she was okay.
"No…" He said quietly, and then checked his phone. "Ah…Andre texted me and said she was really messed up about something. Awww…" He smiled lightly reading the rest of the text.
"What?" Jade asked, a little anxious and curious.
"He's going to get her favorite pizza and surprise her with it." Beck smiled. "Wouldn't they be so cute together?"
"No." She said quite rudely and quickly, and widened her own eyes in surprise matching his. She hadn't thought about it, it had just come out.
"Uh…" He said awkwardly, "why…not…?" He tilted his head at her, a little surprised.
"Because he's not right for her at all." She sighed, rubbing her forehead. Why was all of this flying out of her mouth without restraint? She looked down. "He's not what she wants." She said, thinking about it. 'I'm what she wants.' Jade smiled at the thought and then frowned again. 'But…why do I want her?'
André was driving along in his car. Tori had seemed so upset, and he hated seeing her like that. It made his heart twist in ways that he'd never felt before. He stopped and parked, getting out of his car and going up into the Pizza Palace, grinning. "Maybe she'll be so happy she'll get excited and kiss me or something…"
"So you think you know what Tori wants?" Beck asked, cocking an eyebrow at her. "I thought you two were barely friends."
"We're not anything." She snapped, and then sighed, going back to rubbing her forehead. Her purple streak fell in her line of vision and then she got up and tucked it behind her ear. "Beck…I've got to go. I'll see you Monday or something." She softly kissed him on the cheek and then left without really saying goodbye.
She drove, speeding slightly just in hopes that she'd get to Tori's house before André. Jade didn't understand but she needed to get there before he did. "What if they become a thing?" She asked herself out loud. "Maybe Tori isn't a lesbian, she's just bisexual…" Jade thought about it long and hard, her eyebrows drawing in. "Then I need to get to her first…"
Her pearphone started ringing and she ignored it. It was probably Cat and she had more things on her mind right now, she didn't need another crazy brother story—she'd wait until later to get that from her. She loved being there for her friends secretly, and that's probably the only reason they stay despite her, choice attitude. She pulled into Tori's driveway and grinned as she looked around, seeing not another car in sight. That means that she's not only there by herself or with just Trina, but that André hadn't gotten there either. She quickly got out and ran up to the door, almost tripping and falling flat on her face at the steps getting up there. She sighed, took a deep breath, and then knocked four times loudly on the door.
The Latina wasn't ready for this. She'd been crying all night, trying to sleep but falling in and out of so many nightmares it was hard to count how many this one was. She opened her eyes and then blinked. Tori finally registered that there was someone at the door and she got up, not even caring about what she looked like—her hair was a mess, rat's nest everywhere, and her eyes were darker than normal, the coloring and the area around them, she had bags under her eyes and her face was stained with tears—but she got downstairs and noticed a note left by Trina.
'Hey Tor, I went to see a movie with some friends. Be back later.
Love, Trina.'
"What friends?" Tori asked herself out loud and sighed, "She probably went by herself again…" She frowned, feeling a twinge of guilt and sadness for her sister. Trina had just about no friends. Tori frowned as the knocking grew louder, and agitated she got to the door and opened it with attitude, expecting Trina. She didn't even look, just opened the door, her eyes facing the ceiling in an ultimate eye-roll, saying, "Trina, I heard you the FIRST thirty times."
Tori's eyes widened and her arm that was holding the door went limp. Smiling flirtatiously and having that sparkle to her eyes, Jade spoke three words that made Tori smile softly despite what had happened that day.
"Guess again, Vega…"
