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The Bet

Chapter 2 – Just another day?

No one's pov

The next day was the first full day of the bet. It started like pretty much every day in the Vega household, with Trina hogging the bathroom. As always Tori worked around Trina's refusal to leave the bathroom until her makeup was done just right.

It wasn't until the car ride to school that Trina spoke about the bet. "At least you don't have to worry about freak show giving you any grief for a month."

"Yeah" Tori said half heartedly.

"What's up with you?" Snapped Trina as she turned a corner. "You're free of Jade for a full month and you look like you're going to funeral. I don't get you."

Tori lightly sighed as she ran her hand through her hair. "I only wanted her to be her friend."

Trina laughed. "Friend's, Jade doesn't have any friends. Not counting the voices in her head. She's a whack a doo. You're wasting your time, sis. Just enjoy your Jade free vacation."

Tori glared at her sister. "She's not that bad."

"Not that bad, that's like saying Jack the Ripper was socially mal adjusted." The older Vega said quickly.

Tori not wanting to have this conversation, Tori took the moment to turn up the radio as if the song that was playing was one she really liked.

Trina let the conversation drop. She knew Tori had always wanted to be friends with everyone, ever since she was a little girl. But Trina couldn't figure out why Tori would waste her time trying to get on the good side of Jade West. Especially considering, that Trina was fairly certain that Jade didn't have a good side.

A few minutes later, the Vega sisters were pulling into the parking lot of Hollywood Arts. Tori as they pulled up scanned the lot for Jade West, but didn't see the ill tempered Goth.

As they got out of the car and walked, Trina shot her sister a smile. "Remember Tori, You're on Vacation. Besides you win this thing you can have her paint my toenails."

Tori let out a chuckle. "You can't stand Jade. Why on earth would you want her to paint your toenails?"

"Because it's the closest that I'd get to having her grovel at my feet, that I'd ever get and it would drive her totally buggo at the same time."

Tori narrowed her eyes. "So in other words, you want me to win this so you can torture Jade."

Trina nodded. "Someone's got to do it. You certainly won't."

At this point they crossed into the school, where none other than Jade and Beck were arguing just inside the doorway.

Trina suddenly smirked and said loudly to Tori. "Hey you know what. If you win, you can order Jade to order her boyfriend to go out with me."

Tori's mouth suddenly fell open in shock, as she mentally cursed her sister. Not being able to resist looking, Tori turned to see Jade. Tori could see the Goth quickly fume with anger. For a brief moment Tori found herself on the receiving end of a near murderous look. Beck suddenly and rather nervously glanced from a grinning Trina to a rather unhappy looking Jade.

Trina urged her sister on. "What's she's going to do, glare you to death. She can't do or say shit to you Tori."

Trina turned and glanced over at Jade, pointing to her toes at the same time. "See these, you'll be painting them. When Tori wins."

"TRINA!" Tori scolded her sister.

Tori didn't bother to look at Jade this time, but heard a very audible growl coming from Jade's direction.

"Relax she can't do nothing to you." Trina said casually.

Suddenly having a thought Tori put her hand on Trina's shoulder, as half a smile came to her lips. "You're right, she can't touch me. But there's absolutely nothing in the bet, to say she can't kill you."

Trina's spirits suddenly seemed to deflate. "OH, I didn't think of that."

"Trina, I'd strongly advise you to get to class while Jade is still arguing with Beck."

Like a shot out of a cannon, Trina quickly took off. As Tori then opened her locker, she glanced over to see a still very angry looking Jade. Tori returned the Goth's glare with a bemused shrug, before returning her attention to her locker. Normally, Tori knew that Jade by this point would have certainly come over and said something insulting.

As Tori slammed her locker shut she couldn't help but see, the backside of Jade strutting away form her down the hallway. Much to her suprise at that particular moment, Tori found herself missing the insults.

Tori's POV

The rest of the morning was uneventful, to say the least. I had Jade in two classes and made a point of sitting on the other side of the room in each one. In each one I stole glances at Jade. I couldn't help it. In each class, she sat there was an expression which seemed to be halfway between irritation and boredom.

She paid no attention to me in the slightest. I found that annoying for some strange reason.

As I approached the asphalt café I wondered where I was going to sit. Would sitting at the same table as Jade count as violating her "space?"

I decided to err on the side of caution and took my tray of food to a table on the far end of the café. I had no idea if anyone was going to join me. First up was Jade and Beck, who went to the normal table. I purposely picked a table behind a pillar that was out of view from where the gang normally sat.

"Hey Chica" Said Andre as I saw him come up.

"Hey Andre, Que Tal." I said, happy to have at least one lunch companion.

"I'm good." He said sitting down. "I see you're keeping some distance from Jade."

I took a bite of my taco, before answering. "Yes, best to play it safe."

It was then Robbie, Rex and Cat showed up. They all sat down at the table. I was happy to have them join me.

"I like how the air is so much clearer over at this side of the café." Rex added as He and Robbie sat down.

"What's that supposed to mean? I can smell the stinky food truck here, as much as over there." Cat said quickly with a confused look.

"Cat, I think he's trying to say because Jade is not with us." Tori said, while giving Rex a nasty look.

"What's she doing now anyway?" Andre asked casually.

In reply, Cat immediately stood up and walked in the direction of Jade and Beck's table before anyone could stop her.

"I don't that was a very good idea of Cat to do that." Robbie quipped.

Andre leaned over and glanced in the direction that Cat had just gone. "Too late now.".

The red haired girl returned a few minute later, with a rather distinct frown on her face and sat down.

"What's the frown for Cat?" Robbie asked with a note of concern in his voice.

"She told me go and play in the street, like my cat Mittens did." Cat said, looking rather increasingly sad by the moment.

I was afraid to ask, but I did anyway. "Mittens?"

A quick stream of tears suddenly appeared on Cat's face. "She was my favorite kitty, but she got out of the house and was run over by a cement Truck."

Incensed, I immediately stood up intending on giving Jade a piece of my mind for upsetting Cat. Before I could get away from the table, Andre's hand gripped my arm. "And what are you about to do?"

"Tell Jade how rude it is too…oh crap." I said realizing that I was about to walk into a trap. I happened to catch a glimpse of Jade across the court and she was looking over at me with a rather distinctive smirk.

"She made Cat cry, just to provoke me." I said in disgust, as I sat back down. I then took a few moments, along with Robbie, to calm down the crying Cat.

Rex chuckled. "And you expected less from the Queen of Darkness? I hope you realize she has no intention of losing. She'd toss Mittens in front of another cement truck if it meant you would lose."

Cat only started to cry again at the mention of Mittens.

"REX! SHUT UP!" I shouted quickly, as I once again went to calm Cat once more.

At this point Trina came stomping by, looking rather unhappy. "You know what that freak Jade did?"

"Give you a golden sho.." Rex started to say, before Trina slapped Robbie in back of the head real hard.

"Owww" Robbie quickly protested "Hey Rex said that, not me!"

Trina leaned into close to Robbie's face with an intense gaze. "Now Rex has had limbs torn off before and he's always come back good as new. Perhaps next time he says something cute, something might happen to one of your arms. Like the one you stick in that perverted doll's back."

I didn't think it was possible, but I could have sworn I saw a quick look of fear appear on Rex's face. Robbie just nodded quickly, looking like he was going to cry. My sister, could sometimes be almost as intimidating as Jade. But that was if you really managed to annoy her.

I looked over at Trina. "What did Jade supposedly do?"

"Well somehow, my locker got glued shut with industrial strength epoxy. The janitor is trying to pry the door off. He said he's going to need a crowbar. Tori you have to win this bet."

I felt bad for Trina, but she did bring it upon herself. Part of me was slightly impressed by Jade's rather swift and sticky method of retaliation. Lord only knows where Jade found Industrial strenght epoxy so quickly. Trina didn't say anything else, but just shot Jade then Rex a nasty look and stomped off.

"Tori, Jade will try and trick you. You need to be careful." Andre said between bites.

Andre was right, Jade could be very crafty and devious. The fact that she would make some attempt to try and trick me into talking to her should come as no surprise at all. As I continued to eat I couldn't help but wonder what I would do to trick Jade. That was if I decided to play dirty like Jade was doing currently.

In the end I decided to play fair and not to make any attempts to trick Jade. I needed to focus on just staying out of her business.

As lunch was ending I couldn't help but see Jade walk out of the asphalt café alone. Her smirk that was on her face earlier was gone and had been replaced with a rather unhappy looking scowl.

Beck left the asphalt café right after that, looking rather down himself. I just never liked seeing people unhappy. Of the pair, it was Jade's unhappy scowl that bothered me the most.

But there was not one thing I could do about it, if I didn't want to end up Jade's slave.

I saw Jade a short while after that. She walked into Sikowitz's class, looking no less unhappy than before. She sat down next to Beck who was already there but hardly gave him a glance. I couldn't help but wonder what was going on.

As I sat there I was poked from behind. Turning round I saw it was Andre.

"You really want to lose this bet don't you Tori. Don't worry about them." He said quietly.

I took his advice and focused on school, pushing thoughts of Jade out of my head. The rest of the day, Jade acted as if I didn't exist. I saw Beck in the hallways once or twice but only said hello and left it at that.

After school ended, I found Trina by her car waiting for me.

"So did they get your locker open?" I said as I opened the door.

Trina's Jaw line hardened. "Yeah. They replaced the door, now I have to redecorate my locker door."

"I'm sorry." I said with a shrug.

Trina smirked as she got in the car herself. "Don't worry, we'll show her."

A little while later, I was doing my homework and saw it was 5:13 PM. One full day had past and I had 29 to go. I had managed to keep my nose out of Jade's business, but not my mind off of it.

I couldn't help but think that this was going to be harder than I thought.

Que Tal = How are you.

I'm glad everyone is enjoying the story so far. My last story was so full of angst and pain, this one will have it's share of drama but it will be much more funny.