Authors note: I doubt that these chapters will always be posted so quickly. It gets quite tedious watching little sections of the episodes repeatedly to pick up the facial expressions and things I use in this fan-fic. Please review and what not.
Jade was leaning against a random locker, cutting at the ends of her hair with some scissors, trying to make sense of what exactly was going on and what she going to do about it. She was sure she was straight and that she loved Beck, but she was also sure that she was attracted to the Vega girl. From the first time she saw her, she knew she was going to cause trouble in her life. She was beautiful, talented and had the goody-goody personality people seemed to fawn over. But Jade was the top star of Hollywood Arts and she wasn't ready to share that spotlight with some new girl. I'll just be the bitch everyone expects of me and hopefully she'll stay away from me at the very least. Jade looked up when she heard the distinctively annoying sound of Trina Vega's obnoxious ranting, and was greeted by the site of the Tori practically falling through the door as she tried to balance all her books and bags. Jade continued to watch the girl, smiling as her sister was clearly driving her mad – It almost made her pity her. She noticed how she'd cut her hair and hated herself for liking the change. Jade purposefully started walking towards the Vega girl as she saw her part from her Sister.
"Need some help?" Jade asked feigning concern.
"Yes!"
"Interesting." She replied without even making eye contact, then carried on walking away towards her own locker. It's just too easy.
Later that day.
"Betsy! Betsy! That animal's delicious flesh can keep us all alive for another week!"
"But I don't wanna be alive without Ponsy! This pig is everything to me that my Daddy never was and I mean-"
Cat was interrupted from saying her line by a big green ball hitting her in the face and knocking her to the ground as she screamed. Cat could be annoying as hell, but she was still Jade's best friend.
"Sikowitz!" Jade exclaimed as she turned round to face the man and threw her arms up.
"What?" He asked dumbly.
"You hit me in the face with a ball!" Cat bumped in to Jade as she said it, but Jade was too annoyed too care and just let it slide.
"Oh, come on! A truly great actor can stay in the scene no matter what's happening around her."
"But it really hurt!" Any sign of what had happened vanished from her face when the bell went. "Ooh, lunch, yay!" Jade rolled her eyes at the girl as she ran out of the room, and started her own way to picking up her bag. Sikowitz called out something to the class but no one was really listening as half of them had already left the room.
"Hey, you want to come to lunch with us?" Ergh, he can only be talking to her.
"Sure, just let me g-" She was too busy screaming to finish the rest of the sentence and Jade couldn't help but smile as she heard the ball make contact with a wall. Yep, definitely my favourite teacher. She didn't hear anything else of the conversation as she tried to catch up to Cat on the way to the Grub Truck.
The next day, back in Sikowitz' class.
"Ready? Drive by acting exercise. You're all angry Englishmen, go!"
Jade was actually enjoying today's lesson, not only because, although they were bizarre, she liked Sikowitz' drive by acting exercises, but also because it seemed the Vega girl wasn't going to be in today. She even allowed a smile to come across her face as their teacher addressed the class.
"Now, that we're all Lucy and all goose-y, the time has come for our newest student to tackle, The Bird Scene. Tori the stage is yours, though you can't take it home" When the hell did she get here?
"Uhm, can I ask you a quick question before I start?" Jade let out a huge groan at this. She just wanted the girl to get on with it.
"So-" She was interrupted by Sikowitz telling her to just try her best. Glad I'm not the only one who finds her annoying. Jade was slouched in her chair watching the girl, but all she found herself really watching was her lips, wondering what it'd be like to kiss them. She closed her eyes and shook herself out of it quickly, she was supposed to be ignoring this side of things.
"How was that?" Tori asked after she'd finished. Jade smiled as she knew what was coming next. The girl was just too nice and too desperate for people to like her, she wasn't going to grasp the concept of The Bird Scene for a long while yet. As she expected, the girl tried to push for feedback on how to pass the test and Jade smiled as Sikowitz interrupted her once again.
"Drive by acting exercise. You're all terrified dolphins, go! Live the fear." After a few minutes of the class flailing around and Jade trying not to notice how cute the Vega girl looked as she sulked in her seat, the bell went and they all left the room chatting to each other as they walked through the hall. Jade wasn't happy about her walking so close to Tori, so she held on to Becks hand to help keep any thoughts away.
"Oh come on! How am I supposed do to the scene right if no one will tell me what I did wrong!" Jade crossed her arms and glared at the girl next to her speaking. "I thought you guys were my friends?"
"I'm not your friend." Jade used this opportunity to get away from the girl and pulled Beck with her to get a drink. She blanked out the rest of what the group were saying as she stood choosing her poison and trying to push any thoughts of Tori out of her head.
"Number one rule of the bird scene. No one's allowed to help you." Beck snapped her out of her thoughts and she walked back over to the group, noticing the girls locker.
"So, this is what you did with your locker?" Jade feigned interest again and wondered how the girl kept believing she actually gave a damn.
"Yeah, see it's- it's a dry erase board with a bunch of colourful pens in a convenient cup. So whoever wants to can write or draw whatever they want." Oh, I will.
"But you're supposed to decorate it yourself." Beck reasoned.
"It's a Hollywood Arts tradition." Cat added.
"Well, what's wrong with other people being expressive on my locker?" Whilst she was saying this, Jade took advantage of her turned back and after grabbing a pen, added the word "stupid" on the board leaving it to read: 'Tori's stupid locker.'
"Well for one thing, they can do that." Jade heard Robbie point out what she'd just done, but she didn't wait around for a reaction. She simply walked away with a small smile, rolling her eyes as the girl attempted some smack talk.
The next day, back in Sikowitz' class.
Jade was slowly walking around the room, lost in thought again as she saw Beck come in to the room and walk up to Tori. She made a beeline for him and put her arm around his shoulder, raising her eyebrow as she listened to the girl listing all the additional things she'd added to her performance of The Bird Scene.
"What's the deal with Sikowitz and coconuts?"
"He says the milk gives him visions." Jade replied to Robbie before following Beck's lead and taking the seat next to him. She watched, bored, as Sikowitz made yet another bizarre entrance to the classroom and announced Tori's second attempt at The Bird Scene. She looked towards the girl and as she bent over to pick something up, Jade couldn't help but stare at her ass, following it as the girl walked to wards their teacher and handed him the coconuts. Damn. Seriously, I'm supposed to be able to concentrate when she's waving that thing around?
"Wonderful. You know their milk gives me visions."
"I've heard." Jade couldn't stop the smile that appeared on her face when she heard Tori say this. The fact that the girl clearly listened to put more butterflies in her stomach.
"Very good. Everyone pay attention. Tori..." and with that the man indicated for her to begin.
Jade stared at the girl with her mouth open as she watch the Vega girl pull down a painted backdrop for the scene. How long did that take her? But when she started speaking, she found herself bored again and leaned further in to Beck. Rolling her eyes as the girl tried way too hard, sighing at the expecting smile on her face as she was finishing - I want those scissors though – and smiling as she failed the task once again.
Later.
Jade was again by a locker, cutting up the books and objects she found inside of it with scissors. She wasn't sure who's it was, but she didn't care. It wasn't exactly hard to kick open locks for Jade. She looked up as she saw the Vega girl bounce towards Robbie, mumbling angrily about her bouncy hair. As she watched her flirt with the boy, she couldn't help but feel those pangs of jealously appearing again. Although she was sure she had other motives when she overheard her mention The Bird Scene. That girl is sinking to new depths.
The next day, back in Sikowitz' class once more.
Jade watched with her arms crossed as Andre and Robbie awkwardly made their way to their seats. Why do I hang out with these people? Just why? She took her own seat just before Sikowitz made an unusually normal entrance, only to jump as Tori poked her head from behind a massive curtain he hadn't even noticed was there. Jade wasn't in the best of moods today. She'd got in to the class late and so couldn't sit next to Beck, and now she was having to watch the Vega girls third attempt at The Bird Scene. However, she had to admit Tori had done a pretty impressive job this time around, even going as far as training a bird to enter and exit the room on command. She smiled as she saw the girls face fall after being told she'd failed yet again. But ultimately she was impressed with her as she threw the judgment back in their teachers face and finally beat The Bird Scene. Even going as far as clapping. Eh, she deserves it this once. Jade ended up hiding her face however as she couldn't hide her smile. The confused expression over the girls face was simply to adorable for her to handle and she refused to let anyone see her reaction. The class ended with another drive by acting challenge; Pretending to be elderly people stepping barefoot on broken glass. How does he come up with this stuff? And afterwards they were all dragged along to see Tori's finally decorated locker. Not that Jade really cared at all but Beck made her stay.
"You guys ready?" There was a series of approvals but Jade purposefully made herself heard above them all.
"Whatever."
After a few moments of staring and Vega pulling a face that Jade could only describe as stupid, her sister asked what exactly the words on her locker "Make it shine" even meant. Jade was embarrassed about already knowing the answer to this when even her own sister didn't. She hadn't realised she paid that much attention to what the girl was doing.
"It's the title of the song I sang at the big showcase." Yep, I was right. Crap.
"Whatever." Jade repeated, just wanting to get away from the girl.
"'Cause you know, that's what got me here in the first place."
Jade couldn't resist the opportunity to put the girl down and before she knew it she found herself speaking. "I don't like it."
"Maybe the words should be bigger." Cat added. Really? You guys are agreeing with me? I guess it isn't that impressive, but I'm the one who's supposed to be mean here. They all spoke at the same time offering criticisms towards the girls choice before she stopped them all.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! I believe in my own choice and I don't need approval from others." Look at you all grown up.
"Ah, the young female has learnt the ways of the bird scene." Beck responded.
"I still think it's dull." Jade added again as a reminder to them all that she didn't like it.
"Yeah? Well then maybe I should... make it shine." Please never use that voice again. And with that she pressed a small button on the bottom right of her locker door and the stars on her locker lit up. Okay, I'll admit, I'm a little impressed. This girl is just full of surprises. Damn her.
"Okay, are we going to eat or what!" Jade was getting annoyed and just wanted to leave the conversation. She stopped a little as she heard Beck invite Tori along with them and glared daggers at the girl as she agreed. She'd just wanted to get away from the girl and now she was going to be stuck in close proximity with her at one of those small lunch tables.
Stupid Vega.