A/N: I'm sorry for the long wait! I kept making several changes to this chapter, and now I'm finally satisfied with it. This chapter is longer than the others, so hopefully you think that's a good thing...Enjoy!

As soon as I'm done showering, I head over to my room, casually humming some song stuck in my head. I quickly lock the door to change.

"Vega!"

I hate to say it...but I actually scream, and almost drop my towel. But, I held onto it for dear life. I cannot think of a moment more awkward, than dropping my towel in front of Jade. The gank would never let it go. Jade is seated on my messed up bed with a scowl. It's possible that I might die today…

"Jade! What-"

"Vega, do you know what time it is?"

"Uh no."

"7:20. You wasted 20 minutes of my time. You owe me." Jade says angrily.

Usually I would apologize, and explain myself; but now that I'm dying I just don't see the point in apologizing to someone that's forcing me to go to a sleepover I don't want to go to.

"I was busy," I say calmly.

Jade looks surprised by my answer. She looks me over like she's studying me. I don't react,and it's silent for a couple of seconds. Then Jade stands up from the bed all of a sudden, and walks over to me. And, just when I think she's about to kill me, or maim me, or something, she walks right past me.

"Just get dressed. I already packed your stuff when I was waiting," She says dismissively, and walks out of my room.

I look down at the packed bag in front of me on the floor, trying to ignore the fact that Jade went through my drawers to pack it. It's going to be a long night…Before leaving, I said goodbye to my parents, and Trina. They all hugged me a little too long, like they didn't want to let go. So I had to pull away from each of them. I'm sure Jade thought this was weird. I'm hesitant to get into Jade's car. Last time I was in here, I'm pretty sure she was trying to bury me alive; so my hesitancy is definitely justified. I finally get in when Jade reassured me that she wouldn't "kill me" (although I could've sworn she whispered "not today at least"), and when I saw that there wasn't a shovel in the backseat.

I still have my guard up, though. I don't trust Jade. She's evil, like "Voldemort meets the Joker evil," as Robbie says (of course not in front of her). The ride goes by quickly, and now we're in front of Cat and her new roommate's apartment. I've actually never been here before, since we usually hang out at my house. Jade rings the doorbell, then goes right back to crossing her arms. A blonde answers the door. When I see the familiar face I start to panic. My throat goes dry, and my blood runs cold. My hands start to shake on their own accord.

"P-Ponnie..." I slowly back away from the doorway.

She looks at me, confused. "What's a Ponnie?"

I scream, and take off running. She's trying to mess with my head again.

I hear Ponnie saying "What's her problem?"and Jade shouting my name at the same time. Then I hear Jade's heavy boots thumping on the ground. I just keep running. Jade catches up to me real quick, and grabs me from behind.

"Stop it! Vega!" She shouts, as I flail around in her arms trying to escape, but she's too strong. Her crazy strength is just more proof for my theory that Jade is a demon.

"THAT'S PONNIE, JADE! PONNIE!"

"No it's not, that's-"

"PONNIE! IT'S PONNIE!

"No! That's-"

"PONNIE!"

"Vega!"

"PONNIE!"

"VEGA SHUT UP!" She puts her hand over my mouth. "THAT'S NOT PONNIE! THAT'S SAM FROM ICARLY! YOU MET HER AT KENAN THOMPSON'S HOUSE!"

I stop squirming, and Jade releases me.

"Besides, Ponnie...Fawn Lebowitz is behind bars…" Jade states. Is Jade trying to comfort me? "...She can't come after you for another few years." Nevermind…

"Thank you for that comforting thought. I definitely feel safe now," I scoff, with an eyeroll.

"No problem, now let's get back to the apartment." She pulls me with her, in the direction of the apartment.

Sam's not at the doorway anymore, but she left the door open. I follow Jade inside. Sam's sitting on the couch casually watching Toilet Wars.

"Hey Sam, it's uh nice to see you again...I'm really sorry about what happened back there…" I apologize, awkwardly. "You just...look like a psychopath that I used to know…"I try to sound casual, but I fail.

Sam raises a questioning eyebrow.

"It's a...long story…"

"TORI!" Cat screams from the kitchen. Next thing I know I'm enveloped by the smell of candy, and red hair. I almost fall down, then she lifts me off the ground, and puts me back down, squeezing me tightly. She's definitely stronger than she looks. "I WAS SOOO WORRIED!"

"Hey Cat…" I force a smile, and pat her back. I can barely breathe.

"Cat, try not to kill the girl," Sam mutters, before shoving a handful of chips into her mouth.

She finally lets me go, but then she starts rambling on and I don't understand a word she says. I just nod, and smile to be polite. Thankfully, she stops her rambling to go hug Jade, finally. Jade pulls away though, she hates being touched.

"THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN! We can have girl talk, do each others nails, do each others hair...oooh we can do makeov-"

"NO!" Jade cuts off Cat.

"What she said," Sam nods."Let's just turn off all the lights, and put on a scary movie."

"I'm choosing," Jade plops down on the couch next to Sam.

"I don't want to see a scary movie," Cat pouts.

"Yeah, me neither." I agree. Especially not if Jade's choosing.

"Fine. Jade, and I will watch a scary movie, while you girls do your prissy stuff in the other room."

"We will! Afterwards, we are playing Truth or Dare, though. Come on, Tori," Cat drags me by the wrist to her room. My eyes wander all over, there's so much going on in the room. It's apparent that half of the room is Sam's, and half is Cat's.

We gossip about anything, and everything while doing each other's hair, makeup, and nails. I actually really enjoy the conversation...until she brings up Senior year. While she goes on and on about how excited she is, I put on a fake smile, and swallow all the sadness the topic brings me.

"You know...Joey asked about you," Cat changes the topic, giving me a cheshire grin. I feel my cheeks heat up. I have been crushing on him for a while.

"R-really?" I question, trying to keep my cool.

Cat nods with a grin.

"What did he say?!"

"He was concerned about you...So I gave him your number."

"Oh my...Cat, no you didn't!"

"I did!"

I immediately start to feel bad that I left my phone dead for the past few days. What if he tried to call me or something? A little while later, Sam jumps onto her bed, startling us, and Jade walks into the room a second later.

"Movie's over," Jade announces, before sitting at the foot of Sam's bed.

"Yay! Now we can play Truth or Dare!" Cat says excitedly, and Sam groans into her pillow. Jade rolls her eyes, and complains about how "cliche and stupid" the game is. I sort of agree with her, but maybe it'll be a good distraction.

"Okay. I'll go first. I dare myself to eat this piece of chicken," Sam pulls out a chicken leg from under her pillow, and takes a bite. Jade and I look at her strangely, but Cat looks unfazed like it's as normal as breathing.

"Sam that's not how the game works!" Cat exclaims, and Sam just shrugs. "We have to sit in a circle."

Cat and I sit on the floor on her side of the room, right behind the line that divides the room. Sam, and Jade do the same on Sam's side of the room.

"Tori why don't you start!" Cat smiles at me.

"Do I really have to?" I ask.

"Just do it, Vega!" Jade rolls her eyes.

"Fine!" I huff. "Truth or dare...Cat?"

"Uh...dare! No wait! Truth. No! Dare. Wait-"

"PICK ONE!" Jade shouts.

"Truth," Cat gulps.

"Okay...Uh...is it true that Mr. Purple is your favorite stuffed animal?"

Jade fake coughs, and says "lame." I give her a dirty look, which she smirks at,

"Shhh Tori! Of course not! I love them all the same!" Cat exclaims, while eyeing all her stuffed animals as if they're listening. Then she turns back to me, and mouths a "yes."

"Okayy then…" Sam says.

"Sam, truth or dare?" Cat asks.

"Dare."

"I dare you to lick your elbow!" Cat giggles.

"Cat..that is physically impossible…" Sam explains.

"Fine. Lick Jade's elbow," Cat decides.

Jade's eyes widen. "No."

"Just do it, West!" I repeat what she said to me earlier. She sends an evil glare my way, before rolling the sleeve of her leather jacket past her elbow. Hesitantly, she offers her pale elbow to Sam. Sam makes a face, quickly licks it, and pulls away. Jade, with a grimace, awkwardly unrolls her sleeve.

"Jade, truth or dare?" Sam asks, with an evil grin.

"Dare, obviously."

"I dare you to make me a sandwich."

Jade rolls her eyes, and gets up to go to the kitchen. She comes back about twenty seconds later. Must be a poor-quality sandwich. She hands it to Sam, and Sam takes a bite. "All there is, is mayonaise."

"You didn't say what type of sandwich," Jade smirks. Sam shrugs, and continues to eat the sandwich.

"Vega," Jade calls my name with a devilish little smile. I'm doomed. She must've noticed the fear in my eyes, because her smile widens. "Truth or dare."

"Dare," Jade's eyebrows raise in surprise at my answer. Ha! She wasn't expecting that. I find myself smirking a bit. Bring it on West!

"Alright, Vega I dare you to…" Jade sends a frightening smirk my way. "Knock on one of the neighbor's doors and ask them out on a date."

My eyes widen. I should've known not to pick dare...especially since Jade has no mercy or heart. Although I really really want to, I'm not going to back down. It's time for me to stop playing it so safe all the time."Okay," I nod and stand up from the floor, surprising everyone.

We all go outside the apartment, and I can feel my heart beating fast. I'm really nervous on the inside, but I play it cool and hide my nervousness quite well. Jade looks around, trying to decide which one she wants me to go to.

"Tell her to go knock on that one," Sam points to one in the distance. "A grumpy old fart lives there," she chuckles.

"Sounds good." Jade nods in agreement, with a smirk. "We'll hide around the corner and watch."

The three of them walk over to the corner, while I slowly approach the apartment. With every step a bad scenario comes to mind. I gulp as I finally stand at the door. I take a second to catch my breath, before lightly knocking on the door. No answer. I wait a couple seconds...still no answer. I knock two more times, and still no one comes to the door. I turn around and start to walk away with a sigh of relief, when I hear the door open behind me. Just my luck…I quickly turn around, and I feel as if I've seen a ghost! I freeze up instantly. I'd actually rather see a ghost right now...

The guy runs a hand through his messy brown hair. "Sorry about that I was...Tori?" He finally looks up at me. Oh no...what if he thinks I'm a stalker!

"Hey...Joey…" I smile nervously. "I uh...didn't know you lived around here…" I shuffle my feet.

"I don't I'm just staying with my grandfather for a few days...so uh why are you here?" He asks curiously.

"I'm just here for Cat's sleepover…We were playing truth or dare, and I was dared to knock on one of the neighbor's doors and uh ask them out on a date..." I say the last part quietly. I worry that he'll think I'm some sort of freak, but I'm pleasantly surprised when he starts laughing good-naturedly. I smile a bit, relieved.

"I actually got your number from Cat...I hope you don't mind. I tried calling you, to ask if you wanted to hang out sometime, but you uh never answered…" He says, embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, my phone's been dead for a few days," I blush. He was trying to ask me out...oh my gosh...should've answered my phone…

"It's okay," He smiles, with that perfect smile of his. "So...are you gonna do the other half of your dare?"

I laugh. "Would you like to go out sometime?"

"Yes," He grins widely. "Just text me whenever you're free!"

"Alright," I laugh nervously. "I should uh probably get back to my friends now…"

"Right, He nods. "Enjoy the sleepover. Goodnight, Tori," He smiles sweetly.

"Thank you. Goodnight," I return the smile.

I cannot believe that just happened. I ponder if it was a dream or something, because that is just too much of a coincidence. Am I really going to go on a date with Joey? Is it really a good idea, considering the fact that I only have two months...When I get back to the three amigos, they all have different reactions. Cat is grinning at me like a mad woman, Sam looks bored, and Jade has her arms crossed with an unreadable expression.

"Well that sucks...let's just go back inside," Sam lets out a disappointed huff.

As soon as we get back to the bedroom, it registers to me that it's my turn to choose someone for truth or dare. My first thought is to choose Jade to get my revenge, but then I think maybe I should choose Sam since she tried to get me to ask out an "old fart." It takes me about 2 seconds to come up with a way to get them both back.

"Jaadeeee," I can't help but grin an evil grin of my own.

"Dare," She huffs.

"I dare you to kiss Sam...with tongue!" I say, holding in laughter. I see instant regret in Jade's eyes. Jade looks as if she's seeing the devil himself...well actually if Jade saw the devil she'd probably ask him to join her for coffee or something, that is if she isn't the devil herself...so I'd say Jade looked as if she was looking at a gang of the cutest, happiest, fluffiest, and pinkest unicorns. Something straight out of one of Cat's colorful dreams. The look on her face is priceless.

Then Sam and Jade look at each other, disgusted by one another, as if they are two extremely heterosexual male jock best friends, that were dared to kiss.

"Just close your eyes and imagine it's Beck, Jade," I chuckle. Cat gasps and widens her eyes, and Jade winces a bit. Well that's weird…

I open my mouth to ask about their reactions, but Jade talks before I can. "Sam. Close your eyes."

"Make it quick, West," Sam sighs, and shuts her eyes tight. Her lips are coiled into a grimace. Jade leans in extremely slow, shoots me a dirty look on her way, and then their lips finally meet. Cat and I have our mouths wide open. It's truly a crazy sight.

Jade and Sam both pull away once there's tongue. They don't look disgusted like before, instead they look competent with what just happened.

"Eh, not bad, West," Sam shrugs.

"Your lips aren't as crusty as I thought. They're actually soft." Jade nods.

"Thanks! It's chicken grease," Sam smiles, proudly. We all look at her weird.

"Anyways…" I clear my throat, breaking the awkward silence that ensued. "Maybe we should um...go get ready for bed now…?"

"Yup," "Yeah," "Yes," Sam, Cat, and Jade all say at the same time before dispersing in different directions.

The four of us get ready for bed, and decide that I will sleep with Cat, and Jade will sleep with Sam. We all decide this is the best set up. Cat and I settle into her bed, which is really comfortable. A lot more comfortable than my couch. Jade and Sam on the other hand argue about space, and blankets. Then they start whacking each other with pillows, and not in a cutesy slumber party type of way either; more like they are trying to beat each other senseless with pillows. It's a little scary...

"Oh my gosh can't you guys just compromise and go to sleep!" I roll my eyes.

"Nope," Sam says smacking Jade in the face with a pillow. Jade's eyebrows furrow, and she tries to retaliate the blow but Sam dodges. Sam laughs at Jade, riling her up. Sam hits her again with the pillow and backs away, teasing the poor goth.

"I wanna join in!" Cat laughs excitedly, getting out of her bed.

"Oh no you don't!" I quickly pull her back into bed. "It's waaayy too dangerous."

Cat pouts, and of course it affects me. "Caatt do you really want to join two of the scariest-" I'm cut off when a pillow hits me in the face, Sam was trying to throw it at Jade, but it hit me instead.

"Crap!" Sam says, grabbing another pillow.

I take a breath, and ignore it. "Cat do you really want to-" Another pillow hits my face. Again, I ignore it. "Do you really want-" Once again a pillow hits me in the face.

"Sorry not sorry," Jade smirks at me, and returns her attention to the blonde, laughing when she hits Sam.

"Okay that's it!" I grab two pillows, and hop out of Cat's bed. I hurl one pillow at Jade, and then Sam. Which is a mistake, because I'm now apart of this war…

"PILLOW FIGHT!" Cat yells. She grabs a pillow, and smacks each one of us with a pillow, laughing hysterically.

Now we're all pummeling each other with pillows, and everyone's laughing. It's a fun distraction. And again, it's in no way anything like a cutesy slumber party pillow fight. About ten to twenty minutes later, we're all panting, with each of us occasionally letting out a stray laugh or two, worn out.

Finally, we all get to bed. Sam and Jade build a makeshift barrier out of blankets in the center of the bed, to keep one another away. Everyone falls asleep relatively fast. And I'm here wide-awake staring at the ceiling. My head is filled with thoughts that are keeping me awake. At first they were pleasant excited thoughts about Joey, but they evolved into dark thoughts about my future. The little time I had left. How it it'll affect my friends, and family. Those thoughts tortured me.

My thoughts are momentarily interrupted, by loud snores coming from Sam. Cat moves a bit in her sleep because of it, and of course Jade is unaffected by it. She did sleep through a war after all…

A few more minutes of trying to quiet my thoughts, and get some sleep, and I finally just give up and tip-toe out of the room. I made my way over to the living room, and turned on the television. I need a distraction. I need to silence my thoughts. I flipped through the channels, looking for something interesting. A couple minutes go by, and I still find nothing to watch. I yawn a bit.

"Boo!" A voice half-whispers, half-yells right beside my ear. I scream, and fall off the couch in terror. From the floor I look up to see an amused Jade, standing behind the couch.

"JADE! Why would you do that?!"

"Obviously, because I wanted to," Jade says like it's completely natural, hopping over to sit on the couch.

"I thought you were asleep," I huff, sitting back down. I make sure to keep a safe distance between myself, and the she-devil.

"I was, but now I'm not," She answered shortly.

"Well, what could've woken you up? You're literally the heaviest sleeper I know. You slept through a war."

"Sam crossed over to my side of the bed, thought I was a piece of chicken or something, and took a bite out of my shoulder in her sleep," Jade explains. I look at her shoulder, and indeed there is a red bite mark on her shoulder.

I look at her with an eyebrow raised, but her attention is on the TV screen. I turn away from her, and cautiously grab the remote to switch the channel. Keeping Up With The Kardashians is on, and I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy watching it…

"No." Jade scowls.

I turn to her. "No?"

"I am not watching the Kardashians."

"I wanna watch it!" I frown.

"Well too bad!"

Then it shows Kim Kardashian with pink boxing gear, in a boxing ring with a random lady. It's an old episode, where the Kardashians made the decision to box for charity. I don't feel like watching it.

"Fine. It's an old episode anyway." I grab the remote to change the channel.

All of a sudden Jade seems very interested. Of course, she would want to watch Kim Kardashian getting punched. "Okay Vega, stop begging. I'll watch the stupid Kardashians with you! Jesus…"

"But I don't even wanna-"

"Shhh."

When the episode finishes Jade gets up from the couch, and leaves. I assume she's tired and is going back to sleep, but she comes back with a DVD in hand. She puts the DVD into the blu-ray player, and casually sits back on the couch.

"What movie is this?" I ask, curiously.

"You'll see."

The menu screen pops up...and of course Jade put on The Scissoring. I furrow my brows at her. "I don't want to watch a scary movie this late…"

"Quit being a baby, Vega. We already watched the stupid Kardashians because you wanted to, now it's my turn to choose." She rolls her eyes, and hits play. I stare at her open-mouthed. She can not be serious…

"I didn't even want-"

"Shhh."

"But I didn't-"

"Shut up, Vega. It's starting!"

I lean back into the couch, with a sigh. I really don't feel like arguing so I just go with it. Besides, I've never seen the film before.

The movie had an impossible amount of blood, violence, and gore. I found myself hiding behind a pillow during several scenes, actually. No wonder it's Jade's favorite. Surprisingly though, I actually enjoyed it. The movie is really twisted, but it has a good plot.

"That movie was…" I start to speak.

"Whatever Vega! You have bad taste anyway." Jade interrupts, defensively.

"...pretty good," I finish.

Jade looks me over disbelievingly. "Really?

"Yeah. Minus all the blood and gore, it had an interesting plot, the characters had good backstories, and it was really artistic for a gross scary movie. I liked how it makes you think, and how you have to read between the lines to understand the true meaning of the movie. And even though Tawny was a freak, she was definitely my favorite character."

Jade looks at me blankly, like she's at a loss for words.

"Anyways...I'm still not tired...so I'm going to put on another movie," I announce. I chose to put on Mean Girls, because why not.

"You would pick this," Jade scoffs.

"It's good!"

In the middle of the movie, I tease Jade about how Regina George reminds me of her except not goth. She retorts saying that I'm like Cady, but dorkier. That's the last thing I remember, before knocking out.

"Vega! Wake up! The movie's over and this couch is very uncomfortable!"

"Mm it's pretty comfortable to me…" I mumble, sleepily.

"Maybe because you're on top of me, and not the couch." I get up in an instant. My face heats up. I'm surprised Jade didn't throw me off or something.

"Sorry." I say, embarrassed.

Jade sits up. She puts both hands on her back, and presses down with both hands cracking it loudly. "This dumb couch is hard. It's a back's worst nightmare."

At least it's the couch's fault. and not mine...

"Anyways, I'm too tired to kill you for using me as a mattress, so consider yourself lucky." With that Jade takes off to Sam and Cat's room, and I follow a second later.

Jade groans when she walks into the room. "I am not sleeping with that blonde demon again. I'm gonna move Cat."

Jade carefully picks up Cat, and puts her in Sam's bed. Then she builds another barrier like she did on Sam's bed, out of pillows and blankets. She lies down on one side. "Vega. I trust that you will respect the barrier...or you'll suffer my wrath. Sweet dreams." The last part is of course sarcastic. With a sigh, I get on my side, and make myself comfortable.

I stare at the ceiling for a little, but sleep comes a lot quicker this time.

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