So, I've had free time since I graduated and I decided I'd rewrite some of my one-shots. I'm kinda stuck on my other stories and I still don't have internet. So until then. Here you go!

~*The Kiss*~

I don't know how to say this.

I thought it would never happen. I thought I would never stoop this low.

I never thought I would like this…

~*One month earlier*~

Everyone knows Trina Vega doesn't have talent. Trina Vega is only pretty on the outside. Trina Vega is obnoxious and loud and unruly. Trina Vega is loved by none and hated by everyone.

Yup, it's one of those stories.

"Tori!" she screamed from her room to her sister who was downstairs. After a few more seconds, she screamed her sister's name again. Tori screamed back, but instead of Trina saying what she wanted from her sister, Trina clomped downstairs with a God-awful racket.

"Tor-reeeeeeeeee!"

Tori turned around on the large couch and eyed her sister with dark eyes. "What?" she snapped. "I answered you already, Trina. What do you want?"

Trina crossed her arms and blew a long strand of her messy hair out of her face. "Did you take my Fazzini boots?" she asked. "I can't find them anywhere and I know you've had your eye on them lately." Tori rolled her eyes and scoffed. "You know I can't wear your shoes, Trina," Tori whined. "Why don't you check your closet?"

Trina pouts. "I already checked there!" she exclaims. "They're not there!"

Holly Vega walked in from the basement and pulled a water bottle out of the fridge. Her hair was up in a ponytail and she wore a black-spotted swimsuit over a pink leotard and white tennis shoes. "Trina, don't whine," she said absentmindedly. "It's very unbecoming in a woman."

"But, Moooom," Trina whined. "I can't find my new Fazzini boots! I was gonna wear them to school today but I can't find them!" Holly took a sip of her water and smiled at her daughters. "I know how you can find them," she told her eldest. "Close your eyes and think of your boots and the last place you left them—no, don't open your eyes. Just think of your shoes." While Trina kept her eyes closed, Tori smirked because she saw her mother tip-toeing back into the basement to finish her "workout" with her husband.

Tori quickly slinked herself around the couch and past Trina, out the front door. Outside André was waiting for her and she quickly hopped in the front seat, leaving Trina all alone. Once they were about to leave, they heard Trina scream in annoyance, followed by something breaking. Tori laughed softly as her boyfriend sped away from the utterly annoying girl they left behind.

"I swear," she sighed out as André blasted the radio, "Trina's getting harder to handle lately!" She turned to her boyfriend and smiled widely. "I think she's jealous that I've got a boyfriend and she doesn't…"

André pulled the car over to a stop on the side of the road and looked back at his girlfriend. "You shouldn't say things like that," he breathed as he leaned in to kiss her lightly on the lips. Soon the kiss turned into hunger and lust and Tori wanted more.

But wait, this isn't their story.

~*At Hollywood Arts*~

As usual, Tori Vega and André Harris arrived just before first bell, but we'll get to them later.

Instead, we'll start with Cat and Jade at Cat's locker.

"…And this one was the one my brother bought me when I was five," she announced, concluding her story on where she got the unicorn stickers for her bright pink locker. Jade rolled her eyes. "I told you ten stickers ago that I didn't care," she spat venomously. When the little redhead's big brown eyes started to quiver, Jade frowned and softened her glare.

She quickly looked past Cat to the clock above the school entrance. "We've got ten minutes before first bell," she started. "Want some ice cream?" Like usual, Cat's face flipped to happiness and she smiled widely, illuminating the little dimple in her cheek. "I love ice cream!" she exclaimed in her airy voice. Jade smirked softly and the two walked out the front door with her little magenta-haired friend skipping at her side.

I could get into a long rant about how odd it was for Jade and Cat to be friends, but this isn't their story either.

As Jade and Cat were walking out the door, Trina bumped into Jade, spilling the coffee Jade held in her black-clawed hand all over her black tank top. Trina scoffed at the now coffee-drenched Goth standing by the ditzy dyed doll. "Watch were you're going, Jade," she ordered ten decibels too loudly. "You almost spilt your coffee on me!" Then she walked off without giving the now enraged Jade a chance to strike back.

She would have turned around and stabbed the older Vega with the pair of lucky scissors she kept in her bag if our little kitty didn't tug at her arm and look at her with pleading eyes. Jade let out a loud sigh and walked Cat out of the school to her car where she drove Cat to the nearest ice cream shop.

The girls returned five minutes later with a cup of vanilla ice cream each and Jade wore a delightfully dark and new long-sleeved black blouse. Always remember to keep back-up clothes in your car, lovelies.

Cat gave a flirty smile to Robbie as she playfully licked her spoon when she and Jade walked by him and Jade gave Beck a dark smirk as she did the same. Both girls were single, but Cat and Robbie wanted to be together—except he was too shy to talk to her and Cat liked to tease him—and Jade realized Beck was still head over heels for her even though they'd been apart for half a year now; she loved leading him on the way she did.

Together, the girls sauntered into Sikowitz' class just as the first bell rang. Moments later, the students began filing into the room, taking their seats, and their crazy teacher fell through the roof onto the stage before he started his lesson on how to act out of one's comfort zone. Then Tori and André came in when half the period was over. Tori's hair was neatly groomed and both students had their clothes pressed so neatly that they looked like they came from a clothing catalogue.

If they'd come to school on time looking the way they did, you'd never guess that they just did it in the back of his car.

~*Lunch time*~

It's time to see the real story.

"Tori!" Trina screamed once more. Tori cringed at her sister's voice as she sat with her best friends and occasional frenemy at their usual table in the Asphalt Café. "God, here she comes," she muttered under her breath.

Then Trina knocked Robbie out of his seat and jumped in his grave.

"Hi, Trina," Tori greeted with a fake, unwanted smile. "Lovely to see you again." Trina rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah," she waved off. "I just wanted to let you know that I made Mom help me find my boots. I told you they were in my closet."

Tori scoffed incredulously. "I told you they would be in your closet," she stated restlessly. Trina chuckles. "Whatever," she said. "I just wanted you to know that I've got a date tonight so you'll have to watch Olivia and Francesca."

Tori gasped and slammed her hands down on the table. "I can't!" she exclaimed. "André's taking me to the beach after school to celebrate our three-month anniversary then I'm staying at his house! Mom and Dad know that. That's why they asked you to watch Olivia and Francesca!"

Olivia and Francesca where the youngest of the Vega sisters (can you believe Holly and David had four girls? What a bummer…) and they'd returned from a prestigious boarding school. They were in the process of being transferred to a nice "normal" middle school where they'd finish out the rest of the year before auditioning for Hollywood Arts freshman class of 2013. The twins were lucky to not have spent the majority of their lives with their oldest sister and they were even luckier they wouldn't have to deal with Trina (if) when she went off to college in a few months.

But other than obstacles for the older two Vegas, the twins aren't a major part in this story either.

Trina plastered on a fake smile, filled with hate dripping behind her ruby lips. "You'll just have to cancel," she said with her head cocked to the side. "The twins love you more anyway." Tori groaned loudly. "I don't care, Trina," she whined. "I wanna go with André to the beach to celebrate our anniversary!" Trina stood up and started to walk away. "Have fun with the twins, Sis," she said as she walked back into the school.

Tori dropped her head onto the table and groaned loudly. Her loving boyfriend sighed and rubbed her back gently. "I guess now's a good time to tell you I can't take you out today," he said. "My mom's sister is in the hospital and she's got to go take care of her so I have to watch my Grandma while she's gone." Tori groaned loudly again and Jade smirked.

"Shucks to be you, Vega," she murmured. "You really need to get a handle on that sister of yours." Tori lifted her head with glaring eyes. "As much as I'd love to knock some sense into my sister," she began, "I can't. With my luck, Trina would squash me like a bug if I tried to stand up to her." Then a thought struck her. "You could do it, though!" she exclaimed. "Everyone's afraid of you. You could totally scare Trina straight!"

Jade glared at the brunette with a menacing grimace. "Why would I want to help you out?" she questioned. Obviously, it was no secret how much Jade detested Tori. Then again, what else was new?

Tori pouted at her sometimes acquaintance. "Please," she begged. "You know I wouldn't ask you otherwise. You're the only one who can help me." Jade sighed in annoyance. "I'll think about it," she finally said after a long moment of silence. Tori smiled widely and went to hug the Goth, then remembered that Goth was Jade West…and Jade West might kill her.

~*Later that night*~

Did you really think Trina had a date?

Well, she did.

And when he called her to tell her some lame excuse for why he was ditching her, she decided to spend the night crying on her parents' sofa while the twins played around downstairs and Tori was up in her room working on her homework. It was hard for Olivia and Francesca to focus on their game of House while their older sister cried obnoxiously into the pillows of the sofa. It's hard to be a mommy when a kid who isn't your own tries to break your eardrums.

Then, someone banged on the door. No one answered it at first because Trina's sobbing blocked out the noise. After a few more moments, the knocking grew louder and more persistent. Trina then proceeded to scream into her pillow before lifting her head and glaring at her little sisters. "Get the door!" she shouted over the loud banging. Olivia and Francesca gasped before running to the door while Trina went back to being…Trina.

Before the girls got to the door, a foot on the outside collided with it and knocked it open, breaking various parts of it. Jade West—her dark clothes, menacing makeup, killer combat boots, and all—stood before the little girls, glaring at them with an evil smirk. Surprisingly, Olivia found the guts to speak.

"Who are you?"

Jade's smirk quickly turned into a wicked sneer. "Better question," she began, "Who are you?"

Olivia crossed her arms and Francesca slid behind her sister. "The name's Olivia Esperanza Vega," she answers. "Don't wear it out."

Jade raised an eyebrow; she didn't like people trying to upstage her. She stepped forward and looked down on Olivia. Francesca shrieked slightly in terror and backed away from Olivia. After a long stare down—as well as Trina's damn crying—Jade made her move.

"Leave before you lose your eyes," she announced in a low, dark voice. Francesca quickly ran away, but Olivia stood her ground. But after a few more seconds, her breath hitched and she darted after her twin up the stairs to their room. Jade smirked at her accomplishment and moved to the couch where Trina wouldn't shut up.

Jade grabbed Trina by a fistful of hair and pulled her head back. Trina started pulling at Jade's hands and whined loudly for Jade to let go. But as usual, Jade didn't listen.

"Older Vega," she called loudly. "You're annoying everyone in the world with your stupid crying! You've become a real pain in everyone's butts and I'm here to straighten you out."

With an angered groan, Trina got off the couch with Jade's pale hand still on her head and looked her in the eye. "You've got four seconds to let go of me before I take you down, West," she hissed. Her mascara was caked in lines down her face and her eyes were a puffy pink.

Jade laughed mockingly at the older Vega sister. "Who do you think you are?" she spat. She pulled backward on Trina's hair and Trina let out small pained noises. "I could break you in those four seconds."

Then Trina lunged toward Jade, sending both girls to the floor as the yelled at each other and pulled at hair and skin. Unfortunately for Jade, Trina overpowered her and pinned Jade's arms to the hardwood floor.

"Get off me, Vega!" Jade shouts as she struggled under Trina's weight. However, Trina didn't move. She kept her ground until Jade managed to flip Trina over and straddle her.

"What the hell is your problem?" Jade screamed. "You're pissing everyone off more than usual!" Trina turned her head from Jade and clenched her eyes shut. "Please let go," she whispered softly. Jade let go of Trina's arms and leaned into Trina's ear. "You're lucky," she said darkly.

Jade started to pull away, but Trina's hands shot out to her face, keeping her where she was. In an instant, Trina's lips were against Jade's and Jade's back tensed. Her body froze as Trina's lips danced across her own, but she couldn't help moving her lips back. The shock got her and she didn't know what else to do.

A gasp at the top of the stairs startled both girls, allowing Jade to snatch away from Trina. She shot up from the floor and looked to a shock Tori standing at the top of the stairs. Her hair was put up into a messy pony-tail and she wore her glasses. She looked like she'd just woken up from a nap.

Tori stared in disbelief at Jade and Trina, not sure what to say. Jade's shocked eyes and quivering lips looked from Tori on the stairs to Trina on the floor; confusion filled her eyes as she touched her lips, but she said nothing. Tori opened her mouth to say something (or maybe just opened her mouth in shock) but Jade darted out of the broken door before any words could be said.

~*The next day*~

After Jade left, she got a few shocked texts from Tori where most of them were about how she asked Jade to scare Trina into being nicer, not kiss her. Obviously Jade ignored all the texts, but she couldn't stop thinking about that kiss. As much as she hated Trina, she actually liked the feel of the older Latina's lips on her own.

But then she realized it was Trina.

Sure Beck had broken up with Jade six months ago and sure any rumor of Jade being with Trina of all people seemed preposterous, but the thought of ever being the other half of a rumor involving Trina made Jade want to hurl. Even if Jade…liked…kissing Trina, she didn't want anyone to know. Tori probably told the whole school what happened.

Jade West never normally hid from people, but this was an exception.

"Jade, wait up," Cat called as she ran up to her best friend. Jade pretended she didn't hear Cat though and picked up her pace, trying to shake the little redhead from her trail. "Jade, wait!" Cat continued to call as she ran after her friend. "Jade!" Jade wouldn't stop though; she just disappeared into the crowd of students, leaving Cat alone by her locker.

Tor saw Cat sitting under the pink locker decorated with unicorn stickers with her knees to her chest and walked up to the little redhead. "What's wrong, Cat?" she asked as she slid down to sit beside her petite friend. Cat sighed and continued to stare down at her knees. "I think Jade hates me," she answered dejectedly in her high pitched voice. She sniffled slightly. "She keeps running away from me."

Tori frowned at her dejected friend. "Jade's just not in a good mood," she assured Cat with a pat on the shoulder. "You didn't do anything wrong…" Cat's face brightened and she hugged Tori tightly. "Yay, yay!" she exclaimed breathily. "Come eat lunch with me!" She shot up from her spot on the floor and grabbed Tori's hand. Together, they ran down the halls with Cat giggling loudly and Tori breathing heavily.

"Cat, stop," Tori pleaded breathlessly. "Lunch isn't for another hour!" Upon hearing this, Cat stopped running and stomped her foot. "But I'm hungry now," she whined. Tori chuckled breathlessly at her and pulled a small back of chocolate chip cookies from her bag. She held them out and Cat screamed in excitement, snatching the bag and running away with them laughing loudly.

Tori laughed softly and ran after Cat to their next class.

~*In the Asphalt Café*~

Jade and Beck were on better terms in a way and, if not for him, she'd probably be hiding out in the Black Box Theatre for the rest of the day and maybe the rest of her life—or until someone else found her. But because Beck knew Jade like the back of his hand, he found her sitting in the far corner behind a makeshift townhouse. Then he practically dragged her out into the blistering sun so she could eat lunch with her 'friends.' Of course, Jade screamed and thrashed along the way, but Beck was stronger.

For the first few minutes, Jade sat with her five friends at their usual lunch table, enjoying a terribly awkward and silent lunch. Everyone knew Jade was upset, and they didn't want to say anything else that could possibly make her any angrier. They didn't know what was wrong, but they knew she'd be a ticking time bomb.

Then Trina came along and switched things up…

…just like she always did…

She pushed her way between Tori and Robbie then eyed Jade over. There was confusion in her eyes, regret, and a bit of wonder, but she didn't speak. At first, no one said anything; they all assumed Trina had something to do with Jade's increasingly frightening attitude. Each fork stab of Jade's salad sparked a jump out of everyone at the table.

Finally, Trina cleared her throat and everyone—except Jade—looked up at her. She cleared her throat once more to get Jade's attention, but she only stabbed her salad once more. "Jade," she hissed with narrowed eyes, "Can we talk please?" With a giggle, Cat picked up her plastic knife in an attempt to cut the tension. Robbie started to laugh slightly, and then Jade snapped her head to both of them. Her eyes were dark and full of hatred. They scared her so badly that she threw her knife backward with a squeak and lowered her head as her body shook. Then Jade went back to picking at their food.

"I have nothing to say to you," she stated quietly; she couldn't even bring herself to say Trina's name. Trina crossed her arms and scowled. "We need to talk," she admitted stubbornly. Jade's head snapped to Trina, her dark hair flying around her face in the process. "I don't wanna talk to you!" she shouted, slamming her fork down on the table.

Everyone around stopped eating and looked to the table. Beck gently nudged Jade in the arm and leaned his head close to hers. "Jade," he begged, "You're causing a scene." She looked to him as he gestured with his eyes to the people around them. "Just go see what she wants," he pleaded, "Please? I'm sure it won't take too long."

"Yeah," Trina added nervously, "It'll only take a minute, I swear!"

Jade sighed loudly and got up. "That was a private conversation," she spat looking up at Trina, "But you get one minute." Trina nodded and jumped up. Jade led the way and proceeded to sneer and hiss at anyone who looked at her wrong. Soon, Jade picked an empty classroom and pushed Trina inside. She slammed the door shut after entering and crossed her arms.

"Talk."

Trina took in a deep breath before speaking. "I know…last night was weird," she started sheepishly, "But-but I'm not sorry for k-kissing you." She looked Jade dead in the eye. "I don't know why…but I liked it, and I know you liked it too." Jade picked up a book from the teacher's desk and threw it at Trina before Trina could react. Luckily, Trina was able to dodge it in time, just as the book nicked her face. "Shut the hell up!" she screamed. "Don't say that about me! I don't like girls, I don't like you, and I definitely didn't like that kiss!"

Trina stepped forward and held her hand out then dropped it. "Don't lie to me," she demanded. "I know you felt something from the way you looked at me before you left last night." Jade scoffed and rolled her eyes, tossing her head around in disbelief. "You don't get it, do you?" she questioned. "You're so full of yourself it's painful! You think everyone in the world wants you and that you can do anything you want. News flash, Vega: everyone hates you!"

Jade turned to leave when Trina grabbed her arm.

Trina pulled her back and grabbed her by the face, kissing her deeply. Jade's body stiffened and her hands shot to Trina's shoulders to push her off out of reflex. However, the kiss deepened and Jade began to dig her nails into Trina's shoulders, pressing her body against the other Vega's. Their lips danced as Trina's hands laced into Jade's hair.

Then Jade came to her senses…

She pushed Trina away from her, looking at her in a mix of confusion and anger. She shakily dropped her hands to her side and slowly backed away. "I…can't like you," she breathed. "I can't like kissing you. I just…I can't…" Trina crossed her arms and sighed. "I know," she said softly with lowered eyes. "I can't like you—of all people—but…I do…"

Jade narrowed her eyes. "Are you saying there's a problem with me?" she asked harshly. Trina looked up at Jade. "Of course I am," she spat. "You're mean, scary, rude, and you're supposed to be straight just like I'm supposed to be. You're Jade West; that's reason enough for me to not like you." Jade scowled; right then, she'd take it to the grave before she admitted that she liked Trina Vega in that way, but Trina could see in Jade's eyes that she did.

"You want this," Trina pointed out. "I can tell you do. We don't have to tell anyone right now; no one has to know yet. Tori knows better than to tell anyone." Jade crossed her arms and glared at Trina. "If we do this," Jade began, "And if it lasts—" A small smirk creeped across her face. "I get to be the guy in this relationship." Trina laughed softly and took Jade's hand in her own, stepping closer to her.

They sealed it with a kiss.