Tori sighed to herself as she waited outside. She couldn't believe it; Jade was a cutter. People feared her; she seemed so strong? Maybe that was part of it. No one was there for her because they feared her. Tori used to cut too, but it was kind of the opposite. She was scared of people - scared of them finding out. What would people say if they found out she liked girls? The boys would give her such hell, and the girls would avoid her at all costs. That's what she thought. Of course, her family couldn't know either - her mom told her all these wonderful things that would happen when Tori made her a grandmother. When Tori brought home a nice son in law. How wonderful the wedding would be. How she just wanted Tori to be happy…
Meanwhile, Tori had been hurting herself in ways that didn't make sense. She hated herself; everyone thought a lie about her, and they had accepted that lie. They would hate the truth; Tori hated the truth. It took a slip up to her sister to set her free. Trina had asked her if she wanted help getting a boyfriend, throwing out names and faces, and Tori just instinctively said, "Stop it, Trina. I don't like boys." That was that. The truth was out, and no one hated her for it. Now she didn't hurt herself, but she could still remember how much it hurt being in that place, how much she wanted someone to know just to confirm it. If what she believed of them was confirmed to be true, she could go ahead with it. She could end it. She just hoped that this act of kindness would at least make Jade consider not ending it.
Interrupting her thoughts, Jade stepped out of the closet in the yellow sweat shirt. "Hey, yellow actually works with your pink hair." Tori could tell Jade was forcing back a smile. "I won't tell anyone," Tori added quickly.
"If?" The brunette girl arched a pierced eyebrow.
Tori shook her hair and ran a fist through it. "No conditions. No if's or but's. Well, one if." Jade glared, expecting the worse. "If you feel like doing it again, you can always talk to me about it. I used to do it too."
Jade didn't say anything but looked shocked, confused. This boy could not genuinely be nice to her. No one was ever nice to her. The two walked back to class in silence.
"So nice of you two to join us. Since you two are already standing, how would you two like to do an alphabet improv?"
Jade growled and trudged up to the stage. "Tori, alphabet improv is where you must have a dialogue where each of your phrases start with each letter of the alphabet. Understand?"
"N-"
"Great! Up on stage!" Sikowitz pushed Tori up on stage with Jade who was giving her a suspicious look. "Alright, you two! We're starting with the letter A! Let's go!"
Jade folded her arms across her chest. "Are you for real?"
Tori stumbled a little at first, "But, what are you talking about?"
"Cut the crap. I know you aren't who you say you are," Jade accused.
Tori's eyes widened, for a completely different reason. "Do you mind being more specific?" she asked with fear.
Jade glared right into the boys eyes. "Everyone's the same. You're not different. You don't care; you're just pretending."
Tori countered, "For you to say that is funny. Is your name really Tawny?"
"Guess you're smarter than I took you for, but you can't even begin to think that you know me."
"Hey, I'll admit that. I don't know you, but hopefully I will." Cat awwed from the audience.
Jade didn't physically look away, but her eyes looked away from Tori's. "I don't think we will."
Tori suddenly felt brave and stepped towards the girl. "Just look at me. I'm not pretending, and I'm not going to hurt you. Just trust someone for once." Tori had held Jade's glance by tipping up her chin; the girl couldn't look away.
The next letter was K, and Jade's mind was racing for possibilities. Kick? Knit? Kleptomania? No context. Kiss? Yes, kiss my ass, to fuel the fire, to keep up the argument. It was perfect! Jade prepared herself to say it, eyes still locked with Tori's. "Kiss me!" she delivered with a furious tone.
Tori raised a confused eyebrow and bit her lip. "Like, right now?"
Jade looked so proud of herself, unaware of her slip up. "Make it quick."
Tori shrugged, but on the inside her heart was racing. Jade was the strangest girl and the first one she had met at Hollywood Arts. Was Tori really passing as a boy enough to get her attention? Or was this just acting? It didn't matter. "Not like I have a choice," Tori conceded and leaned in.
Dun dun dun! Jade, didnt you tell him not to touch you? Way to be bipolar then. What'll happen? the world may never know! Dun dun! Please review if you liked it, and I'm sorry if I have some grammar or spelling errors because I don't have a beta but whatevs. I don't think I would really use one. I updated earlier than I thought I would. I think I'll update Wednesdays and Saturdays. Coolio? Cool.
