Author's Note: Hey guys, alright, so I'm posting this chapter while at school. I'm still deciding, but I think this is going to be the last one. I could do one more and make an epilogue or something, but I don't know exactly what I'd do with it just yet, so I'm not really making one at the time. If you guys want more, let me know and I'll see what I can scrounge up. Hope you all enjoy this :3 It's got some fluff :3
Edit: This should be fixed completely now. Sorry about that you guys ^^; it's hard to post my fanfics while trying to keep people from looking over my shoulder and seeing what I'm writing xD
"What the hell are you doing Vega?" Jade asked with a scowl.
It was only Tori and Jade at the table right then. Beck and André were helping Sikowitz move some props for a play, and Cat and Robbie were off somewhere cuddling or whatever those two do in their time together.
"I'm looking for somebody." Her head continued to swivel back and forth.
"Well stop, you look stupid."
Tori snorted at the answer but kept looking. She was tapping her foot impatiently as she continued to scan the crowd.
Groaning, the Goth said, "Oh my god. Who the hell are you looking for? You're pissing me off by being all fidgety."
The brunette rolled her eyes and turned her attention to the girl across from her, stilling her foot. "I'm looking for the person I danced with last week at the Halloween party."
"Seriously, Vega? You're still looking for that person? You've examined every girl at Hollywood Arts. Are you sure this chick wasn't just lying to you about where she went to school? Or that she wasn't lying about being a girl?" Jade scoffed, stabbing her fork into her lunch.
"Look, I know you have issues believing in people, but Jay wouldn't lie to me like that. They way she spoke to me and just her eyes, they told me the truth. She seriously cares for me and wouldn't lie like that," Tori said with a slight huff, finally stopping her intense "I Spy" game.
"Just eat your food Vega. Look for that pirate person some other time or whatever," Jade said with a wave of her hand.
Tori cocked an eyebrow, "What, are you jealous that I happened to find such a great person?"
"More like I can't believe you fell for some idiot in a mask. Who's to say they aren't just a stalker or something? What if that was crazy Ponnie again?"
Tori frowned. "It wouldn't be Ponnie."
"Oh, and how do you know that?" Jade asked with a smirk.
"I told you. I could see how much Jay cared for me. If it was Ponnie I would've been able to tell."
"Yet you can't find your pirate even though you can supposedly 'tell'."
The brunette huffed, "Look, Jade, I know you think I'm being stupid, but I seriously like this girl. I will find out who she is. There's no way I'm letting her get away from me. She means so much to me."
Jade rolled her eyes, but she could feel her heart hammering in her chest. She was so sure that her heartbeat was audible, but nobody seemed to notice, so it had to be her imagination. Why did Tori have to like 'Jay' so much? That just made things complicated. She really shouldn't have agreed to the girl's wishes on a whim. Now the brunette was going to be looking for her till the end of the school year, and that would mean she needed to up her game. She needed to be an even bigger gank.
So that's exactly what she became.
Jade pulled away from her position of 'almost friends' with Tori. She had to destroy their semi-normal relationship. The singer would never think Jade could be Jay with how the Goth treated her.
It'd been three months since Halloween and the façade was still up. Jade was the ever-increasing gank, and Tori was no closer to finding her pirate than at the end of Halloween night.
Cat was getting slightly annoyed with the turn of events. She'd thought Jade would deal with everything the correct way and just spill who she was. That didn't exactly happen, and things had taken a turn for the worse.
When the redhead was so fed up with it all, she finally pulled Jade aside one lunch, dragging her to the Janitor's Closet.
The supposed ditz shoved the Goth into the room and locked the door. "Alright, Jade. We need to talk."
"What's up Cat?" the raven haired girl asked, a confused look on her face.
"Why are you being even more of a gank to Tori? Seriously, don't you like her?!"
Jade sighed and leaned against the door, slumping slightly, "Cat… you know I like her. I've liked her since the beginning."
"Then why the hell don't I see it? You keep getting meaner and meaner!" the redhead complained.
Scratching the back of her head lightly, the Goth replied, "I know, I know… I'm just scared. You know me. I'm emotionally unstable when it comes to stuff like this. It isn't such a far stretch to think Vega would be fed up with me once she knew who I really was, and I'm talking about before I turned into even more of an ass. Now it's impossible to say that she'd like me with how I've been treating her. If she knew who I was she'd probably just get pissed and leave."
Cat sighed. "Why did you even start being an even bigger jerk to her?"
"Defense mechanism. She was searching so hard I wanted to be sure she didn't find out who I was."
Frowning, the redhead finally said, "Fine. I get it. Come on, let's go get lunch. If this is how you want to do things, that's fine. We all deal with things in our own way."
"You're… not pissed at me… right?" Jade asked, biting her lip. She hated whenever her best friend was angry. It was so rare and it scared her when it happened.
Cat's eyes softened and she pulled the Goth into a hug, "Of course I'm not mad at you. I could never be mad at you. Frustrated, sure, but we all get a little frustrated from time to time."
Jade grinned and couldn't help but return the hug in full, relieved. There were only two constants in her life, and one of them was her best friend. She wouldn't be able to go on without her.
As the two left the small room, Cat said with a playful grin, "Now then, looks like I have to figure out how to get Tori to fall in love with your mean side as well."
Jade rolled her eyes and playfully punched the redhead's arm, "Come on, you can scheme later. I need some food."
The two grabbed some grub and made their way to their group of friends. Robbie was looking around frantically and finally settled down when the redhead took a seat beside him.
"Is everything ok? You were gone for a long time," he said, worry written all over his face. "You said you would only be a minute, but that took quite a while."
Cat giggled and said, "Silly."
Jade rolled her eyes and asked with a smirk, "Scared that I was off ravaging little Kit-Cat?" Her eyes were alight as she watched his face turn a deep shade of red. She could afford to not be too much of a gank and to tear him down immediately. She was in a better mood now.
Jade was too busy taunting Robbie to notice the look of comprehension and shock on the brunette's face. The Goth hadn't realized she'd let the redhead's nickname slip. She'd been avoiding the term since Halloween, knowing that Tori had heard her call Cat that before.
That whole lunch had been a change of pace in the recent negative tone their conversations usually took. Jade hadn't been such a gank, and strangely, Tori had said very little.
When lunch came to an end, Jade stopped by her locker and started walking to class. She was interrupted when a hand suddenly grabbed her arm and dragged her into the Janitor's Closet.
She growled at the person who'd dragged her into the ammonia scented room. Being in there once a month or so was something she could deal with. Twice in one day was annoying, especially on a day when the ammonia stench seemed to be extremely strong.
"The hell do you want?" she spat. Then she faltered slightly when she saw who it was, but she pretended to still be firm.
"I know you're my pirate. You're Jay."
"Took you long enough, Vega," Jade replied with a smirk. She was doing her best to keep her mask up, but it was hard with the way the brunette was glaring at her.
"Tell me," Tori said in a cold voice, "was everything you told me on Halloween the truth or just another jab at a weakness of mine."
Jade opened her mouth to speak, and she planned to do it with a strong voice, but both girls could hear the hesitation. "I never planned to jab at your weakness… I was serious."
The brunette narrowed her eyes. "You want me to believe that you, Jade fucking West, actually gives a shit about me? You've practically started to abuse me these past few months. Try explaining that."
Flinching, the Goth leaned against the door once again, using it for support, "I told you before. I'm… not good at the whole romance thing. I didn't want you to find out who I was. It would've been easier to just graduate with you never finding out. Honestly, you probably hate me. Jay, a nice-ish guy, can't replace Jade, who's a complete and utter gank. Why would you ever like me? Even if you were to find out who I was before I became even more of a gank you would've hated me. I-"
She was cut off when Tori raised her hand up in silence. She had a hurt look on her face, "Seriously? Did you really think I'd hate you? I've never hated you, not even when you acted like such a gank. I could tell that the real you was when you acted like Jay. You told me already you were scared, why couldn't you just let me be there for you?"
Jade smiled bitterly, "I've been promised so many things before, Vega. My parents would promise they'd always love me, always be there for me. They broke that promise years ago. They've never made up for it. Beck promised we'd always be together. That obviously didn't last. There are only two constants in my life. Cat and broken promises. I didn't want someone to say they'd be there for me and then disappear when I needed them most."
"How would you know I'd leave you?" Tori asked, pursing her lips.
"I didn't, but I didn't want you to be one of the broken promises. When my parents turned their back on me… when Beck turned his back on me. None of those would be able to compare with how much I'd break if you were to do the same. I've learned to put up a wall, mainly to block out what could potentially hurt me. I don't like to let people in."
The brunette took a step closer to the Goth and placed her hands on the girl's pale cheeks gently, "Jade… I'd never do that to you. I won't promise you anything, because you won't believe it. I don't want to be a broken promise, I want to be a constant."
Jade lifted her eyes to Tori's, practically staring into the girl's soul, "Even after everything I've done to you?"
The singer slowly smiled and leaned forward, "Yeah, that doesn't matter to me. It's just the mask you've made for yourself, I get that. It's who you are on the inside that will be keeping me around, Jay, my valiant pirate. I don't think you can get rid of me, no matter how much of an ass you might pretend to be."
A small smile slowly spread across Jade's face as she placed her hands on the girls' hips, "Thank you. Really. Thanks." She slowly leaned in and pressed her lips against the brunette's.
Tori responded almost immediately but pulled back a few seconds later. "How about we uh… get to class and out of this closet? It reeks a little in here. I think I'm getting slightly lightheaded."
Jade smirked and took Tori's hand, bringing it to her lips and kissing it lightly, "Anything for you, Princess." She lifted the brunette into a princess hold and pecked the girl on the forehead.
Tori chuckled, "What, so you plan to just walk out of here with me in your arms? You don't care if anybody sees?"
Jade snorted, "Why would I care?"
The singer grinned slightly, "You wouldn't." She leaned up and wrapped an arm around the Goth's neck, pulling herself up slightly and pulling down Jade a little so their lips could meet.
When their lips separated, Tori whispered, "I could get used to that."
Jade smirked, "You damn well better."
A/N: Alright guys, so that's it :) Let me know what you all think~ leave a review and let me know if you want me to write the epilogue or whatever. Hope you guys loved it :)
Edit: So, after receiving a decent amount of reviews requseting an epilogue, it would seem that I'm going to be writing one xD You'll have to give me a bit of time since I'm working on some other stuff at the moment, but I promise, I will be posting one soon :)