Chapter 4

Four days. Four days of awkward silences. Four days of avoiding her. Four days of her giving me hurt and curious looks that I force myself to ignore. It's been four days since I ran off to my tree and closed myself off. I haven't exactly been the gank I was in school, just...distant.

I don't know what else to do but ignore her. I can't tell her about my feelings, but I can feel them growing. When you spend everyday with a person you have feelings for they tend to grow.

A part of me wishes the feelings would just go away, but another part, a stronger part wants to dive into these feelings and explore them. To get to know her, start something. Why did I have to fall for her? Her of all people, dammit!

So in my free time I just sit in my room and sulk. Like right now, I could be at the campfire, chilling under the stars, but no, I'm just laying in my cabin. Fun time at camp right? No, not really. I'm about to start wallowing in self-pity when the object of my affection bursts through the door, and she does not look happy. At all.

"What's your problem?" I ask. I've never really seen Tori look this angry, I've seen her frustrated, but this is far past that.

"You are!" she states as if it's obvious.

"Huh?" I question intelligently.

"Ever since that day you helped me with archery you've been different! We were getting along fine! Like friends even! And then you had a complete 180 and now you're acting like you hate me again! The real question here is what's your problem?" she asks sounding furious.

"What's my problem?" I laugh a dry humorless laugh, "You. Your my problem. You just waltzed into Hollywood Arts with no effort whatsoever and turned my world upside down! You get everyone wrapped around your finger! You get all the lead roles with your amazing voice, and natural acting skills. You have every male specimen drooling over your perfect cheekbones, shiny hair, glowing smile, bronze skin, and you have this amazing confidence! God you're practically perfect! You walk into my life and suddenly I find myself falling for someone who's the complete opposite of me!" I explode.

I don't even know what I just said, oh, oh wait, it's coming back to me. Oh shit. Fuck, I just admitted I'm falling for Vega. Fuck fuck fuck.

She's just standing there in the doorway, staring at me with a totally shocked expression, jaw dropped, eyes wide, she looks kinda cute when she's shoc- gah Jade focus, it is so not the time. What the fuck do I do?

She steps forward into the cabin and that's when I bolt. I run past her, out the door, and towards my tree. I can hear her calling after me but I don't acknowledge it, I just keep running. I can't deal with this right now, I just can't.

All I can think is that I fucked up, and things are going to be much different now...

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Tori POV

What the hell just happened? I'm left here, standing in the middle of our cabin, frozen in shock. Did Jade just say she was falling for me, and then run away? I don't- I can't even- I'm so confused! I thought she hated me... I never knew why, but this, this is not what I expected. I'm not complaining though.

Let me break this down for you. I've been in love with Jade since I first saw her. Something about the whole bad girl thing had me hooked. I didn't understand or realize it at first, the whole liking a girl freaked me out. But I came to terms with it on my own. I guess that's why I was always so determined to be friends with her and have her approval.

But back to the matter at hand here, Jade just admitted she likes me and then ran away.

I immediately whip around and bolt out the door slamming it behind me. I have to find her before she does something stupid, she's upset and in a panic.

I search the whole camp. The beach, the bonfire, the archery field, the dining hall, and everywhere else I could think of, but I had no luck. No one had any idea where she was or where she could be, so I go to the last place I can think of.

"What can I do for you dear?" Mrs. Swift asks with a warm smile as I walk into the main office.

"It's about Jade," I say with a worried look. "She ran off and I can't find her anywhere, she was upset at the time and in really worried." I rush out.

Mrs. Swifts smile falls and tells me where she thinks Jade might be and gives me directions on how to get there. Before she can say anything else I bolt out the door and take off towards the camps border.

When I reach the line of trees I look around and make sure nobody is watching and then quickly sneak by them and start climbing the hill.
I reach the top and quickly spot a lone figure, sitting with their back against the tree.

I quietly approach them, knowing it could only be Jade and gently lay a hand on her shoulder. Her head whips around and looks at me shocked before turning away again.

"I don't need to be rejected, I know how things are." she says in a defeated tone.

"Jade I-" I start but she stops me.

"No seriously," she says rising to face me. She looks so beautiful, the moonlight giving her skin a glow and her deep green eyes swirling with emotion. "Just go back to ca-" she starts but I cut her off by pushing her up against the tree and pressing my lips to hers. My hands are on either side of her face and hers go to my hips and she finally responds and starts kissing me back.

This kiss is amazing. I've never felt anything like it, her lips are so soft, and her thumbs are brushing the band of skin between my shorts and tank top sending pleasant shocks through my body.

Unfortunately the need for air arises forcing us to pull apart. I rest me forehead against hers, keeping my eyes closed as I try to slow down my rapid heartbeat.

Looks like I have a little explaining to do...

AN: why hello readersss, i know i have not updated in a while, i guess i just kinda lost the spark for this fic, i'll try to finish it up somehow but im not going to make any promises. well, you guys know the drill,

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