Hello again! I'm sorry it took so long for me to update. I've been working nonstop all summer and I haven't had any time to write. Anyway you didn't come her to read my excuses. Enjoy the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I Don't Own Victorious, Juliet and the Pack are my own creation.
Chapter 4: Payback's a Bitch.
"Are you sure about this?" I asked eyeing myself in the mirror. I had ended up spending the night at Tori's house and had no extra clothes. So I had to borrow some of hers, which were a size too small.
"I'm certain, how else are you going to teach Beck a lesson?"
"I don't know but is this the best solution?" I asked gesturing to the outfit that she insisted on my wearing. The black skinny jeans hung dangerously low on my hips, exposing my paw-print shaped birthmark.
"It might not be, but do you have a better idea?" She asked while digging for a shirt, "Perfect," she tossed a dark purple v neck.
"Um… Are you sure this will fit? We don't exactly have the same… Assets," I said gesturing to both of our chests.
She giggled, "That's kind of the point. Just put it on."
I slipped the shirt over my head and just as I predicted it was too small. A generous amount of cleavage spilled over the top and it didn't even reach my waist, leaving a good chunk of my toned stomach exposed.
I was already nervous about going to school on a full moon. No, we don't change into wild animals and randomly kill the townspeople. Well, not all of us. Those legends had to come from somewhere. The full moon brings out our true self. The part of us that we always hide from the world because we're scared of being judged. Some of us find out things that we didn't even know about ourselves. Others find out thing that they wish they didn't know.
"I'm still not sure about this," I said slipping on my Chuck Taylor's and braiding my hair, leaving the Auburn strands hang loose to frame my face.
"Trust me," she said before pushing me to sit on her bed.
"I hope you'll excuse my stubbornness, the last time you told me to trust you I ended up with a broken wrist."
"That was not my fault that you fell out of that tree," she said holding a mascara brush, " Close your eyes."
I obeyed and she started doing my make up, "We've only talked about my problems. Is there anyone that's caught Tori Vega's eye?"
"No, I'm on a dating break. It seems all of the guys I date are jerks."
"Just give me the word and I'll make sure they disappear," I half joked. I meant what I said the other day, I'm extremely protective and territorial of the things I care about. If she wanted me to, I'd happily "take care" of the anyone and make it look like an animal attack.
She slapped my arm lightly, "I know you would but you don't need to. Open your eyes."
I slowly opened them and gasped at what I saw. Tori had somehow made my already golden eyes look molten and the small amounts of blue pop.
"Holy mother of Rome. How did you do that?" I asked not daring to touch my face.
"Cat. She's insanely good with make up and costumes. She taught me," she laughed somewhere behind me. I wasn't sure where because I couldn't tear my eyes away from well- my own eyes. It almost looked like liquid, constantly moving and changing.
"Remind me to thank her," I finally tore my eyes away and turn to find Tori fully dressed and ready to go.
"Yeah I will," she said tossing me my bag and scooping up her's.
On the way to school we stopped at Jet Brew to get coffee. Despite Tori's constant complaining. Hey I'm not going through the day without a gigantic cup of caffeine.
"Hi what can I get you?" The pretty blonde barista asked giving me a smile.
"Large coffee, black with two sugars please," –I turned to Tori-"want anything? My treat."
"I'll just have a blueberry muffin," she said.
"You got it," the barista said, "Can I get a name?"
"Juliet," I said handing her the money I owed. My hand brushed hers and she blushed, "Your coffee will be ready in a second."
I went and sat down at a table with Tori.
"Seems like your new look works," Tori said taking a bite of her muffin. I looked around and noticed that most of the guys in the coffee shop were checking me out. Not only that even some of the girls were glancing at me too.
'Interesting, I can turn the heads of girls too? That's definitely something I'm going to explore'
"Juliet," came the blonde barista's voice.
"Thanks," I said grabbing my coffee. I made sure to brush her hand again so I could watch her reaction.
Her face flushed a dark red and she smiled shyly, "Enjoy your coffee."
I smiled and pulled a five dollar bill out of my pocket, "Thanks again," I said taking her wrist and putting the money in her hand before giving her a sexy wink and leaving.
'If you guys don't already know, I don't limit myself to only dating guys. You humans would call it being bisexual. I call it keeping my options open. Wolves like us live a lot longer than humans, especially me, and sticking to only guys can get pretty boring.'
"Dude, I think you broke her," Tori said getting into the car.
"I wanted to see if it only works on guys," I said sliding on my aviators and pulling into traffic.
"Oh it worked on her. I think you got her number," she said pointing to my cup. I looked at my cup and chuckled, clear as day the girls' number along with a name was scrawled on the side of the cup with the message, "call me" and a red impression of lips right under it.
"I think I like this. I kinda feel like a bad girl," I smirked flashing my fangs at her.
"Oh you do?" She rummaged around in her bag until she came up with her pear phone and plugged in into my speakers. Seconds later MKTO's Bad Girls blared through the speakers. I laughed as she started singing along and pretty soon I was singing along with her.
I pulled into the parking lot while both of us were still singing. We both got out still giggling, "Ready to teach a jerk a lesson?" Tori asked as I shouldered my bag and took a sip of coffee.
I nodded about to take my sunglasses off, "No, leave them," Tori said stopping my hand. Then she grabbed my cup and twisted it around so the girls number was clearly visible. I gave her a questioning look, "You wanna be a bad girl?"-I nodded-"Then act like it."
She slipped her arm through mine and we started walking into school. Dex was the first person that I saw. He did a double take before his jaw hit the floor.
"Juliet, what are you doing?" He asked.
"Oh look who's finally talking to me," I spat.
"Look I'm sorry I exploded like that," he said scratching the back of his neck, "I overreacted. Dani's actually pretty cool."
"You actually talked to her? Somehow I don't believe that," I said crossing my arms.
"It's true. Will you please talk to me," he pleaded grabbing my arm because I started to walk towards the front doors.
"No Dexter, you didn't stop and talk to me when I asked. You didn't trust my judgment. You didn't let me explain. Why should I let you?" I said as my agitation grew. I was shocked by my own words, normally I would have heard Dex out. I mean we have been friends since the beginning. Stupid full moon, bringing out my Alpha. I hated being different. It's bad enough that I can change into a snarling monster, I mean I'd be somewhat okay with it if I was like the rest of my pack, but no… I had to be an alpha and Lupas descendant. I hated hiding this from people. And I hate always being scared that I'm going to hurt the people I care about the most, again.
"Why are you acting like this? This isn't you," he said gesturing to my outfit. Obviously he didn't notice that it was a full moon, this is me without a filter.
"You wanna know? Okay fine I'll tell you. My best friend since childhood stopped talking to me, someone that I thought was my friend is completely ignoring me, my so called boyfriend is using me to make his ex jealous…" I stopped mid rant to catch my breath.
"Is that all?" He asked sarcastically.
I shook my head, "There's a Burns back in our territory."
His face drained of all color, "You're not serious."
"It's his kid or something. I'm certain of it. And it turns out this ones a killer too. That's the wolf that killed Dani's pack."
"Are you sure?" He said running a nervous hand through his hair.
"I'm certain, Dani pointed him out to me and said "it's him" while pointing right at him."
"God this isn't good."
"You think," I snapped at him.
"I'm sorry you went through this alone, again."
I shot I'm a warning glare before looking over a Tori who was talking to another classmate and didn't seem to be paying attention, "I don't want to talk about that," I growled.
'This isn't happening again. No one is going to die not this time.'
Tori once again looped her arm through mine, "Ready to go bad girl?"
I smiled at her and gave Dex a we'll talk about this later look, "Yeah, I'm ready."
"You never did answer my question," Dex said.
"Which one?"
"What's with the outfit?"
"Payback for Beck. He needs to learn that I don't like being used. Plus I kinda like it, I have this whole sexy badass thing going," I said readjusting my backpack.
"Couldn't you just break up with him?"
"No way that's too easy," Tori said, "No one messes with my sister and gets away with it."
"It was Tori's idea not mine," I said.
"And you went along with it? Last time you-,"
"Ended up with a broken wrist, I know," I rolled my eyes, "If you haven't figured it out, I heal a lot faster now."
He gave me a look that definitely meant shut up, "Oh relax, she knows."
"What!" He cried.
"She walked in on one of my… Less in control moments, but in my defense it was Jake who told her first. Just before we left."
"Juliet that was so-"
"What? Irresponsible? Reckless? What other choice did I have Dex? You weren't there when I needed you. I was freaking out and she was there," I growled flashing my fangs at him. I'm lucky Tori insisted that I wear my sunglasses or people might see that my eyes can change color.
He deflated, "Juliet I-" He was cut off by the three toned bell.
"Whatever Dex, I don't regret my decisions. If you can't deal with them, that's your problem," I said pulling Tori inside with me.
"Juliet!" He called after me but I ignored it.
'Where does he get off? Thinking he can pick and choose which of my rules and orders to follow? Why can't he just listen and take a damn order?'
Whoa, where did that come from? Stupid full moon. Stupid Alpha instincts.
"Are you alright?" Tori asked squeezing my bicep.
"I'm fine, things between Dex and I are kind of tense right now," I gave her a smile, "Don't worry about it. I'll see you at lunch alright."
"Alright," she said as I turned and started walking towards class, "Hey."
"What?" When I turned she had her arms out, "Seriously?"
Her lower lip stuck out, "Please."
"Fine," I gave in taking my glasses off, "Just stop making that face. I hate it when you pout," I said moving to give her the hug she wanted.
"I know that's why I did it," she smiled.
I rolled my eyes and ruffled her hair, "You're lucky I love you so much."
She giggled as we split to go to class.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BTB~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~Lunch~
I stood next to Tori's "Make it Shine" locker waiting for her to show up. Tori was totally right about the outfit. When Beck saw me he practically started drooling, but I haven't let him within 10 feet of me all day. Other people have also been looking at me more and not only guys. Part of me liked the attention and the other part gave me the creeps, except for one.
Jade
I caught her staring at me in between classes and oddly I didn't feel creeped out. Instead this weird warm feeling curled in my stomach.
"Hey I've been looking for you," came Beck's voice behind me.
"I know. Why do you think you haven't seen me?"
"You've been avoiding me," his brow creased, "Why?"
"I don't take kindly to being used," I dead panned leaning against the lockers.
"What do you mean?" He said trying to feign innocence. He might be a good actor, but he can't fool a wolf. His voice pitch rose slightly, is heart rate increased and he started sweating.
One perk of having paws, an internal lie detector.
"Don't lie Beck. You may be a good actor but you can't fool me. I'm not stupid. I know you and Jade use to date and that she dumped you last Friday," his face was slowly losing color with each word I said, "Thought you were someone special but I guess I thought wrong."
Then it hit me, I've been wrong this whole time. Beck wasn't the person that was causing the knots that night. Someone else was. If I hadn't been so stupid I would have noticed earlier.
"Juliet…" he said when my teeth started grinding. The beast was trying to break free again.
"No Beck, as far as I'm concerned, we're finished. We were the second I figured it out," I snapped turning on my heels and heading straight for the bathroom while trying to force myself to calm down.
'Why is it getting so hard to control myself?'
I gripped the edge of the sink, shaking with the effort of trying to force my wolf back. This has never happened to me before, it has never taken this much effort to regain control. I watched my eyes in the mirror, they faded back to their natural gold and I started to relax.
A sharp pain shot through my body and my eyes changed back to blue as I cried out in pain. My fangs erupted suddenly slicing my bottom lip open. This pain was like nothing I had ever felt before, my wolf wanted to get out now. Even if it had to rip me apart in the process.
"Juliet, are you okay? What's wrong?" Came a feminine voice from behind me. I couldn't focus on anything for more than a couple of seconds due to the pain.
"W…who?" Was all I could choke out before another wave of pain stopped all rational thought. The person didn't answer, instead I felt a warm hand on my lower back. Normally I would have ripped the person apart right there if they touch me while I was like this, but something about this hand was different. It calmed both me and my wolf down instantly.
I finally let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding. The pain subsided, it was still there but it was dull enough that I could form a rational thought. Letting out a groan I opened my eyes, they were back to normal.
'Son of a bitch that hurt. What happened? I've always been able to control my wolf. I'll have to thank-'
My eyes met a pair of beautiful blue-green eyes in the mirror. Their owner looked at me with concern which was a nice change from angry at me for reasons unknown.
"Jade?" I croaked out. My throat felt dry and my tongue wouldn't cooperate.
The raven haired girl only stared, her hand still on my back.
"Jade," I turned around, "Please say-" she crushed me in a hug. I froze at her sudden movement but quickly returned it.
"Are you alright?" She muttered into my neck causing a shiver to run down my spine.
I wanted to ask her what she was doing here. How much had she seen? Why is she suddenly nice to me? But all that came out was something like uh duh um. She had this weird effect on me and I kinda liked it.
She pulled away and ran her thumb across my split lip, "What happened to your lip?"
All of the tension left my body as soon as her soft thumb touched my face. I closed my eyes and involuntarily leaned into her touch.
"Juliet," the raven haired girls melodious voice made its way to my ears. I didn't answer, instead a content sigh escaped my lips as I nuzzled my face into her palm.
'God what is happening to me? Seriously, if you guys know, tell me. I think I might be sick or something.'
"Juliet," she said again, slightly louder. I barely held back the whine that threatened to escape my throat as she removed her hand. "What's wrong? Is this about Beck?"
Again I didn't answer, I couldn't. My train of thought derailed the second our eyes met.
'Wow, I never noticed how gorgeous she is. All I want to do is push her up against the wall and- Whoa! Where the hell did that come from? This shouldn't be happening. I've known here for almost a week and she's hated me for most of it.'
I shook my head trying to clear it.
"Well if it's not about Beck then what is it about?"
"Huh?" I asked once again meeting her beautiful eyes, "No that wasn't directed at your question. This is partly because of Beck and – wait you're actually talking to me."
"No shit Sherlock," she rolled her blue-green eyes.
"But I thought you hated me for dating your ex."
"No, I didn't hate you, I never could. Although I was kinda mad at you."
"Why?"
"I was mad because you didn't talk to me first,"- my brow furrowed- "so I could talk you out of going out with a cheating douche bag like him."
"In my defense, I didn't have your number and he called me the morning after the party and he paid for lunch."
She crossed her arms over her chest, "He took you to his uncle's restaurant didn't he?"
I nodded
"He took me there too but only when he wanted something," she sighed dropping her arms to hers side.
"I think he got what he wanted. He kiss attacked me right after and just left," I said disgusted. Her jaw clenched slightly and a look of anger? Jealousy maybe? Flashed in her eyes but it was gone before I could figure out what it was. This was getting seriously weird. My stomach growled, reminding me of what time it was.
"So... Lunch?" I asked breaking the awkward silence.
She nodded and extended a hand towards me, "I thought you said to never touch you," I teased.
She rolled her eyes and dropped her hand, "Well if you don't-"
"I was teasing," I said quickly looping my arm through hers and lacing our fingers together. I instantly felt a jolt of electricity travel up my arm.
"Come on," I whined when she didn't move, "I'm starving."
A throaty chuckle escaped the raven haired girl's lips, "You're adorable sometimes, you know that?"
My head snapped to look at her. Her breath hitched like she hadn't meant to say that out loud, "Only sometimes? What am I the rest of the time?"
"Annoying," she replied smiling.
I pretended to be hurt, "Well... " I caught a flash of red hair barreling straight for us, "Cat!"
She barely had time to look confused before we both got tackled by said redhead, "I'm so glad I found you. When you didn't come out to lunch with Beck I-"
"Cat can you let go please," I said gently because I could feel that Jade was seconds away from snapping at her and we didn't need a crying Cat. I squeezed Jade's hand softly silently willing her to calm down, "Cat, Beck and I broke up. That's why I wasn't with him."
The redhead let out a gasp, "Why did you two break up? You guys were so cute together."
Jade squeezed my hand sharply causing me to wince, "Beck wasn't the right match for me. We-"
"Oh for Gods sake Beck was using Juliet to make me jealous," Jade interrupted.
"What!" Cat said.
"Why did-" I started.
"It's true," Jade said.
"Oh he's gonna get it... When I find him," Cat said turning on her heels and storming away.
"What the hell was that? I was going to tell her. Did you have to be so blunt?" I said letting go of her hand.
"Yeah right, we weren't the best match. That's far from he was using me," she snapped as her eyes darkened in anger.
'Okay is she getting pissed at me for trying to be nice?'
"That jackass needs to get what's coming to him," her eyes darkened even further. Then it hit me, that anger was directed towards Beck not me. I needed to calm her down before she actually kills someone.
"Hey," I said softly grabbing her hand again and locking eyes with her, "he's not worth it. Besides you sent Cat after him, he's already as good as dead."
She let out a small laugh and started rubbing small circles on the back of my hand with her thumb, "And besides Tori's probably been turning girls against him all day."
"Wait, Little Miss Sunshine Vega? She's doing something mean?"
"Believe it or not Tori can be a badass when she wants to be. Who do you think made me wear this today?"
Her blue-green eyes raked up and down my body while I tried to hold back a blush, "Tori seriously got you to wear that?"-I nodded- "Damn. She sure knows how to make an already hot girl even sexier."
My eyebrows shot up as a blush crept over her face. I don't think she meant to say that out loud.
I let out a laugh, "Why thank you. You're not too bad yourself."
She blushed an even deeper shade of red, then an odd look passed over her face.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" I asked reaching up to rub my face only to have Jade grab it mid air, "Seriously Jade, what mmph."
Her lips covered mine before I could finish the sentence. I can't say that I haven't wondered what it would be like to kiss Jade, but damn this kiss was nothing short of the fourth of July. Suddenly I felt her start to pull back.
'Hell no I'm not done yet!'
My hands found their way to the back of her neck to keep her in place. There was no way I'm going to give this up, at least until the next class started.
Wait What! Well that resolves one problem. Thanks for reading guys. Let me know what you think.
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