Jade's POV
I nodded to the beat of my PearPod and kept checking over to see if Beck would be joining us anytime for lunch. Since about second period, everyone had been talking about Vega's chipped tooth. Andre took her to the emergency dentist to get it capped, I didn't even know we had an emergency dentist. Apparently, the cause was a cupcake that had the mass of a hockey puck. Interestingly enough, she had aquired such a cupcake from Allison Oliver.
My thoughts were interrupted by a pair of lips on my cheek. A tiny smiled slipped across my face, but ended as I saw the rest of our group sit down.
"Hey, babe." Beck handed me a salad from the Grub Truck. "Hey," We kissed, this time on the lips.
"Some of us are tryin' to eat." Rex, and his creepy puppet eyes, stared at us. I glared at Robbie and threw a cherry tomato in his Jew fro.
"Really? More food in the hair?" He asked, exasperated.
"Gwen...where's Aly?" I asked, looking around. Sometimes she was late, but usually not more than a few minutes.
"Dunno. Don't care."
The others quiet chatter abruptly ended.
That's new. Gwen not caring where her own sister is? They were usually pretty tight, but...something was different. Andre caught my eye and he motioned at a table behind us with his head.
There was Aly. Surprisingly sitting alone. "Is anyone gonna go see if she's okay?"
"Babe, Tori's tooth is chipped. That would be Aly's doing. She should have some time to think about what she did."
God, my boyfriend is going to make a great father. Think about what she did? That's so kindergarten.
"Well, I'm going over there." I detached Beck's arm from my waist and stood up.
"Good. Tell her, she's a meanie, and I'm still not talking to her!" Gwen added a louder tone at the end, making sure her sister heard her.
I picked up my bag and ventured over to Aly's table.
"Look, I don't need anyone else telling me what I did was, callous, cantankerous, rotten, rude or any other synonyms for mean." Her eyes rolled at the paper she was scribbling on.
"Not what I'm here for. What's wrong?" I sat down next to her. She knew it was more of a demand than a question.
I heard her sniff and she wiped her eyes. Wait, was Aly crying?
"My own sister isn't talking to me and my brother is planning some complicated speech for when he talks to me. Basically, because of glitter gal over there, my siblings aren't very fond of me right now."
I sighed. "Aly, I'm gonna give you some tough love. Vega didn't do this. You kind of fed her an inedible pastry.
"I know, okay. I feel terrible...did I just say that out loud?" She shook her head in disbelief and I couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh, by the way, Gwen-"
"I heard her. She's not exactly, quiet!" Aly mimicked Gwen, getting louder at the end of her sentence.
I looked at their table and saw Gwen put on what we liked to call, the 'Gwen Pout'. Oh, sweet juvenility.
"You should probably go back, I really don't mind sitting alone. It'll give me time to-"
"Think about what you did?" I widened my eyes. Were all these Oliver's alike?
"Yeah, Beck used to put me and Gwen in time out when we would get into fights as tots."
I shook my head at her and went back to my normal spot.
Plenty of stares were given before I spoke. "What?"
"So, what happened?" Andre asked.
"Nothing. She was crying, so I-"
Interrupted.
"She was crying?" Gwen's face fell.
"Uh, yeah?"
"Aly never cries at school..." She mumbled, twirling pieces of her ponytail around her finger. I looked at Beck who remained silent. Feeling bad, are we?
The rythmic bell screamed out, ending lunch.
"Time for class," Tori smiled at Andre, who dumped his tray in the very decorated garbage cans.
Beck ruffled Gwen's hair and shooed her off to class. We intertwined fingers and started to walk to class, silently.
"Are you not talking to me for a reason?" My scowl growing.
"I'm thinking about my intricate discussion with Aly..." He grinned.
I was kind of curious as to what sort of lecture he was going to give her. I can only imagine what goes in one ear and out the other with that girl.
We were about to round a corner but stopped, hearing Cat talking to someone.
"You used the icky cupcakes for evil, Aly!" She yelled, obviously talking to Aly.
"I know, Cat. I know."
We heard shoes scuffing across the floor, meaning Aly was most likely dancing.
"Why didn't you just give them to your neighbors, like you said." Cat, using her typical sweet voice.
"The idea popped into my head, and I just had to use it. I had no idea burnt cupcakes turn into rocks! I thought they'd just taste bad, you know?"
"But...that's such a mean trick, Aly. You should really say you're sorry." We heard Cat stromp away, her heels clicking with every step.
Beck and I exchanged a look and he sighed as we continued into the classroom.
What I don't understand is, did Aly not know the consequences of her actions? I mean, I dumped coffee on Vega's head, and of course I knew Beck, Andre, Robbie and Cat had something to say afterwards. Well, not really Cat, because she honestly thought it was part of the exercise. Part of me hoped she would just apologize and we'd move on...
The other part of me wanted her to stay in the Tori-Vega-Haters-Club.
Gwen's POV
Still mad at Aly.
But...she was crying.
No, bad Gwen. She gave Tori what you thought was going to be a friendship cupcake, but instead was a golf ball with icing.
So, she lied, and made one of your friends chip her tooth.
I sighed, walking into my Dramatic Acting class. Of course, after a tension filled morning, I had to have class with Allison. Oddly enough, she wasn't here yet. I stared at her empty seat wondering if she was just going to blow off class so she wouldn't have to awkwardly see me.
Good. I'm tired of being forgiving. I was absolutely patient, thinking that they would just magically become friends.
I was also the same person who was absolutely patient waiting for Beck to just come back and live in the normal house. Not his 'recreational vehicle.'
Aly suddenly appeared next to me, books in hand. She sat down and her eyes looked my way, but quickly looked back at her paper.
Was Jade right? Had she really been crying? In any other situation, if anyone had made my sister cry, I would do what I did to Tori when she tied me to a chair. Punch them square in the nose, because, that's what she would do for me.
But I'm still mad.
I opened my mouth to say something, but retracted remember my prior statement. If I talk to her now, Aly wins. She has a bad habit of winning. But to my surprise, she just sat there in silence.
Our teacher started to ramble on about the lack of emotion that Kristen Stewart posses. "Having an emotional performance is important, without emotion, you're just a robot."
Poor robots, being categorized with Kristen Stewart.
Thank Santa, this is the last class of the day. My head is just so jumbled right now, I don't think I can handle anymore school. Even if this school is all kinds of fantabulous, the education system still finds a way to make the day drag on. This week has just been so...ugh. Confusing and weird and filled with drama.
The weirdest part is, I'm really craving some Pecan Yum-Yums. My stomach has been making the rumblies on chocolaty rash inducers can satisfy ever since Tori force fed them to me.
Ringing bells thankfully stopped me from almost drooling. Gross, Gwen. I grabbed my bag and headed off to my locker. Tori was a few lockers away, loading up her tote.
"Hey, Tor." I smiled.
She returned my smile. Her cap must be towards the back, either that, or that emergency dentist is an angel.
"Can I...apologize on behalf of my sister?"
Tori's brown hair engulfed her face as she leaned down to pick up her now full bag.
"Gwen, it's not really your place to apologize," She began to zip up her sweatshirt, stopping halfway up.
"I know but..."
"It's fine. Not your fault."
Trina approached her from behind and yammered on about some guy doing some movie. Tori waved and walked out the door following Trina.
Soon enough Beck and Jade found their way to my locker.
"Ready to go?" Beck kissed the top of head.
"Mhm." My face held a grin that stretched from ear to ear. I wondered if Beck would let me stay in the RV while he totally destroyed our sisters evil ego.
I suppose I was being immature. Excited and all for my sister to get yelled at. But it's always been like that. Whenever one of us would get in trouble, the other would listen on the stairs, or outside the door, giggling like no other.
Beck's car already had one passenger sitting in the left side of the backseat. Aly knew if she sat there, she wouldn't have to deal with Beck's glaring eyes in the rearview mirror.
We piled into the automobile and it started up. Jade complained about Sinjin's stalker-ness and Rex. She thinks Rex is ruining Robbie's chances at living a normal life.
I agreed, but I just think Rex is creepy. And mean.
Beck turned onto Jade's street and her mom was gardening. You'd never think that someone like Jade, could have a mother that gardens.
"Hi, Mrs. West!" Beck shouted and Jade hit his arm. "I was trying to get into the house without her seeing me. Now she'll want to," Gag. "Bond."
He smirked and gave her a kiss. She gave Aly and I a subtle wave before going to meet her mother. As we drove away we vividly heard an argument concerning gardening tools and daughters that want nothing to do with gardening.
Usually, if Aly wasn't going anywhere, she'd claim the front seat, or rather we'd fight over who gets to sit in front. Except today, neither of us moved. Beck kept his eyes on the road and slowly turned onto our street. He drove up to the front of our house and looked at me in the mirror. "Gwen, why don't you go inside and get started on your homework?" He smiled. Aw, no way! Not fair.
I pouted. "But, Beck-"
"Okay, why don't you go inside, eat a brownie and watch Glee."
Mm, brownie and Glee, or watch a fight errupt.
"Fine. Call me when this is over." I heard my sister take a deep breath and watched as she fixed her blonde hair into a ponytail.
I dragged my purple bag, stuffed with homework I probably would procrastinate on, onto the porch and dropped it there.
Glee and brownies can not be interrupted by thoughts of school work.