Hello everyone…after such a long time. There's some huge amounts of Jori friendship in this chapter On that note, let me say I have decided not to make this one the last chapter. There will be one more chapter after this one, and I'm pretty sure that will be the last one. So, here's Chapter 7. Enjoy the Jori.
Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious.
Friday
"You want me to pick you up? And then we can go to the dance together." Beck asked, after they finished decorating the café.
"Wouldn't that be like a date?" she said, twiddling her thumbs as though she was just trying to give herself something to do.
"A friendly date, I guess," Beck said, and it sounded like he was covering up for himself.
"Okay then," Tori replied, the corners of her lips curving up into a small smile.
"It's a date then!"
They continued to walk as Jade watched them from a distance. Their actions surprised the black haired beauty, especially Beck's. Because he was never the type of person to hide his feelings. In reality, he was the only boy in school who actually had the guts to go out with the scariest goth girl (whatever she was.) And clearly speaking, it had surprised Jade that he had done it. But she didn't mind…not at that time.
Jade didn't want to say it but she would. Beck had moved on. Totally and completely away from her. Every time she thought of that, it would kill her a little inside and she didn't want that to happen. She hadn't realized how quickly all of it was happening until now. She felt as if it was only yesterday when she was thinking about going back to Beck. Apologizing about every wrong thing she had done and kissing him again. But she was wrong about that, because today she knew that wasn't the direction she wanted to go in. Not after everything that had happened with Andre. Not after she realized that Beck had fallen out of love with her, if that's what it had come down to.
Saturday
Tori's teal dress hugged her body tightly to her upper thighs. Her hair fell to her shoulders in light waves.
"Tori, why did you take my dress!?" Trina yelled from the other room, as she came out looking like a sparkling pink puffball.
"This dress is mine," Tori huffed, and just as the girls were about to engage in a daily argument, the doorbell rang.
"Go check who it is!" Trina obnoxiously stated.
"I'm not opening it because you told me to. I was going to open the door anyways," Tori said in the same tone, wondering why she couldn't be at peace with this girl. A sudden bang on the door made the girls shudder and Trina almost screamed. The banging on the door grew louder, and Trina became frightened about a supposed serial killer on the loose and ran upstairs. Tori shrugged it off, and opened the door, finding a totally unexpected visitor who was decked up for the upcoming dance as well.
"So, are you going to let me come in or not?" Jade stood at the door, and rolled her eyes at Tori's furrowed eyebrows which marked confusion. Quickly recovering from the sudden visitor, Tori moved aside to let the girl into her house.
"Oh it's just Jade," Trina yelled, rushing back down the stairs. Trina stared at Jade's black lace dress that she topped off with some more black jewelry, "Dang girl! You look hot!" and then Trina ran back upstairs.
But Tori noticed something extremely different about her head, as weird as that sounded, but she brushed it off.
"Why are you here, Jade?" Tori asked in a relaxed tone, although she was pretty anxious for Beck to get to her house. Jade looked aside to make sure no one was in the room, and that's when Tori caught it. Jade's highlights were gone. Her hair was a pure brown, her natural color that Tori had only seen for a couple of months when she had gotten to Hollywood Arts.
"Yeah, I took them out today," she noticed Tori giving her a wide-eyed look, and she added, "…for Andre." Tori raised her eyebrow, and then smiled to herself at her best friend.
"Oh, Andre," she thought, "I know you like pretty girls...but really? Jade?"
Instead of saying what she was thinking, Tori said, "If you have a date, why are you at my house?"
Jade breathed out in exasperation, "Because I needed to talk to you…alone." She checked around the room once again.
"I'm listening," Tori said, and she was worried about a conversation about Beck coming back up.
"It's Beck," she said quietly, "and you." Tori jerked her head forward in surprise and Jade took that as a gesture to continue.
"Stop betraying yourself, Vega," she yelled, "You like Beck. I can see that. Why won't you just tell him?"
"Huh?" Tori's utter confusion flooded back into her mind. The fact that Jade was telling her all of this wasn't sticking in her brain.
"Look, Tori. You know it's true. And I think Beck knows it, too. You can't just deny that you love him."
Tori felt herself loosen up at the words. She saw some patience in Jade's eyes behind all the bright blue eyeliner, and she started talking.
"I know, but I'm scared." Tori said softly
"What are you talking about? Scared of what?"
"I know it sounds bizarre to you. But, I'm not like you. Beck and Tori are never going to be like Beck and Jade. What if something happens to us?"
"The truth is that you don't know what's going to happen. That's why there is something called the future. It's all a surprise. I didn't know Beck and I were going to break up that night at your house, but we did, and that's just how it works."
Tori didn't reply. Instead, she flopped down on the couch and let tears fill her eyes.
"Listen to me." Jade said almost imprinting the words into her brain, "You can't let him go."
"Jade? Why are you trying to help me?" Tori asked innocently, "You're like - I don't even know - bipolar. I don't even know if we're friends and you're standing here when you should be in the car with Andre and you're trying to help me. What's wrong with you?" Tori let the words roll of her tongue, and she regretted them once she said them. Her intention would never be to hurt Jade.
"I'm an unpredictable person, Vega," she said, regaining her evil-ish smirk, "You don't know what's going to happen with me."
Tori looked at her with what someone would call an angry expression (or maybe she was pouting) but Jade just smiled at stomped out of the house. Tori was confused again, but what Jade said as she left made her smile.
"I'm helping you, because if I was in your position, you would do the same for me." And Jade just closed the door behind her.
She had left a mark with her lecture about life. And now, somewhere inside her, Tori knew what she should do.
You like the Jori? The whole highlights thing with Jade will continue…it may be a bit confusing right now. It's for the Jade/Andre parts in the next chapter. And, some people reminded me that Trina hasn't been in this story, mostly, so I put her in this chapter.
Thanks for reading. Please review! The last chapter should be up soon :D
