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Two Words

Chapter 7

Jade's POV

I left my first note for my admirer yesterday saying "I'm intrigued," which was the absolute truth. Who was she? Did I know her? A hundred other questions came to mind.

Of course I had no idea what she looked like or if her and I were even compatible but the mystery of the whole situation makes it fun. It also makes it a bit nerve wracking as well.

I walked into school this morning and as usual there was Vega, at her locker. As I grabbed my books I found myself admiring her. I indulge myself once in a while. She's beautiful; I couldn't deny that no matter how much I hate her. It's the brown eyes that kill me every time.

She just looks and I feel myself just being pulled in. As I was looking at her she noticed me and smiled. I was halfway to her before I even realized what I was doing.

She looked especially attractive today. She was wearing a new outfit. A part of me wanted to tell her that I thought she looked good today but I said nothing. Actually I think she looks good every day.

"Hi Jade" She said with a cheery smile.

"Do you always have to be so happy Vega?" I said trying to look somewhat annoyed.

"I like being happy, and would it kill you to call me Tori. It is my name you know"

I think she actually looked annoyed for a second.

"If I called you Tori, I would mean that I actually liked you" I said it with a smirk.

I do actually like you Tori but I just don't want to get that close to you, it hurts too much.

Tori took the books from her locker and shut it and smiled.

"I know you really like me Jade, Just admit it."

I just clenched my jaw in annoyance: she's right and she knows it. "Dream on Vega" I said dismissively and then just turned to walk away. Some days it's hard to walk away from her, I just don't want to.

I heard her say "Bye Jade" in her normal friendly voice as I walked away. I hardened my heart and simply flipped her off in response.

I made it back to my locker at after 3rd period and found another note.

"Big Crush" it read in neat block letters.

It figures she has a crush on me, otherwise she wouldn't be writing notes. I do like the elegance and simplicity of this but it is a bit restricting. Regardless it's nice to know that someone has a crush on you.

Shortly after that I spotted Cat and Beck standing by his locker. They were engrossed in conversation and Cat was holding Beck's hand.

"I'll be dammed, Kitty Cat managed to land beck last night, it seems. Good for Cat" I said quietly to myself.

I'll admit it was not easy seeing Beck move on I was glad they found each other. We had broken up months ago. But that wasn't going to stop me from having some fun.

We had a minute before we had to get to class so I quickly snuck up on them, put on my angry face and from behind Cat and yelled.

"CAT WHAT ARE YOU DOING TOUCHING BECK?"

Cat immediately let out a high pitched scream which echoed down the hallway. A microsecond later she let go of Beck's hand and spun around to face me.

Her eyes looked like they were going to bug out of her head as a look of sheer terror came across her face. It also appeared she was going to pee herself right there on the spot. I could barely keep myself looking furious as I could barely contain my laughter.

"Oh my god Jade, I didn't mean to touch your…" she sputtered in panic, but she stopped talking when I suddenly burst out laughing hysterically

Beck just glared at me and put his hand on Cat's shoulder.

"It's Ok Cat, Jade is just fucking with you." he said to reassure to the frightened red haired girl.

"That's not nice Jade" Cat protested with a pout on her face.

"Come on Cat, lets go" Said Beck as he protectively put his arm around her and led her off. He shot me another nasty look as he walked off. I just kept laughing.

It was mean of me, but my little joke did serve a purpose. Beck gets to protect and reassure the now very frightened Cat, thus strengthening their fledgling relationship.

In the next class I decided to break protocol with the next one and write a bit of a longer note.

It went like this.

"I'm certainly interested, you can use more than two words, don't be afraid."

I left my note in the empty locker after the next class before I went to lunch.

With each step closer to this mystery woman I felt more distance between Tori and I. I honestly felt torn about that.

I came to the asphalt café and sat down. Andre, Robbie, Cat & Beck were already there.

Cat and Beck were talking about how they hit it off after they dropped off Tori.

"After we got a bite to eat we took a walk on the beach, it all seemed to click into place with her and I" Beck said with a smile.

I said nothing and started eating my lunch. Tori joined us a few seconds later; as chipper as normal. Her happy attitude annoyed me today. A few seconds later she said.

"Shoot I left my phone at my locker, I'll Be right back" Then she put her tray down and started to walk away.

"Please Don't"I shot back in response

An Idea suddenly formed in my head. She's been frustrating me all week so I decided to be a gank to Vega today. I grabbed the chili cheese fries from Tori's tray and walked over to Sinjin at the neighboring table. Dropping them on his tray I barked out.

"Eat these!"

The Confused look on his face was evident as he said "I don't like chili cheese fries!"

I pulled out the scissors out of my boot waived it in front of his face.

"That wasn't a request Sinjin, Eat them now!" I demanded.

His face suddenly registered terror, but he quickly complied and started to eat the fries.

I smiled, sat down at my spot and resumed eating my salad.

Cat chimed in. "Tori doesn't have her fries, now she will be sad."

I looked at Cat, "That's the whole point" I said with a smirk.

The others looked at each other but said nothing.

A few minutes later Tori returned.

"Where are my Chili Cheese Fries?" She said with a puzzled look.

"Sinjin ate them" I proudly announced.

Tori looked even more confused as she glanced at Sinjin and back to me.

"Jade, Why did he eat my fries and why does he look terrified?"

I made a toothy smile, "Because I threatened him if he didn't"

Tori's face darkened as she put her hands on her hips. It looked like for a second she was going to blow her top. "You owe me 2 dollars Jade" she said somewhat sternly.

I was indulging my evil side my trying to make sweet Tori mad. Besides I had someone else to be interested now. So I kind of felt like being a gank to Tori.

"Cat Pay Tori 2 Dollars" I snapped at the red head without missing a beat.

Cat Frowned as she got out her purse, "AWWW, No fair." She protested.

Beck then interjected "Cat, put your purse away" he said putting his hand on hers.

The Giggly red haired girl said "Yay" and put her purse away before giving me a nasty look.

Beck looked at me disapprovingly, "Jade play nice, or we will make you sit at the little kids table."

My fun had been spoiled so I huffed in frustration and said. "I'll have to owe you Vega."

She said fine and sat back down to eat what resumed of her lunch. There was a slight look of almost disappointment in her eyes briefly. I felt a momentary bit of guilt but I just dismissed it.

"It's Only Vega!" I thought to myself somewhat dejectedly.

The rest of lunch proceeded without incident. With the exception of Sinjin coming over.

"Sorry I ate your fries Tori" He apologized, "But Jade made me do it."

Tori smiled and said, "No worries Sinjin"

I just gave him a nasty glare which caused him look very uncomfortable and quickly leave.

As we were walking away from lunch Tori came up next to me. Her facial expression and boy language indicated she was serious.

"Must you be mean to everyone Jade?" She asked me in a straightforward voice.

I just looked at her for a moment trying not to show any emotion and thought somewhat bitterly. Do you know how much it hurts to feel so strongly about someone who doesn't feel the same way about you? It hurts like fucking hell and the feeling never goes away. I wanted to say that badly but didn't.

I looked at her or another second and I simply mumbled "I have to get to class." and walked off without saying another word. As I did walk off, I found myself very much wanting to look back, but I just kept going.

I was certainly being a Gank to Vega today; that was for sure. I just suppressed my feelings of guilt and thought about what my admirer would write next.

After 6th period there was another note in my locker. It was written on note book paper, probably in response to my request.

This one had much more than two words and was neatly written in block letters.

You're beautiful, you're amazing, you're sexy, and I have had a huge crush on you ever since I first saw you. That says a lot about my feelings for you. I want to know the real Jade West, and I want you to know the real me. Every day I fall deeper for you but I feel helpless to do anything about it. Though I would like to think so, I'm not sure if we are even possible.

There seemed to be an odd twinge of sadness to the note in my opinion, especially in the last sentence. The note hit me pretty hard as I read it in front of my locker. A whole gambit of emotions ran through me, Guilt, happiness, curiosity, sadness and a bunch of others.

"Who in fuck are you?" I said out loud to no one in particular before headed to my 7th period class.

"Not sure if we are even possible" Those words from the note kept running around in my head over and over. Like she was giving up almost. Tori largely ignored me in the afternoon classes I had, including this one. I was feeling guilty again, torn between this mystery woman and Tori.

I could just feel the turmoil build up inside me. I tried to think how to respond to that note. Nothing came to mind at the moment, and it disturbed me that I couldn't think of something. I almost felt like I should apologize for something.

After my last class of the day, I just stood outside of my classroom. I had briefly seen a blue bottle in a girl's locker just before my last class. This particular girl is in my history and math classes. Her name is Gwen and she has red hair and seems nice and attractive. I had talked to her a couple of times though I didn't know her very well.

I pulled out the sheet of paper with the picture of the bottle of perfume my admirer had to see if it was the same. The blue bottle in her locker was round and the one in the picture was shaped like a triangle. So she was not the one I figured.

I felt somewhat depressed that I hadn't found the girl yet. I began to wonder if I would hear from her again.

As I stood there with the paper in my hand I heard Cat's who had come up behind me. "That perfume smell's nice"

I looked at Cat and said "What?"

She pointed to the bottle on the page, "That perfume there."

My eyes widened with surprise and I held up the picture to her face.

"You saw this bottle, Where?" I barked at her.

"I saw it at Tori's house, there was a whole bottle of it on her desk in her room. I saw it the other night when I was there."

Cat had continued talking, it was something about her brother and perfume but I had stopped listening to her.

The shock of the revelation hit me like a baseball bat to the head. "Tori Vega has a crush on me and has had one since she's known me. She's my fucking admirer."

All this freaking time I've been pining for her, thinking she didn't feel the same way about me she actually did. It was right in front of me all the time I've been so stupid, I thought to myself.

"How dare she feel that way about me and not tell me" I said out loud as I felt the anger start to build up inside of me.

All this wasted time and frustration were unnecessary, just the thought of that drove me completely nuts. I had even been feeling guilty about my admirer like somehow I was doing Tori a disservice. On top of that I've been such a gank to her today.

My rant had interrupted Cat who just looked at me with a puzzled expression. "Who didn't tell you?" she said.

I had to see Tori and right now, I was feeling desperate and angry. I was angry at the situation, at Tori, At myself, Angry that I could have been with her months ago. My blood began to boil.

"Where's Tori, Have you seen her?" I barked at Cat.

She thought for a second. "I saw her headed towards the black box theatre. She usually meets Trina there before they go home."

Before Cat could say another word, I tore off like the devil himself was after me towards the theatre.

I arrived in seconds but neither Vega was there.

"Shit" I said Angrily.

I quickly headed for the parking lot hoping to catch Tori.

I finally saw the Vega sisters near the entrance to the school. By now I was furious with rage with the whole stupid situation that kept us apart.

"VEGA!" I yelled as I started towards Tori.

You get a bonus chapter today as I had this one finished a bit early. Jade was being a gank today and feels stupid and angry about the whole crazy situation.

What will Jade do next you wonder, you will find out next chapter.