Chapter 8(POV Tori)
I finally stick to one station and look out the window thinking about this beautiful goddess sitting next to me. Jade West had always been mean, rude, ganky, and sick and twisted but now I think I'm falling head over heels for her. Although I am a little suspicious about her and Beck, I mean I saw the end of her and Beck's argument in the hallway…something about her brother, I didn't know Jade had a brother…Zeke I think it was, but I'm not sure. I had come back into the hallway after me and Jade's encounter because I had left my phone and when I got there Beck was corning Jade by her locker. I tried to get closer but I think I backed up and hid pretty good when Beck went flying across the school and landed almost in front of me, even though he didn't see me.
"Hey Vega…do you mind, I have to give Cat a call telling her that I can't give her a ride home today?" Jade asked as her hand rested on the dial to turn the music down and her eyes flashed between me and the road
"Oh go ahead" I smile and she continues her actions and turns down the music before dialing the numbers on her black Pear phone.
Cat and Jade had been pretty close too, I know Jade wouldn't admit it to anyone but I know that Cat is Jade's best friend. I had heard Cat call her Jadey and Jade call her Kitty Cat multiple times and before our senior year at Hollywood Arts we had all been really close. Me, Cat, Andre, Robbie, Beck and Jade, we had all hung out but I guess when I died and became an angle everything changed. Everyone started to stop hanging out with Jade and she became distant, she didn't bully or scare anybody anymore-well not on purpose- she was just quiet and stayed to herself. I guess now that I'm back at school some things have changed again to where Beck and Jade have a worse relationship than before, Robbie had started spreading rumors about Jade, Andre and her weren't cool anymore, She barely talked to me until now, and Cat was the only one who talked to her.
"Tori…Vega, Vega" I hear and I snap out of my thoughts to see Jade looking between me and the road again with a smirk on her face, "I've been done with the call for three minutes now and you've been staring at me this whole time…got a little crush there Vega?"
"Wha- no…I-I don't have a crush on you Jade…I just zoned out" I turn to hide the blood rushing to my cheeks but I don't think it works because Jade gives a good laugh that was quite beautiful if I must say…and I must, "Hey turn right here to get to my house"
"Okay" Jade said her smirk still present on her face as we cut the sharp turn and she parked in my driveway, "Here we are"
"Thanks for the ride Jade, come on I'll show you around the place…it's not as bad once you get inside" I smile at her as I say what I do and open the door leading her into my red furniture decorated living room.
The room was spacey with semi-circle love seats in red and the tables had been moved to the side so you could see the flat screen TV. The living room was connected to the kitchen and there was a space behind the couches which held a piano, a bathroom and stairs that lead to my room. Jade took a liking to the piano and walked over to it while I walked into the unscented kitchen and opened the fridge.
"Do you want something Jade?"
"Nah I'm good" She answered from farther behind me as I reach into the bottom of the fridge and I got a feeling that Jade was staring hard at butt and I blush again, "So what do we have to do for this dumb project anyway?"
"Well, we have to write a script"
"That's it" Jade scoffed and I roll my eyes as I stand up and close the fridge before walking over to the piano where Jade sat and I sat on top of it, "I could write a play in my sleep"
"Well then I don't think it would be a good play" I mock and now it was Jade's turn to roll her eyes, "We have to write a script that has something to do with differences and how they can impact others"
Jade groan as she ran her fingers over the keys causing a set of bad chords to play and I smile at her, "Do we have to always have such a sappy theme to our stuff at school?"
"I think it's nice and besides it's you and me writing this Jade…we are plenty different" She nodded at this and I turn over so I'm lying on my stomach above her with my hand dangling above the keys her hands rested on, "Play something"
"Like what" She smirked at me and I smile
"Anything"
She pondered about it for a few before looking up at me with a smile and the down at her keys and began playing the chords to the song Beneath Your Beautiful by Labrinth.
= jade
=Tori
= together
You tell all the boys no.
Makes you feel good, yeah.
I know you're out of my league, but that won't scare me away oh, no.
You've carried on so long you couldn't stop if you tried it. (Ooohhhh)
You've built your walls so high, that no one could climb it.
But I'm going to try
would you let, me. See beneath your beautiful.
Would you let, me see beneath your perfect.
Take it off now girl, take it off now girl.
I wanna see inside.
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful, tonight.
You let all the girls go.
Makes you feel good, don't it?
Behind your Broadway show, I heard a voice say please don't hurt me.
You carried on so long you could stop if you tried it.
You built your walls so high, that no one could climb it.
But I'm gonna try
would you let, me. See beneath your beautiful.
Would you let, me. See beneath your perfect.
Take it off now girl take it off now girl. I wanna see inside.
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight?
Ohhh, Tonight.
See beneath, see beneath, I…Tonight. I…Tonight.
I'm gonna climb on top your ivory tower.
I'll your hand and then we'll jump right out.
We'll be falling, falling. But that's okay.
Cause I'll be right here, I just want to know.
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful?
Would you let me see beneath your perfect?
Take it off now girl, take it off now girl.
Cause I wanna see inside.
Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight?
Tonight, see beneath your beautiful.
Oh tonight, we ain't perfect, we ain't perfect
Would you let me see beneath you beautiful tonight?
Jade's fingers finished out the keys of the song that didn't have lyrics as she repeated looked down then back up at me as she did. I hadn't noticed that the whole time we were both inching closer to the point where our heads were resting against each other's. She finished the song and looked at me as our foreheads touched and she smiled, the song was so intense between us that we hadn't noticed the time that had passed by and I'm pretty sure us singing together really worked me up. Our breathing is hard and comes out as gasps and pants for air since we were both so lost and some points I forgot to breathe.
"That was…amazing" I say and Jade nods
"You have a really nice voice…mine is better but yours is still pretty good too" Typical Jade said and I roll my eyes causing her to laugh
"Yes your voice really is beautiful" I mock before sitting up and sliding off the piano top then making my way beside Jade on the Piano seat which was big enough to hold the both of us, "Jade?"
"Yes Vega"
"Can I ask you some questions?" She thought a moment before replying
"How many?"
"Five"
"Fine but I get to ask you five when we're done"
"Deal"
"Shoot"
"Do you trust me?"
"Sure Vega you're a…okay character in my life at the moment"
"Why did you and Beck break up?"
"Where did that come from?" Jade asked as her fingers randomly hit soft keys and I could see then shake a little
"I was just wondering"
"Well stop wonder Vega…some things are meant to stay in the past"
"Fine next question…How come you never told me you had a brother?"
"How did you know about my brother?" Her fingers stopped automatically as she stared at me in shock.
Her hair fell strictly in place over her shoulders and she slowly recoils her fingers from the keys and turned towards me. I open my mouth but nothing comes out, I mean I want to tell her the truth but if I do she might be mad that I was listening and she might leave.
"I heard Beck and you talking about him…w-when he cornered you I was going to help you…or do something but y-you pushed him" Her eyes widened even more and she bit her lip as she looked away
"I didn't need help"
"I knew that"
"You weren't afraid?"
"No"
"I didn't think anyone was listening to the conversation" She gave a sigh before looking at me again, "When I said what I did to Beckett, I meant it…I'm innocent…I'm not really the monster everyone makes me out to be you know. I'm just a girl trying to make decisions to protect my brother and myself"
I felt Jade's sadness in my heart and it hurt me to see her torn, I felt drawn to her like I was supposed to help her and I could feel…everything. Everything that hurt Jade, confused her, everything that cried out for help drew me in closer and I scoot closer to her so she can rest her head on my shoulder. She does.
"Why does everyone think you're a monster?"
"Because I've fallen" She whisper almost to the point where I can't hear her anymore but I did…I think I did, She had fallen, and I have no idea what that means.
