"So, Tori Vega. You got the secondary leading role in this movie and you're going to college, how do you balance the two?" The reporter asked, pressing the microphone to her face as the make-up artist hurriedly worked on fixing up her natural skin tone.

"I-uh-" She glanced at the green screen behind her, slightly uncomfortable with the situation. Then she met the eyes of the reporter who seemed to be waiting for a definitive reply before writing. The cameraman shifted his weight slightly and behind him, Tori could she Jade's contempt expression leaning against the door to the studio.

"Mr. Camera … guy." Tori began, "Can you step to your left?"

He oblidged and Tori could now fully make out Jade's casual form as she laughed at Tori's actions in the distance.

"Perfect." Tori muttered, "So, uh, balancing. There's things you can do, you know. Can't sacrifice your social life for work, right?"

The reporter nodded mechanically and scribbled short notes in her tablet before glancing back up, "Can you try to use the question in your response please?"

Tori nodded.

"So, a social life. Are you dating anyone currently?" The reporter asked.

Tori froze up. In the past she had given an interview but they had never asked for Tori's personal relationships in the past. This was something totally new to her. A million responses flashed through her mind. It wasn't that she was ashamed of her sexuality, it's just that the media was a harsh, cruel place. And although homosexuality was accepted in the wonderful world of Hollywood, hell it was encouraged, she wasn't sure how it would be taken this early in her career.

"Yeah. I am happily dated." She screwed up her face in confusion at her own words and caught Jade stifling a laugh in the background so as not to mess up the interview. She met Tori's eyeroll with questioning look.

"Uhm, so what's the lucky guy like?" The reporter probed, her finger pressed to the PearPad in anticipation.

"Well, it's not really a guy at all. It's kind of a girl." Tori stated plainly, not sure how to restate the question or what was even happening now. She looked to Jade for confirmation and was met with an approving smile. Tori continued, "And she is kind of different, but I still love her."

Tori smiled at Jade and the reporter followed her eyes to Jade who glared at the reporter in return. The reporter turned back to Tori and raised an eyebrow to which Tori hesitantly nodded.

"She seems interesting." The reporter noted off-handedly, her fingers tapping so quickly on the touch screen it was probably about to catch on fire.

"Hey we've got a shoot to do, can you wrap this up?" The foreign photographer said with a thick accent in his voice that made everything seem less insignificance in light of his agenda.

"Actually, can I get a picture of you and your girlfriend?" The reporter asked as she shut down her tablet and began getting ready to leave.

"Jade probably wouldn't agree to that." Tori apologized as the reporter was rushed out the door.

"So let's do this photoshoot." He called to Tori. "Look sexy."

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"Damn it, take five so this girl can get her act together." The photographer yelled in exhasperation as he threw his hands up and walked towards the coffee maker. His voice echoed in the white room as Tori was reminded of how terrible she was at this.

Not terrible for the whole part. She was doing pretty good with the smiling pictures and straight on shots, she handled wardrobe changes with efficiency, she had no problem with distance or disconnected looking shots or even handling props. That hard part was when she had to look sexy. It wasn't insecurity or facial expressions. She had pulled this off numerous times in the past, but something about a full photoshoot with the works was putting her on edge and she couldn't perform, but she knew who could help.

"Jade?" Tori asked, spinning around to come face to face with the goth in question,

"Right here, babe. What's up?" She asked nonchalantly, drinking her coffee she had probably gone out to get during the first part of the shoot.

"I can't-" Tori lowered her voice, "I can't look sexy."

Jade let out a laugh that was cut short when Tori's hand connected painfully were Jade's black clothed arm, "Sorry, it's just that looking sexy has to be your strong suit."

"It's not like my body. It's like in my mind, I'm just not in a very … sexy mood." Tori sighed, probably feeling like maybe she wasn't so cut out for this acting gig after all if she couldn't perform something this simple.

"Hold on I got this." Jade squatted down to put her coffee on the ground, "Ready?"

"What-" Jade kissed Tori, holding her close and digging her fingers into the Latina's brown hair to crush their lips together further. She loosened up only to let her tongue slip into Tori's mouth. Tori tensed up slightly at the thought of how public this was, but didn't stop participating in the kiss whatsoever. She groaned lightly when Jade's hand pressed against her hip, shooting a wave of heat through her body.

There was a flash and the two girls pulled away, seeing the photographer standing not so far away and looking quite put off.

"You can do that on your own time, back to business." He waved his hand to shoo Jade, to which she bit her tongue so as not to ruin Tori's photoshoot with nasty words. She bent over to grab her coffee from the ground and left a lingering flirty glance on Tori's body before winking and heading off to the corner.

And somehow, Tori felt much sexier after that.