I hop in my car and send a quick text to Jade before pulling off. I'm on my way sorry I'm late. I hope my mediocre apology is enough that Jade won't bite my head off. I left Tori's house on a high and didn't want her to mess it up. I complete the short trip to Jade's house in no time. I grab my keyboard and my notebook off the backseat. Jade told me she needed me to come up with a song that portrayed love and happiness. It had to be a duet. Since Beck had a play coming up soon he couldn't help her. I had breezed through my song. Love and happiness seemed to be the only emotions I was capable of feeling now a days. I knock on the door to the West house. A few minutes later a very different looking Jade answered the door. I am shocked by what I see. Jade was wearing a yellow t-shirt and very simple light blue jeans. Her hair was pulled up and she was wearing no makeup. I looked her over with my eyes and saw she was wearing no black at all.
"Are you going to stand there like a bag of doorknobs or are you gonna come in?" Jade says as she side steps to let me in the door. I walk past her and into the West living room. I hear the door close and lock behind me.
Her living room is very modern. There is a big black leather couch with a matching leather armchair. The coffee and side tables were made of sleek metal and there was a giant 52'' HD TV. It makes me wonder why we don't hang out at Jade's house more often. There are family photos on the walls and mantle. I can't help but notice that most of them are from when Jade was young. If you walked in here you would think this house belonged to the perfect family but I knew things about Jade many people didn't. I knew that this was all just and illusion. I know for a fact that Jade's parents never sit in here. Well it's not like they're ever home. They avoid Jade like a plague. They can't bear to be near their "failure" of a daughter for longer than they have to.
"We're going to work in my room ok." Jade says to me as she heads up stairs. I follow but my eyes sweep over the room again. Seeing though the illusion and seeing all the hurt, disappointment, anger and dysfunction Jade never talks about.
We reach the landing to the second floor. Suddenly I'm feeling nervous. I haven't been in Jade's room since the day we broke up. I don't know what to expect. Would the beanbag chairs still be there? Does she still have the big bed with all the stuffed animals? I knew she loved candles, would they be lit? Why should it matter? She was my best friend's girlfriend and my friend. We were just working on a project together nothing more.
We reach Jade's room and she opens the door and walks in. I glance in and nothing is the same. Everything was red or black or some other dark color. The walls are painted black and there are butterflies everywhere. Not the cute stuffed kind but real butterflies, in frames. There are candles all over like expected. None of them were lit thank god. That would remind me too much of the last time I was here. Jade walked over to desk of her fairly large room. I can't help but think that she stuck out so much in her yellow shirt compared to the rest of the room.
"Are you gonna stand there looking stupid or we gonna work on this?"
"Oh. Oh yea." I snap out of my thoughts. I walk over to the desk place my keyboard down. The desk is clear except for some papers and a pen so Jade must have expected of to bring it.
"What is with you tonight? You have been spacing out a lot."
"Nothing I'm just kinda tired." I say lying. I was really trying to figure out why she hadn't taken my arm off and beaten me with by now. She would normally furious at someone when they were late especially if it had anything to do with her. Maybe she wasn't in a violent mood tonight.
"Before we start do you want a drink or snack?" I look at Jade with shock on my face. Did the girl that doesn't even do nice things for her boyfriend just ask me if I wanted a drink?
"No-no I'm fine" I manage to choke out.
"Why do you keep looking to me like that?"
"Like what"
"Like this." she said as she mirrors the dumbfounded look I knew I was wearing.
"Like I said I'm kinda tired"
"ok whatever lets just start. What did you come up with?" I grab my notebook to get to business so I can stop worrying why Jade was being so strange. I flip it open, find the song and start playing.
The sunlight smiles, faithful everyday for you
No one can come close to the joy you bring to me
Whispers like a summer breeze to put my mind at ease
When I look into your eyes I envision you and me
On love's journey so I wrote this melody
To show you that you send me.
I point down at the paper to show her to join in.
Chills running through my body shivering down my spine
Keeps me quivering for you so happy that your mine
I'm shaken, I can't control myself
Cuz you send me chills
I point again and nod for her to keep going.
Come whisper in my ear, tell me what your heart desires
Boy feel that you're the one that I could spend forever with
You give me that sensation that no other love can give
Jade stops and I continue.
Girl what you do for me
Goes far beyond my wildest dreams
Jade jumps right in on cue with the next few lines.
Say you'll never leave
Boy when you look at me
I get this feeling inside of me
We the chorus sing together.
Chills running through my body shivering down my spine
Keeps me quivering for you so happy that your mine
I'm shaken, I can't control myself
Cuz you send me chills
When we finish I look over at Jade.
"So what do you think?"
"It's catchy, like something Cat would listen to but so not me. Mr. Blake is going to love that sappy stuff."
"So you like it?" I say puzzled.
"It's acceptable." I shrug. With Jade that was as close to a complement as I was gonna get.
"Ok then any suggestions?" she starts rummaging around on her desk looking for something.
"I could have sworn I left it right here." Jade mumbles to herself. "Ugh!" Jade stops for a minute and stares off into space. A few moments later she says "Now I remember." she walks over to her closet and opens it.
She flicks on the light and I see that even the closet walls were painted black. She reaches up and pulls down her backpack. As she pulls the strap of her bag gets caught on something. She pulls again this time her bag comes down along a stuffed brown bear. The bear bounces off of Jade's shoulder and tumbles backwards towards me. I get up and pick it up. As soon as I do I recognize it right away. It's the bear I won for Jade at our school carnival our 8th grade year. I look down at it's smiling face and plastic black eyes. It was wearing a red bow tie and had the words I love you stitched on it's right foot. Just as I was going to hand it to Jade it's pulled out of my hands. Jade takes and places it back on the top shelf of her closet and closes the door.
"I-" I start but Jade cuts in.
"Don't start."
"I wasn't I just thought you would have gotten rid of that by now."
"I almost did but I still think it's kind of cute. Tell anyone that and you will regret it." I chuckle.
"You know I would never breathe a word to anyone. I've never said anything about what you told me before."
"Yea you're a smart guy, I wouldn't expect you to unless you wanted to lose a limb." she said with no real threat in her voice.
"Ha ha like you would really hurt me." I challenge back.
"Oh really what makes you think that?" her tone still playful.
"Because I know this." then I did what she would kill other people for. I grab her and push her on her bed and start tickling her. Yes its true Jade West is ticklish.
"Andre stop!" she screams trying to bite the girlish giggle threatening to leave her lips. She tries to push me off, she is strong but I'm stronger. I straddle her legs in attempt to hold her down. I pin down her wrist.
"Now who where you going to hurt?" I whisper into her ear. Jade looks up at me with her green eyes.
"You." she manages to get slip her wrist from my grasp and tickles me. I laugh out loud and she catches me off guard. She uses this to her advantage and flips us. She keeps tickling as she climbs on top of me.
"Ok. Ok you win." I laugh trying to squirm away.
"I can't hear you." her punishment on my stomach continues.
"I said you win. Just please stop." my sides hurting from all my laughter. Jade leans over and places her hands on my shoulders.
"That just goes to show you that you can't mess with Jade West."
"No I can't. Another victory for the tickle queen. What's the score like 75-1 right?"
"Not any more. It's 76-1 now."
"Go ahead and gloat. It's not like I've never beat you."
"Oh I was just having an off day that time so don't get to far ahead of yourself."
"Off day or not I still won and that's all that matters." Jade sticks out her tongue at me.
"You know I miss this." I admit. "Laughing and joking with you. Sometimes I wish we could go back to how we used to be. Before high school complicated everything. We where best friends. You know I mean?"
Jade looks at me like she was in thought. "Yeah I do. We can do it. We can go back and make every thing right." she looks right into my eyes. She starts to lean down toward me. It's then that I realize how much this feels like deja'vu. Jade on top of me, in her bed. Her lips headed for mine. Our lips centimeters from each other and she smells so much like lavender. Her lips brush mine lightly. A jolt of electricity runs from her lips to mine. My heartbeat quickens. She stops her lips hovering over mine, waiting for me to make the next move. I almost lean foreword but my mind screams "Tori!" I push Jade slightly.
"I have to go to the bathroom." I say swallowing nervously. Jade climbs off me. "
You know where it is." I get off the bed as quick as I can. I cross Jade's room like it's on fire. I open the door and close it behind me. I walk down the hall and reach the bathroom. I close the door. I lean against it and close my eyes. What the fuck just happened? I almost kissed her. I wanted to kiss her. Why would I want to do that? I start pacing the small space. I had told her I missed her did she think I meant in that way? What about Beck? Oh my god what about Tori? Should I tell her? Should I not? I stop in front of the mirror hands going to my eyes. "Calm down Andre." I say to myself. I turn on the faucet splashing water on my face. I couldn't tell Tori or Beck because there was nothing to tell. I stopped it before anything happened. So why do I feel guilty? I breathe deeply. I leave the bathroom and walk back to Jade's room. "Nothing happened. Everything is fine." I say right before I walk back in.
When I open the door Jade is in the same position I left her in, sitting on the edge of the bed. I look at her then the bed with it's rumpled comforter, then back at Jade. She looks at me and I can feel the awkward in the air.
"Ehh I think I should go."
"Yeah maybe you should." I go get my keyboard off her desk. "Do you want me to leave the song?"
"Yeah that would be fine." I tear the song out of my notebook and set on the desk.
"Well ok then." I walk across the room to leave and I'm surprised to see Jade get up and follow. I look at her puzzled.
"What you think I'm going to let you leave and not lock the front door?"
"I thought this was Hollywood were no one locked doors."
"Hollywood or not there are some sick fucks in this world. Me being one of them." I smirk at her crude joke.
By this time we were at the front door. I open it and walk outside into the warm night air. I turn and say, "Tonight was interesting."
"Same here." my eyes roam Jade's face stopping at her lips. I tear my eyes away quickly.
"See you Monday I guess."
"I guess." with that I walk away towards my car. I'm halfway down the West driveway when I hear their front door open behind me.
"Andre!" I turn around.
"Yes Jade?"
"You were right nothing happened." before I can even react the door closes. I make it to my car and return my keyboard to the back seat. I slide into the driver's seat and close the door. Nothing happened? If nothing happened then why are my lips still tingling?
A/N: Hey. Hello there. How ya been? I bet you thought I forgot about you. Well I didn't. I tried to make this chapter long to make up for the long time I was gone. I also wanted Jandre fluff. I hope I did a good job. I was going to upload two chapters but I got lazy. Oh well another update or two before the end of next week I promise. The next chapter is in Tori's point of view. Oh yea and the song they sang is Chills by Fatty Koo. Love that song! I don't own by the way.