Don't kill me! It took forever to update this I know but since this was a filler chapter, it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to happen in this chapter and also a few things got in the way but I know these aren't good excuses so I'm sorry but I promise I will complete this story. Someone last chapter said that it was a disappoint because there wasn't enough Jori. Of course a lot of you are fans of Jori or Cade if you are reading this but I hope you also read because your interested in what happens. Anyway, enjoy this chapter!

Tori POV:

I sit at the kitchen table picking at a muffin. It's an average Saturday morning in Los Angeles where the sun is shining over the entire city, and Trina's loud, obnoxious singing from her room screeches in my ears, racking my brain.

I'm not torn up over not having Jade anymore. I never really had Jade to begin with; it was only one date and then a party where we hung out together. It wasn't anything official; Jade wasn't my girlfriend. Of course I really like Jade, but it will be easier to get over her than to get over the situation.

The way Jade hurt me made me feel like I wasn't good enough. I was treated like I didn't deserve trust or situation was happening the whole time, right under my nose, but I let it happen. I didn't realize it because I was too caught up in what I thought could become a new relationship…

A new relationship is like a new car;it smells and feels new. It's different because you're not used to it, but when you roll the windows down and speed off, you feel your hair dancing along with the wind. Goosebumps from the rush of air explode on your skin. You get so lost in the feeling that you don't realize anything else around you.

It's the honeymoon phase.

When I had been dating Jade…there was a honeymoon phase, but it didn't even feel real. It didn't feel like we had been dating to actually go somewhere with our relationship, or even to get to know each other; it seemed like it was just a game, fake.

As I think about it more, I feel like I made the right decision by telling Jade I didn't want to date her anymore. Jade acts like Cat doesn't even have feelings, and I can't be with someone who treats people like they aren't even people; she treats them like they're just props, things in her life that she can use when they serve a purpose. But if she doesn't need them, then they don't matter at all to her.

I feel like I was just a prop in her life.

I let out a defeated sigh as I finish my muffin and think about what I will do today. I thought about hanging out with Andre, but then I remembered that he had gone to see Cat, along with Robbie and Beck. I had been invited to tag along, but I said no because I just...I couldn't go there again.

It's been three days since I visited Cat, but the Cat I'd seen at the hospital was different from the one I knew. I always thought Cat was genuine; she always seemed so lighthearted and very warm and cheerful...but that wasn't who I saw three days ago.

I had seen Cat, but...there wasn't even a small hint of her usual ebullience, her wide smile, or hergiggle.

Just darkness and emptiness.

But even though she was empty, she also…wasn't. There were so many emotions in her eyes that I still don't know the meanings of, but one thing I did know was that she tried to hide it.

She needed help, but she was pushing me away and rejecting me, saying that I couldn't help her at all.

Surprisingly, the lack of Trina's singing snaps me out of my thoughts. The quiet is…uncomforting. The only thing I can hear is the sound of my breath billowing out of my nose and slightly parted lips. It's soft and floats around the room, but it's weird…

"Tori!" Trina screeches from upstairs.

I cringe as Trina's piercing scream slices through my ears and echoes in my brain. I feel my chest tighten and expand before I swallow a lump in my throat. I purse my lips, but my tongue fills the space between them, slowly ripping them apart.

I look over my shoulder and my eyes fall on the stairs. "Yeah?!" I shout up to her. However, I can't be bothered to be half as loud as her.

"Come up here!" she demands.

I let out a sigh and press my hands against the edge of the table. I push myself up from the table and shuffle through the living room, circling the railing around my hand and gripping it tightly to balance me as I run up the stairs.

When I get to Trina's room, I see her sitting at her vanity table. Her back is facing me and her curled hair spills down her back and the fabric of her dark purple shirt that falls slightly off one shoulder. I look through the mirror and see her face is already made up, but she's still coating mascara on her eyelashes. Her eyes dart to the corner of the mirror and she notices my presence in her room.

"Where are my black Fazzini boots?" Trina asks, breaking the silence.

I can't help but raise my eyebrows. I should have known better than to think this would actually be an emergency, but hey, it's Trina.

I part my lips and allow a small sigh to escape. "I don't know where they are," I answer; annoyed because I have other things I have to be bothered with right now.

"Then who does know where they are?" Trina asks while she screws the cap on her mascara and throws it into her makeup drawer.

"I don't know," I repeat as I run my fingers through my hair. "Why do you need to find them? Are you going somewhere?"

"No, but I need them," she tells me as she spins around in her swivel chair to face me.

Trina crosses her arms and legs, looking at me with a serious expression. She thinks she needs her shoes, but they are just a material item. She doesn't need them; she wants them.

"Well I haven't seen them." I throw my hands up and let them fall down, dangling lazily at my sides.

Trina sighs, disappointed. She licks her lips, her eyes tearing away from me and darting around the room until, finally, she looks back at me with determination written across her face.

"You're coming with me," she decides as she slams both her hands onto her thighs. She pushes herself up and goes to grab her black purse with the pink ribbon tied to the chain.

I furrow my eyebrows at her. "Where?" I ask, skeptically.

"To the mall," Trina answers simply as she throws her bag over her shoulder.

"What?" I protest. "No! I don't wanna go to the mall today."

"We made a deal," Trina reminds me and rolls her eyes. "Remember? Gosh, Tori, stop being so selfish." She lets out a deep, annoyed sigh.

"I'm selfish?" I repeat in angered disbelief, glaring at her with narrowed eyes. "Really? Your biggest problem is that you want shoes, and that wasn't even our deal. The deal was that I would cover for you when you use mom and dad's credit card."

"Yeah," Trina scoffs, with a sneer. "Like I care what the deal was. I'm using their credit card and I drove you to the hospital last night when I could have had a spa night. Either way, you owe me."

"Fine," I sigh deeply in defeat, not sure why I decided to give in. Maybe I knew she would just keep bugging me until I gave in. Or maybe she really did do me a favor because I needed to see Cat to have a weight of worry lifted off my shoulders. "But only shoes and then we're leaving," I add quickly before she gets any other ideas.

Trina smirks in triumph. "Okay lets go." She turns on her heel.

I follow her as she walks downstairs and out into her car. I sit in the passenger seat and look out the window as Trina starts to back out of our driveway. I stay silent, just thinking to myself.

I think about how school has been dull these past couple of days.

Cat and Jade have both been absent. I know Cat's been absent because she's still in the hospital, but Jade…I have no idea. No one else knows why either; I asked Andre, Beck, and even Robbie, but none of them knew. I can't help but become slightly worried about her. Even though she doesn't seem to care about me...I care about her.

The loud radio blasting into my ear rips me from my thoughts. My hand immediately flies to the volume button and I turn the music off.

Trina's eyes move away from the road as she looks at me with an annoyed expression. "Come on Tori," she protests. "That was a good song!"

Before I have the chance to respond, I hear another driver honk their horn loudly at us. Trina scowls and turns back to the windshield. She presses her lips together in a thin line as she slams her hand against the horn, the loud honk filling the entire car.

Trina turns her head to face her window and rolls it down before jutting her head out the window. "I have a horn too buddy!" she shouts angrily at the car next to us before looking back at the road.

I shake my head. "Maybe you should keep your eyes on the road, Trina," I suggest smartly.

"What's up with you?" she questions and creases her brow.

I sigh deeply. "I'm sorry," I reply distantly. "I just…I have a lot on my mind."

"Okay, well what's up?"

I twist my head to look at her with wide eyes. I part my lips slightly as surprise crosses my features. For once, Trina is actually caring about someone else's problems besides her own. Of course, I might be getting carried away because we are solving her 'problem' as we speak, but still... Instead of complaining about it more, now she's asking about me.

She turns her head to look at me when she feels my eyes on her. "What?" she inquires, confused.

I blink and my eyes return to their normal state. "Eyes on the road," I remind her to avoid having another car honk their horn at her.

She quickly turns her head back to the road and shifts the wheel to get the car back on track. She licks her lips and stays silent. But even looking at her from a side angle, I know her eyes look expecting as they wait for my answer.

I swallow and start to speak, breaking the silence. "Well, I went on a date with Jade and-"

"A date? Trina asks, interrupting disapprovingly. "You went out with that gothic freak?"

I nod. "Yeah, I went on a date with Jade."

Trina knits her eyebrows. "Jade's a girl," she states, shock evident in her voice.

"Yes!" I shout slightly annoyed by her surprise. "I went out with Jade to Nozu and then we hung out together at that party you took me to."

"I just didn't know you played that way..." Trina murmurs, raising her hands up in defense.

I open my mouth to remind her of keeping both hands on the wheel, but she beats me to it. I'm surprised that she got her license when I didn't because I seem to know more about safe driving then my sister...even if I did hit an old lady on a wheel chair by accident.

"You know, you're probably just her rebound..." Trina glances at me for a moment. "Beck just broke up with her."

I hadn't actually thought of that; I never thought they had a good relationship. They were always fighting and it never seemed like they really had anything between them. I don't even know what it was, but maybe...maybe behind closed doors they actually had something? Maybe I could ask Beck and it would give me a better idea of this because it doesn't feel like it's over.

My lips curve downward into a frown. "I ended it," I tell her. "I thought she was using me, but for a different reason, and I told her that I couldn't see her anymore.

Trina doesn't notice the frown on my "Well that's good," she breathes. "If you didn't end it now, then she'll just break your heart later when you grow more feelings for her."

I bite down hard on my lip and my eyes close. I wonder if Trina doesn't think I'm good enough either. She sounds so sure that Jade would break my heart. I must be over thinking things; Trina's probably just saying that because she knows Jade is very...cold. Jade's like ice that never melts. She's never soft...always solid and hard.

Then I remember her lips, soft and juicy when they pressed against mine. Warmth spread from her chest onto mine when our bodies pressed together. The warmth flooded down my ribcage and through my limbs like a wild fire...it was there. I know it was; I could feel it. She wasn't cold or hard.

I slowly open my eyes and pull my phone out of my pocket, gripping it with my finger tips. I search for Beck in my phone and then I send him a text.

'Hey Beck, can u come over later? I need to ask u something.'

When the text sends, I press the lock button and hear the click. I put the phone down between my legs as I look out the window and view a row of palm trees we pass while driving to the mall.

Moments later, I feel my phone vibrate between my legs and I look down at it, seeing it light up with a message. I hug my phone into the palm of my hand and see Beck texted me back.

'Sure. I'll be there around 6.'

*Honeymoon Phase*

I sprawl my legs outlazily on the red couch in my living room and I rest my hands on my stomach, feeling it's slow rise and fall as I watch the TV. I yawn softly and my eyes grow heavier by the minute, but I try as hard as I can to keep them open so I don't fall asleep before Beck gets here.

I'm really tired after a long shopping trip with Trina. She agreed we would just get the shoes she wanted and then we would come back home, but then after she found a pair of shoes, she ran into a bunch of other stores…much to my dismay. I should have expected it because she's Trina and I know well enough that she doesn't have enough self-control when it comes to shopping, yet she clearly doesn't care to control herself.

The doorbell rings, resonating throughout the house.

I groan out of laziness, really not wanting to get up. But of course, I throw my legs off the couch and push myself up. I walk to the door and twist the lock, pulling the door open.

Beck stands on the other side wearing a black and yellow plaid shirt with black jeans and black leather combat boots. His hair is messy, but it always manages to look great, which I can never understand. His hands are in his pockets as he looks at me with a relaxed expression. None of the muscles in his face are tense or fixed. There are no ripples or stress lines; it's just at ease.

"Hi," he greets, quickly tilting his chin up and down in a greeting fashion.

"Hey," I greet him back, sending a friendly smile as I step aside to let him in.

I close the door once Beck walks inside and flops backwards onto the vibrant red couch. He rests his hands on his knees and his eyes follow me as I walk over and sit next to him, letting out a soft yawn.

"Tired?" he guesses.

I shrug my shoulders and lean back against the couch. "I was shopping all day with Trina," I complain, letting a small sigh escape my lips. "You know, the manager of Sephora at the mall knows her full name?" My eyes widen with interest at my own fact.

Beck furrows his eyebrows, creating ripples between his nose and forehead. "What's Sephora?" he inquires, confused.

"Oh, it's a makeup store," I tell him. "Anyway, the manager was actually nice to us, but that's probably only because they knew she would end up buying something."

Beck's eyebrows spread back apart as he nods his head. "So, what did you want to ask me?" he questions, changing the subject.

I take a deep breath, ready to ask a question that I may not want to know the answer to. But I needed to know.

"What was dating Jade really like?" I bite my lower lip.

Beck's entire body noticeably tenses in one jerk. He lets out a sigh and ducks his head as he runs his fingers through his dark wavy hair. His eyes shift down to his lap as he takes a deep breath.

"I really wanted to have Jade's trust while we were dating," he starts to explain, "But she wouldn't ever give it to me." I notice a look of disappointment cross his features, his eyes not leaving his lap. "I kept working for it, but without the trust, it was just me mistaking our physical attraction for real feelings. And I don't think Jade really had any emotional feelings for me or even cared that much."

If Jade didn't have any emotional feelings for Beck, then she must have used Beck like she used me. He was just another prop. I bet he offered her a lot, but she never returned any of it. However, my mind can't help but flood back to when I asked Jade to trust me and a look of uneasiness hid beneath the usual scowl painted on her features.

The memory of the look on her face conflicts me.

I snap back into reality when I hear Beck take a deep breath to calm himself down and then exhale loudly. I turn my head to look over at him and see his knuckles pressing against his lap to balance him while his eyes continue to stare downward.

"So...why did you keep getting back together with her?" I ask, curiously.

His head tilts up and his eyes meet mine. "I always wanted to give up...but something about her kept drawling me back in to try again." He pauses and his eyes fall down in thought for a moment before he looks back up at me. "I don't think it was emotional feelings for her; I think it was just the challenge of getting her to let me in because I wanted the challenge more than I wanted her…and it took me a while to realize that."

I nod slowly. "Okay... So what about Jade?" I ask, but then when I notice Beck arching his eyebrows in confusion, I open my mouth again. "I mean...why was she always so jealous if you don't think she had emotional feelings for you?"

Beck just stares at me, his eyes burning holes into my skull with his lips pressed together in a thin smile. "Jade doesn't like to share."

So Trina and Beck made appearances and there was a lot of Jori. What did you think? Post reviews! I'm thrilled with how many reviews, favorites, and follows this story has been getting. Also, next chapter Cat is coming back! I can't promise I'll update fast (even though I'll try) but I can promise that eventually I will. Anyway please review, I hope you liked this chapter!