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After the Party

Chapter 11 – Opening moves

No Ones POV

Beck went to the fridge and grabbed two beers, opening them with a bottle opener on the counter. He then walked over to Jade and took her empty and replaced it with a new full one.

"Have another beer, It will calm you down a bit." He said as he sat down in a chair opposite hers.

Jade took a long drink of the beer and placed it on the table next to her chair as she let out a heavy sigh. Her rage had finally subsided and she had finished crying. She was emotionally spent.

"Thanks for all your help Beck" Said Jade running her hands through her black hair.

"No worries babe" he said sitting back in his chair.

Jade leaned her head back and closed her eyes. "How about we stuff her in an oil barrel and sink it in the ocean."

"Let's just break them up and get Tori back to you shall we, best to avoid activities that may attract the attention of the cops." Beck said with a chuckle.

"Fine" said Jade sounding very disappointed.

Beck took a drink of his beer and leaned forward. "From what I've seen and you've told me, Kayla is very smart, do you agree?"

Jade nodded.

"I think first we need to get a better idea what we're dealing with before we actually do something."

Jade thought for a moment, "You mean like gather intelligence or something."

Beck pointed to Jade, "Exactly, as goofy as it may sound we need to gather some intelligence. Get some dirt or useful info."

"How?"

Beck took a longer swig of his beer, "Lets say someone wanted to know something about you, who would be the best person to ask?"

Jade looked to Beck "You"

Beck smiled "Precisely, we dated for two years; I know more about you than the rest of our group of friends. From what you like eat to the placement of certain freckles, moles and birthmarks."

Jade looked puzzled, "How does that help us?"

Beck thought for a moment. "It may be a longshot but if we can find the person Kayla last dated, we may be able to find some information that may help."

"What kind of information?"

Beck took another drink. "Um..habits, places she usually hangs out, favorite places to eat, anything that we can possibly use against her."

"Good idea, but this person if we find them may not even want to help us," Jade said taking another drink.

"She's got a huge ego, I'll bet she burned someone in the past, someone with an axe to grind, we can use that."

"Ok, how do we find this person? I would guess it's a girl." Said Jade sitting back in her chair.

Beck rubbed the back of his neck. "She's a recent transfer to Hollywood Arts high. I'll bet anything the last person she dated is at her old high school"

"So we basically need the name of her old high school and the name of her last girlfriend or boyfriend"

"That's about the size of it, The name of her old school shouldn't be too hard. The other is a bit harder." Answered Beck.

Jade's eyes light up, "I can ask Cat to keep her ears open"

"Good but I don't think we should let anyone in on our plan just yet. She may get suspicious if too many people know and start acting weird."

"What about Tori, I want to speak with her so badly" Jade said her voice full of emotion.

Beck grunted. "Just back down for a day or two, let her cool down. It also may give Kayla the impression that you've given up. But in the meantime, just smile at Tori on occasion."

Beck suddenly put up a finger in the air. "NO, wait. Do this. Make yourself look good, stunning good tomorrow. So good that even I'll want to get back with you. Not to mention be your back to your old bad ass Jade West self. "

Jade looked skeptical. "What and throw myself at Tori?"

Beck smiled. "No, just give her one tiny glance and then ignore her completely. We'll see if she takes notice of you."

Jade smiled, "Unless she's gone blind, I'll see to it she notices me."

Jades POV

We discussed our options for a bit longer, but decided on just learning a bit more about Kayla. The more we learn the better chance we have of bringing her down.

I left Beck's trailer feeling better than I did when I arrived. I was still angry of course but I wasn't full of uncontrollable rage anymore.

We decided to keep Andre & Robbie out of it for now thinking the less they know the better. Rex would blab if we told Robbie in any case.

Cat I will see if I can use her as an extra pair of eyes and ears without giving her too much info.

I went home, did my homework, relaxed and watched the best horror film of all time The scissoring. It always makes me feel better.

I was hyped the next morning. Ready to start my plan to knock Kayla down several pegs and remove Tori from her grasp. I want Tori and deep down I know she wants me. I will make that happen.

I dressed in my best black clothes from head to toe, looking lean, mean and if I say so pretty dam good looking. Putting a lot more effort in to my appearance than normal. If Vega doesn't at least notice me than she's gone blind. I even dug out my best leather jacket for the occasion.

I strode into school sunglasses on, looking confident and as if I didn't have a care in the world. M famous smirk firmly etched on my face. Look out Kayla Manson, Jade West Is ready for you.

I could see Vega by her locker, as I walked into the school. Kayla was not in sight. My heart started to beat faster as she came into view. She was wearing very cute blue and pink outfit, and looking very beautiful.

As I walked in she saw me, and I played my part to perfection. Beautiful, dangerous and sexy.

I could see her hold her gaze at me her eyes opening wide as she took me in. She noticed me alright much to my pleasure. I gave her an ever so slight smile and then just turned to my locker, got my stuff and walked away without giving her a second glance.

"That's all the view you get for now, Vega" I thought smugly to myself.

In the classes I had with Vega in the morning I didn't even look in her direction once. I sat there most of the morning just with a smirk on my face as if I was in on a joke that no one else was.

I finally ran into Cat between classes in the morning.

"Hey Cat" I sad walking up to the bubbly red haired Girl.

"HI Jade" She said with a smile.

"Cat I need you to do something for me, Can you?"

She looked curious, "What is it?"

"You are around Tori a lot and you speak to her a lot. I need to know what you hear about Kayla and what She and Tori are doing. Basically any information about Kayla I want to know it. Like if she says she's going out with Tori I want to know it. If she says she has a dentist appointment I want to know it. Anything at all. Do you understand?"

She looked as if she was thinking for a moment. "Ok, Why?"

"Its just something I'm working on for Tori but she can't know. It will help her so you can tell. Keep it under your hat. OK" It was taking a risk getting Cat involved but I needed someone close giving me info.

"But I don't have a Hat to keep anything under?" said Cat looking puzzled.

I tried to not look annoyed. "It's an imaginary hat, Cat"

"Can it be a cowboy hat?" said Cat with almost childlike Glee.

I suddenly had a sinking feeling. "Yes I can be a cowboy hat"

"What color is it?" she asked expectantly.

I was in trouble now. "Umm. Its blue."

Cat frowned, "I don't want a blue hat"

"Ok, OK, it's a pink hat." I said with a groan.

"Yay, can it have unicorns on it" gushed cat.

I just rolled my eyes. "yes"

I pleaded with Cat. "If you tell Tori you're telling me things it could actually hurt her. I mean really hurt her. You need to trust me on this."

Oddly she seemed to sense that I was serious about it and nodded yes.

"Thanks. Don't tell Kayla either, than it would really end up hurting Tori."

I told Cat that I need to get to class and left. I just hope this didn't blow up in my face.

After the next class I ran into Beck, he had a smile on his face.

"What's up?" I said expectantly.

"I have Kayla in one of my classes this morning and I struck up a conversation about schools and I found out she went to Northport High School. Better Yet, I know someone there. He's a friend of a friend. I already texted him asking if he knows anything about Kayla." Beck said happily.

My spirits rose. "Did he know anything?"

"My friend of a friend, Eric barely knew Kayla at all but he knows someone who would know who her last girlfriend was. Eric is going to get back to me after his next class."

"Great, Keep me Posted" I said heading off to class.

I had beck in the next class, the last one of the morning. I found him just outside the classroom.

"So?" I said.

"Brittany Wallace" he said quietly.

"Kayla's last girlfriend?" I asked.

"Dated almost 6 months, broke up less than a month ago. Rumor has it, that Kayla dumped Brittany and she was none too happy about it."

I pulled at Beck's arm. "Let's go"

"Where?" Beck said with a confused look.

"Forget class" I said, "let's go to Northport, it's only a 30 minute drive. We can get there right before lunch. This Brittany will probably be in their lunch room."

A little over a half an hour later Beck and I were standing in the doorway of crowded Northport High school cafeteria. No one seemed to pay much attention to us as we looked like any other students there.

We had asked a couple of people where Brittany Wallace was. The 3rd person we asked knew who she was and where. He pointed to a table in the corner with 4 people at it.

We were told Brittany was the girl with long black hair at the table. We walked up to the table. Brittany was a rather attractive girl with olive skin and an almost angelic face, her hair ran down to the bottom of her shoulder blades. I guessed she was probably of partial Greek descent. She was sitting with 3 other girls.

We walked up to the table and looked at Brittany. She seemed to study me intently for a moment.

"Who are you?" She asked in a bored tone of voice in between bites of her hamburger.

"I'm Jade, and this is my friend Beck, I think you can help us?"

She narrowed her eyes. "How"

"Kayla Manson" I said my face showing little expression.

She stopped chewing her food and silently looked at the other girls at the table. "If you're a friend of hers, then get the fuck out of here." She said as her face darkened.

"I want to kill the bitch" I barked.

She began to smile. "Then by all means, join us"

I looked to beck and handed him a 20. "Hey get us some food, we might as well eat."

"OK" he said grabbing the 20 and heading for the lunch line.

Brittany laughed. "You have him trained well. Boyfriend?"

"Ex, but he still does what I tell him to do sometimes. Why waste good training." I said with a smirk as I sat down.

"He's yummy" Brittany purred. The other girls seemed to agree which was hardly a surprise.

Turning to me again Brittany said. "You do realize there are already several people ahead of you in line wanting to kill Kayla, myself included. What's your reason?"

"She's got her hooks in a girl I care very much about. It's my fault that she's with Kayla but I'm here to correct that."

"Let's hear the story."

I began to tell the story of Kayla's arrival at Hollywood art's high, the party, the aftermath, up to the current situation. I did omit some details that I deemed were unimportant but she got the gist of it.

Beck arrived with two trays of food near the end of my story and sat down next to me.

"She dazzles them" Brittany said.

"What?" I said starting to eat.

"She's rich, her father is a screenwriter/producer, her grandfather is legendary academy award winning actor. So she takes the girls she likes to parties, expensive restaurants. Before they know it, their head is spinning. It doesn't surprise me that she picked Tori, being hurt made it even more easy for Kayla to reel her in. Of course when she gets tired of them she'll dump them without so much a second thought or warning and move on to the next one." I could detect the pain in her voice as this was her story too.

"Of course I found out she was cheating on me nearly the entire time we were going out."

"I'm sorry" I said taking bites of food

Brittany finished her hamburger. "So what can I do for you?"

Beck jumped in. "We need some information on her, to help us formulate a plan to separate her from Tori and knock her down a few pegs. Her haunts, her habits, that kind of thing. I figured you could help us."

"Gladly" She said beaming at Beck. One upon a time that would have drove me nuts but I just ignored it.

"She's very intelligent, never underestimate her. She'll play stupid sometimes to fool you. She lies, she manipulative. If you move against her, watch your back cause she won't take it lightly. You may just find some illegal substances turn up in your locker just when the principal gets a tip that it's there and decides to search it. That's happened. She can be very vindictive. Not to mention an ego the size of a house."

"I know"

Brittany pulled out a piece of paper and started to write. "Here is a list of her favorite restaurants and the stores and other places she likes to haunt. She's pretty consistent. I'll write some of her other traits and other info."

"Oooh here is some bit you can hopefully use. She's allergic to shellfish. It causes her to break out in hives." She said as she was writing.

I smiled thinking about the possibilities. I think Kayla will very very soon have an attack of the hives.

We spent the rest of lunch talking about Kayla. Brittany was dumped by Kayla with no warning at all. It hurt her pretty good and she was more than willing to help us. She indicated that there were other girls and guys that she had burned in one way or another. She seemed to flirt with Beck a bit, who didn't seem to mind.

As lunch was ending, I knew more about Kayla than Tori did. Where she shopped, what time she got up in the morning, the name of her dealer, what she ate. I even knew her favorite position in bed. Brittany told me every single detail she could think of. Brittany hated Kayla more than I did. As the saying goes Hell have no fury like a woman scorned.

Hearing the stories about Kayla walking all over people and using them, Beck and I were even more hell bent on getting Tori away from Kayla.

As we were getting up I thanked Kayla. "Hey thanks for all the dirt."

Brittany and her friends smiled. "I wrote my number on the paper with all of Kayla's info, keep me posted. You're more than welcome. Get that bitch."

Brittany herself got up and started to walk with us out and said "Give me your number, she still keeps contact with some people here and occasionally I hear some gossip. Normally I don't care and don't pay attention but now I will. If I hear anything I'll let you know"

I quickly rattled off my number which she put in her phone. She then turned to Beck with a smile and slipped a piece of paper in his pocket. "Call me"

He smiled "I just might"

We said our good byes and headed back to Hollywood arts. As we walked into the school I saw Tori and Kayla standing near Tori's lockers. Neither paid attention to me. Kayla had a smug look on her face.

I knew enough to wipe that look of her face permanently.

"Game on Kayla" I said with a devious smile as I went to my locker.

A bit of a longer chapter here but it seemed logical that Jade would want to learn all there is to know about Kayla before making her first real move.