Chapter 12

In The Wrong

[Tori's POV]

"You didn't have to be so hard on her." I say to Jade after she finishes rambling about how Cat is getting on her last nerves. And I know, I mean I understand what she means about Cat, but she's sensitive. I don't even think she knows how she's coming off to Jade. She's just showing her friendship towards Jade the best way she knows how but it's coming off as more than what she's probably intending. And I mean yes Cat can be annoying, but…give her a break. She's Cat.

"Oh I'm Tori Vega and I take up for my little sister always because I just lovvvveeeeee her." Jade mocks in a 1970's voice before she clears her face and stays focused on the road.

"I don't talk like that."

"Whatever. Cat's just annoying me to no ends. You wouldn't know, you don't have to deal with the little brat texting, calling, following, crying, everything after you all the damn time. It's pissing me off. I love Cat, she's just…ugh. What's up with her? You should know. You live with the psycho."

"She's not a psycho Jade! She's just…I don't know. She really looks up to you I guess. Why don't you just sit down and talk with her? You keep avoiding her, maybe that's making it worst."

"…whatever. I'm tired of talking about it. I'll call her later."

I sigh as I sit back taking a small glance out of my window. Today has to be the nicest day of November month. It's not hot, just a great breeze comes through my window. I close my eyes letting the wind blow my face as I listen to the mixture of low rock music, traffic sounds, and kids laughter.

It wasn't until I felt a finger gliding across my thigh that I jumped up awakened from my daze turning to Jade.

"What the hell happened to you?" She asked with her finger still rubbing over the now scabbed cuts that are just above my knees.

I look down to where her hand is quickly I swatting it away as if it were an intruding mosquito before I sit up and pull my skirt down lower.

Don't make a big deal Tori. Don't make a big deal.

"My cat did it when she jumped on me the other day." I say with a shrug. Even though I had a lie planned out because I knew these marks were noticeable, I still curse myself under my breath for making those marks so low. All my cuts I keep out of sight no matter what I wear, but I accidently made these few too low. I mean…it doesn't look bad, it was just for a quick relief that I can easily cover up with a small fib with no more questions asked, but Jade being Jade, she had to know every detail!

"You're cat? I didn't even know you had a cat? What's that cat's name?"

"Midnight." I say truthfully, because we do have a cat, and her name is Mid-Night. She doesn't come out much so I wouldn't be surprised if Jade hasn't seen her. "She doesn't come out much." I say to her before she starts on how she's never seen a cat in my house.

She doesn't take her hand back until we reach a red light. I watch as she glances at the cuts, to me, then back at the cuts. "Vegas….you're a horrible liar."

"I'm not lying!" I yell as I turn as much as I can to her with my seatbelt restricting my movement.

"Why are you so defensive then?" She lifts a brow with a smirk.

I glance at the light that turns green. "Drive!"

"Fine, you can tell me when you're ready." She says before she hits the gas.

What is that supposed to mean?


It wasn't long until we pulled up to a Red Lobster not far from our neighborhood. The place wasn't crowded at all so we were seated as soon as we walked through the door. And I hate it…I hate these feelings. They come when they want. I don't have to be at a specific place, I don't have to be seeing a specific thing, they just come and I can't control them. I need this release. I need it and I need it right now.

"I have to use the bathroom." I say to Jade once she scoots into the booth. "I'll be right back."

"I'll come too. I have to g-"

"-No!...no. I uh….I want to go alone."

She scrunched her brows as she turned her head to the side. "It's a stalled bathroom Vegas, I'm sure of it." She says as she scoots right back out of the booth and stands to her feet. "I wouldn't want to go to the bathroom with you anyways unless you have fantasies about me and you in a public bathroom. I mean if that's the case, then follow me this way." She winked at me as she walked passed.

Okay….okayyyyyy that's it. She has got to stop that. At first I thought I was hearing things. Then I thought she was just playing around, but now….I know I'm not hearing things, I think she's doing more than playing around…I believe she's like… she's serious. She flirts with me. All the time. And as much as I want to confront her about it, I don't because what if she's not? What if that's her just being…Jade. Then that's just embarrassing on my end if I confront her seriously about it and she's just playing. But….I don't know how to feel about it….do I play along? I'm not sure how.

"It smells like hell in here." She says as she walks into the bathroom holding the door open for me.

I give her a smile and a wink as I walk in before her. Causing her to lift a brow with a smirk.

That's a flirt right?

Quickly, I walked to the last stall and locked myself in before leaning against the wall. Reaching into my purse, I pull out the blade of a razor I had broken just before leaving the house. I drop my purse, it hitting the floor with a small thump before raising my skirt. "Mmm" escapes my lips as the blade comes in contact with my skin. I slide it over an already healing scar from this morning reopening it letting the blood slide slowly down my thigh but I don't let it go far. Reaching behind me, I tear a piece of toilet paper from the roll and wipe the falling blood before placing it over the cut completely.

"Tori?" I hear Jade call out in a voice that I've never heard before. "What are you doing in there?"

"….I'm using the bathroom Jade, got dang can I have some privacy!" I snap. I hate when people interrupt me during the moments. I just want to be alone.

"..Standing up? What you have a dick now?"

"Jade!" I yell slapping the stall wall.

Everything was quiet on her end for a moment before I hear the sounds of water running. "…I'll be at the table." She says and right after the water stops and I hear the door open and close.

I let out a breath I never knew I held as I ran my clean hand through my hair. I close my eyes and take a moment to gather myself before wiping the cut that's now stopped bleeding. I toss the bloody paper in the toilet before flushing it and fixing my clothes. I take a breath and let it out as I nod to myself giving myself conformation that I'm good and ready to go.

I open the stall door quickly and almost pee my pants to see Jade standing there with her arms crossed and her eyes crystal staring right into mine. "What the hell were you doing in there?"

"….Ja…I… I was using the got damn bathroom!" I yell trying to sound tough as I tried to push passed her but she stood in front of me before she grabs my hand and lifts it. "What's this from?"

I look over at my fingers to see dried up blood on them before snatching my hand away from her. "I…I….I'm on my period!" I say caught off guard, but it's still a legit lie right?

"….You're period?"

"Yes!" I say as I walk over to the sink, but I could tell by her reflection in the mirror that she wasn't buying that but she didn't say another word. She just dismissed herself from the bathroom letting the door slam behind her.

Shoot. Tori you're so stupid! You couldn't wait could you!? You just had to do it now! Ughh!

I turn the sink off with force before putting my face in my hands. I want to cry, but I'm trying so hard to hold it in. I can't let her see that after she left I cried. That'll just make her even more suspicious.

I hear the bathroom door open and close as I quickly wipe my face of any tears that might have escaped. I hate being caught crying.

"…Hey, you okay?" I hear the soft voice of a stranger as I finish off wiping my eyes.

"I'm fine thank you." I say as I turn to her.

She gives a small smile as she nods but she looks so familiar. I've seen this girl somewhere before, I know I have. "..Um….have we met?" She says to me before I can ask the question myself, but there's no place that I can think of. She can't go to my school she looks like she's about 11 or 12…..I really don't know and right now isn't a time to try to think. I have to get back to Jade.

"..I don't think so." I say in a rushed tone so she will get the hint that I'm not trying to figure it out right now.

"What's your name?" She asks as she steps closer.

God just let me leave.

"Tori."

She furrowed her brows and shook her head. "I'm not sure."

"Well what's your name?" I say trying not to sound rude. I mean she's a cute little girl with a baby face and big eyes. They look just like Cat's eyes and they have that same baby face, but I don't think we've ever me-

-Cat! She looks like Cat! That's where you know her from. She looks just like your sister! There Tori! You have it! Now leave!

"Ariana." She says with a smile.

"Oh. Well I'm not sure if we've ever met." I say apologetically as I cross my hands in front of me. "Anyways, I have to go. Someone is waiting on me. Nice to meet you Ariana." I say as I head for the door.

"Nice to meet you too Tori." I hear her say as I exit.

I sigh as I run my hand through my hair and then fix my clothes. I hate that Jade's suspicious and that's my fault that she is. Me being so careless. Ugh, I really hate myself right now.

"Hey." I say nervously as I slide into the booth. Jade's seated with her hands in her lap as she looks over her menu with the same angry look she holds constantly.

"Yeah hey." She says absent mindedly as she keeps her glare at her menu. "Hey do you think their shrimp pasta is any good?" She asks casually as she looks from her menu to me with a lifted stud brow.

"Uh…I uh, never had it." I say as I start to nod. "I'm pretty sure it's good though."

"…Mm probably not. They probably leave the fucking tails on the shit. I hate that." She says as she closes her menu. "I'll get the chicken alfredo. What are you eating?"

I look down at my closed menu and shake my head. "I'll just get whatever you're having."

She just nods as she starts to pick her nails and I waited and I waited for her bring back up what happened in the bathroom but she never did. We finished up our lunch, went to the park, out for ice-cream, and even out for dinner and the entire time she didn't mention it once, but her personality did change. She wasn't talking as much or making flirty jokes with me like she usually does. She called me "Tori" for the rest of the night and her tone was much more softer than usual. It wasn't until she drove me home and we sat in her dark car that she spoke kin to what happened today.

"…Tori, I know I might come off as…rude and yeah but…you can talk to me about anything. I won't…judge you or anything about it. I mean, I know I judge you daily, but it's nothing serious, I like to fuck around. But if you have something serious you want to talk about….I'm here you know." She said as she sits back.

My heart starts to speed as my eyes fill with tears. Jade's never been so open with me before. She's always such a ….gank to me. I mean she has her moments when she's really nice and I always wish those moments would just last forever. I can't really make out the feelings I have for Jade because they're not easy to understand. There's times when I just really want to punch her in her face. Then there's the time when I just want to….just….want to kiss her. No…I'm not gay, or at least I don't think I am. I've never had a boyfriend even though I've been on a couple of dates and made out with a couple guys, but I've never had a girlfriend either or never even thought of it for that matter.

I look over at Jade and I can tell she's lost in her own thoughts the way she stares into her lap and fiddles with her thumbs. The way she's biting her bottom lip and sighing. The way she turns her gaze to me with no type of emotion on her face and that's what scares me. I can't read Jade. I never know what she's really feeling unless I ask and half the time she jokes about that.

Maybe she feels the same way about me?

Maybe not. There's no way Jade would want to….

"…Tori." Jade says in a low voice and even though I'm staring right into her eyes, my mind isn't there. I'm so lost in my own thoughts, I forgot I'm staring directly at her.

I swallow harder than necessary as I lift a brow. "Yes Jade?" I whisper back. I don't know why everything turned into whispers, but it feels so right. And I don't mean the whispers. I mean the way she's reaching up and cupping my face, the way she's licking her lips and slowly moving forward, the way her lips part, her head tilts and her eyes close, the way her lips come in contact with mine, softly God moving so softly. I respond, closing my eyes and kissing her back letting my lips move slowly along with hers. I feel her tongue slide across my bottom lip and I open wider letting her tongue fall into my mouth meeting mine gently. I don't know who made the first sound but soon the car was filling with small moans as her hand made its way to the back of my head pulling me closer, deepening our kiss. It started to roughen as our tongues fought for dominance, her free hand sliding up my thigh, sliding up my skirt.

Her kiss left my mouth and trails of kisses starts to run down my jaw bone slowly making her way to my neck as she slides as close as she could to me letting her hand cup my womanhood. A loud gasp escapes my lips followed by a low moan as she starts sucking my neck rubbing my panties softly that I know are becoming soaked.

Another moan escapes, louder this time and it…it scares me slightly but I don't pull away. My body won't allow me as I throw my head back giving her more access to my neck as I start to grind on her hand.

".Jjjj….Jade…we…..we can't do….do this here." I moan as my hands went around her neck.

"…We….we can go insid-"

"-TORIIIIIIIIIIII!" Jade and I both jump away so quick, me jumping so hard that I fall out of the car and I don't realize I what had happened until I look up to see the distraught face of Cat Valentine with tears falling from her eyes, chest heaving, and the car door handle in her hand.

"Catt." I say as I sit up and stand to my feet. "Cat listen…we were just-"

She screams as she balls her fist and pushes me hard into the car before turning to Jade who now stands outside of her car with a look of bewilderment and regret written all over her face. "Cat."

"Nooooo! No!" She cries loudly as she uses her nails to scratch down her face. "…Jadeeeeeeee." She cries as she stomps her foot and all I do is watch as Jade runs over to her and tries to hug her but Cat pushes her away, pushes her so hard that Jade falls to the ground. "Yoouuuuuu, butttt Jadeee how could you?" She cries and then turns to me "Toriiiiii? You…you knewwwww you….youuu I hate youuuu …...ahhhhhhh!" She screams again before turning and running back into the house with a slam of the door.

"Fuck." Jade curses under her breath before standing to her feet.

I watch as Jade slams the passenger side door before making her way to the driver's side. "Jade….wait."

She doesn't say a word as she looks at me with red eyes filled with tears before she just flops into her seat, starts her car, pulls from my driveway and speeds off down the road and that's when the guilt all the guilt in the world started to fill my entire body, every feeling from my head to my feet was guilt.

I…I did know. I know Cat likes Jade, okay, yeah I know. I try to pretend I didn't know. I tried to pretend that Cat's obsession over Jade was nothing but, but I knew it was. She's liked Jade for a long time and…. but….Jade doesn't even like her. I know she doesn't. Does she? She can't….not the way….not what just happened between us. And…it's now all confirmed the way Jade and I feel about each other and Cat comes and ruins it!

Or am I in the wrong? Ughhhhhhh!


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