A/N: I know, I know, slow updates. Sorry! I'm gonna try to update more than once a month, hopefully. Thank you guys for your great reviews!

It had been a few weeks after the breakup, and Jade was finally starting to accept the fact that Beck was no longer hers. While it was still painful to think about, she was beginning to care less and less about the boy as time went on. She wasn't quite sure whether or not that was a good or bad thing, but it was definitely happening. However, none of this made her any more prepared to wake up to a phone call from the very boy that broke her heart less than a month ago. Though she told herself to just let it go to voicemail, her fingers answered the phone anyway as if they had minds of their own.

"Hello?" Jade answered groggily as she looked at the time on her alarm clock. It was six in the morning.

"Hey! Jade, uh... I wasn't expecting you to answer," Beck chuckled nervously on the other end.

Sighing, she snapped back, "That's what happens when you call someone at six A.M. They answer. What do you want?"

"Oh, well, I just um... Trina's been spreading rumors," Beck explained wearily.

"Good for her, I don't care. What do you want?" Jade replied agitatedly. She hated being woken up and Beck knew that, so why the hell was he calling her this early? Better question, why was he calling her at all?

"Well, the rumors are about me, but they aren't true," the boy mumbled on the other end.

"So you want me to tell her to stop spreading rumors? What the hell, Beck? We broke up, you don't just get to call in favors," she said beginning to sound angry. What's his deal?

"No no no that's not what I meant," he defended, "I was just letting you know that the stuff she's saying isn't true. I don't like Trina."

"No one likes Trina! What's your issue?" Jade shot back, raising her voice slightly.

"No, I know, I just mean, I'm not dating Trina. I just wanted to tell you because she's telling people and I didn't want you to think, well, I just, I don't want you to think I'm dating any- Trina. I don't want you to think that I'm dating Trina because I'm not," Beck explained poorly, clearly coming down with a bad case of word vomit.

"Good for you. Don't call me," the raven-haired girl ordered before hanging up the phone. Jade groaned. She was already in a bad mood and she hadn't even had her coffee yet. Knowing that she'd probably be angry for the rest of the day, she got out of bed and began getting ready for school.

Sitting in the corner of her fourth-period class, Jade scribbled away in her notebook under a section titled: SHORT FILM IDEAS. She'd been unable to focus all morning; all she could think about was Beck and his stupid phone call. Not wanting all of her negative energy to go to waste, she decided to focus it towards something creative. All of her best scripts came to her on her worst days. Every time he talks to her, her life gets... shorter? Yeah, that works. Jade thought before quickly jotting down the idea. Her lifespan gets shortened by a year. But he keeps talking to her anyway because he hates her. No, wait, because his life gets longer. She began to write a few sentences before pausing and thinking, Ugh, no, that's so stupid. What a dumb concept. After crossing out the whole page, the raven-haired girl sighed and stared at it. She'd done nothing productive at all so far. Five minutes before lunch, Jade received a text message.

can we have lunch in the blackbox?

-Cat

Smiling ever-so-slightly at the idea, she replied.

Whatever

-Jade

kk cool :)

-Cat

When the bell rang, Jade shoved past a group of slow walkers and made her way to the Blackbox Theater. Upon entering the room, she saw that it was completely empty except for the small, redheaded girl laying on the stage and staring at the ceiling. Jade sighed. She really did feel bad for Cat. She hadn't realized that Mona Patterson was the actress Tori was talking about when she arrived at school that morning. Cat told her during theatre class. It was sad news, but it certainly wasn't shocking considering how old she was. Regardless, Jade knew how obsessed Cat was with Mona. One night, Cat forced her to watch an entire season of I Married My Mom. The dialogue was corny, the acting was bad, and the whole premise of the show was pretty far-fetched, but for some reason the bubbly girl loved it. While she didn't quite share Cat's pain, she certainly understood it. Jade made her way over to her friend and thought, How dramatic, as she laid next to her, also aiming her eyes at the ceiling.

"Hi," Cat greeted glumly as Jade made herself comfortable.

"Too sad to eat?" Jade questioned as she noted the lack of food onstage. Cat nodded. "I'm sorry about Mona."

"Me too, but I'll live," Cat responded sighing before asking, "Too mad to eat?"

"Who says I'm mad? I could just not be hungry," the girl challenged. Cat shook her head.

"You've been in a pissy mood all morning," she observed, "Why?"

"Beck called me before school," Jade answered truthfully, silently cursing how intuitive Cat was when it came to her friends' emotions.

"Oliver?" she questioned.

"No, the rock band," Jade replied annoyedly.

Cat rolled her eyes and asked, "What did he want?" ignoring Jade's sarcasm.

"He told me that Trina says they're dating but he wanted me to know they're not? I don't know. It was weird and annoying and he woke me up at six for nothing," the girl explained, riling herself up with the memory.

"Aw, that's kind of cute," Cat said smiling. Confusedly, Jade turned and looked at her.

"What? What do you mean, 'cute?' He woke me up and gave me useless information after barely speaking to me for weeks!" Jade said slightly irritated.

"Well, like, he didn't want you to think that he's over you, and he called super early so it was the first thing he thought about when he woke up. It's just cute I don't know. He still likes you," Cat explained, still smiling and staring at the ceiling.

"Bullshit," Jade scoffed, returning her gaze to its original position.

"No, really! Why else would he do that?" the redhead argued.

"Because he's stupid?" Jade answered.

"Jadey, be serious," Cat whined, "He probably wants you back."

"I am being serious, Cat, Beck is an idiot. He does idiotic things, like breaking up with his girlfriend of three years through a door," the raven haired girl countered, saying the last part through gritted teeth. "Maybe I don't want him back."

Turning to face her friend, Cat questioned, "But, I'm confused now. I thought you still cared about him. You don't?"

"No, not really. Well, kind of, I don't know," Jade shook her head, "It's complicated."

"Explain it to me," Cat pushed.

Jade sighed, "I'm not sure if I can. He's annoying and stupid and I hate him, but at the same time, I miss him a lot. But I feel like he's not even Beck anymore. He's not the same person, not the person I care about. I guess I just, I miss the idea of Beck. I don't know. Does that make sense?"

"Yeah," Cat nodded, "that makes sense." Just then, the two girls heard a loud bang near the theater doors. Sitting up, Cat and Jade looked in the direction of the sound to see that a small box of science equipment had been dropped on the floor. Standing awkwardly behind the box was Tori Vega with a guilty, apologetic expression on her face. Cat watched as Jade's whole mood changed in an instant.

"Eavesdrop much?!" Jade yelled at the girl.

Even Cat gave Tori an annoyed look and added, "Not cool."

"How long have you been standing there?!" Jade shouted, pissed off.

"Not long! Just, uh, like, thirty seconds or so?" Tori scrambled to pick up the contents of the box as she continued, "I-I thought Cat and I could work on our project at lunch but I, uh, couldn't find her and she wasn't answering my texts, so I asked Robbie and he said she might be in here, but I didn't know that, um, you know, you'd be here too, and when I walked in you guys were talking and stuff and I mean, you know, I didn't want to, like, interrupt or anything,"

"So you decided to listen in on our conversation instead of just saying, 'excuse me?!'" Jade questioned with rage in her voice.

"Well, no! I mean, kind of. Look, I just really want to work on this pr-"

"Go!" Jade screamed.

"You know, actually, we can just work on it after school so I think I'm gonna head out," Tori explained, chuckling nervously as she backed slowly towards the door before sprinting away.

Cat sighed as Jade groaned, "Ugh, I can't stand her! She's so irritating! Does she absolutely have to come with us to Mona Patterson's house?"

"Jadey, we have to do our project tonight. It's due tomorrow," Cat said exasperatedly.

Jade rolled her eyes and asked, "How do you hang out with her? She's awful!"

"She's not that bad," Cat defended. "She can be really fun."

"Yeah, if Tori's fun then so is getting mauled by a bear. Actually, being mauled by a bear seems more fun than hanging out with Tori. Let's do that tonight instead!" Jade said pretending to be excited. Cat sighed dramatically.

"Will you at least try to get along?" Cat asked - though it was more of a plea than a question.

"I doubt it," Jade answered honestly.

Cat laid back down on the stage and groaned, "This is gonna be a long night."

"I can't believe she fell asleep!" Tori complained from the passenger seat, throwing her hands in the air. "There's no way we'll finish in time."

"Don't talk to me," Jade commanded, her eyes locked on the road in front of them. Tori sighed and moved the project to the backseat floor, directly under Cat's face. Part of her hoped that the smell of Fat Santa's cage would wake the small girl.

Leaning over to check the speedometer, Tori exclaimed, "Jade! You're going fifteen miles over!" Jade groaned and rolled her eyes.

"Arrest me, then," she challenged.

"Slow down!" Tori cried.

"Oh my god, shut up. It's like one in the morning, I want to get home," Jade defended.

"We're not going to make it home if we get pulled over! We already passed the halfway point miles ago, there's no need to go that fast," The younger Vega sister argued.

"Bite me," Jade replied as she pressed down harder on the gas pedal, making the car accelerate even more.

"Stop it! You could get us killed! What is wrong with you?!" Tori screamed. As Tori panicked, Jade chuckled. After a few moments, she took her foot off of the gas and let the car coast back down to a few miles above the speed limit. "What the hell, Jade?!"

While Tori caught her breath, Jade glanced in the rearview mirror and locked eyes with Cat, who she knew was only pretending to sleep. The redheaded girl smiled and silently mouthed, "Whee!"

After recovering, Tori spoke again, "Seriously, Jade, are you insane?!"

Shifting her eyes from Cat back to the road, Jade sighed, "Don't talk to me." Before Tori had the chance to respond, a buzzing noise came from the back seat.

"Ooh! Jadey, Beck texted you!" Cat exclaimed.

"Good for him!" Jade said sarcastically, mocking Cat's cheery tone.

Tori whipped her head around to face the bubbly redhead and shouted, "Cat, you're awake?!" Cat set down Jade's phone and slowly closed her eyes.

"No?" she answered, hoping Tori would still believe she was sleeping.

"How long have you been awake?!" Tori asked, shocked.

"God, you're so gullible. She never fell asleep," Jade remarked as she rolled her eyes.

"Whatever. Cat, can we please finish this project?" Tori begged, shrugging off Jade's comment.

"No!" Cat whined, sitting up. "I'm so tired of science! Can we just wait till we get home?"

"God, fine! Ugh we're going to be up all night," Tori complained. Jade's phone buzzed yet again, this time from Cat's hand.

Tapping Jade's shoulder, Cat informed, "Beck texted again. He says he-"

"I don't care," Jade said coldly, cutting her friend off.

"Beck still texts you?" Tori asked.

"Yeah!" Cat answered gleefully from the back seat as Jade rolled her eyes.

Shifting her gaze from Jade to Cat, Tori began prying even further, asking, "Why? What kind of stuff does he say?"

"Well I think it's just because he misses her but Jadey thinks it's because he wants to bother her. He says all sorts things though. Like, this one says that he 'dealt with the Trina situation' which probably means that he found a way to sto-"

"Cat!" Jade shouted.

"Whatty?" The redhead questioned, genuinely confused.

"Stop telling Tori about my personal life! I hate her!" Jade demanded.

"Okay, I'm right here!" Tori yelled offendedly.

"I wish you weren't!" Jade shot back.

"Stop fighting!" Cat screamed from behind them, grabbing their attention. "I'm tired of hearing you bicker all the time, you guys are so annoying! Just shut up and play music or something, God!"

"Sorry, Cat," Tori sighed as she hung her head low.

"Whatever," Jade mumbled, staring straight ahead. Tori switched on the car radio and the sound of staticky, garbled, pop music flooded the car. No one spoke another word for the rest of the ride home.

A/N: Jade seemed a little more angry than usual at the beginning of this episode, so this is my take on the reason why. I hope you all like it! Please review!