Tori's POV
'How do you know you're falling in love' I type into my laptop and look at yethe search bar. I bite my lip and debate whether or not to press enter. I know what you're thinking…why am I Tori Vega asking Google about this. Well its simple. This summer I fell in love…and not just with a random stranger that I met on a beach. I really wish that was the case to be honest.
No I had to fall for a friend, someone who I never thought I'd fall for. Someone who spilled coffee on my head the first day I showed up to Hollywood Arts…that's right
This summer I fell for Jadelyn West…
I click the enter button on my laptop and it feels like forever that the search engine was loading. I click on one of the tabs and start to scroll through it reading the 8 questions. I start to read them out loud.
Are you suddenly doing new things?
Well duh I just finished graduating of course I'd try to do new things. Not because of her though…well you did do that gorilla thing a year back to prove when she taunted you and last time I checked you have a tattoo of a treble clef on your wrist now because of said person. Geez it's like Jiminy Cricket is voicing my thoughts right now. I look at my wrist and sigh tracing the small tattoo thinking back to the day at the tattoo parlor.
Flashback….
"It won't hurt Vega I mean come on I got this one our junior year on my arm. Didn't hurt one bit" She rolls up her sleeve and I take a look at her floral tattoo. I bite my bottom lip and look at the tattoo guy who's applying ink to his tattoo gun, "What do you say cheekbones you gonna do it or what?" I sigh and look at Jade then back at the tattoo artist. Without second guessing myself I nod and grabbed a hold of Jade's hand who in return caresses the top of my hand with her thumb. "It's going to be fine Vega" I wince a little as he starts the tattoo on my wrist
End of flashback…
I look at the next following question.
Have you been especially stressed lately?
Yes! I'm moving to New York of course I'm stressed. I'm not even done packing and I leave in a week. I have to get new winter gear, make sure I have my music sheets and it's hard to say goodbye to my friends and family. It's sure gonna be difficult to say good bye to Jade. I'm sorry repeat that last sentence for me one last time? Okay now this cricket is sounding like a sarcastic Jade.
Are you highly motivated to be with this person?
Define highly motivated…Try the night you bailed on going to Nozu's with the gang because you found out Jade wasn't going to go so you ended up watching The Scissoring with her. "Well she asked if I wanted to have another movie night since she didn't want to be caught moping around in public" Dear god…I just responded to the voice in my head. Now I know I'm just being crazy. Nope you're just in love that's why. "No I am not!" Whatever Vega just read the next question. "I'm only reading the next question because I want to not because you told me to" You do realize you're technically telling yourself to read the next question because I am just an imaginary voice in your head right? I mumble a quick 'shut up' and look back at my laptop.
Does this person your falling for return your feelings?
Probably not…wait I don't even know what I'm feeling towards Jade. No chiz Catherine obvious. "Gaah! enough with the side comments already!" I toss my laptop to the side of me. Resting my head on the pillow and staring blankly at the ceiling. Why does my self conscious think I love her. Because it's true you fell for her. "No I'm not in love !" I suddenly hear a knock on my door, I shoot up and look towards the door, "Uh…yeah it's open" The door swings open to reveal my dad with a sheepish smile, "Hey Tor…who you screaming at?" I look around and quickly grab some random script I've been practicing for an audition. "Oh I was just practicing from my script…sorry didn't mean to scare you"
He steps into my room and sits on the edge of the bed, "it's the summer sweetie, shouldn't you be out with your friends and not practicing some script?"
"It's for New York dad I gotta make sure I got this in the bag" he shakes his head with a light chuckle. "Dedication…one of the Vega's worst and best quality. What's the script about anyway? You were screaming about not being in love?"
I sputter a little bit trying to think of a quick lie, "Just a girl in denial of her feelings" You can say that again… I hold my tongue refusing to make myself look like a nut job speaking to myself in front of my dad. "well sounds to me like you'll great for the part" I laugh a little at him. "So what's up? You knocked on my door for a reason?"
"Oh Jade's here said you guys had plans today?" Oh this should be interesting. "Tell her I'll be right out" with that my dad walked out placing a kiss on my forehead.
With the door still open I can hear Jade and my father talking, "Uuuuggggh" Jades infamous groan can be heard throughout the house. I chuckle lightly to myself and quickly get off my bed to get ready. I grab my clothes and head to the bathroom.
Jade POV
I walk up the stairs waving a goodbye to David as leaves the house, "Vega we were supposed to leave 15 mins ago to meet Cat and the guys at Nozu!" I finally make it her room to see that it's empty. I look over to the closed bathroom and groan. "She's still not ready" I walk over to the door and bang loudly, "VEGA!"
I hear a scream and then a thud, I tried to hold my laughter in but fail miserable. "Cheese and rice Jade! I'll be out in a minute !" I chuckle to myself and step away from the bathroom door. I plop myself on her bed looking through my phone. I suddenly hear a ping at the side of me and look over to see that Tori's laptop was the one making the sound. I glance over to see that it was just a notification from The Slap, but then something else captured my attention. "Seven Ways to Know You're in Love?"
I reach over and grab the laptop reading over the article, "So Vega's got a crush on someone?" It's probably that barista who gave her his number the other day. Man that dude was annoying...all I wanted was my large coffee but he just kept his attention on Tori the whole time. It made me sick.
I continue to scroll down on her laptop reading the questions. "Wow she must be feeling really deep for this person if she has to resort to this cheesy article"
"Jade?" I look up to see Tori at standing at the edge of her bed with her hands on her hips glaring down at me. "What are you doing snooping around my personal stuff?"
I roll my eyes at her and smirk, "The real question is...Who do you love Vega?"
