It felt like the start of a good week. Class seemed almost normal. Jade's friends seemed to have non-eventful lives this time. Her girlfriend had come down from the high of her stunt and sworn that she would never do anything like that again. Though, Jade had to admit, she loved the fearless drive her girlfriend had for a short time. Tori was sneaking in the window for a change.

But it came to an end like the normalcy at school.

When Jade ran into Tori after lunch, her girlfriend was very displeased and seemed upset. It was alarming due to the lack of events. Her girlfriend hadn't been anywhere like this since the stunt.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Jade asked stopping Tori. There weren't many people around, but Jade didn't entirely care at the moment. "Do I need to throw the puppet?"

"Rex is not the culprit this time." Tori answered looking at Jade with slight concern. "Anyways, Trina found a way to make me be her assistant for a month."

"Do you at least get good pay and benefits?" Jade teased with a smile.

Tori faked a laugh before answering very monotone like, "Oh, I wish. She found a "contract" from when I was six saying if I didn't marry a prince at sixteen, I would be her assistant for a month."

"You were six, and you can't get married to a prince."

"You don't think a prince could come sweep me off my feet?" Tori said with a big smile on her face teasing her possessive girlfriend.

"Jade West is prepared to fight."

"Oh, really?" Tori laughed. "I think you would look nice in a suit of armor, or maybe just a suit."

Tori's phone rang and they went their separate ways due to it being Trina. Tori was going to have a long month ahead of her. It kind of scared Jade because their time together was going to be limited again like it was for the reality show.

That night, Tori was at her house with Andre and Trina. She updated her about Andre's journey before disappearing for a bit. Jade didn't mind as she was with Beck playing one of his hockey games since him and Alyssa broke up again. She knew they would be back together in a week or so.

After a few games, Jade got a text from her girlfriend updating her on the situation. "Well, we're being recruited now."

"On Andre's quest?"

Nodding, "It's turned into Tori's quest. If she gets the concert, then she doesn't have to be Trina's assistant anymore. Bonus to me is that I get my girlfriend all to myself."

"Like you ever go without."

Shrugging, "Still, I like her and want to spend time with her. Is that a crime?"

"I'm just glad to see you happy with her." Beck said with a smile.

XxX

The next day, Tori was a little anxious. She went on about her mission plan determined to find all the letters. She sounded like she was going insane, so Jade had to wonder what Trina was making her do as her assistant.

As soon as Jade arrived at Tori's house, they went to the store for ice cream. They bought as many as they could before heading back to her house. All their friends arrived, and soon everyone had their own bucket to filled with ice cream from the pints. After Tori had splashed a few on Jade, she moved away due to Jade hating the stickiness.

Hours later, they had only encountered into the same letters. The discussion from the car revealed that Tori got to pause her duties as Trina's assistant. At first, that was great to Jade because they got to search for letters, and afterwards get some cuddles in before departing. Then, Jade realized how unlikely it was that they would find the letters and with Tori's behavior today, it was going to make any time together about the letters anyways.

Jade just wanted Tori to do her time. "This is useless. We're never going to find the letters."

"Why are there so many K's and A's?" Robbie asked from the table.

Tori tried to give her some motivation. "We'd be doing great if we were trying to get Akakaak." Andre went into an explanation about the letters that Jade didn't want to hear.

"I'm sick of this. Ice cream reminds me of my childhood."

"You didn't have a happy childhood?" Cat asked innocently from the other couch.

It made Jade think of her parents' yelling and fighting that she had to constantly deal with. How her Dad bribed her with ice cream when taking her to a park so he could sneak off with some lady. It was a lot to process, but she couldn't unload that on Cat. "My favorite toy was a hammer." Cat let out her scared noise and went back to her ice cream.

"You don't have to help." Beck said next to her licking off an A.

Jade gave him a look to convey why she couldn't call him an idiot right now.

"What?"

"If we do find the letters, then only the people who helped get to come to the private concert." Tori explained with a teasing smile before sticking her tongue out.

All Jade could think is Tori better find those letters.

Tori's next letter is one Jade found herself watching her girlfriend get the ice cream off. Then light up at seeing a different letter, and her girlfriend's cheers of joy. "I got an E!"

Everyone cheered as Tori and Andre put it on the rack and attempted to high five.

It was short lived as Beck noticed Robbie grabbing and lifting his bucket of ice cream. He started waddling over to the door. "Hey, whatcha doing?"

"I don't like the idea of wasting all this ice cream, so I'm taking it down to the park nearby."

"I don't-"

"Let him do it. It will make some kids' day." Jade said cutting off Beck who tried to argue with her before dropping it.

"Good luck!" Beck said with a panicked smile. With a shrug, Robbie was out the door.

Andre made an announcement to the remaining friends. "Alright, people, we get a S and H, we have ourselves a private Kesha concert."

"And my freedom from Trina!" Tori loudly and happily announced along with cheers from their friends.

Later that night, they were still getting nowhere. The friends all rotated where they were in the room. Jade hated this for multiple reasons. They wasted a lot of ice cream, Tori was getting a little more desperate, and Jade wasn't getting any affection or attention from Tori.

"Ok, this is actually causing me pain." She had quit digging through pints. Her pile ran out ten minutes ago. She did think about the things her and Tori did in the living room when they had the house to themselves. "And not the good kind."

Robbie returned with his clothes ripped and several bruises. He didn't look good. His story of the moms chasing him was entertaining though. It was great to see that something from tonight was paying off.

Beck returned and walked in empty handed. "Hey."

It made Tori turn around confused. "Hey, did you not get any ice cream?"

Beck informed the group of Kesha announcing the winner. It made Andre disappointed. Tori was devastated. Jade just felt angry. She had been reminded of her childhood, and now, her girlfriend was upset. They were going to have to spend a month apart because of Trina.

But then Tori lost it, and Jade was actually worried. While Cat tried to comfort her, Tori stood up. "I didn't marry a prince. I don't live in a magical sugar castle. I didn't win a private Kesha concert, so now I have to keep being Trina's stupid assistant."

The following night, Tori texted her complaining about Trina's bath time and the snot inspection, but Tori mentioned the "accident" with Trina slipping. She felt bad for her girlfriend, but she was strong enough to get through it.

XxX

Running into Tori in the morning was always a pleasure, but assistant Tori was not. Jade wanted to hug her and remind her about how strong she was, but school wasn't the place for that.

"You don't look happy." Jade said as her and Beck walked to Tori's locker.

She gave a displeased look. "I'm not."

"Boo. Coffee?" Jade held out her cup to Tori who gladly accepted it.

"Trina giving you a rough time?" Beck asked knowing the answer.

Tori groaned out a yes that used to sound more pleasurable in Jade's memory. "Did you know Trina sleep sweats? She made me go into her room with a sponge every two hours."

"Tori!" Trina yelled across the hall running up to the small group holding up her phone. "Answer my phone."

"I don't wanna." Tori said quickly.

Trina stomped her foot. "You're my assistant."

"Why don't you?"

"It's that guy who keeps calling me. Just answer it."

Tori sighed and took it beginning to walk away as she answered. Jade gave her a small smile as she turned. "No, I'm sorry, Trina is…" She trailed off looking at Trina who offered her options. "She moved to Canada and died." After a pause, Tori got very angry. "No, I will not go out with you!" Trina quickly took it back from Tori who looked at Jade and Beck. "That's my life now."

Jade walked towards her. "Twenty-six more days, and you're mine again, Vega."

"Hey, Tori, come see this!" Cat yelled across the hall next to Sinjin. This was a video Kesha posted announcing that the contest winner lied, and the contest was to be resumed.

All the excitement came back into Tori's eyes, and Jade couldn't help but smile. Tori quickly ran out the door as the bell rang. She watched people start going to class before slipping out to drive Tori to the store and back to her house.

"You're going to help?" Tori asked once in Jade's car.

"It is a girlfriend thing to do." Jade said turning the key.

Tori kissed her cheek. "It is what a great girlfriend would do."

Unfortunately, her and Tori did not make it far. They didn't find any letters without the group. It did hurt that Tori immediately focused on the ice cream. It had been nearly a week since they had a moment together, and Tori didn't care about the one they had together. Jade just wanted one sweet kiss from Tori Vega.

Their friends arrived and started helping. Cat found a H and loved the cheers. It did provide the group with much need excitement as they went back to digging.

Hours later, Jade heard her girlfriend start having a meltdown. It hurt that Jade couldn't go over and help her, but she had Andre over there providing her support at least. Robbie was at least being helpful with his statistics on the ice cream and providing her girlfriend with hope.

Andre drove which let Tori and Jade ride in the backseat, but neither of them seemed to care. Tori was so focused on this ice cream, and Jade was hoping it was there so they could put the ice cream in the past. Usually, they would have their hands on one another, but Tori was too anxious.

Arriving to the store, Tori quickly took off. Jade took off too not wanting her girlfriend to be alone if put in danger. They ran in and went straight to the freezer section. Tori grabbed the only Funky Nut Blast they had and slammed the ice cream and letter out.

Jade couldn't help but feel as desperate as her girlfriend. She wanted her girlfriend back, but the letter H appeared. She took a glance but didn't see anymore. This was the end of the road. Jade hated seeing her girlfriend slumped to the floor in defeat. She looked broken.

Cat pointed out the kid at the front eating the ice cream they needed. The friends quickly ran to him. Tori opened the conversation trying to buy the letter off him sounding kind and sweet as her girlfriend normally was.

It was amazing to see the S in the boy's hand. He agreed only if he came to the concert, and then wanted to kiss her girlfriend, Cat, and herself. It pissed Jade off a bit, but Tori and the girls agreed. Tori would pay later.

XxX

The concert was sweet. None of the friends would forget it especially meeting Kesha. It was amazing. The night was fun, and Tori and Jade even got to dance together without people noticing. They got out of kissing the boy and laugh at him rejecting Trina.

Once everyone had left, Jade stuck around to enjoy some time with Tori. Trina had left when the friends started cleaning up after Kesha left.

"So, it was a pretty fun night." Jade said trying to start a conversation.

Tori smiled. "Yeah, it was, and you know, I realized something." She paused to look at Jade. "I want to be with you. I don't want this hiding and only helping me because Beck is. I want a real girlfriend. One that I can actually greet in the hallways and receive a similar warm greeting. One that I could dance with tonight and kiss her in the moment instead of waiting for it to pass. I can't keep doing this hiding thing."

Fighting back tears and sadness, Jade kept her eyes on Tori. "So, we're done?"

"I don't want to end this, but I don't want to be hidden. I don't want you to act like you're not jealous when someone hits on me. I want to be the one you're holding hands with at school. I want to be kissing you against the lockers like we have to see every day. I want to be the one that you're so possessive over publicly instead of Beck because I'm your girlfriend. I want to be with you, Jade. I want there to be an us."

"You're right, Tori." Jade said walking to get her jacket.

Tori followed nervously behind Jade. She spoke up when Jade put on her jacket. "Then where are you going?"

"Home." Jade just needed to leave. She could cry in the car away from Tori Vega. Away from her heart.

"But what about us?"

"You're right. There never was an us. So, goodnight, Vega. Fun concert."

Jade walked out the door ignoring Tori's cry for her to wait. Jade couldn't stand there any longer. Her heart was already shattered, and Tori's eyes was making it worse. In the car, she quickly drove away before Tori got the idea to chase after her.

Once parked in her driveway, she quickly went to her room refusing to breakdown in front of her mom who was hopefully asleep. She threw herself into bed and let herself cry over her broken heart.

Tori Vega unknowingly had Jade's heart and accidentally threw it away like the ice cream.

A/N: Oh yeah, there's a breakup. Our girls are heartbroken. Will they find their way back to each other? Will Tori ever realize Jade was in love with her? I should probably sleep now…