Jade had dropped Tori at her house about a half an hour ago. Tori quickly hopped in the shower to wash away the sweat from her run and then hopped into bed, opting to shoot Jade a quick text.

Tori: thanks for driving me home tonight. My legs could not have handled another six miles. :{P

Jade: I don't know how they handled the first six miles. You're literally a twig. I'm surprised you didn't waste away.

Tori: hey, I'm not a twig! I've got curves!

Jade: it's called a joke, Vega. Learn how to take one.

Tori: :{(

Jade: What is that

Tori: sad face :{(

Jade: why that weird bracket in the middle

Tori: it's a mustache! Like Walter's ;{)

Jade: you're a dork

Tori: I think you mean I'm your dork

Jade: you can't see it but I'm rolling my eyes really hard right now

Tori: you better get used to my mustache emojis

Jade: I could also just stop reading and replying to your texts

Tori: No! :{(

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Tori: Jade? :{(

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Tori: Jaaaaaadeee :{(

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Tori: Jade!!!

Jade: from now on I will only respond to texts without mustache emojis

Tori: you're no fun

Jade: that's what they tell me. Now go get some sleep, Walter. And take some ibuprofen before you go to bed. Your legs are going to be on sore tomorrow.

Tori: I feel fine. But I will be passing out soon. Six miles is a lot.

Jade: not more than the 11 miles you walked to school that one day I convinced our I was going to murder you in the desert

Tori: ha ha, you're so funny

Jade: Goodnight Tori

Tori: hey you called me Tori!

Jade: technically no since this is a text conversation.

Tori: still counts!

Jade: grasping at straws, pathetic

Tori: shuddup

Jade: gladly. Night.

Tori: Goodnight :)

Tori: No mustache, as requested

Jade: thank god. See you tomorrow Walter.

Tori: until tomorrow, Nancy.

Tori smiled to herself, snuggling deeper into her covers. She yawned and her eyes began to close almost of their own volition. She knew she would be having good dreams tonight.

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The next morning Andre noticed Tori walking bow-legged into school.

"You just come from horseback riding practice?" He quirked an eyebrow at his best friend.

"What?" The joke sailed over Tori's head.

"You're walking funny." Andre explained.

Tori's brain finally processed. "Oh, well I went over to Jade's house last night and-"

"Whoa! Wait, I don't want to hear this!" Andre plugged his ears.

"Andre!" Tori pulled his fingers out of his ears. "I'm not walking funny cause- of that." She blushed. "I ran the six miles to Jade's house, and now my thighs feel like they on fire."

"I have a cream for that!" Robbie popped up seemingly out of nowhere.

Tori just blinked at him. "I'll pass for now, thanks."

"So, then you and Jade-"

Tori smiled. "We cleared things up."

Andre squinted at his best friend. "And by cleared things up you mean-"

Tori smiled as she opened up her locker, trading her books out.

"Oh so you really cleared things up." Andre smirked.

Tori rolled her eyes at him. "Must you make everything seem so dirty? We just talked, and kissed, and- it was good." She smiled.

Andre shook his head at her playfully. "You are so deep in it, chica."

"Deep in what?"

"In loooove." Andre sang.

"Shut up." Tori laughed.

"Wow, you don't even deny it."

"What did I tell you about the ibuprofen, Vega?" A voice trailed from behind them.

Tori turned to see Jade smirking at her.

As she approached, Tori felt her heart skip a beat. How did Jade manage to do this to her? Make her react like this?

Jade leaned next to Tori's locker and shot her a knowing glance. "How sore are you?"

Tori whimpered. "Everything is on fire."

"Hence why I told you to take pills. And yet as I recall you said you'd be fine."

"I'm not afraid to admit when I was wrong."

"Well that's good. Since you're wrong a lot."

"Huh. Weird." Tori pursed her lips.

"What?"

"I just thought you might be nicer to me now that we've kissed. Multiple times."

Jade stuck her tongue in her cheek and stared at Tori in half disbelief half- something else Jade could not comprehend right now.

Before she could reply though, Andre cut in. "And on that note, I'm heading to class. See y'all." He saluted to them both.

Jade watched him disappear around the corner, then turned back to see Tori smirking at her.

Jade rolled her eyes at the smug girl, and then had her own idea.

She leaned in quickly and captured Tori's lips with her own. Tori's surprise was apparent in the fact that she took a few seconds to kiss her back.

Just as quickly as she had started it, Jade broke their kiss. She gently wiped a bit of her black lipstick that had rubbed off on Tori's lips away with her thumb and smirked.

"Just cause I kiss you now, doesn't mean the teasing stops. In fact, it will probably get worse. In more ways than one."

Jade left her at that, turning on her heel and heading for class, reveling in the fact that Tori was still frozen in place.