Another day, another chapter. Please refer to chapter one for the disclaimer.

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The very next day, the day after meeting Jax, Trina would get her first look at Maddy. It was accidental, while on line looking up her new potential boyfriend to see what she could find out about one self styled Jax F!. 'God, the girls would be so jealous, me and a model.' That thought made her smirk. 'Then maybe everyone would see what a wonder I really am.' However, as she was scrolling through the on line images, she found that there were several pictures where he was with a tall, statuesque blond. Actually, there were a multitude of tall blonds, but always seen one at a time, and most weren't that busty. Only one statuesque blond, however, was tagged as his girlfriend, and she was just as stacked as Jade had implied. That girl in the picture was tagged Madeline Fairchild, who in the caption was listed as both his girlfriend, and a model. Knowing she'd regret it, and that Jade had probably already done this research, Trina opened the various links about the young blond Beck was now dating.

The first thing Trina learned, from the various articles, as well as the girl's Wikipedia page, was that Maddy was a teen model who was retiring to go to collage, despite only being seventeen. One article went into more details, saying she'd graduated early, thanks to dedicated tutors and hard work. Trina knew it was possible, if the person was willing to take the extra units. 'She's smart, but not overwhelmingly so. And from what I can gleam from these articles, she seems nice enough. Also, she used to date Jax, for, whats it say there….? Maybe three and a half months. At our age, that's not that surprising. Course, from the way he was carrying on, I'd assumed they were like Beck and Jade.' her smile broadened for a moment. 'Lots of drama while everyone assumed they were the it couple. That, and jax made it sound like they'd been together a whole lot longer. So...'

Then, drawn by a strange curiosity about this gorgeous girl, she decided to check into Maddy's background, meaning her family, the Fairchild's. It was an easy enough search, since many of the articles made mention of the family, and had links she could follow. Turned out the Fairchild's were rich, owners of several holdings, including Fairchild's industries. Trina could tell, just from reading between the lines, that Maddy and her brother were being groomed to take over running the investment slash management firm her father built, or maybe inherited, Trina didn't know, while the articles were vague on the specifics. 'Her mom was a model too. Guessing that's how her dad chose her, huh? What is it about rich men and models?' Trina gave a big sigh. 'Jax must have looked great on paper. Wonder why they broke up?' Not satisfied with being curious, and knowing she could at least look, Trina decided to find out the reasons.

It took Trina all of three phone calls to get her answer. The third person she called, Sinjin, had the most likely reason. The lanky boy told her that Jax had one major problem, which that was his double standard. Jax, according to Sinjin's sources, believed his girlfriend should be totally loyal, but that guys had a genetic need to spread their seed as much as possible. It kinda sounded to Trina like Sinjin was down with that logic, even as the nerdy boy avoided speculating in favor of telling the Latina the facts.

Trina called Sinjin back on a land line just to hang up hard on the boy, hard. Even that release wasn't enough for her, and she contemplated throwing the phone out the window. Instead, she settled for just slamming it down several more times. When that didn't calm her rage, she headed down to the exercise room they had next to their garage, to strike the heavy bag her dad had hanging there, just to let out steam. 'Probably was my turn to have a player ask me out. I mean, Tori can't have all the users, can she?' She thought as she continued to slam the heavy bag. It took her a while to exhaust herself, all while she contemplated how to spin her interactions with Jax F!

The next day, as Trina was heading out to the asphalt cafe, intent on seeing if Tori wanted to grab lunch, or if the younger girl was planning on getting her nutritional needs met by sucking them out of Jade's mouth, Trina saw the tall blond girl, live and in person, for the first time. "Trina, want company?" Jade asked, intercepting Trina before pulling the older girl to a nearby table.

"You didn't have to do that." Trina said. "I'm not gonna mess her up. I just wanted..."

Jade sighed. "Look, let him go." She instructed the Latina. "Even if he wasn't dating miss fantasy over there, it's gonna take a lot of work, and a long, long time, before he sees you as anything other then that desperate girl trying to win a boy who is so obviously out of her league."

"I'll have you know, last night, I ran into a model, and he asked me out." Trina growled.

"Good for you." Jade said, showing a totally different reaction then the older girl expected. "Underplay your desperation, and you may do fine. Just, lets hope he's a better man then Maddy's ex. That guy was a player."

"She told you about him?" Trina asked, now curious about Maddy's side of the story. 'Couldn't hurt to know from the horses mouth what Jax did to cause them to break up.'

"No, I'm still not comfortable sitting near her." Jade replied. "And Beck says I have to give Tori my scissors before I'm allowed to sit down at 'Their table'. Sheesh, one little offer to cut her hair, and suddenly he's worried I might do something rash."

"There are literally too may ways to go from here." Trina commented. "So your exiled?"

"Self exiled." Jade told her. "I can sit with them any time I want. I just have to give up my only means of protection from the cold, cruel world."

"I've seen you punch out a Buick." Trina told the pale girl.

"And no one is supposed to know about that." Jade shot back. "They're just supposed to think it, believe it's true. Just, no one is supposed to know, one way or the other, cause that uncertainty, it makes them even more nervous...' She smiled a distinctively predatory smile, only to let if fade into a more genuine, friendly one. "Now, I suppose I could go sit with miss beach bunny, but I'm gonna need another day or so to be sure she's not gonna try and take anything else from me."

"A, you and Beck broke up." Trina pointed out. "I mean, aren't you with my sister now?" She gave a seconds pause for an answer, then pushed forward. "And B, why is she here? Didn't she already graduate?"

"She waiting for delayed entrance into UCLA." Jade replied.

"Guessing you didn't rely on her Wikipedia page to know that." Trina quipped.

"Why not, that's on it." Jade said back. "But yea, I got the update straight from the studs mouth."

"So you and Beck are getting along?" Trina was looking for confirmation now.

"You already knew that." Jade said. "But yea, Beck was worried about what I might do. I'll admit, I did, and do, have my reservations. You remember what I said about impossibly hot guys?"

"No, cause I think you told Tori." Trina stated.

"Anyone that good looking is probably hiding something." Jade said.

"So? Your about as good looking as her." Trina said. "What are you hiding."

Jade opened her mouth to speak, and found she didn't have a comeback. Half a moment passed with her trying to find anything to say, but she lacked even an idea of what direction she wanted to go, denial or confirmation.

Trina, feeling merciful, let her off the hook. "It's okay, I'm pretty sure I know some of your secrets. Enough to understand why you might be single at any one time." The older girl could feel the glare focusing on her. "I mean, it must be so hard, being a perfectionist."

"Nice save." Jade admitted.

They could feel the tension departing as they found themselves relaxing into one anothers company. The two were even find a comfortable rhythm, knowing when to speak and how to react so as to keep everything honest, but not insulting. At the same time, each girl was watching the other as they tried to decide what to say to each other next, what to talk about now. That's when a shadow slid onto the table. Instantly they were alerted to the presence of a new person, someone who'd approached while they were talking, focused on each other. "What do you want?" Jade snapped, and the tall blond took half a step back.

Despite that, and the obvious fear she was now showing, Maddy stood her ground, as much as she could. "Um, Jade, Hi... I was wondering if… no, starting over." She gave a soft gulp. "Um, I'm hanging out with the guys, your guys, um, your friends. Anyways, we're planning on hanging out at Tori's house after school, and I'd really love it if you could be there." She shifted from one foot to the next nervously. "I mean, for three years, you've been one of the most important people in Beck's life, and I really wanna get to know you." Her nervous smile showed real concern, as well as the beginnings of the fear almost everyone felt for the pale girl.

Jade opened her mouth to speak, but Trina knew, just by the look the pale girl was giving Maddy, what she said next wasn't gonna be helpful. "Not as..." Jade started.

"HI!" Trina all but yelled. "I'M Trina." Her volume dropped, even as Jade looked at her with dark intentions. "Tori's older sister. I'm probably gonna be there too, since I live there, so I, er, you'll probably see me, and, er... Oh, yea, I kinda ran into your ex, Jax, while jogging last night." Inside, however, she noted 'Her eyes, are they violet?'

"You ran into Jax?" Maddy asked, looking like she needed to sit down. "You live in the same general neighborhood as Beck, right?" She looked more freaked out then nervous now. "What do you suppose he was doing up in the hills?" The innocence either screamed of a front, or a dangerous level of denial.

"Look, he has no idea where Beck lives, and I intend to keep it that way." Trina wanted intel, so calming the tall, gorgeous woman took president. "But I was wondering, the press seem to think it was the cheating, but maybe you have your own side of the story? I'm only asking cause he asked me out, and I'm thinking about it."

Maddy looked at Trina, and it was like she was seeing the older girl for the first time. "You could do worse." She said. "Hell, I did. But yea, he cheated, cause he's a teenage boy in a world full of beautiful women, and he likes to have his ego stroked. And as for why we broke up, I'll make you a deal. Talk this one into a girls night, and you'll all get the full story." A head nod in Jade's direction left no doubt who Maddy wanted at the gathering.

"Done." Trina said, holding out her hand. Out of the side of her eye, she'd been watching Jade, sure that some snide comment was coming in retaliation for being called "This One."

Jade was listening in with rapt attention, like she might get something she could use against someone from their conversation. "It's nice when we can find common ground." She said, but softly enough to catch the rest of the other girls conversation.

Maddy took Trina's offered hand and they shook. "So, Trina, that's short for Katrina, right?" She waited long enough for a quick nod. "Anyways, I was just gonna comment on that strong grip you have, but man your hands are soft. You use lotion?"

"Yep." Trina replied. "I'd tell you, but Lane, Mister Alexander, he's like totally into lotions, and he and I don't agree on this particular brand."

"So your not telling me because your worried that the guidance counselor will overhear?" Maddy questioned.

"I really don't wanna have that argument with him again." Trina explained to the blond. "He's a good guy, and he wants us to feel like he's helping, so sometimes he goes a bit overboard. Like the lotion. It's just, on my skin, this lotion does wonders. Hell, you can't even tell I practice Kempo."

"Wow." Maddy said. "You fight?"

"More for physical fitness, but there's something to be said about knowing how to hurt people." Trina told her. "I also box a bit." Her eyes glanced to her side. "And Jade here is freakishly strong, and has been learning how to fight. Not sure of her style yet."

Jade sighed. "I kinda picked stuff up, learned it alone the way in stage fighting, that kind of chiz."

"Sam's teaching you, isn't she?" Trina asked.

"Lots of wrestling, for some reason." Jade said as a way to confirm. "I'm learning how to better defend myself. Plus, I have a talent with weapons. My mom, she dated this guy, does special research for the movies. He said I was the kind he could teach how to make almost anything a weapon. He taught me some tricks, then made me promise not to become a professional assassin. I told him I was gonna be an actress, maybe a director. Whatever, it doesn't matter, cause I'm gonna be famous."

Maddy smiled. "So glad we're gonna be friends." She splurted. "And Trina, Jax isn't a bad guy, just immature. Modeling happens kinda fast for those who make it, and it's usually over before you know it. Many people have to grow up fast, cause otherwise, their eaten alive. Jax just needs to realize that sex can make or ruin a relationship. Of course, in that he's hardly alone. There are a lot of people out there who fall into sex as a way of dealing with the stress. It's just one way, and not the worst. Drugs are. The worst. Lots of drugs in the world, in that environment. Pills to calm you down, or help with the weight. Now they're on steroids that help burn fat, and who knows what other things they do to keep their bodies fit and trim and looking like the clients want." Maddy sounded like she was being dragged along by a point that had already been made, yet she also wanted to be clear about. A momentary pause let her escape. "Point is, their under a lot of stress, and Jax could use a good woman to help him grow up. Hell, I just wish I'd never slept with him, cause he's a good friend, and now we've lost that. It's one of the reasons I'm so desperately trying to be friends with Jade here, no matter how scary she may be. I envy people who can have that kind of relationship with their ex's."

"Guess we'll see you at my place." Trina said. Both she and Jade needed a little space, because things got a little heavy there for a moment, and they all needed process what had been said.

"Great, see you then." Maddy said before rushing off to sit next to Beck.

"Gonna be a long night." Jade moaned.

"Shut it." Trina warned. "We both know, this is for the best. Tori and Beck are really good friends, and that means you and I both deal with Maddy, for as long as their going out."

"Whatever." Jade snapped, and they both knew that was the end of it, for now.

That day Trina was anxious to get home, even if she had no idea what would be waiting for her once the show began. 'Maybe it'll be a train wreck, maybe not. Lordy knows, Jade needs to let Beck go, cause she has Tori. And I should follow that advice, cause I'm not Maddy. I'm pretty, but damn, big tits, tight ass, girl is hot.'

As an added complication to her strangely anticipated plans, Tori insisted Trina take her home that day. It was the first time in over a week that Trina drove her sister home. 'Jade usually drives her home, so they can stop along the way, maybe flirt, or grab something, or whatever cutesy things they may do. But hay, I get it. Neither of them is ready to call their whatever anything, so why let anyone know before they figure it out.' Trina sighed. "So, Maddy seems nice."

"She is." Tori replied. "She's super sweet, and thoughtful, and caring, and god it drives me nuts." The younger sisters voice emphasized her frustration at the end.

"I thought you liked her." Trina said, keeping the mocking at the edge of her own voice.

"Oh, I do, I really do. I think she's a wonderful girl, and I hate that someone like her exists. Scratch that, I hate that I can't just hate her." Tori's eyes now stared holes into the floor of Trina's car. "I mean… God, I sound so shallow. It's just, look at her. I feel bad, cause I wanted a reason to hate her. Boys wanna be with her, she's rich, she's worked as a model, and she's blond,. You know how I envy the way guys treat blonds..." Brown eyes were now locked on her sister. "She has, like, every advantage, every reason to be mean, and she isn't. Not one attempt to lord her wealth, her looks, those tits, anything, over our heads."

"If she stands close enough to Cat, her tits may well be over Cat's head." Trina joked.

"This isn't funny." Tori snapped. "I feel horrible, cause I wanna hate her, and there simply isn't a good reason too. I'm the bad guy here." She almost whimpered

"Have you told her that?" Trina asked. "Maybe you've told her about how much you envy blonds, or girls with big knockers, or maybe her unbelievable eyes? Let her know how jealous you are?" She didn't wait for an answer. "No, of course you haven't, cause you're a good person. Everyone has something, someone, their jealous of. I like to remind myself of that so I don't walk over the little people too much. But still, I totally get it. She is a threat, cause she's what television and magazines say every guy should want. The last thing any of us really wanted was for her to be real."

"Okay, that sounds like it has a story behind it." Tori said, smiling.

"Aww, we're home now." Trina fake moaned. "Guess we'll have to continue this another time."

"No, you owe me a story." Tori pushed as they slipped out of the car and started towards the house.

Trina sighed. "Okay, you know how dad gets those box sets as gifts from the guys at the station?" Tirna waited for her sister to nod. "Okay, Ally McBeal, first season, they had a story run where the girl delivering the water was hot, and the guys all watched her bring the water bottles in. At one point, one of the guys even says he never wanted to hear her talk, cause it'd ruin the fantasy. The girl being ogled, she was played by Brooke Burns." Trina raised her eyebrow, letting Tori know she was done.

"Okay, so guys are pigs." Tori said. "At least in that show."

"No, thats the point." Trina shot back. "Shows like that, they rely on a kernel of truth to make the humor more poignant. Even though that girl was seen as a fantasy, there are guys out there who want that. I think, maybe, it's part of the draw of anonymous sex. The girl, or guy, you were with could be anyone, so you draw in the details. Never mind you probably just helped someone cheat."

"Is this a conversation I wanna know about?' Holly, their mother, asked.

"Probably not." Tori sighed. "Mom, Trina was just explaining to me why I'm not a bad person for wanting to hate Beck's new girlfriend, just because she's super hot, she's worked as a model, and her family is like really rich."

"Sounds like some pretty good reasons to dislike someone." Holly said, as she continued doing whatever it was she was doing on her phone. "I take it she wasn't what you expected?" The mothers eyes never left the phone.

"She's super sweet, and kind, and she's fun to be around." Tori started explaining.

"Is there a chance you might be dating her?" Holly asked. "Not that I'm against Jade, but if you can have a sweet, kind, rich girl over a dark, brooding terror like Jade..."

"No, I kinda have feelings for Jade." Tori said.

"And Maddy's dating Beck." Trina added. "Wait, you admitted having feelings for Jade? That's great! That means you two can stop hiding your relationship and go public."

"Not just yet." Tori said. "I made her promise not to say anything about it until after the hundred day kiss, assuming we even last that long."

"Sounds like you both need to..." Trina started.

"MOM!" Tori screeched, cutting off her sister as the younger girl realized something. "What gave it away? Me and Jade, I mean? Was it the way we were when she came over? Did we accidentally hold hands? Maybe it was the way we laugh together now that we're trying to figure out just what we are?"

"Honestly?" Holly asked, but her child wasn't backing down. "I thought you two'd been dating for months."

"Wow." Trina uttered, trying to figure out just what her mother knew that she didn't.

"Trina, thanks for the advice." Tori said a touch too quickly. "Now lets get ready, cause I'm amazed the others aren't already here." It sounded like she was done with that line of conversation, and wanted to move on to just about any other. Moments later, the young Latina had dashed up the stairs to change, and escape any new revelations her mother may be sitting on.

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Thanks to everyone who's read and reviewed so far. Hope you continue to enjoy.

Well, what'd ya think of Maddy? Enough of a fantasy? What about Tori's feelings? It's natural enough to feel jealous sometimes, but it may be new for Tori to accept she feels that way. And how about when she found out her parents, or mothers, opinion of her dating Jade? Maybe others could have done it in half the words, but I like the feel of how everyone communicated.

And maybe Jade punched out a Buick, maybe that's just PR, we'll never know..

Reviews welcome.