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Chapter Four:

"So… I was wondering… Why did you choose me?" Jade asks through a mouthful of Chinese food, we are currently sitting in the living room watching the TV that my parents had given me. (As they were getting a new one)

"What do you mean?" I ask, as I wipe my mouth with a napkin. She takes a sip out of her soda can and sighs.

"To be your… fake fiance" She explains. I lean back in my seat and think it over carefully before replying.

"Well… after I lost my furniture, I kind of thought back to what you said at Cat's wedding… and how she was blatantly trying to set us up… I don't know… I just thought that it maybe might work" I mumbled a response, she nodded.

"Do you ever feel bad?" She wonders, in a low voice. I sigh. I constantly felt bad about deceiving my friends and family… but the more I thought about it the more I realized, you know this is a good idea and they'll never know that our relationship wasn't real. I mean people get divorced all the time and we'd only be adding to the statistic not creating a new one.

"Sometimes… but the way I see it, I've been going to weddings for years and I always buy a decent gift… I bought Cat & Robbie a really expensive blender… and considering I'm assuming that I'll never be married… for real, It'll be nice to you know… get something back…" I trailed off; she looked at me with a sad expression for a second.

"What makes you think you'll never be married for real?" She asks me, concern spread across her pale features.

"I don't know. I mean I used to picture getting married all the time as a kid… but given my failures in the relationship department so far… I doubt I'd ever get down the aisle" I admitted sadly.

"Are you kidding?" She asked, shocked. I shook my head and she placed a hand on my shoulder. "Anyone would be crazy not to want to marry you! I mean you are really pretty and kind-hearted… At least you're not a screw up like me!" She says, looking sad at the last part of her sentence.

"Jade! You are not a screw up… You may have made some risky decisions and you may have landed yourself in debt…" I start but she interrupts me.

"Whoa there, Vega… way to make a girl feel better" She spits out sarcastically, I roll my eyes.

"Let me finish, Jade!" I order, she nods and I continue from where I left of;

"Although you landed yourself in debt at least you're now doing something about it… Everyone gets addicted to things every now and again and you just let your addiction get the better of you but now you're getting help for your problem… you've been working at that restaurant as a waitress to rake in a few extra money… and you're writing again… going to auditions… You may not be back on your feet just yet but at least you are getting there! So no, you are not a screw up!" I tell her, she smiles a little.

"Okay, thanks for the inspiration speech Vega!" She says.

"You're welcome" I reply, letting a smile creep along my face. Sometimes I forgot that Jade and I weren't really friends or that we don't usually tolerate each other and it was in those moments that I felt slightly content and maybe even happy. Jade would do or say something and I'd find myself smiling for no apparent reason, like right now when as she sat next to me casually eating her food, managing to not get any of it on her clothes. It sounded silly but she was just so… flawless in that sense.

It's not like I'm saying I think Jade's perfect because I know that she is definitely not that. Nobody is ever perfect but Jade managed to bring out a whole new side of me and I didn't quite know what it was… Maybe that's why I choose her?

I might've chosen her on the off chance that we might get to know each other better and… No, Tori! Don't think like that! I mentally kicked myself for thinking or almost thinking about Jade in such a way that I shouldn't.

"So… um… you said Cat called the other night?" Jade asked, I looked up to see her wiping her lips with a napkin… I smiled, I did it again! Why?

"Yeah, she wants to go on a double date when she and Robbie get back from their steamy holiday in Prague…" I say Jade chuckles.

"Steamy?" Jade questions me with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, well I assume since its steamy… it is their honeymoon after all…" I trail off.

"Tori… I do not need to picture my friends 'doing it' in their hotel room!" She says, I chuckle at her statement.

"Consider it payback for what you said at the coffee shop the other day… and you know what you nearly insinuated at my parents' house last night" I say, she rolls her eyes.

"How was work?" I ask Jade when she get's back from her waitress job, she hangs her coat up on the back of the sofa and sighs.

"Exhausting!" She complains.

"Well.. You can't go to bed just yet... you've got a meeting in half an hour" I remind her, she sighs a long and heavy sigh.

"Do I have to go to this thing?" She asks, clearly disappointed that she has to go.

"Yeah, and I'm coming with!" I inform her, she rolls her eyes.

"To make sure I actually go?" She accuses me.

"Well yes and no... I have to go and show you moral support... we are supposed to be in a relationship, aren't we?!" I say.

"I suppose" She sighs, and picks up her coat again.

"Don't you wanna change out of your uniform?" I ask.

"Nah... Let's go!" She says.

"See, that wasn't so bad... now was it, Jade?" I ask as the meeting comes to an end.

"Don't patronize me, Vega!" She warns, with a glare.

"Sorry, I'm just saying... it's not all bad..." I trail of, giving her a weak smile.

"Fine, it wasn't that bad. Happy?" She asks, I nod to which she just rolls her eyes.

"Yes... so... shall e get going?" I ask, she nods and we head outside to her car.

"You know, you're going to have to learn to drive at some point!" Jade tells me when we reach where her car is parked.

"I know... I just haven't got round to it yet" I say, as I sink into the passengers seat.

"Want me to teach you?" She offers, as she gets in her side. I look at her and smile.

"Wow, you're actually being pleasant to me!" I say, my eyes wide in shock.

"Yeah, whatever" She mutters as she turns the key in the car.

"Jade! I think it's time?" I say it as more of a question and she turns to me full of confusion.

"Time for what?" she asks.

"Time for us to finally be fake engaged!" I explain.

"What do you have in mind?" She wonders.

"Well... Cat get's back tonight... so tomorrow... we could all go somewhere and I'll ask you to marry me" I say.

"Let's not to the proposal in front of everyone else... I mean it's not real... so we'll just get a ring and tell everyone that we're engaged" She suggests.

"If you wish" I say.

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