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Cat arrived at the restaurant before Tori and watched all the people go by. She was startled when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey Cat! Thank you so much for coming and meeting me. I just have a lot on my mind" She stared into the bubbly red head's deep brown eyes as they looked back into hers.
"Of course I would come. You are my friend and your voice sounded urgent. So what do you need to talk about" Cat watched as Tori chose her words on how to say what she was feeling.
"Well I had literally ran into this girl a couple of days ago and I could not get her off of my mind. Then it turns out that she started working with me today. Also I think I might have a small crush on her, but her eyes push me away, but maybe that is because I knocked her over, and I just do not know what to do and…" Tori finally gasped for air realizing she hadn't breathed since she sat down.
"Okay calm down. Now what do you know about this girl. Is that the only time you have met. Does it seem like she likes you too or is she too distant to tell and what is her name?" Cat really wanted to find out so she could find out everything about Tori's crush.
"I am not telling you her name. I have known you only a year, but that is enough to not trust you with personal information. I only now that she is a new teacher at the school, and she teaches the same subject as me. I wish I could know if she liked me, but like I told you she just pushes me away with those beautiful icy blue- green eyes" Tori was lost in thought thinking about Jade and how she wished she could know more about her than just her name.
"Tori, can you describe her some more to see if I know her. Please!" Cat looked at Tori with her brown puppy dog eyes and a face like a five year old that she wore when she wanted something.
"No Cat I do not want you to know a lot about her because you will go and stalk her" Cat looked sad and it took all of Tori's restraint to not give in.
"Well thanks for coming and talking to me, but I have to go back to work. We should hang out more. I will talk to you later. Bye." Tori left the restaurant and walked back into the school hoping Jade would be in the hallways.
Disappointed when she did not find Jade she walked back to her classroom and tried to forget about the raven haired girl or her piercing blue eyes.
Later that day, Jade tried to leave the school as fast as she could to avoid Tori and her happy, inviting smile. After the accident Jade was never the same. She pushed everyone away except Cat because she did not want them to be close enough for her to feel the same way she felt about Beck if she ever lost them, and she knew that tomorrow was the day she had dreaded for the past few years.
She woke up in the morning to her alarm screaming. She had had a dream about him again, about the night that he died. She had tried to put the thought out of her mind, but it always crept up on her replaying the crash and his blood gushing from his body.
She did not want to go to work today. She did not want to get out of bed. She did not want to be alive without him. She did not believe the things they say about how the dead watching down on the living. In fact she found it down right creepy the thought of them watching you shower, or even watching you sleep.
She knew she had to go to work because it was only her second day and she could not get a sub anyway. She just did not want to have to face the perky red head or the cheerful brunette. She just wanted this day to be over and the memories to go away.
"Hey Babe. Happy 2nd Anniversary. So tonight we have dinner reservations for eight, but for the rest of the day we can do whatever we want because I took the day off and I made sure you would not have to work today" his brown eyes looked into hers and made her melt.
"Well I have these tickets for a certain race today that I thought we might use if that is okay with you" his face lit up.
"You bought me tickets, but it was sold out in minutes. How did you…" I cut him off.
"Let's just say I have friends in high places" I gave him my smirk and we got ready, but before I could walk away he grabbed my arm and pulled me in for a kiss.
"Please just let this day be over" she screamed as she finally got out of bed and got ready for the day she hated most.
Cat knew what day it was and knew how Jade was feeling, but also knew that Jade would not benefit from her comforting. She had tried to call dozens of times, but Jade would not pick up because she did not want to talk to her and hear her voice that was filled with pity.
Jade walked into the school trying to avoid everyone. Tori saw her walk in and jumped at the chance to talk to her. She saw Jade go into the janitor's closet and she noticed the pain apparent on her face.
"Jade are you okay?" She was greeted by a small body curled up on the floor shaking from crying.
"Just leave me alone I am not in the mood to talk to anyone especially Miss Peppy over here" her voice was laced with bitterness, but Tori could not leave her there.
"Are you sure you do not want to talk about why you are laying in a janitor's closet in a ball crying your eyes out" she did not want to push the subject she just felt the need to comfort her.
"No just leave me alone in here okay and go take your happiness somewhere else" she did not want to be mean, but she just needed some time by herself if she was ever going to make it through the day.
"Okay, well if you ever need to talk I am here" Tori was about to leave when she heard a small 'thank you'. She smiled as she went out the door, but felt bad she could not comfort her or get anything else out of the mysterious raven haired woman.
Jade finally got the strength to stop crying and go to her classroom. Her students did not bother her and her day went by fast after that. Then once school let out she was about to leave when a familiar head shone through the door.