Jade's POV

Tori's sitting on top of me now, looking smug as ever. She think's she's got me all figured out since she's found out how to be friends with me huh? Well I'll show her. I grab the back of her neck and pull her down for a soft kiss. She definitely wasn't expecting that, judging by the way she froze when our lips touched. Perfect. Glad to know I can still catch her off guard, one way or another. She hasn't pushed me away yet so I guess she doesn't have a problem with me kissing her, so I move my lips slightly and press harder against her. That must have set something off in her as she starts to respond to the kiss, moving her lips together with mine and wow, I did not think that kissing her would be this nice. Her lips are so sweet, so smooth and so soft, more so than any of the other boys or girls that I've kissed, and that's saying a lot, considering that Cat and I were once an item. God, how does one taste this heavenly the first thing in the morning. You know, most people would taste like dead fish before washing up but nope, not Vega. She tastes like strawberries with a hint of vanilla, and I'm quickly getting addicted to the taste. I trail kisses along her jaw to the back of her ear and I manage to get a moan out her.

"Oh god, Jade...what are we doing?" she manages to breathe out in between moans.

"Just two friends, having a bit of fun," I whisper in her ear before tugging lightly on her earlobe and then going back to those sweet lips of hers. I swipe my tongue across her lips, asking for entrance which she doesn't grant me, detaching her lips from mine and rolling her body off me instead.

"I'm single, you're single, what's wrong? Or are you not single and you've just been hiding it from everyone?" I turn to her and say with a slight huff. I really want to get my mack on but Vega's being a real downer right now.

"No Jade, I can't just casually make out with you and be okay with it. Regular friends don't make out with each other and you know that." She says while scrunching up her face a little, like how she does when she says something she doesn't want to. Usually, I find that face kind of endearing but now, it's just getting on my nerves.

"Fine Vega, have it your way." I mutter as I get off the bed and enter my bathroom, slamming the door behind me.

I get a cold shower running to get my body temperature back under control.

"We could be having so much fun out there, but no, prissy little Vega just couldn't handle a simple make out without throwing feelings into the mix." I think to myself as I step inside.

Tori's POV

I watched as Jade stormed into the bathroom and slammed the door behind her. Good job Tori, you just couldn't control your mouth, literally and figuratively, and now you've pushed her away. You've done so well getting her to be friends with you and then you go piss her off, good luck trying to be her friend now.

It's not that I don't want to kiss Jade, I do. I really, really do. I'll admit that when I first came to Hollywood Arts, I was completely entranced by her beauty, her silky black hair and coloured extensions, her flawless pale skin, and those deep, mysterious eyes, I was hooked. Of course, the then proceeded to yell at me for rubbing her boyfriend, and then the idiot in me I had to go and kiss him the very next day, and with the way she treated me subsequently, I'd thought I'd lost all chances of ever being her friend, much less anything more than that, and now she's confirmed that she doesn't want to be anything more than make out and maybe sex buddies. It tugs at my heart, that she doesn't want me the way I want her.

I sigh and retrieve Jade's laptop from her desk, bringing it back to the bed. I open it and the page that's on screen is Jade's slap page.

Had a surprisingly fun night, hope there'll be more to come...
Feeling: Contented

Yeah...not so sure she still wants to hang out with me now. I minimize the slap window and open up the document with the script for our play. I make a few edits here and there and print out 2 copies, highlighting one part on each copy. By the time I'm done with that, Jade's already done with her shower and is sitting at her dresser, towel drying her hair. She's been watching me work from her mirror, and it's starting to make me uncomfortable. My eyes meet hers in the mirror, and she opens her mouth as if she wants to say something, but no words come out. I patiently wait as she gathers her words and thoughts, and finally she gets up from her dresser chair and comes over and sits at the edge of her bed.

"I...I'm sorry Tori." Hold up. Jade West is apologizing? To me of all people? Bring on the apocalypse. "I shouldn't have gotten mad at you like that. You're right, friends don't just make out with each other, and I guess we're friends now so..." she says softly and looks up at me hopefully. Wait. Does she think that I'm gonna stop being her friend just because she kissed me? Gosh, does she really think the means that little to me, that I would just give up her friendship like that?

I scoot over to her and wrap my arms around her. Man, I've been waiting for the day when I can give Jade a hug without being threatened with death by sharp metal shears.

"Of course I'm your friend Jade, I'll always be your friend," I whisper while running my hands up and down her back soothingly.

"You sure? You know I have some issues, you got a glimpse of it last night. You sure you wanna stick around for that?"

"Always," I say with conviction and kiss her temple lightly to emphasize my decision.

"Okay, okay, enough with the sappy moment, before one of us grows another vagina or explodes from too much endorphins." Jade grinned and patted my back. Of course she couldn't resist breaking up a nice moment, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Jade's POV

It's a new feeling, to have someone say they want to be your friend and truly mean it. The only true friend I've ever had is Cat. Beck doesn't count, we were never really friends, he was more of my fuck buddy and personal punching bag. All my other "friends" have irony her abandoned me because they think I'm too difficult, or just pretend to be my friend because they're scared to do otherwise. So as nice as it is to have Tori promise to be my friend, I can't help but think she's gonna end up running away sooner or later, especially when she finds out about the whole deal with my family...little miss innocent probably won't be able to handle that much fuck up.

I pat her back and pull away from the hug, destroying the mushy moment we were having along the way. Just because I'm her friend now doesn't mean I'm not gonna tease her relentlessly anymore, I wouldn't quite be Jade West if I didn't now, would I?

"Come on, let's get to work. There's some stuff I need to do in the evening." I say to her as I pick up the script with my parts highlighted and stand at a mark.

We spent the entire afternoon rehearsing and perfecting our play, just in time too. Tori's mom called and said she wanted her back home for dinner, and I offered to drive her home since she got a lift to my house on Friday from Trina and that wazzbag of a sister probably wouldn't be bothered to take her home, so here we are, stopped on the road in front of her drive way.

"So...thanks for the sleepover and stuff. I had a lot of fun," she says, looking down shyly.

"Yeah, fun times Vega. We'll kill it in class tomorrow yeah?"

Tori's lips quirk up a little as she continues staring down at her lap. Where's all this timidness coming from suddenly?

Suddenly, she leans over and kisses the edge of my mouth and whispers a soft "Yeah, we'll kill it," in my ear, before hopping out of my car and running into her house.

Goddamnit Tori. I need you to stop playing around with me. You can't do this to me.

I whip out my phone and quickly type out and send a text.

To: Cat
Hey kitty, can I come over? Need to talk.
x J

I sit there, waiting for a while for Cat to reply. As expected, my phone buzzes about a minute later.

From: Cat
Sure, come straight in. Door's unlocked.
x C

Well. That's it for now. Tori and Jade ain't gonna happen that quickly. Like I said, I think it's unrealistic.

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