Jaded Ways
Chapter 2
A/N: sorry for not finishing the last chapter and kind of cutting it off like that. I got tired when writing this and decided to go to sleep. I planned on finishing it in a few days, but after seeing that people are actually reading it, I decided to continue from where I left off earlier than planned, since it's not fair to leave it off where I did. This one's a bit long though so I suppose that was a good stopping point.
As Jade and Beck quietly walk over to the Guitars, Beck decides to break the silence Jade loves so much, well at times anyway. Sometimes she hates silence and uses music to drown out thought. "So, what exactly was that back there?" Beck asks in a serious yet hesitant tone. "I don't know what you're talking about." Jade answers in a dead serious non-taunting way with the scowl on her face sharpening. Beck gets a bit irritated by this. "Jade you do to know what I'm talking about. Why were you acting that way with Cat?" He asks, this time with irritation rather than hesitancy. "Look Beck, I don't want to talk about this with you right now. Just shut up and keep walking." Jade states in an aggravated tone.
At hearing this, Beck stops abruptly right in front of her and turns around to look down at her. "Jade you can't keep doing this. You know she likes you. If you keep doing this she'll get the wrong message." At hearing this Jades face turns to rage as she glares up at Beck clenching her teeth. "And what message would that be, Beck?" She angrily asks in a hushed tone with her jaw still clenched. Even though Beck knows not to get on Jades bad side, this is an important matter which he can't avoid. "That you have feelings for her." Beck states in all seriousness.
He stands firm holding her gaze, even while all the instincts in his body are telling him to shut up and run away. At this point Jades eyes are on fire as if hells gates can be seen distantly in her pupils. Jades fists are clinched so tight, that her finger nails have pierced her skin causing blood to drip down her hand. At seeing Jades rage in her body language, he flinches and takes a step back, afraid she may lose it at any moment. "You KNOW I have feelings for her Beck. Like I know that I can't be with her even if every fiber of my being desires it. I also know that when I'm around her I become someone completely different. She makes me act and feel in ways I never have or would have. I can't help it when I'm near her. I lose control. This is exactly the reason I can't be with her. The only reason that Vega bitch is still alive is because of Cat. If it weren't for her I would have ripped her ugly troll head off her flakey shoulders while I danced in a fountain of her blood. But whether I like it or not, I just can't. It's like Cat has this hold over me. And I can't break free." She practically screams at him in a hushed tone. If that makes any sense.
"Jade…I…" Beck begins in a quiet voice with shock and sadness covering his face. "Don't. Just forget it. Like I said before, I don't want to talk about any of this. It just kind of slipped out." She states quietly with a distant, hurt expression on her face.
The two continue to walk towards the guitars in silence. Once they get there, they pretend to be fine as to not alert anyone of their current mood while they check out the guitars. Jade finds a particular electric guitar she likes.
It's black with blood red lining and drops that appear to be falling down the side as if it were raining blood droplets while the guitar were standing vertically, the guitar's body being in the shape of a skull and cross bones with the neck in the shape of a sword piercing the skull, and the head in the shape of a handle/hilt and the tuners connected to the head shaped like little black blades stained at the end with blood sticking out of the swords handle so that your fingers go between each little blade whilst you hold it. The little bolts that hold the strings on the head look like little blood red skulls with black eyes and mouth aligned so that if it were a sword handle your fingers would align between the skulls and blades on the handle while you held it.
On the body of the guitar, there is a design etched in so it looks like it really is a skull and cross bones with eyes and a mouth. The lining is all blood red while the surface is pure black. The mouth has black dagger like teeth stained on the ends with blood, with blood dripping out the bottom of the skulls mouth. The eyes have little gates sketched in the center where the pupil would usually be to look like the gates of hell connecting from the top to bottom of the eye, taking up a good one third of the eye. The gates are various shades of black and reds, while the surface of the eye is just red with the eyes outlined in red. On the bottom of each eye a single blood red tear drop hangs on the surface, yet to drop, with two tear drops a few centimeters below, the middle being a bit to the left or right, depending on which eye its coming from. The middle tear drop would appear to be on the inside if you were to look at it, with the bottom tear drop directly aligned with the one attached to the eye. The ends of the bones have blood stained on them and dripping down a bit of the bones length.
All the other knobs and bolts on the body of the guitar are black with blood red dripping down the sides a bit. Even the strings and the frets of the neck are all blood red. The guitar comes with a custom case in the shape of a coffin. But instead of a cross it has a sword on it. The case is black on the main surface and it looks like blood was dropped on the surface of the coffin staining it blood red and dripping down the sides. Little bits of black can be seen on the coffin surface and sword where the blood didn't land. The guitar picks are normal pick shape but have an image of a skull and cross bones on each side, which you can feel the shape of when you touch the pick as they stand out a bit. The pick itself is black and the skull and cross bones are blood red.
Jade couldn't help but stare and marvel in the guitars exquisite detail. Most would look too fake and poorly done, but this one really looked convincing with the most amazing minute details. But not only does it look amazing, it even feels amazing to the touch. The best part however is the beautiful sound that comes from it when plugged in to an amp. Of course Jade had to try it out while she could. It goes without saying; she fell in love with this guitar. Even though it cost a ridiculous amount, she bought it instantly after trying it out. After buying the guitar she went to put it in her car and came back to where beck was still looking at other guitars. Even though it felt like a really long time, all this happened in the time span of no more than fifteen minutes after leaving Cat at the records. Speaking of Cat, she has been standing there completely frozen and unaware of her surroundings this entire time.
After waking up from her daze Cat looked around for Jade and Beck completely oblivious to the fact they had just taken off without her while she was in a Jade induced trance. A little confused, scared, and hurt, Cat frantically looked around the area she was in, before checking out other parts of the store for Jade. As she head in the general direction the guitars were held at the sound of new customers could be heard. Well if it wasn't for the blazing music being played in the loud speakers throughout the store. Three boys dressed in baggy clothing with hooded jackets, messy hair and pale complexions headed in the direction of Cat.
As Cat was walking alongside of a wall with merchandise held on racks, the three boys got near her and started a conversation with her. Being a nice person, Cat wouldn't just ignore them and leave, but she wasn't really paying attention either. All that was on her mind was Jade and where she went off to and why. "I'm sorry, could you repeat that please?" Cat nicely asked the boys as she turned in their direction. "We were just wandering what a nice looking girl like you was doing in a place like this." The guy on the left said. Cat, shocked at this responded with a trademark "What's that supposed to mean?" She liked that he called her nice looking, but not what he was insinuating. What does her appearance have to do with liking music? She doesn't understand what this guy is talking about. "Nothing. I just meant you don't seem like the normal type who come by here is all." The guy defended raising his hands, palms forward in a defensive way. "Normal type? What are you talking about?" She asked them questioningly. The guy on the left looked at her a bit puzzled.
"Forget that idiot. He has no clue what he's talking about." The guy in the middle said as he pointed with his thumb to the guy on his right standing about a foot behind him. Something about these guys seemed off to Cat from the moment she started talking to them. But the more she was near them the stronger her feeling got that there was something strange about them. It's not necessarily the way they look or talk, although they do look a bit too pale, and badly dressed, but it was more of just a feeling, or vibe she got off them. Kind of like the ones she got all that time ago. 'Oh no!' she thought to herself. 'They couldn't be.' She was beginning to get nervous, shifting uncomfortably where she stood and looking off into the distance avoiding their gazes, hoping to spot Jade. "You know, you're pretty hot. And I like your hair. That color reminds me of something." The middle guy said to her as he took a small step closer, the expression on his face and in his voice that of someone trying to be alluring. Yet to her it was just a sure sign of what she feared. She began to play with her hair anxiously. "Th…Thanks." She stuttered out uncomfortably, still not looking towards them, while shuffling her feet a bit. "What's wrong? You seem nervous. Don't worry, we don't bite." The guy said with a big charming smile. What would seem like a charming and alluring smile of a hot and cool guy was known better to Cat as an evil smirk of a predator preparing to take out its prey.
"Wanna hang out with us for a while? It'll be fun, I promise." The boy said as he took another small step towards Cat, his evil smirk growing. Cat shifted uncomfortably looking in the direction she hoped jade would come from to rescue her from this situation. "U…Umm…No thanks. I'm here with friends. I should really be getting back to them now." She said as she tried to take a step towards the direction she was initially headed to. But before she could, she was stopped. She stopped dead in her tracks after only one step, due to someone preventing her movement.
A few minutes ago, right before the three boys entered the store. Over at the guitars with Jade and Beck. "I can't believe you actually bought it Jade!" Beck was shouting at Jade for buying that really expensive guitar. "What do you care? It's my money. I can spend it any way I damn well please!" Jade shouted back. "Jade, that guitar cost tens of thousands of dollars! Where the hell are you going to get that kind of money?" Beck was trying to reason with Jade, as he didn't think she could afford to go out and spend that kind of money, due to the fact even though her family was rich, she was not. "I have my ways of getting money, Beck. Ways which don't concern you. So lay off my ba-" She was shouting at beck when she noticed something. Something she really wishes wasn't there. "Vampires." Is all Jade says in a completely dead serious tone, immediately shutting Beck up, before she suddenly disappears.
"Well too bad. You're coming with us whether you like it or not darling." The guy in the middle states as he takes another, larger step towards Cat. In an instant as Cat was closing her eyes and guarding her face with her arms while ducking down a bit, she felt a sudden burst of wind. "You're not laying a hand on her, you filthy cold ones!" Is all Cat could hear. That voice was familiar. Cat opened her eyes, removing her arms from shielding her face and stood up straight as she saw the person who had come to rescue her. "Oh yeah and who's going to stop us, you?" the vampire on the left said. "Wait, did you just call us cold ones? What the hell's that mean, bitch?" Cat could see Jade standing tall, all majestic and heroic, with what amount of sunlight shown through landing perfectly over her frame, giving her this perfect glow about her. Cat stood there admiring Jade, as she just looked stunningly gorgeous to Cat right now.
Without another word, Jade crouched down into an aggressive stance with her hands at her side, fingers spread out like claws. She hissed at them as fangs started to drop in her mouth and her eyes began to change. Her eyes became pure black with the veins in her face surrounding her eyes turning black as well. There was a small hint of something in her pupils, although you can't be certain what. Whatever it was, it was mysterious, but powerful. Yet seemed beautiful and alluring at the same time. The three young vampires crouched down and begin hissing back, but began to back away slowly before running away as fast as possible in utter fear. When they looked into Jades eyes, they thought they had just seen the entrance to hell itself opening before them. Her presence alone was enough to scare them off.
Jade began to stand back up, her eyes returning to normal, as her fangs retracted. "Umm…Thanks Jade." Cat said with a smile on her face as she looked up at Jade. Jade slowly turned around and the light gleamed perfectly on her beautiful pale skin, her face looking like that of a goddess. Cat's smile grew, her eyes widening like that of a child in a candy store. You could practically see her eyes shining as she stared up at Jade, her hands clutched together at her heart. If this were a cartoon, her eyes would go from sparkling, to shining, to huge red hearts popping out of her sockets. She admired Jade so much.
"Cat I will always protect you, no matter what. That's a promise I will NEVER break." Jade said seriously yet sincerely as she smiled down at Cat. Jade stepped towards Cat and took her hands into her own, while looking directly into Cats eyes, the two of them coming closer to one another.
Just as their bodies were but inches apart, someone came up to them, ruining the moment. "Jade." It was Beck. He was standing a few feet away with a serious expression on his face as he stared at the two. "Is Cat alright? What happened?" Jade let go of Cats hands reluctantly as she turned to look at Beck Causing Cat's hands to fall to her front still holding onto one another. "Cat's fine. Three cold ones got away. Make sure no one saw anything. Take care of this will you?" Jade said calmly and seriously with a scowl on her face. "I'll take care of those three myself."
At that the two suddenly disappeared. Cat was left standing there, missing Jades company. Cat looked down at her feet sadly, a frown on her face. "Stupid Beck." Is all she muttered, causing the nearby Jade who heard her as she left to smile to herself.
Just then a confused and worried Tori approached Cat. "Hey Cat. What's the matter? You okay?" She asked with a concerned voice. "Oh hey Tor. Yeah I'm fine." Cat said as she lifted her head and looked towards Tori who was holding something in her hands. "Where are Beck and Jade? I thought they were with you." Tori asked, not believing Cat was fine for one second. "Oh…Uh…They had to step out a minute. They'll be back soon." She hesitantly told Tori.
Of course Tori being Tori, the person who must know everyone's business wasn't going to just drop it this time. "Cat. What's going on? You're clearly upset about something. Now tell me what it is." Tori demanded. "Nothing's going on. Now drop it Tori." Cat said with a serious and stern voice. Shocked that nice little Cat would actually stand up to someone, Tori was taken aback. "Okay Cat. If you say so." Tori gave in. She saw the look in Cat's eyes and knew it was best to shut her mouth.
Like always, Cat's mood suddenly changed even after all that. "Hey, what's that in your hands?" Cat asked Tori excitedly while jumping up and running over to Tori with a smile on her face. Leave it to Cat to completely change the atmosphere with such simplicity. "Oh. It's this really cool microphone I found." Tori told Cat happily. Though secretly she was still focused on what was just going on. "Ooh pretty! It's all pink and sparkly!" Cat happily shouted as she looked at the microphone. "Wait, I thought you already had one that worked. What happened to your old one?" After asking this, Tories' mood changed. She now had a frown on her face and began to explain. "Oh, well, it USED to work. That is until SOMEONE decided to smash it with a hammer while I was locked in a closet, all because I took her role of Steamboat Suzy!" She exclaims exasperatedly, and then sighs. "Jade?" cat simply states more then asks. "Jade." Tori confirms.
"Eheheh." Cat giggles to herself. "Cat? Why are you laughing? That's not funny!" Tori yelled all serious at Cat. "Sorry, Tori. I just thought it was funny, because Jade usually does far worse things than just locking someone in a closet and breaking something important to them. It just reminds me of how much she's changed." Cat tells her happily. Tori just looks at Cat with surprise on her face, not really sure what to think of that. 'A MEANER Jade?' Is all Tori could manage to think.
'I remember when that whole Steamboat Suzy thing happened. Jade was so furious. She wanted to do some pretty bad things to Tori. Things I don't even want to think about! I'm surprised Jade only did that with how mad she was.' Cat thinks to herself.
*Flashback*
It was the night of Steamboat Suzy. Only hours after it ended. Jade was stomping around yelling and breaking things. "I can't believe this! Uh!" Jade threw a couch through a wall. Jade was so furious that even her being in the same room as Cat wasn't calming her down. Luckily for them, they were in an old abandoned home with old furniture. Jades parents wouldn't be too happy if they found out Jade threw a couch through one of their walls. "Jade. Calm down. It's not that big of a deal." Cat tried to calmly tell her. "I'm going to kill her!" Cat gulped and shrank down in fear. "Ever since she came to HA all everyone's said is 'Oh Tori! She's so great! We love herrr!'" Jade says in a lighter voice as she screams when she tried to imitate other people's voices. "And everything's been about Tori! All anyone has been able to talk about is that God Damn Tori Fucking Vega!" Jade was getting angrier by the second. "Well I've had it! I'm going to do what I should have done in the first place! I'm going to kill her once and for all!" Jade was about to pick up and throw a stove when Cat placed a hand on her shoulder, Causing Jade to turn around. At first Jade had this purely furious expression on her face as she glared down at Cat, but as she looked into Cat's saddened and hurt eyes she quickly calmed down, weakening her expression. Cat had a serious yet sad look on her face with tears streaming down her face as she looked up at Jade. "I'm sorry jade. I'm sorry you didn't get the part you wanted. Please don't kill Tori though! She's my friend! And she's a good person! I know you deserved that part, and it wasn't right for her to steal it from you, but please don't hurt anyone because of it. When you hurt other people, it hurts me as well." Cat says with a broken voice as she began to sob.
Cat fell to her knees crying into Jades chest as Jade held onto her and fell with her. Jade wrapped her arms around Cat and held her close, allowing Cat to burrow her head deep into Jades chest. "I'm sorry Cat. I didn't mean to make you cry. I can't help but get so angry at times. I sometimes forget how much it hurts you to see me this way." Jade has suddenly lost all anger as she tries to comfort Cat. Cat is the only person in the world Jade doesn't want to see hurt. And the fact she's making Cat feel this way is killing her on the inside. "I promise I won't hurt her."
*End Flashback*
'Jade really has changed, hasn't she? I can't believe how much she's willing to change just to make me happy. I don't want her to be anyone but Jade, but I also don't want her to hurt people.' Cat thinks to herself with her eyes closed and a single tear drop falls and lands on her hands which are clutched to her chest again holding one another. The teardrop lands on a knuckle and slowly falls landing on a floor with a small splashing noise. Cat stands there wishing she were with Jade right now, Jade holding her in her arms as she rested in Jades chest, or lap, or anywhere Jade really. She just wants Jade.
As Cat realizes where she is she snaps out of her little trance and notices Tori is lost in thought as she was just a moment ago, except with a look of horror on her face. "Umm…Tori? You okay?" Cat sincerely asks as she touches Tori's arm. "Huh?" Tori snaps out of her daze and looks down to see a worried Cat. "Oh yeah, I'm fine Cat. I was just thinking of what a meaner Jade could do. UGH! That is one scary thought!" Tori exclaims as she shakes in fear of what Jade might do. "Oh, okay…" Cat says as she lets go and begins to head in the direction Tori had come from.
"Hey Tori, let's go see what Andre's up to!" Cat was back to her cheery self as she led Tori to where Andre is near where Tori had come from earlier. "Alright Cat." The two run over to find Andre playing a keyboard.
With Jade. It only took a few minutes to catch up to the three cold ones she chased from the music store. They lead her to an old abandoned building where they hid inside unaware of her presence. Jade quickly and stealthily went into the building and hid while observing the area. What she found surprised her a bit. About two-three dozen cold ones gathered around a vampire, probably their creator and another cold one, sitting on a throne.
The three vampires all began explaining what had happened and somehow the guy on the throne understood through all their rambling. "So let me get this straight. You were at that music store and you smelt someone with a type of blood you've never smelt before, that was far more alluring and intoxicating than any other and you just had to take her for yourselves. So when you were about to take her, a WARM one came and scared you off?" The man asks in a loud deep voice. "Well she called us cold ones, so yeah I guess she was a 'warm one'? What does that even mean? I thought we were the only types of vampires out there." The middle guy states. "Oh, you fools. Of course we aren't! What are you? Stupid? You really think we're the only vampires that exist? There are many breeds of vampires in this world!" The vampire on the throne shouts, as the others gulp and cower in fear.
At this point, jade was tired of waiting. She had seen all she need to and it was time to let out all her pent up anger. Jade jumped into action and ripped through a crowd of cold ones going straight for the ones who were after Cat, but not letting any escape while she was at it. "You led her right to us?" The man on the throne stood up shouting. Jade was so busy killing all these weaklings she failed to notice the guy on the throne get away. After she was done, the entire room was covered in blood, guts, and vampire parts. She didn't let a single one live. Well except for the throne guy, but she forgot about him. I would explain in excruciating detail all the things she did to those vampires, but some things are better left off not said, and these are one of those things.
Jade left behind her a mountain of bodies littering the room, without a single scratch on her. What's more amazing is that she isn't even the slightest bit dirty. She managed to kill around thirty vampires littering a room in their remains without getting so much as one drop of blood or one speck of dirt on her entire body. You're probably wandering 'Hey how the hell did she do that?' Well you'll find out eventually so calm down for now.
Once Jade returned to the music shop she found Beck outside about to enter. "The job done?" Jade asks, as they enter the store. "Yep." He simply states. "Any complications?" She asks. "Nope." Beck states casually. They both enter the store and Jade heads over to Cat, Tori, and Andre, while beck goes to find Robbie and Rex who seemed to go off somewhere and disappear.
Jade approached the small group as the two girls danced and Andre played the keyboard. When Cat noticed Jade standing there she leapt for joy with a huge grin on her face. "Jade!" She ran over to jade and tackled her side wrapping her arms around Jade's waist. After about twenty seconds of snuggling to Jade's side, she realized what she was doing and immediately let go. Her cheeks turned crimson as she placed a hand to her face looking away in embarrassment. Jade just chuckled and smirked at Cat before looking back towards Andre and Tori who at this point had stopped what they were doing and were now staring.
"Take a picture. It'll last longer." Jade says in a snide remark to their annoying staring. "Andre I need to talk to you. Alone." Jade said in a very serious tone with a straight face. Andre hesitantly walked with Jade to the area Cat was ambushed because no one was anywhere near that area. "So, what's up Jade?" Andre asks, trying to be casual, but you could see he was worried. "Cut the crap Andre. You know Cat was attacked." She says with a stern voice, crossing her arms. "So now you're going to tell me why you didn't stop them from getting anywhere near her. Out of all of us here you should have been one of the first to notice them, but no I find you here jamming out on some stupid keyboard!" Jade shouts the last part as she is clearly angry about all this. "Look Jade, I'm sorry. Alright?" Before he could continue Jade interrupts. "You're sorry? Cat could have been killed!" She was getting angry again.
"Let me explain. My powers only work when I'm focused, and the music not only distracted me, but it also impaired my senses a bit so by the time I noticed vampires were here you had already gone over there. And they were just a couple of cold ones, so I figured you could handle it on your own. I was with Tori, so it's not like I could have rushed over there or anything. If we had created a scene then Becks job would have been a lot of trouble. When I finally knew what was going on I evaluated the situation and decided the choice based on what would give the best results overall. Just like you taught us Jade." Andre explains calmly. But Jade was too angry for reason at the moment. "Damnit Andre! Cat could have DIED!" Jade was so angry she punched a huge hole in the wall to her left. "Feel better?" Andre asked calmly. "A little." Jade simply stated as she calmed herself down.
"Hey wait, why didn't Theo or Evan take care of it. At least one of them should be around somewhere right? Couldn't they have done something?" Andre asked the now calming Jade. "Theo and Evan are both off on their own separate missions. I figured we would be enough. I didn't want to ask any others as it would be hard to have a reason for them being with us. Theo and Evan are both stealth experts so we don't have to worry about anyone noticing them, but the others aren't and they don't really like my 'infatuation' as they put it, with Cat." Jade uses air quotes around the word infatuation.
"I see. I don't see why any of the others have a problem. I mean not only are you the leader of the pack, but you created everyone in it." Andre states curious about the situation. "Words gotten out that the others aren't happy with how much I care about Cat. Of course I already knew that for a long time, but they're convincing themselves that as long as I keep focusing on Cat I won't be doing what's good for the whole pack." Jade explains to Andre. "They should know better than to question you. Heck, the last guy who so much as spoke out of term should be a good enough example. I mean you ripped the dude's arm off and then beat him with it. And I really don't see what the big deal is with you watching over Cat. Considering how many vampires would love to get there nasty little fangs on her and all. If we don't have enough people we could always turn more." Jade looks at Andre in surprise. "You, of all people are suggesting that I create more vampires?" she asks Andre questioningly. "Well yeah. I mean it's not like we're really all that different than humans. Except for the cool powers and that nasty drink you make us drink to replace blood. But we can walk in the sun without dying, we're warm cause we eat real food. We age unlike cold ones, and after you learn how to control the cravings, enhanced emotions, and powers, we can live fairly normal lives. So I say, why not?" Jade nods in agreement with Andre as she listens to his reasoning.
"So, who do you have in mind?" Jade asks Andre in a curious yet serious voice. "Well, it would have to be someone close to all of us like Tori and Trina. Or maybe even Sinjin, or Sikowitz." Jade gets angry at just hearing those four names. "I'd rather kill them than turn them. Well except Sikowitz, but I'm not turning that nut ball into a fucking vampire. There's no telling what he'd do!" Jade contemplates what to do as they end their conversation. "Yeah well, guess I'll let you figure it out then. I'm going back over to the others. You comin with?" Andre casually asks. "Yeah I'll be there in a minute. Oh and Andre. Pay better attention. If anything like this happens again you'll end up like the guy I beat to death with his own arm." Jade says with an evil smirk.
"Yeah, I'll remember that. By the way you never mentioned what happened when you went after them." Andre states nervously at first then changes the subject. "I'll tell you all about it later." Jade tells him before he turns and walks off. Jade sighs then turns as she hears Beck approach. "Good, Beck, you're here. I need you to deal with this." She says to him casually while holding a hand to her forehead. "No problem. Hey, you okay?" Beck asks concerned. "Yeah, just a bit irritated by all this. I'd much rather deal with Tori fucking Vega than deal with this shit. Where the hell is Robbie?" Beck nods at her response before speaking. "Ah, well, he got his guitar strings then went down the street to get a bagel and noticed some indoor volleyball game and Rex made him go in to watch. There were a bunch of teenage girls there, so Rex felt the need to flirt with them all." Jade just shakes her head in irritation. "Alright well I'm going back over to Cat. Meet us by the keyboards when you're done taking care of this." Jade points to the hole in the wall besides her then walks off. As Jade approaches them she can't help but smile at the site of Cat shaking her hips while dancing. She finds herself staring much longer than she should, but doesn't care as she likes what she sees.
After Beck is done dealing with the wall issue he joins the rest of the group and they all head out to their cars. Jade drives Cat home in her black with blood red interior convertible. As they drive to Cat's home they listen to the car radio without talking. It's Cat that breaks the silence. "Robbie got slapped by some girls for using provocative language." Cat says all innocently, causing Jade to laugh. "I'm sure it was Rex who said it, huh?" Jade asks after she stops laughing. "Yeah. Poor Robbie. He can't help it when Rex does that. They should of slapped Rex not him!" Cat shouts before grumpily crossing her arms and sinking in the seat. "You really hate Rex, don't you?" Cat looks out the car and says to Jade "I don't hate him Jade. He's just a jerk. He's always saying mean things to me and hitting on all the girls. I just feel bad for Robbie having to put up with someone so mean all the time." At this Jade gets serious and asks "You mean like you and me?" Surprised at Jade asking this, Cat sits up, uncrosses her arms and looks to Jade. "Of course not! You're not mean. You're just misunderstood is all. I really like you." She quietly says the last part hoping Jade wouldn't hear, but of course she did. "You know I can hear you perfectly clear when you speak that quietly, right? If you didn't want me to hear you shouldn't say it at all." Jade smirks at Cat. "Well, maybe I wanted you to hear it." Cat says boldly trying to throw Jade off. "Yeah sure you did." Jade just laughs at Cat as she pouts. 'Man she is so cute when she gets all pouty.' "Don't scrunch your brow, or you'll get wrinkles." Cat looks at jade with her arms crossed and sticks her tongue out at Jade, before turning forward again still grumpy.
"You know, the sun stops shining, when you start crying. And all the children of the world get sad, when you get mad. The world stops spinning when you stop grinning. And the world turns to bad. The only way to fix it is when you get happy, which makes me sappy. When you start laughing, the world turns to good again. The sun will rise and the world will spin, and the children will laugh again." Cat smiles at hearing Jade sing this to her."I remember when you used to sing that to me when we were younger." Cat says with the biggest smile. "Yeah, I remember. Whenever you'd get upset I'd sing that song to you. The one from your favorite kids book. No matter what happened, your face would just light up like the sun when I sang that to you." Jade and Cat both smile at this memory.
They turn into Cats neighborhood and just sit for a minute after parking in the driveway. Jade turns off the motor and turns to look at Cat. "You're parents aren't home again, huh?" Jade can see the sad expression on Cats face as she looks at her dark, empty house. "No, they're gone again. They won't be back for a while." Cat says this quietly with a sad voice as she looks down at her hands in her lap while she plays with her fingers. Jade sighs, then says "Want me to stay the night to keep you company?" Cat instantly looks up at her with a huge smile. "Would you? But don't you have 'Pack' stuff to do?" Cat uses air quotes around pack. "Nothing I can't handle some other time. You need me more. And I'd much rather be with you then a group of degenerate vampires any day." Jade smiles as Cat leaps across the seat and hugs her. "Yay!" Cat lets go and blushes, before getting excited and listing all the things they can do tonight. "We can watch movies! And paint our nails! And eat lots of snacks! We can have popcorn! Ooh and candy! And we can…" Jade tunes Cat out as she lists all sorts of things she wants to do. Jade simply nods as they exit the car and enter the house. "Sounds good. We can do whatever you want Cat." Cat just yells excitedly as they enter the house and prepare for the night ahead.