A/N: Thank you for reviewing! This one is in Tori's pov, and then I'll put the Logan's next chapter! HOPE YOU LIKE! I start school tomorrow, so.. just thought I'd publish this first :)
"Tori!" I whipped my head around as I slammed the door to my locker. Andre Harris, my bestest guy friend in the entire world, shouted my name as he got closer, carrying what seemed like a giant apple, his face displayed true exhaustion. I dropped my bag onto the floor and ran over to help him. He smiled thankfully as I placed my hands under the apple and took off at least half of the weight from his shoulders.
" Thanks Tor,"
"A giant.. apple?" I huffed, already out of breath. We slowly bent out knees to place it onto the floor and Andre exhaled with a smile on his face.
" Yep, you see, my grandmother's sister is coming over from Texas for the weekend. So my grandma decided I should get her a present, you know, to welcome her. And what better way to do that, is to give her a giant apple. Cause you know what they say, everything's bigger in Texas," I nodded understandably, and a little confused.
That was the biggest piece of fruit I had ever seen in my entire sixteen years of living. It was to way a few tons. No wonder he wasn't here this morning.
"Are you sure it's even..real?" I asked, and poked it a little with my finger. He laughed.
" Oh it's real. Got it from this guy that lives on the corner of this flea market. Said he would give it me for ten bucks," I arched a brow at him and chuckled.
" Well, I'm sure she'll love it. Walk with me to the Asphalt Cafe?"
" Sorry Tor, I gotta go find a safe place for this giant fruit. Don't want anybody stealing it. After just realizing I can't exactly fit it into my locker," He trailed off. I patted his shoulder in sympathy.
" Oh my god that is one giant apple!" Lane, the counselor for our school here at Hollywood Arts, exclaimed as he approached us. And he seemed to be rubbing his hands together. I sniffed. Cherry Blossom scented lotion. I would never understand this guy's infatuation with lotions, scented, and unscented.
" Can you help me sir? I'm kinda preserving for my grandmother's sister's visit. She's from Texas," He added. Mr Lane nodded.
" Oh, sure, why not? You can keep it in my office,"
" I'll grab you a tamale!" I called out as I left the hallway to the cafe.
" Shut that freaky puppet up, or I'll do it myself. It would make a great addition to the other pieces of wood lying around in my fireplace waiting to be burned!" Jade sneered at Robbie angrily as she took a sip of her usual black coffee, an arm draped around her shoulder by Beck, who sat casually beside her, munching on a fry.
Robbie flinched and shrunk in his seat as he covered Rex's mouth with his hand. Rex shook his head from Robbie's grip. I also flinched. Jade West is just pure evil. I don't see how Beck can put up with her, with him just being a sweet loving and carefree guy.
" I"m not afraid of you woman!" Rex stated, and Jade leaned forward, slamming her coffee down onto the table with an evil smirk on her lips.
"Oh really?" She grabbed a hold of his head, snatched it off, to my and Robbie's surprise, and chucked it behind us, so far you couldn't see where it landed. Jade went back to sipping her coffee, raising her brows, a satisfied smile on her lips. Robbie immediately shrieked and shot up from his seat. My eyes widened in horror.
" Jade! You just ripped Rex's head off! I may never find it!" He exclaimed, his eyes wide in horror, turning to look behind him and then back to Jade.
" Well, that's what he gets for trying to insult me. Maybe next time he'll think twice about it," She replied, shrugging her shoulders. Cat gasped loudly and rose from her seat, grabbing Robbie's arm.
" Jade! How mean! C'mon Robbie, I'll help you look for Rex's head,"
Beck removed his arm from her shoulders and stared at her sternly as Cat and Robbie left, his eyebrows raised.
"What? That freak puppet deserved to die!" Beck folded his arms over his chest, earning a loud sigh from Jade.
" Fine. I'll apologize later. Right now, I'm starved," She said, and took a bite out of her burrito. I rolled my eyes and shot Beck an apologetic look, one in which he returned with a smile. I heard Jade growling, and I bet twenty bucks that it was directed towards me, but I ignored it. Andre approached out table and sat next to me, eying Jade.
" What up everybody! Man, I am starving. That giant apple was tempting," He greeted.
" A giant.. apple?" Beck asked questionably. I nodded.
" It's.. for my grandma's sister,"
" She's from Texas," I added.
" I see," Beck replied.
" Man, Jade seemed colder than usual. If that's even possible," Andre noted. Jade glared.
" She ripped off Rex's head and chucked it across the school," Beck explained. Andre's eyebrows raised, and he shook his his head, starting on his lunch.I stared at Jade, and she dropped her burrito onto her tray.
" He called me a gothic freak! You forgot to explain that part didn't ya. Whose side are you on?" She exclaimed angrily, turning to Beck.
" Rex.. is a puppet," He noted calmly. I grinned, nodding matter-of- factly. Jade groaned.
" Of course, side with my boyfriend why don't you," She sneered. My smile dropped, and I averted my gaze to my food.
I looked up as my extremely annoying older sister Trina came running to our table with an extremely big smile on her face. We arched a brow at her questionably, since we knew she was at our table because either a) she would want something from us, b) wanted to brag about her newest pair of shoes or clothing item and would want to get our opinion(which was odd because she never really considered my friends her friends) or c) she would complain about something.
" Tori, Tori's friends! I'm in a bit of a pickle,"I waited silently for her to tell us, not as interested in what she was about to say. Jade sneered at Trina.
" I'm not that thing's friend! And we don't care about your issues!" She exclaimed. Trina rolled her eyes and turned to me, which earned a groan from me.
" So, I saw this extremely cute guy at school today-"
" I heard extremely cute!" I gasped, turning to Andre, Beck and Jade before turning back to Trina, demanding for her to finish. I do love extremely cute guys!
" He seems to be around your age," She paused, then dismissed that part. I frowned. Just like Trina.
" Anyways I don't know how to approach him and I need your help," Jade chuckled.
"The second you two make eye contact he'll run away,"
" Why you-"
" Hey guys!"I narrowed their eyes as Sinjin, the school's freakest kid, as far as I knew, with his wild bushy brown afro and skinny build, popped up next to Trina. Trina shrieked and moved away from him in an instant, with her eyes wide.
" Stay. Away. From. Me!"
" You guys need to check out the new students outside by the stage!" As he said this,I noticed that the area where we usually sat was unusually empty, almost the whole school was gone, and you could suddenly hear cheering from the other side of the school. I immediately shot up, curious, and grabbed Andre's hand and pulled him towards the applause.
When we got there, there were massive crowds surrounding the said new students. We had to practically had to shove through a students to see what was going on. Cat and Robbie suddenly appeared behind us.
" Thank god I found him. Had to take him to the nurse to get him fixed though," He said, glaring at Jade, who scoffed and looked ahead of her, pleased with herself. Robbie's right hand was empty.
We eyed the portion of girls without a boyfriend at the school scream to the stage, where I suddenly noticed a familiar looking group of boys jumping off the stage, three of them looking bewildered and amazed at the same time, while the tallest of the boys only smirked and waved to the crowd, flipping his bangs out of his eyes with a pleased grin. Girls starting screaming in happiness practically clawing their way onto the stage.
"They look terrified," Beck shouted, he said referring to three out of four of the group of boys on stage. He was right. They would be no way they would make it out alive. I wondered why these girls were so hyped up about them. I nodded.
" We have to help them!" I shouted and Beck, Andre, Cat and Robbie reluctantly nodded. Jade arched a brow.
" Is it safe?" Robbie asked.
I started making my way through the giant crowd towards the back of the stage. I clawed my way through, and every where I looked, screaming girls were shoving me back and forth without a care. I finally managed to squeeze through the last of the crowd, and as I looked back, I couldn't see my friends anymore. The rally practically swallowed them whole. I hoped they were okay. There had been some incidents on the news lately about people actually being killed or seriously injured during this kind of thing.
My eyes caught the back of one of the guy's head. He had short dark brown hair and pale skin, and I called out to him hurriedly.
" I can help you if you hurry. We're going to have to be quick though," He turned around and for a moment I swore he looked familiar, with his breathtaking chocolate brown eyes. He wore a thankful smile on his face, the three other boys no where to be found. I grabbed his hand and looked him in the eye.
" Trust me, and what ever you do. Don't let go of my hand," He nodded smiling.
" Thanks," I took deep breath and ran as fast as I could through the massive crowd, my grip on the boy's hand, whose were very soft by the way, and exhaled as we made it into the school hallways. And just when I thought we had made it, hundreds of girls started chasing us, both in anger and excitement.
" Oh god!" I screamed and ran faster, rounding a corner. My eyes brightened as I spotted the janitor's closet. And to my surprise, the door was unlocked. I shoved the mystery boy inside and slammed the door, leaning against it in pure exhaustion.
" That.. was... insane!" He breathed, placing his hands on his knees and then he stood up. I nodded agreeing.
" Definitely the craziest thing I have ever done in my life. You okay?" I asked. He nodded slowly.
" I am now, but.. I don't think my friends are. So much for our first day at school," He replied. I nodded apologetically.
" That's something to tell your grandchilden eh?" He chuckled. That's when I noticed that his eyes weren't the only thing breathtaking. He reminded me of this modern, angel guy, with dimples on his cheeks as he smiled. I practically melted. Is he single?
" Thanks for er...saving me. What's your name pretty lady?" I couldn't help but blush and I smiled as I held out my hand. He took a few steps forward, one hand in his pocket and placed his hand in mine.
" Victoria Vega, but.. everybody calls me Tori,"
" Logan Mitchell,"
