A/n I enjoyed the great reviews, and must admit this story has gotten more praise in its first day than any of my other stories so thank you.

Beck Pov

According to Cat, phase one had been completed far faster than we thought. That means we go to phase two. Best friends. This one would be harder since Tori knew Jade considered heer a friend now, but, under normal circumstances, would never think Jade could like her more than someonee to talk to, not a best friend.

It was Sunday, and the movies were playing all day, so Cat and I talked, and decided to take both of them to the movies. Cat brought both of theem to the theatre while Andre and Robbie came with me. Our plan was to have Tori or Jade do something so great for the other, that theey would instantly become extremely close. This would take time.

"Hey girls, so what do ya girls wanna see?" Andre asked.

"How about Like Crazy? I love romance films." Cat answered. Good move, just the movie we need. THe guys seemed reluctant though.

"Nah, that's a chick flick. Let's see The Thing!" Rex responded. Stupid puppet was going to ruin... actually that might work. Cat and I shared a quiet agreement, and let the conversation go.

"I'm game for that." Jade responded.

"Is that a horror movie?" Tori asked. Of course she woouldn't know.

"It's about an alien creature tthat murders, mutilates, and absorbs a bunch of artic researchers." Rbbie answered. Tori went pale.

"You know what, how about Tori and I go see We bought a Zoo. You guys go watch The Thing. Besides, the original is probably better anyway." Jade said. Did she know what we were planning, or did she have a plan of her own? We bought our tickets, went inside, and separated into two groups. Tori and Jade went to see We bought a Zoo while thee rest of us saw The Thing. It was one hell of a movie, to the point where I almost got scared. Almost.

Jade Pov

Tori and I went off to go watch this lame family comedy. Although having her sit in my lap again would have been nice, I would prefer not to see her crying her eeyes out again in fear. We bought some popcorn, nachos and soda to share, and headed inside to see some of the coming attractions.

When the movie started, it was pretty slow to start, but after it was over, the popcorn, nachos and soda gone, I had to admit it was pretty funny and heartwarming even to me. I had shared the soda completely with Tori, even the same straw which gave me another taste of her sweet, strawberry lipgloss covered lips. If only I could get a direct contact taste, but that's just a pipe dream.

She seemed to really enjoy herself throughout the film, laughing and crying during all the emotional parts. Her cried were depressing, but her cute laugh made me feel warm and whole inside. It was a feeling I only ever felt near her. Like the hole that had developed in me from witnessing my parents death was filled by her joy and happiness.

We got up and went to leave when Tori stopped me for a moment.

"Jade... Thanks for getting me out of seeing that horror movie. It means alot." She said holding my arm.

"I just don't wanna get my shirt wet wiith your tears again, Vega." I commented in my usual tone. She laughed a bit and went on to leave the screen room. We met the others in the main room with all the snack counters.

"So you girls enjoy the movie?" Andre asked. I saw Cat clinging to Beck for dear life like she had seen a real monster. Well, Cat did not like horror movies about monsters. Murders and traps she could do fine, but anything with aliens and monsters freaked her out.

"It was really funny. I defintely enjoyed it, not sure about Jade though." Tori answered.

"It was funny enough to keep me awake. Now let's go, the air around here smells like burnt popcorn and stale nachos, not my favorite things." I told them which was followed by everyone wiffing the air, and suddenly agreeing with me. We left the theatre, got in our cars and headed back to Tori's house.

"So you guys got any ideas on what we are gonna do about the rest of the day? We got no assignments left, and the carnival ain't till next week." Andre asked as we all sat down to relax. I heard a loud thumping upstairs. Trina.

I threw a large black box out of my purse that I reserved for hurting people with, and hit the floor just below Trina's room which was followed by a loud squeek. Trina ran down the stairs angry.

"Who hit the floor, or ceiling or whatever?" She asked. I raised my hand and she threw a brush at me. I would have ducked, but if I had it would have slammed into Tori, so I took it straight to the face. As it fell to the floor, blood began to streak down my face from my forehead. That bitch made me bleed. I could have strangled her. I should have made her swallow that brush whole. Instead, I headed to the kitchen, clutching my forehead, and began wiping up the blood.

I heard Tori scream like she never had before at Trina, causing her to retreat upstairs. Tori rushed in after me to make sure if I was alright.

"JAde are you okay? You bleeding pretty badly." she asked as she wiped m ore blood from my face with another towel.

"I'm fine Vega. Just pissed." I answered. I let her take care of the rest, happy to feel her touching my face. It was everywhere now.

"Why didn't you duck? I know you could have avoided it. You're pretty good at it." She asked. I was left either saying I was weak, or telliing her the truth. I decided the truth couln't hurt as much.

"If I had ducked, it would have decked you instead. I'm a gank sometimes, but not that badly." I told her. She seemed a little surprised, but more that I had saved her than that I wasn't that much of a gank to let it hit anyone.

"Thanks Jade. That was relaly nice. Here let me bandage that up. My dad taught me first aid, so this is pretty easy." she said as she took out some white fresh gauze. I didn't protest, and let her put it around my head after cleaning the last of the blood from my hair. We went back in the other room and sat back down like nothing happened. Tori did seem to be in a much better mood now though.

"So about what we are going to do today. While you two were cleaning blood splatter, and cursing out Trina, we had decided on making a new play for class. We figured it be great extra credit, and it can't really hurt. So you girls okay with that?" Beck asked. I liked the idea, espescially since I had a near finished script on me anyway, and needed a bit of advice on howw to finish. It was a dark romance story between two women who one loved passionately, but was unable to express it due to the turmoil of society.

"I've got a large script written. We can use that, but I still need an ending." I said bringing it out of my purse. They each scanned ot over, and seemed please with what they read, espescially Beck and Cat. I knew Cat was bi, so I knew she would enjoy doing this.

"Okay let's get... (Sniff sniff) you guys smell something burning?" Andre asked. We each took a whiff of the air, and found the same thing. Something was burning. We rushed out side to find the house next door on fire. We heard fire alarms go off, and we went inside to make sure we called someone as well. Then it happened.

There was a large bang, a lot of smoke, and suddenly Tori's house was set ablaze. We all stumbled outside, Trina close behind us and settled outside. I scanned everyon and was paralyzed with fear.

"Guys where's Tori?" I asked. They all looked around but didn't find her either. i turned to the house. Without thinking, I rushed inside and search throught he burning building for her. The whole place woulod come down soon. I keep searching until I heard a small cry. I turned to find her trapped underneath a broken piece of sheet rock. I ran over to her, and noticed her leg was bleeding badly. I pushed with all my strength, and felt it begin to move. I kept pushong, but it only movved a little.

"Jade get out and save yourself. Don't worry about me." she asked weakly. She was in horrible pain.

"I will not leave you here. I'm the only one allowed to kill you got it!" I yelled over the blaze that was getting ever closer. I kept pushing harder and harder until finally her leg slipped out from underneath. I picked her up and dragged us both to the doorway. We were almost there. I co0uld feel the blaze burning hotter and hotter behind us. I was getting weaker, The smoke was so thick. I was so weak that I was on the verge of collapsing.

I felt an arm grab me, and pick me up, tori still over me, and take us out of the building. It was Beck and Andre. They had rushed in to get us. Tori, who I could see had a wide gash all up her left leg, was put on a gurney. It wasn't really deep, but definitely enough to keep her off her leg for a while, and enough to paralyze someone with pain. She was put on an ambulance, and I insisted that Cat and I come with her. We were allowed and and went with Tori as she was rushed to the hospital. We were pretty quiet the whole way. Tori had passed out from the pain. Heart, bp, and breathing monitors had been placed to make sure she was alright on the ride there.

When we arrived, Andre, Beck, and Robbie were there too, having driven right behind the ambulance. They went right with us as Tori was rushed to the ER to be checked out. I had to be checked as well as Beck and Andre since we all had inhaled a bit of smoke. We were cleared and allowed to go with her.

Her leg was quickly wrapped up in bandages, and had been covered before hand in some sort of cleaning solution, probably to get all the dirt out. II heard that the whole thing was caused by a gas leak underground that had been sparked by a fire in our neighbors home. That was caused by someone forgetting to turn of the stove. It wouldn't have been so bad, but the fire reached the leak, and caused a massive explosion sending both houses into a large blaze. Tori's parents had full insurance, so it wouldn't be to hard to get a new place, and all their precious memories were pictures they kept iin online banks or accounts.

Tori woke up after a couple hours. Cat and the tohers had left to get us some food, but I wasn't going to leave her side until she wwas able to leavee herself.

"Where's Jade?" Were her first words. She was worried more about me than herself?

"I'm right her... Tori. I'm here with you." I answered.

"Are you okay?" she asked me.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me, we need to make sure you're alright." I told her, but she seemed to stop listening after I said I was fine. Did she really care that much about me.

"Thank you for saving me Jade. You really are my best friend in the world." she said.

"Well like I said, you're not allowed to die unless it's by my doing got that?" I told her jokingly.

"I'd love to die that way." She answered, and I would have said more, but the others walked in with smoothies, coffee, and some burgers.

"Hey she's awake. You okay there Tori?" Cat asked.

"Yeah you doing alright babe?" Andre asked.

"She'll be just fine. She had a bad cut, but is otherwise fine." A female doctor said coming into the room. "She had only minor smoke inhalation, and few second degree burns and a large cut on her left thigh. Other than that she'll be fine. We'll keep her here for two days, and then she can leave with you guys."

"Thank you so much Doc. We were really scared." Robbie said.

"Well don't thank me, thank your goth friend. She's the one who dragged her out of the fire. It was recless and probably could of killed you both, but if she hadn't, you would probably be identifying a body instead of asking her if she was alright." she said and left the room.

I was left with everyone looking at me happily. I had never been one for happy moments. I felt a hand grabbed my tenderly, and when I looked down, I found Tori holding my hand with her smolder cover hand. She rubbed it with her finger, acting as if I was someone she held very dearly. I think she truly did now.

Beck Pov

Bingo, that was completely unexpected, but it was definitely better than what we had planned. It really sucked, but I don't think we could have made them any closer no matter what we did. When I saw Jade run into the house to find Tori, I thought she had gone mad, but now that they were both alive and mostly okay, I was glad she had done it.

We all ate up the burgers we had bought, and watched the screen of Robbie's pearpad for shows. For once, that thing came in handy. He played a bunch of movies he had saved on the monsterous thing, and we enjoyed it until visiting hours were over. Jade refused to leave though, and eventually they had to let her stay with Tori since the only other option was forced removal, and I doubted they would manage that. Besides, the nursess agreed to keep an eye on them so it was alright. We all went home, except Trina who went with her Mom and Dad to the apartment they were staying in for the next week until the insurance company finished sending them the money for a new house.

It would be a big change, having her move, and I knew Jade would tell her she could stay with her while they waiteed for the money. Our plan was going great, although, alot of it was happening alot faster than expected, and in odd ways. Still, no reason not enjoy it.