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Karaoke dokie was packed. Boys and girls she mostly didn't know, except from a few faces here and there, all mingled together into one strobe-lit mass of people. Jade had arrived later than the rest of the gang, deciding to get the last of her history essay out of the way so she could forget about it, and concentrate on the task in hand. Tori Vega. She could just about make the half-Latina out in the dark of the party, her face occasionally lit up by the strobe light giving Jade what felt like a freeze-frame show of all of vega's expressions as she talked excitedly away to Andre and a small blonde boy she didn't know. Cat sat by her, her attention focused on the bright, candy-pink coloured drink in her hand as she blew bubbles into it through the long black straw which she held firmly between her lips. Jade didn't take her eyes off of Tori. Her plan was working. Tori couldn't stare at Jade if Jade was already staring at her, but Tori also couldn't stop herself staring at Jade. So for as long as Jade stared at the girl, the only thing Tori could do was become more and more uncomfortable, hopefully leading to her bringing it up in conversation, or at least texting Jade about it later. Tori text jade a lot. Jade rarely answered, but that didn't mean there weren't days when her pearphone was buzzing every 20 minutes with random comments from her.

She looks good... Jade mused to herself. She might not like to admit it, and she certainly wouldn't to anything with a heartbeat she couldn't soon after put a stop to, but she wasn't the type to lie to herself. And Tori did look good. he black jeans clung to her legs perfectly, and her bright red strapless top was.. well, it was certainly doing a good job at drawing attention away from her face.

I wonder if she's aware of it. She acts like she hasn't a clue that there are an entire table of boys staring at her over there.. But surely there must be more to her than that. Surely she wasn't that naive. But if she wasn't, then did that mean the little goody-two-shoes act was just that? An act? Who was the real Tori Vega? Jade growled to herself in frustration. She was starting to sound like her old self. The one who allowed herself to think about Tori in the middle of the night. She couldn't do that again. It had caused her too much trouble the first time. The sound of Cat's voice pulled her from her thoughts.

"Jadey? Why are you and Tori staring at each other like that?"

What? What does she mean at each other?

Jade moved her eyes upwards from Vegas annoyingly gorgeous body to meet her gaze.

Oh shit.

Tori was staring right at her, drink in hand, lips slightly parted.

How long has she been staring at me staring at... Not her face? Jade thought. But she'd made a promise to herself. She was not going look away from Vega until she got to the bottom of this. And so they continued to stare. What felt like forever passed before Tori set her drink down and started heading towards Jade. Jade composed herself.

It's just vega. It's just vega. It's just vega.

Tori finally crossed the distance of the room and approached the goth. "Jade can I talk to you for a moment please?" she said cooly, adding after another moment of intense staring "Oh, hey cat"

"Hey Tori!" Cat exclaimed obliviously, returning to her drink.

Jade rose from her seat, silently following Vega to the toilets. She didn't know where this was going.

Why are you getting so wound up?

The doors closed behind them, and the sounds of the party muffled to a distant throbbing. The toilets were empty. Tori stood staring at her feet, fiddling with the ends of her hair. Jade did her best to slip into her usual role.

"Well, Vega? What is it?" she drawled.

Tori met her gaze slowly. "Jade.. Is everything okay? It's just.. You've been staring at me all evening."

Jade couldn't believe it. "You've been staring at me all week, and you're having a go because I do the same for an hour or so?"

Tori swallowed and looked away, blushing a little. "You.. You noticed?"

Jade threw her hands up in exasperation. "Noticed? Vega, Cat noticed for crying out loud! It's doing my head in! Just tell me what you want."

Tori sighed "I'm.. I'm sorry Jade. It doesn't matter." She made to leave, reaching out for the door but Jade wasn't having it.

"Tori, no. No." Jade grabbed her arm and dragged her back away from the door, and placing her hands on her hips blocking her attempts for further escape.

Tori stood frozen to the spot "you called me Tori..."

Jade could have slapped herself.

Oh great. Have a nice time explaining that one sweetie.

Jade took a deep breath "So? I can call you what I want"

Tori looked slightly stung. It made Jade feel.. Too much. Too much for her liking.

Don't start with this now, she told herself, not here, after so long.

Tori was staring at her feet again.

Jade pressed further "well? Tell me!"

"Jade... I... Beck.. Told me something. After you broke up last week. He.. Thought I already knew, but.. I didn't. And now I don't know what to do about it."

My blood ran cold.

Surely he wouldn't have. Would he?

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