Tori's POV

Jade was silent all week end. After the party, no one had heard from her. She answered no texts, no calls and hadn't been on the slap. She hadn't even answered the door when Cat gave in and visited, much to the red heads distress. Trina naturally didn't care. She was off for a week camping with friends, and said little more than "She should be grateful she's not in this fucking field."

Tori sighed as she pushed her cereal around the bowl for the 100th time that morning.

Great. Just as she was beginning to accept you as a friend, you go and open your big mouth. The brunette closed her eyes. Now she's going to hate you even more that she did to begin with.

But had Jade hated her to begin with? After what beck had said, the idea didn't really fit. And after Jades rather confirming reaction at the party, it fit even less. Tori set her spoon down and went to fetch her pearphone. She'd sent Jade more than a few messages, but as usual, she got no reply. Normally it didn't really bother her, but this time she really wanted an answer- even if it told her very bluntly where to shove it. Her phone sat by the kettle where she left it. She picked it up and unlocked the screen. No new messages. She opened up the messenger and clicked Jades thread.

Tori:

22:43- Jade, please come back, it's not like I've told anyone.

22:58- Please? Cat wants to know where you are.

23:16- Andre also wants to know where you are.

23:25- Okay, everyone wants to know where you are.

23:28- Jade?

23:39- Say something? Anything? Insult me?

23:41- We're going home now Jade... You know where to find us.

23: 53- Home now. Please, please answer me? I feel bad. :(

00:09- I haven't told anyone, I promise.

00:23- Okay, you win. I'm going to sleep now.

The messages had continued on like that all weekend. She quickly sent another.

06:39- "Are you going to be in school?"

No matter how much Tori told herself to stop worrying about it, she couldn't get Jades expression out of her head. She had told everyone she didn't know where Jade was. Everyone believed her but one. Cat didn't believe her. Out of everyone, Tori would have thought she would be the easiest to fool, but no. There was a lot more to Cat than met the eye. Beneath the fluff and rainbows, lay a very intelligent, very perceptive girl. A girl who had turned up on her door step Sunday morning.

Cat had sat on her bed with her, sniffling for about twenty minutes before finally getting to the point.

"Tori.. I'm worried about Jadey.. I went to her house, and her car was there, but... She wouldn't answer the door to me." The red heads teary brown eyes moved to meet hers "Whats wrong with her Tori? I know you say you don't know but.. You do, don't you?"

Tori had never felt more cruel. There was something deeply morally wrong with seeing Cat crying and she felt like she'd caused it. She couldn't do anything more than give her a hug.

"Cat... Okay, yes, I know whats wrong with Jade. But I really can't tell you what it is. Telling you would only make it worse, at least for the time being. I'm sure she'll tell you when she's ready."

Cat wasn't convinced but she looked a little better. "But she's okay, right?"

Tori inwardly cringed but put on her best smile. There we're perks to being an actress. "Hey- She's Jade West, She's always okay."

Cat smiled back "Yeah, I suppose."

Tori's phone buzzed. Her stomach flipped and she fumbled to open the message.

Jade West:

06:31- No.

Tori's heart sank. How was she going to explain this to the guys? There was only so much lying she was prepared to do. But at least she'd had an answer. Of sorts.

Tori:

06:32- Why not? I haven't told anyone, I swear. :(

Jade West:

06: 34- Because, Vega, I can't bear to face either of you.

Tori knew she was referring to Beck. His words echoed through her head again.

"why? well.. Because she likes you. Not me. I mean, even saying 'likes' is a joke. She "likes" you far too much for our relationship to be going on in the background. Even if she swears she's over you, she's not. She loves you. And deep down, she knows it. Simple as."

Tori had not been expecting that. When she had asked the reason of their break up, she was expecting the usual response of jealousy or over reaction. Not that. She had stood frozen to the ground, holding her locker door half open wit one hand, and her hair half tucker behind her ear with the other. Unable to close her mouth, or even able to blink. The colour had drained from Beck's face almost instantly.

"Oh god, you never knew? Tori, I... I'm sorry, I thought you knew, I thought she'd told you. Tori?"

"I'm fine Beck.. Sorry.. She never told me. It's okay though really.. I just wasn't expecting it."

Tori was not fine. Her heart was racing in her chest and her hands we're beginning to tremble. Her thoughts swirled inside her head.

She.. Loves me? How.. How is that even possible? She hates my guts.. She's always hated my guts. After all this time of chastising myself over feelings for her, and she.. Loves me? No.. There must be some mistake. This is all a big misunderstanding, its always a big misunderstanding with them two, right?

Tori had watched for the next few days for the misunderstanding to be sorted out. For the happy announcement of hollywood arts' most famous couple being back together. She watched for any signs of the usual misunderstanding-break-up-defenses in Jade. But she showed none. As the week drew on, Jade West showed absolutely no signs of asking for help, talking to Beck, shouting at beck, cursing Beck, or anything else that she usually did when she was secretly trying to get repair her relationship. She actually just withdrew. She was barely ever insulting, shouted a lot less, and in general, seemed to have lost the will power to hate at all. Apart from the occasional outburst, she just sat quietly with the group at lunch, and got on with her work in lessons. Which was scary. And Tori was beginning to doubt wether it was a misunderstanding.

Through the mists of her memories, Tori suddenly caught sight of the clock.

Shitting hell i'm going to be late. She thought, taking a moment to compliment herself on her inventive curse. She grabbed her bag and keys, shoving her phone in her pocket and skipped quickly down the stairs, and out of the front door. Locking the door behind her, she turned around and made for the car. She stopped. The car she was auto-aiming aiming for in her drive wasn't hers.

"Well move it, Vega, I haven't got all day you know."

Well, that one was a little longer, if not by much. Sorry for the cliffhanger- I wont do it again, I promise :P (I'll be updating later on today anyway so forgive me?)

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