Jades POV

Cat's house was utterly crazy. Jade, Andre, Tori, Cat and Robbie had all been there around two hours. After meeting Mrs. Valentine, Cat actually came across as quite grounded- The woman was totally off her rocker. It was one of the few times Jade had been to Cats. She usually had Cat around hers, rather than the other way around. Hell, cat even had a bed at her house. She had her own room. Jade's parents liked Cat. They made every excuse for Jade to have her around, secretly hoping that the red heads fluffy personality would rub off on their 'disappointment' of a daughter. Jade was pretty sure it was the only reason they paid for her to go to hollywood arts- so they could have Cat over and pretend that she was theirs, and that Jade was just a dodgy friend that their lovely daughter had brought home. She pushed it to the back of her mind.

Not long now until I can move out. Where she would move out to, she didn't know. But it was all she ad to console herself with. So she stuck with the idea. She was pulled from her thoughts by a loud squeal. Cat flew past her and landed face first on the couch beside her, the red heads feet on Jades lap.

"Oh my gosh Jadey! Thats so much fun! You have to try it!"

Andre's voice floated over from the dining room "Cat, I don't think Jade want's to know your sofa on such a deep level." Cat ignored him, got off the sofa, and prepared herself to launch again. There was the muffled sound of Tori's voice, and then Andre's voice came again. "We, uh, we got ice cream."

Oh thats cruel. Jade thought with a smirk. Cat immediately stopped, her eyes bright.

"Ice cream!" she ran off in the direction of the others and left Jade to continue her coffee in peace. Well, as much peace as she was going to get with Robbie and Rex fighting like a pair of little girls on the opposite couch over who was going to sit next to the Northridge girls at some up-coming concert they were both going to. She sighed.

"Hey Tori?" she called to the brunette. A moment went by before a voice called back.

"Yeah?"

"Are you in the kitchen?"

The girls voice lowered an octave "...Yeaahh..?"

Jade focused her piercing eyes on Robbie, who noticed immediately.

"Can you see any blunt objects? Like, I don't know.. A frying pan? Or a wok?"

Robbie swallowed as he began to recede into the couch. Jade continued, "Yeah.. A really big steel wok would do nicely."

"Jade what are you doing in there?" a couple of seconds later the half latina's head popped around the corner of the connecting arch-way to look at her suspiciously. Her eyes moved to Robbie who looked like he was going to wet himself.

"Really, Jade?"

"He was arguing with his hand again."

Robbie looked to Rex, who said in an indignant voice "What does she mean, hand?"

Robbie shrugged, raising the palm of his free hand to the ceiling.

Jade rolled her eyes. She was about to say something when Cat rushed into the room. Her mother followed, holding a tray. "Hey Jadey, do you want a cookie? I made them myself!"

Jade was immediately dubious. "I guess so, as long as they have no raisins in them.."

Cat shook her head and then started giggling "Hey mom, do you remember that time Josh thought he was a squirrel and put that whole pine cone in his mouth, and then we had to take him to A&E because he couldn't get it out again?" she giggled a bit more and as if to further worry Jade, her mother joined her.

"Yeah! Good times.." Mrs. Valentine sighed happily.

What mother regards the time her son got an entire Pine Cone stuck in his mouth and had to go to hospital to remove it as 'good'? Jade thought. Oh well. She couldn't really complain. In polar contrast to her own, Cats parents loved Jade. They really did. They thought she was wonderful and sweet and any sarcastic comments made were taken as a 'cute' joke. That was something that would usually drive her to distraction, but any time she felt like criticizing them, she couldn't help but feel bad for it. They were nicer to her than her own parents ever were, and she complained about that often enough. So she couldn't really complain when she got the opposite. The couch beside her depressed, and Tori appeared beside her. All the negativity inside her was temporarily banished, and she smiled. Since arriving here, the two had gotten back to normal again, and frankly, Jade was relieved. She may have admitted her feelings for Tori to herself, and Tori may know about it, but she was still nervous about it all, and she needed space to think without pressure for a while.

"So, what next?" Tori said cheerily as Andre strolled back into the room. Jade glanced at her. "How about we watch the scissoring?"

"No, Jade."

Jade huffed "Why?"

"Cat would never recover!" Tori exclaimed.

"What, you mean back to the totally normal state she's already in?"

Andre gestured towards Jade, "She's got a point."

Tori scowled at him. "We are not watching the scissoring."

Jade sighed "How about the scissoring 2?"

Tori rolled her eyes. "No!"

"Wuss." Jade muttered.

"I am not a wuss. I just don't want to see cat deteriorate any faster that she already is."

"How about we watch The Lion King?"

The group jumped as Cat seemed to appear behind them. Tori was scanning the red head for any signs the girl had heard what had been said, but upon finding none, relaxed.

"The Lion King's my favorite.." Cat mewled, like she had to justify what she'd said.

Jade was about to protest, but she was quickly cut off by Tori. "That sounds like a great idea, Cat- go find it."

The red head scampered off to find her DVD, and the rest of the guys all climbed onto the sofa, not having the heart to argue. Jade looked at the group, slightly too aware that Beck was missing. He was on a date. But it didn't hurt as much as she thought it would have. She guessed she'd been too caught up in what had happened with Tori to really think about it yet. She sighed. Maybe that was best. A few minutes later and Cat reappeared, clutching her DVD happily. She set to work putting it in the player and Tori got up to switch the lights off. Once Cat was done, she bounced back up to the nearest sofa and curled up by Andre. They'd make a cute couple. Jade thought to herself. A second later Tori returned. She looked around for a free seat, and Jade quickly realised that the only one left was next to her on the two-seater. She moved over a little, giving Tori a weak smile and the girl approached, her walking slow as she stepped over feet and remote controls in the dark. She finally made it to the sofa, and sat down by Jade somewhat awkwardly. Jade quickly discovered that watching the Lion King with Tori next to her wasn't going to happen. She gave up.

Jade, you're meant to be reveling in the relief that things have mostly gone back to normal. Why can't you just leave it at that? She put all of her will power into watching the film. Really, she did. She glanced down at the little timer on the DVD player and died a little inside. God, it's only been going for Seven minutes. She was about to begin cursing each character with their own personal insults when she froze. A hand touched her thigh. It stayed for about a second, before very quickly retreating. What the hell? Jade slowly turned to look at Tori beside her. Any other time she would have laughed at the intense blush on the girls face.

"Jade, I'm so sorry!" she half mouthed, half whispered. "I was aiming for the water bottle, I swear! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that! I promise!"

Jade couldn't help but giggle a little at her panic, which briefly attracted andre's eyes. "It's fine..Keep you'r hair on.." she murmured back. Tori ran her fingers through her hair, still looking a little flustered. Jade decided to give her an out and feigned turning her attention back to the film. But her attention wasn't on the film. It was once again on Tori Vega. Its not that the brunette had touched her, Jade was no nun, but it was the effect it had on her. It was a big effect.

And I can't continue to ignore it.