-VEGA
Trina raided me with questions as soon as I got home from the Art Museum. She called me in the middle of the night just so she can ask me how it went. She told me that she was about to go to sleep but then she remembered that I had a date with Jade. Can you believe that? I wish I did but it wasn't a date.
I told her the basics that Jade opened up to me and besides that nothing else interesting happened. The moment that I told her about the basic stuff she hangs up. I tried calling her back but I can't because it kept saying that her phone was off. She's been acting weird ever since she found out that I have this thing for Jade.
She became less mean and much nicer to me and she became sweet and supportive as well. Although she still acts like a spoiled brat most of the time but anyways it doesn't really matter.
I've been trying to secretly yet intentionally court Jade for about three days from now but I don't think im having a lot of progress. I continued giving her my home made coffee and she seems to like it. I also tried to have a conversation with her every single day even though it's not necessary I just want her to know that I exist and im here for her as a friend.
The results are always the same. She thanks me for the coffee and she would always snap at me whenever I talk to her. She always says the same thing like 'What do you want?' 'Im busy' 'Not now Vega' or sometimes after I tell her something about my day or something about our friends she'll just give me short responses like 'Whatever' and 'I don't care'
Not that im expecting something special but I've never seen her look interested in the stories or the things that I tell to her. It feels like she has no other choice but to listen to me and lend her ears by force.
I told myself that I'll stop and im giving up on her but every time I tell that to Trina and Robbie they would stop me. And they'll fill me with nice thoughts like 'Jade will like you too' 'you just need to try harder' 'We're here to help you' and many more so im actually torn between giving up and trying.
"Tori hey? Are you ok? You've been standing in front of your locker for more than five minutes and you're going to be late for class"
I faced beck and I saw how worried he was. That's another thing beck is torturing me he kept calling me and texting me and asking me if im alright or am I doing something for tonight and sometimes when I ran out of reasons to tell him I would tell Trina to talk to him till he finally hangs up.
I know im being a terrible person to beck but I kept telling him every single day that he should stop trying because we're only good friends. But he won't budge and every time I politely ask him to stop courting me he would ask me 'Why?' 'Im not doing anything wrong' 'I told you im going to try' and some other lame excuses that he came up with.
I also tried asking help to Andre but he's really on beck's side which made it difficult for me to deal with him. Knowing that my best guy friend is on beck's side both of them will do anything to succeed in their plan.
"Tori? You're doing it again you're spacing out. What's wrong with you are you sure you're not sick?" he asked me but it's a bit louder this time, "Im fine really. Maybe this is because of the stress that im pulling off for this semester… Im getting busier and busier everyday I can't even cope up anymore" I reasoned out, "What if I help you then? You can come to my truck and-"
"I think its best if I deal with my school works alone and besides Trina and I are going to be left alone in the house. My parents trusted us that we'll stay in the house as much as possible they told us not to leave unless it's something important" I cut him off. I don't really need to take more stress from him.
"Really?" he asked, "Yeah and I even asked them if Trina being annoying and loud counts as an emergency but they told me no" he chuckled, "Oh well if you say so… But we should really be going to class"
"You're right thank you for waiting"
The class is already full when beck and I arrived and there are only two seats left. I sat down and Beck sat beside me. Surprisingly I forgot that Jade and I doesn't have the same class for today and it must be because I over think too much this morning.
I was holding her cup of coffee while looking for someone who can give the coffee to her before the classes' starts our teacher hasn't arrived yet but she'll be here after a couple of minutes. I don't want to give this to her when it's already cold. She's not going to like it and she might not drink it.
"Who're you looking for?" the canadian beside me arched one of his eyebrows, "Oh im just looking for someone who can give this coffee to Jade" I replied, "Why are you going to give a coffee to Jade?"
"Because she likes my home made coffee and she's always asking me to bring her one before the classes' starts" I responded, he looked upset when I told him the reason behind the coffee thing.
"And you agreed to it?"
"Yeah and im happy that she likes something that I made by myself. Because Trina always says that im a terrible cook and everything I make taste weird… Or displeasing" I hope that we won't argue about this, "You know Jade's just using you to get a free coffee every morning"
"I don't really mind it's not a big deal for me"
"Well it's a big deal for me. You should stop giving anything to Jade you shouldn't allow her to use you like that"
One wrong move and I swear we'll have a fight on this one. I ignored what he said and I saw sinjin who is sitting right next to Burf on the front row. I stood up and went in front of him.
"Hey sinjin can you give this coffee to Jade? I know that you guys have the same class" he looked shock but it didn't last for long, "How'd you know? Are you a secret wizard?" I slowly shook my head because of his extreme weirdness, "Ummm no? She would always tell me how annoying you are during her first class on Friday"
"Oh I see then I'll give it to her after I finish my conversation with Burf"
"Ok thanks"
I smiled at him before getting back to my seat. Well I hope sinjin gets back to his class soon I don't really want Jade's coffee to get cold. I heard beck clear his throat so I looked at him and he was looking back at me.
I didn't say anything and he did the same. I want to drop the topic about Jade and I's friendship. I want him to mind his on business and stop snooping on our relationship. He doesn't have any idea what's going on about me and I don't intend to let him know.
Our teacher finally arrived and sinjin went outside the room to go to his first class. Our teacher apologized because she was caught in a traffic jam near the construction road. Then she started lecturing and I am trying my best to focus my attention on the topic but beck's staring at me and it's really disturbing.
The discussion didn't last for long because we barely have enough time to finish one lesson for today. We all heard the bell rang and everyone started to pack their things and started going out to the asphalt café.
When beck and I arrived to our table I didn't see Cat and Robbie around. Usually they were the first one who would come to our table and greet us but now it's only Jade and Andre.
"Tori and Beck" Andre greeted us.I sat next to Jade and Beck sat next to me. What the freaking chizz? "Hi Andre where's cat and rob?" I asked, "They went to Robbie's grandma" he replied as he take a bite from his apple, "Robbie's grandma? Cat told us that Robbie's grandma hates her right?"
"Yeah well Robbie pulled her out of her class" I nodded in response. Jade is so quiet and it's scary. I can't talk to her because beck's beside me and I don't want him to hear any of our conversation so im just giving her short glances to see if she's ok.
"Man I forgot my spoon…" Beck said, "This is the third time you forgot your spoon, where are they?" his best friend asked, "Well I forgot to take them out of my locker cause mom gave me grilled cheese for lunch"
"Oh but why are you not eating the grilled cheese?" he chuckled and I frown in confusion, "You don't understand my mom's cooking" he replied, "Let's go get it then" Andre suggested as he take a last bite from his apple, "Alright"
They stood up and went back to the main hall where our lockers are located. I looked at Jade and she's still not saying anything. It's really quiet in our table now… Very very quiet.
"So did you receive the coffee that I made this morning?" she didn't look at me, "Yup"
"Where are you so quiet?" I asked, Im always like this Vega" she continued to eat her lunch which is salad, "No you're not" I protested, but she just shrugged her shoulders, "Whatever"
See? She always gives me short responses. If I get lucky she might give me a whole paragraph composed of rant and anger because im always irritating and annoying when im around her. And it's not even true!
Well maybe it is true but in a scale of one to ten it's probably three cause I only ask her how her day was and why she's being quiet and such a gank and many more things.
"What do you think Cat and Robbie are doing?" I tried to start another conversation with her, "Probably being stupid with Robbie's grandma"
"How can you say that?" this time she rolled her eyes, "Because I have a mouth and I have a tongue. Now stop talking and let me finish my food" I stopped talking to her when Beck and Andre went back to the table. I tasted beck's grilled cheese and it's really not good… It tastes like a molten rotten cheese… I feel sorry for beck.
After hearing the second bell we went to our next class which is sikowitz class. We don't have this class every day but when we do it becomes really fun. And when I say fun it includes sikowitz weird and disturbing acting exercises.
When we arrived at the classroom sikowitz and the others aren't even there yet but eventually some of the head shakers and the shruggers arrived. And then after a couple more minutes' sikowitz came inside the window again to surprise and startle us. But it didn't work because were used to it.
"So where's the guy with the puppet and the perky little red head?" he asked, "You mean Cat and Robbie?" Sikowitz took a sip from his coconut before nodding his head simultaneously, "They went to Robbie's grandma" Andre replied.
We heard the door open and Cat entered furiously while looking straight into Robbie's eyes that followed her inside the class. They were arguing in front of us then sikowitz stopped them and let them take their seats.
"What's with the yiddle yaddeling? You almost interrupted my class" he asked while throwing his coconut in the trash bin, "We did?" Robbie stood in the middle of the classroom, "No but it was almost starting so you almost did. Now tell me what happened?"
"Well I took Cat with me to visit my grandma because she told me over the phone that grandpa accidentally fed their lunch to their dog so she asked me to buy a tray of eggs for the omelet that she was making" the nerdy guy explained, "And his grandma threw the eggs on my hair and on my face when she saw me entering her house" Cat yelled as she try to push Robbie away, "I told you it was an accident!" he reasoned out.
"It wasn't an accident she was yelling I hate perky red heads!"
"Knock it off you two! It's not important if it's an accident or not. What's important is that you're fighting and it's not good" he motioned them to sit down and they gladly did, "And stupid" Jade added, "So today we're going to have an activity" we heard whispering and gossips before sikowitz clear his throat.
"What type of activity?" I asked, "You are going to write a nice thought in a piece of paper… It can be for anyone inside this class and it must have your name on it. So if any one of you writes something bad or rude about someone believe me I don't mean you Jade" he looked at Jade and Jade rolled her eyes, "He or she will get a D for this semester. Understand?" We all said yes except for Robbie, "Wait I have a question-"
"Alright let's start… Oh and write as many as you want it doesn't matter"
As many as I want huh? Ok I'll make one for each of my friends. 'Andre is so talented and he's a great song writer he deserves more' I folded the piece of paper into two before writing another one. 'Cat is the happiest girl I've ever met I hope she continues to cheer people up like me' I looked at cat and I smiled. 'Robbie is weird but I know he's a very nice guy' I want to write more nice things about Robbie but I guess people will wonder why I said a lot of good things about him.
'Beck is a gentleman despite his good looking appearance you can always count on him and he will always be true to you' even though beck is becoming annoying and clingy when it comes to me I know he's just concern and protective and im very glad that we're really good friends.
The last one is Jade… What will I write for her? I mean there are several things on my mind that I can write about her but…
"Times up now put the papers or paper that you have on my magical box so we can get started" I started to panic when I heard his voice, "You're gonna read it out loud?" the goth asked, "Do you expect me to whisper it Jade?" I wrote as fast as I can before sikowitz noticed that im still writing. I was the last one who placed my papers on his magical box it's the same box that he used when we picked our roles for his last play.
"Alright…" he started shaking the box before pulling out a paper inside of it, "'Robbie is cute – Cat' Alright"
"Thank you cat" Robbie smiled at her and the perky little redhead giggled. If there is one girl that Robbie deserves… It's Cat not my ever loving sister Trina.
"'Tori's voice is amazing – Andre'" I smiled at Andre and he mouthed you're welcome, "'Tori is the most understanding person that I've ever met and im happy that she came to Hollywood Arts – Beck'"
That thought made me so happy, I know that most of my friends are happy that I came to Hollywood Arts but none of them said that to me in person or said it out loud… Not even my sister. I looked at beck and I mouthed thank you… He smiled back to me.
Sikowitz continued to read the letters out loud and the last thing that I heard is that Robbie said Cat is interesting before I started to not pay any attention except if the letter is about me.
"'Jade's eyes are the most beautiful thing that I've ever seen and im glad that I can look at them everyday' no name? Well… It's not a bad thought and I supposed I understand why he or she didn't put their name on it… Isn't that right Jade?"
Jade didn't say anything and she's not even looking at Sikowitz so Sikowitz continued to cite the remaining papers on his magical box. I wonder what she's thinking… I wrote that for her… Does it even mean anything for her?
"'Beck is a gentleman despite his good looking appearance you can always count on him and he will always be true to you – Tori' alright here's the last one" Beck smiled to me and I did the same for him.
"'Tori look so hot when she's wearing her red nerdy glasses' again no name? I don't know if it's a bad thought or not but I guess I can let this pass"
Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Sikowitz dismissed us but I can't stop thinking about the thought earlier. Who could it be? It could be Beck… Cause he already saw me wearing my nerdy glasses well actually all of my closest friends saw me with my nerdy glasses on. It can also be Robbie but he knows that I like Jade so why would he do that? It can also be Jade but… Why would it be her? Huh?
I wish Sikowitz didn't make us do that activity it just gave me confusion and paranoia. I want to know who sent the letter… Since most of my closest friends saw me wear my nerdy glasses… It could be Andre, Cat, Jade, Beck, and Robbie. But how would I know?
That's right… I can use their hand writing. I just need to borrow their notes to see if the hand written matches. But Sikowitz has the paper… How the chizz would I know which is which?
"Tori are you coming or what? You've been standing there for a long time now" Andre cut me out of my thoughts, "Why did you stop her? I was trying to take a video of her" Jade laughed. I frowned at what she said, "Why?" I asked, they're already outside and im the only one in the room standing alone.
"Well you look stupid so…" she let out a small chuckle but instead of getting pissed at her I find it cute, "Cut it out let's just go to the asphalt café" Beck blurted andJade gave him a death glare.
"Oh yay food" Cat giggled as she take Robbie's hand with her.