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Tori couldn't stop thinking about what she had seen because she wasn't even sure what it had been, everything had happened so fast that she started to think she had imagined it but she still couldn't get it out of her head.
Next day, Tori joined her friends at lunch as she did every day but she wasn't paying attention to them, she just really couldn't stop thinking about what had happened in Jade's house. "Tori!" Andre exclaimed loudly.
"What?" Tori questioned.
"Cat asked if she could take one of your fries" Andre informed.
"Oh... yes, sure, Cat, take them all if you want" Tori said nicely.
"Yay, thank you" Cat said happily.
"What's the matter with you? Why are you so distracted?" Beck asked curiously.
"I'm sorry, I was thinking about..." Tori began but she didn't know if she should tell them or not because she didn't even know what she had seen.
"About what?" Robbie asked.
"About Jade, she called me two days ago and made me lie for her, she said that we had gone shopping but we didn't" Tori informed.
"She probably spent the day with her boyfriend" Beck said trying to pretend he didn't care but it was obvious it bothered him.
"No, I confronted her about it and she confessed that she doesn't have a boyfriend" She informed and Beck couldn't help but smile, he felt good to know that she wasn't dating anyone.
"What? Are you sure? But she said she was with some guy named Nathan" Beck said.
"She lied, she said that that was the first excuse that came to her mind but why did she lie? I mean, what does she do every day after school that her mother can't know about?" Tori questioned.
"If her mother can't know about it, it's probably something bad" Andre commented.
"Do you guys think Jade does drugs?" Robbie asked.
"No, of course not" Beck affirmed. "Jade is not stupid, she wouldn't do that and if she did, we would have noticed, I mean it's been nine months and people who do drugs show signs"
"Yes, Robbie, please, that's ridiculous" Tori added.
"Then what is it? What does she do that nobody can't know about?" Robbie asked.
"I don't know and then there's the other thing..." Tori commented.
"What other thing?" Beck questioned.
"It's just... Have you guys noticed anything strange about Nick and Jade?" Tori questioned.
"No, he is pretty cool" Andre said as he took one of the fries on Cat's plate.
"Strange like what?" Cat questioned innocently.
"I don't know, maybe I'm just imagining it but I think I saw them in a...unusual situation" Tori commented and they stared at her confused.
"Explain yourself" Andre demanded.
"Yesterday when I went to the kitchen, Jade was standing in the corner of the room and he was a little too close to her, I'm not sure because everything happened very fast but I don't know, there was something about the whole situation that made me feel weird..." Tori explained. "It almost looked like they were about to kiss but I'm not sure, I just know that I can't get it out of my head"
"That's crazy, Tori, Nick and Jade kissing? Please, that's insane" Robbie said.
"You know, it might not be so crazy...now that I come to think of it, the day they brought us pizza I think I saw Nick looking at Jade's body when she was serving the juice but I don't know, I could be wrong too" Beck commented.
"Are you guys suggesting that Jade and her mom's boyfriend have an affair?" Andre asked. "Because that is messed up, I honestly don't think it's true"
"Yes, god, that would make them horrible people, not even Jade can go so low" Robbie said.
"Yes, I know, like I said I'm probably exaggerating, I don't think they have a relationship... besides, Jade doesn't like him" Tori commented.
"Yes, you are right... "Beck said. "We are most likely imagining things"
"And I don't think Nick would do that even if she wanted to, he is a nice guy and he obviously sees her as his daughter" Andre affirmed.
"Yes, you're right, I don't even know why I thought it was weird... they were just talking" Tori said. "But I still want to know what she does after school" she commented and a few seconds later, they saw Jade walking by.
"Jade, come sit us" Cat said nicely and Jade did. "How are you today?" she asked with a huge smile on her face and Jade stared at her suspiciously.
"What do you want, Cat?" Jade questioned.
"Jade, please tell us what you do after school" Tori insisted and Jade rolled her eyes annoyed.
"Will you stop with that? You're more insistent than my mother, god" Jade commented.
"You use us as excuses and we have the right to know what for" Beck said.
"Fine, I won't use any of you as excuses anymore" Jade informed.
"That's not the point, Jade, we are worried about you" Tori said sincerely.
"You're worried about me?" Jade asked surprised and chuckled.
"It's not funny, it's the truth... You have been doing something for the past nine months and nobody knows what it is" Tori commented.
"Are you on drugs?" Robbie questioned, she raised an eyebrow at him and laughed a little.
"Yes, Robbie, you got me... "Jade said with irony "Every day after school I go to my dealer's house and get so high that I don't even know who I am, then he gives me some coffee to chill me down and drives me home"
"Really?" Cat questioned shocked and Jade rolled her eyes.
"Yes, Cat, really..." She said and stood up. "Don't worry, I won't use you as excuses anymore... I'll just tell my mom that I am a drug addict and let her send me to rehab"
"Stop it, Jade, that's not funny" Beck said seriously.
"I never said it was" She responded. "Listen, it's my life and I don't have to tell you what I do because again, it's my life so if i do drugs or sleep all day or murder people, it's none of your god damn business" Jade commented coldly and walked away.
"Wow..." Tori said. "She is upset"
"Jade is always upset" Beck commented and shook his head.
"So... Jade is a drug addict who murders people and sleeps all day?" Cat questioned confused.
"No, Cat, she said that because she doesn't want to tell us the truth" Tori explained and Cat exhaled relieved.
"Whatever, she is right... it's her life and if she is not going to use us as excuses then she can do whatever she wants, I don't care" Beck commented and continued eating. That day Jade went back home because her mom was supposed to be there but when she entered, she only saw Nick standing by the stairs and smiling at her.
"Where is my mom?" Jade questioned.
"At the office" He answered.
"Today is her day off" Jade said.
"I know but I'm her boss and she had to stay to finish some papers" He informed and Jade opened the door again. "Where are you going?"
"I think I'll visit my mom at the office, see you later" Jade smirked and walked out, she sighed upset and simply got back in her car, she drove around for hours, went to get some coffee and then picked her mom up at the office, Melissa found it weird but she liked to spend time with her daughter so she was happy to see her there.
Jade's mom spent the weekend in the house so Nick was forced to respect Jade and she was glad that he at least had the decency not to harass her while her mother was there. On Monday, everyone went back to Jade's house because they still had a lot to do before presenting their play.
"So we are in the part where the suicidal girl doesn't realize she is dead" Andre informed.
"I've read that suicidal people go to limbo so we could create one, you know, like how do you guys think limbo is?" Robbie asked.
"I imagine limbo as a very twisted version of real life like suicidal people never really understand they're dead and they torture themselves forever" Beck said.
"That is very dark but I like it, let's use it" Tori said and he nodded once. Jade realized her phone was running out of battery so she imply left and went upstairs to her room to get her charger.
Jade walked into her room and grabbed her charger but when she turned around to go back, she saw Nick standing in the door and she rolled her eyes annoyed. "Aren't you supposed to be at work?" Jade questioned.
"That's not important, baby" He responded.
"I'm not your baby, let me through" Jade demanded because he didn't let her exit the room. "Are you deaf? Move!" She exclaimed and he smiled before pushing her to the right and trapping her against the wall.
"Where is Jade?" Andre asked when he realized she wasn't in the room anymore.
"She went upstairs a few minutes ago" Robbie answered.
"Well, we need her here" Beck commented. "Tori, can you please tell her to come back?"
"But I don't know where she is" Tori said.
"Probably in her room, the second door to the left" Beck informed and Tori nodded, she went upstairs and saw the door open so she walked towards it but then she heard voices, Tori didn't know someone else was in the house so she found it weird but she continued walking quietly.
"Let me out" Jade ordered but he shook his head and grabbed her jaw to make her look up at him.
"God, Jade, why do you have to make it so complicated?" He asked, Tori looked inside the room and saw Jade trapped between the wall and Nick's arm as he held her chin up and her mouth dropped open, she moved back but stayed there to hear the conversation and see more but being careful to make sure he didn't see her.
"Get away from me" Jade demanded but he shook his head and bit his lip.
"You want this as much as I do" He commented and tried to kiss her but Jade moved her face to the other side.
"Don't touch me" Jade ordered and tried to get away but he slammed her against the wall again and pressed her jaw. "Owww..." Tori was speechless, she couldn't believe what she was witnessing. "Get your hands off me right now"
"Shut up and cooperate, come on, your mom is not home" He commented "Don't be scared"
"I'm not scared, now move!" She demanded again.
"I've never wanted someone so badly in my whole life, you have to be mine" Nick said as he held Jade's face up close to his face and Tori covered her mouth scared, she was sure he was going to try to rape Jade right there.
"That's never gonna happen, get the hell away from me" Jade ordered seriously. "My friends are downstairs, if you don't let me go I'm going to scream and you'll be in trouble" she threatened.
"Trouble why? They know you and they're going to think you're saying it to make me look bad, just like your mom did" Nick commented laughing.
"Don't be stupid, Beck is going to kick your ass" Jade affirmed.
"He dumped you, Jade, you can't use him to threaten me anymore... He was so confused when I asked him about you and I realized you've been lying all this time, you're such a dirty little liar" He said.
"The fact he is not my boyfriend anymore doesn't mean he and the rest of my friends are going to think what you do is right, now get away from me or I'm going to scream" Jade threatened.
"Your friends won't stay forever, sweetie" He said and stepped back, Jade glared at him coldly and he blew a kiss to her. Tori immediately hid in the bathroom which was the next door and waited until Nick was in his room to come out.
Tori was shocked after seeing that but she didn't know what to say to Jade so she preferred to see her reaction first, Tori walked into the room and saw Jade grabbing her charger from the floor. "Jade, the boys want you to go back downstairs" Tori said trying to look normal.
"Yes, I just came to get my charger, let's go" Jade said casually, she didn't look affected at all and it surprised Tori to see her like that, it was like nothing had happened. Jade walked past Tori and went downstairs calmly so she followed her and decided not to say anything in front of her friends but after that, she couldn't focus on the play, she spent the rest of the day watching Jade act normally and she couldn't understand her, in her place Tori would have been terrified but Jade looked just fine, it was unbelievable, Tori just couldn't wait to confront her about it.
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