A/N: Thanks you so much for all the reviews. It means so much to me. Ok who saw TFB&J? What did you think? I was disappointed I was expecting more. I wanted a Jandre kiss, I wanted a jealous Beck, and I wanted more than just 'I missed you.' Maybe my expectations were to high...I don't know. It didn't make me happy...BUT Cabbie next week will make me happy...I hope. And the looks on Andre and Tori's face right before she says 'Cat hasn't dated anyone in a while' makes me think there was something more going on like maybe Andre was going to ask Jade out. Anyway I hope you like the chapter. And please follow me on Twitter my name is the same as on here, BhindGreenEyes.
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Super Sleuth
Beck walked up to Andre. "What was that?"
"I don't know man. I was just telling her about how I use to have feelings for Ja….this girl." Damn that was close. "And she just started kissing me.
Beck was a bit skeptical. He wasn't going to say the name that he thought he was going to say, was he? "What girl?"
"Oh you don't know her, she goes to North Ridge."
Beck stared at him not sure whether to believe him or not.
"What? I didn't do anything wrong!" Andre sounded panicked.
Andre was definitely acting wonky.
Trina was nice enough to give Jade and Tori a ride to Jade's house. Of course nice for Trina was making them both pay her to drive them but before Tori could give her the money Jade spoke up. "We are not paying you anything." Jade knew that saying this would finally make it seem like Tori was standing up for herself but she was doing it because she didn't want Trina to actually think that she would pay her. That's not how Jade West is, she doesn't obey anyone especially Trina Vega. Trina was surprised at Tori's out burst. She stopped the car and yelled at them to get out.
"So now what?"
"Now you have to go to work." Jade smirked at Tori.
"What do you mean I have to work?" Tori was confused.
"Work as in exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something like serving fat nasty truckers food and since it's a paying job you will be rewarded with money which I will then take."
"Why do you have a job? Your dad is rich."
"My dad might be rich but I don't live with him. I live with my mom and she is far from rich." Jade was a bit embarrassed by this. No one knew her mom was poor, not even Beck.
"So you work to help your mom with bills?"
"No Tori I work because I get joy out of serving nasty trucker's food." Jade said sarcastically.
Tori rolled her eyes, something she has done a lot since she met Jade. "Where do you work?"
"A small trucker diner. I'll drive you there and pick you up."
"How are you going to drive me when you are me and I don't have a license?"
"I'll just pull my hair up into a hat and wear sunglasses and the diner is out of town so no one will even see us."
Twenty minutes later Jade pulls up to the diner. "Here we are."
"So I just take their orders and serve them right?" Tori wasn't liking the idea of working at a diner.
"Yep, it's not that hard…..but just be careful they like to flirt a lot."
After Tori got out of the car Jade drove away. She really didn't know what to do or where to go. By the time she made it back to her dad's house, she knew where she needed to go, it was the one place she didn't want to go. She left her car and started walking the familiar route.
Jade walked up to the familiar RV. She knocked on the door and took a deep breath. She was nervous to say the least. She had to know how he felt about Tori and how he felt about her. What made her even more nervous was that she was pretty sure she know how he felt about Tori. She saw him try to kiss her before the Platinum Music Awards. She also saw how he put her down. That hurt the most.
After a few seconds Beck opened the door. "Oh hey Tori. Come in." He motioned with his hands. He closed the door behind her. "So what's up?"
"Nothing just thought I'd stop by and hang out for a little while."
Beck thought this would be a perfect time to figure out what was going on with her and Jade. "So what was that between you and Jade in improv class?"
"Oh um, I, it… was nothing, you know Jade hates me."
Beck knitted his eyes brows together. He knew she was lying but Tori didn't stutter when she was lying, she laughed nervously. Jade was the one that stuttered. "Actually I was talking more about your comment."
"What comment?"
"The 'You always take her side.' comment."
Jade put her head down. She had no explanation for that, well not one she cared to explain to him.
"Because if I remember correctly I always take your side over Jade's."
"Yeah why is that."
Beck went over and sat next to her.
"Well because I know Jade can be mean, hurtful, and can over react."
"Yeah but do you ever think that I'm not so innocent in our arguments? I say mean and hurtful things to her too."
"Jade is a strong girl."
"That she is, but did you ever think that you not sticking up for her hurts her more than the things I call her?"
Beck put his head down. He really didn't think of that but she was right. "I never looked at it that way."
"Beck you're a really great guy." Beck looked over at her. Jade flashed her eye lashes at him. She took a deep breath, it was not or never. She leaned in until their lips were touching. She hadn't kissed him in so long, well aside form play rehearsal, she really missed it, she wanted it but not like this, not in Tori's body. She wanted to cry.
The kiss lasted about two seconds before Beck pulled away. "I can't do this." He put his head down. "I'm sorry."
Jade was shocked at first. "Why? I mean you wanted to kiss me a few months ago, you even went as far as putting Jade down."
"Yeah and that was wrong. Everything I said about her was true, she did that to your hamburger, and she took your spot in the PMA's but the kiss was wrong Tori. I like you but only as a friend. The only reason I tried to kiss you was because I was trying to prove to myself that I was over Jade and I'm sorry about that."
"That's ok I understand. So are you over Jade." Jade felt like she was going to puke, she was so nervous.
"No, honestly I'll never get over her."
"Why did you break up with her anyway?"
"Because I couldn't take the fighting anymore. For the first two weeks I was ok with the break up but then reality set in. I realized I was still in love with her but it was to late."
Jade smiled this was the best thing she heard in along time. She wanted to kiss him but she had to control herself, to Beck she was Tori. "Well why haven't you told her that yet?"
"Because she would never take me back and I can't take rejection, not from her." Beck put his head down.
"I don't know about that."
"Oh come on she hates me."
"She could never hate you."
"Well she acts like it."
"Just remember one thing Beck. When she seems like she hates you it's because she's hurt and is hating the way you two are right now. When she seems fine and wants to be your friend, that's when you have problems because that's when she is over you." She stood up. "Well I have to go but just remember what I said." She opened the door and left.
Back at the Truck Stop Tori wasn't having a good time. This waitressing thing wasn't as easy as it looked. She had messed up three orders and spilt two drinks…on one person. The big truckers wouldn't stop hitting on her. She didn't know how Jade of all people could work here and keep this job for more than on day. She couldn't figure out for the life of her why Jade had a job in the first place, it wasn't like she needed one her dad was rich.
Another group of truckers came in and sat in her section. She sighed and walked over to them. "Hi what can I get you guys to drink?" She pulled out her order taking pad from her apron.
"I'll have a coke."
"I'll have a coffee sweetheart." He winked at her. She narrowed her eyes at him as she wrote it down. She walked back behind the counter sighing and started making the drinks.
The other waitress Sasha walked up next to her to get drinks for her table. "These truckers are relentless."
"Tell me about it." Tori rolled her eyes. She grabbed the drinks and walked back over to the table. "Are you guys ready to order?" She took their order but not without noticing their stares. She walked back behind the counter. "I swear I can feel them undressing me with their eyes." Tori complained to Sasha.
"Yeah they all do it and you never get use to it."
"I don't think I can take much more of it. How long have you been here?"
"I've been here for about two years."
"I don't see how you kept this job for that long?"
"The same reason you've kept this job, the money. I don't make much an hour but these perverted truckers tip a lot." Sasha smiled and took food to her table.
Tori felt bad for Sasha. Over the past few hours she had gotten to know her a bit. Sasha was twenty and had a two year old daughter named Roxy. She was a single mom living with her parents.
