Saturday morning. Tori is coming over today. What should I wear? Should I even care what I wear? Just dress normally. No sweat.

Big sweat. It took almost two hours before I could find something decent. And when I finally got it on the doorbell rang. I rushed over before anyone else could answer. I open the door and I see Tori standing there, barely taking her hand away from the doorbell.

"Hey." I manage to get out between breaths.

"Hi. Can I come in?"

"Please do." I make a gesture towards the inside of my home and she walks in. we get to my room and I shut the door behind us.

"Before we get started I need to show you a song."

"Sure, what's it called?"

"Gang of Rhythm by Walk off the Earth."

"Never heard of it."

"It's great."

She wasn't lying. It was really a great song. "Okay, that was really, really good."

"I know right? Shall we get started?"

After about fifteen minutes we had most of the lyrics covered and she was working on the guitar notes for Robbie. After a while I decided on a title: I Won't Say Yes. Don't ask me why, it just fits with the song. Honestly, I think it's even the best song I've ever written.

After everything was done we decided to just talk a little. We were both lying on my bed, pretty close to each other. Our hands were so close we might as well have been holding hands. And I didn't mind. What is happening to me? After about five minutes of pure silence and bliss we both turn our heads so that we make eye contact. It had to be at that very moment my god damn step-mom had to yell out "Jade?! Would you and your friend like some meatloaf?!"

"Do you want some meatloaf?" I asked her.

"No thanks." She says with a chuckle.

"NO!"

"Wow. She's really something." Says Tori.

"I hate her. She thinks she can just weasel her way into my family and replace my mom."

"Jade?"

"Yeah?"

"If you don't mind my asking, what did happen to your mom?"

I sigh.

"She died."

"Oh god. I'm sorry."

"It's fine. You didn't know."

"What happened?"

"She and dad had just gotten into a fight because he had been cheating on her so she got in her car and drove off. A couple hours later the cops came by and told us she was rammed into by a bank robber. I was six."

"Oh, Jade, I'm so sorry."

She pulled me into a considerate hug and I rested my head on her shoulder. I could feel my eyes watering. Just thinking about her makes me sad.

"Were you really close to her?"

"Yeah. She's the reason I want to be Juliet. She used to love Romeo and Juliet."

"Aaaww. I swear Jade I will help you as much as I can to help you with it."

We pull apart but keep our arms around each other.

"Thanks."

We remain frozen in place for what seemed like an eternity. Once again before anything could happen, her phone goes off.

"Who is it?"

"Andre. He asked me if we want to meet him and the rest of the gang at Nozu and then go see a movie. Do you want to?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Alright. And Jade?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry we got interrupted."

"We should do this again sometime."

"We should."

She holds out her hand and I take it. Our fingers remain entwined until we got to my car and I drove us to Nozu.

A/N: Hey guys the song Tori talked about, Gang of Rhythm, it's real and it's great! You should check it out!