Tori, Jade, Andre and Sinjin were walking into the theatre hall when they spotted Beck wrestling with a much older gentleman on blue mats. Terrified and on instinct, Tori rushed over to the stage.
"Hey, you punk, get off my friend!" She jumped on the guy's back and tried prying the man twice her size off of Beck.
"Tori, hey calm down," Beck said as the man got off Beck and tried prying the tiny person off of his back.
He finally got her off and set her on the ground. Before she could attack again, Andre grabbed her waist and held her between him and Sinjin.
"But he was attacking you!" she defended.
"Tori, we were stage fighting. Don't you remember Russ?" Beck pointed to the man who was in fact Russ, their stunt coach from Hollywood Arts.
"I remember you," Russ said to Tori. "Oh yeah. You did the same to me the first time we met." Russ walked over to the bench to find some ice for his back. Tori may be tiny, but she had a death grip.
"Interesting how you defended Beck before, and still defend Beck now. Tori, just admit you love my boyfriend," Jade said.
"No, I was just trying to protect my friend."
"Oh here goes," Andre said.
"Oooh chick fight!" Sinjin stood between the two.
"No, man. Just let them have it before class starts," Beck dragged him away with Andre.
"But he's my boyfriend. I should be the most concerned," Jade defended.
"Yeah, so why didn't you?"
"Because I know it's stage fighting. And Beck can handle himself," she sipped her coffee.
"Maybe you should start showing some more affection towards him."
"I didn't ask for any advice, Vega," she backfired.
"I'm just saying. You go through so much trouble getting jealous. Show another emotion to him."
"You know if I wasn't so concerned with ganky freshmen taking my boyfriend away from me, I'd rip your head off right now."
"Ok, shutting up," Tori almost peed in her pants.
"Good morning everyone," Sophia Michelle took over the acting workshop that morning. To help her, Tori, Andre, Jade, Beck, Sinjin, Russ and a special friend of Helen's was dropping by.
"Today we're going to work on extremes. For the first hour, we're practicing some stage fighting. Then, we're going to work on some romance."
"That's interesting," Andre commented.
"Yes it is. I want to see if you can master polar opposites in a quick amount of time. A true actor can get into character right away."
"That's some legit logic," Andre nodded.
"Anyway, to the seniors, you know Russ. To the rest of you, Russ is the stunt coach at HA. Before anyone comes up to demonstrate some stage fighting, we've asked someone else to be Russ's stunt partner."
As if on cue, Helen stepped in with a tall and lanky man.
"Hello boys and girls," Helen smiled at them. They man walked behind her quietly, with a calm expression. "So I see you've all met Russ. Well I brought an old friend of mine, Crazy Steve, to help him out with stunts."
"Why is his name Crazy Steve?" Sinjin asked.
"You'll see," was all Helen said.
"It's nice to meet you, Crazy Steve," Sinjin held out his hand.
"I DON'T KNOW YOU!" Crazy Steve grabbed Sinjin's arm and swung him over his head. He started running towards the center of the stage. Everyone went wide-eyed, not knowing the cause of Crazy Steve's mayhem. Before he could harm himself, Sinjin and anyone else, Helen stepped in.
"Crazy Steve! Put that poor nerd down!" She demanded. He suddenly halted, as if that's all he needed, was direction. He hadn't let go of Sinjin, but he stopped yelling.
"Now come on, boy. Put him down."
"Eee-yowww-ooo" Steve started muttering random verbiage.
"She'll…. be…. Coming around the mountain when she comes…" Helen randomly started to sing. Everyone was dumbfounded. What was she doing?
"She'll… be…" she started again.
"Coming around the mountain when she comes," he stepped in. They finished the song and Steve had finally let Sinjin off of his grasp.
"That's it?" Andre was bewildered.
"He really is crazy," Beck muttered.
"Yeah, I'm starting to think he's crazier than Jade," Tori feared.
Jade would have retorted, but she too was shocked.
"Behave, Steve. Listen to Ms. Michelle and don't break Russ," Helen lectured.
"Yes, Ma'am," he said like a stubborn child.
And with that, Helen left. No one dared to move a muscle, unsure of what Crazy Steve would do next. He took one step, and students fell back in their seats. After a few more steps he sat at an empty chair, looked up and hinted that he was ready to learn.
"And I thought Cat had issues," Tori commented.
"Mhm," Jade agreed.
Russ spent the next half hour demonstrating stage fighting with Crazy Steve as his partner. Surprisingly he behaved and didn't hurt anyone. Andre and Sinjin joined in and eventually a few daring freshmen tried stage fighting. When the first hour was up, Russ and Crazy Steve left.
"Now, we're going to practice stage kissing," Ms. Michelle said. "I was told that this was somewhat addressed during orientation by Ms. West and Mr. Oliver, correct?"
The couple nodded.
"Great, then we don't have to go into much detail. Now I know you're just kids and this subject gets a bit weird or uncomfortable, but get out of your shells and just take this as a professional thing. Don't mix business with pleasure, or you're just asking for trouble. Now, Ms. West, Mr. Oliver. You're a couple, right?"
"Yes. Yes, we are," Jade said loud and proud – or at least for all the freshmen girls to hear.
"Great, could you come up here please?"
They did as they were told and stood center stage.
"Now, kiss each other," Sophia Michelle ordered.
They didn't hesitate and delved right into a passionate kiss.
"Yup, I lost my appetite," Andre joked with Tori.
Breaking the kiss, Jade smiled and Beck was mesmerized.
"Now, you guys see how natural that looked? They obviously weren't acting, but that's what a realistic kiss should look like. Uh, you, Ms. Vega, right?"
Tori pointed to herself, "Me?"
"Would you come up here please?"
Tori got up and walked over to the stage as well.
"So Mr. Oliver, you and Ms. Vega are friends, correct?"
"Just friends," Jade answered for them.
"Yes," Tori rolled her eyes. "Can we get to the point?"
"Now, Ms. Vega, kiss Mr. Oliver, but with the same passion as Ms. West had with him."
Jade's eyeballs looked like they were going to pop out. Beck and Tori grew extremely nervous because of her reaction to come.
"WHAT?!"
"Ms. West, you and Ms. Vega are friends as well, correct?" Sophia Michelle tried to clarify.
"On good days," Jade negotiated.
"Then just trust that they're only doing this as actors, please."
"Yeah, Jade," Beck tried reasoning with her.
"Unless… You'd rather have him kiss someone else. Who would want to come up and demonstrate a stage kiss with this handsome young man?" she referred to the class. Almost every girl's hand shot up. Jade was torn. Let a ganky freshman kiss her boyfriend or Tori Vega kiss him. It was a lose-lose but she did put slight trust in Tori.
"Ugh, Fine. Vega you get two seconds and then your lips come off!" Jade laid the rules out.
"Fair enough," Tori said.
"Thanks, babe," Beck told his girlfriend before she sat down.
Tori and Beck did a pretty convincing two-second stage kiss, which impressed Sophia Michelle.
"Not bad, that was very believable." The class clapped for them.
"Thanks?" Tori said.
"But you know what, I think it's because you two know each other and look like close friends that the kiss could have just been real too," she pointed.
Tori shot a glance at Jade, "Calm down, Jade, it was a stage kiss," she told the Goth girl before she said anything. It relieved Jade slightly.
"Maybe I do want a freshman to come up and kiss Beck. He needs to kiss a girl he doesn't know."
"Why does my boyfriend have to kiss someone? Can't someone else go? Andre? Sinjin?" Jade suggested.
"I'd be happy to demonstrate a stage kiss!" Sinjin shot up from his chair. Sophia Michelle took one look at him and grimaced.
"Uh… Maybe next time," she let him down softly.
"Now, you, the one in the purple, come up here and demonstrate a stage kiss for us."
A cute brunette made her way on to the stage. She was sweet looking, but had the eyes of a snob. Anyone could see that.
"Now, you two look at each other, and when you're ready, kiss. Make it look real."
Beck did not have any interest in the girl whatsoever. Sure she looked nice, but she was not attractive, in his point of view. He looked at her all of two seconds before she grabbed a fistful of his shirt in her hands and planted a very rough and uncomfortable kiss on his lips. It was in no way romantic at all. But it still made Jade blow steam out of her head. The girl did not let go of Beck as he struggled to pry her off. Only succeeding after about ten seconds.
"Well, that's… uh not bad, I guess," Sophia Michelle commented. "We'll work on it. Thank you guys."
The brunette winked at him and hopped off stage as Beck stumbled to his seat next to Jade and Andre.
"Enjoy that?" Andre joked.
"Not funny, bro," Beck wiped his mouth of that girl's heavy application of lip-gloss. Beck turned to face Jade, she hadn't looked at him, nor did she acknowledge his presence when he sat back down with them.
"Jade?" he was nervous.
She still hadn't budged.
"It might take a little time to get used to stage kissing, but we'll work on it. Eventually you'll at least get passed the awkwardness and just try to focus on the passion. Now-"
"Ms. Michelle?" Jade raised her hand. This startled Beck, since she was quiet for so long.
"Yes, Ms. West?"
"Don't you think it's only fair that a boy in the class would try out stage kissing?" she suggested.
Beck, Andre, Sinjin and Tori turned their heads and looked at Jade with 'Are you serious' looks.
"Huh. Not a bad idea, do you mind volunteering?"
"No, not at all," she smirked and got out of her seat to walk back to center stage.
"What is she doing?" Andre asked.
"She's going to kiss a guy," Sinjin stated.
"Obviously you doof, but why?!" Tori whispered/yelled.
"I might have a hunch," Beck said, not looking at his friends but at his girlfriend in front of him. Subconsciously, his fists were clenching.
"Oh boy," Andre and Tori mumbled.
Sophia Michelle called on a young man near the front row to come up and demonstrate a stage kiss. The boy was rather larger built than Beck, he had some pretty ripped muscles. His hair was a dirty blond, and his bangs fell in front of his eyes enough to cover it but still enough to see his baby blues. No one could deny that he wasn't handsome. Because he surely was. Jade smiled at the boy, who was dramatically taller than Beck. She always liked taller guys, like Beck's friend Moose.
"Now, like we did before. Take your time and then just let the magic happen."
Beck was surely watching every move the two made. Jade smirked at the boy, flirting with her eyes, and well, boys were weak so he flirted back. After about ten seconds, he grabs a hold of her waist and she grabs his face and they plant a rough kiss, just like Beck's and the brunette's, but this time with zeal and less clumsiness. The boy grabbed her tighter, Beck saw, and Jade sank her nails in the boy's face. To say Beck wasn't reeking in jealousy would be a lie. He was officially furious. They pulled apart about ten seconds later, just as long as Beck and the brunette had kissed, both faces flustered and red, trying to get their blood to circulate regularly again.
"Wow, that was fantastic! Give them a round of applause ladies and gentlemen," Sophia Michelle praised them. "Now that's a stage kiss!"
Jade thanked the boy and walked back to her seat.
Sinjin, Andre and Tori were speechless. They were amazed by Jade's professionalism, but kind of nervous about the situation at hand. So they did the thing they thought was the best – they stayed quiet. Beck and Jade hadn't talked to each other the rest of the class and afterwards, he asked her to stay behind.
"What the hell was that?!"
"What was what?"
"Don't mess with me right now. Why'd you have to go and kiss a guy?"
"It was acting, Beck. Stage kissing?"
"Yeah I know that, but you didn't have to. We were going to move on from that."
"Like I said, I wanted to have a boy demonstrate too."
"And you just had to volunteer your lips for it?"
"Beck, it's just a stage kiss. Why are you being a jerk?"
"No, it wasn't just a stage kiss. You were doing it to get me mad, come on. You know it."
"So what if I did?"
"Are you still jealous of girls, even after all this time?"
"Were you jealous of that guy kissing me?"
"No I was furious!"
"I tried using that excuse so many times. Let's face it, you get jealous too. Now you know how I feel," She concluded and stormed off.
Beck stood in the empty room, enraged, confused, and yes, very jealous. Granted Jade was proving a point, but he was right that she was acting childish, right? Or was this really a lesson that he needed to learn?
A/N: Song Title - Give It Up - Jade gives up and decides to get even.