Tori POV

The bright LA sun was streaming through my window, its rays blinding me even through my closed eyes, reluctantly waking me from my peaceful slumber. Usually, I was pretty good with mornings, but I had been enjoying a sweet dream and didn't want it to end, so I rolled over and buried my face into the pillow, screwing my eyes shut, determined to continue where the dream left off. It involved Jade, who had become a regular visitor to my night time visions, but as the last remainders of my tired mind slipped away, the dream followed, and I couldn't for the life of me remember what had been happening.

The annoyed groan that issued from my mouth was muffled by the soft cushion beneath me and it was with great effort that I rolled over and kicked the duvet from my body, only to be instantly hit by the cool air in my room, causing me to shiver. I stumbled from my bed, a little bleary eyed, and was greeted by my tired looking reflection in my closet mirror: hair wild from tossing and turning in my sleep, my posture slumped- something Trina would no doubt tell me off for- and my heavy lidded eyes blinking back at me. So much for being a morning person, but I guess after so long without getting any proper sleep, too busy caught up in worries over a certain dark haired girl, it's all bound to catch up with you in the end.

My mouth twitched into a smile; Jade. There was nothing to worry about there anymore; at least, I hoped there wasn't. This past weekend had felt like a dream, a page out of somebody else's life, something I had only hoped for and never believed I would get. But it was all real and was still happening, maybe even at school now.

To say I was nervous about telling Andre and Robbie would be an understatement. Sure, they're our friends and I'd like to think they'd accept us no matter what, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a lot to get your head around: Tori Vega and Jade West, the two girls who are supposed to hate each other, constantly fighting and trying to outdo the other, are now dating? It still sounds weird to me, and I'm involved.

I get myself ready for school, racing to the shower and only just managing to beat Trina to it, taking extra long just to annoy her; her banging on the door and whining about ruining her morning beauty routine are easy to ignore under the sound of the pouring water and my obnoxiously loud shower singing, which I did just to bug her further. She got her own back, though, when she shoved her way into the bathroom as I was on my way out and slammed the door, causing the corner of my towel to get caught and stuck. After several minutes of tugging and shouting at my sister for being a moron, I gave a vicious pull, just as Trina re-opened the door to yell at me for yelling at her. I tumbled backwards and fell on my butt, sprawled all over the floor, groaning at the impact.

"That is so unladylike, Tori." Trina said, her hair dripping all over the floor where her head was poking around the door frame.

Blushing, I growled at her, adjusting my towel securely around my body before storming off as dignified as my bruised behind would let me, back to my room to get dressed, keen to avoid her for the rest of the morning so there was no more stupid incidence like that one.

"So, what are you and your new little girlfriend going to do?" Trina asked an hour later- making us late leaving- when she finally finished getting ready at the house and began to drive us to school, still putting lip gloss on, and watching her reflection in the rear view mirror.

"What, about school?"

"No, about which one of you wants to become the new Pope, of course about school" my sister rolled her eyes then violently yanked on the steering wheel to stop the car drifting into the other lane.

"Concentrate on the road!" I shrieked, pinching the lip gloss from her grasp and chucking it into the dashboard compartment so she would pay attention.

"Don't worry, little sis', I'm an excellent driver!" Trina claimed. "It's everyone else who sucks- WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" She added to a car on the other side of the road that had to swerve to avoid her. Its times like these I can't wait to pass my drivers test so I won't have to risk my life with every journey to school.

Trina turned back to me with a grin "And you didn't answer my question!"

I sighed. "I dunno. We're going to talk to Andre and Robbie about it today, because they don't know a thing, but as for everyone else…"

I trailed off and the two of us remained silent for a little while, only the radio, quietly playing Lady Gaga's Born This Way, could be heard. I remembered when that song first came out; Cat had such an obsession with it that for an entire week you'd find her skipping down the corridors at school, belting out the lyrics at the top of her voice. Her happy mood and cheery, fantastic singing voice, although a little annoying after a while, eventually infected everyone so much that I even caught Jade murmuring along to the words one lunch time, after she'd assured us that she hated it.

I was shaken out of my memory when we stopped at a red light and Trina turned to me yet again, a slight look of concern lining her features.

"What do you think people will say when they find out about, you know, you and Jade?"

"No idea. They'll probably all think it's some big joke." I shrugged, sinking back in the seat, feeling defeated.

It had crossed my mind numerous times what everyone else would say and the conclusion I always came to was they'd think we were just messing with them. Going to a performing arts school there are often kids running around trying to convince everyone about something or other, whether it be them saying they landed a role in a major movie or that they met Johnny Depp in a restaurant and he told them they'd be a star someday (the latter being something Trina had once said). So, as much as rumours and gossip were believed, anything straight from the horses' mouth was usually put down to attention seeking and easily dismissed, which made Jade and I confirming our relationship all the more difficult.

"Look." Trina reached over to put her hand on my knee, patting it lightly. "Whatever they say, it shouldn't matter, as long as the two of you are happy, right?"

I smiled. "Yeah, thanks, Trina."

She nodded, her eyes refocusing on the road as we neared the school parking lot.

"Trina?" I furrowed my eyebrows, needing to ask something that had been nagging at me for a little while.

"Yeah?"

"Where's all this concern and care coming from all of a sudden?"

She pulled haphazardly into a parking space before turning her wide eyes to me, carefully sculpted eyebrows raised. "All of a sudden! You're my sister, Tori, I've always cared about you." I beamed at her and she shook her head a little before continuing. "Beside, we do go to the same school now, so you've got my reputation to keep as well as your own, so I've got to keep you in check, don't I?" Trina laughed, but I had the feeling she wasn't entirely joking, and then punched me lightly in the arm. "Welp, come on! We can't stay in the car all day!"

With that she hopped out of the car, slamming the door into the car next to us in the process. I got out more carefully, watching Trina as she glanced around the parking lot to see if anyone had noticed, then, with a mumble of 'They can buff that out", she swiftly made her way into the school. I rolled my eye, but followed all the same.

Xxx

Sikowitz's class was the first time I saw any of my friends that day. Thanks to Trina making us late this morning, I hadn't had chance to meet up with them as we did almost every morning at school, and none of them were in my first lesson of the day, R&B vocals, so I couldn't help but feel disappointed that I was yet to talk to any of them. Especially Jade, after almost the whole weekend together, I was already missing her presence.

I was so excited when I skipped into Sikotwitz's classroom that I managed to walk right into Andre, who was stood in the middle of the room, busy playing with his Pear Phone.

"Well, hey, Tori Vega! Fancy bumping into you!" He greeted with a laugh, pulling me into a one armed hug while his eyes remained firming fixed on the small screen in his hand.

"Hey, Andre!" I squeezed him back, while scanning the room for a sign of my girlfriend, before pulling away. "Wat'cha doing there?"

"Textin' this girl I met on the weekend" He grinned, finally looking up from the phone. "Her name's Melissa. I met her at the mall, asked her if she wanted to go to The Grove-"

Andre's explanation of his weekend and wild hand gestures that accompanied it were quickly cut short by our acting teacher bursting into the classroom; the door crashing into the wall then bouncing off again as he flung it open in his enthusiasm. Most of the class jumped in surprise, Andre and I included, while everyone else just stared at the man, wide eyed.

He looked… normal. Dressed up in a suit and tie, hair combed back neatly on his head. Everybody's eyes followed him as he walked up the aisle between the rows of chairs to the middle of the stage.

"You like?" Sikowitz asked before he finally did something more… Sikowitz-like and twirled around on the spot, arms high above his head like a ballerina.

Somehow, I was the first to recover. "You look, uh-"

"Still as crazy as ever."

This time everyone in the room span around to see Jade barge through the still open door, a scowl adorning her face. She strutted past, placing a hand on my shoulder when she was near that made my heart skip, until she roughly shoved me to one side.

"Move, Vega. You're blocking the way."

I would've been hurt at this sudden mean gesture, if she hadn't looked back over her shoulder and flashed me the hint of a smile that always made my heart melt, and winked. If I'd been concentrating less on her and more on my feet, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't've stumbled and fallen right into the lap of the seated person nearest: Sinjin.

"Hi, Tori." He said slowly, emphasising the creepiness in his voice.

I instantly bolted upright again, my face turning scarlet as the class around me sniggered at my unfortunate landing. Once again, my eyes found Jade, who was grinning in amusement and I scowled playfully at her before taking my usual seat at the front of class.

"Alright, children! Now that we've all found our own seats" Sikowitz smirked at me. "We shall get on with today's lesson, which is about…" The acting teacher began to stomp his feet, which were actually covered in a smart pair of shoes today, on the ground in a drum roll, copied immediately by the rest of the class. "Appearances! And how they can be… deceiving."

He beamed down at us all, arms held out wide as he turned slowly on the spot again, showing off his suit.

"So, if none of you knew me and saw me walking down the street, what would your first impression of me be? Cat!"

"You're a pirate!" Cat called out.

Sikowitz blinked. "Pardon?"

"A pirate!" She giggled at our confused looks. "One time, my brother went to a fancy dress party as a pirate, but he couldn't find a pirate costume, so he wore a suit. But, then he decided he wasn't a pirate anymore."

Everyone in the room gawked at Cat before Sikowitz called for our attention again. "So, anyway, your first impressions of me, Tori!"

"Uh, you look kind of like a business man on the way to work." I supplied, receiving small murmurs of agreement from the rest of the class.

"Thank you!" Sikowitz cried, his smile so wide you could practically see all of his teeth. "You would never expect that I am, in fact, an acting teacher at the wondrous high school Hollywood Arts, would you?" We all shook our heads. "Exactly! And you wouldn't suspect that I actually dress just like this!"

There was the harsh sound of Velcro ripping as Sikowitz tore the suit from his body to reveal his 'normal' attire underneath. He tossed the material to one side then kicked the shoes off; wiggling his now free toes and ruffled his combed hair back to the state it was usually in. "Ah, that's much better!"

The rest of the lesson continued with Sikowitz talking to us about how some characters are shown in one light at the beginning of movies and shows, but by the end of it you find there are totally different to what you first believed and how slowly building up to this keeps the viewer interested throughout the performance. Even though this wasn't usually his area of teaching, Sikowitz explained to us that it's important for us, as actors, to keep in mind the true identity of our character and that dropping oh so subtle hints, be it in body language or otherwise, is always a good thing to do.

The end of the lesson came slowly and the bell rang just as Beck, Eli and Cat finished the scene they were doing on stage. It was the first time I'd seen Beck since the cinema but he still looked as laid back and nonchalant as ever, breezing through the improv like it was nothing. We were quickly dismissed and, as my chair is right at the front, I was usually the last to leave, so it was a little surprising when I found Jade hanging back, waving a hand to tell Cat to leave while the other fiddled with the content of her bag. Although preoccupied, the goth girl kept glancing up at me as I approached.

"Hey." I said cautiously when I was near, unsure how to treat the situation. We were in school, I didn't want to make things too obvious yet, but it looked a lot like Jade was waiting for me.

"Hey." She replied simply, still rummaging in her bag, but before any more could be said, Sikowitz approached us slowly, his eyes lingering on the door as the last of the students filed out.

"Tori, Jade." He stated, giving my shoulder a quick clap as he wandered past. "I must say congratulations! You two took your time!"

We both turned to him, eyebrows simultaneously raised in confusion.

"What do you mean, 'took our time'? With what?" Jade asked, now dropping her bag to her side.

He smirked at us. "Some things happen for a reason, like my lessons and when I teach certain things, or, say, the picking of project partners." Sikowitz reached the door and took a long sip from his coconut, twirling the fruit around in his fingers afterward. "The milk gives me visions, you know" He added, winking at us both before abruptly leaving.

Jade and I stood glancing at each other then staring at the doorway, mouths hanging open in a mixture of surprise and confusion. Did he mean what I think he just meant? Before either of us could think any more on what had just happened, Cat and Robbie both appeared at the door, hurrying us both out to get to break.

Xxx

"…so, then I walked her home and she gave me a kiss on the cheek as a thank you before she went inside. She's a real sweet girl. We're gunna meet up again this weekend!"

Andre was busy finishing off the story about his weekend, but I was only half listening. We were sat at our usual table at the Asphalt Café, Cat to my right, Jade to my left, Robbie, Andre and, to my surprise, Beck, all sat across from us. I shouldn't really be surprised by Beck's presence, he is still our friend after all, but after the past few days, I thought he'd be avoiding us. Maybe he's handling it better than I expected.

"So, how'd you guys spend your weekend?" Andre asked now his tale was over.

"I met this girl, too." Beck said, taking a slurp of his drink. I felt Jade shift beside me "Her name's Delilah-"

"Like the song!" Robbie interrupted, before starting a very off-tune rendition "Hey there, Delilah-"

"No, not like the song." Beck spoke over him, putting a stop to his noise. "We went out on Saturday, caught a movie, had something to eat… She's a cool girl, but I don't see anything happening there."

He looked up across the table, his eyes briefly shifting to Jade before he looked back down again. My stomach twisted uncomfortably at this, but it was instantly settled when I felt a hand in my palm, cool fingers tangling with my own discreetly under the table. It was my turn to flick my eyes in Jade's direction, giving her a quick smile and receiving one in return, before turning my attention back to the conversation at hand.

"I went to the movies too!" Cat chimed in. "Oh, no, wait, that was the dentist."

We all gawped at her. Again.

"Anyway." Andre said after a moment of baffled silence. "What about you guys, Tori, Jade?"

We both hesitated; Jade gave my fingers a soft squeeze under the table before clearing her throat. I tensed, guessing what she was about to do. Were we really ready for this? Was I ready for this? My heart pounded nervously in my chest and my mouth felt dry, a tad overdramatic maybe, but I can't help my body's reactions. This wasn't exactly how I pictured things playing out, but, I guess we hadn't really planned anything either, we said we'd just go with the flow and see where it took us. Oh God, I'm panicking, shut up, brain, shut up!

There was a buzz of silence at the table as the others waited for a response.

"Actually, we went to the cinema, too." Jade answered for us. Next to me Cat was beaming, Beck was staring solidly at the table while both Andre and Robbie looking confused and curious.

"What, the two of you? Together?" Robbie asked, looking between us for confirmation.

I swallowed a lump in my throat, nodding my head, "Y-yeah, it was my idea." I said in a murmur, one anxious look to Jade who nodded for me to continue. "Kind of like… a date."

"Date!" The two confused boys repeated together. To my right, Cat was giggling into her palm as I nodded again.

"Yeah, a date." Jade said harshly. "Got a problem with that?"

"You're yanking my chain, girl!" Rex piped up unexpectedly, the first thing I heard him say all day. "You two, on a date! Who bribed you into that, and how much are they paying?"

"Hush, puppet!" Jade growled, tossing her fork at his head, which hit him squarely between the eyes. "No one bribed us to do anything! We went because we wanted to! Tori and I are-" She took a deep breath. "Tori and I are girlfriends."

A stunned silence followed, but it was soon broken by the two boys' sudden roars of laughter, Robbie throwing his head back while Andre pounded his fist upon the table, earning many strange looks from everyone else in the area.

Well, that certainly wasn't the reaction I was hoping for.

I felt Jades grip on my hand tighten and a quiet, snarl like sound broke from her throat. Despite the circulation to my fingers being cut off, I managed to free my thumb enough to rub circles over the back of her palm in an effort to calm her down. It worked, to some degree, but the look she wore told us she wanted nothing more than to murder our two friends for their responses.

"You… you expect us to believe… you and Tori…" Andre gasped, his cheek now pressed against the table.

"It's. Not. A. Joke." Jade hissed through gritted teeth.

I squeezed her hand again. "Jade…"

"But…but you hate each other!" Robbie panted over me, still shaking with laughter.

See, this is exactly how I expected everyone else to react: But you hate each other, but Jade dated Beck, but, you're both girls…This wasn't how I expected my friends to react. Especially not Andre. In all the time we've known each other and become the best of friends, I would've though he, of all people, would know when I was being serious about something, and this was as serious as I could get.

Jade's breathing had become harsh, I could see her fighting to control her anger and not launch at them, pounding both boys until they were black and blue. I knew she wasn't one for physical violence, more threats and cruel words, but the vein popping in her forehead said otherwise and it was taking all my power to keep up the comforting circling motions of my thumb to stop both her, and myself, doing something we'd regret.

"They don't hate each other anymore!" Cat shouted defensively before either of us could talk. She was pouting, her hands balled into fists as she glared at Robbie and Andre, which, for some reason, only made the boys laugh even harder.

"You got Cat in on this too?" Andre cackled as he clapped Beck on the back. "Come on, man, how can you not find this funny?"

Beck's expression was unreadable and firm as he shrugged his shoulders. "Because it's true." He stated, his calm, honest tone instantly putting a stop to their jubilation.

"W-What?" Andre managed to stutter, his forehead creased in further confusion. "Beck, I know you're a great actor and all, but don't mess with us like that! There's no way Tori and Jade…"

"Are dating?" Jade finished for him. "Well, believe this one, Harris."

Before I could really process the situation, Jade's free hand reached up from where it was resting on her knee to cup my cheek as she turned to face me. My breath caught and my eyes widened as she gave me the sweetest of smiles, with a look that said 'trust me' and leaned in to capture my lips in a gentle kiss, right in the middle of the Asphalt Café. It took me a second to get over my initial shock and kiss her back, the collective gasps of everyone bearing witness only a dull noise the background as I felt my girlfriend smile against my lips. We stayed like that for a few moments, our lips brushing slowly over each other and I could taste the warm coffee still on her lips, a taste I was getting used to, but always enjoyed.

Jade pulled away hesitantly, her fingers trailing down my cheek, past my chin before finally dropping to her lap. She was smiling again, one of those rare smiles you hardly ever see from her, and I was still trying to comprehend what was going on, probably looking equally as shocked as everybody who was now surrounding us. The hand still laced with mine shifted slightly and this time I felt her thumb rubbing small circles over my skin, a calming effect that seemed to work equally well for both of us because I let out a breath I didn't realise I'd been holding, my shoulders sinking as I relaxed.

"I- I stand corrected." Andre stammered in a voice that was higher than usual, owing to the shock. I finally tore my eyes away from Jade to look at him, his mouth agape, just like pretty much everyone else in the area. "Well, that was… unexpected."

"They're so cute together, aren't they!" Cat giggled, a giant grin plastered across her face. Jade rolled her eyes at the comment.

By now, I think the whole school had gathered outside in the café. Well, maybe not the whole school, but I could see a lot of people whom I knew, including Ryder Daniels, who I hadn't spoken to since I humiliated him in front of the very same people now gawping at me and my new girlfriend. He too had his mouth hanging open and when he caught my eye, I shot him a smug smile before turning away, not caring what that idiot had to say. I caught sight of Sikowitz not too far from him, who flashed me a quick smile before returning to casually sipping on his coconut milk.

"So, you're actually together together, like a couple?" Robbie asked once he'd recovered, a little slow on the uptake as always.

"Why don't you give us more proof, for those who didn't quite get it the first time?" Rex suggested, this time earning himself a half empty can of soda to the chest, only, it was thrown by me. Jade laughed heartedly as Robbie desperately tried to clean up the sticky, soggy mess now sloshed over his puppet, squeezing my hand in approval for the action.

The silence that had been pressing upon us for the past few minutes rapidly turned to babble and murmurs as the news of what had happened now made its way through the school, to those who weren't there to witness Jade West and Tori Vega lock lips. People were whispering behind their hands, continually glancing and pointing in our direction and I felt my face heat up in a blush. Beside me, Jade stood up on the bench, a glare set in place as she cast her eyes around at all the people there.

"OI!" She yelled at the top of her voice, causing the whole place to immediately fall silent. "If any of you have a problem with this, then come say it to our faces or, so help me, I'll rip out your tongues and make you watch as I feed them to a Rottenheimer!"

"Rottweiler." I muttered.

"A Rottweiler, then!"

No one moved or made a sound of objection, but as Jade, now satisfied, began to sit down, Beck abruptly stood up and turned on his heal, storming away from the table and back towards the school, sparking the chatter of students back up again.

"Forget about him." Jade said under her breath, annoyance evident in her voice.

"No, Jade. You said we should talk to him." I whispered back, a sting of guilt hitting me. "Just… you stay here, I'll go."

Before Jade could protest, I was on my feet, chasing after my girlfriends ex-boyfriend, determined to sort this out once and for all.

Xxx

"Beck?"

Unlike Jade, who I always knew to find in the janitor's closet whenever she ran off, I had no idea where Beck would go. After a few minutes of me searching the school, asking random people if they'd seen him, I finally found the long haired boy sitting in his usual chair in Sikowitz's now empty classroom. He didn't look up as I approached, nor acknowledge me as I sat beside him and placed a hand over his own, considerable larger ones, stopping his thumbs from anxiously twiddling around each other.

There was silence, not even the footsteps of students in the hallways could be heard. I couldn't take it.

"I don't know what to say to you, Beck." I said honestly, launching right into the speech I'd tried to quickly plan as I searched for him, needing to explain myself. "It's not like I set out to take Jade away from you, it just happened. I'd say I'm sorry but… I really like her, and care for her and-"

"I get it, Tori." He cut me off, his stilled hands moving to hold the one I had placed over them, his gaze remaining straight ahead of him. "I really do. It's just… it's not easy. We were together for over two years, and I still care for her, myself. It might not be the same as it was before, I admit that, but I do still care for Jade."

"I know." I whispered. Anyone with half a brain knew Beck cared for Jade. "And she cares for you too, she just-"

"Has a weird way of showing it, yeah." He huffed out a soft laugh.

We stayed quiet; our hands still clasped together, Beck still looking forward as I watched him. He was the same Beck as ever, but he looked more tired than usual, more… alone. There was the shade of dark circles forming under his eyes, his hair looked a little less well kept than it would normally be; had he always looked this way and I never noticed? Or, was it something else?

The prang of guilt stabbed at my stomach again; I never meant to hurt him, the last thing I wanted to do was hurt anyone with this, yet that is exactly what had happened. He sighed, his shoulders slumping as he finally faced me and, to my surprise, there wasn't the sadness I'd expected to see in his dark brown eyes. Either he was a much better actor than he was given credit for, or he really was taking it better than I kept thinking.

"It's weird, seeing her with someone else." Beck admitted. "Especially you, Tori. You can't deny that you two never got on to start with."

"I tried." I defended. It was no secret that I practically got on my knees and begged for Jade's friendship not so long ago. "It was mainly Jade pushing me away."

Beck smiled, a glimmer of humour in his eyes. "That's true. And, now I think about it, I should've seen this coming. Jade was more or less the same with me when we first met. I was the perfect little actor boy and she couldn't stand it… although, she was never as harsh to me as she has been to you." He shook his head. "And Cat, for that matter. She found Cat so irritating, and now the girl knows more about her than she knows about herself!"

"That seems to be true." I nodded; where would we be now without our little red headed friend?

Beck stood suddenly, my hand falling from the loose grip he'd been holding it in to land in my lap. "Look, Tori." He placed a hand on my shoulder, a determined look now colouring his eyes. "I'll get over this, it'll take some time to get used to, I know, but I'll get over it. As for Jade, just take care of her, won't you?"

"Of course I will." I replied surely, also scrambling to my feet. "Without a doubt."

"Good." His lips twitched, a smile trying to make another appearance. He jerked his thumb over his shoulder, indicating our fellow students beyond the door. "People can be real arseholes, so you've gotta be careful, yeah? Don't listen to the shit they have to say."

I laughed softly. "I'm sure Jade will happily murder anyone who has something to say. She's already threatened the tongue thing."

Beck smirked. "Yeah, there's that." He clapped his hand on my shoulder. "Go on then, get back to your girlfriend. I don't think she'd be too pleased with you spending too much time with her ex rather than her."

He tried to push me away in the direction of the door but, before he could, I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him into a bone-crushing hug and standing on my tip toes to kiss him on the cheek. He chuckled and draped his arms over my waist, hugging me back.

"Thank you, Beck." I whispered in his ear, before pulling away.

"Any time, kiddo. Any time."

Xxx

It was the end of the day and I was stood at my locker, putting my books back and taking out the homework I had to do that night. By the time I'd finished talking to Beck, the lunch break was over and I'd only just managed to catch up to Jade and the others to tell them what had happened before we had to go to our separate classes. Cat had hopped up and down on the spot, clapping her hands and giggling in the way that only she could. Andre and Robbie just looked bewildered, obviously still coming to terms with what had been announced, while Jade smiled, muttering something that sounded like 'silly boy', before surprising me by kissing me on the cheek then bidding us goodbye to get to her lesson. Maybe I did smile a bit goofily after that, according to the teasing I got from Andre, but who cares?

The news about our relationship quickly spread through the school like wild fire, along with the pictures and videos of our kiss, and the many rumours that followed. I was yet to really hear or see any of the things that were being passed around from student to student, and I wasn't sure if I really wanted to know, but I still had plenty of people coming up to me asking if it were true. There was something immensely pleasing in not having to deny it anymore, answering them with a straight "Yes, Jade and I are together." to which everyone either raised their eyebrows in disbelief, congratulated me, or scoffed and walked away. I shrugged at that; it was their choice whether they believed it or not, but at least the truth was finally out there, and it felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, even if this was only our fourth official day of being together.

"Vega!" I was snapped out of my thoughts by the familiar sound of my girlfriends' voice calling me from across the hallway. I looked up to see her slam her locker shut and strut towards me, many eyes not-so-discreetly following her as she went, one hand holding the strap of her bag while the other clutched a rectangular package I couldn't quite make out.

"West." I replied when she neared.

She came to a halt in front of me, slamming my locker too, scooping down to place a quick kiss on my lips before stepping back to wave a dvd case in my face, the cover of which blurred in my vision as it was way too close and being waggled from side to side.

"I finally got a copy for 'Psycho' on dvd!" I could hear the smirk in her voice. "So, I'm coming round yours to watch it."

I snatched the plastic case from her hands, its progress back and forth making me dizzy. "And why do you have to watch it at my house?" I asked, cringing. I wasn't good with horror films.

"Because you have a better tv than I do." She said nonchalantly.

"I don't know… I've got homework…" I wavered, torn between wanting to spend my time with Jade and not wanting nightmares.

"Come on, it's a classic!" Jade pleaded then leaned in to whisper in my ear. "I'll hold your hand during the scary parts."

I rolled my eyes, giving in. "Fine. But be prepared to hold my hand for pretty much the whole film."

"That can be arranged." She grinned and, ignoring Trina's cries of 'Oi! I thought you were coming home with me!', she grabbed my wrist, dragging me off to her car.

Seems like horror movies were something I was going to have to build up a tolerance for, but if Jade was there to hold me for the scary parts, then, I'm sure I'd survive.

A/N: Well, that's all, folks! Well, for Just a Stage Kissat least. Because, never fear, a sequel is planned! So, don't kill me just yet, or you'll never get it =P

Aaah, it's hard to let this one go, I've become so attached! But to continue, I feel I need to write a sequel instead of letting this get stale.

So, what do you think?

This is the first multi-chapter fanfiction I've ever finished, so thank you for sticking by and reading this all the way through (I'm assuming you haven't just skipped to the end =P) I've said it before, but all of your reviews, favourites, alerts and everything means so much to me and if it weren't for your demands I may have given up, so I guess you've got yourselves to thank too.

Okay, I'm rambling. So, this is goodbye for now, and I'll hopefully see you for the sequel!

3xxxWellWishesxxx