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a/n I never said where the candy came out… so… In other news… I MADE A TORI/JADE CONVERT! OH YEAH! *CONVERTER PRIDE*! Also I wrote that last chapter and then I was like "Oh shit, now I have to come up with an awesome plan for them! WHY DID I DO THAT?" I'm an idiot sometimes. Well… most of the time… but that's beside the point. Sorry

Beck and I stayed at the cafe until we were thrown out, and by the time we left Beck had thoroughly explained what I should do. As Beck said, "Operation 'Snag a Tori' is a go for Monday" Since we met on Friday I had to wait all weekend to see her, and it almost killed me, but I finally made it. I walked into school in the morning and promptly felt like throwing up. What if she said no? What if she didn't feel the way I thought she felt? What if—

"Jade, are you ready for today?" Beck said as he grabbed my elbow in the hallway.

"No, I don't think I can do this, Beck," I said in a pleading voice, hanging on to him like I was falling off a cliff. Why did she have to make me feel this way? So weak, so unsure.

"Of course you can," he said smoothly, "Just remember how torn up you were when you didn't know what to do," He guiding me to my class room and gave me a little shove in. Oh my God, there she was, smiling and chatting with Cat about some nonsense Cat had gotten into. Her hair was shining with the sunlight that slanted in from the window. I thought I could spend the whole class just staring at her hair.

So I did.

I somehow made it through all the classes we had together and to lunch. The first part of our plan was about to go through. I sat with Beck like normal and ate my lunch. Then I whispered to him and beckoned him aside, where we started talking in low voices until he said, "What do you mean?" in a loud voice stepping away from me a bit. "Jade, I said I was sorry, we can work this out if we try, please!" I shook my head and said so everyone could hear "I'm sorry Beck, It's not you really; there's just someone else." I patted him on the arm and he jerked away. Rubbing at his eyes he said "Fine, I hope you're happy without me!" and strode away. Phase one complete.

As soon as classes were over I went and waited by her car to make sure I wouldn't miss her. I made some final adjustments to my project and hid behind a nearby car. After a few minutes of waiting I saw her walk out of the building. Suddenly my stomach was feeling tight and I wasn't sure I remembered how to breathe. I had to wipe my hands on my jeans, they were so sweaty. What if she just thought I was stupid? Maybe I should just leave now. But no, I couldn't just ignore what she did to me. The way I felt when I looked at her or the way I my stomach flipped when I thought about her. Too late now anyway, she was getting close. She stopped and peered at her windshield, trying to see what was on it.

She came closer and finally could make it out. She looked around and said, "Who's there? It's not Sinjin is it?"

I took one last deep breath and stepped out.

She jumped slightly when she saw me, like someone had rubbed their socks on a rug and shocked her.

"J-jade?" Damn she was cute when she stuttered.

"Yeah, it's me" Oh god, kill me now.

"What- this- you-" her face had gone all scrunched as she tried to puzzle everything out.

"Do you mean it?" she finally managed, gesturing at her wind shield, covered in Hershey kisses that spelled out 'Tori, will you go out with me?'

"Of course I do!" I looked up at her, and as nervous as I was, I had never meant something as much as I did then.

She smiled then, a small smile, still a bit unsure, but a smile. "This is very cheesy. It doesn't seem like something that the Jade West I know would do,"

"Well, maybe you don't know everything about me then," I said, and growing a little bolder I stepped closer to her."Oh really?" she said, her smile growing a bit.

I muttered under my breath "and maybe I had a little help,"

"What was that?" she asked.

"Nothing," I said quickly, "So, um, what do you say?" I said motioning toward her car.

She stepped forward until we were standing toe to toe. She laced her arms behind my neck, and damn it, there went my stomach. She leaned forward slowly, keeping her eyes on mine the whole time, until our lips met, and it was like this jolt of something between us. She pulled back, and with both of us breathing a little unsteady said, "Is that a good enough answer?"

I nodded dumbly. She reached down and shyly entertained her hand with mine. Her hand was soft in mine as she leaned into me and rested her head on my shoulder. We sat in silence for a moment before I said, "Are you free Wednesday?" why was my voice cracking?

She laughed, "Yeah, I think I am"

a/n You guys make me cry. Because I look at the reviews and I'm like "oh my god, people don't hate me" and then I checked my email and it's filled with emails that say that people are adding my story to their favorites list and putting alerts on it and I just sat there and cried. When I started writing this I was thinking "okay, I'm gonna put this out there and wait for the messages that say 'OMG I H8 U, THIS STOARY HORIBLE'" but I haven't gotten a single message like that. In fact for some miraculous reason that I can't even fathom, you people actually think this is good. I love you, each and every one of you, and I cry, I cry from the happiness. Please *sniff* R-Review *sob* also, I have a formspring and tumblr now. Ask me stuff already. .com/ .me/AtlasDown