Jade's POV

Dead. She is so. Fucking. Dead. I walk out of the door, and as soon as I shut it, I'm bolting after her. It takes like, ten seconds until I catch up with her outside of our dorm building.

"Dude, what the fuck was that about?" I say with exasperation. She turns to me with a smirk on her face.

"What was what about?" She asks with fake innocence. I grit my teeth and take a step closer to her.

"You know what I'm talking about," I bite out, "you can't interfere, you know that."

"You said nothing about not doing it," she points out. I sigh and run a hand through my hair.

"You do realize that when she gets hurt, you're to blame too, right? Just like you said, it was part of the bet," I say, "nothing changes. Back out now and you're the biggest pussy I've ever met, don't back out, and I'll be 200 bucks richer. Your choice, Skylar." She falters for a while and swallows.

"Okay, new rule," she swallows nervously again. "If you don't fuck her in the seven days, you tell her I had no part in this, if she figures out about the bet, okay? I really care about Tori, but I feel like this bet would, in a way, do her a favor. She's too naive, I guess."

I cock my head and she shrugs. "So, we're still good?"

"Yeah, the bet's still on, but," she smiles sarcastically, "I don't want you winning, not like you will, but, I can try to convince Tori not to fuck you, cool?"

I think for a moment, and then I realize, she's not going to be able to resist me. She's literally stumbling over herself just to get another look at me. It's kind of sad. "Fine."

"And, don't you go falling for her, you hear me, West?" she says incredulously. I roll my eyes.

"You know I don't do feelings, Sky," I say matter of factly, finding my nails more interesting than this conversation. She lifts my chin up with her index finger.

"Why?"

"You know," I mutter.

"Ever since we broke up?" I roll my eyes but say nothing. "Jade…"

"Just forget it, McIntyre!" I snap, pushing her hands off of me. I start walking away, towards the beach when she calls after me.

"We're not done talking, West! Face it now or later!" she's takes a deep breath and looks me straight in the eyes. "Since when do you run away from your problems?"

I shake my head and let out a sigh. "Never."

"I know," she says, "so, can we talk?" I shrug and she sighs. "Come on."

I already regret this decision.

Tori's POV

Hey Tor, Jade and I are going to be gone for a while. Don't fucking touch my special chocolate.

Jeez, I don't even like that chocolate. But, okay, what are you guys doing? :)

Sure you don't. Andddd we're just gunna go catch up, is that cool?

Yeah :) See you guys later :{)

I put my phone back in my pocket and head out to the lounge. I plop down on the couch in the left wings' end, which is almost nearly empty. I pull out my pear phone and scroll through the rest of my messages. One from my Mom, and one from Trina.

Hey honey, how's school going?

It's going great! I miss you guys though :(

I press send and scroll to Trina's message.

Baby sis! I need to know what's up with you, give me the details, now!

Ummm… I don't know what you're talking about, Treen..

Bullshit you don't, I talked to you on the phone last night and you kept giving subtle hints about someone you met on campus. I want to know who! Is he cute? Is he my age?

Trina!

What!? Just kidding… anyways, who is he? What's he like? When did you meet him? Is he a nice guy?

Uh… well, um… her name's Jade West, she's sarcastic but very nice and very, very attractive, I met her three days ago, and I'd say she's nice.

Wait, wait, wait, does this girl have dark hair with green streaks, always wears black, smirks a lot and calls you Vega?

Uh… yeah…?

Oh my god! Oh my god! OH MY GOD!

What?

You have a crush on Jade West! The Jade West!

So…?

Are you INSANE?

Apparently.

Don't mess with this girl Tori, she's nothing to play with.

What the heck does she mean by that? Jade's actually a really nice person! Why does everyone keep telling me to watch out for her? "Um, Tori?"

I look up to see Danny standing above me. "What are you doing here? You're not aloud in the girls' lounge past-"

"Past eight," he says. "It's like two something, relax." He sits down next to me and smiles, I smile back.

"What's up?" I ask. He folds his hands behind his head and sits back on the couch.

"I heard you were having girl troubles." I blush and look away. "It's okay, Tori, I think everyone knew you were gay."

"I'm not-" I sigh when he gives me a pointed look, "okay, maybe I am."

He smiles warmly. "So, who's this girl and what's going on between you two?"

So, I tell him my three day story of how I came to sort of know Jade West. "Wait, wait, Jade West? As in, really scary, smirks a lot, intimidating Jade West?"

I gawk at him, how the in the heck does everyone know who she is? Danny doesn't even go to school with her! "How did you know who I was talking about?" I ask.

"Um, well, for a while I was dating this girl, Cat Valentine who went to Hollywood Arts, of course you know that much," he shrugs, "but she was best friends with Jade, and well, yeah, there you go."

"Well, why does everyone keep telling me that she's this terrible person who's not worth my time, and that I need to watch out for her?"

He sighs. "You sure you want to know?" I nod. By the way he's looking at me, I know he's going to tell me something I don't want to hear. Let's just hope he's wrong about her, he has to be…

Jade's POV

We walk until we get to the main clearing on campus. We sit under the huge oak tree that occasionally bombards us with acorns. "Fucking, really?"

"What? I like this spot," she says while crossing her feet at the ankles.

"We're getting raped by acorns!"

"There you go again," she points out, making me scowl.

"What?"

"You get mad over the simplest things."

"I do not."

"You do."

"No."

"Yes."

"Stop it!" I force through gritted teeth; she smiles. I sigh and lean up against the cool bark on the tree.

"So…"

I roll my eyes. "Dear God, you're just like Vega," I mumble. We sit in silence, the breeze sweeping over us, almost taking away my nervousness. "Are we gonna talk or what, because if we're not, you'll have no problem with me leaving, right?"

She presses her lips in a tight line. "No, we're going to talk." I sigh. "I just don't want to make this uncomfortable, you know?"

"Yeah, yeah, can you just," I lick my lips, "get to the point?"

"Okay," she says, "what happened to you?"

"What do you mean?" I ask curiously. She shrugs.

"You used to be so," she sighs deeply, "so, not like this. You used to care, and now you sleep around and use girls as a fucking game piece and, it's really not right. Just tell me what changed?"

"Nothing, I've always been like this," I shrug nonchalantly. She looks at me and shakes her head.

"You're wrong," she whispers, "when we were dating, you used to be the most caring person, I mean, you weren't perfect, you had your days, we all do, but when we broke up, you just kind of…" she trails off.

"It hurt me, okay?" I say. "It really hurt. You were the first person I ever let break down my walls and make me completely vulnerable. And, I guess after a while, and seeing you with Alex, I guess, I slowly built the walls back up, higher, and stronger this time. I don't know. I really loved you, I guess. And I knew that I'd never find someone as good as you, so I started fucking anything I could get my hands on, just hoping that I find someone as good as you."

"Wow," she mutters, "I'm actually... I... I'm sorry, Jade."

"Don't be. It's over now," I shrug.

"So, this is why you won't give Tori a chance, because she isn't me?"

I shrug slightly. "Kind of, yeah."

"You like her, don't you?"

I nod. "Yeah, I think so."

"Okay," she smiles, "new bet. I bet you'll turn into a nervous wreck when you ask her out."

"Who said I was going to ask her out?" I counter, raising a teasing eyebrow.

"I did," she says confidently. "I'll bet you 20 bucks this time, deal?"

I smirk. "Obviously you don't know me; Jade West never gets nervous around girls. Prepare to lose 20 dollars, McIntyre."

She grins. "Well, we'll see about that, West."

I know, I know, don't say it. You all probably hate me, and I understand; but anyways, here's the third chapter. Short, I know, but this is where the story starts to take off. As for the next chapter, well, I'm not really sure when it's going to be out, but I promise I won't blow it off. I'll work on it whenever I have freetime. Thank you so much for staying around, it means so much.