Jade's POV
Okay. I'm gonna do this, honestly, how hard can it be? I never get nervous, for anything, so why start now? I shove my hands in my sweatpants' pockets and walk into our room. "Tori?"
She sits up in Skylars bed and smiles at me, taking her headphones out. "Hey, Jade."
Skylar smirks at me and gives me the "go on" sign and I roll my eyes. "Okay… I have a question for you."
She gives a short laugh and smiles again. I take a deep breath. She just got out of a relationship, whether he's a beard or not, she's Tori. What if she says no? I've never been told no to whenever I ask someone out. But somehow I feel like this is different, and I don't know why.
Breathe idiot, you're going to cost us 20 dollars!
"Something wrong, Jadelyn?" Skylar asks innocently, a huge smirk on her face. I shoot her a glare and look back at Tori giving a small smile.
"No, assface, nothing's- nothing's wrong," I say with a fake smile. I take one more deep breath. "Tori, uh… look, I know that we just met and all but umm… wouldyouliketobemygirlfriend."
"What?"
"Will you… um, be my… you know…"
She smiles so wide that I swear her teeth are more blinding than the damn summer sun. "Your what?"
I whine. "You what I mean!"
Her and Skylar look at each other before bursting out laughing. "Yes, I'll be your you know what."
"I swear I fucking hate you all," I mutter before walking over to my purse on the dresser, pulling out a fresh twenty and waving it in Skylars' face.. "Here you go ya cunt."
She takes the bill and shoves it into her jean pocket. "Thanks Jadelyn; now, I do believe that since you two are dating now, there has to be rules set." I look at her and she gives me a pointed look.
"Well, what are they, I don't have all day?" I state irritably.
"Rule number one: No making out on my bed. Rule number two: No feeling each other up on my bed. And lucky rule number three: if you want to have sex, make sure it's when I'm not in or around the vicinity. Oh, and make sure to air out the room, I don't want to smell your hormones."
"Skylar!" Tori whines, covering her bright red face with her hands. I would comfort her, but her embarrassment is too funny.
"Alright, we'll follow your stupid rules," I say as I get up in her face with a smirk, "but don't think that for a minute they're going to stop me from having as much fun as I want with her."
"Jade!"
"Oh, come on, take a joke," I chuckle when I turn to her. I walk the few steps over to her, grab her hand and smirk at her. "Wanna go hang out somewhere?" She nods slightly and I drag her out of the room.
4:28 pm
Tori's POV
Jade and I have spent over an hour walking and talking on the beach, until someone hit her in the head with a beach ball and almost got stab in the left arm as a result. I kind of decided it was best if we left and went somewhere more private, for the safety of the people on this campus. So we walked to the very end of the main building, and sat on the warm ground behind the wall. "Jade?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you tell me about yourself?" I ask quietly, glancing at her with a small smile.
"Sure, what do you want to know?" she asks cooly. I shrug and take her hand, resting both of ours between our bodies.
"Anything."
"Um, okay, my name is Jadelyn Elizabeth West, my birthday is on halloween, surprisingly enough, I don't listen to hard rock, screamo or any weird shit like that. I prefer Indie, Contemporary, Alternative and Electronica music; it's more calming and the words actually mean something. I got to Hollywood Arts back in LA, although you already knew that. I'm 18, and I really want to be a screenwriter. Oh, and I have a really pretty girlfriend."
I look at her as a blush covers my cheeks; she kisses my temple. "Anything else you want to know?"
I swallow and think back to my conversation with Danny earlier. "Why do people keep telling me to be careful around you? I mean, I know you're not the nicest person, or the most positive, but you care and I think you're a really good person."
She sighs, stands up and offers me her hand, which I take as she pulls me up. We start walking around the deserted border of the campus. "Are you sure you want to know, because, I'm not sure you're going to like what I have to say."
I nod my head. "Yeah, I want to know." She grips my hand a little tighter, almost as if I would run away from what she had to say.
"Okay, well, when I was little, my parents and I, we were so close, we did everything together. But, it was like, as soon as I turned thirteen, everything went downhill, I guess. My Dad started working a lot more, putting in more and more hours, which I didn't understand because I thought we had plenty of money; turns out I was wrong." She shakes her head with a dry laugh and I squeeze her hand. "So, when I turned fourteen, I hardly saw either of my parents, I always got babysat by my Dad's brother John, who was a real dick head."
"Why?" My curiosity gets the better of me and it slips out before I could stop it.
"He always yelled at me, and told me that I was going nowhere with life because I wanted to direct and write plays and movies. He said I was "a waste of the West legacy." Ha. Fucking prick."
"I'm sorry," I whisper and she shrugs.
"It's okay, not your fault. But, when I turned fifteen, things got worse for all of us. We were finally good with money, probably better off than anyone should be, but my Dad had a breakthrough with his nanotechnology project that he called "operation z", so he literally spent every waking moment he could doing work. As for my Mom, well, she's an author, so she stayed home most of the time, except for all the interviews and the book signings and talk shows."
I look at her with confusion. "Is your Mom Jasmine West? Like, the Jasmine West who wrote "Which ever way the wind blows" and "Wonderland"?"
"That'd be my Mom."
"Oh my god, I love those books, I've read them both twice. She's got some major talent. Now I see where you get it from," I smile.
"Well, thank you," she quips, shooting me a warm smile. "But, I guess, I just missed them more than anything, you know? And then, before you say anything, let me finish, I met Skylar, and I didn't care so much anymore. We were just friends at first, for about four months until she asked me on a date, that I said yes to. We dated for a year and five months, and I was so in love with her that it hurt. And one day, she just decided to break it off; she told me that she didn't love me anymore. I'm not gonna lie, it hurt, a lot."
"How did you deal with it?" I ask softly, but she shakes her head and I nod in understanding. "You never did, did you?"
"No," she whispers. "I don't love her anymore, but, I do miss her and our times together, you know? I just, kind of turned into a bitch after we broke up. I started sleeping with people, girls, guys, it didn't matter, I just wanted to feel like someone loved me again. I started smoking, drinking, not excessively, just enough to get me to an escape for awhile. God," she lets out a humorless laugh, "I'm such a fucking failure."
I stop walking and let go of her hand. She turns around to face me and I look her right in the eye. "Take it back."
"Why? Everybody knows it's tr-" I grip both of her shoulders and stare right into her ocean colored eyes.
"Please," I whisper and she nods slowly as I let go. "You're so much more than the mistakes you've made."
She doesn't say anything, just puts her arm around my shoulder as I wrap mine around her waist as we head back towards the beach.
5:47 pm
Jade and I talked for another hour about, well, everything honestly. It was nice to actually get to know her for real. And, honestly, I'm not mad about Skylar and Jade dating, I don't have a reason to be; I guess I'm more confused than upset. Jade told me the whole story about them, and how the breakup changed her whole personality. "You know what I find funny?"
"What?" I ask as we lean against the wall.
"Trina's never mentioned you," she furrows her brows and looks at me, "not even once."
"Figures." I roll my eyes. "Can I ask you something?"
"You just did."
"Well, can I ask you another question?"
"You've asked me two questions already," she smirks.
"Dang it, you know what I mean!"
"Alright, alright, what's your question?"
"Is this our third date?" I ask, she nods slowly.
"Yeah, why?" I grin at her and tap her nose. She glares at me.
"You have to sing for me!"
"No."
"But it's our third date, you promised!" I pout and she rolls her eyes. "Please?"
She looks at me for a few seconds before sighing and standing in front of me. "Okay, but don't expect this from me again."
"Yeah, yeah sure," I smile and she closes her eyes.
We'll do it all,
Everything,
On our own.
We don't need,
Anything,
Or anyone.
If I lay here,
If I just lay here,
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
I don't quite know,
How to say,
How I feel.
Those three words,
Are said too much,
They're not enough.
If I lay here,
If I just lay here,
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
She finishes the verse, opens her eyes and all I can do is stare at her. Her voice is absolutely beautiful. "Well?" she asks with a whisper as she intertwines both of our hands and backs me against the wall gently.
"I-I... you just... how could-where did you... why didn't... I-I mean... wow." A small smiles pulls at her lips as she looks me in the eyes and cocks her head slightly to the right.
"Did anyone ever tell you that you talk too much?" And then her lips are on mine and I lose my mind. She squeezes both of my hands gently before pulling back as my mouth falls open.
After a few seconds, my brain finally allows me to form an entire sentence. "You kissed me."
"So glad you've noticed," she replies with a smirk.
"You... kissed me."
"You got a problem with that?" I grin and shake my head slowly.
"No... not at all."
So, now Tori knows all about Jade and her past, but the question is, will the past affect their future? Do they even have a future? Will Tori ever stop being a dork? Well, all I say is you'll have to find out.
Guys, I can't explain how sorry I am for getting this out so late. But, I want to thank you all so, so much for not giving up on this slow moving story. Next chapter is the longest yet, I have a fourth of it written so far and hope I can get it out soon. Thanks again. Review if you please.