The bright light appeared, letting Tori know what was about to happen, but this one was not like any of the previous one. Tori found herself standing in a single spot, unable to move while around her seemingly dozens of things were happening. She tried to focus on a single one but the images switched so quickly that she couldn't decipher anything going on.

"Tori! Are you okay?" She heard someone yell as she regained her vision. For whatever reason she was lying on the ground, next to the table. She had no memory of falling down or hitting the floor, but the aching she felt on the side of her head and arm let her know that it actually happened.

"W-what happened?" Tori asked, trying to get up but feeling too weak to do so as her arms gave away under her.

"You were sitting and out of nowhere you fell down. I think you even lost consciousness for a few moments." Andre said as he knelt down next to her.

"Lost consciousness?" Tori asked. "Oww, my head." She mumbled as she raised her other hand towards the side of her head.

"You weren't responding after we called your name a few times. I think you blacked out for a moment there." Beck said.

Andre and Back carefully put their arms around Tori and helped her up. Her legs almost gave out again on her, but luckily the guys were there. She looked at her friends. Andre and Beck were worried, Robbie and Cat looked confused while Jade looked… scared. It took the still dazed Tori by surprise to see Jade react this way.

"Come on, we'll take you to the nurse." Andre said as he and Beck helped Tori towards the school entrance.

The gang was standing outside while the nurse was with Tori in the room. She took Tori's temperature and checked her blood pressure while she asked her a few questions.

"I've been under a lot of stress lately, that's all." Tori said while the nurse wrote something down.

"Your blood pressure is low. I guess that's why you got lightheaded out there and why you probably feel cold while it's warm outside." The nurse said, waving at the clothes Tori was wearing. "I'll excuse you from classes today. Catch some sleep and come back to school tomorrow if you feel any better."

"Okay. Thank you." Tori said as she lied back down on the bed for a moment. Right now, none of the nurse's words would get into her head, though. All that was on her mind now was what she saw a few moments ago with Jade. Usually, the vision would be a single memory, or a part of it, depending on the length of the contact. But this one was different for many reasons. It were multiple visions at the same time, too quick for her to understand in any way. The only thing that she was sure about is that Jade was in every single on of them, although varying in age in some of them.

The other thing is the feeling she had in the pit of her stomach once the illusion was done. With Robbie it was sadness, with Beck it was anger while with Andre it was guilt. Jade, however, left an overall feeling of emptiness. It's not that she didn't feel any emotion after that, far from it. It only reminded Tori of what she felt when her mother left and her family fell apart. The feeling she had before and after it fully hit her what had happened. It was that feeling of emptiness and apathy towards everything, but mostly yourself. It was that feeling people have when everything is too much for them to handle and they stop feeling at all. Tori remembered reading somewhere that such an emptiness happens when a person is overwhelmed by everything and their mind shuts off all that in order to protect itself.

"Has she had it that bad?" Tori mumbled to herself, wondering and silently hoping that this vision was somehow affected by her low blood pressure or her hitting her head. Silently she hoped that the girl she didn't really know that much about didn't have it as bad as she saw or couldn't see. But Tori knew that all the moments that flashed by her in a heartbeat did happen, and that Jade must have buried a lot in her mind.

"Did you say something?" The nurse asked, turning around from her desk.

"No. Just… thinking out loud for a moment." Tori said, covering her face with her hands and letting out a loud sigh.

"Okay, you are free to go." The nurse said.

"Alright. Thanks." Tori said as she sat up and got of the bed. She opened the door, but as soon as she stepped outside she was surrounded by her friends. She immediately got bombarded by questions, but managed to hear what she believed was Robbie's voice asking her if the nurse found anything.

"I got low blood pressure. I got excused from the rest of the classes so I'll head home early." Tori explained.

"Alright, I'll drive you home." Andre said.

"I got my own car here. You don't need to." Tori said, but Andre immediately shook his head.

"No way. I let you drive yesterday and was worried until I saw you in school because you weren't answering any calls or messages. I'm not going to relive all that again." Andre said in protest. "I'll leave my car here and pick you up tomorrow for school. If you feel better can drive tomorrow by yourself, I'll just take my car back and that's it. No discussions." Andre said.

"You and Beck have a project to deliver as soon as we get back to class, remember?" Robbie said.

"So what? I'm not letting her drive like this." Andre said.

"I know, Andre. But if you skip it you'll have a much lower grade." Robbie reminded him.

"Fuck the grade, Robbie." Andre said.

"I won't let you ruin your grade because of me, Andre. I'm fine and I can drive home myself." Tori said.

"Oh no, you won't." Beck said as he stepped in front of her. "I'm with Andre on this one. You are not driving." Beck said.

"I can drive her." Cat said, getting everyone's attention while she kept playing with the tip of her hair.

"You have a driver's license?" Beck asked.

"Of course I do. I got it as soon as I turned sixteen." Cat said.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Robbie asked.

"Nobody asked me." Cat said with a small chuckle at the end. "I'll drive her home. I would have spent next class with texting anyway, so I might as well make sure Tori gets home."

"Alright, it's a deal." Beck said as he stepped aside.

Cat and Tori walked towards the exit while Tori looked back one more time to see almost all her friends turn around and leave, except Jade who looked right at her. A small smile of relief appeared on Jade's lips for a moment as she turned around and walked towards her class. Tori's feet kept walking on their own while Cat was, surprisingly, quiet the whole time. Tori didn't know what to think of Jade right now. She seemed genuinely worried about her, which is not Jade like in any way. Even if she did care, she would never show it, and she especially wouldn't show it in front of Tori.

She snapped out of her thoughts when she saw that Cat was standing in front of her now, looking at her as if she was expecting something.

"Huh?" Tori mumbled, completely lost for a moment due to fatigue and having spaced out again.

"I need your keys. I can't do anything without them, dummy." Cat said with a small chuckle.

"Yeah, sorry. I…"

"You spaced out. I know. It's not like you are hiding it." Cat said as Tori gave her the keys, careful not to touch Cat. She didn't want another vision, and she was sure that she couldn't handle another right now both physically or mentally.

Cat unlocked the Car and sat down in the driver's seat which she began adjusting while Tori sat down in the passenger seat and relaxed as much as she could. Cat turned the keys in the ignition which started the car before she reversed out of the parking lot and drove towards Tori's place.

"Hey, Cat."

"Hm?"

"Can I ask you something?" Tori asked, looking out of the window.

"Sure. What is it?"

"How is Jade doing? Is there anything bothering her." Tori asked.

"There is a lot of things bothering her. They forbid her to bring scissors to school, her stepmother left a yellow shirt with some of her clothes, giving them some yellow which she hates and I believe her grandmother bought her a ceramic duck for Christmas. She hates ducks." Cat said.

"No… Not like that. I meant if there was anything really bothering her. If she's okay." Tori asked.

"Why don't you ask her yourself?" Cat asked back.

"She wouldn't tell me." Tori said.

"Well, if there is anything bothering her, you shouldn't hear it from anyone else, especially of that person is your friend." Cat said as she parked into Tori's driveway.

"I know that, but sometimes it's hard to admit or talk about problems. Sometimes it's easier to keep quiet." Tori said, more to herself than actually Cat.

"I think it only makes things worse." Cat said. "It's like digging a hole. At one point, it will become so deep that you can't get out anymore, at least not without someone's help."

Tori looked at Cat, surprised by what she just told her. She never expected to hear something like that from the redhead. Both girls got out of the car as Cat was walking Tori towards the door.

"Thank you for driving me home. I'm sorry that you had to skip a class because of me." Tori said as she unlocked the door before turning around to face Cat again.

"Don't worry about it. Just get some rest and take time for yourself." Cat said.

"What do you mean?" Tori asked.

"I know that a lot of things are bothering you and that you are going through some tough times right now. Just remember that you can always talk to me and ask me for help." Cat said, offering Tori a genuine smile.

"Thanks, Cat. I'll tell you later what is going on. Right now, I just want to sleep." Tori said.

"No problem. Just give me a call." Cat said as she stepped forward and gave Tori a hug.

Tori expected to see another vision, to find out what dark secret Cat has buried deep inside her memories. But what surprised Tori the most was that there was no vision.