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Shock Value
Chapter 6 – Party, Part I
No One's POV
For the rest of the day, Tori utterly avoided Jade. Between classes, she made herself scarce. In the few classes Jade was in, Tori sat on the opposite side of the room and never looked in her direction. Tori began to question if she really knew Jade at all. Maybe her heart really didn't belong to Jade at all, she mused.
Near the end of the day she spotted Beck. He gave her an angry glare that send shivers down her spine. Even the previous night when she tried to apologize to Beck, there was a distant angry look in his eyes. Since last night, that look had intensified greatly.
At the end of the day Tori found Trina in the parking lot.
"Hey sis, how did it go?." Trina said with a hopeful smile.
"Not too well. When I finally talked to Jade, she thought I was just interested in getting her pants."
Trina laughed as she got in the car. "Well aren't you?"
Tori opened the door on her side. "Well..er..of course but, its more than that." Tori paused for a second. "I want to make a life with her. Even worse, Beck is acting like a total asshole. He called me a Bitch."
"What?" Trina said with a concerned look.
"We were in an alphabet improv in Sikowtiz's class and he starts making it all about Jade. Jade storms off and he calls me a bitch."
Trina frowned. "Bastard" She muttered. "Hey are you going to Katy's party tonight?"
Tori nodded. "Yeah, sounds fun."
"Good, I'll give you a ride. When were there, don't cramp my style."
Several hours later, Tori and Trina were at the door, to Katy Hammond's house. It was a giant house, one could almost call it a full fledged mansion. It was a large white Greek revival home, looking a bit like, one of those plantation homes in old civil war movies.
Even before they knocked, they could hear the sounds of a party going on inside. Tori did wonder if Jade would be there. The thought of it made her nervous.
After they knocked on the door, they were admitted by Katy who gave each of them a cup for beer and said "Make yourself at home and have a good time."
Tori could see that the party was already in full swing. Most of the main action took place on the back patio, where the DJ had setup. There was a small dance floor next to the pool and everyone seemed to be having a good time.
Tori turned around to say something to Trina, but the older Vega had already vanished into the crowd.
"Tori!" said a familiar voice coming from the living room.
Tori spun around, to see it was an already tipsy Cat. The red haired girl ran and gave the Latina a bear hug. Spilling some of the beer in her cup on the floor.
"Oops I spilled some beer." She said looking at the spill on the floor.
"Hey Cat, who's all here?" Tori asked.
"So far, it's just me, Andre and Robbie. About half of the school is here, thought.. I haven't seen either Jade or Beck. Were all upstairs on the balcony overlooking the patio/pool area. Come on. Let's get you a beer and head upstairs."
A few minutes later, Cat led Tori to a large balcony that over looked the backyard. There, Andre and Robbie were sitting at a table listening to the music, drinks in hand. A few others were standing and talking on the balcony as well.
"Welcome" Said Andre.
"Hi Tori" A Rexless' Robbie said.
Tori sat down and the four of them drank, talked and listened to music. After about hour, Tori had concluded that Jade and Beck were going to be no shows. She figured, they made up and were probably back at his trailer fucking like bunnies. It was a very depressing thought.
In the middle of a story about her brother Cat suddenly stood up. "Come on Robbie let's dance." The drunk Cat, said.
The curly haired boy stood up quickly and they both left.
"So, do you want Jade to show up or not?" Andre asked, after taking a drink of beer.
Tori who was pretty buzzed by this point, took a long drink. "I just don't know. Jade thinks this is all about me getting into her pants."
"I'm sorry Tor."
Tori stood up and started to pace back and forth. "Maybe I'm completely wrong. Maybe going after Jade is a colossal waste of time. You should have seen the look in Beck's eyes in class today. I thought he was going to murder me, right there on the spot."
"I don't know what to tell you. However if Beck touches you, I'm going to kick his ass. Don't worry Tori. I got your Back." Andre said reassuringly.
Tori smiled. "Thanks Andre. I'm going to wander around a bit. I heard they had a game room in the basement. I think I'll check it out."
"OK, Let me know if it's worth checking out." Andre said to Tori, as she wandered off.
Beck's behavior in class troubled Andre a lot. He looked out over the balcony at the crowd trying to make sense of it. His thoughts were interrupted by some friends from Band, who happened up on the balcony. At that moment had he looked, he would have seen a rather angry looking Beck coming out onto the patio.
Meanwhile Tori was wandering around the ground floor, trying to have a good time. She had been saying hello to a few friends and stopped by the bar to refill her beer. She was mildly drunk at this point, but not too far gone.
Eventually Tori wandered downstairs. Since most of the action was on the patio, only a handful of people were downstairs. The basement had what appeared to be weight room, a sauna, 2 bedrooms, both of which were occupied and a large rec room complete with pool tables and video arcade games. Tori even saw a few vintage pinball machines.
Tori realized she had to use the bathroom, so after a few minutes of looking around she found it. Just as she was opening the door someone roughly shoved her in from behind. For a split second she hoped it was Jade.
Before Tori knew what happened she heard the door close and she was pushed against the wall. A hand was put over her mouth. It was Becks hand.
Beck stood there looking beyond furious. He seemed extremely drunk, his breath reeking of alcohol. His eyes were full of burning hatred, the same hatred she had seen in his eyes earlier.
Beck hand one hand on her mouth and is other arm was pressing against her chest against the wall. Tori's heart began to race with fear as realized she was alone in the bathroom, with a very drunk and angry Beck.
"I've had enough of your fucking interference. Jade and I have enough problems without you butting into them. From now on, you don't talk or even look at my girlfriend." He spat out angrily.
Tori put up her arms and began to struggle and with all her might pushed him back. He fell backwards and collided with a small shelf with some decorative objects on it, causing it to crash to the floor. Beck howled in pain as he collided with it.
Beck snarled as she rushed Tori who screamed. He swung and hit her in the face, causing her to fall into the empty bathtub. She saw stars, as her head hit bottom of the tub.
Before anything else could happen Tori heard Robbie's voice.
"Don't you touch her!"
Suddenly a struggle ensued between Robbie and Beck. Robbie got off a quick punch to the stomach before Beck could react. Beck groaned and charged Robbie, slamming him against the wall.
"Oww" Robbie cried out.
Tori got up to help Robbie, but before she got out of the tub the door opened again. This time Andre and Cat rushed in. Andre was on top of Beck in an instant, knocking him to the floor.
"Cat, get her out of here." Andre yelled, as he began to repeatedly punch the prone Beck in the face.
Cat rushed and pulled Tori out of the room.
A short time later Jade walked up to the door of the party. Her head since the previous day, was a maze of confusion. Ever since Vega declared her love. Deep down she like Vega but wasn't sure if she really felt the same way. She wasn't even sure if she was gay. All this was compounded by the fact that her and Beck were having serious problems.
Less and less he seemed to be himself as he began to drink more. That dark side of him seemed to be emerging more and more. She needed to talk with both Beck and Tori and let her feelings be known.
As she got up to the door, it suddenly opened and Beck was pushed out of it. Andre and Robbie were behind him. They were holding his arms behind him and his face was badly bruised. He looked like he had just had the shit kicked out of him.
"What's going on?" Yelled Jade.
Andre's face flushed red with anger. "What's going on, what's going on? Your psycho boyfriend just tried to beat up Tori in the bathroom. If it wasn't for the fact that Cat and Robbie spotted him following her, we wouldn't have stopped him. Robbie went to help Tori, while Cat ran and got me."
Jade exploded with rage and punched Beck in the stomach. "You fucker" Jade screamed as Beck doubled over in pain.
"I did it for us." He said weakly.
"Beck, there is no us anymore. You asshole! How dare you hit Tori!" The Goth screamed at her now ex boyfriend.
"You do love her!" He said accusingly.
"It doesn't matter weather I lover her or not! You hit Tori. What are you some fucking Neanderthal? You don't do that, period!" Jade raged, before swiftly kicking Beck in the nuts. The Canadian suddenly yelped in pain and collapsed to the ground.
Jade turned to Andre. "Where is Tori? Is she OK?"
"She seemed to be ok, Cat took her out of the room. You'll have to excuse us, Katy Hammond requested that we remove this piece of trash from her property." Andre answered, as he and Robbie started to drag Beck off.
Jade rushed in the house and franticly started to search for Cat or Tori. After a few minutes she found Cat out on the patio near the DJ.
"Cat, where's Tori?" Jade said, her voice filled with urgency.
"Beck attacked her. She didn't appear to be hurt, but she was very upset. She went for a walk down the path behind the pool to be alone clear her head. Katy said, it leads to a little duck pond."
Before Cat could say anything else, Jade took off in the direction of the path.
Katy's house had a small wooded area just behind it. A small cement path led into the woods. Jade, her mind spinning with fear and regret, hurried down the path.
After about 50 yards through the woods it opened up to a small pond.
In front of the pond was a small stone bench. On that bench sat a solitary figure. Even in the light of the half moon, Jade could tell it was Tori. Jade was about 12 feet behind her on the right.
Tori sat there motionless, starring out over the pond. Her only movement was evening breeze blowing a few strands of her hair around.
A lump began to form in Jades throat.
"Tori" Jade said quietly.
Tori's form suddenly stiffened slightly and after a moment, Tori slowly lowered her head. Other than that, Tori neither moved or said anything.
Jade walked forward a few feet. Tori remained motionless.
"Are you ok?" Jade asked.
A loud sniff, indicating she had been crying, was her only response. Cautiously, Jade approached so now she was about 5 feet behind her. Jade's heart began to race and her throat felt like it was tightening.
"Please Tori. Are you ok?" Jade pleaded.
Tori continued to remain silent and still.
Jade bit her lip, as a sick feeling filled her stomach. She slowly moved around to the front of Tori. The once lively and perky Latina sat nearly motionless, with her head down to her chest.
"I'm sorry Jade." Tori said in a barely audible, tearful voice. "I should have just kept my feelings and lips to myself. It's all blown up in my face and I wound up getting hit in the face for my troubles."
Tori deeply sighed, got off the bench and began to leave. "I'll leave you and Beck alone from now on."
Instinctively Jade's hand shot out and grabbed Tori's wrist. Some how Jade knew that letting Tori leave, would be one of the worst decisions of her entire life.
"Please stay Tori." Jade said softly.
Tori looked at Jade. There was a look of vulnerability in the Goths eyes that she had never seen before. Just seeing Jade like that. made Tori's heart jump.
Tori looked into Jade's eyes again. The moons reflection in them, made the Goth's eyes glow with an unearthly beauty. It only reminded Tori that Jade owned not only her heart, but her soul as well.
"OK" Tori said quietly, with a hopeful heart.
Thanks again for all the positive reviews. Obviously the conversation will continue in Party, Part II. I hoped you liked the chapter.