"Tori!" Sequels an excited redhead dashing up to me and pulling me into a vice like grip of a hug, "you stopped texting me last night!" she pouts.

"Sorry Cat I must have fallen asleep" I reply, this seems to satisfy her, turning swiftly she disappears round the corridor to Sikowitz' class, laughing at the perky girl under my breath, I follow her. If only things were that simple in my life, I think to myself.

Sure I had fallen asleep easy enough last night, but that's not to say that my dreams weren't unsettling. Ever since I arrived at Hollywood Arts my slumber has been filled by porcelain white skin, dark hair and startlingly blue/green eyes. Don't get me wrong, it's not unusual for me to dream of breathtakingly beautiful girls, I Tori Vega am gay, a fact not many people are aware of. I've never been one of those who feels the need to shout it from the rooftops, my parents and Andre know however. No, what is odd; is the fact that the only girl to have grabbed my attention since I joined this school 3 months ago, is also the only girl who has never said a single nice word to me. Infact she goes out of her way to put me down at every opportunity. "Girl, your messed up" I mutter to myself.

I enter Sikowitz' class moments after her, just in time to see the eccentric teacher climbing clumsily through the window. "Drive by acting exercise! You are all extremely upset women who have just discovered that their other half is cheating on them." Immediately everyone in the class starts wailing and the word "why" is repeated several times. During this madness that is our class I notice two figures slide through the door, of course Jade and Beck; the happy couple, I think bitterly. But is it my imagination or do neither of them seem happy, their eyes are puffy, why would they have been crying? I think to myself. "And scene!" Sikowitz shouts bringing us all to a halt. No one other than me appears to have noticed the latecomers' entrance, I return to my seat vowing to myself to find out what has happened later.

I still cannot wrap my head around my predicament, the girl I am infatuated with hates me and her boyfriend is one of my best friends, how did I let this happen? I love Beck to pieces; he is one of the nicest guys I know. There is absolutely no way I could ever make a move on his girl. I've had a very long discussion with Andre about this, he is the only one who knows about my feelings for Jade, too say he was shocked would be an understatement.

"Dude! That is so not cool!"

"I know; I know Andre! But I can't help it, it's not like I'm ever going to tell her, plus I wouldn't do that to Beck!"

"Well Muchacha I hope not, because let's face it, that would be a complete violation of the 'bro code'"

But just because I have promised not to do or say anything, it doesn't mean I'm able to forget about it, about her. She invades my every thought, consumes my mind. Seeing her this upset is tearing me apart, and knowing that I can't comfort her only makes things worse. Yet at the same time I still feel a level of concern for Beck, I have never seen him look this wrecked. Has he hurt her? Has she hurt him? My mind is on overdrive.

"Yo Tori, are you coming to lunch or what?" Andre is smiling down at me

"Errm yer of course, wait class is over?"

"Damn girl you've got it bad, come on wake up and lets hit it."

We arrive at our usual table, everyone there already; well everyone except the one face I search for, Jade is absent. Beck looks just as bad as he did earlier.

"Are you ok?" I ask gently

"Not really" he sighs, "guys I guess you should know that me and Jade broke up, its real this time, she" he voice catches "she likes someone else."

The table falls silent, no one seems to know quite what to say, Beck's heartbreak is written all over his face.

"My brother hears voices in his head and he says they are real, but my mum says they're not." Cat states, "so maybe this isn't either?" she asks with a question in her voice.

"Look its fine, I'm fine, or I will be with time. I need to process this, but I love her and I'm not going to lose her, so if I can't be her boyfriend I'll settle with being her best friend" he says in a rush.

"We are here for you dude" Andre says slapping him on the back.

"So where is the wicked witch?" Rex pipes up, shortly followed by Robbie telling him off.

My thoughts exactly, she's got to be hurting too right? I mean they were together two years, that's not something you can just throw away without feeling a thing. But she's single now, a voice in the back of my mind states, a sense of excitement floods through me, this is short lived however as I remember becks words 'she likes someone else'.