Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious, just this story plot.
A.N. We're gonna make through you guys I swear! : D I just feel we all need one big group hug. Haha. : D Well back into the feels we go. :)
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The next day at school, both Tori and Jade were looking rough; neither girl getting any sleep the night before. Jade was putting books in her locker when a familiar voice greeted her.
"Hey." said Beck, as the dark haired girl turned around to face him. He stood sheepishly, with two Jet Brew coffees in his hands. "You look like you could use this." He said offering up one of the cups.
Jade simply grunted and snatched the offered caffeine before she took a big swig of it, getting a laugh from the other boy; she glared evilly at him before a grin appeared on her face.
"Thanks." said Jade as she closed her locker, after putting what books she needed in her book bag.
"No problem. It's the least I could do after my assyness last night." said the tan boy.
"Well then Sir McAssy you owe me like fifty of these things then...better yet, make it a hundred." replied Jade, making both teens laugh.
"Consider it done milady." He said jokingly, but his words reminded Jade of another certain tan skinned teen; who had just stolen the dark haired girl's attention, as she too had made a stop at her locker.
It seemed liked it had been so long since they had been near each other without it being awkward or tense, that moments like this where they could steal a glance without the other girl knowing were what kept the little bit of sanity they had left from dissipating after these days apart. Beck had still been talking, but she had not heard a word he said as she took in Tori's appearance; she was in sweatpants and her hair was disheveled, but all Jade saw was how cute she looked.
About halfway through another sentence, Beck noticed he was pretty much talking to himself as the girl in front of him was looking at something over his shoulder that left her with one of those happy, lovey dovey, trance like faces; and he knew exactly what it, or should he say who it was, before he even turn around.
"Did you tell her about last night?" He asked, his reaction to seeing the other girl being more fearful of potential bodily harm. "Jade." He said a little louder, getting the other teen's attention. "Did you tell her?"
"Are kidding me?" She responded with a look. She sighs and runs her hands over her face, "I mean I want to because I don't want there to be any secrets between us, especially one that could ruin us getting back to where we were, but on the other edge of the same giant sword; telling her that you kissed me just might be what shuts Tori down for good."
When Tori had saw Jade talking to Beck, she had the same reaction as the raven haired girl; everything else disappeared and this happy warmth filled her as she just stared at the beautiful blue eyed girl across the hall. Seeing that those eyes were distressed, she felt terrible; knowing that the stressed state the goth was in was because of her. The tan skinned girl took a deep breath, as she ran a hand through her hair, and made her way over across the hall; upon approaching she heard the last part of what Jade had said.
"You kissed Jade?" asked a third party that neither Jade, nor Beck had noticed come over.
"Tori…" said Jade wide eyed, noticing the other girl's shocked and hurt expression.
Before anyone had time to think, Beck was once again holding his face because of a fist connecting to the left side of his jaw.
"Tori!" exclaimed Jade.
The scene getting the attention of a lot of the students in the halls, many simply shocked to see the usually easygoing teen go off like that.
"Hey! Come on." said Trina, who been walking by and saw the incident, grabbing Tori and pulling her away before she could do more damage. "What the hell was that? !" asked the elder Vega breathing heavily, once she dragged her sister to an empty classroom.
"Move!" commanded Tori, as Trina was standing between her and the door.
"No!" said Trina back with even more attitude. "Now don't make kick you someplace where I possibly won't get any nieces and nephews. Now I'm going to give you some time to deflate, but then you're going to tell me what happened out there." She said, pointing toward the hall with her thumb.
Tori angrily paced some more, while Trina simply checked her nails; while singing the Jeopardy song.
"Will you stop it? !" said Tori angrily.
"I don't know…are you ready to stop aggressively walking back and forth and talk to me?" replied Trina, from her perch on a desk.
Tori finally calmed down enough to stop pacing, but she was still tense.
"Beck and Jade…kissed." gritted out the younger teen.
'Oh boy…' thought Trina, now knowing the reason behind her sister's freak out.
Trina sighs and runs a hand through her hair, "Alright, look. Tell me exactly what happened." She said.
Tori went through the scenario and Trina was proud of herself for actually listening without bias. Even though Jade West might not be her favorite person in the world; she and her baby sister were crazy for each other and knowing all her sister has had to go through, Trina didn't want what they had to be ruined simply because of all these crazy emotions she's been going through lately.
"Now being the hothead of the family, it is weird that I'm even giving this advice; but since I am the oldest and the wisest…" Tori rolls her eyes and snorts, "Hey!" points a finger and gives the younger teen a look before she continues, "Since I am the oldest and wisest, I say you should take it down about twenty notches and breath. Now from what I heard it sounded like Beck kissed Jade."
"Really? You came up with that conclusion all by yourself?" asked Tori in a smart-alecky way.
Trina just narrowed her eyes at the girl and continued, "Listen smartass, there's a big difference between Beck kissing Jade, her wanting him to, or her kissing him. Now the crazy side of my brain, that usually wins, is saying just dropkick both of they asses and move on, but I will use the tiny bit of rationality I have and say GO TALK TO JADE…I mean you guys have yet to talk through whatever it was that got you in this funk in the first place. Talk to her Tori before you lose what you were lucky enough to find…"
"What's that?" asked Tori, who had stopped pacing to actually listen to her sister.
Trina hops off the desk and gathered her things before she stood in front of Tori, "Someone who loves you. None of that L-U-V bullshit, but genuinely L-O-V-E's you." She pokes Tori in the chest. "Not everybody's so lucky kid. I would hate to see you throw it away over 'what ifs'…God when did I become the levelheaded therapist of the two of us?" asked Trina, kind of freaked out by her newfound maturity.
Laughs a little, "Thanks Trina, I really appreciate you talking to me." said Tori, wholehearted.
"Awww, I love you too rugrat." said the older teen, teasingly ruffling up the other girl's hair; while getting her hand smacked away.
Trina was about to leave when she was brought into a hug by Tori, when they parted both girls were smiling.
"You ok?" asked Trina, receiving a nod in return. "Good 'cause we got to get you back to normal, so I can go back to being the crazy one." Both girls laughed, as Trina checked the time on her PearPhone. "Oh shit, I am so late and so are you. Gotta go chica. I'll see you later. Talk to her!" She said as she exited the room, while giving Tori another sisterly point and look.
'Talk to her', that one phrase was running through Tori's mind all the rest of the school day, she should have just skipped because she sure didn't learn anything since her mind was on one girl and one girl only; even more so since she hadn't seen her anymore since their not so great encounter earlier that morning. During lunch, Beck had tricked her into meeting him in the box; after he got Andre to let him use his phone to text he needed some help with equipment. Of course the urge to kick the tan skinned boy's teeth in came back, but she calmed herself enough to listen to what he had to say…
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Earlier in the black box…
"What the fuck do you want Oliver? If you think I'm about to thank you for getting me out of being suspended then you have another thing comin'." asked Tori, not really wanting to be in the same vicinity as the other teen at the moment.
"Look Tori, I fucked up okay; I shouldn't have done what I did…and if I've fucked up our friendship (which I really hope I haven't) then I deserve that, but don't let my fuck up come in-between what you and Jade have." said the boy seriously, taking hold of Tori's forearms.
Tori just laugh humorlessly before tearing out of his grip and heading for the double doors.
"She's never looked at me once the way she looks at you!" said Beck simply, his eyes starting to water a little.
Tori stopped and released a shaky breath, blinking slowly before she turned back around to face him with watery eyes of her own.
"Never…or anyone for that matter. She loves you Tori…and knowing her for as long as I have and knowing all the shit she's been through; she deserves a chance to be happy…and so do you." said Beck.
Hearing the genuineness of his words had Tori fighting to keep the tears that had built up from falling.
"And don't bother saying 'it's complicated'. She loves everything about you…your uniqueness and all." continued the tan boy, trying to get across to Tori that he knew more than she thought.
"What…Did she…" "No. I figured it out on my own. I won't say anything I swear." "Huh." "I swear Tori." said Beck seriously, in response to Tori's sarcastic 'huh'. "You one of my best friends Tori, whether you can believe that right now or not (I don't blame you) but I would never do anything like that to you; none of us would." Sees Tori looking off to the side deep in thought as silent tears came down her face, "Look Tori, I didn't mean to upset you-God I suck at this..."
*Warning Bell Rings*
"I'm sorry." said the tan boy softly before he sadly began to walk out of the small theater.
"You such an asshole, you know that?" said Tori suddenly, but getting his attention.
"Yeah." said Beck; turning back around to face the tan skinned girl, happy to see a slight grin on her face.
"I'm still pissed at you."
"I know."
"But thanks." She said with small smile.
"Anytime." replied Beck with a grin of his own, raising his arms up offering a hug.
"I would…but part of me still wants to dropkick you in the face." said Tori simply.
Beck understood and raised his hands in a 'backing off' motion; instead he simply stuck out his fist, with a 'How about this?' look. Tori rolled her eyes, but responded and bumped her fist to his; maybe with a little more force than needed, but Beck simply shook out his hand and smiled before heading for the double doors.
"See ya Tori." He said before left out, once again leaving Tori to sort through her chaotic thoughts.
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Present…
And those thoughts are what she had been working through the whole rest of the day and she knew of only one way to quell her unsure/uneasy feelings and voices in her head, and that (as everyone kept saying) was to talk to Jade. She had known this from the very beginning, but pushed the task away out of fear; fear of what might be said, fear of what choices would be made.
'But you can't be afraid. Being afraid might cost you something great, or prevent you from being able to move on and find it; either way you know what have to do.'
With her mind made up, Tori willed the minute hand to go faster as she impatiently waited for the last bell of the day to ring. Once it rang, she was out of the classroom like a shot. People tried getting her attention in the halls, but she stopped for nothing or no one as she quickly collected her things from her locker and made her way out of the school doors. Not seeing a certain car in the parking lot, Tori jumped into her own; determined to get to a certain blue eyed girl's residence.
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A.N. Sooo...what do you all think? : D Not to get too sappy just yet, but this is the second to last chapter and I'm already missing hearing from you guys regularly. : ( However...We got one more chapter left people! Who's ready for some Jori lovin'? ! : D Thank you guys for reading and reviewing! :D