AN: I don't really like the Beck-Jade interaction but I don't know how to change it. Enjoy :)

Friday-Friday night

After Tori left, Jade went back to the clearing and allowed her dragon to take over. Scales appeared on her neck and arms as her wings fluttered and her feet no longer touched the ground.

Shaky at first Jade took to the clouds like a dog in a field and seconds later Ember joined her and together they made the sky their new home.

Just before she took off for her boyfriend's trailer, she went back home and went to he room, followed by her companion who curled up on one of her pillows and fell asleep. She made her way towards her wardrobe and changed - her clothes dirty from when she tackled Tori to the ground earlier. She picked out a similar outfit to the one she was wearing at school and she tossed the newly discarded clothing in the laundry basket near her bedroom door.

Just before she left she grabbed her bag and noticed that Tori had left hers.

Making a mental note to drop it off after her visit, she grabbed it and made her way towards the woods, taking off into the world above the clouds once she was out of sight.

She landed near Beck's trailer, hidden from prying eyes and reeled her beast in.

Just after 5 Jade sat on Beck's bed, playing with a pair of scissors that she had forgotten to take home a couple of weeks ago and both bags in direct contact with her person at all times. Beck sat next to her, his hand resting on her knee, slowly creeping higher and higher towards the waistband of her jeans. Jade's body went rigid as her dragon snarled and clawed at her insides, wanting to be unleashed and rip the human male to shreds.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Jade screamed, yanking his hand off of her thigh.

"Come on, babe," Beck whined "we've been together for almost two years. How long are you going to make me wait?"

"No Beck!" She hastily stood up from the bed and glared at him.

"If you loved me you would have sex with me!" He yelled right back at her.

"If you loved me you wouldn't try to pressure me into doing something I'm neither ready for nor want to do!"

He stood up as well. "It's Tori, isn't it?" He snarled, the youngest Vega's name sounding like poison coming out of his mouth.

"It isn't about her!" The Goth screamed. Her dragon snarled inside her own head 'Who does he think he is?! Talking about Vega that way!'

"Don't lie to me! You've been distant ever since her first day! You don't get jealous when you see girls all over me anymore! You spend all your time with her and you're nice to her! You're hardly nice to me but when it comes to Tori you're not the Jade everyone knows."

Jade froze, not able to deny the evidence presented to her. She likes her but that's as far as it goes, right? It was all she was willing to admit at the moment anyway.

She forcefully shook her head to clear her thoughts; this wasn't the time or place.

"She's my friend! You always complain that I'm a gank to everyone but when I'm nice you get jealous!"

"Only a friend?" He sneered, not believing a word.

"Yeah, only a friend." Jade breathed and felt disappointment wash over her 'Only a friend'.

The sentence bounced around in her mind, making her heart throb painfully.

"Do you still love me?" He asked quietly.

Jade froze. She didn't want to lie to him but she cared for him as nothing more than a friend. She opted to stay quite, losing herself in her thoughts involving a certain Latina and a surprise.

The longer she stayed silent the angrier Beck became.

"I knew it!" He was back to yelling, snapping Jade out of her thoughts on her surprise for the werewolf "You don't love me anymore, that is if you ever did in the first place!"

"I loved you." She stated coldly, glaring at him. She made her way towards the door, clutching both bags tightly and her leather jacket and pulling the door open with more force than was required "I don't know when I stopped." She concluded truthfully, keeping her back to him.

"Bullshit! Everything was great until Tori Vega made an appearance, it's her fault!" He was back to blaming the singer.

Jade completely lost it. She felt heat course throughout her body, starting from her back, where her wings were hidden, and heart and ending at her fingertips.

"STOP! BLAMING! VEGA!" She screamed hands fisted and eyes flashing blue as the knot that had been building inside of her exploded and flames flew from her fingertips. With each word something went up in flames.

The first thing that Jade heard was Beck's surprised and fearful scream as his bed caught on fire.

He ran for the door to his trailer and ripped it open, the metal slowly heating up with the flames growing inside. He didn't even bother to check if the girl he claimed to love had gotten out safely.

Beck's mother and father ran outside when they heard their son's scream and as soon as they saw the flames from the windows Mr Oliver called the fire department.

Jade was still standing inside the trailer, looking down at her fire-coated hands in awe. The fire around her brushed against her skin but she was immune to it. It was a part of her. It listened to her, worshipped her, defended her.

A male's voice broke her out of her thoughts and she ran outside the still open door, tripping over a branch as she sprinted to place distance between herself and what she had caused.

She was covered in soot, her clothes slightly burnt and she could hear the fire department getting closer.

She dug in her bag for her phone and a few curse words later she found it, she noticed a text from Tori and a ghost of a smile appeared on her face as she read it. She dialled the number and waited for the younger Vega to pick up. While she waited she pondered over the events that had taken place in a little more than an hour.

"Jade? What's wrong?" Jade had trouble hearing Tori as Trina's voice could be heard over the device, causing Jade to roll her eyes.

"Do you know where Beck lives?"

Tori answered in the negative, Jade proceeded to give the wolf directions and then hung up, waiting rather impatiently for Tori to arrive. To kill time until the youngest Vega arrived Jade searched her bag for tissues and a water bottle.

Thankfully she had both in her possession and after wetting the tissues she began to remove the soot from her skin.

Just over ten minutes later Tori ran towards the dragon, face set in worry. Her worry only increased as she saw the state of her friend: clothes ripped and faintly burned and her frame shaking.

"What happened?" As soon as Tori was close enough she pulled Jade in for a hug.

The Goth melted in the embrace, nuzzling her neck in the taller girl's neck and breathing in her scent, calming down the still tense dragon within the play-writer.

When they pulled away Jade began to give a quick summary of the events that had unfolded "He tried to pressure me into sleeping with him, saying 'If I loved him, I would have sex with him' and then we argued and then he crossed the line, blaming someone else and I lost it, setting fire to the inside of his trailer."

"Who did he blame?" Jade focused on the ground, finding it very interesting, not wanting to acknowledge that her loss of control was linked to the need to defend the tanned girl.

"Who did he blame, Jade?" Tori repeated more forcefully, wanting to protect Jade but also tear the piece of shit named Beck to shreds, the approaching moon only worsening the situation.

"You."

"ME!?" Tori growled, her eyes flashing black with minimal blue - a result of the fast approaching new moon - and fists clenching as she battled with the instinct to shift.

Movement from the side caught Jade's attention and she turned, coming face to face with an apologetic-looking Beck. Instinctively she placed her hand on Tori's shoulder, felling her relax under her touch and when she looked back at the werewolf, she was pleased to find her eyes had gone back to the warm chocolate brown she was used to seeing.

'Relax.' Jade mouthed, sending a reassuring smile her way.

"What do you want Beck?" Jade demanded when she returned her attention him.

"I'm sor-" He began, only to be cut off by a pissed off Goth.

"Save it! We're done!" The tone of finality made him snap his jaws shut and leave, but not before sending a glare towards the wolf he blamed for his relationship's breaking point.

"Are you okay?" Tori laid a hand on her shoulder, a sign of silent comfort.

Jade nodded and asked the half-Latina to drive her home.

They were both silent during the drive to the West residence, both lost in their own thoughts.

Jade was going over the events that had transpired at Beck's trailer and the knowledge that she, apparently, could control fire.

Tori wondered how she could comfort Jade and what was going to happen on Sunday. What happened two years ago could not happen again.

The car suddenly came to a halt as they arrived at their destination. Neither made a move to exit the vehicle. Jade turned to face her and waited for Tori to do the same. Once she did, the dragon offered her a thankful smile and handed over her bag - which she had almost forgotten she had with her.

No words were needed as they stared into each other's eyes as the ever-present and ever-growing pull caused them to shift slightly, their lips moving closer until they were pressed softly together.

The kiss was chaste, more an act of comfort then matters of the heart. Tanned hands cupped pale cheeks and pale hands braced themselves on the leather seat.

The sound of a door slamming shut pulled the girls apart and Jade's eyes widened as she realised what had just happened. She hastily opened the car door and all but ran to her front door, pulling her keys out of her bag and opening it, painfully aware of Tori's gaze on her the whole time. Once inside she ran upstairs to her room, ignoring her mother's demands and her father's glares and hateful looks. She hardly registered the sound of screeching tires as the singer sped away as she threw herself on her bed, startling her pet.

'What just happened? I'm supposed to be in love with Beck. Why did I feel the overpowering need to defend Vega? I was so angry when I saw that boy obviously flirting with her at her locker before we met for lunch, I wanted nothing more than to rip him limb from limb for even thinking she could be interested in a guy like him. Why does the thought of her even considering a relationship make my body shake and my heart clench? We kissed again. The feel of her lips on mine sent my heart into overdrive. I probably shouldn't be around her until I figure out what the hell is going on with me.'

With that final thought, Jade fell into a restless sleep.