The first part of this chapter is not in Jade's POV. Just to avoid confusion (: Enjoy the chapter

It was lunch time at Hollywood Arts the next Monday. Tori was already looking forward to the reactions of her new friends on what happened that weekend. She really didn't understand why everyone seemed to like and defend Jade. The girl poured coffee on Tori's head on her first day! Jade West was nothing but trouble and it looked like she was the only one who knew that.

"Cat! André!" Tori waved to her new friends who started walking a little faster. "How was your weekend? It couldn't be worse than mine."

"What happened?" André seemed concerned and even Cat came out of her ditzy world for a moment.

"Yeah, what happened?"

"Well." Tori saw Beck and Robbie walking there way and waited till everyone was seated. "You won't believe who I walked into this weekend at my nephew's soccer match."

"A pony!" Cat squealed.

"I don't know. Your nephew?" Robbie answered.

André didn't even answer. He knew Tori would tell them in a few moments. The only one who hadn't reacted was Beck. He was staring at Jade's new table.

"C'mon Beck." Tori elbowed him. "One guess."

Beck sighed and returned his attention towards his friends. "Jade and her brother."

Everyone stopped with what they were doing and gaped at him. Tori was the one who spoke up. "How did you know?"

Beck didn't even look at her when he answered, but stared at the table again. Jade hadn't showed up yet. "Jer plays soccer and Jade brings him to every game. You knew that Cat."

"Oh yeah." Giggling Cat twirled her hair. "Sometimes she lets me go with her."

"Go eat your sushi, Lil'Red." André patted her on the arm and looked back to Tori. "Why are you telling us this?"

"Because her brother attacked me! Kicked me in the shin out of nowhere!

"Jer kicked you?" Now Tori had Becks full attention. "He wouldn't hurt a fly, Tor. Are you sure you didn't do anything?"

"Jadey!" Cat was the one who alerted the others when she squealed happily and flung herself at Jade.

I just got my coffee from the Grub Truck when I heard Tori complaining about Jer tackling her. Of course she didn't tell the whole story. I rolled my eyes at her and hid a smile at Beck defending him. It was the plan to stay behind them to learn more about the lies Vega was telling but Cat destroyed that plan by yelling and jumping up to hug me.

For five seconds I stood perfectly still for her and then pushed her away. "Not now Cat!"

My words didn't seem to hurt her as she just sat again and smiled at everyone. "Maybe Jadey can explain why her brother attacked Tori?"

As if on cue everyone turned their heads and looked at me. And if I could. I smiled sarcastically. "Vega here isn't telling the whole truth."

"And you will?" Tori huffed and put her elbows on the table.

"And you will?" I mocked in my fifties voice. "Vega, I might be a lot but not a liar. And everyone her at school can verify that."

"André?"

André was silent for a moment. Probably contemplating if he should tell the truth. After a while he sighed. "I've never catched her on a lie."

"Thank you, André." I turned to Vega again. "You were mad at me, because I called your nephew a brat. He had the ball and Jer, my brother, was going after him. I just encouraged him."

"By calling a ten year old a brat!"

"Yes Vega." I frowned a bit. "Jer calls me a brat sometimes and I say it back. I don't see how this is any different. The words some fathers yelled at the opposing team were worse, but you didn't say a thing about that. Now going back to why Jer kicked you."

"I still have a bruise to prove that."

"And you deserved it." I lifted my shoulders a bit. "As Beck said Jer won't hurt a fly except when he is provoked. And you calling his sister a gank provoked him." My eyes were filled with anger when I looked at her. "You can call me anything you want when we're at school or somewhere else as long as he isn't there. Do you get that, Vega? Bad mouth me one more time in front of him and you'll wish you were born without fingers." Our faces were now so close to each other that I could bite her if I wanted. I was still contemplating on that fact.

"Jade, that's enough." Becks quite voice made me retreat.

"For now." For the first time since our break up I smiled at Beck. "Thanks for defending him when I wasn't there to do it. He misses you."

I didn't mean to let that slip but the damage was done and I couldn't take the words back. Therefore I just walked away without another word and seated myself next to Ryder while taking a sip of coffee.

"What was that all about?"

"Vega was trying something stupid yet again."

"Like what?" Laura sat herself on a bench. "She does that all the time."

"She tried to bad mouth Jeremiah. No one gets away with that."

Laura looked angelic when she smiled. At least for the ones who didn't know her. I did and therefore I could see the malice in her smile. "We'll let her pay for that this week."

That's why, at the end of the week, when Tori almost got a record deal a friend of the producer called telling him Beyoncé wanted the song.

I hugged Cat for a whole thirty seconds when she told me that Tori was getting her song recorded. It only took Laura and one of her friends, who coincidently was also a friend of the producer, to make that dream disappear. Ryder, Jack, Laura and I celebrated that with going to Nozu. It was nice to have friends, other than Cat, who will have your back.