Authors note: Hey everyone! I'm sorry I didn't get to post yesterday! My girlfriend got back from PR. But I have this chapter and more coming up! School starts soon, so I won't be able to update much. I'll try as best as I can! - Kat
Tori
I'm not going to give Jade the satisfaction of whatever she wants. I put on my varsity jacket sweater and head to class.
I can feel her cold eyes piercing me as I walk into the classroom. The late bell rings, just as I put my bag down and sit in the bright yellow plastic chair, toward the center of the room.
Urg! Why does she do this? Why me? Why not some other chick? It's hard enough trying to hide these weird urges, when she's dressing like THAT. I mean c'mon!
"TORI!" I flinch at the sound of my name, bringing me back into reality. I look up at the strange drama teacher who I once thought was homeless. He had been talking and I definitely wasn't listening.
"Yes?" I squeak out.
"You and Jade have inspired me to give you two a scene to act out right now!" Sikowitz says.
"How did we do that?" Jade asks.
"Well Jade, you see by your attire, you seem like a rebel, a trouble maker. While Toro's choice of clothing suggests she's a popular, good girl, who doesn't get mixed with your group. You two, are going to act out a scene where you two are assigned to be roommates at the boarding school which you two attend." Sikowitz explains. Jade and I trudge our way to the small stage to start the scene. "But there's a twist! Jade is trying to seduce Tori! Action!" He adds. Since I'm in awe of the twist, Jade takes the lead to start.
"You know, for a preppy chick, you're not too bad." Jade says taking a step towards me.
"Uh thanks?" I say nervously taking a step away from the goth.
"So tell me," She starts while playing with one of my curls by wrapping it around her finger. " How come I never see you at parties?"
"I don't go to parties with people like you there." I say with a little courage.
"Why? Am I intimidating?" Jade asks me, the blue in her eyes clear as day.
"If that's what you wanna call it." I say. Then I pretend to turn to the dresser but Jade puts her foot up against the wall stopping me. I look down from her hips to her ankles at the shapely limb. I gulp.
"Oh I get it.." Jade says. "You want me." She states. I turn red.
"I do not!" I defend myself. She takes my hand and puts it on her thigh then moves it so I feel the rest of leg and run it up her torso to her waist. I'm in utter shock. Not only am I scared, but it feels good. The way her curves just accent her body makes me shiver.
"Oh I think you do." She says into my ear with a stage whisper. Our faces are centimeters apart and it's that party all over again. Then the bell rings, ending the class and the possibility of me kissing Jade.
As soon as the bell rings, Jade exits the stage and gets her bag, leaving the classroom as if nothing had occurred between the two.
"Tori.." Andre says snapping my attention to reality. "The bell rang. Are you ok?" He asks.
"Yeah I'm fine" I say pushing the temptation called "Jade West" away in my brain.
"Tori!" I hear my name in the hall and I spin around to see who's calling me. Lane comes up to me looking excited. "Hey! So we have a new student, she's in my office right now. Would you mind helping her out on her first day?" He asks me. I'm flattered he does and say,
"Sure! What grade is she?"
"Senior. Just like you, I think you'll get along well." He says as we walk to his office. He opens the door to his office and I see a girl sitting in Lane's swinging chair. She's listening to music on her pear phone. She's blonde, has glasses, and looks like she works out some. She's not buff like a body builder but she's fit. Her hair is down, straight, with a beanie. She has a black and red checkered shirt on, with a white tank top underneath. Her shorts are black jean shorts and she has on skating shoes.
"Astrid.." Lane says. She looks up and takes her headphones out. Her eye meet mine, they're greyish blue. I've never seen eyes like hers. She looks me up and down, obviously impressed. She gets up to approach us. She's tall.
"Astrid, this is Tori. She's going to be showing you around and stuff today." Lane says. Then he shoos us out of his office.
"You sing don't you?" Astrid asks me.
"Yeah. How did you know?" I ask surprised.
"The way you hold your jaw, suggests that you use it frequently in vertical motions. That either means you yawn a lot, or you're a singer." She explains.
"Thats pretty cool." I say stretching my jaw out and feeling it. She laughs.
"Well the bell's about to ring for lunch. You can sit with my friends and I if you want." I offer the blonde.
"Why not? It's better than sitting alone with everyone staring at you." She comments.
"Trust me, I used to be the new kid. I know what it's like." I say, comforting her.
"Thanks" She says.
"So where are you from? Did you transfer? Did you just move here?" I ask.
"Uh, I just moved here." She said with uncertainty.
"With your family?" I ask.
"Sure, let's go with that." She answers. I decide to change the subject, seeing as her family is an obviously touchy topic.
"So you need to have a locker design! It took me a bit but this is mine." I say, leading her to my "Make it shine".
"Make it shine?" She asks.
"That was the name of the song that I sang that got me in here. I stepped in when my sister, Trina, got a swollen tongue." I explain. Astrid gives me a weird look.
"That's interesting. So your sister used to go here?" She asks.
"Yeah but she's off to college now, THANK GOD!" I say.
"Wow, she must have been pretty bad then." Astrid comments.
"Trust me, you're lucky you don't have to meet her." I say.
Then the bell rings signaling lunch.