escape | jade west

friday night concert [21]

Y/N's pov: 

Tori had been acting super weird lately. I had no idea what was up with her. I had a gut feeling that she was up to something, but I brushed it off.

A few days passed after those notes on my locker. Thankfully, there weren't anymore of those. Though after that, Tori and Andre were acting very suspicious. But as I said, I didn't pay attention to it.

I came to school and Tori ran up to me as soon as she spotted me. It looked like she really wanted to tell me something.

"Hi Y/N!" Tori said.

"Hey Tori. What's up?" I asked.

"It's Friday. Do you know what that means?"

"Friday night concert?"

"Yes! Are you coming?" Tori wondered.

"Eh, I don't know. I'll probably stay home. I have to do a school project and all, you know." I said.

"Please come, it'll be fun! Me, Beck, Cat and Robbie will all be there." Tori explained.

"Fine. I'll come."

The only reason I agreed was because Tori didn't mention Jade, so I figured she wouldn't be there. Besides, it was a good opportunity to leave home for a little. Those days, I would usually lay around in bed for hours. I was just never in a good mood to go anywhere.

Jade's pov:

I headed to the music room to meet Andre. We had to rehearse a little for the Friday night concert. I was gonna be singing and he was gonna be helping with the music. I decided on a special song. Well, it was special to me.

We rehearsed the song. It made me very excited for the concert. The song was calm, which wasn't really what I wanted to perform, but I didn't care. The song had a memory behind it. That was all that mattered to me.

Y/N's pov:

I got to the Asphalt Cafe for the concert. I met up with Tori, Cat and the others. I scanned the whole place with my eyes. No sight of Jade. It made me slightly relieved. I wanted to hang out with all of my friends without Jade bringing tears to my eyes every time I saw her.

Suddenly, everyone got quiet and a person appeared at the mic.

"Everyone clap for.. Jade West!" he announced.

My jaw dropped. I had no idea she would be the one singing. If I did, I wouldn't have come there in the first place. I quickly turned my head to Tori.

"You didn't tell me she was gonna be singing!" I said with a mad tone to my voice.

"I didn't know!"

I could tell Tori knew. She wasn't really good at hiding it. I started walking away, but Cat grabbed my hand and held me back. I sighed and stayed.

"This goes out to..." Jade spoke. "..the first person that ever heard this song."

Jade looked straight at me. Oh god. At that moment, I really wanted to leave. I wanted to be out of everyone's sight. Though I wanted to hear what song she was gonna sing. The music started playing and Jade started singing.

There is no upper hand
I'm giving you mine
It doesn't have to end up wasting your time
There's things that I could say
But hear it my way
I want to let you know that it's all okay

I began crying almost as soon as she started singing the song. I associated it with a time when everything was good with Jade. My thoughts immediately drifted to the time Jade first sang this song to me. My head was on her chest. She had one arm wrapped around me and used the other one to play with my hair. I felt so secure then. That feeling filled my body again.

I like your smile
But even introductions need to last a while
Sometimes I don't know if I'm right or wrong
And in the end it seems like everything is worse when you're gone

During this verse, Jade kept intense eye contact with me. She never broke it, not even once. Maybe she really meant the lyrics. I got really emotional to the point I could barely look at Jade anymore, so I ran out. I went to a place where I was out of everyone's sight, but I could still hear everything that was happening.

There is no upper hand
I'm giving you mine
It doesn't have to end up wasting your time
There's things that I could say
But hear it my way
I want to let you know that it's all okay

By the end of the song, I was pouring my eyes out. It was hard to even breathe. I just sat on the ground, alone, all by myself. I heard footsteps, so I quickly wiped my tears and stood up to walk away. To my surprise, it was Tamara. I sat back down.

"Hey, Y/N, is everything alright?" Tamara wondered. "I saw you leaving."

"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. The song just makes me emotional." I explained.

"I think it's more than just that." she sounded concerned.

"No...yes. You're right." I mumbled. "I was the first person Jade sang this song to. She sang it with her angelic voice, she had her arms wrapped around me. Everything was so perfect."

I started crying even harder. I'm not sure how that was even possible. I looked up at Tamara's face. The look in her eyes made her look angry. I wasn't sure why she would be angry.

"Are you angry? Why do you look so mad?" I quietly questioned.

"What? I'm not mad. I'm just upset that you feel this way. You don't deserve it. You deserve so much better." Tamara reassured.

She pulled me into a tight, comforting hug. At least it was supposed to be comforting. But it really wasn't. It felt off. It didn't feel right. At first, I was confused why, but then it hit me.. It didn't feel anything like Jade's hug. Jade's touch was so special that no one could ever fulfill that. No one could ever make me feel the same amount of comfort as Jade.

I shook my shoulders to make Tamara back off. I stood up and walked back to Tori. I figured I should go back there. Thankfully, Jade was nowhere near. I was afraid I might start crying again. Though I wanted to see her. I wanted her beautiful eyes to look into mine.

When she did that, the whole world would stop...

...and it would feel like it's just the two of us.