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Chapter 4 - Tensions

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Start from scratch

Chapter 4 – Tensions

No One's POV

After quietly crying in front of Tori's bedroom door for a few minutes, Jade returned to the couch, where she fell into a fitful sleep.

The next morning, Tori woke at 5:55 as she did normally. Exiting her room Tori walked over to the couch and with an extremely sad expression, watched Jade sleep for a minute.

Jade's sudden stirring on the couch, caused, Tori to quietly slip into the bathroom.

There she took a long look at herself in the mirror, her once previous sad expression now having turned into a very Jadelike scowl.

"All this negative emotion and by the time you're 40, you're going to be fat and ugly."

After another few seconds of starring at herself, she looked away. "You already are."

Jade woke up an hour later, again as Tori was quietly eating breakfast in the kitchen. This time Jade didn't even bother to say anything. She just went in the bathroom and got ready for work.

When she exited the bathroom, she found again Tori had made coffee, but no note this time. Jade had yet another day of tedious cleaning work and just after 5 was arriving home.

Alone in Tori's apartment, she took her time to look around. In one corner was an easy chair with a light next to it. A few feet away along the wall, was a small desk with a computer on it. Next to the desk was a small filling cabinet, which Jade assumed contained personal papers.

In the other corner, Tori had a small keyboard. Jade recognized it as the same one from Tori's room back in California. Jade also knew that Tori would spend lots of time at it writing and playing songs.

In fact, a half written song was sitting on top of the keyboard. Looking at the keyboard closer, Jade noticed something.

The keyboard, the chair in front of it and the music book on top of it, were all covered in dust.

Jade scratched her head. "Tori's not sat at this keyboard or played it, in some time. She loves music. Andre told me she was always playing music on it."

None the less, the keyboard seems to have been purposely neglected.

Jade then flashed back to Tori's don't flatter yourself comment and surmised that something else must have happened to the Latina; something that made her even more angry, bitter and cynical.

After briefly considering asking Tori why she no longer plays her keyboard, Jade quickly dismissed the idea. The Latina had made it clear; she didn't want questioned asked.

Having a bit of time, Jade instead went out and bought a few things she'd want to eat at a local grocery store. Coming back, Jade discovered Tori had indeed emptied out a single cupboard for her to use.

Tori arrived home just as Jade was finishing put away her groceries.

"Tori, thanks for clearing some space. I got some stuff, so won't eat your stuff."

"Welcome." Tori said with a nod, before walking into her room.

Jade shrugged and went to check the messages on her phone. With Beck calling all the time, Jade just kept if turned off.