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Chapter 14 - My old self

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Start from scratch

Chapter 14 – My old self

Jade's pov

I woke the next morning, about 10 am, with a huge headache. It wasn't really a hangover, as I only had one shot and 2 beers the previous night. I think it was due to stress and an overtaxed mind. No one was around and Tori's door was closed, so she was still asleep.

It was Saturday and at least I didn't have to work. As I made my coffee in an attempt to wake up, I again vainly tried to make sense of what happened the previous night. Doing so, only seemed made my headache worse.

Once I had my coffee I sat down on the couch and turned on the TV. Thankfully I found a channel showing the 1971 horror film, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, with Vincent Price. Not quite the scissoring I've always found Vincent Price, really fun to watch. In the movie, Vincent Price, plays a guy who kills the doctors he blames for his wife's death, in the manner of the 7 plagues of ancient Egypt.

I know I had asked Vega to do something today, but I was pretty sure by now, she'd change her mind. Why in the hell would she want to, after all I've done.

About an hour later, Tori came out of her room, messy hair, duck pajamas and all. I've always gotten a strange jolt every time I see Vega for first time each day. Now I think I know why.

"You still want to go out to the mall and lunch Jade?"

I wasn't quite expecting that. "Uh..Sure."

Tori made and odd smile and put her hands on her hips. "Ok then, then let's hustle. As I recall you were the one that always got on me for not being ready to go out, I'm going to let you shower first and I'm still going be ready before you."

I'm sorry, did she just challenge me. If there was one thing that could make me forget my headache and bring me out of my funk was to challenge me. Again, it was a brief glimpse of the Tori of old, which was a welcome change. I knew full well it wouldn't last, but regardless, I sneered at her and hurried myself into the bathroom to start to get ready.

I hopped in the shower, and finished by bathroom stuff in record time. I then left the bathroom to get dressed and put on makeup while Tori showered.

I managed to get ready about 3 minutes before Tori and feeling briefly like my old self, I took a second to gloat.

"You will never be ready before me; I will always be ready before you. You are simply too slow."

Tori smiled briefly, but soon that reserved look came upon her face, much to my disappointment. "How about we go to the Time warner center, they've got lots of shops and places to eat nearby."

I said fine and within minutes we were out the door. In the old days we had done things all the time, though that most often happened when I was on the outs with Beck.

We arrived at the mall and started to look around. Neither of us said much and what talking we did do was confined to safe subjects, such as the weather and the like. I had no idea what was going on in Tori's head or even why she agreed to go out with me in the first place, plus I had my own demons to wrestle with. It all felt very awkward.

After looking around for a bit, we went to the food court and sat down. We ate largely in silence until Tori asked a question that made me cringe.

"Do you still have feelings for Beck?"