That which we face.

Chapter 13 - The Funeral

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That which we face.

Chapter 13 – The Funeral.

Tori's POV

We both exited the broom closet and headed to our next class, which was Sikowitz's class. We awkwardly looked at each other as we entered the class room together.

It was only for a moment and then Jade slipped into her part.

"Stop standing so close to me Vega" she barked, giving me a rather nasty stare.

"You can't get enough of me." I said in a rather exaggerated, smug tone as I sat down next to Andre.

Jade just sadly shook her head and sat down behind me.

Andre raised an eyebrow. "You better be careful mocking Jade like that."

I couldn't help but smile. "Why?"

He laughed. "Cause she'll do something to you."

My smiled widened. "Sounds good to me"

Andre just gave me a curious look and shrugged.

"Careful what you wish for Vega." Chimed out the Goth behind me.

I didn't bother to look at Jade but I'm fairly certain there was a large smirk on her face.

The rest of the day seemed to go normally. Jade though, started to seemingly sink into a depression as the day went on. Her grandfather still weighed heavily on her mind I would guess. I wanted a chance to try and cheer her up but we didn't get a chance to speak.

At the end of the day, she came up to me as I was standing near my locker. She seemed to make sure none of our friends are around.

"The service and funeral will begin at 2:00 tomorrow. Be ready by 1:30 I'll pick you up." She said sullenly.

I nodded. "Got it."

"Do you want to do something tonight."

"Can't, my parents are taking me to my grandmothers tonight."

I nodded but couldn't help but show disappointment in my face. "Ok"

"See you later Vega. I'll call you if I get a chance." Jade said before walking away.

I stood there by my locker and watched Jade walk away. I still wondered how much help I was today. At times she seemed normal and times seemed sullen and depressed. The only thing I noticed was that when I was with her, she seemed normal. So I figured I did.

Trina found me a few minutes later and we drove home. I was silently thinking about how my relationship with Jade would develop when my sister chimed in.

"I heard you farted at lunch today." She said with a chuckle.

Of course, she had to bring that up. Somehow, I knew that would get back to her.

"Yea Trina I did. What of it" I said trying not to make a big deal out of it.

"Are you that tasteless?" she said mockingly.

I didn't feel like bickering with her so I just looked out the window and let my thoughts drift back to Jade. At times she could be bossy, bitchy and disagreeable, I wondered how long before I began to encounter those parts of her personality.

It's easy to ignore those when you can just walk away. When you're seeing that person, it becomes much more difficult.

I had a final exam in my English class coming up the next week so I spent my night studying. Though I hoped she would Jade did not call. After several hours of studying, I finally went to sleep.