AN: Hi! So here's another story I've had for a while now.. I already have several chapters finished for it, so the updates should be pretty frequent, i hope :P
The Rating is T for now mostly due to language. I might bump it up to M in the future if this fic goes as planned ;)
Disclaimer: -_- NO.
Enjoy!
Tori
After what seems like an eternity of Festus giving me his brother's phone number, I head over to Cat and Andre to tell them about his offer to go to Yerba for semester break.
"No way! I'm down!" Andre says excitedly.
"Yaay! Traveling!" Cat exclaims enveloping Andre and me in a hug. "I'll go tell Robbie!" She yells as she skips back into school.
"Now I guess all that's left is asking our parents for permission." I tell Andre. "You guys should come over tonight and we'll do some Yerbainian research." I add with a wink.
"Sure thing." He smiles as we make our way over to the lunch table to eat our ravioli, or as Cat calls them, pasta pillows. Soon Cat and Robbie join us and we spend the entire lunch going over songs we could possibly perform in Yerba. Beck and Jade are nowhere to be seen and I can't help but feel a little relieved. I'm getting sick and tired of Jade constantly rubbing it in our faces that she's going to Cancun with Beck's family. Well at least now I can throw this in her face! Ha!
After lunch I make my way to the bathroom so I can wash my hands before heading to class. I'm so preoccupied with thoughts on how to get back at Jade for being such a jerk about her Cancun trip that I don't even hear when said girl slips into the bathroom, walking quietly until she's standing directly behind me.
"Vega!" she exclaims right by my ear. I give the girliest of screams and jump about five feet in the air.
"Jade!" I shriek while clutching my chest. "You scared the chiz out of me!" She simply shoots me her trademark smirk while lifting her pierced eyebrow. She glares at me for several seconds before looking past me to the mirror that's mounted on the wall and adjusting her shirt. I'm about to walk around her and out the door but stop short when she starts talking.
"Tell me, Vega." She says still looking at herself in the mirror, now fixing her hair. "What's your favorite month of the year?" I furrow my eyebrows, wondering where she's going with this.
"Uh… well I guess my fav-"
"My favorite month would be this one." She cuts me off. "And you wanna know why?" I roll my eyes as I know exactly where this is going. "Because not only am I going to Cancun with Beck and his family, while you losers stay here and do nothing-"
"Actually, I'll have you know that Festu-" I try to interrupt only for her reflection to send me a menacing glare.
"But," she continues. "I also just found out that the play I wrote got nominated to be performed as part of the 'Young Performers of America Summer Theater Series' in Downtown this June." She finishes smugly. She turns around and leans against the sink, crossing her arms. "What do you think of that, Vega?"
I'm about to bring up the whole Yerba thing but a glint in her eye stops me. Underneath all her arrogant smugness I can tell she is actually apprehensive about my reaction. Not about the Cancun thing, but about the possibility of the play I know she worked real hard on being performed in such a distinguished event. It's not a secret that Jade is extremely talented, in more areas than one. We've all acknowledged it various times and she never seems to care. So why the sudden interest in my opinion? She couldn't care less about getting anyone's approval. Much less mine. So why is she still looking at me expectantly as if what I have to say matters to her? I could easily use this to my advantage and belittle her just as she always does me. Crush her dreams and accomplishments by making her feel stupid and talentless. But let's face it, I could never do that to anyone… even to Jade. For some reason, no matter how much of a gank she is with me most of the time, there's a part of me that still considers her a friend. And I often find myself trying to impress her and gain her approval. Why, you ask? Why would I continue time and time again to get someone that clearly hates me to like me? Or at least to not hate me so much? Well, the answer to that is… I have absolutely no idea. There's just something about Jade that makes me want to be friends with her. Maybe the fact that her affection seems so unattainable makes me want it even more. Or maybe I'm just a masochist. Either way, I'm sure that if she only gave me a chance we could be great friends. So that's why, instead of seeking my revenge with this perfect opportunity, I do the Tori Vega thing to do:
