AN: I'm back! :) Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, favorited, and/or followed! You guys make my stomach feel all bubbly! The goodkind of happy bubbly! Not the kind you get when you eat Del Taco at three in the morning :S
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Tori
"Go fish!" Cat yells throwing her cards in the air and giggling as they rain down around her.
"Cat!" Trina shrieks slamming her own cards down on the bed. "We're playing UNO!"
"That means 'one' in your language! Hehe."
"My language? What do you mean my language? I'll have you know I'm one eighth Ital-"
"You guys!" I cry slumping back on the bed frame. "Can't we just finish onegame without you two getting into a stupid argument?"
"Well she's the one with the attention span of a squirrel!"
"Oh I love squirrels! One time, my brothe- " suddenly Cat's eyes widen and she gasps. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means exactly what it sounded like it meant!"
"You're so mean to me!"
I let out a loud frustrated groan getting up from the bed and head out into the hallway. I can hear them going at it even after I close the door. I lean back against it with my eyes closed and let my body slide down until I'm sitting on the floor. For the past hour I've been stuck as the mediator between Trina and Cat, and I'm about ready to kill someone.
"Having fun?" I hear a low teasing voice say, and immediately all my frustration and anger simmers, a smile replacing my frown. My eyes remain closed as I don't need to see in order to know who the voice belongs to.
"Is it that obvious?" I question, to which Jade simply chuckles. I open one eye and see her casually leaning against the wall opposite to me with her arms crossed in front of her chest, giving me a crooked grin. "Hey, weren't you gonna hang with Beck 'til the show tonight?" I ask letting my eye close again and leaning my head back against the wall. When there's no response, my eyes snap open and search for hers, only to find them looking down at her feet. "Did you guys have a fight?" I question softly. She shakes her head and looks up at me, eyebrows furrowed.
"No, no. We didn't. I just-" She looks down again and begins drawing random patterns on the dirty carpet with her shoe. "I just didn't feel like hanging out with him, I guess." She mutters with a shrug. I stare at her for a moment as a small smile begins pulling at my lips. She looks up and rolls her eyes when she sees it. "Again with that damn dorky smile!" she grunts.
"You wanted to hang out with me…" I tease. "You missed me!"
"Oh my God, Vega, that's gross." She grumbles pretending to be disgusted, but a slight blush staining her cheeks says otherwise.
"Oh is that right?" I say getting up and dusting myself off. "Fine, then I guess I'll just go see what Andre's up to…" I begin slowly walking down the hall toward the boys' room. "I bet he doesn't think hanging out with me is gross." I call out over my shoulder, grinning mischievously. I only get a few steps in when I hear her groan.
"Ok fine!" she cries. I spin back around, ready to gloat in my victory when the look on her face makes me freeze. Her eyes are scrunched up in worry while she fidgets with her fingers. Immediately I rush to her and put my hand on her shoulder, mirroring her worried expression.
