/Jade/
Scared. Jade was scared. Jade was never scared. But here she was, in her car, jumping at the sight of everything moving in the night. She should really start driving to school in the daylight.
Tori being a vampire wasn't something she could just accept, especially after she killed Beck. That was also fresh in her mind too. It pained her to think that she almost over looked that. Beck was dead. How was she going to explain his absence in school?
How was she going to explain to Andre? Robbie? Cat? Oh god, Cat. The most innocent of them all. It would crush her little heart. A low snarl escaped her lips. This was all Tori's fault. She would make her pay, but she didn't know how. Her nails dug into the steering wheel and she took a deep breath. There wasn't a need to get herself all worked up.
She checked her reflection in the mirror, and saw a flash of yellow in her eyes. She abruptly stops the car and looks in the mirror again. No yellow. This was freaky. Really freaky. She started speeding and arrived 20 minutes before school opened.
Getting out, she screamed as she turned around to see Tori in front of her. "Oh, so the grieving period is over?" She asked smugly, her fangs showing themselves as she spoke. Her arms were crossed, and her stance was just as cocky as her voice.
Jade scowled. "No. Don't you have any remorse? He was your friend too, you know."
Tori laughed. "Remorse? For killing him? No. Never. You were so concerned about what I was doing to him, maybe you should have been worried about what he was doing to me."
"What do you mean?" Jade asks, curious.
"That so called 'opposite date' wasn't the first times I spent alone time with Beck." Tori grinned, her fangs gleaming in the early sunlight.
"You...?" Jade was dumbfounded.
"He'd come over to my house and at first, we'd talk, you know, normal stuff. And then when no one else was home, that's when the real fun began." Tori's smirk deepened and Jade finally knew what she meant.
"Y-You and him...You both lied to me." The realization made the raven haired girl sick.
"Precisely. But, I give you credit. You do have some very nice taste in lovers." Tori giggled.
Jade could taste bile in her throat. "Why are you telling me this now?"
"Why, to level the playing field, my dear Jadey. See, now that I'm stronger than you, I can taunt you all I want and there's nothing you can do about it." Tori crossed the space between them as she said this, smiling confidently, the early morning breeze blowing through her hair.
"What if there is?! What if I become stronger than you?!" Jade shouted, and despite her protests, burning tears streamed down her face.
"Well then, you better step on it, Jadey. Because Cat's my next victim." Tori growled, and then flashed into the school, leaving Jade even more scared than before.
"Where's Beck?" Cat asked, staring at the seat he usually sits in. Jade glared at Tori, who smirked. "Yeah, Jade. Where is Mr. Beck?" Bitch. She was trying to make herself look innocent.
"He's...in a better place, Kitty." She said, sipping at her coffee.
"What better place, Jade?" Cat questioned, her eyes becoming frightened. This isn't what Jade wanted. She didn't want to tell Cat. And now she was forced to because of Tori. Damn that girl.
"He's..." She swallows, "In heaven."
Cat didn't really seem to understand, but Andre and Robbie did. "You mean he's-"
"Dead, yes." Jade sighed, fighting tears.
Cat squeaked. "He's gone?"
"Fraid so, baby girl." Jade sighed and the drank more of her coffee. She saw the smirk on Tori's face and wanted to slap it off of her. It was wrong, making her tell Cat something like that. Cat was too innocent to understand death by itself, let alone the death of a friend.
"When did you find out?" Andre asked.
"A few hours ago. I didn't want to ruin you guys's day or anything." Jade sighed. Iet wasn't the truth, but she didn't want them to know all the details. Especially since the most important one was sitting right in front of her.
"It's such a shame, when a young actor is extinguished at their prime." Tori sighed, glaring directly at Jade. Jade snapped at her.
"Oh so you're a dog now?" Tori taunted. Jade didn't answer her. "You might wanna check your family history out, West." What did that mean?
"Why are you so snippy all of a sudden, Tori?" Cat asked. Her attitude was just ad bad as Jade's.
"No reason, I just didn't get enough sleep." As if she gets sleep anymore. Tori turned and smiled at Cat. "Hey, Cat, you wanna come over later?" Tori looked directly at Jade who was glaring at her.
She smiled and then returned her attention to Cat. "Sure!" Cat smiled and then poked Tori's side.
Tori's evil smirk grew wider. She points to an imaginary watch on her wrist. "Tick, Tock." She sang, baring her fangs.
"I-I'll come with you, Kitty." Jade sputtered, not really wanting to go into the lions den.
Cat's face lit up. "Really?!"
"Yeah, sure. I mean I need something to do to get my mind off of...Beck." Jade mumbled. She really didn't want to go, but she did want to keep Cat safe.
"Perfect. I'll see you two after school." Tori giggled as the bell rang.
Jade knew she was going to need some help to get through this night.
"No, leave it, Cat!" Jade yelled as Cat started poking through her bookbag.
"Why do you have stakes? And vervain?" Cat asked her. She touched it and recoiled her hand. "Ow!"
Wait a second. What just happend? "Cat, touch the vervain again." Jade asked her thoughtfully.
"Kay Kay." She pinched the plant, and hissed when it burned her. This was interesting.
"Cat, go turn off the light." Jade ordered her. Something wasn't right. Cat did what she was told and then returned to Jade's side.
Jade took out a special flashlight she had gotten from a supernatural store earlier and put it to Cat's neck. She snorted. "Just what I thought."
"What?" Cat asked.
"Tori bit you, didn't she?" Jade asked, shining the light in Cat's eyes.
Cat flinched. "A little bit..."
"Define a little bit." Jade asked her, examining the almost faded bite wounds on Cat's neck. Tori had tried to heal her, but she wasn't powerful enough to do it completely.
"She took some blood from me. It's not my fault though, she told me it was a game!" Cat answered her defensively, as if Jade was going to hit her.
"Never be in a room alone with her ok? Tori's gone mad. You don't know what she's going to do to you, Cat." Jade told her sternly as she put a vervain necklace around her. Cat winced.
"If this is supposed to help, why does it hurt?" She mumbled.
"Because she bit you. You have traces of vampire blood in your system and you temporarily have the makings of a blood sucker." Jade explained, and she threw her bag over her shoulder.
"Now come on, we've got a vamp bitch to get to."
