Chapter 28

Jade POV

Cat had a "happy attack" when we told her we worked everything out. We stayed and talked to her for awhile before we went home. When we got there Lola was talking with Molly and David, all happy to see me back home. Apparently they wanted to punish Trina for lying to Lola and setting up Tori, but Tori told them she already did that. We talked to them for a few minutes before Tori took me up to her room to talk and get some loving from me.

About a week later it was really different in the house. Instead of Trina ignoring Tori it was switched around with Tori ignoring Trina. The elder Vega seemed to take every opportunity to apologize but Tori always ignored her. Lola was around a lot more often, she too ignored Trina, and she even had her own room where she slept if it was too late for her to go home. It was kind of nice really.

Today Tori, Lola and I decided to go out with the guys to the beach since it was finally hot out. When we got there we saw Ryder flirting with a girl. Except he had a black eye and he was bruised on his arms. Of course I wanted to punch him so I marched over to him.

When he saw me he flinched but obviously didn't want to look like a wimp in front of the girl. I stood in front of him and crossed my arms, "I was going to give you a good punch but it seems like someone beat me to it."

Ryder looked at the girl then me and grinned, "Yeah but the two guys I fought are worse for the wear trust me."
"Oh really?" I looked at Adam, who had moved to stand beside me. "I'm fine."

"Where's your pal at?" Ryder asked.

"Wait- what the hell are you talking about?" Tori asked.

"The other day I met a mutual, I use this word loosely, friend, who wanted to give Ryder a little payback for you and Tori. So, we went looking for him, found him trying to flirt with a blonde girl. We were going to just intimidate him a little but the dumbass sucker punched us and we whipped his ass." Adam explained. "I don't know karate or any of that crap but I know how to fight."

"Yeah and I bet you couldn't take me on by yourself!" Ryder snapped, getting angry.

"Wanna find out?" Adam questioned. Ryder immediately jumped at him, but Adam ducked and threw him over his shoulders and onto the sand.

"Hey, I wanted to do that!" I shouted.

Adam stepped aside and gestured towards Ryder, "Go ahead."

"Well, it's no fun if he's already beaten."

Ryder stood up, "I'm not beaten!"
"Oh, good." I smiled before I punched him in the jaw. He dropped to the ground again and this time he didn't seem like he was getting up.

"You knocked him out?" Lola questioned, nudging his shoulder.

"Oh, my God, he's such a wimp." The girl Ryder was flirting with scoffed before she walked off.

Tori came up to me and wrapped her arm around my waist, "Feel better baby?"
"I do in fact but wait who was that friend yours?" I asked, looking at Adam.

"Beck." He said simply. He turned and walked to the ocean.

"The hell?"

Hours later we arrived home and the twins plopped onto the couch. I'm glad they got Lola to stay, she's a much better sister than Trina. I sat in between them and started to get comfortable when my phone rang. I groaned, which made Tori chuckle and she got my phone for me.

"Thanks babe." I smiled at her and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hello, this is Madison Anderson. I'm trying to reach a Jadelynn West?"

I raised an eyebrow, wondering how she got my full name. "This is Jade."

"I work at Scorch Records and my boss, Mr. Marcus Fuller, loved the demo you sent us and he wants to make an appointment for you to come in and talk about signing a contract with us."

My eyes went wide and I nearly dropped the phone. "I...what? I never sent a demo to anyone."

"Oh, I'm sorry. It was sent to us by a friend of yours. A girl named Tori Vega."

"A friend of mine? That's my girlfriend. I didn't give her any demo either." I said, Tori giving me an odd look.

"You must have because we have a copy of it. So, will you be willing to come down, say Friday at 3p.m.?"

"Um..sure."

"Great. We'll see you then. Have a nice day."

I hung up the phone and looked at Tori, "You sent a demo of me to Scorch Records without my permission?!"

"They called you? What'd they say?!" Tori asked excitedly.

"They want to negotiate a contract." I told her.

"Seriously?" Lola asked. "Those guys are famous! How are you not excited about this? This is a big deal Jade!"
Tori put a hand on my arm, "Look, I know you're mad at me, but I did this for you. I copied the CD you made me and sent it to them."

"Why?!"

"Because I know that you're upset I always get the parts at school. You're an amazing singer, Jade. You deserve to get the attention you deserve for it."

"But behind my back?"

"It was supposed to be a surprise. I thought you would like it." Tori said.

"Babe...I appreciate it, I do, but what if it's not what I wanted?"
"If it wasn't you would have told her no." When I didn't say anything Tori grinned. "See. Just thank me baby."

I rolled my eyes and kissed her. "Thank you."

"Anything for you baby."

A/N So, that's the end of Aftermath Of The Crash. I did kind of leave it so it could possibly have another sequel but at this point I don't know. I'm going to be uploading more stories and updating more, or try to that is, so we'll see. If you've been with this story from the beginning (or from The Crash) then thank you, your reviews are greatly appreciated. Who knows maybe you guys will look at my other stories.

Also I'm sorry if the ending seems lacking, I think it's missing something but I have no clue on what it could be. I was originally going to have this whole subplot with Lola and the reason she left PCA and appearances by a few Zoey 101 characters but it never seemed to work it's way into the plot so, maybe next story.