Disclaimer: Victorious and all of its associated copyrights are not my property and I stake no claim to them.

A/N: Alright so this is nothing but angst, we'll get that out of the way right now. I had some writer's block with my other story so I decided to burn off some stray thoughts here. If you guys like it and possibly want a follow-up, let me know. Not entirely sure if I want this to end here. But either way, enjoy.

"I think we should take a break…"

She swore she could feel her heart break as soon as the words left Tori's mouth. The words hit her like a train; slicing deep into her heart, leaving wounds she knew wouldn't heal. After two years of a loving relationship, the biting words came out of nowhere.

"Okay." Tori didn't have to know how much it hurt, she can't know. She wouldn't let Tori see her in pain. All that ever mattered to her was Tori's happiness, and she wouldn't ruin that.

"It's not that I don't love you because I do, I just-" Don't tell me.

Jade interrupted her, "You don't owe me an explanation. You want a break, that's fine."

"I hope we can still be friends," Tori said with pleading eyes.

"No." Was all Jade could think, but she agreed anyway, for the sake of Tori, "Okay."

Tori smiled hesitantly and walked off to her next class. Jade watched her walk away, in her mind screaming for Tori to come back, give her another chance, to not leave.

But she watched as Tori disappeared around a corner and she knew what they had was now gone. What she once was able to call hers was gone.

She couldn't take it anymore, and left the school without looking back, leaving Tori to simply wonder why she never saw her again that day.

In the days that followed nothing was the same, she maintained the illusion that she was okay, and everything was fine. But she wasn't, and it wasn't.

She tried, she really did, but no matter how much she wanted to move on, no matter how hard she tried to forget, the words still haunted her mind. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw her face. Every silent moment, she heard her angelic voice, repeating the same words over and over. Every waking moment was filled with depressing thoughts of what once was, and what would never be again. Every time she slept, nightmares of the same sort plagued her constantly. It was no way to live.

She put on an expert poker face whenever she was around Tori, following her wishes to be friends. But it still hurt like hell. The one person she felt comfortable confiding in, to tell anything to, didn't want her anymore. Her insecurities that Tori tried to put to rest all came rushing back, hitting her full force, with absolutely no mercy.

She couldn't handle it, she had to leave. She told her dad she was leaving, and she'd be going to live with her mother in Germany. He let her go without argument, knowing this was what she needed.

With a heavy heart and tears stinging her eyes, she packed her things, anything even remotely involving Tori was tossed into a corner, and it would stay there. Hours later, her room was bare, furniture disassembled, all belongings packed. That one corner, still populated with all her memories of Tori, was all she left behind.

They boxed up all of her things and shipped it to her mother's residence in Hanover, Germany. She said her goodbyes to her father, leaving a stack of letters he was to distribute to her friends, each having their own farewells in short and simple paragraphs.

She'd walk out her front door for the last time, leaving her key inside. Calling a cab with two hours until her flight, she ordered the short drive to Tori's house. Asking the cab driver to give her a moment, she stepped out and slowly made her way up to the front door, knocking three times as she always did.

As soon as she opened the door and saw the somber look on Jade's face, Tori knew something was wrong.

"Jade?"

She tried to ignore the fact it felt like her heart was on fire, and her throat was closing up, filling her with pain that was nearly unimaginable, "I'm going to talk, and you're just going to listen, alright?" Tori nodded, "I'm leaving, and I won't be coming back. Don't bother texting or calling me, because my number's already changed. I just came to say goodbye, and to tell you that I think you're the most incredible girl in the world, and I wish you nothing but happiness for the rest of your life. And before you think this is because I don't love you, it's exactly the opposite. I'm leaving because I love you too much. I can't be your friend, I can't stick around and see you be happy with someone else either. Just try to be happy, and take care of yourself, please."

Tori's eyes shone with unshed tears as she listened, "Jade…"

Jade shook her head, turning her heart to stone just to get through the final goodbyes, "No. My flight leaves in an hour and a half. I came to say goodbye, nothing else. Goodbye Tori."

And with that, she walked out the door, as soon as it closed, the realization finally struck Tori. Jade was gone. She'd never talk to her again.

But she had to know. She pulled her phone out of her pocket, dialing Jade's number.

"This number has been disconnected at the owner's request."