Jade stood against her locker glowering at the waif who butted into her life. She had her niche in Hollywood Arts, her circle of friends and even dated the hottest guy in school. And then Miss Tori Vega came along and stole the affections of everyone. So sickening sweet and seemingly effortless good looks was enough to make many at this school practically forget about Jade West. She was a force of nature and everyone felt it when she entered the room. Now this girl scout has taken the wind out of her sails.

She rose through the ranks of popularity at this school through sheer talent. People respected her as an actress and a budding short filmmaker. And even though she would never admit it, she did enjoy singing when given the opportunity. Then this Vega person arrived and her perfect little personality won over much of the teachers. Sikowitz would give her first shot at the lead in a play or inside information about the casting of a movie. Miss Goody Two Shoes is so infectious it's just a matter of time before the CDC quarantines her.

Now with her chops being challenged by Tori Vega, Jade's outbursts have become more frequent. Her exploits became more cruel. She poured coffee on Tori's head after knowing her for a full five minutes. If Jade wasn't going to have the student body's respect, she was going to have be feared instead.

"Ugh, why?" Jade groaned out loud when she saw Tori sit down at the lunch table outside. Her face grimaced at the obvious insult.

"Come on, Jade" Beck intervenes. "Be nice."

"I don't do nice," she hisses back.

"Ain't that the truth," Rex says. Robbie makes his usual embarrassed for them both face.

Tori and Andre exchange glances of yup, these are our friends. "So anyway," Andre began. "Tori just finished her first script."

"It's only 90 pages," Tori humbly retorts. "I guess it's longer than most movies on the Dingo Channel."

"Yay, I love the Dingo Channel," Cat exclaims.

Beck leans forward, "So what's the story about?"

Tori seemed uncomfortable in her skin. Jade didn't help with her cold stare. "Well, it's kind of a love story."

"But it's not what you'd expect," Andrea adds encouragingly. "So, Tori, do you have something that you want to ask Jade over there?"

Jade could feel the knot in her stomach tightening even since the first mentioned a script. She hoped the question wouldn't come and here it was.

"Jade," Tori swallowed and allowed a good awkward five seconds to pass before finishing. "I would be honored if you would adapt my screenplay."

Jade narrows her eyes intently at the Latina and her presumptuous proposal. "You want me to make a movie from a script you wrote?"

"That's usually how adaptation works," Robbie quips. Jade doesn't take kindly for the smartass remark. He stiffens and looks the side.

"Why?" Jade presses.

"Why not?" asks Beck.

Tori is clutching her script at this point, looking rather desperate. "It's just that I really liked your short film from last year and I am still learning all the technical stuff. And I just thought who would be the best person to do this."

Jade brushed the compliment aside and saw Tori trying to use her to made her even more noted.

"Why don't you leave your silly little love story on Spielberg's doorstep," Jade stands up. "Because I will never read anything written by you let alone make it into a movie!"

Jade grabs her things and storms off. She thought for a brief second that maybe that was too much but she immediately suppressed that moment of remorse into the pit of her stomach.