Greetings my ever so patient readers, I figured you've all been good this year so you can have a sneak peek at the next chapter. Sadly it's not complete yet, it'll probably be a couple days tho. Enjoy, my lovelies.
Andre leaned against the locker next to his own, watching the front doors to Hollywood Arts like a hawk. His thoughts were hopeful as he waited anxiously for his girlfriend to walk through the double doors. He hoped that he could spend sometime with Tori today, without the presence of Jade.
"Hi, hi." Cat chirped, bouncing up to him. The dark skinned boy nodded at her, a genuine smile appearing on his face.
"Sup, lil red." He greeted.
"Why're you just standing around in the hallway?" The velvet haired teen asked, smiling up at him.
"Well, since class doesn't start for another ten minutes I thought I'd stay here and wait for Tori. Why're you here?" He returned.
"Talking to you about Tori." Cat answered. Andre chuckled and nodded, he was about to say something when the doors he was so eagerly watching a moment ago opened. In stepped his girlfriend...with Jade. His eyes narrowed at the slender arm draped over Tori's shoulders and the pale hand that was intertwined with his girlfriend's where they rested on top of the sunnier girl's collarbone. Tori laughed airily at something Jade had whispered in her ear before the pale girl tenderly kissed her temple. Andre let out a sigh of impatience and rolled his eyes at the overly affectionate display, now he knew why Tori ignored his calls after he left Beck's RV Friday night. His sudden change of attitude didn't go unnoticed by Cat, but she ignored him in favor of squealing over how cute Jade and Tori were. The two girls laughed in response and Jade couldn't remember a time when she was happier. Although his mood was sour, Andre greeted Tori with a grin then leaned in to peck her lips as she and Jade came to a stop in front of him.
"Hey, chic-"
"No, no, no. I am not ready to hear your voice this early in the morning without having some coffee first." Jade grumbled, interrupting Andre and narrowing her eyes at him. He kindly resisted the urge to roll his own eyes at her.
"Jade." Tori chided in a warning tone as she lightly bumped the other girl's hip with her own. Jade smirked and offered her girlfriend an innocent shrug.
"What? It's true. Go get me a coffee and maybe I'll be nicer." Jade replied.
"Say please." Tori commanded, smiling sweetly at the caffeine addicted girl.
"Please." Jade mumbled with a roll of her eyes but grinned all the same when Tori rewarded her with a kiss then walked off toward the Asphalt Cafe to get her a cup of coffee. Andre scoffed at Jade when he was left alone with her and Cat in the hall. The raven haired teen took her eyes off of the hall Tori disappeared down and looked at the dark skinned boy with an eyebrow raised in curiosity.
"Couldn't help but notice the marks on Tori's neck, did you break one of your own rules over the weekend, Jade?" Andre asked, his tone accusatory as he stared at the intimidating girl before him.
"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. But one thing I do know is that I don't appreciate being accused of things this early in the morning." Jade returned, crossing her arms over her chest. Andre scoffed at the nerve of his girlfriend's girlfriend.
"Is there something stuck in your throat?" Cat asked Andre randomly. His eyebrows furrowed as he looked over at the synthetically red-headed girl.
"What?" Andre asked, he was more than irritated at the moment.
"Well...you've been clearing your throat a lot and I just thought you had something in it." Cat elaborated, twiddling her fingers and looking at the ground like she was in trouble.
"There's nothing stuck in my throat, I'm scoffing because Jade knows that she fucked Tori over the weekend but she just won't admit it to me." Andre hissed, stepping into Jade's personal space. Cat gasped, covering her ears and squeezing her eyes shut tight.
"I'm under my bed, I'm under my bed." She chanted quietly to herself. Jade stared at Andre with her mouth agape and her eyebrows dig down over her nose.
"Excuse me? Have you forgotten who the hell I am-"
"A liar, you mean? No, I haven't forgotten that." Andre interrupted Jade mid-rant, his tone lighting up immensely as he regarded Jade with an evil smirk.
"Oh god." Cat whispered, opening her eyes and looking between the two who were sizing each other up for what looked like a fight. Jade backed up, a thoroughly put out look on her face as she stared at Andre.
"What the hell are you talking about? I'm not a liar, what have I ever lied about?!" The pale teen demanded.
"Oh, I don't know...maybe you being an alcoholic? Or that you've slept with a girl other than Tori? Five to be exact, one of them happened to be Celeste and that was while you and Tori had that thing going on. Wonder what Tori would think about that." Andre said, his voice barely above a whisper as his eyes bored intensely into Jade's. The raven-haired girl swallowed deeply and looked away from him for a moment, before returning his intense gaze.
"How did you know about that?" Jade murmured.
"Had a little chat with Beck Friday night, he told me a lot of interesting things about you..." Andre answered, a smug smirk dancing on his lips. The glare that Jade aimed at Andre was the scariest glare that Cat had ever seen, she couldn't hear what they were arguing about but it had to be something to seriously upset Jade if it had her glaring like that.
"If Tori finds out about that...it'd break her heart." Jade grounded out through clenched teeth, although anger was undoubtedly taking the lead in her emotions in that instant, fear hid behind her eyes.
"And it'd ruin your chances with her for good." Andre remarked. Jade's glare disappeared and was replaced with a look of desperation, a look that had no place on the face of Jade West.
"You wouldn't." She said, but it was more of a plea.
"I won't...if you back off a little and let me have Tori to myself tonight. I'm planning a trip to the beach then a romantic dinner at a restaurant overlooking the ocean." Andre said, straightening out his shirt. Jade's chest visibly moved up and down as her breathing became more erratic to match her ever growing temper. Andre fucking Harris was blackmailing her and she had to sit back and just let it happen or risk loosing the love of her life.
"Oh hey look! It's Tori!" Cat cheered excitedly, pointing at the half Latina as said girl breezed down the hallway with a styrofoam coffee cup in one hand. Tori settled herself back into Jade's side and handed her the cup.
"Black with two sugars, just like you like it." The tanned teen chirped before kissing Jade soundly on the cheek. Jade took her hard eyes off of Andre to look at Tori with an immensely softer expression and wrapped an arm around her girlfriend's waist to pull her deeper into her side. The darker haired girl turned her head to bury her face into Tori's hair, inhaling her scent to try and calm herself down.
"Thank you." She said into the other girl's hair, nuzzling it once her heart rate was back to normal. Tori turned her face so that their foreheads were pressed against each other.
"You're welcome." The half Latina mumbled with a grin then happily pecked Jade's nose. The pale girl smiled and tightened her hold on Tori's waist.
"Did you guys behave while I was gone?" Tori joked, looking away from Jade to pay attention to a neglected Andre.
"Of course." He said with a light hearted chuckle.
"We were just talking about where I'm taking you to dinner tonight. Isn't that right, Jade?" Andre continued, turning to look at Jade directly to confirm their mutual "understanding". Jade looked over at him with a peeved look that she played off as disinterested.
"Sure, whatever...We're going to class." Jade announced, her arm slipping from Tori's waist only for her hand to pick Tori's up and drag the other girl away from the other two.
"Why don't I walk Tori to class?" Andre suggested, jogging to catch up with the two girls. Jade shot him a glare over Tori's head and internally screamed. Tori glanced between the two of them with her bottom lip caught between her teeth.
"Well, uhm, actually...I kinda wanted Jade to walk me to class." The half Latina said, awkward gaze mainly on a very betrayed looking Andre. The male teen stared at his girlfriend with his mouth agape and his eyes wide. Meanwhile, it was Jade's turn to look smug. Her hand tightened around Tori's and she raised her eyebrows at Andre with an air of triumph surrounding her. Andre meekly nodded and glanced at Tori one last time before walking away in defeat.