Hey, now I'm not sure if anybody remembers or not, but I tried this Tori/Jade story before and sort of lost all time and ability to contribute to it for one reason or another, now however I've decided I'm going to give it another go, it will mostly be the same story for the beginning, with some changes here and there, but if you've never read it you won't notice.

It'll be centered around Tori and Jade, with quite a bit of Cat in there too.

It's set outside Hollywood Arts they're simply normal kids at a normal school.

Without further ado, I hope you enjoy.

Opposites

Just another regular day.

"Tori you're gonna be late!" I hear a shout from downstairs, obviously my mom, I roll over a few times, groan to myself about how comfortable my bed is, but finally give in, sit myself up, rubbing my eyes, I look to m side table and pick up my phone, "7:25" my alarm doesn't go off for another five minutes, and believe me, in the morning, five minutes is a long, and very important amount of time, so who called me then? My mom only ever calls if it's either almost eight, which I'm always up by then anyway, that's only for my sister, or if she's going in to work early, again I'm usually up by then, so I figured it was probably "Tori!" another yelp brings me from my thoughts, this time I hear the door click and swing open, just as I thought, it's my older than me by a year but acts like its ten sister Trina, "I'm not going to be able to drive you to school today" she informs me before I have the chance to say anything, "why?" I ask, knowing she promised to always drive me to school, at least until I got my license, I'm trying okay, leave me alone.

"I gotta go see Jade" oh I see, popular girl talk, maybe I should start from the beginning, hi, my name is Tori Vega, and I'm seventeen years old, I'm in my last year of high school, my sister goes to the same school as me but only because she's studying an extra course meaning she's there for at least another two years, but me, this is my last year, I know exactly what I want to do next, I want to keep my head down, do my work, get all A's on my exams, and go to university in New York to study performing arts, my sister has always tried to put me down when I talk about it, probably because she was jealous because one time she applied to go to Hollywood Arts, which I hear is this amazing school for all these talented kids who will surely go far in the world, but they said no to Trina, and because of that, I was never allowed to even audition, but I knew my dreams, and I knew I'd make them happen one way or another.

My sister, Trina, she's like the opposite of me, where I'm considered the 'quiet geek' she's considered one of the queen bee's at school, you know the ones who think being popular and throwing parties and doing drugs and having sex is what school is really about? Yeah, exactly that, I can't tell you how many times I've been studying with Cat, my best friend, well, one of only two friends I have, and suddenly the music is so loud its impossible to concentrate, I try and tell my parents to stop her but they never do, so usually I just have to climb out of my window, with Cat, and go and spend the night at her place, which is always fun because her mom always makes me feel so welcome.

"Whatever I'm leaving" and with that, Trina slammed my door closed, bringing me out of my thoughts, I better get up then, walking to school takes a lot longer than driving, I hop from the bed and walk over to my adjoining bathroom, Trina still can't stand the fact I got the room with the bathroom, but the rules were simple, whoever got the higher grade on the upcoming math test would be the one to get the room, and I didn't even need to wait for Trina to get home that day, I simply had to show my parents my paper, with a huge "A*" on, and the room was mine.

I turned the shower on, slipped my pyjamas, yes I still wear pyjamas, off and threw them on the floor, stood in the shower, and walked under the rushing water, it was quite hot, so the sudden shock made me let out a sharp moan, was it pain or pleasure? I'm not really sure, but anyway, I showered, I'm not really going to go into detail because I'm not sure who might be reading this, anyway, after my shower, I wrapped myself in a towel, walked out and sat on my bed, blow drying my hair, when it was dry, I went to choose what I would wear today, since our school didn't have a uniform code, I decided on, well, what I usually wear, just a simple look, jeans, a red tank top, and my favourite pair of red converse trainers, and underwear too, don't forget the underwear, I looked out the window, and it looked like it might rain, and I already knew it was going to be a bit cold, so it gave me a chance to wear, my favourite piece of clothing I had, my red Adidas hoodie, with white stripes going down the sleeves, it was a bit big for me, but, it used to belong to my dad, and I love my dad so much, he's like the person who gets me most, so when he gave me the hoodie once it got too small for him, I would wear it every day, even outside, though I know he meant it for me to just wear at home, but I didn't care, I liked wearing it, I never bothered myself caring about whether other people might like what I was wearing or not, its my body, not theirs.

And so, after a quick touch of makeup, barely even noticeable, I made my way downstairs, it was already half eight, I better be quick, I went to the kitchen wear my mom was making herself some toast, "I'm off to school now" I informed her, stopping in the doorway, she turned around to look at me, "have you eaten?" she asked, concerned, as moms do best, I shook my head and before I could even speak there was a piece of toast in my mouth, thanks? I took a bite, and smiled at my mom, "thanks" I waved before turning to walk to the door, "have a nice day at school sweetie" my mom called after me, "I will" and so I opened the door, just as Cat, was about to knock, "oh, sorry" I laughed a little walking down the steps, "nice timing Tori" Cat joked a little, wherever she went she always seemed to have the biggest smile on her face, she stood there, in her usual kind of attire, a summery dress with floral design, even though it wasn't summer at all, she wore a large pink puffy jacket too, as well as a pair of pink converse trainers, we had both bought our pairs on the same day, it was something we did a lot, go shopping for clothes, every girl likes to do that.

"Are you nervous about the exams?" Cat asked, referring to the end of year exams, or in other words, my ticket to university, "Oh what am I saying, you're Tori, you don't have to be nervous, if anything that test should be nervous of you" Cat was doing her usual rambling, which always made me laugh, she was always so kind and sweet, I can't imagine life without her, the only problem is, after school, I want to go to university in New York, whereas Cat wants to go to university in Florida to study to become a lawyer, taking after her father, which meant we wouldn't see each other for the whole year, we both cried about that when we first realized each of us wouldn't have our best friend there anymore, but we made a deal to come back as soon as we could to spend time with one another, she was my best friend, I never wanted to lose her.

Along the way we talked about what we usually talk about, school, what we may or may not have watched on TV, and whether any of it was good enough for us to be sure we didn't miss it next time, and obviously what boys we found attractive, mostly like the celebrity types we never stood a chance with, but it was always fun to imagine, I mean personally I don't really have a type, I've never even had a boyfriend, mostly because all the boys in school seem to laugh at me for whatever reason, apart from Andre, he's always been my bestest friend in the whole world, I knew him before I knew Cat, I still remember the day, we were only four at the time, and we were both in preschool, it was our first day, so we didn't really know people there, but I remember crying my eyes out on my first day, I was so scared to go, my mom had to carry me into the classroom while I cried and cried, hiding my face, she put me down, and got down on one knee to hug me, and promise me it would be okay, and that's when Andre came into it, he walked over, and gave me a juice box, and said it would make me feel better, because it always made him feel better, it was his favourite and he only had one, and yet he gave it to me, I was still nervous, I didn't really know how to socialize, but Andre seemed to be there to guide me, he helped me, he was always there, he's always been there, even now, whenever I need a friend to go to I can always count on him, I don't know where I'd be without him.

And speak of the devil; there he was, coming out of the shop with a fresh cup of coffee in his hand, "Andre!" Cat squealed, in delight as she noticed him, running over to hug him, I followed her and did the same, "hey, how are my two favourite girls this fine morning then?" "Good" Cat nodded excitedly, "we're good" I agreed and we carried on walking to school.

Along the way we'd talk about most things we usually did, kind of like what I said with Cat only this time there was a boy too so it would be different, he loved talking about sports, which me and Cat never really understood, but we listened anyway, he'd talk about hot girls whereas me and Cat would talk about hot guys, and all have a laugh about it, and before I knew it, we were at school.

I took my glasses case out of my pocket, opened it and put my glasses on, I always had to have glasses on when it came to reading, so I always kept them on in school, and obviously, on occasion, they have been broken, slapped off my head, or just stepped on for no reason, I wasn't what most kids would call popular in school, but as we walked through the main entrance doors, that's when we saw her.

Jade West, the exact opposite to me, she was the epitome of popularity, she oozed confidence from every part of her body, her long black hair, with turquoise highlights flowing free as she strolled along, arm in arm with her boyfriend, mister popular guy, every girl, apart from me, and probably Cat, every girls dream guy, Beck Oliver, I couldn't stand him, he was always such a jerk to Andre, and one time he stepped on my glasses when I dropped them, they were supposed to be the people everyone hates, but in school, they were feared, they were idolized, Jade was pretty much the head girl, everyone feared her, Beck was obviously the head boy, the hot guy, toned muscle, football team captain, yeah that guy.

What I never really understood, was Jade was always the type to kind of, keep herself to herself, sure she was popular and pretty much had links all over the school, but most of the time she'd just do her own thing, or make other people miserable, but with Beck, it was like he saw a different side of her, the side no one saw, the sweet and caring side, with everyone else she was just such a bitch, yet everyone still wanted to be her friend and they all still loved her, school is such a confusing place.

She walked past me, without saying a word, but her glare made it obvious she wanted to say something to me, I don't know what I did but she just always seemed to pick on me, or Cat, or a lot of other girls in school, probably just to make herself feel more secure about her own life, ugh, I hate her, so much, I knew she'd say or do something to me before the day was over, we were in the same class, most of them anyway, including my first lesson of the day, science, so it was pretty much inevitable.

Though class didn't start for another ten minutes so me, Andre and Cat sat down on a bench to continue talking about various things, until, oh wouldn't you know it, Jade walked by, slapping the books out of hands, along with my notes, all over the floor, and one, which I had obviously forgot was even there, fell right at her feet and she picked it up, it was a drawing I had done, I liked to draw in my spare time, it was just a simple drawing of an ocean under the moonlight, the way she looked at it almost suggested she, liked it? But that didn't stop her scrunching it up and throwing it to the floor.

She carried on walking, and I went to pick up my books, with the help of Andre and Cat, "she's such a bitch" Andre mumbled, knowing most people would go straight to Jade if they heard anyone talk about her, he made sure no one but me and Cat heard, once I had everything ready, the bell went, meaning it was time for class, "I'll see you two later" I waved as Cat and Andre walked in the opposite direction to their class.

I walked through the hallway, and like most times, I'd simply look straight ahead, and stay quiet, ignoring the looks I was getting from some of the boys and girls in the school, younger than me, but all desperate to be the 'popular' type.

Eventually though, I reached my science class, and took my seat, at the front, it didn't take long for the rest of the class to come in as well, and obviously last, to make her big entrance, Jade, she went straight to her seat at the back, not saying a word to anyone.

The lesson was surprisingly quiet, mostly because Jade kept her mouth shut, which was unusual, but nevertheless, it was good to have a quiet lesson for once, even when the lessons were at their worst I'd keep my head down and stay focussed though, nothing was more important than my grades, at the end of the lesson the teacher passed out a few pieces of paper, something about magnets, so I assumed it was just going to be one of those projects we'd have to do outside of school time, most of the time we would do this kind of thing in a pair, but even then I'd choose to do it by myself, that was until our teacher stood at the front of the class and informed us he would choose who each of us would be working with.

"Let's see, Jade, you will be working with…." Oh god no, please no, not me.

"Tori"

You have got to be kidding me.