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"Vega! Get away from him!" You would think Tori would know better than to get anywhere near Beck's body by now, yet there she was trying to help him recuperate after being knocked out cold.

"Jade, I'm just trying to he-"

"He doesn't need your help, I can help him." I kneeled down beside Beck and shot a glare in Tori's direction. She backed away in surrender as I began to try and coax Beck into consciousness. It was her fault he was knocked out in the first place. If she hadn't distracted him while he was stage fighting then he would have been able to deflect the blow coming toward him like he was supposed to. Instead Andre's fist hit him directly in the jaw causing Beck to black out for a few minutes. Now, he was coming to.

"What happened?" he asked as if in a daze.

"Well your fight scene was interrupted by Vega over her-"

"I didn't-"

"Yes! You did! Anyway Sinjin went to get Lane, and your probably going to need to ice your jaw but you should be fine." Sinjin came back with Lane and an ice pack for Beck's jaw and they went back to Lane's office for the rest of the school day.

I waited for Beck by his locker after school. I was alone in the hallway until Tori came up to me. As annoying as I found her I was glad for some company but I didn't want her to know that.

"What do you want?"

"Why do you always do that?"

"What?"

"You always put the blame on me when something bad happens, or someone gets hurt…or…or whatever! I'm sick of it!"

"Don't get so touchy."

"Don't tell me not to get touchy when you make it seem like I'm prone to bad luck."

"Look, it's not like anyone really blames you. I just like to express my opinion on the matter."

"Then what is it that you have against me, Jade. I thought we were making progress. I thought we were friends, but for every one step forward we take two steps back in our 'friendship.' What's your deal?"

I stared at her for several seconds in an attempt to make her feel as uncomfortable as possible. She stared right back at me.

"Okay you know what, you're right. Yeah, I can see our friendship progressing but maybe I'm happy with the way things are. We have a dynamic: you are the friendly one and I always put you down. I'm not going to change the way I act just because of some stupid 'friendship.'"

"I never said you had to change your personality, I know that's who you are. All I'm saying is that you are less evil to everyone else. I've never seen you threaten Andre with a pair of scissors."

"That's because it is more fun to torture you."

"Why?"

At that exact moment I saw Beck walking down the hallway with Lane. His jaw had swelled up a little but he was as cool and collected as usual. "Hey babe, you didn't have to wait up. Lane's going to be taking me home."

"But what about your truck?"

"My mom and dad are going to come by later to pick it up. You can come with us if you want. I know you probably don't have a ride home."

"Well it is pretty late because I've been waiting a while…"

"Yeah, sorry about that babe."

"There's plenty of room for you if you want to come Tori," Lane offered.

Before Tori could say anything I answered, "That won't be necessary. She already has a ride. Don't you Tori?" I glared at her to get my point across.

She hesitated before finally answering with a sigh, "Yeah."

I originally planned for this to be a one-shot but soon realized that I could make it less confusing if I made it longer than I originally intended. I am still in the writing process for the rest of this fic so if you have any suggestions feel free to let me know.