These drabbles are being written for a thirty day drabble challenge, so each chapter is based on a word prompt. Enjoy~

"Need a ride?" Tori's head spun around at the sound of Jade's voice. It was late, and they were some of the last to leave Hollywood Arts after a play they had both been in.

"Me?" asked Tori, wrinkling her brow, certain that Jade couldn't have been speaking to her.

"Who else?" Jade slung her bag over her shoulder. "Look, I'm not going to wait around all night for you to answer. Do you want a ride home or not?"

"Well I was going to call Trina-"

Jade rolled her eyes.

"Tori. Answer the question."

Tori chewed her bottom lip momentarily.

"Sure."

Jade smirked and raised an eyebrow, then led Tori to her car.

"Well get in," Jade ordered from the driver's seat when she saw Tori was still standing outside the car uncertainly.

"The last time you and I were in a car together, it ended up like some scene out of a horror movie." Tori did not want a repeat of that day.

Jade's lips twitched. She was never actually going to do anything bad to Tori that day, she only wanted to freak her out. She put her hands up in some sort of surrender.

"No funny business this time, I promise."

"... Alright," Tori said after a few moments of hesitation. She scrambled awkwardly into the large truck, earning an eye roll from Jade at her lack of elegance.

"You ready?" inquired Jade, and Tori nodded, eager to get home.

They rode in silence for a few minutes, but that just made Tori uneasy. She didn't like quiet Jade too much. A quiet Jade was an evil-plan-plotting Jade. So Tori did the first thing she could think of, and complimented her.

"You were really good tonight, you know. Even better than in rehearsals." Tori wasn't lying when she said that. She truly had admired Jade's performance of a evil witch turned good by the example of kind strangers.

Jade glanced at Tori briefly.

"Thanks..."

The compliment had stabbed Jade right in the chest. She hated when Tori was nice to her. It made it harder to be horrible to her. Jade tried to return the compliment, tried to find the words to say something nice. They were stuck in her throat, choking her, so she swallowed them down and kept silent.

When Jade didn't say anything else, Tori sighed and gathered her things, her house just yards away.

"Thanks for the ride, Jade," Tori said with a small smile, and climbed out of the truck.

Jade could feel the words bubbling up in her mouth again, and before she could stop herself, she got Tori's attention.

"Tori... Wait."

Tori looked at her expectantly.

"You did really well tonight, too." And then she did something so rare, Tori almost couldn't believe it had happened. Jade smiled at her. Not a smirk or a condescending curl of her lips, but a real, genuine smile.

Tori beamed.

"Thanks Jade. See you tomorrow?"

"Yeah yeah. Bye, Vega."

Tori closed the door and walked up to her front door, noticing that Jade waited until she was inside to pull out of the driveway. She knew, of course, that just because Jade had been nice to her didn't mean she had completely turned over a new leaf, but she couldn't help but feel like it was the beginning of something different.