Chapter One: Strange Behavior

"Jade!" Cat yelled one afternoon as she walked into Jade's small apartment. "Jade! I got you a taco and some coffee!" She sang. Usually Jade would immediately run towards Cat, but that day, there wasn't an answer. "Jade?" Cat called suddenly concerned. Cat set the coffee and the small bag with taco in it and began to run through the apartment. Cat ran into Jade's room to see Jade sprawled out on her bed asleep. Cat sighed and walked over to her.

"Jade." Cat said, gently poking Jade. Jade's eyes slowly opened. She slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Hey Cat." She greeted in a tired voice.

"How long have you been asleep?" Cat asked. Jade shrugged and looked at her phone. Her eyes widened.

"I've been asleep for seven hours!" Jade exclaimed. Cat gasped.

"That's a long time!" Cat exclaimed.

"I know." Jade said, lazily getting out of bed. She exited her room and walked into the living room. Cat skipped into the kitchen and handed Jade the coffee and the taco. Jade grabbed the two and examined them. "Coffee and taco?" Jade asked. Cat nodded her head as she giggled. Jade pulled the taco out of the bag and took a bite. Cat frowned as Jade spit out the taco and began breathing weirdly.

"Jade, are you okay?" Cat asked worried.

"I'm..fine." Jade replied in between breaths.

"No, you're not." Cat argued. Jade's breathing went back to normal and Jade glared at Cat.

"See? I'm fine." Jade said. Cat sighed and sat next to Jade.

"Are you sure?" Cat asked. Jade nodded. Cat's phone beeped and she pulled it out of her pink jacket.

"Who texted?" Jade asked.

"Beck." Jade frowned and looked down as she drank her coffee. "I gotta go. I'll see you later." Cat said, walking towards the door.

"Later." Jade said, still looking at the floor. Cat opened the door and left, closing the door behind her. As she walked back to her car, she couldn't stop thinking of Jade. Jade was acting strange. She got in her car, started it up, and drove back to Beck's place. Beck had a slightly larger apartment than Jade's for both him and Cat. Cat had nowhere to stay since her parents went to Idaho for her brother and her Nona advised her to get a place of her own. She opened the door and Beck greeted her by running to the door and pecking her cheek.

"Hey." Cat greeted in a slightly less ecstatic voice.

"What's wrong?" Beck asked. "You seem kind of down."

"It's Jade." Cat replied, sitting down on the couch.

"It's okay Cat. She's just upset about me and her. To be honest, I am too, but-"

"No," Cat interrupted. "she's acting different. She's been sleeping an awful lot and her breathing becomes slow every once and a while." Cat explained. Beck sat next to her.

"Cat, she'll be fine." Beck tried to reassure her.

"Are you sure?" Cat asked. Beck wrapped his arm around her.

"Yes. She'll be fine." Beck said. Cat sighed and snuggled into Beck without saying another word. "Did she say she doesn't feel okay?"

"No. She said she's fine." Cat said with a sigh.

"Well, she's fine then."

Cat shook her head. "I doubt it."

"Just take it for her word. If she starts to get really sick, take her to the hospital. Personally, I think it's just stress from college." Beck said, trying to calm Cat down.

"Alright, tomorrow I'll check on her." Cat said.

Jade climbed back into bed and covered up underneath her blankets. She closed her eyes and fell asleep in under five minutes. The door bell rang and Jade slowly got up out of bed. She walked over to the front door and opened. There stood Tori and Andre.

"What do you guys want?" Jade asked.

"Cat said you were feeling sick." Tori replied.

"Well, she's wrong." Jade said, crossing her arms. "I feel fine."

"Oh, well we were just going with what Cat said." Andre told her.

Jade put her hands on her hips. "Do I look sick to you?" She asked. Andre and Tori shook their heads. "That's what I thought. Do you guys want anything else?" Tori nodded. "What?" Jade groaned.

"We have nothing to do and Cat wants us to check how you are doing, we were wondering if you wanted to watch some movies?" Tori asked.

"What movies do you have?" Jade asked.

"Well, we have Nightmare on Elm Street, Chain Letter, The Scissoring-"

"Let me stop you there. I think it's obvious what I want to watch." Jade interrupted Tori. Andre groaned.

"I told you we shouldn't have bought that." Andre complained.

"What's wrong Andre, are you scared?" Jade mocked.

"No." Andre lied.

"Well, come watch it with me." Jade said, snatching the DVD out of Tori's hands. Tori and Andre followed Jade to the living room and sat down on her couch as Jade put the DVD in the player. Jade sat next to Andre on the couch and smirked as the movie began

In the middle of it, Jade fell asleep, which was very unusual. Tori shook her awake once the movie was over. Jade slowly woke up.

"If you guys want, you can go home. I'm just gonna go in my room and fall asleep." Jade said, walking into her room. Tori and Andre exchanged looks as they walked out of Jade's apartment. She was acting strange and they needed to figure out what was making her act that way.