Imprisoned Love

Lies

Tori's POV:

I let out a sigh of content when I finish up my last page of my essay that I have due next week. I usually like to finish my homework earlier so that I don't have to stress about it during the week, or possibly forget about it. I reach over to check my phone and see that it's 10:42 PM.

Wow that took longer than I thought. 

I stretch my arms and legs when I get off my bed, which is now currently filled with scattered books on top. I clear away the bed, and change into some pyjamas.

Thank God, homework helped me get my mind off Jade. She's still acting really weird, and when I try to get her to talk to me, she lies or uses a stupid excuse to get away from me. Like today after school. I asked if she wanted to come over to my place but she said no because she had 'homework'.. but I think everyone knows how Jade doesn't give a s**t about homework. And besides, teachers wouldn't dare giving her detention, unless it's Vice principal, Dickers. Nope, he ain't scared of nobody.

But anyways.. I dunno why she's ignoring me. I thought she might start liking me, and I'm praying that Beck won't ask her out anytime soon..

Jade still hasn't texted me goodnight like she usually does, so I try to keep my eyes awake until she does. It's not only a cute gesture she does, but it's also our way of checking on each other, making sure that we're safe. Cheesy I know, but it's really cute.

I lie on my bed staring up at the ceiling and checking my phone every 5 minutes to see if she's texted me yet..

Nothing.

Maybe she's actually doing her homework and forgot to text me..

Still nothing..

Maybe she fell asleep coz she was tired..

I decide on that conclusion and am about to just go to bed myself, not wanting to wake her up by texting her.

I check the time and see that it's 11 and I still can't sleep. I go through theSlap as I usually do, and something catches my eye as I'm scrolling down..

@ScissorLuv: I hate when you can't sleep at night..

Feeling: Drowsy

I frown as I see that she posted her update only 10 minutes ago. That means she's still awake, and Jade never forgets texting me goodnight.

I shrug and just send it myself.

Me: Good night baby. Sweet dreams x

I wait for her to text back, but she doesn't. I keep waiting and waiting until I realise that she's not gonna reply, so I sigh and close my eyes, putting my phone away.

Why is she acting like this? She acts really affectionate one minute when she's giving me her longing stares or holding my hand.. and then the next she's giving me the cold shoulder. How am I supposed to figure what's wrong if she won't even talk to me?

I try not to dwell on my thoughts too much as I have to wake up early for school tomorrow. I make a mental note to talk to Jade for serious tomorrow, and finally figure out what's up with her mood swings. Every time I talk to her, there's a look in her eyes that show me that a part of her wants to tell me, but her mouth ends up saying something totally different.

Yup. Tomorrow I'm gonna get to the bottom of this.. and hopefully fix whatever's wrong..

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I groggily wake up early in the morning and yawn as I get up to get changed for school. I hear Trina's annoyingly loud singing coming from downstairs and I walk down to see her dancing in the kitchen with her headphones on.

I smirk as I cough, making my presence known, and she falls as she trips backwards in surprise.

I burst out laughing and she groans as she mutters for me to shut up.

"Good morning Dancing Queen" I tease as I go to have some breakfast.

"Toriii, you ruined my positioning in the dance I'm doing on Saturday!" She whines and I just continue laughing at her.

As annoying as Trina may be, she's still a really caring sister who always wants what's best for me.

"Oh so you're missing André's party on Saturday then?" I ask as I lift the spoon of cereal to my mouth.

"Wait, there's a party!?" She asks, dropping her headphones to rush over to me.

Chiz. I don't think I was supposed to tell her about that.

"Yeah but you can't go coz of your dance thingy" I say with a smirk and she groans.

"Ugghh, if I had known there was a party I wouldn't have said yes to it though!" She whines, and I simply shrug at her with a 'what can ya do' look. She rolls her eyes and starts to walk towards the front door to head to school.

"Cya sista" she yells and I chuckle.

Life is never boring when you have a Trina as your sister..

I finish up my cereal and put the bowl away, and grab my keys, heading towards my car. I remember my little mental note that I mad last night about talking to Jade, and I've got a determined look on my face that'll show that I'm not gonna let her go away with another lame excuse this time.

When I reach the parking lot, I get out and greet a couple of people as I walk inside, looking for Jade the whole time. I can't seem to find her anywhere so I guess I'll just have to wait until second period as I share a class with her.

When second period rolls by, I rush to my classroom, sitting down at my usual spot and waiting for Jade to come through those doors and sit beside me..

But she doesn't. One by one, students start filing their way into the classroom, and I greet my friends as they walk in too. Then the teacher finally shows up, but Jade's still not here.

Is she not coming to school today?

I frown at the thought, but turn my attention towards the teacher when he starts talking. My eyes never leave the clock as I watch every second tick by, and Jade's still not here yet.

Finally, about 15 minutes after class had started, she storms through the doors causing everyone to turn around and look at her. She looks.. beautiful. She's wearing a tight black v-neck, that shows plenty of cleavage, and a skirt that stops halfway at her thighs. She's not wearing any tights underneath, which make me gawk at her long legs. The only thing different about her today though, is her extra intense frown this morning. I mean, I know Jade's not a morning person, but she usually somewhat smiles at me in the mornings to show that she's not mad at me. It really is incredible how much she's changed..

I wait for her to look at me and smile, but she still hasn't and is just staring down at her phone.

Seriously, her mood swings are confusing me..

"Jade, you're late" the teacher says in an exasperated tone, not really caring about her lateness, since it's Jade.

"Thanks for informing me" she says in a harsh and sarcastic tone, and I raise an eyebrow at her.

Then, she walks over to the back of the class, instead of the middle where I am, and glares at a couple of shruggers, shouting at them to move. Obviously they don't think twice about it and scatter to their feet as they rush to find somewhere else to sit.

I furrow my eyebrows as I turn around to stare at her as to why she didn't sit beside me like usual, but she still doesn't meet my eyes.

I don't pay much attention in the rest of my classes, as I'm too busy thinking about why Jade's been so distant. Did I do something wrong? Is she mad at me again?

Before I know it, I hear the bell before lunch ring, so I sigh and grab my books to go to my locker. While I'm there, I can't stop thinking about what I've done wrong for her to ignore me.

Once I finish getting me books, I lean against my locker waiting for Jade to go to hers. I don't wait long until I see the beautiful raven haired girl stomp past everyone and going straight to her locker.

Now's my chance..

I take a deep breath and walk over to her as she's currently throwing her books into her scissors covered locker.

"Hey babe" I say in a chirpy voice, and she turns around and scowls at me when she sees me coming over.

Huh?

"What" she spits at me and I'm seriously starting to get really confused..

"Um..I just.. wanted to say.. hi" I say sheepishly and she rolls her eyes at me.

I wait for her to finish getting her books so that she can turn around and give her full focus to me, since we really gotta talk about this. Especially now.

She finally finished up with her locker, and I expect her to turn around to look at me, but instead she starts walking away from me!

Not in my book..

I grab her wrist, and start pulling her towards the janitor's closet, despite her constantly yelling at me.

"Vega! What the f**k? Let go of my-"

I push her into the closet, and I get in after her, standing against the door preventing her from walking out. I nervously stare up at her as she's glaring at me. The glare that she used to do when she used to hate me. Why is she acting so much like her old self!?

"Vega, you have 10 seconds to open that door!" She growls and I flinch a little, but quickly try to look into her eyes. She looks.. hurt.. and betrayed?

"Jade" I say softly, but her expression doesn't change.

"10!" She shouts and I gulp. She's not actually serious.. right? All I want is to talk to her.

"Look, I don't know what's making you act like this, but would you please just tell me?" I say, trying to hold her hand, but she smacks mine away.

Ow.

"8!"

"C'mon Jade.." I try reasoning with her, but her glare stays fixated on her face.

"7"

"Why can't you just talk to me Jade. I thought you promised you'd try.." I say, and I see a glint in her eyes for a split second, but it soon disappears.

"5!"

"Tell me baby. What's wrong?" I try, not giving up, even though I'm kinda scared as to what she's gonna do when she gets to 0. I've a feeling I don't wanna know..

"4" she growls, and I'm getting more and more nervous, but I can't show her that.

"I'm sorry! I have no idea what I did wrong, but I'm sorry Jade!" I burst, but she still doesn't seem to give a chiz.

"3"

Ugh what the hell am I supposed to do!?

"2" she growls with a warning look, but I don't move away from the door. Instead, I press my back to it, showing her that I won't budge unless she talks to me. It's a risky move, but I gotta show her that I care about her.

"1!" She yells, and I gulp again.

"This is your last chance Vega. Step. Away. From. That. Door." She spits, and I get even more anxious.

I take a deep breath and somehow convince myself that Jade won't hurt me. I'm sure she won't. She's changed. She's not the old Jade..

"No" I say, so quietly that it almost comes out as a whisper. She looks a bit taken aback at first, but then her eyes turn hard as she glares at me again.

"What. Did you say?" She says through gritted teeth, and I shut my eyes.

She's still my Jade. She won't hurt me...

I open my eyes with a confident look, and I say it louder this time.

"No."

She steps towards me, her eyes burning mine, but I stay brave. I know the real Jade. She's changed, and she won't hurt me..

Suddenly, she reaches for the waistband of her skirt as she doesn't tear her eyes away from me.

Uh oh. I know exactly what she's looking for..

Yup. Her scissors.

She wouldn't. She won't. She's probably just threatening me. I know Jade, she's different now.. right?

"I'll tell you one more time" she says, lifting the scissors so that it's right in front of my eyes. "Move" she simply says, and I close my eyes again taking another deep breath.

When I open them, I see the beautiful sky blue eyes that I once loved, turn dark and scary.

"I-I won't" I stutter, and she sighs. I see a tiny little bit of sadness in her eyes, but it's mostly just anger and frustration. She walks closer towards me, until we're only a few inches away from each other..

"It's a shame you make me do this Vega." She says in a softer tone, but it's still pretty rough.

I know what's gonna happen next. That tiny sense of hope disappeared now, and fear has taken its place. Jade's gonna hurt me.. again. I guess people don't change..

I shut my eyes, waiting for the pain to come. I don't wanna look into her menacing eyes when she stabs her scissors into me, enjoying the look of pain and hurt on my face..

Well..here we go..

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Jade's POV:

Ugghh. Stupid Tori. She won't just f*****g move out of my way. Why does she gotta make me turn into a f*****g monster!?

I thought that by the time I finish counting down from ten, she'd get the hint and run away from me.. but nooo. She just has to act so f*****g stubborn and say no.

I even threaten her by taking out my scissors, and I see her close her eyes. At first, I don't know what she's doing, but then I realise.. she's waiting for me to hurt her. She waiting for the pain.

But I don't want to hurt her. She's so sweet and innocent, I can't do that to her.. again! But she won't f*****g move. And I did say that I was gonna be more like my old self..

Just think about when she told Beck that she can't wait for you two to get back together..

Right.

I open the scissors and press the blade to her other shoulder this time. I'm not gonna cause her that much pain by cutting her in the same spot as last time again..

Her body tenses up, and she still has her eyes closed.

Ughh, I can't do this..

Think about the heartbreak Jade...

I press down on the blade a little, but not too hard. She dips her eyebrows a little, probably confused as to why I haven't done anything yet. I watch her every facial expression as she has her eyes tightly shut, and then she starts biting her bottom lip. Something she does when she's nervous..

Okay. f**k this s**t!

I groan, and lift the scissors from her shoulder, taking a step back with a defeated look on my face.

I just can't do this to her. Not anymore.. what the hell is wrong with me?

Her eyes flutter open in surprise, and she furrows her eyebrows at me. I throw my scissors away, and look into her eyes, trying to hide the hurt and sadness in mine.

"I can't hurt you Vega.. I thought I could.. but I can't" I whisper and her face melts into a smile.

You're pathetic Jade.

"Please Jade. Please just tell me what's wrong baby.." she says, stepping closer.

I obviously can't tell her the truth. But I can't lie either. I'm still just heartbroken at the fact that she'll never like me.

"I'm just.. really confused about my feelings at the moment.." I say, not looking into her eyes, but she lifts my chin so that I look into her beautiful brown eyes.

"Your feelings?" she questions, and I step back a little so that her finger is no longer grazing my chin.

Shit. What am I supposed to say?

I keep thinking about possible answers in my head, but suddenly Vega's expression changes. She goes from confusion to sadness in a split second and I raise an eyebrow slightly.

"Oh.. about Beck?" she asks, and I quickly nod my head.

Hey, she's the one who guessed.. and besides, I didn't know what to say..

"Why would you feel confused?" she asks, and I gulp. Now what am I gonna say? See. This is exactly why I didn't want to talk to Vega in the first place.

"Tori, I've got a huge headache right now, and you bombarding me with questions isn't making it feel any better!" I bark in a harsh tone, rubbing my temples, and she just blinks at me.

At least she's not asking any questions anymore..

"Jeez Jade, I was only trying to help." she mutters, going to grab her bag from the floor. I wouldn't say she was mad when she left the closet.. but she was definitely annoyed at me. I know I should stop her.. but I can't. One, because I know she'll just expect more answers from me.. and two, I need to at least try and distance myself from her.. since she'll never like me the way I like her..

Instead, I just watch her storm out of the closet, without looking back at me.

Great. So now Vega's annoyed at me. But maybe it's for the best..

I sigh as I walk out of the closet, and head towards the Asphalt Café. Vega's already there, sitting beside everyone else, and I go to take a seat beside her. As soon as I sit down, she immediately shifts l away from me, and I frown.

I even try to grab her hand underneath the table like I usual do, but she refuses to link her fingers with mine. Ugh. This just proves how much she hates me.. Then why do I still have feelings for her despite all that!?

So much for leaving her, Jade..

Lunch goes by very annoyingly as Vega won't even look at me.. and I'm pretty sure our friends are gonna notice soon. Can't she at least fake it that she likes me?

"You two have barely talked all lunch" Beck states as he points towards Vega and I. I frown, but it disappears when Tori finally looks at me, with an exhausted expression on her face. Not physically, but more so mentally.

"We're just tired I guess.." Tori mutters, and I have to restrain myself from rolling my eyes at her lame excuse.

"Tired from what?" Beck pushes, and I start to get really irritated by this guy. Why does he even care about Vega and I?

"Tired from last night.." I say with a smirk, and everyone's jaw drops, especially Beck's. Even Vega looks pretty shocked, so I give her a small warning look, silently telling her not to blow this..

"Is that true Tor?" Beck asks, and she looks down at her food, blushing profusely.

That's pretty impressive that she can act like she's blushing..

"Um, so Andre what time does your party start at?" she quickly changes the topic, and I smirk.

Well played Vega..

Andre talks about his party, and everyone slowly comes out of shock. I imagine how it would be if Tori and I really did it...

Get your mind out of the gutter, Jade..

Soon, everyone finishes up and I get up to leave, but I hear my name being called.

"Jade? Can I talk to you for a sec?" Beck asks and I turn around to give him a confused look.

Seriously? Did he really just ask that in front of everyone? Especially Vega?

I'm about to peck Vega to reassure her, but when I turn around she's already hurriedly walking away from me. I sigh and turn to Beck, giving him an annoyed and irritated look..

"What" I snap, and he steps close to me.. a little too close for my liking, so I take a tiny step back.

"Jade.. did you.. really sleep with Vega last night?" he asks, in a sad and shocked tone, and I frown at him.

Why does he sound like he's in some huge denial right now? I mean girlfriends fuck.. so what's the confusion for?

"Duh" I say and am about to walk away, but he grabs my hand to stop me.

I'm really starting to not like him that much anymore..

"So, you slept with her.. after we talked on the phone?" he asks sadly and I raise my eyebrows.

Ohh. That's what he's so confused about. He confessed his feelings, and I supposedly f****d Vega on the same night. Well, there's no going back now..

"Um, yeah" I say, and he seems to deflates a little. He doesn't say anything back, and instead slowly nods his head before walking away.

Oh perfect. Now both Beck and Vega are upset with me. Can life get any more perfect than this?

Vega doesn't talk to me for the rest of the day, and it's put me in a real suckish mood now. I just don't get why she's always so f*****g mad at me? Like one, she's not doing a great job at her acting since she's supposed to be my f*****g girlfriend. And two, I don't wanna f*****g tell her why I'm so confused coz that'll just give her the perfect opportunity to leave me. Obviously she's gonna use it against me if I tell her the truth about how Beck has already asked me out. The deal was that I could leave her as soon as I get Beck back.. but I don't want to leave her.

I go to my locker, getting ready to go home, when I see her at her locker, talking to André. Once I'm finished putting my books back, I walk over to them and glare at André to leave, and he does eventually.

Tori rolls her eyes at me, and ignores me again as she goes back to focusing on her locker. I wait impatiently for her to finish up, and when she finally does, she takes out her phone and starts texting someone on it.

I clear my throat, and she sighs as she looks up at me. She doesn't smile or anything. Not like Vega usually would. She just stares at me, with a bored expression on her face.

"Yes Jade" she says in a monotone voice, and I get even more frustrated.

Can't she see that I'm already in a terrible mood? Must she make it worse..

"Why aren't you talking to me?" I say in a low and angry tone, so no one else can hear us.

"Why won't you let me in with whatever's bothering you?" She pushes back, matching my tone.

"Coz it's none of your f*****g business!" I whisper yell, and she doesn't even flinch this time. Instead, she rolls her eyes and decides to walk away from me. I stand shocked for a second..

Nobody, and I mean nobody, walks away from Jade West..

I grab her arm quite forcefully, and she whimpers from the pain. I squeeze it roughly and make her look into my eyes. She shuts her eyes tight, and tries to remove my hand from her wrist, but I only hold it tighter.

"Nobody walks away from me Vega. Understood?" I say in a harsh tone, and she quickly nods her head, trying to squirm away from my crushing grip.

I finally let go of her wrist, and she quickly shoots her other hand up to it, holding it close to her chest. I roll my eyes at her. It's not even that bad. It's not like she's gonna f*****g die from it..

"What do you want Jade?" she says in a quiet voice, still in pain because of her wrist.

"I want you to start acting like you like me more. Remember our deal Vega. You know I still have that screenshot, right?" I say, and her eyes darken, as she gets very nervous. She quickly nods her head, not looking into my eyes..

"What do you want me to do?" She asks in a defeated tone, looking down at our feet.

"I don't think we're convincing enough as girlfriends Vega.. people might get suspicious soon.." I tell her in a bored tone, while examining my nails. She scrunches up her face in confusion, and I roll my eyes as I know she's gonna ask another question.

"What? I thought we were doing pretty good at it.. I mean, no one's suspected a thing yet.." she trails off, absentmindedly rubbing soft circles on her wrist.

"Well Beck noticed how you weren't f*****g talking to me all throughout lunch. " I say angrily, and she sighs giving in.

Finally!

People are started to go home, and I want to as well.. Today's been pretty exhausting..

"Fine.. how do you want me to act?" she asks in a sad tone, and I frown at how she makes me look like I'm her master or something. I don't want her to think of me like that..

"I guess.. I don't know, just act like you're not mad at me all the time!" I shout, and I can just see the anger return in her eyes.

"Well here's an idea. Don't make me mad in the first place!" she shouts, and I'm about to shout back at her, but I take a deep breath, trying to control my anger.

"Look, Vega.. all I know is that you need to look at me as if I'm not your fake girlfriend.. you gotta think that we're really together, as if I'm not blackmailing me you with s**t. That way, we'll look a lot more convincing, and then it'll make Beck jealous quicker.." I trail off the last sentence, hoping that she doesn't notice how I'm lying to her.

She doesn't.

Instead, her nostrils flare, and her eyes harden a little.

"Jade" she says through gritted teeth, in a low tone, and I raise my eyebrows at her. I don't think I've ever really seen her this mad before. "I can never look at you as a real girlfriend, purely because I know that I'm just a prisoner in your little plan to get Beck back, so if he doesn't ask you out by next month, I'm done with this stupid charade!" she growls, and I raise an eyebrow at her.

"Oh so what about your precious little tweet then? I'm sure KSR would love to see it." I mock her with her 'Vega' tone, and she glares at me, but I smirk as I know she can't do anything. I hold the cards around here, and Vega will just have to get used to doing as I say.

She looks super mad right now. So mad that she might burst any second.. and I feel a tiny bit guilty, but who cares? Vega never holds a grudge..

"Ugh, what more do you want from me Jade!?" she exclaims, and my smirk drops. She sounds really frustrated right now, and she's even got a faint wrinkle on her forehead.

Maybe I was a bit too harsh on her..

"Tori.." I say calmly, stepping closer to her, but she takes a huge step back from me, refusing to be anywhere near me.

"Jade, I'm doing the best I can.. but you're just expecting so much from me. If I ask you anything about your feelings, you never tell me, and instead lash out at me. And whenever you ask me about my feelings, I wish I could say no to you, but clearly that ain't an option unless I wanna be walking around with cuts and bruises the next morning!!" she bursts, and I step back, shocked at her outburst.

Woah..

I'm about to respond, but I'm interrupted by Lane walking towards us.

"What are you two still doing here? And what's with all the yelling?" he asks, and Vega mutters a small 'nothing'. I, on the other hand, ignore him completely, and try to step closer to Vega, but she continues stepping backwards.

"Tor-"

"Don't worry about it Lane, we were just leaving" she says, as she looks at me one last time to give me a glare. Lane simply shrugs his shoulders, and I run after Vega, once I'm out of shock.

By the time I reach the parking lot, Vega's already in her car, putting on her seatbelt. I try to open her door, but it's locked so I knock on her window. She doesn't even look at me, and instead drives off, leaving me to stand here shocked as hell.