As they entered the Black Box, they saw their eccentric, coconut-addict teacher sipping, of course, another coconut. He was sitting at the middle of a makeshift stage in front of the room, reading something in his hands as the shruggers wait for him to be done with whatever the hell it was he was doing
"SIKOWITZ!!!" Jade yelled loudly, startling everyone, Sikowitz jumping out of his skin and dropping the script he was holding "Great Ghandi! Jade what is with you and yelling!?" he screeches as the gang scrambled to get to their seats while Jade just rolled her eyes in response, everyone sitting down, Andre, Cat and Robbie at the second row, Tori, Jade and Beck at the third row, Jade putting her right hand at the backrest of Tori's chair, making the brunette lean onto her side. Sikowitz sighed but internally celebrated. It was his idea to get them on that playdate after all and also-
"I AM THE JORI SHIP CAPTAIN!!!" he screeched dramatically, skidding on the floor with his knees, while everyone just stared at him "What the frickin hell is 'Jori'?" Jade asked, missing the blush coming from her girlfriend's face, it seems only Beck and Tori knew what it meant because "He's completely gone bonkers." Andre says with a sigh, Robbie nodding with Rex and Cat distracted by clapping amusedly at how Sikowitz skidded on the floor. After such a display, the eccentric man brushed his clothes off and stood up properly, placing his coconut down and scruches his eyebrows at the papers he was holding "This isn't the script I was gonna give for the activity..." he drawls
The door of the Black Box opened and everyone's attention immediately slipped to it and seeing at who it was, Jade glared "Of course that isn't the script, Sikowitz. You picked up Lane's documents that he would submit to Principal Helen..." Ace stands there, he brushed his hair away from his face and grinned like a dork, waving two sheets of A4 sized bond papers
"Ah, Ace! Glad you came!"
"Well, I'm not!" Jade didn't realize she said that out loud for both Tori and Beck to hear and while the Canadian boy laughed heartily, Tori stared at Jade, wondering why the hell is she being rude. Leave it to Tori to not see how Jade acts when she's jealous
Ace walks towards Sikowitz and grabs the papers from the teacher and gave the two he held to him. When he scanned the students, Tori caught his gaze. The half-Latina grinned, waving at him and Ace's eyes brightened "Victoria, hi! Oh shoot, I gotta go, see ya Sikowitz, Victoria!" he runs to the direction of the door, Tori following his figure as it fades from view and this made Jade huff and roll her eyes
Tori shot her a look "Why are you so angry?" she whispered with a hiss to the thespian to not interrupt Sikowitz while he's discussing "Oh, you know, Tori, typical Jade behavior..." Beck tries to play it cool, earning a death glare from his ex-girlfriend "She wasn't talking to you, so shut the chiz up, Oliver!" the murder reflected in her eyes just served to amuse Beck more, making Jade scowl angrily
Nevertheless, Jade pulled Tori by the shoulder closer to her, giving her an uncharacteristically sweet kiss at the top of her head which made Tori flush again. "Jade, be fluffy with your girlfriend at your own time..." Sikowitz scolded "Trust me, if it didn't work when Beck and I were still dating, what makes you think it'll work now?" she gave a smirk at the teacher who was staring at them. Tori slapped her chest "I told you, be nice...!" she scolds while Jade just gave a big shrug
Sikowitz sighed "Anyway, any of you joining the Open Mic tomorrow? I assume you children will perform for the school a song that may outmatch the one we saw during the Kickback!" he said as he dramatically kicked the air while everyone faded into their talks about the performer for the opening and ending act of the Kickback...
Which only caused the group to groan, not really knowing why they don't remember who it was that performed back then. Their hazy memories were really becoming a big problem. They had this huge troubled face but their attention was grabbed by one group of shruggers who talked animatedly about the Kickback
"Seriously, I didn't recognize the songs she sung at first but when I went and researched it on Youtube, I found they were english covers of some anime song..." a boy said which made Robbie perk up. He vaguely remembered singing along with a certain song during that performance but...he can't really put what song or who sang it...
"Yeah. It was a surprise when she even sung so dramatically during the opening act because she suddenly slipped off her eyeglasses. At first I thought she was wearing contacts but I heard from some from the sound department that day that her eyes were indeed naturally two different colors...uh...heterogeneous...no, not that..." the voice fades away as a single word slips from Tori and Jade
"Heterochromia..."
The group looked at the couple and the two looked at each other. Just as they were about to speak again, Sikowitz slurped his coconut loudly, catching everyone's attention "Okay, talk about that when you're not in class!" he says as the lesson finally continues, the group giving each other a look that says their conversation was shelved, not dropped.
They'll talk about it at lunch...
***
"So, I did some frickin espionage chiz...and I heard from some students that they'll be having an open mic thingy tomorrow night. I guess that's a good place to lure her out. She likes things like this and she has the talent to wow everyone, the only difference from my aunt...man, I sound like a trapper with the way I word things..." the girl groans, running her hands through her raven hair with purple highlights. She types some more words onto the story she was creating while sipping her third mug of cocoa and biting onto her doughnut with strawberry frosting and sprinkles
This was the only thing she could think of to pass the time while she thought of what she would do next if this day ends, where she's gonna stay. She could very well not stay at the apartment she used the last time, pun intended, she was here because she doesn't intend to stay longer than necessary. As she pondered over everything while typing up her story, she missed that the Hollywood Arts campus were now having lunch...
"At least you got a lead now. The only question now is how to come about the operation, per se..."
The girl groaned again. She knows they're right. What good is a perfect opportunity when cannot find the perfect plan to go along with such? She facepalmed, saving her story and closing the document, leaning against the couch she was sitting on. Lazily, she turned her PearBook into sleep mode and then closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose
She took in the slight serene silence while thinking just as a recognizable song played throughout the Café-
So jet-lagged
What time is it where you are?
I miss you more than anything
And back at home you feel so far
Waitin' for the phone to ring
It's gettin' lonely livin' upside down
I don't even wanna be in this town
Tryin' to figure out the time zones makin' me crazy
You say good morning
When it's midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
And it's driving me mad
I miss you so bad
And my heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged, is so jet-lagged
What time is it where you are?
Five more days and I'll be home
I keep your picture in my car
I hate the thought of you alone
I've been keepin' busy all the time
Just to try to keep you off my mind
Tryin' to figure out the time zones makin' me crazy
You say good morning
When it's midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
And it's drivin' me mad
I miss you so bad
And my heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged, is so jet lagged
I miss you so bad
I miss you so bad
I miss you so bad
I miss you so bad
I miss you so bad
I wanna share your horizon
I miss you so bad
And see the same sun rising
I miss you so bad
And turn the hour hand back to when you were holding me
You say good morning
When it's midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
And it's drivin' me mad
I miss when you say good morning
But it's midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
And it's drivin' me mad
I miss you so bad
And my heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jet-lagged, is so jet-lagged, is so jet-lagged
"Huh...I don't know why but I feel like that song is...quite appropriate...in a weird way..." she mumbled but her reverie was interrupted when a certain group entered the Café. She rolled her eyes at how loud they sounded, she kept her PearBook, finishing her cocoa in slight annoyance as the said group went to the counter
One of the members of such group ran her eyes around but the girl failed to notice it...until she was called that is...
"Aria...?"
The girl felt as if the cocoa went to the wrong pipe and she instantly put the cocoa down and looked at the one who saw and called her. She saw rave hair, combat boots, leather jacket, holding hands with a brunette
"Oh shit..." she unknowingly cursed just as her call with her parents continued and she heard them shouting-
"RUN ARIA!!!"
And she did
Before they could even blink, Aria had grabbed her things and ran for the café entrance. Even before Jade reached her, she was out the door, running to the park she first placed her bike and then pedaled away from her previous location
"SERIOUSLY WHAT'S WITH ME AND RUNNING AWAY FROM THEM USING A BIKE!?!?!" she screeched while pedaling away
To be continued...
The girl turned out to be Aria. She was on some sort of espionage and whatnot. She was after someone again, trying not to be spotted by the people she associated with the last time...but was unsuccessful. What will happen now?