"How could you, Trina?" The half Latina sobbed, heartbroken and wounded by the sudden twist of events. She couldn't believe what had just happened. It was a like a terrible nightmare had just walked through the door and rampaged through everything she held close to her and just tore it asunder. It was that monster that children feared but never saw.

"Tori, I-" Trina stood in the doorway in utter shock. She'd only wanted to share with their parents what was supposed to be good news, but it had only ripped the simple fabric of their family apart. "I'm so sorry." She whispered, placing her hand front of her mouth as she shook her head slowly. No one saw this coming. None of them would've seen the hatred pour out of their father like a volcano violently erupting without warning, destroying anyone who couldn't get away in time.

"How could you be so thick?" The Goth spat viciously while carefully holding together the fragile girl who'd just lost her parents. "Why'd you tell them?"

"I only-" The older sister's eyes began watering as she slid down the doorway and onto her knees, no longer able to hold her composure. "I thought they'd be happy." She sobbed into her hands, feeling terrible.

"Well, looks like someone was wrong." Jade mumbled while still rubbing soothing circles into Tori's back as she shook from the fear and sorrow that'd disrupted her life.

"Please, just stop." Tori whispered her voice barely audible as she looked up to Jade. Her eyes begged for her to stop being mean, it was hurting her to hear her girlfriend use such venom in her words and it was killing Jade to see how broken Tori was becoming because of this. So she just nodded, weaving her pale fingers through the brunette's hair to pull her closer and hold her tightly.

"Tori." Trina sobbed, crawling along the floor to reach the sister she had just let down. "Tori, forgive me." She whispered once reaching Tori, placing her hand on her knee while trying to make eye contact. It nearly killed her to look into those eyes as everything in them shattered. But she couldn't speak. Her younger sister only nodded as she swallowed hard to keep from choking up. "I know I haven't been the best sister to you, Tori." Trina nodded, still hurting inside from looking into her little sister's eyes. "But I promise, I'll always be there for you to take care of you. I never meant for this to happen."

Tori nodded, turning her head away to bury her face into Jade's chest. She could hear it, Jade's heart beating at a surprisingly steady and calm tempo despite what just happened. Jade sneered, a silent warning for Trina to back off now before making things worse. Trina listened, quickly scrambling up to her feet and retreating with her tail between her legs. As she shut the door behind her, she stood there for a moment listening as the walls seemed to close in around her. Tori's cries will forever whisper through these walls. Trina made a silent vow to the walls, the only thing listening, that she would be a better sister.

"I can't do this." Jade's voice was shaking and filled with dread. She couldn't hide being gay from her own her parents forever but that didn't mean telling them didn't cause terror. She'd just watched the Vega family fall apart and even though she wasn't close with her own family, she didn't want to be disowned by her parents too. "I can't."

"It's ok, Jade." Tori whispered, squeezing Jade's hand for reassurance as they stood outside the West's front door. "You don't have to if you aren't ready." They'd been living together at Trina's for a month already as Jade avoided her parents even more than usual and now that the pieces had been gathered from the tragedy, she was afraid to let them all get shattered again.

"No, I want to." Jade nodded, swallowing hard as she took the doorknob and opened it, her grip on Tori's hand tightening as her heart jumped to her throat. She had called her parents beforehand to ask to speak with them and there they were, sitting casually on the living room couch waiting for her.

"It's ok." Tori whispered again, placing her free hand against Jade's arm to calm her as she winced from Jade crushing her hand. Jade took the first step as Tori shut the door. They'd let go of each other as Jade walked to the living room to sit on the coffee table in front of her parents. Tori stood by the door, an odd request made earlier as a precaution. Jade didn't want Tori getting hurt in case shit hit the fan, and if she stayed by the door she could get away quicker.

"Mom. Dad." Jade said while looking down at the ground, refusing to make eye contact with either of them. She played with her hands nervously as she began to tap her foot against the ground. "I wanted to tell you something. I want to apologize first," Tori's heart of gold had gotten to Jade over the past month, melting away the ice in her heart and making her want to be a better person. "I'm sorry that I haven't been the best daughter lately."

She swallowed, feeling everyone's eyes on her as she cleared her throat. "I'm gay." Her voice was faint, almost silenced by the fear as she visibly flinched and threw her arms before her face to avoid any abuse. When nothing happened, she carefully lowered her arms to see her parents smiling calmly. Her entire body breathed a sigh of relief as Tori cautiously made her way to Jade's side. "And Tori is my girlfriend." She smiled sheepishly, loving how that sentence sounded.

The air escaped the Goth's lung in a sudden gasp as two pairs of arms wrapped themselves around her body as she stiffened in fear. But it was a warm embrace as both her parents hugged her tightly. She said nothing as they let go and sat back down, smiling proudly. "We know, hun." Her mother spoke as she rubbed her daughter's knee. Tori smiled, her heart coming down from a false heart attack as it filled with warmth and excitement. They'd accepted them.

"We love you, Jadelyn." Her father spoke while motioning for Tori to take a seat beside Jade on the coffee table.

This was something they finally saw eye to eye on. Even with Jade's sudden absence in their own homes, they'd begun noticing subtle changes in her. It wasn't much and they knew it'd take a while for those castle walls to crumble, but they'd accepted her. She was gentler, kinder, and more polite; in her own subtle way and it hadn't gone unnoticed.

"We think Tori is good for you." Jade's mother smiled while taking Tori's hand and softly squeezing as an unspoken thank you for slowly bringing Jade back to them. "We've always loved you hun." Ms. West hugged her daughter again. "We've just been scarred of you." She laughed as Jade rolled her eyes in a playful manner.

"Thank you." Tori smiled; relieved to have Jade's parents being so accepting while secretly envying their love and acceptance where her parents couldn't. "This means so much to us."

"Yes, thank you." Jade nodded, lacing her fingers through Tori's hands without fear of reprimand.

"We will always be here for you." Mr. West nodded, leaning forward to place a hand on his daughter's shoulder. "Both of you." He corrected himself as he placed his other hand on Tori's shoulder. They all smiled to each other.

~Several Years Later~

Jade's parents had since never let Jade down. They'd worked together to help their daughter through her addiction. They'd all become closer, becoming the tight nit family they needed and the support beam that kept them together. Jade and Tori had moved into Trina's house not long after that day, having many nights together as the family Jade never had and the one Tori had lost. Jade hadn't made a complete one-eighty, she was still Jade, but she had learned to be nicer without losing what made her Jade.

Jade had proposed to Tori, never wanting to lose the love of her life that had turned her entire world upside down. They had their wedding at a surprise location chosen by Tori, revealed to Jade the day of their wedding. Tori had found the home where they'd filmed The Scissoring and they had their small wedding there with only their family and friends. Jade's parents proudly gave Tori away to their daughter, who wore a black dress in contrast to Tori's white. Still, Tori's family hadn't shown up. She'd invited them, hoping they would've finally come to terms with it and wanted to see her happy, but their seats remained empty with reserved signs on them. Trina was there as Tori's maid of honor, showing full support.

Jade was becoming a small sensation in the world of horror. She'd published a few books and had recently been offered a deal for one of her manuscripts for a movie. Tori's fame as a pop star was beginning to rise, her single hit written about the tragedy that struck them both down. Together they had moved out of Trina's house and gotten one of their own – a three story Victorian home in Los Angeles.

Trina had become a better sister, vowing to protect and serve. She'd since changed her ways and signed up for the LA police force. They'd accepted her with slight hesitation since she showed up to work daily in high heels. But they'd respected the woman for how well she could run in them and still be able to go through any obstacle in her way.

The group had remained friends since high school with Beck never returning from Canada. Andre had started his own music career, self-endorsing his own music since no label would sign him after finding his Diddly Bops video on the internet. Cat had become a children's book author, finding her childish ways best suited for children. Robbie was working his way through college at a Jet Brew, trying to get a career as a comedian and only having small gigs at his local Jet Brew.

The dust was finally settling in their lives...

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Tori asked her wife as they sat together for breakfast, Jade looking over the manuscript for any mistakes after she'd been given a deal to turn it into a film.

"Yes, Vega. I am sure I want to do this." Jade smiled, raising her eyebrow to test Tori as she sipped at her coffee and hummed in delight from its fragrance and warmth.

"Well, it's just-" The half Latina fidgeted with the fork her hands as she poked at the scrambled eggs on her plate.

"Just spit it out, Tori." Jade laughed, pushing the manuscript across the table so it was out of her way as she reached out and placed her hand over Tori's.

"I thought you didn't like kids." Tori wined, as Jade laughed.

"I don't. But mini me and you's running around?" The woman shrugged while tracing a circle around the rim of her favorite coffee mug that read 'What do we want? Coffee! When do we want it? I'll fucking cut you.' Tori had bought it for her last Christmas and she'd since never used any other cup. "I could deal with that."

"I love you, Jade." Tori gushed, loving these simple moments they'd shared with each other when they were alone and the world didn't matter and all was well. They'd tested the subject of having kids for the past few years and had finally found the perfect way to have them together without any men involved.

"Don't get all mushy on me, Tori. You know I still hate that." Jade stood up, standing up behind the half Latina as she placed her pale hand beneath her wife's chin to tilt her head back. She smiled, leaning down to kiss those soft lips she adored before breaking away to refill her coffee. "I love you too." She said as the phone began ringing and she groaned in annoyance from having their little peace interrupted.

"Mind getting that?" Tori said in a rush as she placed her empty plate into the sink, rinsed it off, and quickly left the room to make her meeting with her record producer.

"Sure." Jade sighed, Tori already gone and the door swinging slowly from her exit. She took her time refilling her coffee as the phone rang, inhaling the sweet aroma as she answered the phone and groaned instead of saying hello.

"Hello?" An older woman whispered through the phone. "Is this Tori? Tori, this is your Mom." Jade said nothing, the anger simmering at the thought of the woman trying to communicate now. There was a moment of silence before there was a sigh from the other end before Holly continued. "I'm so sorry honey. I just wan-" A dial tone cut her off and Tori was standing in the door way with another phone to her ear after hanging up.

"You were listening?" Jade asked carefully, not wanting to break the fragile state Tori might be in now.

"I answered when I thought you wouldn't." She said, placing the phone on the counter while looking at the coffee pot and gazing into something only she could see. "I don't want to speak to her. She has no right to try and come back years later after just letting it fall apart." Tori gulped, picking the phone back up as she left the kitchen again with Jade's hand lingering in the air, wanting to grab the woman but being too late.

Well, here is what you all asked for! The beginning of the sequel to JBB. Hopefully that wasn't too confusing to follow...

Anyway, shout out to Invader Johnny - my new co-writer. We're bouncing ideas around for this one so I hope you all enjoy it. I forgot to give a shout out to my co-writer on JBB: Mandi.

Enjoy~ More to come soon enough.