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Victorious Fanfic: The Ship and Her Anchor
"I didn't think it would happen like it did."
"No, you just didn't think. What did I tell you about talking to her, touching her, just being around her..?"
"You told me no."
5 Months Earlier
Tori Vega crouched to look beneath her bed as one Jade West loomed behind her, desperately trying to hide her grin. Their relationship was fairly new but, Tori insisted she get her a "week-a-versary" present. Now, here she was banging her head on, what seemed like, every two by four her bed was held together with.
"You need some help down there, Vega?" Jade stifled a laugh, but couldn't contain the pure sarcasm that fell from her lips. "It seems as though I'm going to be checking into a nursing home before I even get this present of mine."
Tori rolled her eyes and reached a little more to her right; her fingers grazed a box-like object and she smiled. She retrieved Jade's gift and stood back up, "Got it." Jade gave the choice of wrapping a once over and kissed Tori's cheek. She was a little taken aback and shyly glanced at her normally vicious girlfriend.
"Don't go all mushy on me, Tori. It was only props for the wrapping paper, black with knives, just how I like it." She winked at Tori and began to pull apart the paper. Her pale fingers were like fluorescent lights against the black and Tori began to sweat under the heat. All too soon, only a small white box was left. Jade hesitated and looked deeply into Tori's eyes. Tori nodded almost immediately at her and the present was opened.
"Tori, this, it's, it's amazing, you shouldn't have."
Tori let out the breath she had been holding and watched as Jade reached into the box. It wasn't a grand gesture of Tori's love and it wasn't too flashy, but the way the small necklace caught the light made Jade smile so much it hurt. It was a simple chain that wasn't too short, but the pendant was Jade's favorite part. Jade fingered the small silver boat and eyed it closely, as if it would actually sail away.
"I know it's only been a week and maybe you'll think I'm clingy or crazy, but when I saw it I knew. I just knew I had to get it for you. I know you don't like gaudy things unless they're black and especially necklaces because they're really heavy if they're too big and-"
"Tori, talk to me like a normal person."
"Jade West, I want to be your ship. I want to carry you through tidal waves and across oceans. If you'll have me, I will never stray course and I will always be the vessel that takes you to whatever you want in the world and in life. Right now, I hope, you'll want me."
Jade raised her eyes to Tori's lips, to her perfect cheek bones, and then, finally, her eyes. Her own lingered there and she took one, then two steps forward. She lifted her hand to Tori's gorgeous face and cupped her cheek. If a first kiss could say yes a thousand times, this one did.
Tori closed her eyes before Jade even kissed her. She felt like the fourth of July times a million as the fireworks went off in her head. Little did she know, Jade felt them too, exploding and soaring into the sky. It only lasted a minute, but it felt like hours for the two. Tori pulled away first and looked up at Jade.
"So that's a yes?"
Jade laughed and Tori smiled; she'd never heard a sound so beautiful in her life. It wasn't mocking and it didn't hurt. From that moment on, Tori knew she'd do anything to make Jade laugh like that. Jade leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek once more.
"It's definitely a yes, Vega. Don't go all Mushy McMushypants on me though. I have a reputation to uphold." Tori raised an eyebrow at her and gently got the necklace out of Jade's hand.
She spoke softly, "Turn around, Jade." Jade, not one to follow directions, raised her own eyebrows, but she complied. Tori smoothed Jade's black hair onto one shoulder and placed the necklace against her skin.
As soon as the cool chain touched her neck, she shivered. Tori adjusted the pendant and smoothed her hands down Jade's back and across her shoulders, taking in her soft skin. Jade turned around softly and reached out her arms; Tori allowed herself to be held. The small ship drifted down the slope of Jade's neck and rested between the two girls, the hug an anchor for the tiny vessel.