Prompt: Jori - Jade and Tori have rehearsal for a musical and they play the lead and their love interest (again) but one of them accidentally lets it slip that she's not really acting during the scenes and that she's actually in love with the other one and then cute flustery (or as flustery as Jade can get) confessions happen ^u^
A/N: battling my writer's block with prompts. You're welcome to send any over PM or tumblr (shippinglehane) :)
Please review! I had fun with this one :)
"No, Adriett, you don't get it," Victoria caught the girl by the arm. "I don't care. I love you. Only you."
Adriett's dark eyes narrowed in anger as she shrugged the raven-haired woman's hand off of her.
"Take that back," she growled. "You have to take that back."
"But why? Why does it make you so mad when I confess my love for you?" Victoria exclaimed desperately.
"Because I might trust you!" Victoria frowned, confused, as the girl rushed out her explanations. "Because that makes it real, and I'm going to believe you, and then you will screw me over just like everyone else," she took a shaky breath, her hands trembling as she hugged herself. "But I won't survive it this time. It's different."
"Why not?" The blue-eyed woman pressed, slowly getting closer to her companion. "Why not, Adriett?"
The distressed girl shook her head, seemingly making a decision and then gazing straight into Victoria's icy blues.
"Because I love you back," she whispered before catching Victoria's lips with her own, melting into the other girl as her hands came up to rest on pale cheeks.
"And scene!" Sikowitz called out, clapping with the rest of the crew. "Amazingly done, girls," he addressed his lead actresses who were trying hard not to steal embarrassed glances at each other. "Alright everyone, take five, and then we'll go over the musical number that follows."
"You did great, Jade," Tori cautiously smiled at her partner in the play, nervously twisting a lock of hair. "Well, as always, I mean."
"Thanks, Vega. You. Uh, you weren't bad, too," the pale girl replied awkwardly. "But I think the kiss needs more work, I feel like passion is lacking."
"We could work on that right now, if you want?" the half-Latina suggested quickly – almost too quickly, her eyes anywhere but on Jade's face.
"Uh, sure, why not."
The girls stepped closer to each other once again.
"How do we start?"
"We could go over the leading-up dialogue and then just go with it."
"Sounds good."
The dialogue was over before either could thoroughly prepare themselves for the final act, and everything was flawless up until Tori head-butted Jade's nose.
"Crap, I'm so sorry! I thought you were leaning the other way!"
"Vega, we discussed it after the last time you hit me! I'm going left, you're going right!"
Tori sighed and grabbed a cold soda can from a mini-fridge, sprinting back to Jade and holding it to the offended area.
"Here, it won't swell as much," she mumbled, one hand pressing a can to Jade's nose and another absent-mindedly stroking the other girl's cheek. "I really am sorry."
"That's cool," Jade's muffled reply came from behind the can. "I get it, you're out of your comfort zone or whatever, so you feel the need to take it out on my body parts."
The half-Latina sheepishly grinned at that.
"I think we're both out of our comfort zone. Honestly, I'm surprised we don't mess up the dialogue as well. Remember the astronaut play disaster?"
"Yeah, but I had to actually act back then, and this time... oh fuck."
A can fell to the floor, revealing Jade's horrified face to Tori's astounded eyes.
"What?"
"…What?"
"Jade, you- what do you… I mean," Tori took a deep breath while the blue-eyed girl stood rooted to her spot, wearing a perfect 'deer in headlights' expression. "You 'had to act' before… but you're not acting now?"
"…Listen," Jade let out a fake uncomfortable giggle. "That's one way to interpret this, but I don't wanna give you any wrong ideas. I was just joking around, and…"
"I'm not acting either," Tori interrupted her, blushing ferociously as she twisted her fingers. "I mean, like… I'm not," she lamely added, eyeing Jade with fear and hope mixed in her gaze.
She watched with a sinking heart as an array of conflicted emotions passed Jade's feature. And then, Jade's lips curled in a slow smile, unusually kind and warm.
"No wonder you kinda sucked up there since you didn't act."
"What's that supposed to- " Tori's defensive speech was interrupted by a pair of plump lips on her mouth. The kiss escalated, quickly growing from a soft one into a sensual battle of tongues as Jade pulled Tori impossibly close to her, all the years of pent-up tension and frustration finally pouring out.
The girls broke away when air became an issue, both breathing heavily against each other.
"…I think that was a good one," Tori murmured, looking dazed.
"We definitely didn't lack passion this time," Jade agreed huskily, resting her forehead on Tori's.
"But, uh, practice makes perfect, don't you think?" The tan girl slyly asked, snaking her arms around Jade's neck.
"I think you have the best ideas lately, Vega."
About five minutes later, Sikowits praised a heavily blushing Tori and a smirking Jade on their incredible dedication to the play, adding a cautious advice about maybe following their PG rated script next time they rehearsed in public.