I know I shouldn't be starting anything else, especially a series of one-shots when my current one, 'Life Lessons', only has a couple of chapters and I'm working on 'New School, New Life'. But, this is an idea that popped into my head, and we haven't seen anything like this in a while. I tried this before, but it got taken down because I was asking people for word ideas for each letter, which was against the rules, something I honestly didn't know. So, for this, I won't be asking for possible words. It's safer that way, I think.
Anyway, here's the first word.
A - Anal
Disclaimer: I don't own 'VicTORious' or any characters.
No POV
There are many things about Jade that very few know. Tori, her girlfriend of two months, is learning the hard way that Jade doesn't simply tell anyone, even the person she's dating, about her home life. Or what she does when alone, something that worries Tori because each time it's mentioned, Jade simply goes quiet before telling Tori to stay away from the mini mansion the West family call home.
"Oh, come on. Why can't I come over to your house after school?" Tori asks for what, to Jade at least, feels like the billionth time during lunch, the two eating burritos, one a veggie and the other chicken, while their friends watch their usual Friday argument.
"Because I said so, Vega. Drop it." Jade answers, no obvious malice in her tone, though Tori is quick to catch the hesitance.
"Why not?" Tori asks again, not 'dropping it' as Jade not-so-subtlety ordered. "You do this every Friday. I just want to hang out without having to deal with Trina interrupting or my dad watching us like a Hawk." She says, getting frustrated.
"Fridays are not a good day. That's it." Jade says, standing up and grabbing her bag, leaving her veggie burrito on the lunch table. "I'll see you tomorrow." She says, referencing their bi-monthly Saturday Night date.
"Okay, you guys have known Jade a lot longer than I have. What's up with her and having people over at her house?" Tori asks the others, specifically Jade's ex Beck and her best friend Cat.
"I wish I knew. The one time I was invited over was only because her dad wanted to meet me, and I never even had the chance to leave my truck." Beck answers, recalling that night two years ago when he picked up Jade for their one year anniversary. "When I got there, he was waiting for me in the driveway, and stayed there until Jade came out."
"I haven't been over there since we were six." Cat adds in, a small pout on her lip. "I don't know how to explain it, but before her seventh birthday, she made a mess when we would play. But after that, I saw her only once or twice and we only ever played in the pool house, and she was careful not to make a mess." She says, not seeing the confusion from Tori about why Cat mentioned Jade making messes then being careful not to make messes.
Before Tori could ask, or anyone else chiming in about Jade's odd behavior, the bell rings to end lunch, the five of them standing up and throwing their trash away, Tori throwing Jade's away since she left it on the table.
After school, when Jade goes to drop Tori off at home, Tori thinks of a plan to surprise Jade at home. "What are you thinking about?" Jade asks, stopping behind Trina's car, already parked in the driveway, and turns to face Tori.
"Nothing." Tori says, sighing as she puts her plans in the back of her mind for now.
"Is this about me not wanting you over again?" Jade asks, shaking her head. "It's not a big deal, okay? Why is it so important to you to see my house?" She asks, shutting off her car.
"It is a big deal. What could possibly happen there that you don't want me to see? Why are you so adamant about letting me even get to the door?" Tori asks, letting some frustration out.
"Nothing bad, it's just… It's private, okay? There are just some things you don't share. And we've only been together a couple of months. It took Beck a year to see my house." Jade comments, trying to diffuse the situation.
"And even then, he never even had a chance to leave his truck because you had your dad interrogate him." Tori points out, letting slip that Beck filled her in on what happened his one time there. "Just once, I want to see your house. And not just the outside, but the inside as well." She says, stopping Jade from interrupting.
"I'll think about it, okay?" Jade says, sighing as she starts her car again. "I'll come over tomorrow, and then take you out. Okay?" She asks, turning to face Tori again.
"Okay." Tori answers, nodding. 'But only because I will find out.' She adds to herself, getting out of Jade's car after giving her a brief kiss.
As soon as Tori enters her house, Jade pulls away, unaware of what the young half-Latina is planning. "You're smirking. Why?" Her father, Officer David Vega, asks after Tori closes the door behind her.
"Can you drop me off at Jade's?" Tori asks, not answering her father.
"Didn't she just drop you off? Why didn't you head home with her?" David asks, worrying something happened between his daughter and her girlfriend, the only person any of his daughters has ever dated that he likes. Though that's simply because Jade's not at risk of making Tori a teen mom.
"I didn't think of it until now, and she doesn't have the time to turn around and get me." Tori lies, knowing her father sees through it.
"Okay." David says, standing up and grabbing his keys, watching his youngest. "I'm not helping you kill her, am I?" He asks, knowing too many stories about 'innocent people' killing their spouse and no one thinking it possible.
"No, I assure you no one's going to die." Tori answers honestly, leaving the thought of Tori possibly dying when Jade sees her at the West house. "I swear on Abuelita's grave." She says seriously, her right hand over her heart.
"Fine." David says, letting out a sigh of relief, knowing Tori never lies when mentioning his mother who was close with Tori before the elder Vega woman passed away.
Ten minutes later, David is pulling up to Jade's house, thanks to Tori's directions, though worried since she didn't tell him where she got the directions from, and watches as she gets out. "See you later, dad." Tori tells him, giving him a hug before fully out of the car.
"Call me if you need me." David says, releasing the hug.
"Will do." Tori says before heading to the door. "You know, for being such a nice place, you'd think they'd have a gate or something." She mumbles to herself as she heads to the door when her father pulled away.
"Who the hell is at the door?" Tori hears Jade yell after knocking a few times. "Look, we're busy, so you can just…" Jade starts, stopping when she sees Tori. "What the hell are you doing here?" She asks in a whisper, pushing Tori out and closing the door before Tori had a chance to look in.
"I wanted to see why you were so eager to get home and why I wasn't allowed over." Tori says, trying to look in the door window for a hint, seeing nothing thanks to the curtain over the window.
"Like I said, it's nothing. Okay?" Jade says, her hands behind her back. "How did you get here?" She asks, knowing Tori doesn't have a license and Trina destroyed both their bikes, how Jade didn't want to know, and it was too far for Tori to walk in such a short time.
"I got a ride." Tori says, not giving away her dad. "Why do you smell like ammonia?" She asks, catching the brief smell from Jade.
"What are you talking about?" Jade asks quickly, backing up.
"Jade. Tell me what's going on. Now. Or I call my dad and tell him you're killing someone in there." Tori warns, getting tired of the secret.
"Fine. But you can't tell anyone. Not Beck, not Cat, not even Andre or your dad. Got it?" Jade tells her, raising a hand to point at Tori, forgetting about the glove encasing her hand.
"Deal." Tori asks, thinking her 'threat' was the truth.
"Fine. Let's go." Jade says, grabbing Tori's hand and opening the door. "Dad!" She yells, making Tori jump.
What surprises Tori the most is what she sees when her girlfriend's father enters the small hallway. Instead of being dressed in a Hazmat suit covered in blood, like she expected, he's dressed in his normal business clothes, a pair of bright yellow gloves on his hands, and a face mask like what doctors wear in hospitals. "Oh, you invited Tori?" Mr. West asks, removing his right glove to shake Tori's hand. "Glad you came. We've been having some trouble cleaning the living room. We could really use the extra pair of hands." He says, leading her to a small closet and handing her a pair of gloves like he and Jade are wearing, a similar mask fresh in its package, and an eye mask like you see on a construction site.
"What is going on here?" Tori asks, slowly opening the package and putting the mask on as Jade and her father head into the immaculate living room and start cleaning, Jade using a brush to scrub the floor by the couch.
"Look. My father and I have this, thing, that makes us want to clean all the time." Jade answers, scrubbing the linoleum floor.
"So that's what Beck meant." Tori says, staring at Jade, her eyes wide.
"What do you mean?" Jade asks, unaware that her father left to get more cleaning supplies.
"When he said you were anal. I thought he meant you didn't want to risk getting pregnant, not that you're a clean freak." Tori says, laughing to herself.
"HE TOLD YOU!?" Jade yells, wondering how Beck knew. "HOW THE FUCK COULD HE HAVE FOUND OUT? I NEVER LET HIM OVER TO SEE!" She yells, making Tori snap out of her daze.
"Well, were you like this at his RV?" Tori asks, making Jade stop.
"Dammit." Jade says, staring at nothing. "I knew I shouldn't have cleaned his RV when he went to pick up Cat." She curses herself.
That's it for this. To any of you thinking the anal I was referring to was sexual, shame on you. Hee hee.
Though, I'm to blame for choosing that for the category, and this being rated M. Though, to be fair, it will be M in future chapters. I just wanted to get it out of the way early before I forgot.
Invader Johnny can attest to my memory issues. I forget a lot that he reminds me of.
This isn't meant to poke fun at people who are obsessed about cleaning. I know it's a serious mental issue that they can't help. This is just meant to be a little fun, Jade keeping the secret that once a week, she and her father can't help but clean their house. I couldn't resist adding in Tori thinking Beck's comment about Jade being anal being about 'butt sex' though.
What does that say about me?
Anyway, A is out of the way, and B is next. Hint, B gets a bit of an M rating. You'll see. Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! *cough cough* Stupid hairballs.
See you next time. Hope you liked it an review.
Blessed Be.