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After The Party
Chapter 2 – In the cold hard light of day
No Ones POV.
Jade suddenly cringed upon hearing Tori say her name. Sleeping Tori was bad enough, Awake Tori was even worse. Though Jade could see one upside, at least Vega was no longer drooling in her bed.
"Yes Tori" Jade said without turning around.
"Where am I" she asked haltingly.
Jade closed her eyes and winced as if in pain, "You're in my bed"
"What happened?" Her voice was a mixture of confusion and uncertainty.
Jade briefly rubbed her face but still didn't have the courage to face Tori. "Take a guess Vega?"
Tori almost seemed to gasp. "Oh God?"
Jade looked down but still didn't turn around. "Bingo" She said in a muted tone.
It struck Jade and Tori at this moment that this was probably the most awkward conversation they had ever had. Jade couldn't help but think that if this was some teen comedy, this would actually be pretty funny. Nobody was laughing at the moment however.
After a second Jade gathered enough courage to turn around, which she did reluctantly. Tori was now sitting up in bed holding the blanket over once exposed breasts. For a split second Jade wished Tori wasn't' covered up. Her hair was a mess, giving her the look of what Jade thought was some Ultra sexy wild woman. Tori's eyes were open very wide and her entire face showed a look of shock and surprise. As terribly awkward as it was Jade found the sight strangely appealing. Though she quickly suppressed that thought.
Tori on the other hand could finally see Jade's face. Instead of the normal look of scorn that the Goth almost always had reserved for her, the expression on her face was one of fear, angst and regret. Thought it appeared there was something else in her eyes as well. Even though she had a splitting headache something about that look in Jade's eyes fascinated her greatly.
Tori's face tensed up. "Do you remember what happened Jade?"
Jade just shook her head no.
"Are you sure we?" Said Tori brushing some of the hair from her face.
Jade swallowed the lump that had begun to form in her throat. "Just seeing the bite marks on your shoulder tells me we did. I kind of like doing that when I get really worked up. You have a hickey on your neck and some scratch marks on your back which I'm sure I put there too." The words came out haltingly and Jade stumbled over a few of them.
She couldn't believe that she had said those things to Tori of all people.
It pained Jade to no end that she had told Vega such an intimate detail about her sex life. But that particular intimidate detail was now sitting as plain as day on Tori Vega's left shoulder. Normal Jade/Tori protocol had pretty much gone out the window. They were both in very new and awkward territory.
Tori cringed slightly as she slowly raised her hand and pointed Jade's shoulder "And I am pretty sure I put that one on your shoulder."
Jade suddenly bounded out of bed and rushed to the mirror on the wall. Not paying attention to the fact that she was totally nude. There on the right side of her shoulder was a hickey the size of Arizona.
Tori looked at Jade as she examined herself in the mirror but Tori's attention remained focused firmly on Jade's ass.
"What in the fuck, Vega!" Said Jade as she turned around to face Tori. Only then did Jade realize she was stark naked and suddenly became extremely self-conscious about it.
Jade Briefly turned red and dashed to her dresser and pulled out a pair of sweats and black shirt.
She had just gotten into the sweats when she noticed Tori not pointing at her chest.
"Yes Tori, there my boobs, Ok you've seen them, are you happy now?" Said Jade with a exasperated tone of voice
"No Jade, on your breasts." said Tori somewhat meekly. Jade was beginning to wonder just how more awkward and strange this conversation was going to become.
Jade looked down at her chest which she didn't look closely at until now. There on the lower side of each breast was a nice half dollar sized hickey.
Jade's mouth opened but no sound came out of it for several seconds as a look of even greater shock registered across the Goth's face. "Oh my god Tori, what is with you and hickeys" she said as she put on the t shirt.
Tori began to turn red in embarrassment; the conversation was now almost surreal. "I get a little carried away sometimes too and mark my territory. I'm bisexual by the way."
Jade simply put her hands on her temples and closed her eyes as yet again her headache seemed to intensify.
"You're killing me Vega." said jade quietly.
"I'm sorry" Tori said. Jade could detect a lot of emotion behind that simple statement, but she wasn't sure which emotions were in play.
"This is wrong" Jade blurted out. To Tori, Jade almost sounded desperate when she said it. "We just need to forget this ever happened. Got it Vega" Her voice was a mixture of anger and desperation. Though Tori could see something else in Jade's eyes, as if she was trying to hide something.
Tori vainly tried to mask her disappointment and tried to sound reassuring "It doesn't have to be wrong Jade."
"NO" She snapped. Tori could just see the walls coming back up and higher than they were before.
"But I" Tori started to plead but Jade cut her off,
"Vega, this never happened, got it!" Tori could sense desperation in Jade's slightly strained voice.
Tori just looked down and averted her gaze from Jade. "Fine" She said in a barely audible tone.
Jade disappeared out of the door for a moment and returned with a neatly folded bath blue bath towel. "Use this and take a shower. You can't go home smelling like the dumpster behind a liquor store. As soon as you're ready, I'll take you home."
Tori simply nodded and went over to Jade where she grabbed the towel from her hand and wrapped it around herself. Before she moved to leave the room she looked into Jade's eyes. No hint of emotion now. Tori had hoped this could lead to something but it appeared that now the door was closed.
Wrapped in the towel, Tori walked to the bathroom without saying a word.
The bathroom was modern with light blue walls and cream colored tiles. Tori entered, turned on the light and vent fan and then shut the door behind her.
She couldn't help that she was being dismissed, which made her feel like trash. She turned on the water and stepped into the shower. The water was warm and refreshing but it was little consolation to Tori who simply burst into tears.
She wasn't sure if Jade could hear her over the water and vent fan but she really didn't care. They were both drunk last night but instead of using this as opportunity to build on; Jade just shut her out and dismissed her. She wanted Jade and had wanted her since the first day almost but when she finally had her it went completely wrong.
She finished showering and dried off and made it back to Jade's bedroom. Jade was not there but Tori discovered that her clothes had been piled neatly on the bed. She quietly dressed and went downstairs.
Jade was sitting on a chair near the bottom of the stairs with a rather bored expression her face.
"You ready Vega?"
Tori just nodded and they proceeded to Jade's car. A tense awkward silence seemed to permeate the atmosphere in the car as they rode home. Neither of them spoke.
They arrived at Tori's house and Tori got out of the car. So many emotions were going through her she felt like she was going to bust open. She wanted to say so much to Jade but just settled on.
"Thanks for the Ride, I'll see you"
Jade just looked down as if she felt embarrassed or ashamed for a second then looked at Tori and said "Welcome Vega."
Tori stepped back and watched Jade pull out of the driveway and disappear down the road. Part of her wanted to cry again, part of her wanted to scream and yet another part of her wanted to go after Jade. On top of that her head was still pounding.
"You blew it Tori" Said Tori as she dejectedly walked to the door of her house.
Jade is in serious denial now. Keeping up that won't make things better.
Even worse is that Tori's hickey shows but Jade's don't. Sucks to be Tori doesn't it.
