As I wake up the room around me is dark. It must still be very early in the morning. I stretch out and suddenly notice something different. This is definitely not my room. Reaching out my hand as I carefully search of a lamp or something. It takes a little while until I find something. Switching on the small lamp on the nightstand I look around the room. For a moment I had no idea where I am but I remember. Question is, how did I get up here?
Still sleepy I climb out of the bed. Shaking slightly I yawn. Now what? I think for a moment before I wrap the warm blanket around myself and slowly walk down the stairs. I find Tori lying on the couch. Sitting down next to her I watch her for a moment. Even though I can barely see anything I smile watching her sleep peacefully. I think and reach out my arm, about to poke her so she'll wake up. But in the very last moment I decided not to wake her but watch a little longer instead.
After a while she starts to stir in her sleep, causing the small thin blanket pulled over her to fall off. She curls up in a tighter ball and clutches her shirt tight, pulling it up slightly exposing part of a small bruise, many of which are scattered over her back. She whines and squirm some, "Trina, no!" She whimpers in her sleep clawing at the couch.
My soft gaze turns into some hateful stare as I watch her longer. Those bruises, her sleep-talking... I don't know what exactly happened but I am darn sure if I'd know I would storm right up into her room and kill her. Judging Tori's behaviour she must have been trough something horrible.
"Vega." I shake her slightly. "Tori, wake up it's just a dream nobody is harming you" I say shaking her a little more. She jumps from her sleep and whines hiding her face shaking badly. It seems to take her some time to fully realize she was just dreaming. "Jade, don't let her hit me anymore please," she whispers after a while and buries her face in my chest, tears on her cheeks. "I just… It hurts so bad."
So I was right. That bitch did hurt her. Biting my lip I slowly wrap my arms around Tori holding her tight, fighting the urge to beat the crap out of her sister. Nothing against some mocking but physically harming someone, especially someone younger or weaker than you is just wrong, fucking wrong. Yeah, surprise, even Jade West does have some morals. I can't help it but seeing someone so seemingly defenceless in pain or fear just triggers some sort of protective instinct to kick in.
"Shhh, it's okay. It's over now. I'll make sure she won't hurt you. She'll never do that to you again." I whisper smoothing down her hair. She nuzzles up to me, pushing our bodies together so that they fit perfectly like two puzzle pieces. I pull the cover close around her to keep both of us warm as Tori starts to relax some in my arms.
Wiping her tears away quietly looking up to me she pauses before leaning up to kiss my cheek, „Thank you Jade." I blush a little as her soft lips touch my skin. What the hell was that? I am more surprised that I enjoyed it than the fact Tori friggin´ Vega just kissed me. Just a kiss on the cheek, but a kiss nonetheless.
I look down at her, smiling gently. "Hey, nobody is going to hurt you. Well, nobody excepts me maybe." I chuckle and lean my head on top of hers. „You can go back to bed, I know this couch isn't very comfortable," She whispers and wraps her arms around my waist gently holding herself close to me. "Sure." I say and gently pick her up. "But you aren't going to spend the rest of this night on this couch either" I smirk and start carrying her up the stairs towards her room.
"I guess your bed is big enough to fit us both." Wait what? We aren't even… Well I guess we did develop some sort of friendship lately. Whatever. "Well we might have to cuddle, but I'm sure we'll fit," Tori giggles and plays with my hair quietly. Freezing she glances back as we can hear music playing from Trina's room. Sighing she crawls out of my arms, "Damn it, I don't want to listen to her moan anymore."
Alright, that's it. "You go into your room." I say quietly, wrapping her into the blanket that has just been covering the two of us. I gently shove her towards the door of her room before turning to head towards Trina's room. I don't even bother to knock or anything, instead I just storm in. "You! What have you done to her?" I yell, standing in the doorway of the older Vega's room.