Ch.2
Hey guys! Thanks so much for checking this story out. I will hopefully keep posting at regular intervals. Also, somebody brought to my attention that this story-or the premises of a Jori fic involving Beck and time travel- isn't the most original. I assure you guys that my work is 100% my work and I wouldn't steal ideals from others; although, some of you guys are really talented. Okay…enough of that! Enjoy, and please review!
Why Cat Valentine thought it was okay to mix random chemicals in a closed setting Tori would never know. She had been sitting in the front of her chemistry class, waiting to present her project next, when the bubbly redhead had caused a miniature eruption of surprisingly epic proportions. Now, the lanky latina was soaked through and through from the neck down.
Currently, Tori was in the girl's restroom pulling her sticky shirt away from her skin. The whole concoction smelled of eggs and chlorine, a unique combination that kept her fighting off the urge to vomit. "This is so stupid." She muttered before finally deciding to just pull the t-shirt over her head.
That's how a sobbing blonde had found her; standing in only her wet jeans and simple blue bra, while trying to dry her shirt under the hand dryer.
"Um, are you okay?" Tori asked. She didn't bother to try and cover herself, she was fit and knew it.
The blonde sniffled, obviously embarrassed to have been caught crying in a bathroom. "No." She said with a pathetic crack in her voice.
Tori wanted to turn back to worrying about her own predicament but that wasn't in her nature. Always the ever helpful one, she put on a cautious, friendly smile. "You sure about that…because you look like you could use a hug?" She put her arms out in a goofy invitation.
"You're shirtless." The crying girl deadpanned.
"And smelly." Tori didn't hesitate.
The blonde smiled despite herself and shook her honey colored locks softly. "I'll
pass but thank you."
"If you say so." Tori said easily. She returned her damp shirt to the warm air of the dryer, starting up the whirl of sound again.
The blonde watched, slightly intrigued for a moment, before deciding to splash cold water on her face. Her mascara had started to run and her nose was red, she looked a complete mess. She saw the tan girl cock a brow at her when she dipped down to rinse her mouth out.
"So," Tori started lightly. "what brings you here?"
"Oh the usual." The blonde rolled her hazel eyes.
"Boy problems?" Tori chuckled.
"Boy problems. Although, I never thought I'd end up in this situation." The girl cocked her head thoughtfully, leaning back against the sink.
Tori's mouth pulled down at the corners. "You're not pregnant are you? Because, I don't think I can do anything about that."
"Were you planning on doing something about me?" The girl cocked a curious brow.
"I'm your everyday bathroom superhero, helping people is what I do."
"Nothing else?" The other girl said smartly.
Tori smiled, liking this girl's attitude. She was obviously going through something rough but she was able to joke around with a half-naked stranger who saw her wipe her nose on her shirt. It was refreshing. "I have many talents."
"Wow, did you really just say that?" The blonde giggled.
Tori laughed. "I never said flirting was one of them."
"Is that what you're doing?" The girl asked, her tone belaying her surprise.
"Are you still thinking about that idiot you were crying about?" Tori grinned. It wasn't that she was gay, it was just that she was not not gay. She didn't actively hide her interest in other girls, it was just that it had never come up. It wasn't like she was dating anyone anyways for the subject to come up.
"Surprisingly…no." She flashed a cute dimple. "I shouldn't be anyways though, he has a girlfriend."
"Oh no, let me guess. You found out today?" Tori shook her head sympathetically.
"No, I knew. It just wasn't until someone walked in on me blowing him that I realized that maybe I was better than the closet quickie." The simple way with which she admitted it made Tori smile again. Just because the girl was being naughty with some other girl's boyfriend didn't make her any less attractive, and Tori was finding her very attractive.
The girl's blonde hair was thick, hanging down past her shoulders in large curls. She was well endowed to say the least, and her low cut, tight red tank top left her cleavage the center of attention. The simple black skinny jeans hung low on her hips, drawing Tori's attention to her firm looking ass. The knee high, leather boots had a small skinny heel that gave her overall look a sexy finish.
"You're definitely better than a closet quickie. Movie theater parking lot quickie at the least." Tori cocked a sexy grin, her playful brown eyes sparkling.
"You're terrible."
"I'm Tori." She retorted.
"Melissa." The blonde laughed, her dimple making another appearance.
Tori just let her eyes roam over the other girl's body before humming in acceptance. Tossing her still slightly damp shirt back over her head, she pulled out her phone. Luckily, it hadn't gotten ruined when her ditsy friend's experiment had exploded.
"Melissa, cute." She held her phone out. "That name would look better in my contacts list."
"Oh please, stop flirting with me!" Melissa giggled, her earlier distress seemingly forgotten. "And call me Mel."
"Will do." Tori replied right before the bell rang.
Jade was wiping the steam from the bathroom mirror when Tori came strutting up behind her. "Proud of yourself?"
"Just a little." Tori smirked. She leaned down to peck her wife's cheek before reaching over the shorter woman's bare shoulder to grab her toothbrush.
The whole bathroom was encased in a damp warmth and smelled like vanilla and honey. Tori loved the way her wife smelled; especially, after getting out of the shower. Toothbrush in mouth, the tall woman turned at the soft patter of approaching footsteps coming from outside the doorway. Slowly, the door crept open to reveal a grumpy looking four year old.
"Mommy!" The little girl huffed.
Jade, who was sitting on the ledge of the large bathtub, shot Tori a knowing smirk. "Wil goo mor nig prin chez!" Tori greeted with just as much enthusiasm as her first child.
The little girl, who was the spitting image of Jade with her pale skin and dark locks, let herself be scooped up and placed her small hands on Tori's cheeks and shook the woman's head from side to side. "I'm mad at you mommy."
Tori ignored her wife's poorly muffled chuckles. "What's the matter, Emelia?"
"You no wake me up and I miss Mr. Googly!" She accused.
Tori chuckled at her child's stormy expression, it was so like her wife's that for a moment Tori thought to cower. "Well guess what little girl, you're in luck! Mr. Googly just happens to be on the t.v. all day today."
"Really?" Emelia's blue eyes twinkled excitedly.
"Really, Mr. Googly is on when I demand." Tori joked.
Jade groaned at her wife's corny attempt at a play on words. "Oh god, you don't get any better with age."
Tori didn't care and neither did her little partner in crime. The four year old was happier now that she could watch her favorite show like usual. "Princess," Tori said after cradling Jade's double for a moment. "mommy has gotta get ready for work now. How about if Mama takes you downstairs for breakfast?"
"Tori…" Jade started. Her annoyance was apparent only to her wife.
"Can Carson come too?" Emelia asked sweetly, hating to leave her new baby brother out of anything.
Jade moved past her wife to go back into their bedroom as Tori kept up conversation with their four year old. "Of course he can! I can't believe the little man is still sleeping."
"He was tired after the zoo like me mommy." Emelia said logically drawing an endearing smile from her mother.
Tori had taken her family out to zoo the day before. It was the first time since Carson had been born a couple months ago that they had finally settled down enough to be able to focus on the fun things again. She had loved spending time with her three favorite people and even Jade, who was usually grumpy around large crowds, had entertained Emelia with bubbly conversation for hours.
"Tori," Jade said, appearing in the doorway before the other two females. "I thought we agreed I would be able to get back to work on my script today?"
"I know," Tori began in an attempt to placate her wife. "I know. But, baby, Robbie texted me a few minutes ago to remind me about the demo. I promised him months ago that I'd sponsor it."
"I know what you promised him." Jade was getting that annoyed look in her blue eyes.
Tori sighed. She knew that it was her fault for forgetting her meeting this morning and that Jade's wrath was much deserved. "Look, it'll only take a couple of hours, I swear. I'll be back before noon and then I'll take this munchkin off of your hands."
Emelia squealed in delight when her tall mommy began tickling her. "Alright," Jade said smiling at the sight of the silly pair. "but be back before noon or you're in serious trouble."
"Yeah, mommy! Serious troubles!" Emelia wagged a tiny finger in Tori's grinning face.
"Aw, poor Vega. Did you have an accident?" Jade sneered as Tori plopped down beside her at their usual lunch table.
The Asphalt Café was busy as usual with students swarming the Grub Truck. Tori watched candidly as Mel passed her table up and sat down with a group of girls the latina didn't recognize.
"You know exactly what happened Jade, you're just being a gank." Tori snapped. It was partially Jade's fault she was sticky and smelled something foul.
Jade just smirked. That look always made Tori want to reach over and smack the dark girl across her pretty face, or kiss her. Usually, option number two. But Tori did neither as she held back a little sigh when Beck threw his arm across the pale teens shoulders while placing two burritos down on the red table.
"Hey Tori." Beck nodded easily.
"Beck." Tori smiled. They all turned suddenly when they heard a high pitched scream and weren't surprised when Cat bounded over to Tori, wrapping the tan girl in a bear hug.
"Tori! I am so sorry!" Cat was like a chipmunk on crack. Tiny and adorable, but rabid with energy.
Tori just hugged her back and gave her an understanding look. "It's okay, it's not really your fault."
"It's all her fault." Jade drawled.
"Quit being mean." Tori hissed, when Cat's cute face started to crumble and a tremble began in her lips. "It's okay Cat. I know it was an accident."
"But now it's my fault you smell funny!" Cat nearly sobbed.
"Yeah it is." Andre chuckled, coming up behind the group. When he saw Tori roll her eyes he just laughed harder. They shared a fist bump before he slid down in his usual spot next to his best friend. "But don't worry, she's still hot."
Tori again just shook her head. Andre was the best for ego boosting and conversation diversions. "You are still hot." Cat said thoughtfully.
The lanky girl felt her face heat up. Cat could be so easily distracted sometimes. "Hey Cat, where's Robbie?" Tori asked. She knew it was her happy friend's secret favorite subject.
"He said he had to fix his locker. Somebody vandalized it again."
The whole group just let that one go. With Rex attached to Robbie, it made the awkward curly headed boy a target for all types of bullying. The puppet had probably offended someone, like he did on a usual basis, and Robbie was being punished for not knowing how to keep either of his mouths closed.
"I wonder what he did this time." Andre said aloud.
"Does it matter? The boy's a freak."
"You don't have to be such a jerk all the time Jade." Tori defended her weird friend.
"You don't have to say what everyone else is thinking all the time." Jade mocked in a faux southern belle accent.
"You know I don't sound like that!" Tori snapped. What she saw in the infuriating brunette should would never know. "And no one here thinks Robbie is a freak but you." But she didn't sound very convincing.
Jade West was constantly out to make her life a living hell. Ever since transferring to Hollywood Arts, Jade would make it a point to try to point out everything she thought wrong with Tori. It was like she couldn't believe that someone could actually genuinely care about others feelings to the point of selflessness.
Tori wanted to scream when the dark haired beauty just mocked her again. Being near the girl was both a gift and a curse. On one hand, she got to stare at her up close- in a non-creepy stalker sort of way- and on the other, she was forced to deal with her brutal attacks on her persons on a daily basis.
"Hey you two, knock it off." Andre said easily, trying to put a stop to their bickering.
"Yeah, Jade be nice." Beck smiled down at his girlfriend before pulling her into a kiss. Tori fought the urge to gag and just rolled her eyes instead. She'd much rather be arguing with Jade, than watching the other girl suck face with her boyfriend. At least when they were fighting, Jade's attention was on her.
Oh god, Tori thought. I'm becoming pathetic.
For months now, Tori had been thinking more and more about the means spirited girl. It had started around the time when she had helped Jade put on that play. She hadn't just found her a sponsor but had spent hours on end watching the other girl do something she loved. It was so new, being around a happy, smiling Jade. The usually sneering girl looked warmer somehow, and that had warmed Tori in turn- in more ways than one.
"Are you listening to me?"
"Huh?" Tori said dumbly. She had been spacing out again, another recent side effect of falling for Jade West.
Andre let it slide. "I asked if you were going to that party this weekend."
"Oh. I don't really know dude. It's not really my style."
Jade pulled back, for what Tori assumed was a much needed breath, and then shook her at the latina. "Too goody goody for a rave?"
Tori felt her ire rising once again. Jade really knew how to press her buttons. If only she knew how good I can really be. "You know what. I'll be there."