"…and then I stuttered out how nice her eyes are."

Only thinking about her weird slip up earlier that day caused Tori's cheeks to redden and the snort that sounded through the line didn't really help to ease her embarrassment. "You're such a loser." Tori could only imagine the massive grin that Trina must be sporting in that moment. "What happened then?"

"Nothing. I went into the living room, completely mortified, and as soon as Jade came back out of the bathroom Cat dragged her out of the apartment." Tori sighed, squeezed her eyes shut and rubbed her forehead. "Robbie thankfully didn't say anything about it and neither did Cat when she came back home."

Tori had been so relieved when neither of them had addressed her about it. She really wouldn't have known what to say and she can just hope that Cat and Robbie wouldn't mention it tomorrow. This weird feeling she got when she had looked at Jade, the massive pull she felt towards the other woman when she looked into her – really pretty – eyes, was definitely something completely new to her. She never felt that way towards anybody, especially not on the first meeting.

"Well, don't worry about it. It's not like you did something bad."

"Yeah, I know. But… 'She has really nice eyes'? Why did I say that? It just bubbled out of me. That was so stupid."

Trina laughed at her sister's obvious embarrassment. "Yeah. But hey, as long as she didn't tell that Jade girl, you shouldn't be too concerned. Although it would be so funny if she would confront you about it."

Tori released a loud groan at Trina's words and threw her head back. "Cat probably thinks I'm an idiot now," Tori whined, pulling her blanket tighter around her body.

"No, she doesn't. Don't worry so much, sis. She probably forgot about it already."

…

Meanwhile, only one room further down the hall, Cat frowned and put the bridal magazine down, turning her body towards Robbie. "Is Tori gay?"

Robbie froze, knitting his eyebrows together and turning his eyes towards Cat. "Uh… I don't think so? You don't think that just because of the comment about Jade's eyes right?" Cat raised her eyebrows and bit her lip, continuing to look at her fiancé with curiosity radiating out of every pore. Robbie sighed and turned back to his phone. "I don't know. She was never interested in girls when we went to school together."

"Huh." Cat turned away and fixed her eyes on the wall across from their bed. "Maybe I'll ask her tomorrow," she mentioned casually.

"What?!" Cat flinched at Robbie's outburst and looked at him with wide eyes. Robbie quickly put his phone down. "You can't ask Tori if she's gay."

"Why not?"

Robbie pushed out a loud breath and shook his head. "You don't ask people if they're gay. It's not… not…" He fished for a fitting word, repeatedly opening and closing his mouth. "It's not the etiquette," he finally spluttered out. Cat's mouth stood open as she looked at her fiancé for a few seconds before bursting out in laughter. "It's not the etiquette?"

"It's not! She might feel uncomfortable with you asking her. Especially since she only met you today."

Cat slowly nodded and then shrugged her shoulders. "Well then you ask her."

"No," he squeaked out, almost offended, and caused Cat's amused smile to widen. "No one will ask her. Not you, not me. If she's gay she has to come out by herself, not being forced out by a small redhead."

Cat sighed. "Okay. I won't ask her." Curious eyes flicked over Robbie's face. "Does it make you uncomfortable that Tori might be gay?"

"No," Robbie sighed and looked away from Cat, "No, of course not. It's just, I know what you are thinking." He paused and turned to shoot Cat a pointed look. "And if Jade knew what kind of ideas settled into your head, she would kill you with her bare hands."

Cat's smile abruptly fell and she looked down at her hands. "I just think it's time for her to…" She trailed off when she couldn't find the right words, her hands wildly waving in front of her. An exasperated sigh flew out of her mouth. "I think she shouldn't be alone anymore."

Robbie briefly closed his eyes and shook his head. He understood Cat. Hell, he wanted to see Jade happy again too. It had been way too long since he saw her really smile, that kind of smile that made her eyes sparkle. To hear that kind of laugh that made her nose crinkle. But Jade showed no interest in dating and if he was completely honest, he didn't think Jade was anywhere near of being over Amelia, even three years after her death. "She still loves her," he softly said and watched the sliver of sadness that always arouse whenever Lia was mentioned, wash over his fiancée's face.

"I know she does. But Robbie, Lia won't come back. She won't." She sadly shook her head. "I want Jade to be happy again."

"Me too. But you can't force anything on her." Robbie shifted closer to his fiancée, put his arm around her small body and rested his chin on top of her head. "She didn't let Amelia go. Believe me, I understand you and I know that Jade really has to move on some time but…" He sighed quietly, Cat snuggling into him. "She just… she misses her."

"It's not healthy." Cat furrowed her eyebrows at her own words and quickly corrected herself. "I mean, it's not healthy in a way of… shutting everyone out and… being alone all of the time. She just goes out to work, buys herself some food so that she won't starve and visits Aiden and us. That's all she does and I don't think… that that's so good."

"Had I known that Tori would stir up such worry in you, I wouldn't have let her come here," Robbie joked and heard Cat sigh.

"The worry was there before Tori came. It's just…" Cat pulled away and looked at Robbie with a small smile on her face, lightly shrugging her shoulders. "Wasn't it cute? Tori getting all flustered and blushing? I thought that was cute."

"Well, cupid," Robbie spoke up, smiling and raising his eyebrows, "Keep your arrows away from Tori and Jade. And don't set your hopes too high on Tori's… sexuality. When we were still in school she often got into pretty awkward situations. It's just who she is. A lovable, little klutz."

Cat shrugged and picked the magazine back up. "If you say so."

…

The next day, Cat got a slight glimpse of the klutzy side of Robbie's brunette friend.

The loud clank of the ceramic cup as it crashed down on the kitchen floor, red shards flying everywhere as the cup broke, made Cat flinch and Tori's mouth fall open. "Oh my God! Cat, I'm so sorry." Tori quickly crouched down and started to collect the broken pieces, her cheeks turning almost the same color as the red cup she just destroyed. "I'm so clumsy. I'll buy you a new one, I promise."

After blinking a couple of times, Cat shook her head and let out a laugh. "Don't be ridiculous. You don't need to buy a new one. It was just a cup. Accidents happen." She kneeled down too and began helping Tori.

"Still, I'm sorry. It's just… you know when I'm nervous I get all clumsy and I talk about stupid things. I'm just… I'm horrible." The brunette shook her head and got up, throwing the handful of red shards in the trash. Cat did the same, then shot Tori a comforting smile. "Why are you nervous?"

Just realizing what little information she let slip, Tori's eyes momentarily widened before she let out a defeated sigh. "I don't know," she whined and plopped down on one of the kitchen chairs, "Everything is just so new and… strange."

Cat's smile stayed firmly on her lips as she took a seat across from Tori. "You don't have to be nervous. You're not alone." Cat's hand softly squeezed Tori's arm. "You have Robbie and you have me. We're going to help you settle in."

"That's really nice of you." Tori smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "You don't even know me."

"So? Then we'll get to know each other." Cat winked at her and raised her eyebrows. "And we can start today. First information: Jade comes by every Sunday. Sooo, that means today."

With a smirk on her lips Cat waited for Tori to react. She nodded slowly, her lips pressed together. "Oh. She comes by every Sunday?"

Cat nodded. "Yeah. It's kind of a tradition. We started it… a couple of years ago." Tori saw something flicker over Cat's face for a brief moment before the redhead concealed it with a smile. "We cook together."

"That's nice." Tori nodded uncomfortably. The eye thing from yesterday had been humiliating enough for her. What if something like that would happen to her again? She'll shoot herself, she's sure about that. "When is she coming?"

"Oh, pretty soon I guess."

And just an hour later the doorbell rang and signaled Jade's arrival.

Tori stayed in the kitchen with Robbie as Cat jumped up and went to open the door. She could hear their muffled voices mingling, then, the black-haired woman stepped into the kitchen, followed by the redhead, and Tori feared that the loud thudding of her heart might be so loud that she'd hear it. She went to Robbie first, giving him a quick hug and then turned to Tori, shooting her a light smile. "Tori," was her simple greeting accompanied with a nod.

"Hey. Nice to see you again."

The smile turned into a smirk as she nodded her head. "Yeah. We'll see about that."

…

Thankfully, the day had gone by without much awkwardness. They cooked, or more Jade and Robbie did, while Cat and Tori just settled for chopping vegetables and doing the easy things, given that both of them weren't really the best cooks. Getting to know Jade however, for what Tori almost had a desperate urge to, had proven to be much more difficult than Tori had imagined. Tori had never encountered a person quite like Jade. She was so different. Almost a mystery. She hadn't talked very much the whole day besides quietly murmuring to Robbie about what ingredients to use, cracking a joke now and then or talking to Cat about the wedding. She did ask Tori about her decision to move to New Jersey and the fact that the brunette was hired as a vocal coach seemed to interest her. But that was about all conversation that went on between Tori and the black-haired woman and it irked Tori quite a bit that it bothered her so much. She really wanted to get to know her, for which reason, she wasn't so sure yet. Jade just captivated her from the very beginning, something about her just seemed… interesting.

The apartment was dimly lit, the evening sky already splattered with sparkling stars. Robbie had retired to his office – which also happened to be Tori's makeshift bedroom – saying he had to prepare something for work, leaving only Tori and Cat. Tori quietly stepped into the living room, her eyes falling on Cat sitting on the sofa, neatly placing a stack of light pink envelopes and some kind of cards on the coffee table. When Tori came closer, Cat looked up and a soft smile immediately appeared on the smaller woman's face. "Hey Tori."

"Hey. Mind if I sit with you a little bit?"

Cat shook her head and scooted over on the sofa, patting a spot beside her. "Not at all. Come here." Tori smiled in thanks and took the place next to Cat, crunching her eyebrows as she let her eyes wander over the things on the coffee table. "Oh, are those your wedding invitations?"

"Yep," Cat cheerfully said and brightly smiled, "It's time for us to send them out."

The invitations were pink, the same color as the envelopes, the letters printed on the paper in a fancy looking swirly font. Tori watched as Cat took one of the envelopes and carefully put one of the invitation cards into it. "Can I help you with that?"

The redhead looked up, shrugging her shoulders. "You don't have to. But if you want to, feel free."

Tori got to work as soon as Cat finished her sentence, mimicking Cat's actions. They began talking about anything possible, like Tori's old life in Los Angeles, about their families and about everything that came to mind. Soon, the living room was filled with laughter and for the first time since she got here, Tori didn't feel out of place or afraid of saying a wrong word. After a while, Cat left Tori to put the invitations in the envelopes and settled for writing out the addresses on the already finished ones.

"Aiden West," Cat smiled at Tori and waved the already mailable invitation for Aiden in her hand, "That's Jade's brother."

"Speaking of Jade," Tori started casually, her eyebrows furrowed as she placed another invitation in an envelope. If Jade wasn't the big talker, maybe Tori could get some information out of Cat. She is her best friend after all. Her mind traveled back to the dinner and settled on the image of a ring glinting at Jade's left ring finger. "Is Jade engaged or married or something?"

The question seemed harmless enough to Tori but when she saw Cat freeze and that indescribable look appeared on Cat's face, she immediately regretted even thinking about asking. "Wh-Where would you get that idea?"

"The ring she wears," Tori slowly explained and carefully watched Cat's reactions, "I just assumed."

Cat nodded and turned back to the invitations, frowning. It was quiet for almost a minute when Cat finally answered. "She was engaged."

Tori's eyebrows knitted together. "Was?"

Cat only nodded her head again and busied herself with rearranging the already finished invitations on the table. A little voice in the back of Tori's mind told her that she should just keep her mouth shut and change the topic but the nagging curiosity got the best of her. "So… they broke up? Then why is she still wearing the ring?"

Tori noticed that Cat looked more than uncomfortable and as the redhead locked her hands in her lap and shifted her body towards Tori, she was surprised to see sadness overshadowing her eyes. "Her fiancée… Amelia… she died three years ago."

"Oh… Oh, I'm so… sorry. That was so insensitive."

A weak smile appeared on Cat's lips as she waved Tori off. "No, no it wasn't. You couldn't have known." It was silent, before Tori got the courage to speak up again. "How did she… I mean, what happened?"

Cat took a deep breath and straightened up, spending the next half an hour talking about how Jade's fiancée lost her life.

A/N: So I think I should post a little 'warning' or whatever. There will be more scenes like the one in the last chapter with Amelia and Jade. I know some people don't like to read anything that has one of the two main people (in this case Jade) with someone else. But it's going to be like that so... yeah. There will be Jori of course but also a little... I don't know what to call them, Jamelia? That sounds kinda egyptian, ha. Nah, I'll stay with Amelia and Jade.