Chapter 3
I packed the diaper bag for my mother triple checking to make sure she has absolutely EVERYTHING. Two onesies, a full container of formula, multiple bottles and nipples, his favorite two pacifiers, and an unopened pack of baby wipes. I am hoping that is enough until tonight.. You know what let's throw in one more onesie just to be safe.
After a long goodbye to my baby boy and a quick kiss goodbye to my mother I run up stairs to shower and get dressed for girls night with Cat and Jade. I have to plan this just right seeing on how I Kind of used Cat to trick Jade into hanging out with us. I don't know how I am going to get her to stay once she sees I am there though. Maybe I will just borrow a pair of handcuffs from my dad. Nah that is a bit much, although I wouldn't mind using those cuffs on her in priv.. NO TORI! BAD! Just get dressed and go meet you FRIENDS at Cats house. I had to beg Trina to drop me off and let her have whatever dress she wanted from my closet.
Once I get to Cats I stay back a little to wait for Jade. It would be better to convince her to stay before Cat finds out I may have stretched the truth a bit. When I see her pull up I walk behind her as she steps out of her car. As soon as my hand touches her shoulder she screams and throws a punch right into my jaw. I am starting to think she is not just all bark like Robbie and Cat say she is because those freaking punches hurt. Once I am on the ground she stats to calm herself down all while scolding me for trying to scare her. Not my honest intention but I can see how it might have seemed that way.
"VEGA! What the hell is wrong with you? You are lucky it wasn't my scissors instead of just a fist. What the hell are you doing here anyway? Wait; don't tell me Cat invited you too?" Jade basically yelled at me through her entire rant.
I am still holding my jaw trying to ease some of the pain. When I tell her "Well actually the girls' night was my idea but I knew you would never go for it if you knew I would be there so I convinced Cat to keep it a surprise."
"I'm going home" she said with a blank face as she started getting back in her car.
I rushed to get up and grabbed her wrist "Wait! Please just stay? If not then for Cat, she is really looking forward to tonight and she was so happy when I said we were becoming friends." I try to put on my most desperate face. I really don't want to let Cat down after I already lied to her for my own benefit. How could I be so stupid to think this was a good idea?
"Why would Cat think we are friends?" she's squinting her eyes and looking at me like she knows the answer she just wants me to incriminate myself.
"I kind of told her we were turning into really good friends so she would convince you to come to a girls' night with us."
"Oh, so now you think I should help you because you lied to Cat" her tone is in no way friendly. Okay, why do I feel more threatened then I was earlier.
"Jade please! I will do anything just come to girls' night and don't tell Cat what I did. Please?" I am pleading at this point but I still feel like I am going to lose this and hurt Cat. I can't believe I lied to her for this. The only thing I am not doing is getting on my knees and kissing her boots.
"What do I get if I stay Vega?" She lifts a pierced eyebrow like she is actually contemplating on staying. Wait she might stay?
"Umm. I don't know what do you want?" I try not to look to desperate now but I know I am failing miserably.
"You bring me coffee at school every day in school for a month." She says her scowl turning into a smirk. God how sexy is that smirk. DAMN IT TORI! We discussed this; you are basically drooling just because of a damn smirk how are you going to get through a whole night with her if you can't look at her without getting hot in your pants.
"DEAL!" I am almost jumping with joy.
"And you are paying for Nozus tonight." She exclaims as she pushes past me ultimately pushing me into her car with force. My smile falls instantly but at least I got what I wanted right. Just won't be able to go clothes shopping this month.
When we get into Cat's house she looked kind of surprised that we were both standing next to each other. "I thought you being here was supposed to be a surprise Tori?"
"Oh trust me Cat she surprised me alright. She even got a nice surprise to go along with it." Jade chuckled as she looked at Tori rubbing her jaw once again showing that she was still in pain.
"Oh that was sweet Jade what did you get her? I hope it was a stuffed animal, those are always sweet to give someone." The optimistic redhead was oblivious to what happened outside.
"I don't think Jade gives presents that are that sweet Cat. By the way, you wouldn't happen to have an ice pack or a frozen bag of peas would you? I hit my jaw on something on the way over and I am still a little sore." I explained while glaring daggers at Jade which only seems to make her smirk grow. I'm starting to think she knew it was me and just wanted to punch me.
"Of Course! My brother would always run around after his imaginary friends and hit his head on the doors when he forgot to open them so we have a stash of Ice packs in the freezer." She rambled as she got me an ice pack.
"Okay, enough stupid stories. Tori and I thought it would be an "Awesome" idea to go get some sushi and Nozus Cat." The goth made sure to put a special emphasis when saying "awesome", I wonder what she is planning. "Oh, and Tori said she would pay for all of us!" Jade just had to add that with an extra big sarcastic smile while my mouth is opening and closing like a damn fish.
"Aww thank you!" Cat said while giving me a bone crushing bear hug. "Let me just grab my purse and we can go." I watched still mouth agape as the redhead skipped down the hallway.
I am snapped out of my thoughts as I feel Jade come up from behind me and whisper "I am going to make you regret lying to Cat." She walks past me acting like nothing had happened. While I should either feel guilt or fear, I'm just trying to keep my emotions in check as all I could focus on was how close Jades body was to mine and how her breath felt on my ear.
When Cat came back and opened the door she snapped me out of my daze, "Tori, are you coming? If you are paying for it you might want to actually be there to benefit from it" She jokes as she holds the door for me and I walk out the door with my head down trying to hide the blush that had my face feeling like it was on fire.
The drive to the restaurant wasn't too bad. It was mainly quiet except for the music playing. When Jade noticed I forgot to put on my seat belt she made sure to do a very abrupt "Break Check" ending me with my already sore jaw and nose roughly hitting the back of the passenger seat. She said she thought she saw a cat run out into the street so Cat wouldn't get suspicious. There is the problem when you hang out with a bunch of aspiring actors and actresses; there is no trying to argue with them they will always win. I should have written my will before planning this stupid girls' night.
We enter a packed Nozus and were surprised when we were able to be seated immediately, apparently it was only full because someone decided to throw a birthday party there and that area was blocked off to other customers. Our table was quiet, none of us willing to break the ice first. Cat decided to use the bathroom before we start eating and I used that moment to try and reason with Jade.
"Please Jade I am really sorry for lying to Cat and I have been feeling guilty but I only did it to try and be friends with you. I thought it would make her happier knowing that two of her friends were getting along." I feel like I am getting absolutely nowhere with this chick.
She gave me a scrutinizing glare "You lied to my friend and think I should like you for that? Are you that delusional Vega?"
Okay I am starting to get mad now. "I only lied because you won't even give me a chance to be your friend! I am sorry for what happened with you and Beck; I honestly didn't expect him to actually kiss me. Hell! I would have rather him not kiss me!"
She rolls her eyes at my outburst and continues to sip her coffee. When Cat comes back she is jumping up and down rambling about something and we should go do it or something. Trying to understand a jumping rambling Cat speaking at 200 words per minute is a little hard to decipher. Jade grabs her by her shoulders and clamps a hand over her mouth. "Cat, when I take my hand away from your mouth you better speak like a human." Jade says stern and slowly.
"They have karaoke and the birthday party is just about to leave so it will be open for everyone again. I think we should do a group song! Oh, please please please!" She is pouting at the both of us and we both crumble under the sad puppy eyes she is giving us.
"Fine!" Jade and I groan and the same time. You know we all talk about her being an airhead sometimes, but that girl knows how to get what she wants.
We had just ordered our food when I felt my phone vibrate. It was my mother telling me that they had just made it to my abuela's and that is why she couldn't text me any sooner. She also sent me a picture of Sammy being held by my abuela. I smiled and chuckled at how happy she looked holding her first grandchild.
"Oh no Vega! Girls' night was your idea you are not going to spend it on your damn phone" Jade said trying to snatch my phone away. I instantly panicked, not because I didn't want them knowing about Samuel just yet, but the chance that I might not know how Sammy is for hours until my mother gets back all because Jade wanted to take my phone away had me go into protective mother mode.
"This is important! I will only use my phone a few times but you are not taking it!" I snapped at Jade. She seemed to back away instantly. Both her and Cat seemed to be frightened at that moment. Neither has seen me like that ever.
"Tori, is everything okay? I mean if this is a bad time we can always leave after eating" Cat said looking away from me. I know I shouldn't have snapped like that but I couldn't just let her take away my only lifeline to my son for the night.
"No Cat, I am sorry I shouldn't have snapped at Jade like that. I want to hang out tonight. In fact if we don't do it tonight it might be a few weeks before I get the opportunity again. It's just I need to keep my phone on me. Please?" I try making her understand without telling them why I need my phone so bad. Cat agrees and turns back to her chipper self when I ask what song we are going to sing for karaoke. Jade, however, is trying to read through my half assed excuse and hasn't broken a smile since I snapped at her. Trying to get her to trust me is going to be a lot harder then I first thought.
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After we ate, we stayed and listened to some horrible karaoke and singing ourselves (Cat decided we should sing TLC's song "Unpretty"). After the first incident with my phone they left me be when they saw me texting, although I could tell Jade was getting more and more irritated. Jade drove us back to Cat's house and before said bye to cat. As I was getting out and pulling my phone out to tell Trina to come pick me up, Jade grabbed my arm and pulled me back in the car and drove off.
"I'm taking you home. But first, you have some things to explain." She said looking at me like I truly did owe her something. She kept stealing glances waiting for me to speak up "WELL!" she shouted waiting for me to start speaking.
"Listen Jade, I am sorry for lying to Cat and for snapping at you but I am not going to explain why I needed my phone so badly. I just hope you understand that I had to have it on me okay?"
"No it's not okay! Goody-two-shoes Vega almost snapped my head off because I reached for her damn phone! And to make matters worse she won't even give me an explanation on why. That is not okay with me Vega. If you are planning anything that will hurt Cat, no one, and I mean NO ONE will be able to find your body after I am done with you. Got me?" I don't think I have ever seen her so serious about anything. Even when threatening me she usually has a cocky smirk on her face or something. Right now she was just staring at me intently trying to get HER point across.
"Of course Jade. And I am not trying to hurt Cat at all. I lied to her once that has been the only thing that I have done that might hurt her but it is also for her. I don't understand why you can't trust me at all."
"You have never given me a reason to trust you." She says it blankly. Like it was the most exact and obvious thing she could have said to anyone. "You lead my ex on, told him to kiss you and lied to my best friend. The only person in the world who hasn't let me down. And you are still keeping secrets. You want to earn my trust Vega, show me who you really are." She finishes the conversation as she reaches over and opens the door signaling me to get out. I didn't even notice we were at my house yet.
I get out just in time to see my mother's car pulling in behind her ultimately blocking her in. My mom jumps out of the car and pulls out a crying baby handing him over to me. "Here take him while I move the car so your friend can get out. I don't know why but he did not like the ride home one bit and has been crying most of the way home." She says in an exhausted tone.
I take him but my eyes are on Jade who has a confused look in her eyes. I don't say anything and just take him into the house trying to calm him down. Thankfully a few minutes later my mom walks in and she is alone. I am hoping Jade doesn't ask questions at school on Monday. Well this did nothing but help fuel her argument about me hiding things.