Jade still couldn't believe what her father had done. Two days later and she still couldn't prevent herself from crying like a little child. And how could she? Her own father had abandoned her. She didn't know why she even bothered with life right now. Once she gets home, she'll simply try again. She considered hanging. It was quicker and there certainly wasn't a way of people saving her immediately.

"Aren't you happy to go home?" Stacy said as she came in. She tried to calm Jade down since the incident the day before. She only grew fonder to the young Goth as the days passed.

"No." Jade simply answered, not bothering to look at the nurse. Jade knew that Stacy cared. She knew that she was worried. But why would Jade show affection now? It never helped, and it would be over soon.

"Well, you sure are the first one who isn't excited of getting out of the hospital."

"Whatever." Jade said as she got out of the bed. She honestly was relieved to finally get out of the hospital. It did hurt her that nobody else came to visit her though. Cat sent a message, explaining that her parents wouldn't drive her and she had no other means of getting there and asked Jade how she was. Jade knew that it was true. The Valentines never liked her because they thought that she was a bad influence on her daughter. They must be running circles out of joy now that Tori filled that spot in their daughter's life.

"Is anyone going to pick you up?" Stacy asked after a long, awkward silence. Jade only shook her head.

"My dad certainly won't do it and I don't have anyone else." Jade explained. She knew that Beck wouldn't do it. Andre had taken Beck's side after the breakup and basically distanced himself from Jade. Robbie immediately took the opportunity to take Beck's side. He had never been fond of Jade, and she didn't blame him. After everything she had said about him and done to him, she understood. Cat and Tori had always taken the neutral position. Cat didn't want any conflict with the guys while Tori did take Beck's side, but for some reason Jade didn't understand never distanced herself like the others did.

"I could call you a cab?" Stacy said, hoping to be as supportive as she could. She knew that Jade needed it.

"No, thanks. I'll walk. It's not far." Jade said as she walked out of the hospital room. She lied about the last part. It was an hour and half walk towards the place her mother and she lived. But Jade didn't mind. It would be a nice time of rethinking everything and planning a good way of leaving the world. She didn't want to screw it up again. Why live if everyone and everything basically went against her anyway.

The elevator finally stopped at the bottom floor as she got out and walked outside. After taking a few steps she noticed the single car on the parking lot. After a better look, she saw Tori standing there, leaning on her Mustang and waiting for something. Jade curiously walked over to the car. She didn't expect to see Tori of all people ever again. Not after what Jade had said.

"Vega?" Jade said in a confused tone. Tori only opened the passenger door and walked around to the driver's side, getting in the car without saying a single word. Jade stood there confused, looking at the girl who didn't even bother to glance back at the Goth. Jade got in the passenger seat and closed the door, turning her head to look at the girl who had saved her life not four days ago. "What are you doing here?" Jade finally asked. Tori's expression was cold. Emotionless. It was something Jade had never seen on the young half Latina.

"I'm driving you home." Tori said as she reversed out of the parking lot and drove off towards Jade's house.

"But… why? How did you?" Jade stuttered, confused at what was going on.

"Cat told me about what happened." Tori simply said and turned on the radio, increasing the tune so that a conversation was not possible. Jade looked at Tori before turning her gaze on the road. She didn't understand the girl. She never did before but now it really didn't make any sense. The last time they talked Jade blamed Tori for everything. Now, Tori was doing her another favor. Why? Maybe Cat asked her to.

After a twenty minute drive, Tori stopped in front of Jade's place. She parked her car in Jade's driveway and turned the ignition. Both girls were sitting there in silence for a while. Tori didn't look at Jade once during the whole ride and now she was only looking out of her side of the window. Jade sat there uncomfortably, trying to understand what was going on.

"Thank you for picking me up." Jade said in a weak tone. "I… I'm sorry about…"

"Don't even start." Tori said in a cold voice before leaning towards Jade's side and opening the passenger door for her. She didn't want to hear any half assed excuse. Tori had made a decision that day after she came back from the hospital, and she would stick to that decision.
Jade let out a long sigh before stepping out and slamming the passenger door. Tori immediately turned the ignition and drove off. Jade felt quilt overwhelm her as she watched her speed off. Jade's words must have been the straw that broke the camels back. After all those years, she finally had gotten Vega to give up on her. She wanted to apologize. She wanted to tell Tori everything. She wanted Tori to help her like she helped so many others before. Like she had helped Jade before. But now it was too late. Now Jade had screwed that up too.

Jade opened the door and walked inside the house to see her mother sitting on the couch. The stink of alcohol filled the house as Jade walked by. Miss West turned her head at the sound and looked at her daughter. She was completely wasted. Again.

"Jadelyn… my… dear. Where have… you been?" She asked with a slurry voice.

"At a friends." Jade lied.

"Oh. Okay." Her mother said before turning back around and taking another sip out of her bottle. Jade shook her head as she walked upstairs. She was gone for almost five days and her mother hadn't even noticed. The bottle was more important to her than her own daughter. She wondered how long it would have taken her mother to realize that Jade was death if her suicide had been a success.

Jade walked into her room and sat down on her bed. She covered her face with her hands as she slowly began to cry again. Her life sucked on every level possible.

She didn't know how much time had passed since she had gotten home when she heard a sound. She looked out of the window to see Cat holding on to the window. Jade opened it and Cat climbed inside, immediately wrapping both arms around the Goth, burying her face into Jade's shoulder. Jade hugged her back after a moment, leaning her head on Cat's.

"Why did you do this?" Cat asked as she looked up into Jade's eyes. Jade almost broke when she saw Cat's puffy, red eyes. She must have been crying for days now. Jade tried to separate herself from Cat, but the small redhead was not letting go. She only hugged Jade tighter, as if she wanted to prevent her from ever leaving again or even trying to. Jade looked away in shame. She didn't want to face Cat after what she had done. She never wanted to see the consequence her suicide attempt had on other people, especially Cat.

"Jade, why would you try to kill yourself?" Cat asked again, this time louder. Jade felt hot tears run down her cheek as she tried to blink the away.

"I… I…" Jade said before finally breaking down. Cat and Jade sat down on Jade's bed as Jade slowly explained everything to Cat through her sobs. She talked about the breakup with Beck. She talked about her parents. But she also talked about loosing everything to Tori and what she had told her in the hospital.

"You…you thought I replaced you with Tori?" Cat asked, crying herself the whole time.

"I don't blame you. She always listens to you and tries to help, unlike me who only yell at you or say something mean when you say something." Jade explained.

"I never replaced you with her. Jade, you are my best friend no matter what. I only didn't want to bother you with anything after the breakup. I… I thought you had bigger worries than some of my issues." Cat honestly said. It was true. She didn't want to put her issues on top of Jade's after everything.

"I can't believe that I told Vega that it was her fault."

"Look, try to talk to her once this calms down. She will forgive you. She always does." Cat tried to reassure Jade. She did understand where Jade was coming from.

"I can't believe you got her to pick me up today." Jade said with a small laugh. "It must have taken you a lot of convincing to do so."

"Uhm. I never asked her to pick you up, Jadey." Cat said as she looked at Jade.

"You didn't?"

"No. I did tell her that your dad was an idiot but that was all. I didn't even tell her what he did. I still can't believe it myself." Cat honestly said.

"If you didn't ask her… why was she there?"

"I… I guess she expected that nobody would pick you up." Cat said. Jade only shook her head in disbelief. What was going on in Tori's mind? After everything, she still decided to help her again. "Look, you can ask her tomorrow at school."

"I don't think I'll come to school." Jade said.

"Well, you are because I want to keep an eye on you. I told my parents that I'm sleeping over at Tori's tonight and I won't leave your side for a minute again. I don't care if you want me to or not but I'll stay here tonight." Cat told her.

"Cat, you don't…"

"Just quit it. You can't change my mind." Cat told her with a small smile. Jade smiled back before she found herself again in a hug. "Don't ever do this again to me." Cat said in a whisper. Jade hugged Cat back, biting her bottom lip to prevent a sob from escaping her.

"I won't. I promise."