It had been a couple of days since Tori and Jade had signed the papers to officially make them part of the experiment Dr. Hart was performing, and though they had told their families they were chosen, they had yet to tell their friends.
"Why do we need to tell them?" Jade huffed, lounging on the couch as Tori bustled around the kitchen, "isn't this our business?"
"Yes Jade it is our business but they're our friends and they deserve to know that, not only are we together, but we're also going to be expecting a child," Tori reminded her sternly, "besides once I am pregnant and all the hormones kick in it will be hard to hide it, and I want some emotional support."
"What I can't be your emotional support?" the goth sneered, sitting up and glaring at her.
"Please don't start that Jade, you know full well that I'm going to be relying heavily on you," the singer pleaded, giving Jade a pout.
Jade sighed and laid back down, kicking off her boots and grabbing the TV remote. She was aware that Tori was going to need emotional support when she was pregnant, all women did, but she was also hoping that she would be able to handle it all.
'Feh get real West, you know that you're going to need help as well,' Jade thought as she flicked through the channels, 'so you might as well suck it up for Tori.'
Since nothing was catching her attention per se, Jade resigned herself to keep flicking through the channels until she actually did manage to find something. However the sudden increase of weight alerted her to another presence and, looking up, she saw her girlfriend sitting on her lap with a playful smile.
"Can I help you Vega?" she asked with a smirk, pinching Tori's sides.
"You KNOW!" Tori squeaked before swatting Jade's hands, "I really hoped that once we started dating you'd stop calling me that."
"Think of it as a pet name," the pale girl offered, leaning up and kissing her cheek.
"You've been calling me that since before we were even friends."
"But I know you just love it," Jade teased in her 'Tori' voice.
"Jadelyn August West, you know that I don't talk like that," Tori attempted to scold, her smile however lessened the blow.
Jade chuckled and laid back down on the couch, pulling Tori down with her so she was resting her hag on her chest.
"Jade I have to make sure none of the food burns!" Tori said as she squirmed around in Jade's hold.
"The food will be fine for a few moments Tori," the thespian stated keeping jet hold on her girlfriend, "besides why do you have to cook anyways?"
"I'm making some homemade Mexican pizzas for us to have, Rachel's never had it before so I promised to make some," Tori explained happily.
Jade chuckled and rolled her eyes at her girlfriend's excitement, leaning up and giving her another kiss. Tori happily returned the kiss, the two of them enjoying the time the had before their friends arrived.
"Oh gross, do you really have to do that on the couch?"
Jade growled in frustration as she sits up and glares at the only other person that knew about their relationship besides their parents and Rachel, the more irritating Vega sister Trina. The older of the two sisters had, hesitantly, accepted that her younger sister was now dating the only person besides her mother that she was afraid of, but of course she had to make a scene about it every time she saw them making out.
"You know if you don't want to see us make out you could always just LEAVE!" Jade barked out irritable, Tori frowning as Trina glared at the pale girl.
"You realize I live here right, I have all the power I need to kick you out," the older Vega sister threatened placing her hands on her hips.
"Ha you're about as threatening as a newborn kitten," Jade mocked worth a menacing smirk, "honestly Tori is more threatening than you."
"Please don't bring me into this," Tori whined as the other two girls glared at each other, "seriously you two stop it!"
"What is going on in here?" David asked as he walked in from the garage, "Really girls I can hear you over my music and power tools."
"Papá lo siento," the Vega girls apologized, both of them looking at the ground.
"Yeah um...sorry," Jade muttered rubbing the back of her neck.
"Now Trina leave your hermana and Jade alone," David ordered with a stern look.
"Okay…" Trina replied looming like a puppy who just got scolded.
"And Jade please don't antagonize her, we don't want to hear her whine later," the Vega father said narrowing his eyes at the West girl.
"You got it officer Vega."
With a nod David walked back to the garage and closed the door behind him, Trina giving a small huff and walking upstairs to get room. Tori sighed as she heard Jade chuckle from underneath her, the goth girl doing nothing to hide her amusement.
"Jade," Tori scolded, glaring at her girlfriend, "why do you have to torment her?"
"Because she's annoying that's why," she replied with a shrug, "abs you know that she is."
"Be that as it may she is still my sister and will be the aunt of our child," the singer reminded her, "so if you could please at least try to act civil to her?"
Jade groaned but resigned herself to her girlfriend's demand, Tori giving her a small kiss on the cheek before getting off the couch and hurrying back over to the kitchen. It wasn't long before they heard a knock on the door and in walked their friends, Andre leading the charge with Rachel bringing up the end as she closed the door.
"Hey there chica," Andre said hugging Tori, "glad to see you haven't forgotten about us guys."
"Hey Andre, of course I'd never forget you," Tori promised smiling, "and sorry that we haven't been able to hang out lately."
"Ah don't worry about it Tori, I knew that you'd get around to it when you had a chance," the musician teased as he sat down on the recliner.
"Hey am I smelling that Mexican pizza you promised you'd make?" Rachel asked as she sniffed the air.
"Yep, they're almost done," Tori promised with a smile, Rachel grinning as she sat down next to Cat.
"So you said you need to tell us something?" Andre asked as he relaxed in his seat.
"Yeah what's up?" Robby asked sitting on the floor.
Tori looked over at Jade, the goth not having moved from the couch, and took a deep breath to ready herself. She knew her friends, knew that they wouldn't mind her dating another girl since they knew she was gay. Her main concern was that they would be concerned about her dating her former enemy or that she was about to have a child with her. Rachel she knew though wouldn't care since she somehow had already they were dating, but again the idea of Tori and Jade having a child might concern her. Sensing that her girlfriend was struggling on how to tell them what she wanted to say, Jade stood up and walked over to her, taking a hold of her hand and giving it a small squeeze. The others noticed this as well, Andre and Robby looking at the two confused knowing their history, Rachel merely smiling, and Cat's tilting her head to the side.
"Everything okay Tori?" Andre asked arching his eyebrow.
"Yeah everything's fine," Tori replied smiling again, "it's just...this isn't easy to say."
"Do you want me to say it?" Jade asked looking at the half Latina.
"Wait why does Jade know what's going on here?" Robby asked confused.
"Because the text said that Tori and Jade had something to tell us," Andre reminded him, Robby giving an 'oh' of understatement.
"Anyway," Tori said bringing the attention back to her and Jade, "If you want to say it Jade then I'd be okay with that."
"Alright," the goth said with a shrug, "so me and Tori started dating a little over a week ago."
The room went quiet as everyone there looked at them with a variety of expressions. Andre looked between the two girls with wide eyes as he tried to process what it was he was just told. Robby was confused but chose not to say anything incase he got on Jade's nerves and get hurt, Robby happy that he had decided to leave Rex back at his house. Rachel was sitting there with a knowing smile, again, having known that they were dating, while Cat was shaking violently in her seat. Concerned that no one was saying anything Tori looked over at Jade, her eyes showing her fear until they heard Andre speak up.
"So uh...you two are dating now," he said rubbing the back of his head, "that's kind of hilarious if you think of it."
"Oh and do explain why it's hilarious," Jade demanded glaring at him.
"I'm sure I don't need to remind you that you use to hate Tori,"Andre reminded her, making the goth huff, "so tell us what made you change your mind?"
"That's none of your concern Harris," the West girl growled, Tori squeezing her hand to calm her down.
"And it only matters that I know she cares about me," Tori remarked as she tugged Jade closer to her.
"I'm so excited for you two!" Cat squealed as she ran over and hugged them.
"Three...two…"
Cat let go of them with a yelp before running back over to Rachel, the brown haired girl shaking her head amused.
"You seem oddly calm about this Rachel, and you two Robby," Andre pointed out looking at them, "what's going on through your minds?"
"Oh I already knew," Rachel admitted with a shrug, "I mean if you watched them this past week it was kind of obvious."
"It was?" Robby said looking at her.
"Yep."
"Okay then...what about you Rob?" Andre asked his other friend.
"Oh um...I don't know I guess if they're happy then all's well," he replied scratching his head, "I honestly don't really have much to say about this since I don't want Jade to hurt me."
"Good move Shapiro "
"Thank you Robby," Tori said elbowing Jade in her side, "anyway us telling you that we're dating is only part of the reason that we invited you here."
The group all looked at the two of them, wondering what it was that they had to add on to their previous announcement. Taking a deep breath, Tori held onto Jade's hand tightly before speaking.
"Our parents and Trina already know this but we felt that you deserved to know as well," she said biting her lower lip, "Jade and I...are...well um...we're going to be expecting a child soon."
Another silence as the group's expression changed from curiosity to confusion, the only one in the room seemingly unphased by this announcement being Cat.
"You're going to have a baby!" Cat shouted clapping excitedly.
"Yep," Jade replied with a nod, "in about nine months there will be a tiny version of me and Tori in the world."
"I...wha...but...HOW?" Robby asked trying to wrap his mind around this.
"Well we signed up to be part of an experiment to create the first duel female pregnancy," Tori explain recalling the events of the past couple of weeks.
"We just found out a couple of days that we were chosen," Jade continued with a smirk, "and that's all the details that you're going to get that's not personal."
"But you two are high schoolers," Rachel pointed out frowning, "I mean yeah by the time you have the child, you know as long as the child's not a preemie then it will be after graduation but…"
"We realized that and part of the deal for doing this is that we're getting full ride scholarships to a college of our choice," Jade answered, Rachel's eyes going wide.
"Damn!" she muttered as she leaned back into the couch.
"Anyway we wanted to tell you guys because we were hoping that you could help us during the pregnancy," Tori explained, happy that none of them seemed repulsed by them having a child.
"And you're really considering having the kid?" Andre asked frowning as he looked at Tori.
"Oh um, well there's not really anything to consider," Tori replied, "I mean we've already signed the papers and told Dr. Hart that we want to do it."
"But you realize who you're having a child with right?" Andre said standing up, "again do I need to remind you what she's done to you?"
"Andre it's fine, really I know that mine and Jade's history is….rocky, but I know that she won't hurt me or the child," Tori said, her shoulders slumping as her friend walked over to her.
"Seriously Tori think about this, what if Jade has one bad day, she could easily take it out on you," Andre said, Jade glaring at him again.
"I'm not going to hurt her," She growled stepping in front of Tori, "I already promised her that I wouldn't and I'm not going to break my promise."
"Yeah cause you haven't broken a promise before," Andre threw out glaring back at her, "just like you haven't tried to hurt her before, for example when you thought that she had a thing for Beck."
"Don't you dare bring Beck into this," Jade barked clenching her fist, "I admit that I was a gank before but I'm trying to change, and if you can't see that then maybe it will help if I shove my boot up your…"
"Jade!" Tori said pulling her back, "please calm down."
Jade growled but stepped back, Tori looking over at Andre with a frown.
"Andre what's wrong, you didn't seem that upset when I said we were dating, so why are you this upset about us having a child?" the singer asked as he scoffed.
"Tori I could handle you coming out as gay, I can even handle you dating Jade," Andre explained shaking his head, "but I can't accept you two having a child, I can't explain why and maybe someday I'll be able to, but for now if you're going to go through with this then I don't want to see you."
Tori's eyes widened as she watched her friend leave, closing the door behind him and leaving the group there in shock. Trembling Tori sat down on the couch and started crying as Cat moved over to comfort her, Jade growling as she made her way to the door only to be blocked by Rachel.
"Out of my way."
"Not going to happen," Rachel replied shaking her head, "you need to be here for Tori right now."
"He made her cry!" Jade barked trembling in anger.
"Just let him clear his mind," Rachel said pushing her back gently, "honestly we all have had a bit of a shock today."
"I get that but he didn't…"
"We get that Jade," Robby said walking over to them, "and I'll try talking to him later but right now you need to be over there with Tori."
Jade looked over at her girlfriend and sighed as she walked over to her, Rachel motioning Cat over to them and leading her out as the rest of them left to give the two some space. As Tori cried Jade held her close and rubbed her back until it finally settled down to a soft sob.
"That wasn't what I wanted to happen," she said softly, Jade kissing the top of her head.
"I know Vega, and as much as I want to punch him in the face, we just need to let him wrap his mind around what's happening," Jade said making Tori chuckle.
"Wow that's very mature of you Jade."
"Oh I'm still going to punch him, but I'll hold off for now," she admitted making Tori snort.
They sat there for a while, just enjoying each other's warmth and company, when Jade spoke up to reassure her girlfriend.
"He'll come back around Tori."
"...I know," Tori replied with a sigh, "I just wasn't expecting that reaction."
"Everyone is going to deal with it in their own way," Jade pointed out smirking at her, "for now we just need to focus on us and the little one you're going to be carrying."
"True," the singer agreed with a smile, "cause here in a few months I don't foresee us doing a whole lot."
"Nor do I Tori, nor do I."
A/N:
And another chapter up! Sorry for Andre's OOCness but I couldn't keep this too fluffy, I wanted to add a touch more drama than in the original draft so we'll see who this goes. Anyway R&R and have a good Friday!
