DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN VICTORIOUS.

Chapter 8

What?

Tori and Jade woke up the next morning in each other's arms. Last night was the best night of their lives. They were still a little tired, yet they were happy. Tori stirred first and opened her heavy eyelids to see Jade's forehead touching hers. Tori smiled and moved to kiss Jade's forehead. Jade stirred after being kissed and opened her eyes to look at Tori in the eyes. Jade smiled and kissed Tori on the lips.

"Hey, beautiful," Tori whispered after they broke apart. She slowly rubbed Jade's cheek, while Jade rubbed her arm.

"Hey hey." Jade replied. Jade slowly sat up, her hair was unkempt and her mascara was smudged around her eyes. Tori sat up too, her eyes also smudged with her mascara. Tori looked to her alarm clock, to see it was 9 in the morning. Tori groaned a little about waking up this early, before realizing that she woke up her because of going to sleep early last night. She and Jade stretched as they got up and starting putting on their clothes from yesterday.

"I bet my family is downstairs, eating breakfast." Tori spoke up while combing her hair. Jade, who ran her hands through her hair to fix it up, looked around to Tori.

"We should tell them." Jade replied as if it were the right thing to do.

"Why?"

"How are we going to explain their youngest member coming downstairs with me?" Jade threw back. Tori thought about this for a moment.

"Okay. We should tell them," she sighed as she moved towards the door. Jade came around the bed and grabbed Tori's hand and interlocked their fingers. Tori took a deep breath and opened the door and moved into the hallway for the stairs.

The walk to the family room was long and painful. More than once, Tori stopped abruptly and couldn't move, until Jade squeezed to motivate her. Eventually, they reached the top of the stairs and could see the family, eating eggs for breakfast at the kitchen table. Gasping for breath silently, Tori spoke up.

"Morning everyone." She croaked. Her family turned to see quite a sight. Tori Vega standing at the top of the stairs with Jade West, the meanest girl ever. And both were holding hands. What followed was an understatement of pandemonium.

"WHAT THE FUCK, TORI!" Shrieked Mrs. Vega, her eyes wide with shock.

"WHY ARE YOU WITH HER!?" Trina shouted at the top of her lungs, her hands on her cheeks.

"EXPLAIN YOURSELF, YOUNG LADY!" Mr. Vega loudly demanded. Anything else they shouted was unintelligible. Tori closed her eyes, then opened them and shouted, louder than any of them.

"I LOVE JADE WEST!" The room fell silent as she and Jade walked to the kitchen. Jade was quiet, allowing Tori to do the explaining.

"We even had sex last night," Tori continued in a whisper, as though it were a dirty secret. Her family looked on in horror and was speechless at this sudden revelation. Mrs. Vega whimpered, putting her hand to her mouth to stop herself from sobbing. Trina's mouth was moving but no sound came out, as if she had suddenly lost it. Mr. Vega's expression was stony and expressionless. The Vegas then turned to Jade, trying their best to ignore Tori.

"It's true," Jade confirmed. She then moved in and she and Tori kissed each other to demonstrate her point. Surprisingly, no sound came from the family at this. They both looked at the family, who were paralyzed with shock.

"Why?" Mrs. Vega begged. The family's expressions were upset, sad, confused, and demanding.

"Because Beck is dead and I want to feel alive." Jade explained to the family. Trina and Mr. Vega were the only ones who knew about Beck's death. Mrs. Vega looked upset with the knowledge of Beck's death. Trina and Mr. Vega nodded slowly, understanding. The whole room was awkwardly silent for several minutes, before Mrs. Vega finally chirped.

"There are some eggs left in the pan on the stove."

Tori and Jade silently nodded and moved to get their breakfast together. They both struggled to not be intimate in front of Tori's family as they worked together. After preparing their cups of coffee and splitting the rest of the eggs between them, Tori and Jade sat together at the table and started eating. After a few short minutes, the others got up, put their dishes in the sink and left the kitchen for their rooms, moving slightly faster than normal, so they can get as far away from Tori and Jade as possible. Tori and Jade looked at each other after witnessing this and continued to eat. Tori felt a little sad, hoping that her family would understand more. They did understand; they just needed time to accept Jade.

After finishing their breakfast, Tori and Jade cleaned the kitchen. Tori washed the dishes as Jade dried them, then they both washed the table and scrubbed the stovetop. After finishing, they moved into the living room and sat down together on a couch and Tori turned the TV on. 10 o'clock on a Saturday morning didn't have much on, bar little kids' shows.

"Is there anything on that involves people dying or getting harmed?" Jade suddenly asks boredom in her voice.

"Not this time of day." Tori replies equally bored before clicking the TV off.

"What do you-"Jade started before the sounds of footsteps appear and the girls look to see Tori's family coming down, ready to leave.

"We're going to go shopping." Mrs. Vega stated. This was obviously an excuse to get away from Tori and Jade. Before Tori or Jade could acknowledge this, the family disappeared from the house, slamming the front door behind them. Shortly afterwards, the sound of a car starting and leaving reached Tori and Jade's ears.

The girls looked at each other and jumped to kiss each other fiercely, missing each other's lips and tongues, and the warmth of their bodies. After what seemed like forever, the girls split, gasping for breath, their eyes closed and their foreheads pressed against each other.

"Oh, shit, that felt good." Jade whispered excitedly opening her eyes.

"Fuck yeah; I'm sorry about my family; I really hoped they would accept us." Tori whined also opening her eyes. Jade shook her head.

"That's okay, baby." Jade said, looking into Tori's chocolate eyes. "I had a feeling they wouldn't take it lightly." She continued.

"Yeah, but I want them to like you." Tori retorted.

"They will eventually. They can't make us break up." Jade said defiantly.

"You don't know Trina as well as I do," Tori explained.

"What's the worse she can do, sleep us apart?" Jade snorted, laughing.

"She is quite devious, Jade" Tori replied giving Jade a serious look.

"So am I." Jade said, deviously before kissing Tori on the cheek.

The girls decided to watch some movies before going to Nozu for dinner. The girls looked through the Vega's movie collection to find a couple movies to watch. Jade easily found the horror films in the collection, while Tori looked for more romantic comedies. The girls had a short argument about which movies to watch, the horror films or the romantic comedies. After a while, the girls decided to watch one of each. They first watch the horror film, which scared Tori when someone was brutally murdered, making her bury her face in Jade, who patted her head and reassured her it was over. After the film ended, Tori leaped up to make popcorn while Jade sadly changed movies in the DVD player.

Tori returned with the popcorn in a large bowl and sat down on the couch next to Jade, who reached to grab a handful of popcorn with one hand and playing the romantic comedy movie with the remote in the other hand. The romantic comedy had Tori in tears near the end and Jade was close to killing herself. Jade gave a huge sigh of relief when the film ended and was upset when nobody died, though the lead girl came very close.

"So, you want to head for Nozu?" Tori asked jade while putting the movies away.

"Sure, let's go." Jade replied excitedly. The girls got ready, fixing their makeup, which they didn't get a chance to do all day. Jade borrowed one of Tori's dresses. Half an hour later, the girls were in Jade's car on their way to Nozu.

The girls didn't say much on the drive over. They arrived upon Nozu at past 7 in the evening. Rush hour traffic was dying down fast and coming to a 'close'. Jade pulled into the Nozu parking lot and chose a spot relatively close to the entrance. Jade and Tori walked hand in hand towards the entrance.

"I hope Mrs. Lee doesn't kill us." Tori whimpered.

"Mrs. Lee? Didn't she give me the money for my play last year?" Jade asked.

"Yes and she still hates us for hanging her talentless daughter from the ceiling." Tori explained.

"Tough shit."

"That doesn't stop her from threatening me." Tori continued as they entered Nozu. Moments after entering, the restaurant was filled with a shriek from an oriental woman.

"YOU!" The girls turned to see Mrs. Lee marching towards them, with a furious expression.

"You 2 hung my daughter for hours!" Mrs. Lee shrieked at them. Jade and Tori rolled their eyes.

"For fuck's sake, lady; it was a year ago!" Jade snarled, taking a step towards Mrs. Lee, who backed up slightly.

"I don't care!" Mrs. Lee replied, standing straight up, in an attempt to tower over Jade. This failed as Jade was slightly taller. Tori grabbed Jade's wrist and pulled her to a booth so they can get away from that psychopath. The girls sat opposite each other and started to peruse the menu. A couple of minutes after sitting, a waiter brought them small goblets of water and they ordered soda. He left to get them their drinks.

The girls decided to get a platter of sushi to share. The waiter returned with their sodas and took their orders and left for the kitchen to place them. Tori and Jade sat uneasily, both of them thinking the same thing.

"What should we tell your parents?" Tori voiced first before Jade could open her mouth.

"Well, they won't like it better than your family did." Jade replied avoiding Tori's gaze.

"What do you think they'll do?" Moving to try to catch Jade's eyes.

"Mom might freak out, but Dad…" Jade started still avoiding Tori's gaze.

"Will kick you out?" Tori finished in a whisper. Jade nodded closing her eyes. Tori muttered under her breath and immediately started to think of a way out of this situation.

"How long can we keep this from them, Jade?" Tori asked after a few minutes.

"Not long. They'll find out eventually; it's inevitable." Jade replied monotone. Tori then started to think of ways to delay the inevitable. After a while, an idea struck her.

"Hey, do you think you can stay at Robbie's when your parents kick you out?" Tori suggested.

"I thought you didn't want me to be near Robbie. He loves me." Jade shot back. Tori sighed in disappointment after remembering that Robbie is in love with Jade. She then started to wonder if Jade—no no, that's absurd. Jade does love Robbie but is in love with Tori. Why should Tori be worried about that? Her thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of their dinner. It was a medium sized brown and green ceramic platter that was covered in multiple types of sushi. It also came with a smaller platter that had multiple sauces on it, including wasabi and soy sauce. Tori and Jade leaned in a little to smell the aroma of sushi.

"Oh, that smells like heaven." Jade bubbled, rolling her eyes in bliss.

"Oh, yeah." Tori agreed.

The 2 grabbed their practice chop sticks and started to feed each other their sushi and sometimes dunked them in the sauces provided and even mixed and matched. With each bite, the girls melted from the exquisite flavor of the sushi. After several amazing moments, the girls were upset when they finished their sushi.

"Do you want dessert, baby?" Tori asked Jade.

"Sure, what would you like?" Jade replied. Tori asked a passing waiter for the dessert menu and he left and returned with a small dessert menu for the girls. The girls passed the menu, looking at the pictures of the desserts. After a while, their waiter returned and took their order for a lava cake and took away their empty dinner platter and sauce dish.

"I don't remember the last time I've had lava cake." Tori said giddy. Jade looked somewhat depressed at this statement.

"I've never had lava cake before." Jade replied sadly. Tori looked upset at this revelation, but she smiled to cheer up Jade.

"That's sad. You'll love it." Tori said. This seemed to cheer up Jade.

Their dessert arrived half an hour later and the girls gawked at the large chocolate dome that had frosting on the top and around the cake and a pair of spoons and vanilla ice cream. The waiter gingerly placed the dish down on their table in front of them. The 2 stared open mouthed at this masterpiece. Tori drooled a little before coming to her senses and wiping her mouth with her napkin. Jade took a spoon and cut into the dome. The cake oozed with a melted chocolate that spread around the dish. Jade took a spoonful to Tori's awaiting mouth. Tori slowly closed her mouth around the spoon while Jade gently pulled the spoon out. Tori moaned and closed her mouth as her taste buds started dancing. Tori then opened her eyes, took the spoon from Jade and grabbed a spoonful of cake and fed it to Jade, who melted like the core of the dome. Jade groaned at the flavor. The 2 fed each other the cake slowly, every once in a while adding ice cream to their spoonful. After what seemed like no time, the lava cake was gone, its only trace of existence was leftover chocolate sauce.

"Fuck that was excellent." Jade whispered lustfully, licking her lips. Tori nodded vigorously in agreement. Their waiter returned with their bill and took away their dessert. Tori looked over the bill and asked Jade if she wanted to split. Jade agreed and dug out her wallet and pulled out her card while Tori did the same. The waiter returned and Jade told him to split the bill evenly between them. The waiter nodded and left to process their bill and returned shortly with their receipt. Jade and Tori signed their receipt and left a tip behind and got up to leave, narrowly avoiding Mrs. Lee, who threw a disgusted look at them as they left the restaurant. They groaned as they moved because of their stuffed stomachs and moved carefully towards Jade's car.

They arrived and got in after Jade unlocked the doors. They both sat down and groaned from their 'painful' journey. As Jade turned the car on and pulled out, Tori spoke up.

"I think we should tell your parents soon. They'll find out eventually." Tori voiced. Jade groaned, hoping to avoid this discussion but sighed knowing she can't avoid it.

"If you want to. Sure. We'll tell them tomorrow after rehearsals, okay?" Jade muttered. Tori nodded and took Jade's hand and squeezed it and smiled at her direction. Jade didn't look at Tori but smiled and squeezed back.

Hopefully, tomorrow will go a lot better than today.

Chapter 8. I'm hoping to go into 20 or so chapters. This chapter and chapter 9 I've uploaded together to get everyone time to catch up. Criticism is welcome.