Jades POV
Jade woke slowly. A ribbon of light from the slightly parted curtains struck through the air and heated the small spot of her pillow it rested on. She frowned. It wasn't her pillow.
Where the hell...
She suddenly remembered last night, tori, and all the things she said. With her location checked and remembered, she moved onto the next burning question; at which point in the night had she and Tori become so... what was that word she always chastised Beck for using? 'Spooned'. She felt just as stupid using the term as she had viewed Beck to be for doing the same thing. But there was no other term for it. She carefully lifted her head to look at tori's clock. Good god it was almost 2pm. She gingerly lay her head back down and assessed her options: she could try to remover her arms from Tori's waist, her knees from behind Tori's and generally move to her own side of the bed without waking her, or she could just lie there, enjoying the huge comfort of the brunettes proximity and risk it not being taken well upon Tori's awakening. She lay frozen in indecision for a few seconds, hardly daring to breathe as she hopelessly battled with herself. Unfortunately for her, it was a few seconds too many. Tori stirred in her arms, slowly rousing from her dreams. In a split second, Jade took what felt like her only hope. She snapped her eyes closed, evened her breathing, and lay utterly still, feigning sleep. She waited. Tori stirred a little more, yawning deeply, before stopping. For a minute or so, Jade swore she could have heard a pin drop. She began to panic.
Oh fucking hell Jade. How do you manage to get into these situations?
Tori turned slightly against her. "...Jade?" she mewled sleepily. Jade gave in. She was kidding no one. She opened her eyes and peeked up at Tori. She stared back, drowsy looking and a little confused.
"I'm sorry Tori... I woke up and I didn't want to wake you and I couldn't move away, not that I wanted to, I mean, not in a pervy way, just-"
Tori started to giggle. "Jade it's okay."
"Yeah, but- wait, what?"
Tori smiled softly "It's fine, I don't mind."
"You.. don't?" Jade asked tentatively. Tori shook her head.
"No."
"Oh..."
Tori turned around properly, lying facing Jade, no longer as pressed against her but still more than close enough to make the goth's heart flutter.
"Hey, I could get used to this." she said, grinning and jabbing Jade in the ribs. Jade smiled and blushed, looking away.
I wish..
"Whoever knew Jade West was a secret spooner?"
Jades blush turned into a playful scowl, as she looked back to Tori, smirking. "Whoever knew Tori Vega would like it?"
Now it was Tori's turn to blush. "I can't help it.."
"Nor can i."
"What, that the world is attracted to you?"
"No, that I-" Jade paused, suddenly, and raised an eyebrow. "You really think the world is attracted to me?"
Tori buried her face against the pillows "Yeah... Well..."
Jade cocked her head to one side, genuinely interested. She'd never particularly rated herself that much, regardless of what she said to people. "Well... What?"
"Well... I'm... Attracted to you.." Tori said quietly. Jade gazed at her. They'd touched on this subject a few times now, but they always seemed to leave the subject before they got anything down in stone.
"Can I ask you something?" said Jade, shifting to lie on her back and stare at the swirling colours of the dream catchers attached to Tori's ceiling.
Tori matched her, letting her gaze follow Jade's. "Yeah?"
Jade bit her lip. "Why did you kiss me in the janitors closet?"
"I..." Tori faltered and sighed softly "I don't know.. Because I'm an idiot? I didn't mean to, I just... Did."
They stayed quiet for a few minutes. Truthfully, Jade knew why Tori had kissed her. She wasn't stupid. But she felt like she wanted to bring the subject up anyway.
"I'm glad." Jade said softly.
Tori turned her head, surprise in her stare. "Really?"
"Yeah... It made me think."
"What about?"
"Just some things Beck said before we broke up. After he found out the real reason I was avoiding his bed, he was always bringing you up, telling me to tell you and so on.. And I always got angry with him because I thought it was an unreasonable idea. But after that time in the janitors closet, it made me think about all those times I ignored his ideas... And then it made me wonder if maybe he was right."
"You avoided Beck Oliver's bed?"
Jade rolled her eyes "You avoided Ryder's. You did avoid Ryder's, right?"
Tori nodded "Yeah, I avoided Ryder's. But that's different."
"How?"
"Because... We're getting off topic."
Jade smiled wryly and mocked in a deep southern accent. "Aww, does Tori miss the kissing subject?"
"Thats not what I meant- I don't talk like that!"
Jade laughed, sounding comfortingly like her old self. "Sure.."
"I don't!" Tori insisted, secretly enjoying the glimpse of the old Jade people saw so infrequently these days. "Anyway... You asked me a question, can I ask you one?"
"I suppose."
"Okay.. When we went on that play date for Sikowitz, and we sang to.. Well, at those creeps, did you.. Did you actually like singing with me, or was it just the bottle of alcohol talking?"
"How do you know i-"
"I saw the bottle in your bag. It wasn't really hard to spot."
"Oh.. No, it wasn't the alcohol. I had fun."
Tori smiled "So did i."
They were immediately interrupted by the sound of Jades phone.
Jade groaned and grabbed it from the bedside able on her side. "It's Beck. Everyone's going to some concert and apparently he's the only one they could find within a ten mile radius who could tell me about it." she muttered sarcastically. A wicked grin spread across her face, she leaned her head over to Tori and held her phone straight up above them.
"Hey, maybe I should send him a picture..."
Tori looked slightly alarmed "What? Jade, no!"
Jade pouted "Why? Would you be ashamed of me?"
Tori was put on the spot. She thought for a moment. "No... But it would be a bit... Mean? He might get ideas.. More ideas."
"Like what?" Jade said innocently.
"You know what."
Jade sighed inwardly. Would Tori be ashamed of me? I wouldn't blame her, I guess.
Tori prodded her."Jade?"
"Huh?"
"Are you okay? You went kinda distant."
"Yeah, I'm fine." Jade half lied.
Tori narrowed her eyes at her suspiciously. "Was that a lie?"
"Was it that obvious?"
"I live with Trina. I may not be great at telling lies, but I can usually spot them."
"True."
"So?" Tori pressed.
"So what?"
"Whats wrong?"
Jade sighed. "Nothing... Just... Would you be ashamed of me?"
"You mean.. If we went out?" Tori asked shyly.
She doesn't sound disgusted.. Jade thought."Well, yeah."
Tori looked at Jade, her voice soft. "Of course I wouldn't be ashamed. Why?"
"No reason..." Jade wanted the ground to swallow her up. Okay, so now she knew that Tori wouldn't be ashamed as such, but now Tori was going to know what Jade was thinking about in terms of them, and that probably wasn't a good thing. She began chewing her lip.
Tori's voice pulled her away from her thoughts.
"Would you be ashamed of me?"
Jade wasn't expecting the question, but she tried to sound as casual as possible, releasing her lip from her teeth. "No."
Tori seemed to take that bit of information away to chew on. Jade decided to change the subject. "Do you want to go to that concert?"
"What time does it start?"
Jade returned to her phone, apparently scrolling through the details Beck sent. "Five, but its quite a drive away and we actually have to get in first, so if we want to go, Andre will be here to pick us up in... Uh, 18 minutes?"
Tori sat up, the covers falling away from her slightly.
Not that you're paying any attention to that, Jade West.
"Minutes? Do you want to go?"
Jade poked her shoulder. "Hey, I asked first."
Tori rolled her eyes. "Fine. Well.. I'll go if you're going." she offered.
"Better get in the shower then. Off you go." Jade smirked and leaned back, letting her gaze settle on Tori, waiting for her to move.
Tori raised an eyebrow. "Perv much?"
Jade's smirk grew. "Problem?"
Tori scowled. "Nope. Watch me, I care not!" She proclaimed dramatically, flinging aside the covers and walking purposefully slowly out of the door and around the corner in her tiny shorts and bra. Jade watched her intently as she went, slightly surprised by Tori's change of attitude.
Damn.
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