Last Chapter: God only knows how long Tori stayed awake after that. She wanted to be awake in case Jade woke up and needed something. She wanted to protect Jade. It killed her to see Jade so broken down, so vulnerable. Jade was the toughest person she knew, so to see her so upset, it broke her heart a little. Once she noticed Jade's slowed heart rate, and her steady breathing, indicating she was asleep, Tori placed a kiss upon Jade's forehead before letting sleep take her as well….
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One Week Later: The week flew by for Tori and Jade. Ever since their little game of house started, the time just escaped them. The routine they found themselves in prevented them from noticing the passing days. Every night for the past four weeks Tori would leave her bedroom window open before going to bed, and like clockwork, at midnight Jade would come crawling into the Vega household, spend the night, and leave in the morning before the alarm clock rang. That was all up until tonight…
As usual Tori left her window open, and after an exhausting day at school, and quickly fell asleep to the sound of the wind gently blowing outside. Little did she know, she would wake up only a few short hours later…
3:00 AM: A loud clap of thunder awoke the sleeping Tori Vega. She jolted upright in her bed, noticing Jade was not there. She looked at the time, then looked towards the window; it was still open, indicating Jade never came in because she always closes it before laying down. There was water from the rain storm outside blowing in through the window, leaving the window ceil and the floor drenched in a puddle of water. Shit.
Tori ran over the shut the window, turned on a light, and cleaned up the puddle before it could damage the floor. She began to worry about Jade. So she did something she knew she probably shouldn't, but would look back and say she'd never change a thing...She grabbed a raincoat, shoes, an umbrella and her car keys, and raced for the door…
Ten Minutes Later: Tori stood outside a car in a random parking lot, in the rain, clutching her umbrella and knocking on the driver's window.
Jade West was shivering in the front seat of her car, soaking wet, using a coat to warm her up. She was startled by a knocking sound on her car window, Tori? She was surprised to see her here, but then again at the same time she wasn't. She should have known Tori's overwhelming need to help people would overcome her, and she'd figure it out. She figured the storm must have woken her up and she noticed she wasn't there. But the fact that Tori cared enough to come out in the storm to check on her, make sure she was alright. Jade couldn't believe it, Tori's selflessness was such a pure thing, it never ceased to amaze her.
She opened the door, and Tori practically dragged her out of the seat. Jade shivered at the contact of the cold night air and strong wind against her wet clothes, she stuttered, "I couldn't climb the tree." There was a cut near her eye and scrapes on her cheek. Tori figured the rain made the bark on the tree slippery, and when she tried to climb it, she must have lost her footing, making her fall face first into the tree trunk.
Tori pulled Jade under the umbrella, and wrapped her arm around her, bringing her close. She wanted to use some of her body heat to warm Jade up, "Let's get you into some dry clothes; don't want you to get sick." Tori walked them back to her car, and drove them back to her house. The drive was silent, not a word was said until they were parked in Tori's driveway when Jade asked, "How long?" Tori knew exactly what she was talking about, how long had she known about Jade living in her car. She answered, "About a week." Jade began to speak, to explain why, but Tori laid her hand on Jade's shoulder, "I think we've been through enough for one night." Jade looked at her with watery eyes and whispered, "Thank you." Tori hummed in reply, getting out of the car and opening Jade's door helping her out.
A few minutes later Tori instructed Jade to sit on her bathroom vanity so she could clean her cuts. Jade sat there with her hair wrapped up in a towel, wearing a dry pair of Tori's pajamas. Tori cleaned Jade's cut, the whole time neither girl said a word, but Jade stared intently at Tori's facial expressions, trying to read her. The looks on her face were complete concentration, and great concern, Jade could tell Tori felt like it was her fault she got cut. How could she feel responsible for something she had no control over, and doesn't even link to her in any significant way, that thought was beyond Jade.
Tori placed a bandage over the cut near Jade's eye, and without thinking, placed a kiss atop the bandaid. She blushed when she realized what she did, "Sorry that's just something my mom would do whenever she would patched Trina and I up when we were little, you know," she said the next bit in that adorable accent she uses to put emphasis on things, "'kiss the boo-boo to make it better.' I guess it rubbed off on me." She shrugged her shoulders, and looked down at the floor to hide her red cheeks. It wasn't a second after Tori finished explaining, that Jade grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her in kissing her.
Both girls knew this kiss was different than the ones they shared a week ago. It wasn't desperate, or comforting. It wasn't about expressing all the emotions neither of them could say in words. It didn't last very long, and it was more chaste than the previous kisses. But it spoke volumes as to their relationship, and where it was going. When they broke apart, Tori tried her best to contain her excitement, to have Jade initiate a kiss, one that wasn't soaked with tears, made her heart beat a million times a second. Jade was surprised by her sudden action; she didn't really think about it, it just felt right in that moment. She wouldn't have done things any differently.
"Come on, let's get some rest before we have to get up for school in a few hours." Tori helped Jade off the vanity counter, and led her to the bed. They laid down, Tori rolled over to turn off the lamp, once she laid back down Jade grabbed her hand and started playing with her fingers. Tori just watched Jade's face as Jade watched their intertwined hands and wiggling her fingers. Tori smiled thinking to herself, wishing she could go to bed like this every night, with Jade lying next to her. It was the perfect dream, and with those thoughts Tori fell asleep, happier than ever.
Ok, I know what you guys are thinking "How does Tori know?! What just happened?!" Don't worry you'll find out soon, I just felt for the sake of the storyline, it works better to have this scene happen before, that and it's kinda hard to write a whole chapter about Tori finding out without being super redundant and boring. So trust me it's better this way. I'm sorry to say I won't have an update for about two weeks. Don't worry; I just have final projects and exams, so I won't have much free time to write. But I have over a month long break, so I will have lots of time then, so just bear with me. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I feel like this was huge plot wise. Let me know what you think, any predictions for the future, I love to hear from you guys, you really are the best! Thanks again!