Jade
Jade woke up in a daze. Her neck hurt like a mother in labor and she was sleeping all wrong. It was a good thing someone, presumably Tori Vega, put a pillow behind her neck and a blanket over her freezing body.
Cat was once again nowhere to be found, but knowing her she was probably up in her room asleep. Figures. Leave Jade here alone with the Vega girl, why don't you?
Jade smirked. This wasn't such a horrible predicament. She scooted closer to the half Latina and gave her arm a light shrug.
Tori
Tori was in the middle of a good dream when she felt her arm being nudged lightly to wake her. She groaned and tried to shift away from the source of the movement, but there wasn't enough room between them and the arm of the couch to escape.
"What?" The Latina grunted sleepily, tugging the blanket up to cover her some more and snuggling into the chair.
The nudging continued and Tori gave in, she was already awake now anyway and it seemed that this wasn't going to stop.
"What?" She repeated opening her eyes to find Jade grinning at her, sitting a lot closer than Tori remembered her being before.
Jade
"Are you asleep?" It was a stupid question, but Jade waited for Tori's even more stupid answer as a mischievous smile played across her face. "Tori," She shook the Vega girl harder, "Toriiiiiiii—" Jade's tone grew longer and more childish.
"Tori, you're naked!" Jade lied, biting her lips after just to control her laughter.
She felt Tori shift and look at herself, then she screamed and dropped to the floor. Why? Jade pulled the cushion under her. It's a good thing the singer's face didn't hit the center table. This was Jade's doing once again. She wouldn't want something to happen to that lovely face.
"You awake now, Vega?" This time, Jade used her utterly dry and merciless tone while her arms crossed just a little over her waist.
Tori
"Yes." Tori grumbled, picking herself up off the floor. "But I'd rather be asleep again. And I'm not naked!"
She threw herself back onto the sofa, grabbed the blanket and wrapped it around herself as she stared grumpily around the room. The pizza boxes were still scattered over the coffee table along with the coffee mugs and empty sweet packets. As Tori's eyes adjusted to the lack of light in the room she noticed something missing.
"Cat's gone again." She pointed out, rubbing her eyes.
Jade
"She probably went up to her room." Jade inspected her fingernails. The idea of Tori waking up to see herself naked would have been fun, only if Jade hadn't been so eager to wake the girl up. "Don't sleep."
She heard Tori about to protest but she stopped when Jade stood up and sat on the floor, right beside Tori. The Latina stretched her legs so she occupied the whole couch while Jade hugged her pale porcelain legs to her chest. "Just… stay awake." Jade rested her head on her knees and gave Tori an intense stare she was unconscious of.
Tori wasn't oblivious to that kind of stare. It happened more than once.
Tori
Tori sighed and stretched her arms and legs that were stiff from the awkward position she had fallen asleep in. She closed her eyes briefly and contemplated her options: going back to sleep meant peace and quiet and, well, rest. But Jade would no doubt just keep waking her up until the Latina caved in and remained awake. However, staying awake now meant skipping all of that annoying nonsense, but also meant no sleep.
"Fine." The brunette said in defeat. "I'll stay awake. For a little while."
Jade lifted her head slightly to give her a small, quick smile then rested it back on her knees. Before she could stop herself, Tori had reached out a hand to tuck a strand of hair that had fallen out of place back behind the pale girls ear. It was only a small action, but the tan girl felt the butterflies erupt in her stomach once again. She closed her eyes and exhaled slowly.
"Wanna watch another film?" She asked quietly, reopening her eyes to look over at Jade.
Jade
"No," Jade leaned in closer to Tori's palm, nudging it with her nose, cheek and lips. She stared at Tori intently again and her eyes grew wider at the sight. Tori was indeed beautiful, even in her sleep.
Jade got on her knees and pressed her stomach down her legs, breaking from Tori's grip as her head ducked down closer and stared into Tori's eyes once again. Jade held no facial expression but her heart beat like a drummer on crack. Tori's eyes merely followed the goths and when Jade's fingertips ghosted Tori's skin, she shivered as if electrocuted by a million watts.
Jade's other hand was on Tori's stomach, as a base for when Jade leaned in and kissed Tori the most tender she ever has.
Tori
The Latina's heart skipped a beat when Jade's lips connected with hers. It was the most tender kiss the girl had given her, scratch that, it was the most tender kiss she'd ever received from anyone, which she willingly returned with enthusiasm. Her fingers laced themselves into the pale girls hair as she drew closer, her other hand found its way to Jade's chin, a finger nudged her head up slightly then brushed lightly over her cheek.
"Jade." Tori mumbled when they parted for breath. She rested her forehead against the other girls as she looked deep into her eyes, smiling contently.
Jade
"Mm, what?" Jade said, allowing Tori to get into her soft side even for just a second. Tori's hand moved from Jade's hair to the line on her neck. Jade moved her face, her nose specifically, over Tori's face, tracing every line and contour and smiling throughout the entire process.
What was wrong with this Jade? What the fuck was going on?
When Jade realized what she was doing, she stifled a cough, covering her mouth with her closed fist and slid back down to her original position on the floor. She tucked a loose strand of her hair just so she wouldn't have to face Tori but that didn't work.
"You should go to sleep now, sorry I… bothered you." Jade's life was slipping away, all because of one Tori Vega.
Tori
Tori watched the other girl as she turned away from her, hugging her knees to her chest again.
"I'm not tired anymore" She said softly, slipping off the sofa so she sat on the floor beside the goth.
The tan girl crossed her legs and pulled them up to her body just like Jade had done. Tori reached across and placed a hand over the pale girl's hand briefly before running her fingers lightly up her arm to her cheek, then her chin, where she attempted to get Jade to turn and face her.
"Jade, look at me" She whispered.
The other girl slowly turned her head and Tori leaned in close to reclaim her lips. The kiss was soft and gentle and Tori never wanted it to end. Her heart was beating like crazy in her chest, so fast that the Latina was afraid it might burst from her body, although Jade would probably find some sort of amusement from that. In moments like these, it felt like nothing else in the world matter but her and Jade, it felt like nothing could go wrong if they could just stay like this forever. But she knew this would never last, so she seized any opitiunity just to make it happen.
Jade
"Vega, no." Jade pressed her index finger between her and Tori's lips. This was wrong and it was eating Jade up to her core. She had flashbacks of Beck and even a sadistic dream of him in the wee hours of sleep she'd conjured a while back.
Jade stared at the window, the sun was rising, and just a while ago she thought it was midnight. No, apparently dusk had a way of making it seem that way. She huffed, attempting to stand and walk to the kitchen only to be stopped by guilt.
"Come," Jade extended her hand to help Tori up. She took Jade's hand and the former lead Tori to Cat's room where she had something in store.
Tori
Tori couldn't hide her disappointment when Jade stopped their kiss. She knew this was all getting too good to be true, and that they really shouldn't be doing anything, but that didn't mean she couldn't try, right?
She sleepily staggered to her feet with Jade's help- she'd lied about not being tired anymore, she just want to stay up to be with the goth- and allowed herself to be dragged through the Valentines house until they reached a door covered in pretty little stickers of rainbows and stars and stuff.
"What are we doing?" Tori yawned, rubbing her eyes with her free hand. "Isn't this Cat's room? You're not going to wake her up as well, are you?
Jade
"No," Jade said, grabbing her overnight bag. She grabbed a hoodie and her camera bag as well. "I know it may not seem like it but I like jogging in the morning." Jade threw her camera bag to Tori and slipped on her hoodie quietly as she stepped out of the room. Tori was stuck inside, looking at the camera bag with an utterly confused look on her face.
"Well?" Jade said, "Aren't you coming?" She pulled her hair out of the jacket and tied it in a ponytail.
Tori
"I…err…"
Tori was utterly bewildered by this sudden decision to go jogging so early in the morning, especially when neither girl had gotten much sleep. She glanced around the room, noticing the sleeping figure of Cat and the sleeping bags the red head had laid out on the floor for them. She was tempted just to crawl into one and nod off again, but something made her want to stay with the goth girl.
"Alright." She agreed with a sigh. "Just, give me a sec, I'm not going anywhere in these." She gestured to her pyjama bottoms then moved over to her bag to change into a pair of trousers, leaving her top on, but chucking a purple hoodie over the top of it.
"Okay, ready. But two things first. Shouldn't we tell Cat where we're going in case she wakes up and wonders where we are? and why have I got your camera?"
Jade
"Give it to me, then." Jade took out the camera from the bag and arranged it back in her overnight bag. "Alright, all set." She smiled to herself and prodded down.
"And when we get back, Cat'd probably still be asleep. I'll leave her a text just in case." Jade supplied and headed out for the door, which she held open for Tori, no less. It was an unconscious act that went unnoticed.
"You probably want to stretch your legs first, Vega." Jade said after she saw Tori ready to run. "Unless you're all set, you know." Jade winked and crouched down to do some stretches. The innuendo up in the air.
Tori
The Latina blushed, but copied Jades stretches all the same, thinking it was best to do so rather than suffering the pain afterwards, along with the goths 'I told you so' remarks that would most like come after.
She followed the paler girl back through the Valentines house and opened the front door quietly as not to wake their friend. The sun was up now; Tori had to shield her eyes and blink a few times to adjust her vision to the sudden appearance of light. They set off jogging down the street, the tan girl slightly behind the goth, still exhausted from all the events of the previous day plus the lack of sleep.
"So, why're we jogging so early?" Tori regestured that she had be asking a lot of question recently, but these were a lot more simple and easy to answer than the others that were still buzzing around her mind.
Jade
"It's calming." Jade answered, wishing she brought her iPod so Tori would stop attempting to speak to her. "and it's healthy." Jade looked behind her to see Tori's sweat-ridden face.
"I'm surprised you don't know, I thought you exercised regularly. Or maybe Trina would drag you out like this in the morning." She smirked and continued on, only to stop in front of a forest type location, filled with lush trees and mystery. She stepped in the mouth of the forest and took out her camera.
Tori stood beside her, both hands on her knees as she panted down. Tori finally stood up and patted Jade's shoulder as she swallowed a lump in her throat. "You should get out more." Jade smiled and focused her lens on the trees.
Tori
"Shut up" Tori whined, leaning against a tree to catch her breath. She did exercise…. maybe…. sometimes… okay, so not as often as she should, but she'd play a lot of those sports games on the consoles with Trina a lot, and she liked to go for walks…
"I'm tired." The Latina defended. Jade wasn't listening, the goth had her iPod plugged securely into her ears and was too focused on her photography to care. Tori rolled her eyes and rested against the tree, crossing her arms over her chest while she waited for the pale girl to finish whatever she was doing, half wishing she'd stayed back at Cats in the warm, and sleeping.
"Can we go back yet?" Tori moaned.
Once again, Jade didn't hear her, or pretended not to. She moved deeper into the forest and motioned the tan girl to follow, which she did, with reluctance, but her curiosity got the better of her. What was Jade up to? Was she just taking pictures and dragged Tori along for the ride? Tori groaned as she pushed her way through the trees in pursuit of the pale girl.
Jade
Jade was engorged in finding the middle of this forest. Yes, she's been to Cat's house a lot and on the drive she'd always see this thick forest among urban houses. It bothered Jade in a trivial sense, but it also gave her a sense of peace and tranquility.
She occasionally looked behind her to see if her… errr.. companion was still alive and hasn't deserted her. By all means, Jade wouldn't mind if Tori did. It wasn't safe out here but danger was Jade's middle name. "Hey, if you wanna head back then I insist you go on ahead." Her voice held no annoyance or what other mean adjective that usually described Jade's speech. If you squint, it actually had some concern in it. "I don't really want to leave yet, it's beautiful in here." Jade smiled to herself and clicked on the shutter.
Then, she had an idea. She took steps farther from Tori and when she moved, Jade raised a hand, telling her to stop. Then she took photos of Tori in the distance. It was natural and utterly beautiful. Jade thought she found her muse.
Tori
"It's alright, I'll stay. I'm here now anyway."
Tori was tempted to go back, the only problem was, she couldn't remember the way to Cat's. But she wasn't going to tell Jade that. She stumbled rather inelegantly over the many tree roots that scattered the forest floor, vaguely aware that Jade had turned her camera in the Latina's direction; she could hear the sound of the photo after photo being taken even though the actress had moved further away.
"OW!" The tan girl yelled as she tripped over a rock, only saved from falling flat on her face by the large tree in front of her, which she slammed straight into. She pushed herself away from the tree to glare at Jade as the pale girl started laughing loudly at the brunettes misfortune.
"S'not funny." Tori grumbled, shoving Jade lightly in the shoulder when she caught up, although she couldn't help but smile, the sound of Jade laughing made her heart flutter, but she tried to push that thought out of her mind.
Jade
"I really think it is." Jade commented dryly as she took more shots of the surrounding nature. "You know stolen photos of you are very lovely." Jade smiled at this admission. She walked further into the thick forest and occasionally took photos of small animals that came her way.
Jade may seem like she hated life among other things, but she loved animals. Well, she loved most animals since she couldn't stand most people. And people are animals. She shuddered at the thought.
Behind her, Tori was slipping on rocks and grabbing roots or branches to hold on to. It was a hilarious sight and Jade made sure she had photographic evidence.
"You gonna make it, Vega?"
Tori
"Stop taking pictures!" Tori cried, slipping in a small mud puddle and landing painfully on her behind. This stunt earned another shout of laughter from the goth and Tori heard the camera snap a photograph.
The half Latina tugged herself up off the floor using a tree as support then collapsed against it with a huff. The walk was nice, the scenery, the animals… the company… but she was just so tired, and fed up of how she couldn't stay on her feet for more than 5 seconds at a time. She was pretty sure her legs were going to be completely covered in bruises soon. At that thought, Tori moved her hand subconciously up to her neck where she knew the bite mark Jade had left on her skin remained.
"Where are we going anyway?" The brunette asked. "I thought this was just a jog, not a hike through some forest."
Jade
"I've always wanted to go here." Jade said, walking towards a huge pine tree. "But I've never really gotten to it 'til now." She smiled and crouched down on one knee to take a shot.
"We'll get back as soon as we hit the lake, I promise." She said as she stood up and smiled at Tori. "You could just rest here, I'll come back for you." Jade took out a towel from her pocket and wiped her face. "No guarantees though." She stuck her tongue out at Tori and threw the towel at her.
She didn't know if it was Tori being willing to join her on this trip or this whole trip itself that made her happy. It was such a good feeling to have. Another thing that made her heart flutter was Andre trying to make some form of contact again. But she'll save that sappy story for another day.
"Well?" Jade extended her hand.
Tori
Tori raised an eyebrow skeptically at the smiling goth, but took her hand, feeling grateful that Jade was in a good mood, besides, she didn't really want to stay in the forest on her own for God knows how long.
"Alright, so we'll go to this lake then head back to Cat's" Tori confirmed.
Jade grinned in reply before dragging the Latina further into the forest, walking a little quicker than they were before making Tori glad that she was still holding the pale girls hand for support rather than tripping her way around the place like she was before.
"What's put you in such a good mood?" The brunnette asked. She was grouchy due to exhaustion and was quite surprised that Jade wasn't in the same sort of mood, because Jade usually was in some sort of bad mood. Seeing her smiling as happily as she was right now was definitely a change, a very good one at that.
Jade
"I'd tell you, but then I'd probably have to kill you." Jade grinned as she saw Tori gulp because she actually thought that there was a possibility of it happening. Jade's not surprised, she'd believe her too if she were in Tori's shoes.
"Alright, I'll tell you." She tugged Tori's hand, signaling the Latina to move faster. What's weird was she was holding hands with Tori and neither one felt the urge to pull away. It was heart-warming, to put in terms Jade never exactly used.
"Well for one thing," she began, crossing a puddle much to Tori's dismay since she stepped in it. "I'm out here, alone, with you." As cheesy as it sounded, it wasn't meant to go that way. She saw Tori smile and immediately added: "No one's going to find out where I'm dumping your body later on." She stuck her tongue out and walked on until she found the lake.
Tori
Tori rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out too. She shook the foot that had slipped into the puddle they had stepped over, or in Tori's case in, to get try to get rid of the mud and gunk that had stuck itself to her shoe, then noticed with a smile that they'd finally reached the lake they had been aiming for. Good she thought maybe we can finally take a break.
The Latina allowed Jade to drag her to the edge of the lake, but hung back slightly; she wouldn't put it past the goth girl to push her into the water. The pale girl still hadn't let go of the youngest Vega's hand; she held her camera up in one hand and began eagerly snapping photos of their surroundings. Tori watched her with interest. This was a side of Jade she'd never really seen before and it was a side she'd like to see more of, just the two of them alone with the actress looking happier than the singer could remember seeing her before.
"You'd miss me too much if you killed me off" Tori said with a grin and gave Jade a cheeky wink when she turned back to face her.
Jade
"I guess that's a plausible theory." Jade didn't take time to look at her again. She just continued snapping photos. "You should sit down and rest, I bet your muscles are aching." Jade said the last word with so much intensity that she just had to bite her lip after.
She took a few shots of the lake, then more of it, then the surrounding plants, and lastly, a half-sleeping Tori Vega resting on a trunk of a huge oak tree. They say that taking pictures of people asleep would bring them bad luck but to Jade it was a sweet memory. A few moments later she took off the camera and her hoodie and her clothes and set them all in a safe corner until she was left in her bra and panty.
Then she jumped in the lake.
Tori
Tori awoke with a start as a load of cold water was splashed over her.
"Jade!" She squealed, noticing the other girl had jumped into the lake quite near to where she had nodded off. A blush crept over her when she realised that Jade hadn't taken off most of her clothes and abandoned them, along with her bag, beside the tan girl. Tori was almost tempted to grab the clothing and make a run for it, just for a laugh- and maybe to see the other girl running around half naked- but then she remembered how clumsy she had been simply walking though the forest, no doubt she'd trip up within seconds, then Jade really would dump her body somewhere.
"Are you ever going to let me get some sleep?" The brunnette asked, laughing a little as she wiped some of the water from where it had splashed on her face.
Jade
"No, not really." Jade swam to the edge of the pool and pulled her hair away from her face with both hands. She grabbed the edge of land and pulled herself up, exposing her body to Tori's in the sunlight. "You have to come in the water." Jade closed her eyes and hoped her attempts at seduction would work at this hour.
Jade could feel Tori's eyes move from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. All while her mouth gaped open and if this were a cartoon, Jade would imagine water coming out of her mouth. "Come on then, sleepyhead!" She giggled uncharacteristically and dove into the water again.
Tori
Tori bite her lip as she watched Jade dive into the water once again. She smiled at the other girl, who was now watching her, waiting for Tori to join her in the lake. The Latina got to her feet and began slowly stripping herself of her hoodie, top and jeans so that she was left in nothing but her panties and bra then dived into the lake, making sure to splash Jade in revenged for her rude awakening.
"It's cold!" Tori squeaked, hugging her arms around her while her teeth chattered.
Jade
"Thank you, Catherine Obvious." Jade smiled as she neared Tori. She stared at the tan girl in question and it was so fucking obvious because her pupils started to dilate, her breathing got heavy and amongst other things there was heat in her throat and the pit of her stomach. It was almost sad but Tori stared right back at her with the same amount of intensity.
Jade swam closer to her until she could feel Tori's breath on hers. They stood in front of each other and let out loose and shaky breaths when Jade put both her hands on Tori's waist lightly, just a ghost of a touch. She stared at her hands for a moment, fingertips tickling Tori's tan skin then leaned in close to the half-Latina, their faces centimeters apart.
Tori
Tori shivered under Jades touch, all the cold and tiredness that had previously occupied her thoughts were completely forgotten. Her heart beat accelerated as the goth neared her; she could feel Jade's breath blowing softly over her cheeks, her lips so close she could almost taste them.
Tori ducked quickly out of Jade's way with a mischievous smirk plastered across her face. It almost pained her to do so, but she just couldn't resist teasing the other girl, if only for a few moments, she knew Jade would get revenged for this little stunt as soon as she could. The brunette swam a little way past the goth before turning to face her, still grinning from ear to ear at the slightly annoyed look she received. Tori raised an eyebrow in challenge.
"Problem, West?"
Jade
"Oh, you're going to get it, Vega." With that, Jade dove into the water and tried to catch Tori's legs in her arms. She dragged the Latina down to the water, as if she were drowning and Tori tried to squirm away. She let go of her legs and moved on to wrap her arms around her torso and yank her down even further. Tori was obviously scared underwater and Jade couldn't blame her. She was probably lacking oxygen as well.
Well, Jade would fix that.
She found her way to Tori's mouth and kissed her rigorously. Passionately, and Tori instantly moved her mouth to mesh with Jade's. It was Jade's first time to kiss someone underwater too, and it felt so heavenly good. She deepened the kiss by slipping her tongue in Tori's mouth, tracing the surface of her teeth with her tongue, but as soon as they couldn't give in anymore, they rose for air, wrapped in each others arms.
Tori
Tori was beaming brightly, her breath coming out in small gasps for air as her lungs frought to get the oxygen back into her system. She lay her head on the goths shoulder, allowing her breath to tickle over her pale skin before she began planting small kisses along her neck and jaw line until she reached Jade's lips, which she kissed slowly, smiling against the other girls mouth as she kissed back.
"I like this" Tori said in a quiet whisper, tucking Jade's wet hair behind her ear so she could admire the goths beautiful face. Her heart skipped a beat at the girl in front of her; they were still holding each other close and all Tori could think was that wanted these stolen moments to last forever.
Jade
"I…" Jade buried her face in Tori's neck, resting her forehead in it's crook. "I like this too." She whispered, hoping Tori didn't hear. She wrapped her arms tighter around Tori's torso as said girl wrapped her arms tighter around Jade's neck.
Jade wanted to tell her things, things she probably wouldn't understand. Hell, Jade couldn't understand them either such as 'you make my heart go insane' or more, 'I want to hate you but there's a thin line between that and what I'm feeling' — It's all so new and foreign to Jade. It wasn't like with Beck where everything was routine and probably already done once.
"Vega…" Jade pulled back, looking at Tori's face. She tried to fight away the tears that would come but alas, they fell and she found solace in her body once again. Just like in the carnival.
Tori
"Shhh" Tori said softly, catching Jade's falling tears with her thumb and wiping them away.
She held the girl close in her arms as the goth tucked her head against her neck once more, still trying to fight the tears that flowed. The Latina wrapped her fingers loosely into the goths hair and kissed the top of her head, hoping to comfort her. Tori had only really seen Jade cry once before, at that time she was sobbing over Beck, begging Tori to help her win her boyfriend back. The brunette's heart lurched at the thought. Jade still had Beck. All of this, their little fling, she didn't know what it was. Jade could easily go running back to her boyfriend like nothing ever happened, leaving Tori alone, unwanted.
"Jade, look at me" the singer whispered, nudging the girl off her shoulder and lifting her chin with a finger. She place one small kiss upon the goths lips, finding now that she was having to fight back unwanted tears. "Jade. I need to know what this is. What this means to you."
Jade
Jade's eyes flickered. She didn't know anymore. She didn't hate Tori's guts or want to set her on fire like she used to. It was wrong, what she was feeling, and frankly she didn't care. But she still had obligations to someone else. She unwrapped her arms from Tori's and let out a sigh.
Jade sunk in the water, hoping she'd drown, but Tori only pulled her back up. She didn't know what this was. What it meant or how it was going to change anything at all. "Does it have to be something?" Jade asked, annoyed. "Can't it be anything?" Jade was so confused she was messing up her sentences. "What about you?" Jade looked up for the first time and saw those brown eyes melting.
Tori
"I- I-" Tori stuttered. She didn't have a clue. She didn't even know she had these feelings until just a few days ago and all she knew now was that she didn't want this… this mess of whatever it was to stop. Maybe it was so wrong and so stupid and so selfish, but after just that one kiss, everything suddenly felt so right. Maybe it didn't have to be anything, like Jade said. Maybe it could just be the two of them, nobody had to know- although Tori did suspect Andre knew something was going on, even though she didn't know how he knew- maybe they could just have these moments, when nobody else was around, all to themselves.
Tori wrapped her arms around the dark haired girl again, pulling her in close and before she could protest, she captured the goths lips in the most heartfelt kiss she could, hoping to pour every ounce of the feelings she felt into it, praying that Jade would understand.
Jade
Jade deepened the kiss by opening her mouth to a very eager Tori. She closed her eyes shut and tried to imagine her as Beck, seeing if she still wanted him as much as she thought she did. She couldn't. Her mind always pictured Tori and she bet if she kissed Beck as passionate as she did Tori now, she'd only see the half-latina.
Jade wrapped her arms tighter around Tori's waist. It was hard, but Tori felt like a dream slipping away. As if Jade let go, Tori would disappear. With this thought came tears from Jade's eyes, she was trying to tell something in between kisses and Tori only understood when Jade pulled away to really cry. "Don't disappear on me. Ever. Please."
Tori
"I won't." Tori said gently, rubbing small circles over the crying girls back in comfort. "I won't. Ever."
She closed her eyes, tugging the goth even closer, if that were possible, and buried her face into the dark hair. This felt all so unreal, like Tori was going to wake up at any second to find none of this had happened, that she was going to go to school and find everything exactly as it was before, including Jade being as horrible as ever to the youngest Vega girl. She wanted to hold on to moments like these and never let go; she feared they may slip away for good. Nothing matter right now except what as happening in this very moment. The past, the future, none of it was important. Tori knew they'd have to face it at some point, and it wasn't going to be easy, but right now, she didn't care. All she needed was Jade.
"Don't you disappear on me either" the brunette mumbled faintly, swallowing a lump that had worked its way into her throat.
Jade
Jade pulled away, she had to get back. She promised to meet Andre later on and she didn't want to keep Tori from any further plans she had today with anyone else. She didn't want to use Tori, but alas, it's what she did. "Come on, I have one last thing I want to do before we have to go back." She grabbed the edge of the land and pulled herself up effortlessly. She looked at Tori who attempted to do the same but failed, it wasn't as easy as it looked, really.
She crouched on the grass and extended both her arms for Tori to grab. Which she did. They made their way to their pile of clothes and put them off, even when they were as wet as they made themselves. Jade made sure she dried her hands before slipping any clothes on and grabbed her camera. She sat down on the roots of the tree Tori rested on a while ago and when Tori met her gaze, Jade patted down the seat beside her.
Tori complied and sat down, looking at Jade with much confusion. Jade held up her camera and took a picture of both of them. Again, but Jade kissed Tori's neck. Another, Tori's cheek. Then at the last, Tori finally grabbed Jade's chin and kissed her, the last shot was taken.
Tori
Tori bit her bottom lip as she smiled and rested her forehead against Jade's for a moment before pulling away, allowing the other girl to put her camera safely in her bag. She pushed herself up off the ground and held out a hand to help Jade to her feet, which the goth took with a small smile. Tori laced their fingers together and the two girls slowly made their way back through the forest in silence.
"I better text Trina to ask if she can pick me up" The Latina said, retrieving her PearPhone from her hoodie pocket. She quickly entered the text and sent it off the her sister, wondering how long it would take the older Vega to reply and if she'd bother to her pick up at all.
When they reached the edge of the forest, Tori pulled the other girl around to face her.
"So, what happens now?"
Jade
"I don't know," Jade squeezed Tori's hand, her eyes intent on it. Jade wanted to tell Tori she liked holding her hand. She wanted to tell her that her heart burst into a million colors and feelings when she held her. "I…" Jade began, but Tori unlaced her hand from Jade's and began walking back to Cat's house. Tori didn't like indecision and Jade knew that deep inside her, Tori wanted Jade to break up with Beck.
Jade couldn't. Beck's her rock and if she loses him, she won't have any ground to stand on. She loved him, or that's what she thought. But what did she feel about Tori? Plus was she gay now? Or bi in the least for having sex with a girl more than once within a 24 hour span? What was this?
She ran to Tori, "Tori, Vega! Hey! You're going to get lost." Jade ran.
Tori
Tori continued walking. Maybe this was a childish reaction to something she knew was difficult to answer in the first place, but the Latina could only hope that by walking away now, it wouldn't hurt so much later. She knew that once they went back to school, or even when they left Cat's house, Jade would go straight back to Beck, Tori would once again be her verbal punch bag and all of this would be forgotten, at least by Jade.
Tori stopped in her tracks. Okay, Jade was right, she was lost. She turned on her heel to wait for the goth to catch up, which luckily didn't take long as Jade had ran to catch up with the Latina's fast pace.
"Alright, which way is it?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest and refusing to look at Jade.
Jade
"You take a left at the intersection, moron." Jade said dryly, pointing to the obvious direction. Shit. Where were they headed now? Tori raised an eyebrow at her. "There, you see." Jade pointed to a street she recalled faintly. "It's right there, come on." She tugged on Tori's arm and they began walking back to Cat's house.
Twenty minutes in and they still haven't found the house. Jade was becoming nervous as she cursed her poor sense of direction and memory. "Shit," She cursed for real. That's when she had an idea. She took her camera and checked for all photos with indications or landmarks, maybe that would help them get back to Cat's.
Tori
Tori stood on her tip toes to peek over Jade's shoulder, her heart skipped a little as the recent photographs of her and Jade flashed upon the screen, which the goth flicked past quickly as she searched for whatever she was looking for. After a minute or so, Jade seemed to have figured out what she wanted and pointed wordlessly back in the direction they had just walked, catching Tori's wrist with her fingers in a way the Latina had grown so used to, although that didn't stop the butterflies, and dragged her away.
They walked together, neither saying a word as the dark haired girl focused on her camera and wandered slowly back to Cat's, occasionally having to grab Tori's arm to pull her in the right direction; the tan girl was too busy watching the other girl to pay attention to where she put her feet. She still expected to wake up to find Trina towering over her, shouting something about leaving for school without her if she didn't hurry up and get out of bed, instead of being out here with Jade.
A stupid, yet genius, thought crossed Tori's mind. Maybe they could just run away. Run away together so nobody could interrupt what they had created. They could be together without worrying about anybody else. I was tempting, idiotic and highly pathetic, but so very tempting that the Latina almost reached out for Jade and ran. She may have gone though with it too, but she was so focused on the plan, and the pale girl, that she tripped over the curb while crossing the road.
"OW!" Tori yelled in annoyance, cursing her inability to walk today.
Jade
"God damn it, Tori." Jade cursed, crouching down to scoop the younger Vega up. "What's wrong with you today?" She helped Tori up, wiping her cheek with her thumb on the way up. She had that gaze set on Tori's eyes again and in a little while she'd find herself lean forward and mark Tori's lips with hers. But that wasn't the case since she moved away faster than Tori could process another thought. "Come on, I gather Cat would be awake by now." Jade held out her hand in a friendly, yet something more fashion.
"I wish I knew, Tori." Jade laced her fingers around Tori's, feeling a sense of relief for the first time. "I wish I knew why this happened, why it's happening." She ran her thumb on Tori's skin. It was skin she'd ached to touch, but now she has it, she never wants to return it. "Don't you?" She turned to the girl in question, a sad look in their eyes.
Tori
"I do" the Latina sighed. It was all she wanted to know, all that occupied her mind, pushing every other thought out of the way, including the prom she'd promised to organise. Urg, the prom. Tori had hoped Cat could help her out with it when they had the sleepover, but that definitely didn't happen.
She looked down at their linked hands and half smiled as Jade's thumb ran over her skin.
"I wish this could be simple" Tori blurted out quietly before she could stop herself. "I wish this was as easy as it's been so far, but it's not, is it? We're not even meant to be friends and you're… you're still with Beck."
Guilt stabbed at Tori as she spoke the boys name. He was her friend and she was helping his girlfriend cheat on him. What was worse, every part of her ached for Jade to break it off with him and stay with her, which she knew the goth would never do. It hurt.
"Let's just get back to Cat's." The tan girl mumbled, dropping Jade's hand and walking briskly ahead. "She'll be wondering where we are."