Author's Notes- Hey guys, I won't make any excuses, you guys know I suck at regular updates. But here it is, I hope you like it.

"Tori, if you don't stop tossing and turning, I'm going to have to smother you." I threaten, sleepily.
Tori turns back over again and sighs, "I'm sorry, I just can't get to sleep." She groans.
"Why not?" I ask, rolling to face her.
"I'm nervous, about tomorrow."
'Tomorrow.' I think, tomorrow we're flying to New York.
I open my eyes to look at her. She has a rather worried expression on her face, I sigh out loud, she has a right to be worried. Not only am I going to have to sign paper work to reinstate a restraining order against my ex fiancé, but Tori's going to be meeting my father for the first time. It's not that I don't think my father won't like her, I'm afraid he'll say or do something to offend Tori and Cat. My father's not exactly the warm and fuzzy type.
I reach out and grab her hand, "I'd try to reassure you, but I'm nervous too."
"Look, I love Cat, but I'm worried about bringing her. We're used to her and her craziness, but I'm afraid she may do something offend your dad." She stresses.
I laugh out loud, that's what's she's nervous about.
"I'm not worried about Cat, she'll be fine." I laugh, feeling a small amount of weight lift.
"Are you sure? I saw how nervous your brother is around her. She's gets a little scary when she's hungry, even more so now she's pregnant." She stresses.
I laugh even harder.
"What's so funny?" She asks, giving me a strange look.
"Kenny's not scared of Cat, he's scared of women. Most women make him nervous. Especially ones he likes." I continue laughing.
"Wait, he likes Cat?!" She exclaims, shocked.
"Tori, you can be really oblivious sometimes." I shake my head.

"It's not just Cat, what if your dad doesn't like me?" She stresses even more.
I reach over and cuddle into her, trying to make her feel better. There isn't much I could possibly say that could reassure her, because even if dad does like her, he probably won't show it.
"Oh great, you're hugging me, now I'm really scared." She covers her face.
"What are you talking about, I love hugging you." I say, snuggling closer.
"Yeah, but it's not reassuring me. You're just making me more nervous." She whines.
"Have I ever told you, you talk too much?" I lean in and kiss her.
"Jade, I'm serious! I worried your dad won't think I'm good enough for you." She cries, looking even more worried than before.
I give a sympathetic laugh and hug her even harder, "Tori, you're an Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated actress. Of course you're not good enough for me." I joke. She lets out a half laugh, half sob.
"Jade!" She playfully hits me, "Not to mention, is he even going to be ok with you being in a lesbian relationship?" She stresses.
"Look, I'm not going to tell you it's going to be all sunshine and roses. Dad is aware of my bi-sexuality, but he's never really mentioned it, so I have no idea how it's going to go. But, he loves me, he just has different ways of showing it." I explain, with a small amount of difficulty.
Tori sighs, "I know he does, I just really want him to like me."
"Stop worrying, he'll probably tell me you're too good for me and I should marry you now before you realise." I joke. Tori giggles and snuggles in closer to me.
"Just try and get some rest, we can worry about it all tomorrow." I say, closing my eyes.
"Ok, just make sure you pack your scissors in your suitcase. We don't need to be held up by security tomorrow." She reminds me.
"Yes, dear." I smirk, earning me another whack.

The flight to New York goes off without a hitch. Besides my brother not being able to speak to Cat the whole time without stuttering or losing pitch. Which was hard for him, because they sat together. I hit him in the arm as we walk through the airport.
"Dude, you need to get a grip on yourself." I mutter, weaving through people.
He nervously brushes his ebony hair forward, "I don't know what it is with her. She makes me more nervous than any other woman I've ever liked before." He says, awkwardly.
"Ease up Turbo. She's not interested in any kind of relationship now. She's pregnant, she wants food and more food, anything else and she's going to tell you to get the hell out." I warn, keeping my voice low, so that Cat and Tori wouldn't overhear.
"It's such a shame, why on earth would any man reject someone as beautiful and amazing as her." He says, gazing at her as they walk ahead of us.
"Good lord, son! You've known her for two days and you're already head over heels." I furrow my brows, "Do I need to cut you off?" I ask, jokingly.
He laughs and shakes his head, "I'll be ok."
"Come on, you slow pokes! I want to get a soft pretzel and a dirty water hot dog before we meet your dad." Cat yells, from ahead.
"Coming." Kenny sings back, but his voice breaks.
"Jesus Christ, you've got it bad!" I chuckle to myself, as Kenny blushes.

We hurry up to them, as we come out to the luggage carousels.
"Where are we going to meet your dad?" Tori asks Kenny.
"At his apartment, on Fifth Avenue." He answers, keeping an eye out for our luggage.
"Wait, we're meeting him at home?" I question, finding it strange.
"Is that a problem?" Tori asks, nervously.
"Ah..no.. It's just dad normally likes to meet any of our significant others at the West Co. Office. It's like an intimidation tactic, I guess. I'm so used to it happening there, I don't know what to think." I muse, wondering why the sudden change.
"He's been really different lately, Jade. Like, I mean, he's still business focused and stern, but he seems more calm and genuine. It started happening just after you left for LA, now that I think about it." Kenny says, thoughtfully.
"More calm? Like his vein in his forehead no longer pops?" I raise an eyebrow.
Kenny chuckles, "Yeah, actually I haven't seen that in ages."
"Wow." I mutter to myself, surprised. Then again, I have been gone over a year now, things do change.
Tori saddles up to me and slips her hand into mine, it's a little clammy. I can tell how nervous she is. I give a reassuring squeeze, as we see the start of our luggage come around.

The cab slides up to the front of my families building. It's a 28 storey white stone structure. Each apartment has a beautiful view of the city. I hop out and look up, it was nice to be home, even if it was under pressured circumstances. After unloading our luggage and making our way into the elevator, we proceed up to the very top level. The penthouse of this building is where my brother and I grew up. It is filled with both happy and sad memories of my childhood, but regardless, I'm still quite pleased to be home. As the elevator climbs level by level, I look at the other three people in here. My brother, tall and handsome with ebony hair and Ivory skin. He keeps glancing nervously towards Cat, a light blush runs through his cheeks. I glance towards Cat who seems to be somewhat nervous too, she looks down at her little belly and gently rubs it, cooing softly to it. Finally, my eyes roam over to Tori, who's slightly shaking and is nervously fidgeting with her hair. Her tan skin looks pale as I can see how terrified she is. I feel the elevator slow down as we reach our destination. The doors open and we step out into the apartment.
"Your elevator opens into your apartment?" Cat asks, in wonder.
"Yeah, it's cool, hey?" Kenny grins at her. She nods as she looks around in amazement.
The apartment looks exactly as I remember. Large open plan, brilliant white walls, with beautiful mouldings on the ceilings. All the furniture, dark stained wood with perfectly matching sculptures and paintings to tie the place together. The lounge room offers large floor to ceiling windows, giving you the full view of New York and its amazing beauty.

"Your home is beautiful!" Cat gushes.
"Thanks Cat. Our mum designed it. You'll probably be meeting her today too." I say.
I see Tori going even paler, if that's even possible. I lean in and whisper to her.
"Don't worry, she's not scary."
She nods, being unusually quiet. Kenny motions us to follow him, clearly knowing where our father is going to be. We set off through the apartment, we seem to be heading towards the office.
'Typical!' I think to myself, just like dad to make himself more intimidating.
We walk down the hallway, which is just as beautifully decorated as the rest of the apartment. At the end of the hall is a large oak door, Dad's office. We enter to find him sitting behind his big oak desk pouring over some important paperwork. I look around, it's as I remember, dark emerald green, with a fireplace over to the left and a giant window behind dad's desk, though he always has the shutters close.
"Hello dad, I'm home and I've brought Jade and her guests." Kenny says.
My father looks up, he holds a cold, steely gaze over us. I feel Tori begin to shake even harder.
"Hello Kenneth. Jadelyn, welcome home. How has your stay in Los Angeles been?" He asks, his tone is deep, much deeper than I remember. I smirk, wondering if he's trying to scare Tori and Cat.
"Hey dad, it's been great. I've met some really awesome people and also my girlfriend." I say stepping forward slightly, "Dad, this is Cat Valentine, one of my friends and Tori Vega, my girlfriend."

My father stands, suddenly, making Cat and Tori jump slightly. He walks over and looks intensely at them, as if he was analysing them.
"You seem nervous?" He says to Tori, who is still shaking.
"I am." She admits truthfully.
"I haven't been this nervous since you kicked your shoe at the Chancellor of Yerba." Cat says, who also seems rather scared.
"Cat, you know I didn't mean to do that." Tori says, hurriedly, trying to hush her.
My father tilts he's head in interest.
"You've been to Yerba?" He asks, his tone suddenly sounding a more surprised than cold.
"Ah, yeah, it was a number of years ago. We had a small run in with the Chancellor which got us into to a small amount of trouble." Tori tries to dismiss it, though even I'm now interested as to what happened.
"And by small, she means in the middle of our performance, her shoe flew off and took out the chancellor's only working eye and she was put in jail." Cat blurts out. Both Kenny and I widen our eyes in surprise, I never knew that this had happened.
"Cat!" Tori scolds.
"Then, with a series of unfortunate circumstances that happened after, landed the rest of us got put in jail too and we had to make friends with the prisoners and plan escape, with the help of our drama teacher. The Chancellor was pissed when he realised we got away!" Cat laughs, suddenly feeling less nervous now she was telling a story.
My father eyes Tori and Cat interestedly, he looks to Tori.
"So, you are the one who blinded The Chancellor of Yerba?" He asks, holding her with a cold gaze.
Tori nods, then lowers her head in embarrassment. After a brief moment, my father begins to laugh, deeply. We all look at him confused.
"Oh my word! I've always wanted to meet the woman who did that to him. He was such a dick!" He laughs, speaking less formal than anyone is used too.

After his laughter dies down, he can see confused looks on all of our faces.
"My apologies." His tone, sounding much friendlier, "Tori, Cat, I'm Augustine West.
Tori gives a weak wave, seeing some kind of relief flood her body, as for Cat, she gives him a big smile and a happy wave.
"Please, come sit." He smiles, though it's not a warm smile, it's the warmest I'd ever seen.
Tori and Cat sit on the two chairs in front of dad's desk, Tori looking a fraction less frightened.
"How come you know about Yerba?" Cat asks, seemingly warming up to my dad.
"Well, even though it's a small island, they produced a rare mineral we used to use in some of West Co. products. We had a great relationship with them for many years until the Chancellor took over." Dad replies.
"It was a weird place when we were there." Tori says, finding her voice.
"Oh my goodness, Tori. It has always been a weird place." He chuckles.
I look over at Kenny, who's looking just as stunned as me at the conversation taking place.
"So, you guys were put in jail?" Dad asks, with a light casual tone, like he was having a round of cosmos with his girlfriends.
"Yes, at first it was only me." Tori blushes.
"Oh! And all the prisoners were scared of Tori, because they thought she was a psycho for taking out the Chancellor's eye." Cat laughed, Tori laughs uneasily at Cat, "And when I had to be there as well, I joined a prison gang." Cat finishes as an afterthought.
I look over to my father, who appears to be enjoying the conversation with them immensely.
"Did any of you get bitten by a Vampire Moth?" Dad asks, seriously.
"Here we go." I roll my eyes, as does Kenny.
"What?" Tori questions me, with a weird look.
"Jadelyn and Kenneth don't believe that the Vampire Moth was real." My dad shakes his head.
"Oh my gosh, did you get bitten?" Cat asks, concerned, placing her hands on the desk.
"Yes, I did, it was before those two were born and before the Chancellor took over. It was on the foot, I ended up losing a toe." Cat gasps and Tori sighs in sympathy.
Dad had told us this story so many times, how on earth could you lose a toe from a moth? They don't even bite.
"Our friend André got bitten. His neck had a massive lump on it, it was disgusting." Tori shakes her head.
"Oh my word! He did survive, didn't he?" Dad asks, with concern.
"Yeah but he had some really weird side effects. He ate salt for like two days." Cat says, thoughtfully. My father nods at her, understanding. Their conversation continues, dad mentioning some of the side effects he'd experienced and Tori nods along.
I frown at them, "Wait! This Vampire Moth thing is real?" I ask Tori, knowing she wouldn't lie to me.
"Of course it is, André could have died. Yerba is full of crazy arse creatures." She says, forcefully.
"All these years and we always thought dad was just born without the toe and he was just making up the story to sound cool." Kenny says, in wonder.

All of a sudden Cat's stomach gives an angry growl. Dad looks at Cat, noticing for the first time she's pregnant. Cat rubs her belly, shushing it.
"I'm sorry, I'm still getting used to being hungry all the time." Cat blushes, a little embarrassed at the timing of her stomach.
"Not at all, Cat. I remember when my wife was pregnant, she would get hungry at all hours of the night and I'd have to run out and get her the most ridiculous things." He says, with a smile, "I hope your boyfriend does the same for you?"
I small amount of awkward silence falls over the room.
"Oh, well actually, I'm not with the father. He kind of did a runner, because he didn't want it to hurt his career." Cat lowers her head.
My father frowns, I can't tell if he's about to judge her for being a single mum or not.
"My dear, there is nothing to be ashamed of. I'm sure you'll make an excellent mother, and I can see you have a wonderful friend in Tori. Not to mention, you have my daughter Jadelyn. The fellow sounds like a bit of a jerk if you ask me." He says, kindly.
I look at Kenny, he gives me a shrug. Dad look up to us.
"I know, I'll go get your mother and she can make us an enormous dinner. I'll be right back." And with that he hopped up and hurried out of the room.
Cat and Tori turned to us, "Well, that went well." Tori says, as she smiles, and Cat nods, "Jade, what's the matter?" Seeing a weird, confused look on my face.
"Who was that man?" I ask Kenny.
Again, he shrugs "I told you, he's been different lately."
"Different? That's a completely new person." I say, flabbergasted. He started off like I remember, then slipped into this completely new person.
"He must really like you guys." Kenny comments, looking a little impressed.
"Really?" Tori asks, her eyes sparkling a little.
"Yeah, I've never seen him be that talkative with anyone." I nod, wondering where the hell my father went, "This is really strange."
"So, now all I have to do is impress your mum?" Tori says, looking nervously at the door.
"Don't worry, Tori. Mum's great, honestly." Kenny assures her, though it didn't help her look any less nervous.
"Well, are you ready?" I ask her. She nods, but takes my hand.
All four of us walk back out into the hall and out towards the kitchen, for the next parent meeting.