A/N: I'm sorry that the last chapter seemed a bit rushed, It was one I struggled with, It may be because I was wide awake at the time I wrote it. I tend to write better when I stay up most of the night writing, lol. I was leaning towards Alex and Jennifer thinking that something is up. Thanks for all the support o far. Anyway, hope you like this chapter :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious
Chapter Nine: Hiding in the car park.
Alex and Jennifer sat next to each other and glanced at their mothers who were at the end of the row with Patrick in-between the four.
"She's wearing my mom's top" Alex told Jennifer. Jennifer looked Jade over and sighed.
"What do you thinks going on with them?" Jennifer asked. Alex raised her eyebrows.
"You haven't noticed?" Alex asked, shocked.
"My mom's been talking her up ever since we all met… and their sharing clothes, sleeping over… need I go on?" Alex pointed out.
"Wait you think… that my mom and your mom… are…" Jennifer said.
"Hooking up, yeah" Alex continued.
"Ew, Alex… don't say that… I don't want that image in my head…" Jennifer shuddered. It wasn't that she didn't think her mom deserved a love life it was just that, she thought it was weird considering her mom was really Alex' mom and Tori was really her mom… it was confusing.
"Sorry" Alex apologized.
"So… what if they are though?" Jennifer asked.
"I don't know" Alex sighed.
"Does that mean we're like sisters?" Jennifer asked.
"Well we technically are though… kind of" Alex pointed out.
"What should we do?" Jennifer wondered. Alex shook her head; she didn't know what to do.
"Let's wait for them to tell us?" Alex suggested although she was still unsure.
"But what if it's not true?" Jennifer wondered. Alex looked at her for a second as if she was blind.
"Think of it this way... you know how Andre said yesterday that Jade used to torment my mom?" Alex asked, Jennifer nodded.
"Well... now they're really close all of a sudden..." Alex explained.
"But isn't that because of this situation?" Jennifer pointed out.
"I think it's part of the reason" She admitted, then she was shushed by Patrick who was very annoyed at their constant talking.
"What are they so chatty about?" Jade asked, looking over at Alex and Jennifer.
"I don't know" Tori sighed.
"Alex was acting rather strange earlier" Tori informed Jade, she had a concerned look on her face as she looked over Alex.
"So was Jenn… I was so proud!" Jade smiled. Tori eyed her suspiciously.
"She was acting a bit like teenage me" Jade explained.
"That's not really a good thing, Jade" Tori pointed out half amused and half annoyed. Jade's eyes went wide in pretend shock.
"Why, little miss Vega, didn't you like the big bad West?" Jade said, using her southern belle accent reserved especially for Tori. Tori rolled her eyes and resisted saying; "I don't talk like that".
"Really? You're going to call yourself that?" Tori asked sarcastically. Jade shrugged and glanced back at the screen.
"I still can't believe you told Alex what you got up to around her age… You're practically giving her ideas!" Tori sighed.
"Sorry about that… and I'm sorry I took your blood" Jade apologized, she looked into Tori's brown eyes and smiled.
"I wish we could just ditch" Jade sighed.
"Well we can't, we have children and they'll wonder where we are" Tori reminded her, Jade lifted her hands in defense.
"I know all that, I'm not a bad mother or anything. I don't usually ditch my kids on a family outing so I can make out with some girl in the bathrooms" Jade whispered, making sure that nobody would hear.
"Relax, Jade. I'm not going to argue about parenting techniques" Tori giggled but was shushed by someone behind her so they both turned back to the screen and continued to watch the film. Jade slipped her hand over to Tori's and they held hands secretly.
"So that was a good movie" Tori beamed as they left the screening room.
"A-huh" Jennifer agreed, looking to Alex. To her it seemed as though Alex had all the answers.
"It was really boring" Patrick commented.
"If it was boring why did you tell us to be quiet?" Jennifer asked annoyed.
"Because you were gossiping!" Patrick stated.
"Hey you two, stop arguing!" Jade warned, giving them a glare but not one that would scare them too much.
"She started it!" Patrick said, crossing his arms.
"I don't care who started it I'm finishing it, you're teenagers not, five year old's" Jade said.
"Sorry mom" They both said in unison.
"So, um... Tori" Jennifer said, turning to Tori and walking over to her. Tori smiled.
"Yeah, what's up?" Tori asked.
"Can we all go out for ice-creams?" Jennifer pleaded.
"Um... shouldn't you ask your mother that?" Tori asked, looking at Jade.
"Why don't you ask her mom, you seem to be spending a lot of time with her lately" Alex snapped. Tori and Jade both froze and looked to each other.
"Are you two... um... going out?" Jennifer asked, still unsure of it herself.
"Um..." Tori started.
"Yes" Jade finished, and went to hold Tori's hand.
"We were going to tell you, we just wanted to ease you into it. A lot has happened over these last two months and we didn't want you to get confused" Tori explained.
"Oh..." Jennifer said, still unsure of what to do.
"We're not six!" Alex pouted and started to storm out. Jennifer looked at Alex who was nearly at the door for a second then back at Jade and Tori unsure of what to do.
"You don't have to sugar coat it!" Jennifer added as she followed her switched buddy out the door. Jade and Tori looked at Patrick for reassurance. He just shrugged.
"I don't care, you've been really happy lately." He told them.
"Come on then Patrick, let's find your sisters" Jade said as they all raced to follow the two teenagers.
Alex and Jennifer had ran pretty far before their mothers and Patrick had started to follow them. As soon as they spotted them in the distance they hid behind a car in the car park.
"Alex, what are we doing?" Jennifer asked concerned.
"Um, hiding... what do you think?" Alex responded, sarcastically.
"But... why?" Jennifer asked, confused.
"I'm sick of being treated like I'm a little girl and them thinking they have to keep secrets from us to protect us or some crazy shit like that!" Alex complained.
"I don't like swearing, Alex" Jennifer commented. Alex shrugged.
"Neither do I but I'm angry, Okay. I'm angry at the whole situation!" Alex explained.
"But still, all this will achieve is scaring Tori and my mom, and making them worry about us" Jennifer pointed out.
"Then go back, just don't tell them where I am" Alex said. Jennifer shook her head and leaned against the car.
"No, I'll stay." Jennifer sighed.
"We're saying it all wrong any way. I mean Jade should have been my mom and Tori should have been yours!" Alex stated.
"I know, but it didn't happen that way and I know it sucks but I suppose it's a blessing in disguise. I mean we all got to meet each other. If we hadn't been switched at birth then... none of this would have happened. You're like my best friend now!" Jennifer said, desperately trying to calm the other girl down.
"Thanks... I don't know" Alex sighed.
"look Alex, I love my mom and I'm kind of glad she got to be my mom, Aren't you glad Tori was your mom?" Jennifer asked. A tear dropped from Alex' pale skin as she looked the other girl over.
"Yes... but... I grew up not knowing who my father was and the only thing I knew was who my mom was and then all of a sudden, that wasn't true. It was as if I'd been living a lie all this time and I want to get to know Jade, but I can't because It hurts. It hurts that I missed out on this whole big chunk of my life being Alex Vega when I should have been Jennifer West!" Alex confided. Jennifer put her arm around her and let her cry for a second then she let go.
"I don't think, sitting in a car park is going to help any of us!" Jennifer said.
"Then let's run away?" Alex suggested.
"Why? That will just hurt them and they might think it was because of them being together" Jennifer pointed out, she wanted to go back to the others but she was not going to let Alex run away by herself!
"Because... I don't know what else to do" Alex admitted. She stood up slightly and noticed that Tori, Jade and Patrick were on the other side of the car park. She tapped Jennifer's shoulder.
"The coast is clear... Are you coming?" Alex asked, Jennifer looked up and sighed.
"Okay" She agreed, reluctantly and followed Alex to wherever it was she was planning on running to.
Over on the other side of the car park, Jade and Tori were running around frantically trying to find the two teens.
"I'm scared, Jade" Tori admitted, holding back tears. Jade hugged her.
"They haven't been gone very long, maybe they just need to blow off some steam... they'll sure to be back tonight, They'll be fine" Jade reassured her but she was still unsure of that herself. She just didn't want to scare Tori or Patrick. It was clear to Jade now that she had to be the strong one.
"What should we do?" Tori asked, whilst still in Jade's embrace.
"We should call everyone we know. Ask them to keep an eye out in case they show up then we go to mine. They'll show up, at one of our houses and since mine is closer to here, they'll probably go there" Jade told her, Tori nodded.
"They'll come back won't they mom?" Patrick asked, it was the first thing he'd said since they'd been looking for the girls. Jade let go of Tori and hugged her son.
"Yes, of course they will!" Jade told him, desperately hoping that she was right!
A/N: Okay, so I kind of ended this on a cliff hanger here, I hope you liked it though. Let me know what you think in a review :)