Hello once again for the first time in ever random strangers! And yes, that was a run on sentence.

It has been literally a year since I wrote anything, but I have a valid excuse!

I had lost my motivation, then I had to go through a bunch of drama, and since I'm usually not a dramatic person, I had no idea how to deal with it. So, long story short, I'm down one best friend, up one grade level, and ready to go!

On with the story!

!

Admiral Earth POV

It was nearing our six month anniversary when it happened.

I had bought a beautiful charm bracelet with AE+TV on it, along with a microphone and a small earth charm.

Cliché, I know, but I was trying to be cute.

Anyways, I was at Hollywood Arts, waiting for my girlfriend to appear. I had gotten there early, so I could show her, and maybe celebrate the event a little before school started.

That's when it happened.

The next thing I know, I'm nearly tackled by a small mass of brown hair and tears.

Tori, my beautiful, sweet Tori, was crying. Not just one of those, I got my period and you need to feel pretty tears, either. This was more, I'm dying on the inside please save me, kinda things.

"Tori, what's wrong?" I asked, wrapping my arms around her middle and softly whispering into her ear, going into full boyfriend mode.

Sobs wracked her body, along with the occasional "I… we… you". She was trying to tell me something, but between the hyperventilating and the fact that her face was buried into my shoulder, nothing came out.

I let her cry for a few moments and moved us to a less public place beside the school.

Once I felt the worst of her tears start to secede, I gently cupped her face with my hands and lifted her head up, and stared into her eyes with what I hoped looked like a caring expression.

"What's the matter, baby?" I asked in a gentle voice.

"W-w-we need to talk" was Tori's reply, gently putting her hands over mine and sitting us down at a nearby bench.

Tori POV

FLASHBACK 5 months ago

I woke up to a poke in the stomach and a single demand.

"Vega. Go make me a sandwich."

Grumbling, I pulled the dark purple blanket over my headed turned over. We had been having some….fun…. the night before at Jade's house, cleverly disguised as a sleepover to my mom and dad.

"VEGA. Go make me a sandwich."

At this point, Jade had shifted so I couldn't feel her body on the bed anymore. She had gotten up to change, leaving my body instinctively shivering at the loss of contact.

"Why? I'm sleepy. And sore."

"You should be. I didn't know you could bend that far, Vega."

Her voice was right next to my ear.

The next thing I know, the blanket is ripped from my body, replaced by a tall, raven haired woman. I didn't like where this was going.

"I obviously wear the pants in this little whatever we're doing. You should be the one to make me a sandwich. And a coffee, while you're at it. Two-"

"Two sugars, and if I put cream in it you'll string me up by my thumbs. We've been through this before. Why don't you get it? You have clothes on." I sighed, trying to disentangle myself from the, rather distracting view on top of me, Jade only being clad in a black bra and underwear, myself still as bare as the day I was born.

"Is that sass, I detect, Vega? Miss Sally Peaches has gotten a wild side, everybody!" Jade said in a voice only reserved for me.

I don't talk like th-!" was all I managed to get out, before a hailstorm of fingers met my flesh.

A fate worse than death. I was being TICKLED.

I rolled around on the bed wildly, laughing and trying to buck Jade off as best I could. That only succeeded, however, in throwing us both to the ground, Jade landing on top of me. We were laughing, but it had turned into an awkward laugh before trailing off as we looked into each others' eyes.

And then we were kissing. Not our usual, I wanna rip your clothes off kissing, this was new. This was like, I just wanna kiss you in the rain like a bad romance book and hold you forever. I felt how soft Jade's lips were, how she tasted of vanilla, and how it felt infinitely better than any guy I've ever kissed.

Our lips moved to an unmarked time, whilst leaving our hands to wander lazily up and down each others' form. Jade felt like puppies and kittens and springtime and happy and a slap to the face-

Wait, What?

Jade hade flown up like a woman possessed, crossing the room in a matter of seconds. From her new vantage point, she stared at me with a look of fear and astonishment. Immediately, I froze, not knowing what to do. We stayed in that position for a while, me on the ground beside the bed, peaking over it, and her by the door, looking like she could bolt at any moment.

But, after a few moments, I slowly got up from my vantage point and walked halfway across the room, stopping before I got close enough to Jade, suddenly shy from my absence of clothing. It was as if I had extended an invitation and was awaiting the recipient's reply.

Jade, in the graceful, yet menacing way only she knows how, stalked over to me, stopping just inches from my body. Her expression had since then become unreadable. We stayed like that for a while, staring into the eyes of one another, not touching, not moving.

I felt her hand cup my face, the same side she had slapped me on. I leaned into the touch, not knowing what was going to happen, yet reveling in the feeling of Jade's soft hand on me.

"I'm sorry for slapping you." Jade said, and I was taken back. Jade West NEVER apologized.

"Its okay. I probably did something stupid." I said, breaking eye contact by looking at the ground.

Jade moved ever closer to me, so that our fronts were touching, before lifting my head up once again.

"You didn't." Was what the reply was, before Jade surged forward and captured my lips with her own.

I didn't know what was happening, but by then, my instincts had taken over. I wrapped my arms around Jade's shoulders, tangling them in that raven hair that I know from experience loves to be pulled. Jade wrapped her own around my waist, pulling me impossibly closer. The kiss didn't deepen, but it was loving, like what we would kiss like if we were dating.

And then it hit me.

I was in love with Jade West.

Jade West was in love with me.

Eventually, I was pulled out of my thoughts by the need for air. With our foreheads pressed together, we both breathed deeply, still clutching one another as if our lives depended on it.

"I broke up with Beck."

The mention of his name snapped us out of our trance.

I was quiet for a while, unmoving, unwilling to acknowledge what she said.

"Tori."

At this point, her hands moved from my waist to my face, gently making my eyes meet hers.

"Please say something."

I had two options. I could say that we couldn't do this anymore, that it's hurting both of us, that, for God's sake, I had a boyfriend!

Or, I could tell her that I loved her, I NEEDED her, which, over the weeks that we've been doing this, wasn't entirely untrue.

Of course, I went with the option that was right, that I shouldn't (And don't) regret.

I kissed her again. I tried to convey the way I felt through that kiss, and from the way she responded, Jade got the message loud and clear.

We broke for air once again, and I locked eyes with her once again.

"Then I suppose I should ask you to be my girlfriend."

I smirked, and Jade smiled. Not a terrifying smile, meant to strike fear into the hearts of man, but a genuine, happy smile.

"Wipe that smirk off your face, Vega. That's my thing." She replied.

"And that's not even how you ask someone."

"Fine. Jadylen Delilah West, will you give me the utmost honor of being my girlfriend?"

She paused for a moment, her hand stroking her chin.

"No."

"Jade!"

"Fine. You're lucky you're cute, Vega."

PRESENT DAY

AE POV

"And then we dated. I kept dating you though, because neither one of us thought it'd be the best idea to come out yet. I led you along and I'm so sorry, Admiral!"

Tori was still crying, but I felt nothing. Where as I should've felt betrayed, or angry that she cheated on me, I remained there, letting her cry it all out. Then I realized why.

I love Tori. But I was never IN love with Tori.

I mean, of the six months we'd been dating, our dates were more like hanging out than dating. I treated Tori like a best friend, or like a sister.

I wrapped my arms around her, consoling the crying Latina.

"Shhhh. It'll be okay, Tori. I'm here."

"Shouldn't you be angry?" she asked, still sniffling, and looking up at me.

"Maybe I will be later" I shrugged, "But I'm sensing a crucial 'But' in the story"

And with that, Tori buried her face into my chest again, sobbing aloud.

"She-sh-she-"

"Breathe, Tor."

Tori took a few deep breathes, pulling herself together and looking into my eyes.

"She's back together with Beck. After five months, Jade broke up with me."

!

So what do you think? Do you still wanna kill me?

Reviews make me get off my lazy butt and do stuff!

*WIN WIN SITUATION*