CHAPTER 11
Tori couldn't face school; she couldn't face the noise with the hangover, she couldn't face the whispers about Beck, she couldn't face the girl who walked out on her not 18 hours earlier.
She didn't care about the bruises, they were on her stomach… she just couldn't handle a Cat hug.
Her dad left for work at half 6, she knew Trina would check on her at 7. She pretended to be asleep, but wearing the loose top she did, Trina saw the bruises and knew there was nothing she could do to help her sister. Trina also noticed the empty bottle of vodka, and knew there was a certain raven haired bitch who needed yelling at. She left Tori to sleep, it's all she could do to let her heal.
Jade spent her school day ignoring everyone; after her verbal scolding off Trina, she didn't feel very social. She'd wanted to go back to Tori and wrap her arms around her and whisper words of comfort to her the second after she left. But then came the old Jade… the Jade who lived to degrade Tori Vega, the Jade who didn't care about anyone but herself. The old Jade only surfaced for a few minutes, but it was long enough to drive away.
Andre and Sikowitz had both asked Jade where Tori was; to which she screamed and stormed off.
When lunchtime came around, Jade had had enough. She saw Trina at her locker with her boyfriend (Jade will need to suggest an eye and hearing test for him later), she stomped up to the pair and stood in from of her.
"I need your house keys." Jade demanded
"Why?" Trina huffed "So you can make her feel worse… I don't think so somehow!"
"I want to see how she is…" Trina could tell Jade wanted to say more but didn't want some guy listening in. She shoo'ed off her boyfriend and urged Jade to continue. "I want to apoligise to her, I want to see how she's feeling mentally and physically. The beatings keep getting worse and despite your current feelings about me… I do care." Jade poured all her emotions into that.
Trina nodded, got a set of keys out of her pocket and handed them over. Jade nodded in thanks and left to her car.
Jade didn't bother to knock she just let herself in and stomped straight upstairs. Unbeknownst to her, Tori thought her dad had come home early and was terrified. Jade could hear the slight sound of Tori's tv despite the closed door. Instead of marching in, she stopped. 'Would Tori want to see me?' 'Would she accept my apology?' All these questions running through Jades head and only one way to find out the answer…
"Tori?" Jade knocked "Tori, I just want to talk to you…"
"Fine." Tori responded
"Um, can I come in?" Jade stuttered
"Jade, you've just broke into my house" Tori spat
"I have Trina's key, I didn't break in." Jade answered as she entered Tori's room.
"What do you want Jade? I'm not in the mood for arguing so if it's that then just go."
"I came to see you. I um got a deserved scolding off Trina this morning. She was right to agree with me when I said to her I was a coward, you were scared and instead of comforting you I resorted to the old me. I was just shocked, I shared so much of my life with him for so long it just felt wrong to hear that he could be that mentally fucked up. The old me reared its ugly head long enough to shout at you and blame you instead of comfort you. All I wanted to do was hug you and tell you it would be okay but I walked away and drove off." Jade knew she had tears rolling down her face but she knew Tori needed to see how sorry she was and how much she regret she felt for such a heart-breaking action. "Look, I love you and I want to help you get better every way I can."
"How are you going to help me Jade?" Jage ignored the fact Tori never said she loved Jade back.
"Well I have a few options for you… you can accept however many as you want… or none at all. It's up to you obviously." Jade's nerves were showing, she was playing with a loose piece of cotton off Tori's blanket. "Well my first suggestion is you move in with me… I have plenty of space, my parents tend to never be there and they love you anyway, you'd be safer and well looked after and I'd get the honour of falling asleep and waking up in your arms. Suggestion two is we go see a therapist… I know you weren't raped but it can still take effect on someone's emotions and I just want you to feel whole again. And my final suggestion for the day is that we go talk to the FBI while they're still in town and get them to investigate your abusive Father… they don't know him so they won't have any prejudgements about him. Plus, we could get my godfather to be our lawyer, I hear he's one of the best in the state."
The entire time Jade spoke she watched Tori, hoping for some sort of facial expression she recognised besides her thinking face. Tori listened to the raven girl lay out her suggestions but one thing kept coming to Tori's mind … what if she walks out on me again?
"Please say something babe?" Jade urged. She didn't know what else to say so she moved further onto the bed and lay down beside her girlfriend.
"Um, I don't really think talking to a stranger and letting them analyse my problems is going to help me to be honest Jade. And how do I know you won't decide to kick me out when the old you arises again? You want me to go crawling back to my dad's house and expect open arms from him?" Tori's words weren't filled with disgust, they were filled with fear. "As for the FBI…"
A/N So here is my next chapter; if I upload over the next few days it'll be Friday afternoon or Saturday night I am afraid. I am turning into a busy bee buzzing around ;) anyhow, I feel like I'm making progress with this story… I know what I am writing, I have everything planned out and I am liking how well I feel it is progressing. Please continue to review and give me suggestions, I like feedback. Anyhow … that is me done for now! Thanks guys xx
