A few hours later the tray sat empty on the table as the two girls sat together on the bed. They weren't cuddling anymore since Jade had found herself too irritable now for that as her body caused her to uncontrollably flinch or shake at random moments. So they silently accepted to sit side by side with their arms touching while watching films on Tori's Pearbook, taking turns on who picks the next movie. Tori finally gave up on watching movies after finishing the wicked girl's favorite movie, The Scissoring, with her hands over her eyes.

"Come on Tor, if you think you're going to be my girlfriend you might want to get used to watching scary movies without peeking through your fingers." Jade groaned, crossing her arms before her chest while laying her head back to glare a hole into the ceiling. Because of the withdraw, her mood would change quickly from one to another.

"Did you just say-" Tori paused, a stupid grin wiping across her face as she turned to Jade. "Girlfriend?" Her cheeks flushed to a light shade of pink as she watched Jade sit up and turn to look her in the eyes; her teal hues very serious as she gazed into Tori's chocolaty brown ones while speaking calmly.

"Yes. This means you are mine. If you are going to be mine, you need to be able to watch my favorite movie with me without wazzing you pants." She raised her pierced brow, enjoying taking control over the poor girl. "However, I will accept you hiding in my arms if you do get scared. Otherwise, you're watching even if I need to hold you down forcibly to make you watch." She grinned as Tori nodded, that same stupid grin still painted across her face. "Good." Jade said, finalizing it.

They closed out of the movies and started browsing along the Slap for anything new and exciting. It looked like Robbie and Cat finally decided to let it be publicly known that they're dating even though Cat still liked to call Robbie weird. Their update and many approval comments caused Jade to roll her eyes and shake her head in disdain before scrolling through the web page some more. She scowled when she came across Beck's latest update of being in a relationship with some prissy looking gank named Crystal Waters but soon grinned when she noticed that not one of their friends had commented on it. This pleased her. She knew that he had to have lied to them as well, just like he had deceived her. Her heart ached for a brief second until Tori silently pulled her close for comfort, the ice melting as she leaned against Tori's shoulder.

"He came to visit you." The half Latina said absently mindedly before realizing that may have been a mistake. She heard Jade gulp before adjusting to get a more comfortable position against the girl.

"I don't care. He deserves to be with that gank." She secretly still wanted him to be happy, knowing fully well that she hadn't been nice enough to him after quickly losing interest after winning too easily. He was just too easy to take control of – too easy to just submit and let it be when she wanted a fight.

She wanted someone to tease so she could watch them squirm and see the look in their eyes when they finally gave in, let go, and succumbed to her ways. She wanted someone to be completely be hers without having to fight so hard to keep them, knowing they could do much better. She hated the feeling of knowing that the vultures waited around the corner to pick Beck up, waiting for the opportunity to strike whenever they broke up. Now she wouldn't have to. It was Tori who had made the effort to begin the fight for them to work, not fight against her like Beck had done countless times before. Tori gently kissed Jade's forehead while brushing the hair from her face. This – this right here is what she wanted. Security; knowing that they would be okay and that she would be okay.

"He really wasn't a bad guy, Jade." Tori said, trying to defend him even though she'd lost touch with him as well. She'd lost her best friend but had gained something more, better.

"He was always unhappy, angry, and deceiving." The Goth growled, clenching her fist that was still lying against the open laptop.

"Sounds like you two were made for each other." She was immediately quieted when met with a deadly glare that caused her to actually worry for her own safety. Then the pale girl grinned deviously before nuzzling herself back into Tori's side, fitting perfectly into that space and enjoying how soft and nice Tori felt to hold.

A knock at the door had interrupted their conversation as Tori shut the laptop quickly and placed it on the tray table. Jade sat up and out of Tori's hold. Andre poked his head in as she waved nervously to him, hoping Jade wouldn't try to bite her head off for telling everyone that she had woken up earlier. The dark skinned boy was shoved out of the way as the perky little red head bounded into the room and twirled in a circle. "Calm down Little Red, Jade's not going anywhere." Andre laughed as he stepped in, a nervous Robbie following close behind.

"Oh my goodness, Jade!" Cat shouted as the Goth winced. "I've missed you so much." She threw her arms in the air as she lept onto the bed, nearly crushing the still sickly girl with a hug as she groaned.

"Alright Red, be careful." Andre laughed while carefully removing her from their long since absent friend. "Glad to see you're awake, Jade." He said as he winked to Tori. Jade's eyes opened wide, turning to Tori before narrowing them accusingly as she watched her girlfriend squirm and blush uncomfortably.

"What'd you tell them?" She growled through clenched teeth as Tori squeaked.

"Nothing! I swear!" Her voice rose as she spoke to defend herself.

"As if it 'aint obvious. You two are so pent up; I'm surprised ya haven't exploded. Y'all are making us frustrated." Rex spat out bluntly. "Y'all make the beasts with two back yet?" He chuckled menacingly as Robbie's eyes opened wide in fear before trying to retreat into himself like a hermit crab.

"Geezus guys. What do you think we are? Rabbits?" Jade spat back, sinking comfortably into the conversation while secretly enjoying their company. But she had a reputation to keep, so she wasn't just going to act friendly because they weren't looking down on her for her mistakes.

"I love rabbits!" Cat said, floating back into the conversation while looking around at everyone with a childlike innocence, obviously not hearing what Rex had just blurted out. "I had a rabbit once. My mom said it ran away." She said sadly, missing her rabbit.

"We all knew Beck couldn't hold your interest." Andre said, ignoring Cat as she went back to playing with the edge of her shirt. "I mean, we all like the guy but we could tell you wanted something-." He cleared his throat to correct himself. "Someone else." Everyone nodded in unison, even Cat who they'd all thought had mentally exited the conversation.

"Whatever do you mean?" Jade mocked using her famous Tori voice to sound like a 1950's woman.

"The janitor's closet isn't soundproof." Cat whispered before giggling, her hands in front of her face as she swayed back and forth.

"Cat!" Jade barked, unable to hide the shade of pink she was turning as Tori tried to hide her face behind her hair.

"What?" She whined, looking at Jade before quickly averting her eyes in fear before giggling again.

"We haven't done anything, ever." Tori protested, knowing it was true. "I didn't even know Jade like me until-"

"Shut it, Vega!" Jade's sharp voice interrupted her. "It's not any of their business of how we came about. I like her. She likes me. That's it." Jade said to finalize and hopefully end their accusations of them ever being anything before now. She would've never cheated on Beck. She may have been cruel and heartless at times but that would be dishonest and unmoral.

"Alright, alright! Hey, we're all cool with this chiz." Andre said, grinning as he held up his hands in a mock defeat with a grinning Jade accepting this.

"Yeah, we've all been wondering how long it would be before you just-" Cat made a small exploding noise as she held her hands out and waved them around as if something had exploded. She giggled again while waving her hand through the air for them to just dismiss her.

"Happy for you two." Robbie said with a nervous smile.

"Thanks." Tori said as Jade sunk back, her mood swinging down into a more depressed and distant Jade who seemed lethargic. "She will be released in a few days." She said, trying to change the subject since Jade didn't feel like talking anymore.

"That's good news. Sikowitz said you can make up the month or so you missed by playing the lead in the next play." Andre nodded before looking to Robbie who hadn't looked up from the floor until now as his eyes darted between them.

"I checked in with the rest of your classes. They said it would be fine and you'd pass their class if you can get an A on the end of the year exams." He smiled proudly as Jade threw her head back and groaned in annoyance.

"Come on Jade. You need to graduate." Tori said, trying to comfort Jade but only receiving an even louder, more annoyed groan as a response. Jade bit her lip before nuzzling into Tori's neck to hide safely there as Tori stiffened from her sudden change of mood to being cuddly. Her arm wrapped around the moody girl along her lower back as the girl shifted again, enjoying Tori's sweet scent of perfume.

"Should we leave?" Andre teased as Tori rolled her eyes and everyone else tried to hold back their laughter.

"I actually do need to go. Maama needs me to look at her internet again." The awkward boy stood up with a sigh.

"I thought you told her the internet was cancelled?" Cat asked as she was ready to follow along with him even though the woman hated Cat. They were still dating, so she always went where he went.

"Yes, but she somehow found out it wasn't cancelled so now she's mad that I lied." He sighed as he waved to everyone and put his arm around the strange little red head and walked out.

"My Grandma keeps complaining about the helicopter in the kitchen." Andre sighed as he stood up, ready to leave as well. Tori gave a confused looked as he just shrugged his shoulders. "I'll catch ya later Tor. Bye Jade. Feel better." He waved and quickly left to catch up with the others.

"Oh my God." Jaded groaned into Tori's shoulder, her warm breathe sending a pleasant feeling rippling through the Latina's body.

"At least they're okay with it." Tori said, resting her chin on Jade's head while gently rubbing circles into the girls back. "So Jade, are we really together now?"

"I can't promise that it will be easy. There's nothing easy about me. But I can promise that it will be worth it." Jade confessed and said nothing more, having already fallen asleep as Tori continued to rub her back before falling asleep well. They'd just spent the entire awake together, Tori trying to comfort Jade's trembling and bring her down from the highs and up from the downs. It'd taken quiet a lot of energy for both of them and they hadn't realized how exhausted they were until they'd fallen asleep unexpectedly.


Should I end it here? Who wants me to keep going? Toss some ideas at me if you want it to keep going. I already have some ideas but it'd be nice to have some input. :p Otherwise, this will be the end until my next Jori story.