Both of Jade's hands cupped my face, her lips fervently moving against mine. I still wasn't really convinced that this was actually happening right now, maybe… maybe I fell off the sofa while watching the movie and hit my head on the edge of the coffee table, so now I was hallucinating or dreaming while I was unconscious and when I'd wake up, I would be in a hospital bed, with Jade-

She suddenly ripped her lips away which caused me to open my eyes. It was now or never, hospital or my living room.

Thousands of little lightning bolts struck in my stomach when Jade's electrifying eyes looked back at me. Oh thank God, no concussion, no hospital room. I could only release a shaky breath when one of her hands moved to the back of my head, fingernails lightly scraping against my scalp as she took hold of a chunk of my hair. She took a deep breath before shooting forward, our mouths immediately fusing together again. When her tongue swiped against my bottom lip however, I slowly began to realize that Cat was still in the room with us. Wait, oh my God! Cat was still in the room with us!

My teeth snapped together as the horrifying image of Cat's wide, shocked brown eyes fixed upon her two friends making out in the middle of a Disney movie burned into my brain, so I quickly pulled away, my own wide eyes shooting to the front. But Cat seemed to not have noticed a thing, still sitting cross-legged in front of the TV while quietly watching the movie where the song just ended.

Oh man, my heart nearly gave out there for a second…

Releasing a slow breath, I turned back to Jade, my eyes widening when I saw her face scrunched up, fore- and middle finger rubbing at her lip, and I realized that I must have bitten her. I slid closer to her, my hand coming to rest on her thigh. "I'm sorry," I whispered, blushing a little when her wide blue-green eyes snapped up to me.

"You bit me!" she whispered back, incredulous.

"You kissed me! With Cat in the room!"

Her mouth opened to retort something, but instead of Jade's voice, I heard Cat's. "I think Kovu and Kiara are so cute together!" Jade rolled her eyes, pushed my hand off of her thigh and crossed her arms while turning back to the movie. "Don't you guys think so?"

I turned to the front just in time to see Cat crane her neck toward us as she waited for an answer. "They're animated lions," Jade stated in a monotonous voice to which Cat just shrugged.

"They're still cute. And I loved the song! In Upendi! Where the passionfruit-"

"No!"

Immediately falling silent, Cat pouted at Jade before her eyes flicked to the floor, a frown appearing. "Why is there popcorn all over the floor?"

"Uh…" I glanced at Jade who pretended to watch the movie. "Jade… spilled it."

"I spilled it?"

"Yes, you. But you know what? I'm going to be nice now and clean it up for you."

When Cat turned back to the movie, I crouched down and began to collect the popcorn, dropping every handful of it back into the glass bowl. I welcomed the short distraction as a warmth I had never experienced before spread through my body. Excitement, relief happiness, but also confusion and fear took a strong hold of me. After all, I had no clue what would happen next. Was she going to pretend that nothing ever happened? Tell me that it was a dream again? I wouldn't even put it past her, to be honest. It was such a… a Jade thing to do. Doing things without even thinking about it first. Ladies and Gentlemen, Jade West. I hadn't even realized that I sat completely still and was dumbly staring at the floor until I felt a hand swatting mine away. When I looked up, Jade was kneeling across from me picking up popcorn. "Can't do anything alone, can you Vega?" Amusement tugged at her lips although she tried to hide it. Feeling like I might do or say something stupid (which, let's face it, I do most of the times) I sat still and let Jade pick up the remaining popcorn. My eyes never left her face though as I tried to detect any discomfort or sign of regret of what we did just a couple of minutes ago. But all I saw was… well, nothing. She seemed to be completely focused on the task of picking up popcorn that her face stayed calm and unreadable.

Minutes passed until Jade had picked everything up while I continued to stare at her with a troubled frown. The glass bowl was half-full again, the way it was before we spilled it, when Jade sighed and put it onto the coffee table. She got ready to get off the floor but then her eyes met mine. I couldn't look away, nor did I want to. For a long moment I tried to decipher what was going through her mind, what she was possibly thinking, feeling. But only when the corners of her mouth lifted, only the slightest bit, did I find myself getting new hope that those kisses wouldn't be ignored, that I wouldn't be told that they were absolutely meaningless. So with my hope restored I returned that smile, before we both quietly got up and sat on the sofa again, continuing to watch the movie.

With a proper distance between us.

-OS&SD-

"Aww, do you really have to go already?" I glanced from Jade to a pouting Cat, whose face suddenly brightened up from one second to the other. "We could play a game!"

"Yeah, no thanks. That's exactly the reason why I have to go."

Normally I would have rolled my eyes at such a comment but today I just couldn't bring myself to. Biting my lip I turned back to Jade. Just as she was removing her hair from under the collar of her leather jacket she caught my eye, stopped for a short moment then resumed her task without letting her eyes leave mine. "I'll see you tomorrow at school though," she said but I knew, coupled with the way she didn't dare to look away from me, that it was meant as some kind of reassurance for me. Between her words I could hear her say that today wasn't going to be forgotten, no matter how frightening it might have been for her, for both of us. Jade waited until I sent her a slight nod and a smile before she ripped her gaze from me and turned to the door. I bit my lip harder as Cat skipped into the bathroom, and before Jade could close the door behind her, I pulled it open again, Jade's wide eyes turning to look at me. "What are you doing?"

My lip slid out from between my teeth as a breath rushed out of my mouth and I tightly held on to the doorframe. "Jade," I whispered but was halted when she held a finger to her lips. She shook her head before she said, "Don't. You'll ruin it."

I stayed quiet and captured my lip again, this time, not returning the soft smile Jade sent me before she walked away from me. And even long after I heard her car leave my driveway, even after I heard Cat return from the bathroom, I stood leaning against the doorframe, wondering what exactly would happen tomorrow. There was no way I could be prepared for whatever it was, whether good or bad, since the girl I was in love with was Jade of all people. Jade, who was… so inapproachable at times and who was the most confusing person I knew.

"Tori! Why are you standing there? Come on, let's play Go Fish!"

With a sigh, I slowly pushed myself off of the doorframe, pushed the door shut and put on a smile before I turned to face Cat. "I'll get the cards!"

-OS&SD-

"Cat, help me carry my bag."

"Kay Kay!"

I rolled my eyes as my sister pushed her bag into Cat's hands, who happily carried it for her. They walked side by side across the parking lot and into the school, completely ignoring the fact that I was even there, for which I was actually thankful. Little butterflies, but not the ones who are enjoyable, fluttered in my stomach when I thought of the confrontation with Jade today. Well, confrontation seemed to be a harsh word but what else would I call-

I stopped dead in my tracks, my eyebrows creasing at the sight in front of me. There she was, leaning against the side of her car, bag slung over her shoulder and arms crossed. But that wasn't what made me feel all queasy inside. No, what made me feel like a blender was mixing my insides was the person who stood in front of Jade. A tan hand lifted to run through extraordinary pretty hair as Beck's other hand held on to the strap of his backpack. I could see his mouth move but I was too far away to actually hear what he was saying. What if he wanted to get back together? What if Jade wanted that too? I quickly scanned Jade's face but all I could see was a bored frown while she listened to whatever Beck was telling her right now.

Maybe I should… go over there and if he really wants Jade back, then I could do something about it and… wait, no, what was I supposed to do about that?

The best thing to do would have been to just go inside but I couldn't bring myself to tear my gaze away from the former couple, so I stayed, with my feet rooted to the spot. Beck seemed to talk and talk and talk while Jade sighed occasionally, gently stomped her foot on the ground, looked up and then-

-spotted me.

The frown on her face softened slightly but not enough to consider her to be happy to see me. I suddenly panicked, because, what if she thought I was trying to eavesdrop? I felt my eyes widen a little and before I knew it, Jade left Beck standing by her car and was making her way over to me. But instead of staying where I was my feet decided that this was the perfect moment to get moving. In fast strides I walked into the school, cringing slightly when I heard the thump thump thump of heavy boots following me.

"Tori!"

I closed my eyes and finally stopped walking just as I walked through the door. Jade's hand wrapped around my elbow and turned me around, and when I reopened my eyes I saw Jade staring back at me with a deep frown on her face. "Why are you running away from me?"

"I'm not! I just… I saw you with Beck and I thought… I thought-"

"You thought what?"

"I thought I… I didn't want to interrupt anything."

Jade nodded slowly, and then stared at me for a while before I felt her hand run down the length of my arm until it reached my wrist, where it once again gently wrapped itself around me. She walked past me and I had no other choice but to follow her, seeing as she pulled me with her. I had no idea what she had in mind but next thing I knew I found myself in… the janitor's closet.

"Um…" I looked around before I tentatively looked at Jade. "What are we doing here?"

Jade shrugged and took a wrench into her hand, turning it over and running her fingers over it. Her eyes avoided mine as much as she could. "We can talk here. Without being interrupted."

"Oh, okay…" In the back of my head I thought of the janitor and that he could interrupt us. It was his closet after all and his stuff was here and… yeah. Anyway.

After she released a loud sigh and put the wrench back to its previous place, Jade began speaking. "Yesterday, I… I didn't know-, I mean I did know, I did know what I was doing but it was… not what I usually do. I mean I don't go around and just… kiss people, not that I thought you were thinking that but you know. It's just…" She briefly closed her eyes, released a deep breath, and ran a hand through her hair. Wow, she was so… nervous. When she opened her eyes again, they immediately found my own. "I'm not gay, Tori."

My mouth opened but I didn't know what to say. I didn't even know if I was gay. I knew that I was in love with Jade and that I found her attractive and she was just… perfect in every way but… I never really considered if… another girl could ever catch my eye the way Jade did. I had two boyfriends in the past, before Jade came back from San Francisco but I had never considered dating a girl. Other than Jade of course. So… what did that make me? Oh man, I wish there was some kind of test or something which would tell you your definite sexual orientation... "Tori?"

"What?" I snapped my eyes back to Jade and realized that I hadn't listened to a word she just said. "I-I'm sorry, I was… I… What did you say?"

She sighed. "I asked if… if… you were."

"I… I really don't know," I admitted and looked down at my hands. I blushed even before the next words left my mouth. "But I… I really liked kissing you."

To my surprise I could see a small tint of red on Jade's cheeks too and it strangely gave me the courage to ask, "Did you like it?"

Again she sighed, for what felt like the hundredth time that day. She looked away but remained quiet. Faintly, the bell was ringing, signaling the start of first period, but neither of us made a move, neither of us really cared. "Tori… we can't… do this. I mean, I don't regret kissing you because, well… it was… amazing actually. But I just don't understand what that makes me. I suddenly have… these weird feelings, and I shouldn't have them because you're my friend and I shouldn't feel the way I feel. So I-"

"Does it feel good?" She looked at me, her lips pursed. "The way you feel about me? Does it feel good?"

"Well… yeah, but that's not the point."

"That is the point, Jade." I came closer to her and tentatively reached my hand out, curling my fingers around the edge of her jacket. "How about… we'll just let it come to us. You know, kind of like… no strings attached. We will spend time with each other just like we did before yesterday and just… do whatever feels right."

"Whatever feels right," she repeated thoughtfully, "So… is that just an excuse for you to take advantage of me and my body?"

"I- No! No, that wasn't what I-"

The smirk that appeared on her face made me realize that she was joking. I blushed a glowing red, even more so when Jade's finger brushed over my warm cheek. "Whatever feels right. Alright, I can do with that."

And then she just left me standing in the janitor's closet, embarrassed and happy, with flaming cheeks but also a face splitting grin.

A/N: It's KCA Day, yay! Let's hope all the voting has paid off and we'll win. But remember, voting is still open until the show starts, so... you know what to do.

I'm so glad you all seemed to like their first kiss. I was so nervous because, after I really thought about it, it felt so weird and cheesy to have let them kiss during 'In Upendi' and... I don't know. But you liked it so it's all good. Oh, and wikster: Stop yelling at your computer screen! It's going to get anxiety attacks every time it sees you.