A week later...
Beck and Tori walked to the courthouse, hand in hand, and walked through the doors.
"How's Trina been treating you?" Beck asked. Trina had been taking care of Tori for the past week while she was back home.
"Pretty good. It felt nice to have her be my slave for a week." Tori laughed.
"Well I'm glad." Beck smiled at her.
Tori's neck brace was finally off and she was free to move her neck as she pleased, just with careful consideration. They walked into the court room they were assinged to, and there was already a ton of people there. Well, maybe not a ton, but there were quite a bit of people. There were some people from her school, some police officers, a judge, and Jade sitting on the other side of the room.
"There's Jade..." Tori said, pointing in her direction.
"Yeah..." Beck said. Neither of them had seen Jade in a while, but not much had changed.
"Will everyone please rise for the judge." One of the officers announced. Beck and Tori stood at one table with their lawyer, while Jade sat at the other with her lawyer.
The hours passed and finally, after all statements were made, the judge was ready to make a decision. "I find the offendent, Jade West, guilty. Punishement will resort to a 25 day's community service, and a week of house arrest. You are all dismissed." The judge got up and walked out.
Tori looked over at Jade who was crying and hugging someone who looked like they could be her older sister. Tori felt guilty. She didn't want it to come to this, with Jade working community service and house arrest.
Tori felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see Beck. "Are you okay? What are you looking at?"
Tori looked away, then back at Beck. "I feel bad about how this turned out..."
"Don't feel bad, everything will be fine. It could have turned out worst." Beck smiled reassuringly.
That's true... Tori thought.
They walked out of the courtroom and Tori stopped short. "Wait here." she said to Beck and went off.
"But-" Beck started, but she was already gone.
Tori went up to Jade very cautiously and tapped her shoulder. Jade turned around and almost looked surprised to see her. "Hi Jade." Tori said.
"H-hey." Jade stammered, her voice catching. Probably from crying.
"I just want you to know I'm sosorry about how things turned out." Tori said, tears touching her voice.
Jade was speechless. "Sorry? Why are you sorry? I'm the one who put you in the hospital." Jade said.
"Yeah, but I don't think you deserve all of this." Tori said.
Jade stood there a moment, and then hugged Tori. They hugged for a few seconds then pulled apart. "Thank you, Tori. And I wish you and Beck the best of luck. He deserves a girl like you." she said, smiling.
Tori nodded, and gave her a smile back before walking back to Beck. Beck looked astonished. "That was really brave, Tori." he said, sounding mildly impressed.
"I know. I just think we needed some closure." Tori said.
"I'm proud of you." Beck said, grabbed Tori's hand.
"Thanks." Tori smiled. "Wanna go grab something to eat?"
"Sure." Beck said, and they walked out of the court house, hand in hand again.
End... For Now.
