A few days later, the girl was emitted from the hospital. Her health checked out, now all she had to do was keep clean while trying to keep a level head during the withdraw stages. She'd need to be watched for the next few weeks to make sure any possible incidents could be avoided. Tori had told Jade to pack a bag of clothes and come stay with her at Trina's house. Jade protested, but seeing as to how it would get her away from her parents lording over her shoulders, she finally caved. Tori had already called Trina, who was sitting outside in the loading zone applying lip gloss in the visor while waiting.

"Hi Trina." Tori smiled awkwardly, leaning down against the window and opening the door for Jade to climb in to the mustang. Trina had mentioned in a text message that Tori's car had finally been dropped off and Tori had asked her to bring it.

"Hey Tori!" She smiled then dropped it as she made a face of disgust at the Goth behind. "Jade." She said casually, watching them both climb into the back before turning her attention back to the front. She adjusted her rearview mirror, glaring through a pair of dark shades when it was adjusted to watch both of them.

"Vega's sister." Jade retorted, buckling her seat belt and trying to hold back the shaking as she glared out to the side with the top of the car down.

"We need to stop by Jade's really quick." Tori said as her sister started to drive. She nodded, still watching the two in the rear view mirror suspiciously.

The car ride was spent in an awkward silence save for the radio that was tuned to the hits of today. Jade had remained broodingly silent, scowling at everything they passed while shaking lightly. Trina remained quiet too, which was unusual for her to do but Tori only kept quiet to keep the peace. They pulled up to Jade's driveway as the moody girl quickly threw herself out of the car without saying anything. Tori would've been offended and hurt at that lack of communication had it been anyone but Jade but that didn't mean she wasn't still a little worried.

"So…" Trina said slowly, turning her head to talk to Tori. "Why'd you come back for her exactly?"

The half Latina fidgeted in her seat before beginning with a stammer. "She was – she was all alone. She needed someone. I was the only person who cared enough to visit her." She gulped while looking down at the floor as Trina sighed.

"The heart of gold you wear on your sleeve is going to get you hurt, Tor." She sang while returning to look at herself in the mirror while humming to a hit by P!nk, too self-centered to be concerned. "More for me then." She make duck faces to herself in the mirror as the Goth popped back out from the house, slamming the door and walking back with anger burning in those clear teal eyes.

She climbed into the car with a deep scowl imprinted on her face as they drove in silence, fearing the angry woman beside them. When they pulled into the Vega sister's household, Trina scampered away up the driveway and through the front door quickly to hide away safely. Tori followed behind Jade, being polite as she carried in their bags packed full of clothing.

"Who do they think they are?!" The intimidating woman shouted once inside, turning around to face Tori with her hands on her hips. "What makes them think they can control me!? They have no right to tell me what I can and can't do." She raged, pacing the floor while waving her hands in the air.

"What do you mean?" Tori whimpered, fiddling with the straps of the back pack nervously.

"The parentals think they can control me just because I spawned from them. If I want to leave for a few days, they don't need to know why or where I'm going!" She growled before inhaling and exhaling slowly to calm down, the shaking haven gotten worse.

"Jade, it's ok. You're safe here." Tori said reassuringly while going over to place the bags beside the staircase. She didn't know what else to say. She didn't understand the relationship the Goth had with her family other than they didn't love her and she didn't respect them. She couldn't imagine what it must be like to have parents that didn't approve of her choices or who she'd become. Her parents loved her and respected her decisions at all times, giving her their full support when she needed it. It was a depressing thought and on the surface, Jade had always seemed so well put together despite that.

"I'm sorry." Jade sighed, the anger dissipating as she exhaled and Tori took the chance to hug the girl tightly without any resistance. The still trembling girl hugged her back, squeezing as she buried her face into Tori's neck. "You need a shower." She mumbled into the girl's hair as they both let go as Tori looked embarrassed but Jade just smiled softly as if it was okay because she understood. "Go ahead."

"You can sit in my room while you wait." Tori said quickly, jogging to the stairs and picking up the back packs before heading up the stairs. Jade purred softly, now musing over the idea of staying here with Vega even if it was just on an air mattress. At least it was better than the hospital bed. She followed upstairs, watching as her girlfriend ran about gathering what she needed for a shower and was gone. There wasn't much to see in her room anymore; just the air mattress on the ground with sheets thrown across and Tori's bag thrown on the floor with Jade's bag.

The mattress sank beneath her, rising at the other end after she'd sat down with her Pearbook in her lap. She signed on to the Slap and scrolled through boring updates from the other students, insulting anyone spreading rumors about her, and finally deciding to change her status to in a relationship with Tori Vega: the girl she's long since tortured. She took her time browsing as she wondered how Tori would react to this and grinned thinking that Tori would wazz herself. Cat was the first to comment with a series of hearts and winking faces to which Jade laughed and rolled her eyes. A comment from Tori appeared next in all caps reading YOU DIDN"T!?

"Vega! Get out of the bathroom already!" Jade commanded as it echoed out the door and carried down the hallway. Within seconds she heard the bathroom door fly open as she came running down the hallway to find Jade with a devious grin on her face. The Latina's clothes had clung to her still damp skin and her hair was wrapped up in a towel. She shut the door behind her before coming to kneel before the now perky Jade.

"Jade, no one outside of our group of friends knows." She said, sounding more worried than she should be.

"Now everyone does. Oops." She mocked, shrugging her shoulders as if it weren't a big deal to her. She didn't care. People would be too afraid to say anything about it anyway so what was there to worry about? "What's your bag, Vega?" She asked while shutting the laptop and placing it on the ground.

The girl shook her head, coming down from her sudden jolt of anger and worry. "Nothing." She stood up to wring her hair out with the towel before combing it neatly. "It'll be fine. I have nothing to worry about, right?" She looked to Jade, hoping Jade would say yes so she could feel better. Her answer was returned with a nod as she peeked out the door and down the hall to see if Trina would have a reaction. After a few minutes, she decided maybe Trina didn't care. Typical.

"Well, are you feeling well enough to hang out with everyone at Green Meadow Mall?" Tori asked after turning around back to Jade.

"I think I'll be okay." The Goth yawned while standing up, taking Tori's hand and lacing their fingers together without any second thought or hesitation. She was sinking into the role of possessive girlfriend quickly, and Tori felt safer knowing Jade was great at warding off anything bad.

The entire drive, the former patient seemed cool and collected like nothing could faze her. This was just one of the ups from the mood swings and it was never sure how long it would last. They'd arrived at the mall, Jade taking possession of her girlfriend quickly by placing her arm around Tori's shoulders who carefully slid hers around Jade's waist. They arrived at the food court as Cat stood up, jumping up and down clapping with glee before shouting. "Oh yay! You two are so cute together!" She came crashing into them, wrapping her arms around them for a group hug as Jade groaned.

"Where's Robbie?" Tori asked curiously after noticing Robbie and Rex were missing. The red head let go and danced where she stood.

"He's helping his Grandma with the internet still." She giggled with a hand in front of her mouth.

"Why aren't you with him?" Jade asked even though it sounded like she didn't really care before sitting and helping herself to some of Cat's fries.

"She threw me out!" She shouted, sounding offended. "I used to like old people. They're so funny when they're trying to pour juice." She smiled before sitting back down and eating more fries absent mindedly.

"Good to see you back, Jade." Andre grinned a warm welcome and got an eye roll and sneer in return. He just shrugged it off, already so used to Jade. "Little Red wanted to go see the new movie, Les Mis? You two okay with that?"

"I don't care."

"Yes, we would love to see it." Tori poked her finger into Jade's side as she playfully stuck her tongue out. Jade bit the air, teasing back before looking back at Andre and shrugging, still playing with a fry between her fingers.

"Yay! Here are your tickets." Cat cheered, handing them the tickets she had already bought.

"What if we'd said no?" Jade asked suspiciously while narrowing her eyes at Cat who shrunk away, playing with the ends of her red velvet hair.

"Well, I was just hoping you wouldn't." She said while biting anxiously at her bottom lip before speaking quickly. "It's just, you haven't hung out with us for a while and I just wanted you to spend time with us because we miss you and we love you, Jade." Cat squeaked in surprise after the sentence was quickly blurted out. They all laughed as she smiled, relieved Jade didn't get angry at her.

We'd come out of the movie, teary eyed and singing loudly to the song Red and Black as onlookers stared at us like we'd lost our minds. Yet we didn't care. Even Jade had enjoyed the movie as she sang Empty Chairs at Empty Tables silently to herself. She enjoyed the morbidity of it, his friends all dead while he was left alive to wonder why.

"That was some good chiz." Andre nodded, sniffling and looking away so he could pretend he wasn't about to cry.

"It was so sad." Cat frowned but kept singing.

"I enjoyed it." Jade said bluntly, a wicked grin on her face as she kept an arm over Tori's shoulder protectively.

"But everyone died!" Cat pouted, not enjoying the tragedy of no one living.

"Exactly." Jade hummed while smirking as Cat gasped in horror.

"I need to go home and cry!" Cat pawed at Andre to take her home since he was her ride. He raised both arms in the air as he laughed at her pawing lightly against his chest. He took her wrists and held them out to stop her before nodding.

"Okay little red, I'll take you home." He laughed softly before hugging her to comfort the overly emotional girl. "We'll catch up later." He said as he led the girl out.

"Well, that was interesting." Jade said before turning to me, bringing her mouth to my ear before lightly biting as I gasped. When she was in a good mood, she liked to tease just to see my reaction. Tori playfully slapped her as she grinned that devious smile she'd learned to love. "Shall we go home?" She asked before Tori nodded and they headed back home, holding hands as they drove.

The front door flew open as Tori shouted in a Ricky Ricardo voice. "Trina! I'm home!" There was no answer. The house was silent and Jade found herself in a more playful mood than usual. They'd returned upstairs and laid down on their stomachs to browse the web together on a laptop. Jade began to play with Tori's hair nonchalantly, unable to keep her eyes glued to the laptop and instead watching Tori with a devilish glint in her eye. "Jade, stop." Tori laughed even though she didn't really want her new girlfriend to stop.

The door slammed open abruptly, the girl's both jumped to their feet as a fight or flight response kicked in. Their hearts were pounding rapidly from being startled, adrenaline now kicking in to keep them thinking fast. Mr. Vega had thrown the door open, interrupting the two with a look of disgust as he came in and grabbed Jade by her neck to drag her out. "Dad, stop!" Tori yelled as Jade growled in pain, digging her nails into his hand as he released her. He'd left a dark red hand print on her neck. Tori quickly got between them, standing so she was in front of Jade so he couldn't get to her. "What're you doing?!"

"I thought Trina was kidding. You ran away so you could get together with her?! That's an abomination!" He shouted with a look of disgust and hate that Tori had never seen before and it was frightening. "I will not allow one of my daughters to carry out this disgusting act. You're coming back to Chicago." He grabbed her arm, squeezing tightly as she struggled against his iron clad grip.

"Dad, stop!" Tori shouted in a mix of fear and anger as her eyes began watering. Jade quickly threw her boot into his back as he stumbled forward, still holding his daughter as he twisted against her causing her to shout out in pain. "Dad, please!" She begged as he turned around to hit his attacker when Tori leapt between them again, his fist hitting her with all of his might in the face as she stumbled to the floor after he'd let go. He stood there, frozen in shock after hitting his daughter. A bruise was already forming as Jade knelt down to wrap the sobbing girl in her arms before barring her teeth at Mr. Vega.

"You have no right to take her away! She's her own person you scum! You are her father. You are supposed to be there for her, love and support her unconditionally!" Jade growled, gritting her teeth and baring them like a wolf ready to strike. "You are a father and an officer of the law. Uphold those values." She was beyond angry as Tori sobbed into her protector's chest, holding tightly for fear of losing her. Mr. Vega still said nothing. He hadn't moved. "I think you should leave before I destroy your career by reporting domestic abuse." She said flatly as a warning before the man left without a word. Tori wrapped her arms around Jade's neck, trying to gently rub her father had hurt her too.

"Shh, baby." Jade hushed, still burning with rage but deciding that comforting Tori was more important than trying to seek revenge. "It's okay." She whispered, rubbing small circles into the girl's back. She was furious with him. How could he believe such a thing? How could he think that loving another person could ever be an abomination? In that simple act, he'd destroyed their family bond and now the two girls had to pick up the pieces of everything that'd broken apart since this all began weeks ago. They'd begin again, facing the world and their hatred together with their love for each other. "I promise to never let anyone harm you, Vega." Jade whispered her solemn vow after watching Tori take the blow for her. This was it; they were going make it and small acts like that had proven that they would fight tooth and nail for each other.


Well, here's the last chapter! Hope you enjoyed this little story. :'D