The clouds parted and the sun shown bright for the first time since they've arrived. Tori actually had to crank out her sunglasses.
"Can you believe that sky?"
Jade stirs in her chair and wakes up. "What?"
Tori is semi-annoyed. "The sun, sleepy. It's out."
Jade twirls her finger in the air in a one-woman parade. "Don't care. Tired."
"Fine," Tori folding her arms. "You can sleep some more but I need to get out of here today."
"Me too," Mr. Vega sitting upright in his hospital bed.
Tori rushed over to him. "Whoa, dad, take it easy."
"Come on, Tori. I'm not that old."
The doctor comes walking in with a chart. "Hey, good morning. How are we today?"
"Fine" Tori and her dad say simultaneously.
"Well, that's very good. I checked your cat scans last night and everything looks fine. You should be discharged this afternoon."
The doc pats Mr. Vega on the shoulder. "Your very fortunate for a man your age."
"What's wrong with you people!"
Tori erupts in laughter, the doctor having a hard time holding back a chuckle. Jade stays in her chair with her eyes closed but manages a short smile.
Tori goes back into the motel room where Jade is packing the last of her things. "Well, dad left."
"Did he say anything else?"
"Yeah," Tori stretching on the bed beside Jade suitcase. "That we call him as soon as we are back home."
Jade scrunches up her face. "Yes, Los Angeles. The home of fires, riots, earthquakes, smog and Hollywood producers."
"Sounds good right about now, huh?"
"Tori, stand up." She complies.
"What's up?"
Jade extends her hand. "I need to show you something."
Tori takes Jade's hand and finds herself being dragged outside. "Hey, Jade, slow down. Whoa."
After they reach the cliff where Jade confessed her demons to Tori days before.
"What are we doing here?" she queried.
Jade holds both of Tori's hands, clutching them close to her heart. "Tori, I haven't been completely honest to you about why I brought you here?"
"Jade, there is only so much ulterior motive that I can take in one week."
Jade mushes her mouth with her fingers. "Just shut up and listen. Remember when I told you that I wanted to create happy memories here?"
Tori nods. Jade realizes this is awkward and releases her face. Tori rubs her cheekbones.
"I almost," the words were difficult to come out. "I almost lost you. I kept thinking that no matter how bad it got that the fact I couldn't see your face again and hear your laugh was just worse than death."
Tori was so moved she didn't know what to say. And what came next made her almost faint.
"Tori," Jade kneels and pulls a jewelry box out of her jacket pocket. "Will you marry me? Or commit to me or whatever the hell you want to call. Just promise me that I don't have to live without you."
Tori takes the box from Jade's hands and opens it with a minor cracking sound. It was a beautiful but simple diamond on a white gold band. She holds the ring closer to her face to see it in greater relief.
"If you make fun of the size of the diamond, I will pitch you over the side."
Tori slips it on her finger. "Now, how can a simple girl resist such a courtin'" sounding like a southern belle.
"I thought you didn't talk like that," Jade grinned.
Tori takes her hand and Jade stands up. "You're right. I talk more like this." Tori pressed her lips against Jade's parted mouth. Their respective electric charges seem to make the sun shine the brighter.
They release one another. "Wait," Tori thinks for a moment. "Does that mean I have to get you a ring, too."
"Damn straight. And it better be purty." Jade lets out a big smile with seductive eyes.
By sundown, the couple was on their way back home. After everything they've survived, they agreed to stay together until the end of the world.
"Jade."
"Yeah, Tori?"
"They're not going to believe this, are they? I mean Andre, Cat, Robbie…"
"I dunno. Stranger things have happened. We're only getting hitched."
Tori punches her fiancée in the shoulder. "Bitch."
"But you love me!"
