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Double Trouble
Chapter 12 – New ground.
The rest of the trip to the mall was rather uneventful. Tori, Victoria shopped, Jade lavished attention on Tori and acted very happy simply to annoy her counterpart. Jadelyn stayed quiet, save for an occasional insult. Mostly she just lagged behind the others, looking very annoyed.
Soon they had seen all there was to see and with their shopping booty, left the mall.
"I need to get some clothes for me and Victoria to wear for the weekend. Plus I need to get my makeup and a some other stuff for the weekend." Tori said as she got in the car.
Victoria nodded. "I didn't even think about clothes. Thank you Tori for letting me borrow your clothes. We probably have some of the same outfits."
"I'd love to show you my room but my or our mom and dad are home and it would be a bit hard to explain."
"I understand. I'm not sure if I could handle seeing my mother. I'll just stay in the car." Victoria said with a passing look of sadness.
For a moment it appeared as if Jadelyn was going to say something, but instead she just turned her head and looked out the window.
After stopping at the liquor store where Jade bought some beer with her fake Id, they headed towards Tori's house. Along the way, Victoria looked at the city and thought how strange it looks without the monorail tracks that are common in her version of Los Angeles. There were of course some other details she noted, the abence of any Burger Chef restaurants and she kept seeing a strange place called Starbucks that seemed to be everywhere.
Arriving at the Vega home, Tori hopped out of the car. "I'll be right back." Tori then went in the house, leaving Jade, Jadelyn and Victoria waiting in the car.
Looking up, Victoria happened to catch a glimpse of Tori's mother through the large front window of the house. She looked exactly the same as her mother only she was home. The whole thing was an image of something she had wanted badly as child; her mother to come back. Victoria couldn't help but turn away, not because she didn't want Holly Vega to see her, but the image itself was too painful to look at.
She managed not to cry, but just lowered her head and let the events of the day her mother left play out in her head. Sitting next to Jadelyn, she fully expected the Goth to say something.
Looking over, Victoria could see Jadelyn was looking out the window so she could not see her face. The Goth did not say so much as a single word. Jade meanwhile, was reprogramming her car radio and mumbling about people touching it.
Tori returned about 10 minutes later with a big bag and got in the car. By then Victoria had recovered and greeted her with a smile.
Tori showed Victoria her bag. "Victoria I got you a couple of outfits that I like to wear, plus some other things you'll need for the weekend."
"Thank you."
With that, Jade then pulled out of the driveway and headed for home. "My parents are gone by now and my brother is leaving for his camping trip right after school so we've got the whole place to ourselves."
"Ooohh…Whoppie fucking doo." Sniped Jadelyn as she got out of the car.
The rest ignored her, got out of the car and entered the West home. As soon as they did, Jade's dog ran up, growled at Jadelyn and ran happily up to Jade.
Jade smiled and picked the pooch, letting it lick her. "Good dog, growl at the mean imposter Jade."
"I am real you bitch." Jadelyn retorted.
Jade then took a look at the dog. "We have guests, so I'll put you in the kennel a bit later."
Putting the dog down, Jade then turned to Tori and gave her short but passionate kiss. After the Kiss, Jade smirked and said. "A taste of what's coming later. But in the meantime Tori, would you please show Victoria up to the guest bedroom and help her get settled."
Tori blushed slightly and motioned for Victoria to follow her. "Jade has a in ground pool, I took the liberty of getting you a bathing suit. I love to swim and guessed you do as well."
As the girls went upstairs, Jade gave Jadelyn a look of scorn. "I suppose just make yourself at home. obviously take what you need from my closet. Beck texted me and they guys plus Cat are coming by later with some pizza." Jade then chuckled. "Who knows, play your card's right and you might even be able to have him keep you company for the night. I know he still has a little thing for me. I can even get him to knock you around a bit, if that makes you feel more at home."
"Fuck you!" Jadelyn growled as she turned on her heel and walked up the stairs.
With a cruel laugh, Jade then went into the kitchen to put the beer in the fridge. After that she went out on the patio, uncovered the pool and hot tub, readying them for use.
Having done what she needed to do downstairs Jade headed upstairs to see how the others were getting along.
Her first stop was her own bedroom where she found Jadelyn sitting on the bed. Her eyes of course immediately went to the shelf and smashed objects that were still sitting on the floor from the previous night.
"It fell" Jadelyn said dismissively.
Jade stormed into the room and examined the remains of her smashed skull. "Like hell it did." She barked.
Hearing the beginnings of a fight next door, Tori rushed over and came into the room. "What's going on?"
Boiling mad, Jade pointed down to the shelf and the stuff that used to be on it, smashed on the floor. "Look! That wench smashed my skull and my Jason Voorhees's figurine, not to mention everything else on the shelf.
Jade made a move to the smirking Jadelyn but was quickly restrained by Tori. "Baby. Look even if she did do it, think about it. She's in strange universe and alone. She got upset just calm down." Tori said in a soothing voice.
"She's right Jade, cut Jadelyn some slack." Victoria said from the doorway, earning her a quick glare from Jadelyn.
Jade remained tense and ready to strike, but Tori began to rub her back which seemed to bring her down. "How about we all go swimming until everyone else gets. You get to see both of us in our bathing suits."
"Fine." Jade replied, her eyes not leaving Jadelyn.
Tori then quickly retrieved Jade's bathing suit from her dresser and gently guided the still angry Jade from the room.
Leaving Jadelyn alone in the room, Jade, Tori and Victoria quickly changed and headed into the pool. The sight of both Tori and her doppelgänger Victoria in tight bathing suits, quickly cheered Jade up.
Once in a better mood, Jade joined Tori and Victoria in the pool for fun and games. Not able to stop trying to get under Jadelyn's skin, Jade made a point to show that she was really enjoying herself playing with Tori and Victoria. Granted Jade hated most pool games, but she acted as if she really enjoyed them. Tori did notice that Jade was in a really good mood and was very playful, but just chalked it up to being home.
They splashed each other, played Marco Polo and did what young people do in the pool. Tori and Victoria didn't need to pretend having fun as they had a ball spending time with each other. A bit later, just before the others arrived Jade, with some satisfaction, looked up to see Jadelyn up in the window glaring down at her.
The other arrived with pizza a short time later. So Jade, Tori and Victoria quickly dressed and came back down to the patio where everyone had gathered. Everyone except Jadelyn grabbed some pizza and beers then sat around talking.
A lot of the conversation centered around, what like was like in the other universe and what their counterparts were like. The found Victoria was hesitant to speak about the other Beck and understanding why, no one pressed her on it.
Cat tried to get Jadelyn to join them, but was told by Jadelyn that she'd rather be boiled in oil and stayed in Jade's bedroom watching horror movies.
Everyone was laughing, drinking and having a good time.
After about an hour and a half, Victoria went inside to get another beer when she found Jadelyn in the kitchen loading up her plate with some pizza.
"You should have had some when it first arrived, its cold now." Victoria said cautiously, as she entered the kitchen.
Jadelyn spun around and quickly barked. "What are you, my mother? First you try and defend me now, you're telling me how to eat my food? I don't need or want your fucking help!"
Normally Victoria would have simply left, but her experience in the last two days had bolstered her courage somewhat. So despite the fact that she was still scared, she stood firm.
"I was just saying. As far as what happened earlier, we're stuck here till Sunday, no point in starting off the weekend on the wrong foot."
"It's already on the wrong foot, of all the people I could get stuck with in this hellish universe, I get stuck with your worthless ass. Always trying to be nice, not knowing when no one wants her around. Just how fucking stupid are you. No matter how many times I rip you to shreds you just keep hanging around."
Victoria looked incredulous, "For your information, Andre, Robbie and Cat are my friends. Cat out of the goodness of her own heart and because a million years ago, you were once friends she insists you hang with us all the time. Maybe you're the one that isn't wanted."
Jadelyn stood there for a moment her face twisted in anger. "Who in the fuck cares what they want, I don't want you around. I keep reducing to tears and you like the brain dead skank you are, just keep hanging round. Like now or like your counterpart do you have some sick deluded fantasy about you and me hitting it off. Wanna get in my pants, is that it Tor?"
Looking at her coolly, Victoria responded in a low voice. "Don't flatter yourself." Then Victoria's voice took a cynical tone. "But you've got dearest Beck, Isn't he a catch?"
Jadelyn's nostrils flared as she began to turn red. "Watch it?"
Victoria didn't back down, instead she simply crossed her arms and stood her ground. The one time she had to stand her ground. "I was being cynical and I am sorry, but ultimately, either he respects you or he doesn't. In the grand scheme of things, only you can be the judge of that."
Jadelyn scoffed and said acidly. "Oooh, let me guess, this is the point where goodie goodie Victoria tells me that I have options and there's help for people like me in my SITUATION! HE LOVES ME AND HE RESPECTS ME! What are you going to say now to try and help little ole me, the supposed damsel in distress."
Victoria, her face going neutral, walked to the fridge, grabbed a beer and then said. "Nothing. Nothing at all. It's pointless talking to you. Pointless."
Victoria then left the room without saying another word.