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After the Party
Chapter 14 – The ride home.
No ones POV
A few seconds after first shriek they heard a second even louder one.
Jade Smirked again. "That's probably Kayla her finding the Nazi bumper stickers on her car. Those stickers are not going to come off. She'll have to paint over them or replace the bumper."
Jade then looked at Tori who smiled widened. "Are there any other surprise's in store for her?" Tori asked.
"No, that's all I had planned. Robbie and Cat handled their part perfectly. I didn't want to complicate it too much or do anything that would take too long. I didn't want them to get busted."
Jade then stopped walking. "Tori, I'm sorry I had to deceive you, she was bad news."
Jade closed her eyes for a moment as if to collect her thoughts, then opened them and looked at Tori. Looking into Jade's eyes Tori could see they were full of regret and sorrow.
"That morning I woke up with you, I fucked up. I wasn't used to the feelings I was having for you. It scared me and I sort of emotionally shut down. I just lied to myself that it was nothing and we would go back to what it was. The next day when those Ganks made fun of you I about had a panic attack on the spot, I was paralyzed with fear."
"You don't have to explain yourself Jade, I forgive you." Tori said squeezing Jade's hand in an attempt to comfort her.
Jade shook her head in frustration, "No, I need to. You had every right to hammer me that day. I was terrible to you. I was all torn up inside, different feelings all jumbled together half at war with the other half. I had just kept telling myself that you were going to be ok. I kept telling myself that my feelings for you weren't real."
Tori nodded and motioned them to keep going to Jade's car.
As they began to walk again Jade paused and began to speak again. "I finally broke on Friday, when I couldn't lie myself anymore. Jade found the video and called me on it."
Tori's face registered surprise "Video?"
Jade suddenly put her hands up in the air as she suddenly remembered. "Oh my god, it totally forgot to mention it to you. I'm sure like me, you were frustrated that you couldn't remember any of our time together right?"
"Very much so!" Tori said with a sigh.
Jade suddenly smirked and handed Tori her phone as they reached the car.. "Apparently I made a little home movie. I had forgotten I had it. Beck discovered it by accident."
Tori had a dubious look on her face as she got in the car, buckled up and press play on the video.
Jade just smiled as she got in the car and started to drive. As Jade drove she glanced over at Tori who was watching the video, her eyes were as big as saucers.
"Vega, even though I was drunk, there is not a word on that video I didn't mean." Jade said as the video ended.
Tori suddenly flushed red, "Beck's seen this video"
"Relax, He only saw a few seconds. Once he knew what it was he stopped it and confronted me about it."
"Thank god" Tori said feeling relived.
"When he confronted me, I broke down completely. He got me to stop lying to myself and admit that I was gay and I liked you and wanted to date you. I told him I wanted to fix things and win you back. Seeing that Video only made me more sure of how I feel about you. I only wish it was longer."
Tori laughed "So do I"
"I've seen it over 30 times you know. Next to the scissoring, it's my favorite movie." said Jade with a smirk.
Tori pretended to look shocked and playfully punched the Goth in the shoulder, "You naughty little girl."
Jade just grinned.
Tori suddenly had an odd thought, "30 times huh, I'll bet you even mast" she said began to say Jokingly.
"While watching, yes I did." said Jade with a rather large smirk cutting off the Latina in mid word.
"JADE!" said Tori with astonishment as her mouth hung open.
"I didn't have you; it was the next best thing. Besides I was being true to my feelings about you and admitting them for once." said Jade somewhat defensively but very amused with Tori's rather shocked reaction to her admission.
"You're killing me Jade" said Tori with a laugh, "I probably should take that as a compliment"
"Yes you should." Said Jade as rubbed Tori's leg.
"You should be happy to know that I admitted my feelings for you to myself, on more than one occasion." Tori said with a devious smile hoping to shock the Goth herself. She raised two fingers in the air for extra effect.
A brief look of shock registered on Jade's face as the information sunk in. Tori in return just burst out laughing.
"You're kidding Vega right?" said Jade looking rather skeptical.
"Actually, No" Said Tori still retaining the rather devious smile.
Jade's smirk widened. "Naughty little Vega, aren't you."
Tori then leaned close to Jade's ear. "You have no idea." She whispered in a strangely sensual tone.
Jade shot Tori a rather surprised look as a strange tingle ran though her whole body. "I'm going to find out aren't I?"
Tori said nothing but her smile seemed to grow ever more devious which Jade found both thrilling and oddly unnerving at the same time.
Jade thought for a moment, wondering if Tori was kidding. She eventually came to the conclusion that she certainly hoped she wasn't.
Tori's face suddenly took on a more serious tone as a thought registered in her mind. "What did you mean when you told Kayla, You're wrong, I will make her happy."
Jade turned a corner, ran a hand through her hair and continued to drive. "Oh yes, I was going to get to that. I got to school on Monday determined to fix things with you and get you back. Of course I see you and Kayla are sucking face. That hit me pretty hard."
"I'm sorry" said Tori, a hint of sadness had creeping into her voice.
"I tried to apologize to you in the afternoon but you would have none of it."
Tori looked down in shame. "I'm so sorry about that Jade. I wasn't myself. My head was spinning after my weekend with Kayla. Not to mention she said you would fuck with my head. I feel so terrible about how I treated you."
"No worries Vega. But there is something you need to know. Kayla knew all about us. She had figured out the whole situation. That is one of the reasons she went after you. She knew you were vulnerable."
"What!" said Tori in utter astonishment?
"At the end of school that day, Kayla ambushed me and dragged me into the broom closet for a little talk.'
"That lying Bitch!" Interjected Tori angrily, "She said she was talking to a teacher. What did she say?"
"She first told me to stay away from you and that I had my chance and I had blown it. You see, she saw the both of us leave Andre's party. We were very friendly with each other as we got in the cab. By observing both you and I in the days that followed she managed to deduce what had happened."
Tori rolled her eyes. "Fuck"
Jade frowned. "Not even the best part, she finished me off by saying that she was doing ME a favor by taking you away from me."
Tori's face registered confusion. "What favor?"
"She said that we had nothing in common and I couldn't possibly make you happy. She was saving me from the disappointment of knowing I couldn't." Jade said in a rather somber tone of voice.
Tori opened her mouth and closed her eyes as that sunk in. "That Bitch." She muttered.
Tori then looked at the somber expression on Jades face and had a thought. "That actually scares you doesn't it? That you won't make me happy."
Jade averted her eyes from the Latina. "Yes it does." She said in a barely audible tone. "I don't have all those things that Kayla has."
Tori suddenly felt a tide of anger rise inside her. "Don't you ever compare yourself to that bitch. You are a thousand times better than her." She said rather forcefully.
Tori then reached and turned Jade's head so she was looking at her again. "Listen to me Jade West, I've been crazy about you since the first day I've met you. You do make me happy and you are the person I chose to be with. Sure we're different but so what. So take that doubt and push it out of your mind. If you didn't make me happy, I wouldn't be in this car, or thinking about what our life together will be like. Got it?"
Jade felt the doubt she had melt away and reached out to hold Tori's hand. "I don't deserve you" she said in an uncharacteristic meek tone.
"Another phrase I never want to hear from you again Jade. Got it!" Tori instantly snapped. "You deserve me and I deserve you."
Jade was a bit surprised by Tori's quick reaction and simply nodded.
Tori smiled, "You're Jade West, the bitchiest, meanest, most snarky Goth I know. So act like it. Don't get me wrong, I think you're wonderful and stunningly beautiful as well. Oh and if I haven't mentioned you look incredible in that dress"
Jade smirked. "My someone's feisty tonight."
"Ok, Kayla lets you have it. Then what did you do?" Tori asked.
"After I went to Beck's trailer and raged about what I was going to do to Kayla we formulated a plan to get rid of her and get you back to me."
"What did you do next?"
"We figured her ex girlfriend would have the most dirt so we managed to figure out her name and went there at lunch and met her."
"The day you and beck weren't at lunch. We wondered where you two went off too"
"We found her and explained our situation and she was more than willing to help us. By the end of that lunch I knew Kayla better than you did. She's not a very nice person."
"I wish I had known that earlier. You gave her the hives didn't you?"
Jade smiled, "Guilty, thought I had help from Andre, Cat and Beck."
Tori narrowed her eyes. "I had an odd suspicion it was you but for some reason I never told Kayla about it. I just didn't want to."
"After that, Brittany told us about Kayla's date and we set up our plan to expose her and hopefully I could win you back."
Tori squeezed Jade's hand. "You succeeded, and I am eternally grateful. When you punched her out I was so proud to be the person that you wanted to be with. I knew then just how much you cared for me."
Jade couldn't help but blush. "Thank you Tori. Just don't forget that, I do care for you and I want to be with you more than anything. I may be unsure of a lot of things about these new feelings but the fact that I want to be with you. There is no doubt at all."
"See, Jade, you just made me happy. You've already proven Kayla wrong." Tori said with a rather satisfied smile.
"Were almost to your home, sorry you didn't get you're movie." Jade said with a sigh..
Tori smiled. "How about that be our first real date tomorrow? I'll buy dinner."
"Sounds good. What are you going to do now?" Said Jade as she pulled into Tori's driveway.
"No offense Jade, but I think I need a evening to myself to digest all of this. Losing one crappy girlfriend and getting the girlfriend I've always wanted."
Normally Jade would feel rejected, but in this case she didn't. Tori's request was actually reasonable. Jade knew Tori had been through a lot finding out Kayla was a bitch, seeing Brittany's heartbreak and bonding with her. Jade more than felt things for once were on the right course.
"No problem Vega." Jade said as she reached in an pulled Tori into a slow sensual kiss. Their lips met and quickly seemed to move in sync as they both got lost in the moment.
As they broke Jade smirked. "Our first sober kiss, not to fucking bad."
Tori laughed and got out of the car, "Wait will we start doing other things sober."
"Maybe we can reenact the scene from our movie, then I can find out how it ended." Jade said.
"You're on." Tori said with another laugh.
But then she got more serious for a moment. "Thanks for all this you did to show me how shitty Kayla was. You're wonderful Jade. I look forward to tomorrow night."
"Me too, you're pretty dam wonderful yourself Vega. Call me tomorrow."
Jade waived, pulled out of the driveway and disappeared down the street. Unlike that morning after the party, Tori knew where she stood, that she and Jade were together and with a little luck would be together for a long time to come.
A chapter here with them bonding in the car on the way home. Both Jade and Tori are on the right track and their first official and sober date is set for the next night.