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Across the years.
Chapter 21 – The moment – Part 1
No One's POV
For the rest of the evening, Beck poured on his normal charm. On one level she was happy that all was as it should be; her at a ball with a very handsome man, who would soon be her husband. The other ladies were giving her looks of envy.
But Jade was gone and Tori had no idea how upset Jade was. Tori felt torn, Torn between tremendous pressure to conform to society norms, family obligations and growing attraction to Jade.
By the end of the night Tori managed to push those worries about Jade out of her mind, as Beck kept pouring on the charm and the compliments. The weight of those societal pressures didn't seem as bad when Beck flashed his smile.
Of course once Beck said his farewell at the end of the evening, Tori started to worry again. As if released from some spell, Thoughts of Jade quickly returned.
Lying in bed, alone Tori soon fell into a deep sorrow for how she treated Jade. What surprised Tori most, was the depth and intensity of the feelings of regret and sorrow that came upon her. For the first time since her mother died, Tori would cry herself to sleep.
The following day was Sunday and Tori first caught a glimpse of Jade at breakfast. The actress came out holding a tray of eggs. What struck Tori was her emotionless expression. The young Latina immediately found it disconcerting.
"Good Morning Jade. How are you this morning?" Tori said, desperately trying to get some reaction out of Jade.
"Fine, Thank you Miss Victoria." Jade replied in a monotone voice.
As Tori's spirits quickly dropped, her father interjected. "Jade, You're performance last night was splendid. Sir Miles was quite impressed."
Jade paused from her serving duties and again replied in polite but monotone voice. "Thank you Sir, It was my pleasure."
Jade then quickly finished and vanished into the kitchen without so much as looking at Tori. The rest of breakfast was the same. Jade was there, but she showed almost no emotion and did her work quietly and diligently. It saddened Tori greatly.
"Jade's furious at me, I know it." Tori thought, as she ate her breakfast.
"Is something wrong Victoria, you seem sad this morning."
Realizing she had door a poor job of hiding her emotions, Tori quickly lied. "I was just thinking of mother. She will not be able to see me married. It saddens me greatly."
Mr. Walker nodded his head. "I miss her as well. You're sorrow is quite understandable. We're going to church after breakfast; you should remember to say prayer for her.'
"I will father."
In church a little while later, Tori did pray. But she prayed for some way to make this all right, as she really had no idea how. At this point, she wasn't even sure what she wanted half the time.
After church, Tori hardly felt better. She felt even worse as the day went on. All day, Jade played the part of quiet, emotionless, hardworking servant. Tori also suspected that Jade was actually avoiding her.
Jade was avoiding her. Last night's incident left her confused, frustrated, guilt ridden, aroused, hurt, but mostly angry. In fact, at one point when she got home, she found herself tempted to just go home and let Tori rot in that grave.
Realizing she may do or say something wrong, not to mention she was angry at Tori, Jade retreated inside her character. She would be the quiet, hardworking servant and nothing else. She wasn't going to be rude to Tori, in fact Tori found Jade to be quite polite and very formal that day. That was when she actually spoke, which wasn't very much.
The only time they got to talk was when Jade was working at the inn in the afternoon. But during all that time, they were never alone and Jade stayed as she was.
After an hour of greeting customers, Tori told Colin the bartender she was feeling ill and was going to lay down. In reality she found it harder and harder to be around Jade. The woman she kissed her so passionately only last night, had turned completely to ice. Tori would stay in her room the rest of the day and didn't come to dinner.
Jade didn't let that bother her and kept working. Her co-workers did notice she seemed less talkative than normal, but they figured she was just tired from the ball the previous night.
That Sunday night, Tori went to bed feeling worse than ever and for a second night she cried herself to sleep. The guilt and longing she felt seemed to grow with each passing hour.
The next day was Monday, which Tori knew was Jade's day off. Tori knew she couldn't handle another day with Jade mad at her. In fact she found herself wanting to be with Jade more than ever. After eating breakfast that morning, Tori told her father that she was going to take a long walk and probably wouldn't be back until lunch. That was something she did frequently, so he thought nothing of it.
As she walked out of her home, she immediately felt herself being drawn down the path to Jade's cabin. She couldn't have walked anywhere else, even if she wanted to. She knew it was a sin, what she wanted, her thoughts, her feelings. She got that message every Sunday in church. But as much as she wanted to she couldn't shake that desire. It was a part of her that stubbornly refused to fade away. Even more important, she more than wanted to be with Jade, she felt somehow she needed to be with Jade. She didn't understand any of it; all she knew is that she couldn't avoid it any longer. Superficially she justified it by saying that to indulge her feelings was the best way to purge it once and for all before the wedding. Having at least somewhat come to terms with hit, she walked steadily to Jade's cabin. Jade would be now, praying would come later.
The knock that Jade heard at her doo,r was both hoped for and dreaded all at the same time. The Goth figured that Tori would come, so she waited by the fireplace sipping her coffee and staring at the flames.
"Come in." Jade said with a sigh, as she stood, but still faced the fire.
Cautiously Tori opened the door, crept in and closed it behind her. Jade was standing by the fireplace, holding a cup of coffee and staring into the fire. As Tori walked closer to Jade, the actress looked at her briefly, and then returned her attention to the flames. She really didn't want to look at Tori at the moment.
"There's coffee in the pot on the stove if you want some." Jade said quietly.
"No thank you."
"So what can I do for you today, Miss Victoria?" jade said in cold and very formal tone of voice.
"Jade, I said you could call me Tori."
"I'm aware of that. So why are you here."
Tori shifted her feet uncomfortably as she collected her thoughts. "I've come to apologize."
Jade glance briefly back at the rather nervous looking Latina. "What for? You're fiancé was looking for you. You called out to him. Some would see nothing wrong in that." Jade said, her voice laced with a hint of sarcasm.
"That's not what you see. Don't you?"
Jade didn't answer; all she did was take a sip of her coffee and continue to stare at the flames.
Tori at this point decided to change tactics. "You never answered my question last night."
"Which question was that?"
"Who broke your heart?"
Jade was still a bit baffled how Tori knew, but answered anyway. "Her name was Rebecca, but I just called her Becca. We were a couple, not a fling or a brief affair, for more than a year. I loved her and she loved me. But….." Tori at this point could hear a noticeable bit of pain in Jade's voice as she continued to speak. It wasn't there at first, but as if Jade could no longer conceal it, the pain became evident.
"But…I was wrong. I was, to put it simply…a plaything, a diversion. The second it became inconvenient for her, she….."
Tori took a step closer as Jade sighed deeply, her face now registering the same pain her voice.
"Just started to see someone else. Didn't even have the courage to properly end it. I loved her and I meant nothing to her."
The story was heartbreaking for Tori to hear. It was even more distressing to see how painful it was for Jade to tell the story. It also made Jade's behavior make a bit more sense. It made Tori's regret even more profound.
"And you think you mean nothing to me."
Jade dropped her head and looked down at her shoes. "The thought had occurred to me."
Jade could hear Tori come close behind her, part of her wanted to turn and face the Latina, hold her, kiss her, but she was too afraid of being hurt again.
"Jade. I am sorry for last night. I wanted to be with you. I just panicked. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. You mean so very much to me. You're the most beautiful woman I know, you're strange and mysterious, funny and bold. I can't stop thinking about you and I've felt horrid for the last two days. I never meant to treat you like that Becca. She was a fool. Please forgive me." Tori said, as a tear ran down her cheek.
Hearing those sorrow felt words, Jade found herself wanting to forgive Tori more than anything. She stayed still, as some part of her remained stubborn. Then another thought popped into her mind. "How did you know about her?"
"It's kind of embarrassing. I wanted to see you and I peeked in your window one morning. I saw you from behind, I saw those beautiful tattoos. I guessed the heart represented your broken one."
Jade chuckled slightly. "Did you like what you saw?"
"Yes. Very much. Would you like to see my body?"
Jade's eyes opened wide as she realized she could hear what sounded like a dress falling to the floor. She also became acutely aware, that her heart had started to beat in a most furious fashion.
"Yes, I would." Jade, said her voice shaking slightly.
"Then turn around." Tori said in a soft voice. "We won't be disturbed. I can't promise anything but the moment, but it will be OUR moment. "
Still not believing what was happening; Jade slowly turned around to see that Tori had quickly and quietly undressed behind her. Jade's already rapidly beating heart shifted into overdrive to see the object of her affection standing naked in in front of her.
"You don't have to do this to get my forgiveness Tori."
"Am I forgiven?"
Jade nodded slowly, still enraptured by Tori's perfect and naked body.
Tori then stepped forward, wrapped her arms around Jade and ever so tenderly pressed her lips against Jades slightly parted lips. Jade was in heaven as she fell deeper into the kiss. She wanted to remain in Tori's arm's forever.
Having already traveled more than a century to get here, Jade didn't want to waste another second. She abruptly broke the kiss and picked up Tori in her arms bridal style.
"Jade?" Tori said looking a bit surprised.
With a wide smirk, Jade quickly carried Tori into her bedroom and gently placed Tori on the bed. Tori then watched as Jade stripped in fewer than 3 seconds.
"Looks like someone's a bit eager." Tori said playfully.
Jade, longer able to contain her desire for Tori, wordlessly jumped into bed and crawled on top of Tori. "You're mine, you're mine, you're mine." Jade said, breathlessly before initiating a deep and sensual kiss.
As Tori was showered with kisses and affection, she was pleasantly surprised by the seeming depth of Jade's passion. On top of that Tori's own passions were quickly running away from her.
Jade kept kissing Tori in an almost desperate fashion; much like a starving man would gorge himself at a table holding a luscious feast. At the moment, her guilt, her worries her mission all faded in her mind as she held her precious and Beautiful Tori.
Tori, for the first time in recent memory felt right, felt like she was exactly where she should be. Letting go with her deepest instincts, she kissed back and simply couldn't stop.
Quickly the temperature of the room seemed to heat up as the two women in bed, unleashed their passions on each other.
But one errant thought did flash through Tori's head. "Jade!"
Jade who had moved to Tori's neck looked up. "Yes."
"I must remain a virgin. I would be utterly disgraced if I were to…."
Jade nodded and gave Tori a sympathetic look. "Don't worry."
It was a slight annoyance, but Jade understood. She had Tori for the moment and that's all that mattered.
"You're so beautiful Jade. I don't know how many times I can say that. "
Jade immediately blushed, "Thank you. You're beautiful as well."
"Jade."
"Yes Tori."
"Please, I still feel badly. Let me love you. Let me show you just how. I need to."
It was music to Jade's ears and she flipped onto her back. "Your wish is my command, my lady."
Tori sat up for a moment and grinned. Then she ever so slowly began to kiss Jade's neck. Small tender kisses, licks and a few nibbles, she planted on either side of Jade's neck. For Tori, it came so naturally.
After a few minutes she moved down to Jade's breast and found herself happily playing with them. She touched them, sniffed them, licked them, all kinds of things. Eventually Jade who was happy as hell, quipped. "Someone's having fun."
Tori simply giggled and resumed suckling on Jade's left breast.
Jade was simply in heaven. Tori was not only kind, thoughtful, funny, intelligent, but in addition to that was a wonderful lover. There was a tenderness and affection behind every kiss, every caress and it brought Jade not only physical ecstasy but a Jade remembered Becca as passionate but not loving. Only now did Jade see the true difference.
Before Jade had only had sex, now this very morning she realized she was making love for the first time and she couldn't have been any happier.
End of part 1
I'm breaking this encounter up into two parts. You'll get the rest in the next chapter. I hoped you liked it.
Thanks to Invader Johnny.