Queue imitation Michael Jackson voice: "This is it!" That's right people. This is the last chapter of my second story, A Good Problem To Have. It's been so much fun to write and it was so much fun to have you along for the ride. Now, how did we leave off? Oh, yes… some Jori lovin'.
Tori's POV
My hands are roaming her body. My lips are kissing hers. My mind tells me that I want to leave kisses all over her pale stomach, but I know that I don't want to leave her neck.
She's letting me control her every move. If I told her to bend over, she would. If I told her to French kiss me, she'd do it in a heartbeat. I've always wanted to control her during sex. She's always been the one in the driver's seat. But strangely enough, it wasn't as great as I thought it was. I mean, the sex was still fantastic, but what I meant was that controlling her wasn't as glorifying as I once thought it might be. Maybe I like being controlled… dominated.
And just like herself, she suddenly flips me over, and now she's on top. There's her dominant old self. And I love it. I really do. Seeing her above me just makes me realize how lucky I was and still am to have such a beautiful person inside and out as my wife, friend, lover, and soul mate. I love her so much.
Now her hands are roaming all over my body. Now her lips are kissing mine. And now, I'm sure, her mind is telling her to kiss all over my stomach, but she probably doesn't want to leave my neck. And being perfectly honest, I couldn't care less. Either way she goes, I'm feeling good.
Jade is such a passionate person. I love that about her. She's passionate about school, music, acting, golf, family and friends, and… in bed. I like that one the most about her. You know, besides the family and friends part. That's always first. And here, she's showing some of her passion.
"Come on, Tori. I know you're close." She hisses.
"Not even close, Jade." I fire back.
"Oh, okay. We can fix that." She smirks. Along with the finger she has inside of me, she starts rubbing her thumb against my clit. That makes me jump. Like it literally makes me jump off of the floor of Sikowitz's room. That gets a smile out of her.
"You okay? Getting close yet?" She asks, knowing I am.
"Still no." Liar.
"Sure, Tori. What if I add another finger?"
My eyes go wide at her rhetorical question. She has me. She's going to make me scream and I know it. The second finger goes in, and I surprisingly handle it really well… just a few moans. Then she realizes I'm not going to crack that easily. A third finger; a fucking third finger goes in! And that's it. She's got me.
My body tenses, my walls clinch around her hands and I finally get a fantastic release. My moans fill the room, while Jade looks like she having an orgasm as well. That's weird. I'm not even touching her.
The arch falls out of my back and I relax. My deep breaths are beginning to make me light-headed so I try to start taking faster, shallower breaths. It eventually works and I'm back to normal. Jade pulls the covers from the pallet I made over us. She snuggles in behind me.
"That was great." She says.
"Yeah." I nod. "Hey, it looked like you had an orgasm. How did you do it? I wasn't even doing anything to you." I ask.
"Vibrator." She says, plain and simple.
"How did you get a vibrator? I didn't bring one."
"You're not the only one with a purse, Tori." She says.
"So you just carry around a vibrator everywhere you go?" I ask.
"Hey, it comes in handy sometimes." She laughs and I shrug.
"What do you say we start eating?" She suggests. "We shouldn't let all this food go to waste."
"Yeah, probably not." I agree, standing up and putting on a take top and some underwear. Jade also stands up but doesn't bother to put any clothes on.
"So what all did you bring?" She asks me.
"Well, my mom made some cheesy potatoes."
"Where are we from? Tennessee or something? Only people from Tennessee eat that stuff." She says, laughing.
"No!" I smile. "People eat cheesy potatoes everywhere. They're good! Anyway, um… I made so chicken… grilled chicken. I made devilled eggs, yeast rolls… um… and you already had your dessert." I kiss her quickly.
"Tori, this all looks delicious. Thank you so much." She sits down and grabs a plate filled with one of everything, still naked. I laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" She asks.
"Nothing, it's just… not very many people, besides my dad on his days off, come to dinner without any clothes on. But it's sexy when you do it. It's just nasty when he does it." I cringe at the visualization of my naked father. Gross.
"Great, now you put that thought in my head. Thank you, baby." She says.
"Don't call me that. That's his nickname for me."
"Oh, my god. I'm so sorry." She laughs.
"Can we just stop talking about this? It's gross and I'm trying to have a nice honeymoon with my wife. Let's talk about... how amazing this dinner is. Or what we're planning on doing after school. Oh, yeah! Let's talk about that. What are you going to do when we graduate?" I ask.
"Well, since Beck has already casted me for the lead role in his movie, I think I'll do that first. Um... then I may test golf. I think I may be able to be successful in that. If I ever do any kind of serious acting, I think I'll stick with Beck for the most part. You know, unless someone like Scorsese or James Cameron or Ron Howard calls me up or something. But other than that, I think I'll stick to golf for the most part. What about you?" She finishes.
"Well, I think I may try to be a singer. A pop star, if you will. I guess I'll start of by trying to get a record deal and start producing a lot of music really soon. I'm writing a new song. Don't know what I'm gonna call it, though. Maybe I can think of a title some other day. But yeah... that's about it. We've gone into such great detail about what we want out of our lives, haven't we?" I say, sarcastically.
"I've gotten everything I've wanted out of life and I'm looking right at it." My heart skips a beat.
"Aww, Jade, that's so sweet. You're all I've ever wanted, too. I just hope you love me as much as I love you." I smile.
"I probably love you more than you love me." She says, taking a bite out of a yeast roll.
"There's no way."
"I believe there is." She retorts.
"I don't believe you." I say. She shrugs and continues eating. I can tell she loves the dinner because she got seconds of everything... except the cheesy potatoes. Guess she didn't like home-style cooking. More for me.
Everything is going as planned. Jade and I had sex, of course. The dinner is going really well. And I have one more little activity planned before we go to sleep for the night. And I think she's going to love it.
"Hey, Jade, why don't we go outside for a minute? Maybe watch the stars. Cuddle each other in the moonlight?" She looks at me like she's ready to barf.
"You know, after what you just did to me on the floor over there, I forgot that you're still you and you still like that girly, frilly crap." Well that hurt. "But I love you and I'm stuck with it, so I guess we can go." She gets up from her chair and walks towards the door of the classroom.
"Ehem, Jade?" I say.
"Yeah, babe?" She turns around.
"Clothes. There is a such thing as indecent exposure. And it's illegal. As much as I love you're fucking hot body, I don't want you going to jail over something silly like that. So here, put your change of clothes on," I throw her a tee shirt and some cheer shorts, "and meet me outside in the Asphalt cafe."
After that, I walk out of the room and head out to the Asphalt cafe. It's kinda weird being here as someone who's not a student. This place has been like a second home to me, you know? I mean, this is where I met the love of my life, where I got recognized by Mason Thornsmith. I know he was an asshole, but he gave me a shot... kinda... to sing at the Platinum Music Awards and that got my name out there. It's where I've made all my friends; where I've laughed and cried on many occasions; where I've grown to love and despise some many people. And now I'm realizing that there is no other place- besides in Jade's loving arms- that I'd rather be.
Hollywood Arts will always hold a special place in my heart. This place built me.
"Hey, here I am. What all did you want to do out here?" I'm suddenly broken from my deep thought by Jade's voice.
"Oh, um... this." I run past her and flip a switch. Just a few lights come on near the stage where we've preformed songs so many times.
"What is this, Tori?" She asks.
"I wanted to sing one last song with you... while we're still able to do it at school." I smile.
"Okay. You get to call the song." She says.
"How about this one. You remember it?" I clear my throat and get ready.
"Suddenly... my choice is clear
I knew when only you and I were standing here"
She's ready to jump in and sing what is usually Beck's part of the song. She does it better though. Beck's an actor. Not a singer.
"And Beautiful... is all I see"
God, she's so beautiful. We sing together now.
"It's only you, I know it's true, it has to be."
I take this part, while she takes the backup vocals.
"That money is worth a thing
if you didn't earn it, you don't deserve it
True love doesn't cost a thing
And if you try to buy it, you can't return it
Your friends are doing all the same things
And my friends say, "Look at what you're wasting"
But it doesn't matter if you change their minds
Suddenly I can see what I didn't before
And I don't care what they say anymore
'Cause I'm finally falling, falling
I'm finally falling, falling
The rest of the song goes perfect. Our voices were meshing together like they never had. It really made me feel like where I was is where I belong... with her.
"Tori, that was great. We sounded so great." She says.
"I know. You sounded really good."
"What, and you didn't? Tori, you need to really start giving out demos to record companies. There's no way they'd be stupid enough not to sign you to a big deal. Please, you have to promise me you'll start looking within the next few days." She says.
"I've actually been thinking about what I said... about being a pop star and everything. Hollywood Arts has been so good to me. And I can't bear to see it go like this. I just can't let it go, Jade. So what I've been thinking about is maybe after I graduate college, maybe I could get a job here. You know, maybe as an assistant to Sikowitz, or maybe Lane could use a secretary or something. Maybe I could take over as Helen's assistant. I know I could do a better job than that stupid woman she uses now. I just want to stay here so badly, Jade." I say.
"Is that really what you want, Tori? You won't get noticed that way. You won't make the booku bucks like you'll make as a pop star."
"You know, the more I think about that, the more that I think I don't want all that stuff. The fame the fortune."
"But you won't be noticed. You'll just be normal." She says.
"Maybe that's what I want, Jade."
"But what about all the talk about making it shine, you know? I thought you were gonna make it shine, baby." She almost sounds disappointed.
"Maybe I should help some other people make it shine." I say.
"Well... if this is really what you want then... why not?" She smiles.
"Oh, thank you, Jade. I love you so much." I wrap my arms around her neck.
She just sits quietly for a little while. Wondering what she's thinking, I muster up the courage to ask her one simple question: "What are you thinking about?"
"I just... can't keep the thought out of my head that this... all of this," She spins around, arms spread wide, gesturing towards the school, "is finally over. I just can't get over it." She smiles.
I nod. "Yeah, me either. Well, it's not completely over for me. Four of five more years and I'll be back." I stare at her. "It doesn't have to be over for you either, you know." She shoots a glare at me.
"I know it doesn't. But I don't want to be grounded to this place. I want to have a variety of things I can do for a career. When you're a teacher... you're just a teacher. And you're just a teacher until you retire or die."
"No, Jade... there're many levels in education. I mean, you can go from being a class assistant to a principal of a school in no time... fifteen years, maybe." I say.
"No, Tori, you're not understanding me. What I mean is... with school and education and stuff... you go to the same place... all day... everyday... until you die. You see the same walls... the same people. The same thing over again is all you see. There's nothing different about it. With golf, you go to different states and cities every week. Everything's different. You meet so many people. And in acting... if my career does actually take off... I'll meet even more people. I could meet Brad and Angelina... and their twenty-three kids. "We both laugh at her joke. "I could meet legendary actors. I could meet people like George Clooney, Liam Neeson, Jimmy Fallon... Emilio Estevez... people like that. With teaching... it's always, "hi, Ms. Jones. Oh, yes, I had an omelet this morning. No, I was up till two-thirty last night grading papers." And there's nothing wrong with that. If you feel like you were put here to teach, that by all means, teach. But I feel like I was put here for a different reason. I was put here to entertain... in some shape or form. But you belong here." She finishes.
"God, you're so deep at times." I shake my head.
"Well... I get that way sometimes. But you're stuck with it now, so get used to it."
"Baby, I wouldn't have it any other way." I say.
We're both locked in on the night sky now. It's beautiful. There're so many stars. Maybe a few can align the correct way so that Jade and I get what we want in life.
"Beautiful out here, isn't it?" I hear her ask, suddenly.
"Yeah..." I exhale heavily.
Eventually, we walk back inside the building, because yes, Los Angeles can get cold at night. I get into Sikowitz's class room and flip on the fluorescent lights that are as bright as the sun. I begin blowing out the candles, trying to avoid burning the whole damn classroom down on my last day here. Wouldn't that suck?
"About ready for bed?" Jade asks.
"Can we cuddle?" I ask, sweetly.
"We can, just as long as you don't call it that anymore. Let's call it... you know what... screw it. Let's just cuddle." She smiles.
"Yay! Cuddling with Jadey!" I scream.
"Okay, take it easy there, Valentine." She laughs.
"Shit, that did sound like Cat, didn't it?" I say.
"Yeah, just a little. Have you heard my impersonation of her?" I shake my head no at her question. I wonder if it's any good.
She clears her throat. "Hi, my name is Caterina Valentine. My friends call me Cat, like the animal we all love. I like candy canes, Milk Chocolate, not dark chocolate, unicorns and purple giraffes." Damn, that was a good impersonation.
"Jade, that was spot on!" I say, enthused.
"Thanks, I guess."
"Wait... remember when Beck and I went on that opposite date?" I ask.
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Was that you on Cat's phone trying to find out where I was?"
"Yeah; we haven't covered this?" She asks. "I was worried that you were going to date Beck when I still wanted him. This was, of course before I fell in love with you. So... in order to keep Cat from ratting me out, I bought her ice cream and covered her mouth so you wouldn't hear her over the phone. Then I used her voice. Was it convincing?" She smirks.
"It wasn't convincing, it was very cunning... and dangerous. Cat might have not been able to breathe under your hand." I slap her arm, getting into bed.
"Eh, well... it's over now. What're you gonna do?" She laughs.
I shrug and cuddle with her, cherishing the moment that we're in.
"What do you think about having everyone over for a while? It'll be our last get together before we're College Freshmen." Jade says.
"That sounds like so much fun, Jade." I smile. "When will we do it?"
"Probably tomorrow."
"Good. Just after we leave her, I want to run to the store so I can get some things to snack on. I'm going to make some nacho dip." I lick my lips... thinking of the delicious cheese coating the insides of my mouth.
"Okay, that sounds good. Now, why don't we get some sleep and get ready for tomorrow?" She asks. I nod and bury my head into her shoulder.
"Goodnight, Jadey." I say, lightly.
"Goodnight, Cat." She laughs.
Within a few hours, we're up again and at the store.
"So, what all do you need to make this Nacho Dip?" Jade asks.
"Um... I need cheese, of course... some Velveeta Cheese. I'll need some hamburger meat, a small can of diced tomatoes, some tortilla chips, and some of those Dixie plates. You know, the real big strong ones." I say.
"Yeah, I know what you're talking about." She says. "Here are the tomatoes." She throws two small cans into our basket.
"So have you called anyone yet, Jade?" I ask. "To see if they can come."
"Actually no, I haven't. Why don't I do that?" She takes out her phone and dials a number.
"Yeah, why don't you do that?" She shoves me slightly. "Shove me again." I dare her. She does. And I can't do anything about it.
"Hey, Cat, what's up girly? Yeah, the Honeymoon went great. I loved it. Yeah, I just had this idea that we could all kinda get together at our house in about an hour. We're at the store right now. Tori wanted to pick some stuff up. We'll be home in a little while, though. Alright. See you in a little while. Yes, Cat, you can bring Mr. Purple."
I hear a very loud "Yay" come from the speaker of the phone.
"Okay, Cat. Love you, too." She hangs up.
"Never heard you tell Cat you love her before." I smile as I get the cheese off of the shelf.
"Well, you know. I do. I love the poor little girl." She smiles. "I'm gonna call Beck and Molly and then tell them to call everyone else. I'm too lazy to do it all." She dials another number.
"Hey, Oliver. Yeah, um... Tori and I are having a small get together to celebrate our graduation. I've already invited a certain redhead, and I was wondering if you could call everyone else. Oh, she is? Okay, that's fine. Yeah... okay, thanks, Beck. Bye." She hangs up.
"He coming?" I ask.
"No, Molly's got morning sickness right now. Beck says she's throwing up non-stop. They aren't going to be able to make it. He said he'd call everyone, though."
"Oh, that's too bad. I'm still mad at you for not telling me that Molly was pregnant before you did. I wouldn't have cared if it was on my wedding day that everyone found out. I should've been notified." I rant.
"Tori, sweetheart, no one knew except me, Beck and Molly. So don't feel left out. Andre, Cat, and Robbie didn't know either. I should've asked Molly if I could've told you. I'm sorry."
"Well... since you said you're sorry..." I kiss her lightly after grabbing the tortilla chips. "Okay, that's it. We're ready." I smile.
"Good. Let's get the hell out of this stupid store. I hate J-Mart. They don't have enough food here." She complains.
"Well, they had enough for what we needed." I say. "Why don't you go wait in the car while I pay for this?" She shrugs and walks out. I think she's getting worse that the shruggers in Sikowitz's class.
"Hi, did you find everything okay today, ma'am." The cashier asks me.
"Yes, I did, thank you." I answer, politely as she scans my groceries.
"Okay, you're total's going to be sixteen dollars and seventy-three cents." She smiles.
"Wow, inflation's really taking a hold of things, isn't it? Now it's not just affecting gas. It's spread to grocery stores, too." I grunt in frustration.
"Yeah, ever since Barak Obama came into office the economy's gone even further down the pooper. Anyway, have a great rest of your day." She hands me my bags, I wish her the same, and I exit.
Jade's already in the car, ready to go. She pops the trunk of her Camaro and I throw the groceries in there.
"You ready?" I ask, sitting in the passenger's seat.
"Yeah, you?"
"Born ready."
She peels out of the parking lot and we're home within five minutes. Thank you, J-Mart for being so close to home.
I pull the groceries out of the trunk and right as we walk in, Andre's car door shuts.
"A little early, aren't you?" I hear Jade ask.
"Yeah, well, me and Little Red here couldn't wait to see our best friends. Robbie is on his way. He said he had some personal business to take care of." He says, suspiciously.
"We think he was masturbating. You know, he does have those cut outs of me... and a lot of pictures." She shudders.
"Have you two not...?" Jade asks.
"No! No way! That's icky." Cat says. "Gross."
Everyone laughs at the poor innocent girl. Even me, even though I feel guilty about it.
"What?! What are you all laughing at?" She asks.
"Just you, Kitty Cat." I choke out.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" She uses her catchphrase.
"Nothing, Little Red. Nothing at all." Andre hugs her.
Soon enough, Robbie gets here in what looks like that thing he calls the "car of the future". Whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.
We all are sitting in the living room when there's a knock on the door. I stand up, walk over to it, and am very surprised at who I see standing there.
"Any room for a man with luscious hair and someone who's sick?" Beck asks with a smile.
"Always, guys. Hey, everyone, look who showed up!" I yell into the living room.
Andre come over, kisses Molly's cheek and hugs Beck. "It wouldn't have been the same without you, bro." He smiles.
We all walk into the living room and Jade's already hogging the remote. She's watching Netflix, apparently.
Everyone, except Molly, has a bowl of my dip and based on their facial expressions, they all love it.
"The Breakfast Club? I love that movie!" Andre yells.
"Who doesn't?!" I yell back.
"Saturday, Shermer High School, Shermer, Illinois. 60062." That was Anthony Michael Hall's
voice. He plays Brian. He's the nerd... and one of my favorite characters.
The characters file into the library for detention. Déjà vu.
"Hey, isn't that where you guys met?" Molly asks, sniffling.
"No." I say. "There was just a turning point in our relationship there."
"You know, Tori... I've always wondered... why did you stay with me through all my problems
and stuff? Why didn't you leave?" Jade asks.
"Remember what I said at the Rehearsal Dinner, Jade? I stayed because you're a good problem to have."
`How'd you like that ending? Did it make you smile? Make you cry? Hope it did. Thank you all so much for reading this. I means so much to me... all the favorites... the followers... the reviews, everything.
And for those who are sticking with me after this one, I'm going to do something with Cat in it. Cat will be a main character. She's my favorite character so I like to write stories with her in them. Anyway, if anyone wants to guess at who her counterpart is, if you get it right, I'll tell you. And by the way, the story after my next one will be the sequel to Cat Gets Crushed. So read that! I haven't set up a story yet, but it's coming.
I should have the new story up sometime this weekend or sometime over the next week. I have exams this week and I need to focus on those for right now. But the next two weeks are my winter break, so I should be able to produce some good stuff. Anyways... review it and wish me luck on my exams. Thanks, guys!