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Late Sunday morning, Jade found herself moving slowly. Tori, it seemed, had a lot of toys to show her. 'Okay, half a dozen isn't a lot, but she was insistent that we try them all.' Jade told herself. A quick glance confirmed that Tori was laying next to her, arm around the goth, with a pile of used toys in a towel on the nightstand. While much of what they'd done was new to the starlet, after so many nights of cuddling she knew how to extricate herself from her girlfriend. 'This is just like it, only naked.' Jade told herself with a smile.
Silently the director made her way out of the bed and across to her bathroom. She did her morning business and cleaned herself up, including a sponge bath of everything except the hair, before returning to bed. Now clean, she was ready to rejoin her girlfriend in sleeping. 'Too early to be up anyways.'
"No fair." Tori sounded half asleep.
"Did I wake you?" Jade asked.
"You went and got all pretty again, while I'm still recovering from last night." Tori moped.
"Hay, you were the one who wanted to show me how good you were with the toys." Jade pointed out. "Strap-on's apparently require a lot of work."
"Was I better then Beck?" Tori asked.
Jade started laughing. Jade totally lost it, almost falling out of bed due to her rolling around laughing. Tori tried not to feel too bad, but it wasn't easy. It hurt, watching jade laughing at her. "My gods, thats why you insisted on nailing me over and over last night?" Jade managed to push out through the tears. The laughter was taking a lot out of her. Sobering up for a moment, Jade glanced over and saw Tori's face. The goth forced herself to look her lover in the eye. "Look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. But if I'm honest, I'd have had to have kept a journal to remember how good or bad Beck was back in the day."
"But he was your first, right?' Tori asked. "You always remember your first."
"And I was his first." Jade replied. "Do you have any idea how bad we were the first time? We were nervous, and I was unsure of what I was doing, and goddess this is embarrassing..." She took a deep breath. "I was so sure he'd never let me near him again after I..."
"What?" Tori asked, pouting. "You laughed at me, so you owe me something. Spill, or I'll..."
"You're in my bed, naked. So what are you gonna do, threaten me with a dildo?" The director asked.
"Okay, spill, or I put this in your hair." Tori said, grabbing the biggest of the toys. The one Jade had decided, after trying it, was just too big.
"I'm supposed to worry about a little staining in my hair?" Jade asked.
"Okay, then I'll find another use for it." The irritated Latina said. "So talk, cause I have a big dick, and I know how to use it."
"And when Beck and I first got together, I didn't." Jade said, repressing a chuckle. "We fucked, and it wasn't good. But being the nice guy he was, he'd worn a condom, and I blamed that for the whole thing being so uncomfortable. Do I really have to…?" She looked at her girlfriend, who's face was now stone. "So, anyways, After I, um, failed, I offered him a blow job. Problem was, no one told me how to give a blow job. Did you know there's a song on line about not being good at hand jobs?"
"No distractions." Tori snapped. "You offered him a blow job, and..."
"I offered it to him, cause I wasn't sure I was any good at giving a handy job." Jade continued, looking very uneasy. "But one piece of advice the song gave they said never fails was 'use your mouth'. Just, no one warned me to never allow anything about how uncomfortable you are cause you to laugh nervously..."
"YOU BIT HIM?!" Tori screamed, more amused then angry.
"Not hard, just hard enough." Jade explained, trying to make herself feel less awkward. "I was sure that was the last I would be seeing of his... Organ." Jade decided on the word.
"Member, Dick, Penis; you have so many words you could have chosen." Tori said. "Why organ?"
"How is it your more crass then I am?" Jade asked.
"I'm just more willing to use the proper terminology." Tori replied. Then she got nervous. "Um you know, Beck and I did sleep together, that one time."
"I know..." Jade let her voice fade. "He got you pregnant?" Jade said, her voice forcefully hushed.
"No, I was just going to say it didn't look like you left any scars, but I didn't want to freak you out." Tori said. "We both know how jealous you can get."
"I knew you two were close." Jade assured her. "For a while, I was sure you were Beck's wife. Imagine my surprise when I fond out he married Trish, part time reporter and full time mom."
"Yea, I can't believe you've held Angie, and I haven't." Tori said, pouting.
"We should totally visit." Jade smiled as she suggested that. Inwardly, she felt relieved to be past her embarrassing confession. "We wait for the next semester break, and go spend some time with Beck in Colorado. You get to see the baby, and I get the weekend away bit, but with the added benefit that we'll be catching up with an old friend."
"Just a weekend?" Tori asked. "Then why wait until semester break?"
"From there, we bop over to New York, and spend some time there, just killing it. Visit Andre and his girlfriend, who looks nothing like Beck but I swear is totally like him. Then, maybe see some sights." Jade was smiling, planning.
"You're happy." Tori noted. "Make the plans, spend some of that mad producer money. Just, I don't need that. We could stay in any old hotel, visit our friends, maybe grab their couch and enjoy the comforts of couch surfing."
"Or we could do the four star hotel bit, and enjoy ourselves." Jade reemphasized. "What? I don't like to couch surf. If they don't have a pull out bed, it gets crowded. I love you, but I need some space. And if they do, most of the time you're more comfortable sleeping on the rack. No, lets go four star, and give our friends the break they deserve."
"They have four star hotels in Canon city, Colorado?" Tori asked.
"No, thats the other reason we're only staying a few days. Sinjin has a place up there, but I don't want to impose, so we stay long enough to reconnect, then get the hell out of there and someplace with decent theater. I treat you to a Broadway show or two, and we reconnect with Andre." Jade explained.
"I should nail you with my toys more often." Tori cooed.
"Thats not the reason I'm planning this." Jade said, cuddling into her girlfriend.
"I know." Tori said, smirking. "Just an observation. I'm gonna get cleaned up. You, spread your legs, but don't start without me. Once I'm not all gross, I intend to make the most of the free time your assistants bought me." Tori disappeared into the bathroom, and Jade heard the shower start to run.
"Hey!" The director yelled, then she ran into the bathroom, determined not to be robbed of a shower just for being considerate.
The weekend ended with a new normal slowly settling in. Tori and Jade were now sharing a bed, and Jade discovered she was the one who had to be responsible about getting enough sleep. "What?" Tori asked. "I know a trick about power sleeping. I can get eight hours in just six."
"I call bull." Jade shot back. "If that were possible, every actor would be doing it. Then they wouldn't complain about the occasional eighteen hour day."
"Not very productive." Tori obsevrved. "After a while, you just get tired, stop doing work worth doing."
"A good actor takes advantage of the many breaks, go's to their trailer and gets as much rest as their makeup will allow." Jade said. "I know, not easy. Many times, we wind up taking breaks when we can, and naps. I've slept in my trailer more then once. But still, lets not get distracted. You need a good eight hours sleep."
"Seven and a half." Tori said, smirking. "It's on a ninety minute cycle. I have a book, if you want to read it. It was inspire by people who need less sleep. Some people get by, can function normally, with only four. But six is my limit, and I have to set myself to do that."
They managed to get enough sleep, with Jade considering reading Tori's book. 'I could use the extra time.' She decided. Her problem was, she was acting, directing, and producing. She didn't have as much time off as the others. She had to constantly be thinking, modifying, ready to make changes to her script, that she wrote, and do whatever to make the movie work.
Jade walked into the sound stage ready to get things done. "Okay, has anyone heard about some technique where you can get extra sleep in a given set of hours?" She called out to the actors and crew. Multiple hands went up. "Figures. Too bad it doesn't work."
"You're doing it wrong." One of the production hands said.
"What was that?" Jade growled.
"Easy there." Her best boy said. "Miss West, we don't have time for this discussion. I'll put you in touch with my hypnotist, who helped me set up to do that. Post hypnotic suggestions can be wonderful." Jade just nodded, trying to wrap her head around this new fact.
From there, it was back to work with a furry. Jade made everything just a bit harder, because her eyes seemed to be seeing things just a tad clearer. No one said a thing, beyond the occasional groan, but they endured. The crew rose to the occasion, and the product was probably better for the effort.
Jade got to the evening shoot, where she was helping the kids with their project, and just sat back and watched. This time, Tori wasn't there, and Cat was. "How is it you two never are in the same place at the same time any more?" Jade asked.
"Their the same person?" Robbie guessed. "Tori volunteered to watch the brood, so I could help with the technical parts of the project. I'll be driving Cat home too. You just focus on doing the best you can."
"So how long we got you?" Jade asked. Having Robbie there was a good thing. He was far more knowledgeable then Tori at the tech aspects of theater, despite her winning his coveted spot as the highest score ever in Tech Theater..
"Just today, and maybe another day down the line." The former nerd said. "The kids are too young for us to leave them with a babysitter too often. But tonight, you have me all to yourselves."
"And now I'm gonna be sick." Jade quipped.
"If you don't mind?" Seethed Ted. "I have a movie to shoot." He hesitated for a moment. Then in a softer voice, asked "If thats all right with you?"
"Ted, please, run your crew." Jade said. "And sorry for talking, and taking up your tech adviser. Rob, do your job."
"Okay folks, we only have miss West for a little while longer, and I want this done on time." Ted said, taking control of his crew for the first time since he'd been directing.
Two hours later, Ted was sending people home. "Miss west, I'll oversee the cleanup." Ted explained. "I spoke to the Vega's, and I'll be staying here for this week. With luck, I'll get the project done by Friday. I do want to let you know just how grateful I am for your help."
"I didn't do that much." Jade replied.
"You did everything." He emphasized. "You got us to do the best job we can, gave us professional equipment, and professional advice. You talked your friends into helping, got us a budget for cloths, as well as technical advisers. The school was happy to let this be extracurricular, and not care about what we produced, as long as we learned form the experience. You're the one who told us we could do a professional job. I expect this to be the launching point of all our careers."
"You're kids." Jade corrected. "Yea, this will help, but you have years to mess up and recover. Be kids. Seriously, I deal with child stars, and they can be pretty messed up sometimes. Have your youth. Okay, yea, this is a good opportunity for you. Thank Miss Vega, for blackmailing me into doing this."
Jade wasn't in a rush to get home. Tori was at Robbie's, so she'd need time to get home after he and Cat got back. Jade decided to wait up for Tori, not wanting to go to sleep alone. Jade drove home in the dark, watching the world go by.
After a while, she realized that a set of headlights had been behind her for several minutes. 'Am I being followed?' She wondered. Not sure what to do, she drove to her home, and quickly passed through he gate. A short time later, she got a call on her phone. "Miss West, a piece of advice. If you think your being followed, then alert someone, and be careful about going through those gates. You have to stop, or slow down, and if it's automatic, someone can hack it, or follow you in."
'I know that voice.' Jade thought. "Who is this?"
"Officer Daniels." Came the reply. "I decided to follow you, since I recognized your car. I was making sure you got home safe. Next time, have someone waiting for you. And if you think you're being followed, call the police."
"Okay, thanks." Jade replied. "I mean it, thanks."
"Just doing my job." The patrol man replied. "You have a good night now."
A short while later, Tori got home. Jade was sitting in bed, going over the work she had to have done before the next day. "Hay lover." Tori greeted her.
"Hey." Jade replied, as the teacher walked over to give her a kiss. "How was the babysitting?"
"Sometimes, it's the most magical thing." Tori smiled, almost dreamily. "Tonight, it's another form of birth control."
"That bad huh?" The goth asked.
"The scissoring pajamas? Really?" Tori asked, noting what the goth was wearing. "I've been around a while, why haven't I seen those before?"
"Their my comfort PJ's." Jade said. "Sorry the kids were in birth control mode tonight."
"No offense, but we're not doing anything more then cuddling." Tori continued. "I'm not taking any chances."
"If I weren't so tired, I'd complain about that statement." Jade said, but she smiled at her girls humor in the face of the terrible two's. "Wait, if it's the terrible two's, shouldn't they be past the bad behavior?"
"It only starts somewhere in the second year." Tori explained as she changed into her pajamas. It was the mustache jammies that night. "According to my mother, It last somewhere between fifteen and twenty years."
"You're kidding." Jade said, smiling.
"Kinda." Tori replied. "But when I asked my parents, and they gave me that range. Somewhere between seventeen and twenty two, most kids grow out of it. Boys later then the girls."
"Now I don't want to cuddle any more." Jade said.
"My parents also filmed Trina's birth." Tori continued. "I think, having girls, they wanted all the anti boy propaganda they could find."
Jade was laughing as Tori cuddled into her side. "Good night lover." Tori said, kissing Jade's cheek. "You won't be laughing things off Friday."
"That a threat, Vega?" Jade asked.
"No, it's a promise." Tori replied. "I think I'm gonna need to make you mine again. And again and again and again." Jade laughed then cuddled in for the night.
The next day was another difficult one, as was the day after that. But at the end of each day, Tori was there, ready to cuddle, maybe more. Sex was now a part of their lives. That meant that Tori expected some touching. Occasionally it was nothing more then a kiss in the morning, but Tori was creative in getting what she wasted. Jade discovered more then once that Tori was willing to join her in the shower to satisfy her fiery Latina desires. What confused things was, after making things happen, Tori often expected Jade to be the man.
They also had to have rules about sharing a bed. Tori told her lover, more then once, that she needed to maintain some levels of separation. The teacher had her own room, and used it. "We're moving fast, and I just want a place where I can retreat if we have a problem, or I need to recharge. I'm grateful for the room. I'm thinking of moving out of Trina's place, and just living here." She'd explained while they were eating breakfast one morning.
"You mean you haven't already?" Jade joked.
"Jade..." Tori warned.
"Sorry." Jade said, smirking. "You're right. It happened so fast. You came for a weekend, and somehow wound up staying. Not that I'm kicking you out. Not after Marge made it official. It's just, I think we just fell into a pattern."
"Exactly." Tori said, beaming. "If there was a nice, small place near here, withing walking distance, I'd consider getting it. Then I could go home, and come back and visit."
"You could see if any of your neighbors is thinking of selling." Cory said. He'd walked into the kitchen during the discussion. Neither girl really noticed. The handyman was such a familiar figure they didn't blink when he walked in.
"What's up your sleeve?" Jade asked.
"Just planning ahead." He replied. "You could go all 'Entourage', Only having them live in the other house. Then, when you needed them, they'd be right there."
"It's scarey when he has a good idea." Tori chirped in. "What? I was thinking, having a second house near here could be useful. Imagine when we have kids of our own."
"What?" Jade asked. "We banish them to the other house?"
"No, but the other house would then become a guest house, and we wouldn't have to worry about where to put Stan and Marge up when they visit." Tori pointed out. "Plus, I could use a place for the shoes I'm gonna own."
"Really?' Jade asked, showing mock horror.
"Okay, I'm not that shallow." Tori admitted. "I love a cute pair of shoes, but I'd rather have a few pare that go with everything then one for every possible occasion."
"So, whats on the agenda for today?" Jade asked, wishing to change the subject.
"I'm helping with a play." Tori said. "One of Sikowitz's originals."
"Please tell me it's not as weird as the underwater submarine." Jade said. "I mean, redundant much?"
"I still think having us all audition for a play with only male roles was kinda off." Tori said. "But he probably did that so he continue to evaluate us."
"And he had us working on the backstage chiz." Jade added.
"I still don't always know what he's up to." Tori said. "But I've been getting the feeling he wants me to understand. Like I'm his apprentice or something."
"You start dressing like a hobo, and I'm not giving you any more loving." Jade warned.
"You mean no more making love in the shower?" Tori asked.
Jade seemed to think for a moment, then admitted "I doubt I could keep that up, no mater how much you looked like you were begging for change. I would, however, no longer go down on you."
Tori's eyes opened, just a bit, then she composed herself. "So no oral if I go all homeless chic?"
"Yep." Jade replied.
"What about if I just gave up on shoes?" The singer asked.
"Like you could do that." Jade taunted her.
"Okay, what about coconuts?" The Latina asked.
"Just develop weird plays, and think up ideas like bus theater." Jade replied. "Chiz that gets the students out of their own way, allowing them to see different parts of themselves. The kind of janked up stuff that allowed me to feel the things I felt when I write some of my," Her face contorted, "Comedies."
"You won an award for that comedy, right?" Tori asked. "I mean, 'Everyday Magic' is a major hit on Broadway."
"Yea..." Jade said, trailing off.
"Who'd have thunk a musical about a family of witches living in New York, trying to keep their traditions alive in the computer age, would have been such a big hit?" Tori pondered. "But it was, and you got nominated for a Tony award. Now, I think you should find yourself a producer and get that made into a movie."
"NO!" Jade said as Tori slid closer.
"I wonder, do I know any producers I could sweet talk?" Her hand slipped into Jade's lap. "Maybe offer them a hand job, in return for looking at the script?'
'Tori, I wrote that on a dare." Jade said, pleading. "Stan had me adapt it for Broadway, and I spent weeks writing the songs. Comedy is fucking hard."
"And now, it's a prime candidate for being made into a movie." Tori was leaning into Jade now, her hand at the directors belt line. "You could be in it. I love your singing voice."
"I couldn't both direct and star in it." Jade said, trying not to glance down at Tori's hand.
"Why not?" Tori asked. "You do that chiz all the time."
"Cause it would involve music." Jade replied, surrendering to her lovers touch. Tori's hand was now cupping her vagina, sending chills up her spine. "Singing thats worth listening too, making it fit every moment of the play, that would take a third party. Someone not emotionally connected to the songs. I wouldn't know what songs to cut." Jade's voice hitched at the end, as Tori stopped just cupping, and started working Jade.
The next several minutes were taken up by Tori Finger Banging her lover. Cory had made a hasty retreat when he realized what was about to go down, calling Devin and making arrangements for the organized man to adjust whatever schedule he had for Jade.
As Jade was coming down, head resting on Tori's shoulder, she managed to spend a moment thinking about what she was gonna say next. "So, was I just seduced about a house, or a play?"
"Both." Tori replied. "Get cleaned up. I need to run a couple of errands today."
It was an extremely rare non-work weekday for each of them. The school had an administrative day, one which got the staff out on time, while Jade's project had to pause filming for Dillon Hunter, along with several other cast members, to do a walk on for a TV show. So that afternoon, the two were able to relax and enjoy one another.
"Just as long as I'm at your parents place by six." Jade said. "We need to get a minute, maybe two, filmed today."
"Why does it feel so wrong that you need to be at my parents place at a given time?" Tori asked.
"Cause it should be the other way around." Jade assured her. "Tori, I love you. But I think this relationship is all sideways."
"How so?" Tori asked, as she got into her car. Jade sat next to her, buckling in.
"You gave me a hand job without asking for anything, and with no time for me to return the favor." Jade said. "I'm heading over to your folks place later, where you probably won't be. And we moved in together by default."
"And there's my Sikowitz moment." Tori said, smiling. "Jade, does it really have to be any specific way? Do we have to follow any set of rules but our own? I love you, but I also love that I can get you off. Sometimes I feel the need to give, and don't worry about getting. On those days, I might do all kinds of things to you. And I could be there with you tonight, but when I'm not, you get more work done, and I want them out of my parents house as soon as possible."
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"Everyday Magic", in this case, is a shout out to NightmareWalker. Loved the story.
Who wants to bet I leave at least two hanging plot points from this chapter, never resolved?
Thoughts? I welcome all reviews.