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Double Trouble
Chapter 29 – A friendly chat
No One's POV
For this next chapter, we'll wind the clock back just a bit,to the point where JW decided to go into Jade and Tori's world. From now on, the werewolf Jade will always be referred to as JW.
Thinking for a moment, Tori looked over to Julia with confusion. "How, you said the other universes were locked and no magic could penetrate them."
"Yes I did, but I did a quick bit of research before coming over. You're from that universe and your purse has items from that universe. I think if you give me a small object from your purse, like a quarter, I can use it in my spell as a key of sorts."
Tori looked in her purse, pulled out a quarter and tossed it to Julia, who then examined it. "This quarter is from that universe and I can then use it to unlock the universe it is from. It will serve as a key. To unlock a universe you need an object that is from that universe."
JW stood up. "Good, I want you to open a portal now. I have an idea."
"What?" Said Vega.
"I'm going to have a little talk with Jade and right now." JW then turned to Julia. "You can open a portal, can you by chance open it into a specific place?"
Julia nodded. "Yes, I just need to know where it is."
"Good, I'll get a map and you get things set up. I want to leave asap." JW said with a look of determination that told Vega full well, that arguing with her was pointless.
JW returned a few minutes later, to see Julia setting up in the big party room. On one of the walls, she had a large, black circle painted on the wall. In front of it, was a small round wooden table with the quarter and a small stone sitting in the middle of it. A fine grey powder ran along the edge of the table.
Handing the map to Julia, JW pointed to a spot. "The house there, upstairs, my old room in this universe, Jade's current room in that universe." She then handed Julia a crude map of the upstairs. "That room there."
Julia studied the map. "I think you showed me that house once,so no problem. I'm going to give you you what's called a spell stone." She then pointed the small stone on the table." It's small tone that holds one off spell that you can use. In this case it will be a spell to open a portal back. Just tap it three times and say Presto. That and the stone being from this universe will act as a key to unlock it."
Jade looked at the stone and scowled. "Presto? Can't you think of something more…."
Looking vaguely insulted, Julia replied. "More Harry Potter like I hate that annoying twerp. I like keeping things simple. It will take me a moment to prepare then you can go. "
JW then turned to Vega who looked a bit worried. "I know what you're thinking. Me and the babies will be fine. I'm not even going to leave the room. I'll relax on the bed. I just want to talk with her. That and you can talk with Tori. Oh for the record, to avoid any confusion, I'll have her call me JW."
Vega nodded. "There are some things I want to say to Tori. You talk to Jade, but be nice. I mean it."
"I'm ready." Announced Julia.
"Let her rip." Said JW.
Julia began to concentrate and stood so the table was between her and the circle on the wall. Then she began to chant in what sounded like some ancient tongue as she began to gesture.
After about two minutes of chanting, a soft blue light seemed to envelop her hands. She then touched the quarter and the stone on the table. All of a sudden a ray of light shot from the quarter and hit the wall.
All of a sudden, there was a burst of light and the section of wall within the circle began to fade away.
Within seconds the wall had faded and in its place, was a opening to what Tori recognized as Jade's room. She could see that the lights were off and she was not there. "That's Jade room. But she's not there. Can I step through and see where she is?"
"Yes Tori, you may walk through. The portal will remain open by itself for about 10 minutes." Julia said, as she stepped back from the table.
Tori walked up to the circle and then cautiously stepped through. Looking around she could see it was Jade's bedroom alright. She then walked out of the room and could see that no one appeared to be home. She then checked the driveway and returned to Jade's room to find JW looking around with great interest.
"This is amazing. It is exactly like my old room. Down to the last detail. It's odd however. Jadelyn has a half sister, your Jade has brother and I'm an only child. Some things are exactly the same and others are wildly different. Any sign of the blockhead?"
"No one's home, Jade's parents car is gone, but Jade's is here. She likes to walk at night. She's probably out for a walk or at her tree house. "
JW sat on the bed. "I'm just going to relax here and wait until she returns."
From the other side of the portal, Vega's voice rang out. "Do you have the spell stone to return?"
"Yes,"
"Regardless, I'm giving you 2 hours then I'm dragging you back." Was the curt reply.
JW then looked to Tori. "Relax, I'll talk with Jade and Vega wants to speak with you. I'm just going to wait for Jade."
Tori then quickly texted Robbie, telling him that she would explain later, but she's found a different way back and he could go home. That done, Tori walked back through the portal and looked to Julia. "You can close it now."
Julia then said a small incantation and then broke the ring of grey powder on the table. Then the portal vanished and the wall once again reappeared in its place.
Having witnessed real magic for the first time, Tori found herself very curious about it. Seeing that Vega was busy talking to Beck and Claire at the moment, Tori decided to spend a bit of time asking Julia about magic and how it all worked.
She learned about how wizards have been working their magic in secret since the beginning or recorded history and much about how it all worked. Tori found it endlessly fascinating. To demonstrate it, Julia even made a frog appear in Tori's purse. Then she tossed the frog into the air and Tori watched it simply vanish.
After a while, Tori felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning around she could see it was Vega. "I have to tuck Fiona in bed, why don't you come with me, then we can talk in private."
With a nod, Tori followed Vega upstairs to Fiona's room. It was a typical little girl's bedroom with a toddler bed, huge toy chest, book shelf full of children's books, changing table and on the pink walls, pictures of unicorns and fairy's. Though Tori noted several pictures of wolves, one of which, she recognized as Vega in her wolf form.
When they arrived in the room, Fiona was already in the nightgown in and in bed, with Cassie, the nanny standing next to the bed.
Tori looked to Cassie. "Has Fiona been good tonight?"
"Yes, we played a game, read goodnight moon then she got ready for bed. She's all ready to be tucked in."
"Good, thank you Cassie. I'll tuck her in." Responded Vega.
Cassie said a quick goodnight to Fiona then left, heading to her room down the hall.
Vega then smiled and leaned over the toddler bed that Fiona was lying in and Kissed her on the forehead. "How's my little angel?"
"Good Mommy Tori." Fiona said, as she clutched her teddy bear close to her.
"Now go to sleep pumpkin and sweet dreams."
Just then Fiona looked up at Tori and smiled. "Good night auntie."
Tori smiled, but it felt bittersweet, considering how she wanted a baby with Jade. Now that and everything else was very much in doubt.
Vega then hit a switch on a box on a nearby table that suddenly projected little stars on the ceiling, then turned off the main light and led Tori out. "We can talk in the library. Follow me."
Vega led Tori down the hall and around the corner till they came to a door.
"In here." Said Vega as she opened the door for Tori.
Tori walked in to see it was a small and cozy looking library. It had a very comfortable looking leather couch and chairs and along the walls were walnut stained wooden bookcases filled with books. Glancing at the titles they appeared to be mostly horror novels, books on music, books on acting and romance type novels.
As Tori sat down, Vega closed the door and began to slowly pace back and forth. "I've been thinking about your situation Tori. I'll admit it's still strange talking to a different version of myself, but I think it puts me in a unique position to understand what you're thinking."
"I'm sorry I butted into your life like this. I still feel like I should have handled this differently.
Vega waived her hand. "No worries. I'm just glad you weren't hurt. But back to the subject at hand. I want to preface what I'll say by stating for the record that what Jade did was quite horrible and pretty bad even for Jade. I am sorry she used you like that. We're happy now, but my Jade and I had and have our problems."
"Something about being hauled away, I think. I heard you say it."
Vega nodded. "Yes, JW discovered the head vampire Livia was raising an army and planning to take over the world. But as she planned to launch her preemptive strike, she decided that she was going to face Livia alone. But at the time she didn't tell me. In fact she hid it deep in her mind while we were making love. We can see each other's thought during love. She wanted to protect me. Well we launched the attack and hit one of the many places the vampires were hiding. We won and were able to determine where Livia lived. Right here in this house in fact. I was ready to go and fight to the end with my mate. But Jade had other plans."
"What did she do?"
"I had hurt my leg in the fight it was just nothing, but JW used it as an excuse to keep me from the fight. Needless to say I insisted on going and refused to leave her side."
Tori could see a brief look of pain on Vegas' face as she related the tale. "She then ordered several other werewolves to seize me and take me home forcibly. I was furious and saw it as a utter betrayal of everything we had. By herself she went her and after a brutal fight, destroyed Livia. At home, I got Beck to drive me here and I arrived just as she emerged. She was covered in blood, and had several wounds, not to mention she was piss drunk as she had drank an entire bottle of peach schnapps to deaden the pain."
"Peach schnapps? Jade hates peach schnapps." Tori said with surprise.
"Jade had been tossed into the bar a number of times and that was the only bottle that survived. She hates it even more now. But as she emerged I felt nothing but hatred and betrayal so I simply slapped her and walked off. After that I wanted nothing to do with her, just the sight of her filled me with rage. I brutally rebuffed all her efforts to make right with me and shattered her heart. I couldn't control my anger and it actually got worse. "
"What happened."
"After I nearly took my sisters head off, my mother had a suspicion and took me to the doctor. It turns out that I was pregnant with Fiona and didn't know it. Like Jade now, the pregnancy hormones were massively jacking up my anger levels. Once I got some medicine to bring it under control, I quickly reconciled with Jade and was happy I was carrying her child. All seemed fine but, as time passed I realized it still hurt. She had done the right thing, but it was for the wrong reason. Had I gone against Livia, I could have lost the baby. But still her keeping her intentions from me and having me hauled off like a common criminal hurt and still does. It's something we talk about from time to time. Something we need to work through and are gradually. But while it's a bit like your situation, it is different."
"Jade gave up on me." Said Tori, with a sad expression.
Vega sighed then a look of determination filled her face. "I hate to say this, but I need to. But here's the thing and I have to blunt. Something that comes easy for Jade and not me. Tori, Jade didn't give up on you. You gave up on Jade."
Tori stood up and looking a bit annoyed got in Vega's face. "What are you talking about?"
Looking deadly serious, Vega stood her ground. "You heard me. Jade screwed up and she needs to make amends, I'm not arguing that, but while Jade actually said, I give up. You're the one that really did. Jade just couldn't handle the pain anymore."
"JADE BETRAYED ME, SHE FUCKED ME SIMPLY TO TORTURE JADLEYN. I COULDN'T TRUST HER ANYMORE!" Shot back Tori, rather angrily.
"COULDN'T TRUST JADE OR WOULDN'T TRUST JADE. BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. YOU SAY YOU CAN'T, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXCUSE BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY WOULDN'T." Vega shouted back.
Now feeling very much on the defensive, Tori barked. "YOU'RE NUTS!"
Vega crossed her arms. "NO, you wouldn't you wouldn't even give her a chance to regain your trust. You felt the need to hold it over her head and torture her with it. You felt hurt and deep down you decided to hurt her back. No wonder she left. Hurting Jade became more important than fixing things. Now mind you, this simply can't be fixed with a hug, this requires talking lots of talking and you simply shut Jade out."
"Who's side are you on? IF she had done that to you, would you trust her?
Vega thought for a moment. "I'll admit I would have a hard time too, but I'd make an effort to trust again if she truly showed remorse for her actions. It's not easy with Jade, it never is. Let me remind you of something. You're dating Jade, not some happy, bouncy sorority girl named Heather. She's moody, morbid, insensitive at times and loses her temper easily. She's not an easy person to live with. I've been with my Jade for more than three years and sometimes she drives me nuts. She's 10 times the effort and in my opinion 20 times the reward. Now if you want to be, Jade's Gal, like your tattoo says, you have to remember she's no picnic and work to fix your broken relationship. All you're doing is hiding your feelings and hurting her, by not letting her make any attempt to make up for what she did wrong."
"I came here didn't I, to see what a life together would be like."
Vega narrowed her eyes. "Yes, instead of talking with Jade, you instead went to another universe which is literally the farthest you could possibly get away from her. NOW STOP HURTING HER AND LET HER MAKE IT UP TO YOU OR DID YOU EVER MEAN IT WHEN YOU SAID I LOVE YOU OR WAS IT JUST 3 WORDS!
That last comment struck a deep chord with Tori and she immediately shouted. "I DO LOVE HER!"
Vega suddenly blasted Tori, her words full of anger. "THEN ACT LIKE IT OR LOSE HER FOREVER. I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE HER OVERNIGHT, JUST GIVE HER A CHANCE TO EARN IT AND STOP TORTURING HER. CAUSE IF YOU DON'T YOU'RE JUST AS GUILTY AS SHE IS!"
Tori just stood there stunned as her mouth slowly fell open. Vega then turned around and threw up her hands then walked to the window. She then silently gazed at the lights of LA. below. "I hate getting angry." She muttered a few seconds later.
Just after that, she could hear the unmistakable sound of Tori beginning to cry.
"I don't want to lose her." Tori whimpered, after a minute of quiet tears.
Vega turned around and took a deep breath. "Look, I'm sorry if I was harsh, but I just felt like it was needed. You can fix this. Not just you, but both of you. Like me and my Jade, we have our issues but we make an effort and we're working through them. "
"It just hurts so much." Cried Tori, as Vega put her arms around her.
"I know it does. But you need to tell her that, it's the only way through the pain. Now why don't you finish crying and we can see about getting you and Jade back on track."
