TORI POV

"Jade?" I opened my door to see my nemesis-turned-crush stood in front of me.

"Toriiii" her face broke into a smile as she locked eyes with me, what was up with her, she called me by my first name for starters, and she seemed genuinely happy to see me which was a first.

"Hey.." I smiled back at her, "Do you want to come in?" She nodded like an overexcited toddler, moving away from the door I let her in, she made her way over to the couch and flopped down, shutting her eyes, a smile still painted lazily over her face. God, it was good to see her smile.

"Toriiiii" she drawled,

"Are you drunk?"

"Maybe.." she sat up at this and put on an innocent face like a child caught red-handed doing something they know they shouldn't be doing, "I wanted to see you."

"Oh really?" I couldn't help but smile at that, Jade wanted to see me. She never wanted to see me, in fact, she usually made it very clear she didn't want to see me. She nodded furiously again. I went to sit next to her. She reached up and touched my cheek,

"Wow, you're pretty." Jade West just called me pretty, this is not a drill, Jade West just called me pretty, straight up without prompt. This was the best day of my life. After a second or two she seemed to realise what she was doing and pulled away suddenly. "Sorry" her eyes dipped down to her lap, where her hands lay, fiddling with a ring on her right hand. I placed my hand over hers to stop the fidgeting.

"It's cool." I wasn't really sure what to say but I didn't want her to feel bad for anything, especially since she'd seemed so happy seconds before, "Any particular reason you wanted to see me?" Her head perked up again.

"Yes."

"What was it?"

"Um..." her brows furrowed in that insanely cute way they do when she'd deep in thought. "On second thoughts, No."

"So you came all the way out here for no particular reason?"

"Yes?" she answered, clearly unsure of her words,

"Jade, you can tell me if it's something, I don't bite."

"Ok..." she let out a sigh, her alcohol-induced giddiness seemingly gone

"Ok?"

"Actually no."

"Jade!" I wined giving an exasperated sigh, "You can't just keep changing your mind"

"Yes I can." She folded her arms across her chest, closing herself off.

"Well, yeah, technically you can but that doesn't mean I want you to."

"Why should I care what you want?!" I haltered for a second, trying to come up with an answer before she continued, shoulders slumping, "Who am I kidding, I always care what you want." Jade cares what I want? since when. Drunk Jade is making no sense.

Her eyes widened like a deer in headlights, "I shouldn't have said that." she shuffled slightly further away from me and sighed heavily,

"Jade, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"It doesn't seem like nothing."

"What does it seem like then?" her tone suddenly defensive again,

"It seems like you got drunk and realised you needed to tell me something so made your way all the way out here then lost the balls to say it and now you keep flip-flopping between wanting to tell me and wanting to keep quiet. Personally, I'd prefer it if you'd just tell me but yannow... it's up to you."

Her brows furrowed once again and she listened to me speak. "You might hate me if I say it."

"Two things, A. since when have you cared if I hate you? and B. I could never hate you, I'm sure it's not as bad as you're making it out to be"

"You don't know that, and I've cared for ages, I really care Tori."

I shuffled back closer to her and took her hands in mine, locking eyes with her I responded, "Jade August West - "

"Since when did you know my middle name?"

"Irrelevant. Jade August West, I could never hate you. You've already put me through hell and it's not worked. You're not shaking me no matter how hard you try."

She laughed lightly, eyes watering, "Ok."

"Ok?"

"Yeah, but you've got to promise you won't freak out or hate me or decide you never want to see my face again and kick me out 'cause I don't have a lift home and I'm seriously too pissed to walk."

"I promise not to freak out or hate you or kick you out."

"Pinki Promise?" I chuckled slightly, I liked drunk soft Jade,

"Pinki Promise."

"Ok here goes." She took a deep breath, "this might sound stupid but I gotta say it 'cause wow you're really pretty and you always make me feel like you actually want me around which not a lot of people do and you aren't scared of me and as much as I like people to be scared of me it gets really tiring sometimes not having anyone and I used to not have anyone but now I have you and I really like you like, like like you and I know what sounds stupid but it's true and I know you probably don't like me like that, I'd be surprised if you liked me at all after the shit I put you through but I think I just did it 'cause I was scared of how bad I'm simping for you and I know it's no excuse but its a reasoning? so yeah that's what I wanted to say, yeah."

She finished blushing, staring intently at her hands. Jade. Liked. Me. Jade likes me. Jade, who I thought hated me, actually likes me. Like, like likes me. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, this was amazing, this was the best thing I've ever heard.

"Fuck. See, I knew you were going to freak out. I shouldn't have said anything. I'm sorry I'll go-"

I shut her up with a kiss. It was soft, delicate, She instantly kissed me back. I was kissing Jade West oh my fucking god oh my fucking god oh my fucking god. Eventually, I pulled away.

"I kinda like you too."

"That's a relief" She chucked before pressing her lips to mine again. This time firmer and hungrier. I could taste the alcohol on her tongue and I could feel myself getting drunk on her lips. Kissing Jade West was like drinking nectar of the gods, no it was probably better than that, it was incomparable to anything and better than everything. If I could I would do it forever. Unfortunately, breathing is a thing we both needed to do so at some point we pulled away and gasped for air. She rested her forehead on mine as we caught our breath.

"So..."

"So?"

She paused, I could see her mind whirring, plucking up the courage to continue her sentence.

"So would it be impolite to ask you to be my girlfriend before I take you on a date?"

"I think it would be acceptable. You kissed me before you asked me out so yannow," I smiled and shrugged,

"Technically you kissed me..."

"Whatever," I kissed her again, just a peck but I couldn't help myself.

"See" She raised her eyebrows, "You just keep kissing me!"

"I can't help it" I gave her another peck, she smiled.

"In that case, I have two questions for you."

"Yes?"

"Firstly, Will you be my girlfri-"

"YES." I blurted.

"You didn't let me finish."

"I don't care." She kissed me this time.

"Ok then Girlfriend,"

"Say that again."

"What? Girlfriend?"

"Yes."

"Ok Girlfriend." I just couldn't stop smiling, "Would you like to go on a date with me?"

"Yes." I bit my lip, trying to stop myself from grinning like a lunatic. She kissed me again. My Girlfriend Jade kissed me. Oh my fucking god I'm never going to stop saying that.