4 days later
"I can't believe they're actually gone, what's crazy is the whole school is cheering me on for killing that guy and they all ignored Abby and Francine, in fact their bully asked the principal to erect a memorial for them" cries Tori
"change is good Tori" says Cat as Jenna walks in suppressing her tics
"no, no I refuse to accept that, those girls deserved to live, I should be dead not them" cries Tori
"what's my sister going on about now" asks Jenna
"she had a nightmare about Abigail and Francine last night and has been spazzy all day" says Jade
"Tori look at me, those girls gave their lives to protect you, to protect me, to protect mom, dad and Trina, if they really wanted to live they could have easily told him where you were, it wasn't exactly a school secret that you spent a lot of time at Cat's, those girls made a choice to protect you, don't try and re-write history and make them chose to live just because you are grieving their loss" says Jenna as Tori sighs
"I guess that's true, Jen you made the right choice staying out of the public eye, I've been foolish" says Tori as she calms down a little bit
"if only it was a choice sister, your caring nature keeps dad's morality in check, without you that bill would have never passed the senate and become law, you put a face on mental health for all those representatives and senators, you showed them that it is their greed and the corporate greed that keeps us out of a job, no matter how small a job we could handle, you gave it the push it needed, there was no way Dad could have done that on his own" says Jenna clicking her tongue three times
"getting a lot of emails huh" asks Tori
"too many actually, I've turned them all down because Caitlyn hired me to do small jobs around the house until spring where I'll help her with flowers, I'm getting twenty dollars an hour Tori" says Jenna excited
"I'm glad you found someone who will pay you a decent wage" says Tori
"you told her to pay me that much didn't you" asks Jenna getting suspicious
"absolutely not, I said if she could handle the tics and some tic attacks that she should give you a shot, I never told her how much to pay you" says Tori as Caitlyn walks over
"she's not lying Jenna, she's told me about how shy you are and after she said if I could handle your tics I should give you a shot I asked for advice on how to approach you so it didn't seem like I was taking advantage of you, you did in two days what generally takes Mitchie and I a month to do, neither Mitchie or I have had a dresser full of clean clothes since we moved in together three years ago, I had a doctor do a floating allergen test on the air this morning and he said he's never seen a house this big not have a single allergen floating around" says Caitlyn
"since you pay me daily right now I went and bought new filters for everything that had a filter, also I'd gone and washed everything that could be washed in a special allergy wash cycle that Tori has to use for her pollen allergy to keep her sheets and clothes allergen free" says Jenna as she tic clicks her tongue again
"what did it cost you to do that" asks Caitlyn
"three hundred dollars, filters aren't cheap and neither is the ingredients we add to laundry to help remove the allergens from the clothes, basically it adds a temporary hypoallergenic silk like coating to the fibers of the material, it lasts about a week and a half" says Jenna
"you were always interested in science sis" says Tori
"wait so even the curtains have that coating now" asks Caitlin
"yup, you'll be surprised how well it works, the only time in the past two years that Tori had to take her potent allergy meds was when she left the property for school, the hours upon hours she spends at home allow her to not need the meds thanks to my idea, I genuinely spent an hour running around in a maple pollen area and came back and cuddle with Tori to calm my tics and literally no reaction from her, no hives, no itchy areas and zero signs of an allergic reaction" says Jenna as she tics again
"do you really not need your allergy meds at home Tori" asks Caitlyn
"I mean they're expensive so ya I try and use them sparingly, before Jenna did that experiment two years ago to help me I had to keep an epi-pen on me at all times and take the anti-allergy reaction meds and I had to wash my sheets nightly because I needed my window open for the fresh air" says Tori
"please tell me you're gonna supply Tori with Sound deadening foam so me and James don't have to hear them make love at night or during the day" says Jenna
"it is on order yes, unfortunately it won't arrive for a few weeks so you'll have to find a way to deal just as Caitlyn and I have until it arrives, the cost was out of her budget to pay upfront so I paid for it and she's paying me weekly" says Mitchie
"ugh ok" groans Jenna
"hey the school made a decision for us to finish off the year at home to protect the other students from any possible shooters angry at our dad, just be lucky they gave the order to have it be family which means James doesn't have to go either now, you rarely see him outside of school, chances are our final school year will be the exact same as it is right now, the reason I was at Cat's so much was because you missed him so much you'd bug me and interrupt me any chance you got" says Tori annoyed
"Cat what does Tori's skin taste like….." asks Jenna
"like her skin skin or the other skin because I'm not gonna tell you what the latter is, hell I don't even hear what Cally tastes like down there because we don't do that, Cally and I don't talk about what Tori says we taste like because it doesn't matter to us" says Cat
"you actually think I meant how her kitten tastes, geez Cat, no I meant her actual skin I never meant to allude to anything sexual, it's just she's wearing perfume and she rarely ever does that, I wanted to write a paper about perfume and how it might affects things like dry or smelly skin, forget it I'm gonna go take a nap" says Jenna as she runs to her room
"Cat she has issues with certain scents, like she can't smell them, when we were younger and her tics weren't as bad she used to go play at the water park, one time a skunk sprayed her on her way home and she didn't even notice, trust me when it comes to her body she's a total clean freak, takes extra long showers to make sure every square inch is clean, she's a science girl Cat, she's never been great at wording things especially if she's afraid she's gonna get yelled at" says Tori
"I'm not a good person am I, maybe we should break up…." Cries Cat as she leaves to call a cab
"give her time Tori she will come back, she has a tendency to jump to conclusions about things, mom will clear it up for her, go tell Jenna I said your skin tastes minty with this perfume" says Cally
"wait minty, how is that even possible, the perfume is lavender based" asks Tori
"hey Jenna's the scientist not me, you want an answer go ask her that question" says Cally as Tori goes to Jenna
With Jenna
"Tori, Cat hurt Jenna's feelings" says James angrily
"yeah and she feels like she has to break up with me for it, that she's not a good person, Cat is autistic, one thing I forgot to tell Jenna is she jumps to conclusions, she's very literal, wording is everything with her, to be frank the way you worded it Jenna was kinda sexual, Cally says Maria will clear the water with Cat, Cally said to tell you with my lavender perfume my skin tastes minty, I have no idea why" says Tori
"Cally is staying right, if you lost them both for even a day Trina and mom are worried about your depression, minty is interesting, not what I was expecting, I will try and word it better if I get another chance to ask Cat the question" says Jenna
"yes Cally is staying, we'll try and keep it down tonight for you, Cally is the quiet one, Cat's noisy in just about everything she does, when she draws she talks like she's telling a story, I apologize for us making so much noise, we didn't know just how far the noise travelled" says Tori
"man I hope Cat comes back, she makes the best Italian food I've ever had and that's saying something because my dads side of the family is Italian and he knows how to cook" says James
"I'll admit she is an amazing chef but we can't make her feel like she has to return" says Tori as Jade walks in
"Cat was kidnapped guys" says Jade
"any demands" asks Jenna
"they're convinced the house of Congress is holding Greg captive so they'll only release her if Greg comes home, I already let Greg know, you don't think Cat planned this do you" says Jade
"nah she didn't plan this, Cat isn't the type to engage in that kind of thing, especially not after what I had to go through, sure she misses her dad but she would never play victim like that, she's too literal for that" says Tori
"you know you're maybe the first person to say that, she hid it so well in LA, nobody in LA knew she was autistic, they just knew she could barely speak normally, most people hated it but I found it adorable" says Jade
"then why tell her no, why did you lie about your feelings back in LA, it seriously hurt her" asks Tori
"as much as it hurts to say, status meant a lot to me then, I was the popular girl and she was considered low level trash by almost everyone at the school, I was taken aback by her asking me out, I was so confused I didn't know what to say, not to mention I'm almost two years older than her, being gay or bi isn't a problem in LA however age gaps are taken very very seriously and I was afraid of the lawsuits if I gave into my feelings, she was almost sixteen, still well below the age of consent and given the stories she'd write there was no chance in hell we wouldn't have been making love, in my mind telling her no was far easier than possibly seeing the girl she loved thrown in jail" says Jade
"my dad was worried of the exact same thing, which is why when he got word of our relationship he talked to like ten lawyers to make sure I couldn't be arrested for loving Cat and Cally, Greg knows Cat and Cally make out when they make love with me, the lawyer Greg spoke to said in general it's ok as long as they don't touch each other below the belt, as long as they follow that one rule there is no way any of us could be arrested" says Tori
"I mean that's a matter of opinion" says Jade
"trust me it was a Conservative lawyer, he said and I quote 'there are areas of the body that should be off limits but considering they are dating the same young lady make-outs in the heat of the moment are inevitable', trust me my dad was shocked as the same lawyer had been asked to sue a couple that were in a similar situation and he did, my guess is he has family in that situation and it changed his view on it" says Tori