A few hours later…
"Jade…" Freddie smiled and gave a soft peck of his lips onto a pair of plump, soft, lips then whispered, "Good morning."
"Morning…" Jade weakly smiled back, not that she wasn't happy, but she was just so satisfyingly tired from the experience she had shared with the four just hours ago. As they both stirred, entwining deeper into an embrace, neither was sure if it was the other that woke them or if it was truly simultaneous. A quick peek around her however raised a very different kind of issue. She softly whispered, "Where… wait, are we… this is the studio, isn't it?"
"You don't remember?" he smirked, shaking his head. "Basically…"
At some point during the early morning, perhaps a mere hour or two after the four exhausted teens had basically passed out from their lovemaking, Freddie began to stir, apparently the cramped-ness of the four on the bed was getting to his larger frame. He softly groaned and slipped out of the bed, still half-asleep, but needed to pull away from the tangled mess of limbs and warm bodies. He straightened up and stretched a bit, his muscles a bit sore from the overexertion from a few hours ago, but he would be lying if he said it wasn't worth a little discomfort after the fact. He smacked his lips a little then glanced at the three lovely ladies still snuggled together and now having more room to spread out, yet they remained close together.
He sighed again and dropped his arms, ready to slip out and maybe head to the couch to finish the rest of the night's sleep, but his attention was brought back to the three as he heard Jade sigh and stirring a bit more until she opened her eyes with a few blinks.
"Baby…" She looked up to Freddie and sighed out, "Freddie?"
"Hey, it's ok…" Freddie leaned over, careful not to disturb Carly and give her a quick kiss on the mouth. He softly whispered, "Sssshhhh… go back to sleep. I just needed to change sleeping arrangements…"
"Ok…" Jade needed a second to realize what he was saying then whispered, "I'll come with you…"
"Babe…"
Before Freddie could argue with her, she carefully released Carly and slithered her way down to the foot of the bed, careful not to disturb the pair of long time friends. She reached the foot of the bed and groggily sat up. She sighed out, her heavy chest rising and falling in a very lovely manner to Freddie, catching the moonlight on her pale flesh, highlighting her curves, then stood up.
A sudden throb below his stomach reminded him that he was in the presence of a goddess, and Freddie had no intention of arguing with her, so he stood beside her and supported under her right arm and wrapped an arm around to palm his left hand over the small of her back. Jade lifted her chin up and stole a kiss from his cheek before the pair started quietly walking away from the bed and out of the bedroom toward the studio.
"Bed's over there…" she murmured, holding onto him so tightly, wishing she could get even closer. "Where I'm supposed to sleep…"
"And now you will…" he kissed her forehead as he helped her lay down and joined her under some surprisingly warm covers. His half-woken member suddenly felt a familiar grip of fingers and he wondered if he had rested enough to give Jade what she clearly craved. He kissed her vulnerable neck for a few seconds and when he reached her lips, he found her fast asleep, on a kind of erotic auto-pilot. He grinned down at his goddess and simply pulled her close and soon found himself headed for a deep sleep as well.
"Nothing too crazy… for us at least…" Freddie softly started off in a quiet, cautious voice to see if she was ready to engage in a serious conversation, "So…"
"So…?" she rolled over to her side and propped her head up on her hand. "Did I miss something else?"
"Nah… but I've been missing you…" he dove his face into the crook of her neck and planted a few soft kisses. Her nails went into his back, applying just the right amount of pressure that said she wanted more, but she wanted to lay claim over him for now. "Not to… you know… get things started over or anything…"
"Good…" she nodded, pulling his face up and meeting his eyes, their noses massaging each other's for a few precious moments before a gentle, but long kiss was finally shared. "Not that I don't want it… but I can barely move my legs, my tits, throat, and ass are all a little sore, and I'm pretty sure you bruised my cervix."
"Sorry…"
"Oh, I'm not complaining. Just giving you the report…" Jade smiled and rubbed her thighs along his leg. "I know you'll be responsible and stop me… otherwise, who knows? I could fuck myself to death…"
"I do seem to remember you saying that's how you wanted to go out…" he teased, hands moving up and down her sides, half-marveling at her, and half-massaging any taut flesh he came in contact with. "I know it's not any good to say it… but I don't want you to go…"
"Nor do I want to go, baby…" she let out a soft sigh, and shook her head. "But I've got a script and an album to submit… we both need to finish school… Vega is waiting on me… you need to attend to those two across the hall… you know our time is coming…"
"I know it's only a couple months away, but I still just can't help but be impatient for my life to hurry up get started…" he continued, playing with her hair and stroking her cheeks. "You, me, our friends and lovers, working and playing… showing you my love 24/7."
"Now I'm the one getting impatient…" Jade grinned, her cheeks turning pink, and earning two slow, soft kisses from her love. "Though I guess that list is expanding quickly. Is that an issue?"
"No… not at all… I just…" he paused, taking a second to suck on the edge of his tongue, before he sighed and rolled over to mirror her position. "Things were said last night… emotions exchanged… which I'm quite happy about, but it wasn't just between me and you, but…"
"But with Sam-"
"… And Carly…"
"Right… your girl did seem determined to swear a blood oath for her loyalty to us." Jade softly nodded her head. "You don't think she is too upset with all the name calling, do you? Not sure if you know this, but I can be kind of a bitch in the heat of the moment…"
"The thought has never crossed my mind, baby…" he smirked with just enough fervor that it was unclear if he was being entirely serious or sarcastic. "But I was thinking more about the way that we all talked about last night… and how it felt… how natural Carly seemed to fit into this… whatever we are calling this thing we are doing… you, me, Tori… Sam… and-"
"Shit…" Jade huffed. "I don't remember ever bonding with anyone as fast as it happened with her. And it wasn't like Sam where I just wanted a fuck, or you who I… well, now that I'm thinking, I'm worried I might have a problem… but Shay was different. I could just… talk to her."
"Not to sound jealous, here…" Freddie chuckled nervously, "… but do you mean you can talk to her more than you do me?"
"Well…" Jade licked her lips and nervously swallowed then let out a slow breath. Her nervousness was all over her face, despite her acting ability, especially when her smile seemed a little forced. "I wouldn't say 'more', but… there are certain topics that I could more readily share with another girl than with you…"
"Like periods?"
"Yes, sweetie… like periods…" she rolled her eyes and fought a smirk. "How did I know that's where you would go right away?"
"Am I wrong?" The former tech producer shrugged.
"Yes… but, not really…" Jade started to show a bit of color in her cheeks as she grew frustrated; less with him, and more with her inability to put things into words. "Just stuff that… I felt comfortable enough to share. With her."
"Ok…" Freddie slightly narrowed his gaze on her and thought about it for a moment, ready to agree with her as obviously there would be things she and Carly could readily relate with each other than with them, but something just seemed off that he couldn't readily put his finger on. "So other things… only another girl would understand, yet… you can't talk to Tori or Sam about them?"
"Yeah…"
"I understand Sam because of what's going on between you- the obvious sexual tension rivalry thing…" he nodded for a moment, then clenched his jaw as he thought a bit deeper, "…but why would the same apply to Tori?"
"Because it just does!" The dark haired teen snapped, smashing her head down onto the pillow with a huff. "Fuck…"
"It's my bad…" he began, stroking her arm gently. "I prodded, and that's not my place. You have your secrets and things with whoever you need, babe. I know that if I needed to know, you would-"
"Goddammit… please don't apologize… it's not your fault…" Jade took another deep breath as she tried to organize her thoughts and more importantly, working up the nerve to maybe reveal something to him that she never wanted to reveal to another person, let alone a second one in a matter of days. She finally uttered, "You're not wrong about Sam, and Vega… is complicated. Even after our time together since you've been gone, we're still working on the genuine friendship part of our relationship and not just the…"
"Undeniable sexual tension?" he playfully teased then gave her a soft kiss on the tip of her nose, "… where you just want to tear her clothes off and ravage her day and night…"
"Not funny… but factual…" Jade wiggled her nose from the affectionate kiss. "But with Carly… there's no… rivalry… no baggage and when I needed an ear… she gave it to me without judgment. Just support… She sat there and just… handled it."
"She is good for talking to…" Freddie knotted his brow, becoming more confused than concerned that she could talk to someone more readily than him. "But… you know you can tell me anything, right? Even girl stuff… I can always be there for you…"
"I know… and it's one of the million and twelve reasons I love you…" the visitor sighed, shifting over so she could press her lips to his chest, trailing soft kisses around his pectoral muscles. "But this… what I told Carly… I just… I just don't want you to look at me differently."
"There is not a damn thing that would ever make me stop loving you… or love you any less…"
"No, I know…" Jade bit her bottom lip and just exhaled from her nose, unable to look him in the eyes as the story began to bubble up into her brain. "But this will… change things. Forever. And I don't want to change anything about us… or the way that we see one another…"
"Look, I don't want you to feel pressured to share whatever this is…" Freddie nodded, pulling her face up to meet his eyes that made her soul melt, "… but if this is that big of a deal, I think it would be better to find out now… rather than later…"
"I…" she stammered, eyes closing tight to avoid his gaze. This was the secret. The shame she had carried for way too long already. "But you can't tell anyone else, and you don't get to freak out and do anything crazy…"
"I can promise the first part," he cleared his throat as his heart sank deeper into his chest and he was suddenly aware of how his pulse and Jade's were no longer synchronized. "But the second… if it's bad, then I deserve the right to get upset."
"Fine…" Jade shook her head, before rolling over and staring up at the ceiling. "When I was younger, I didn't have close friends like you and Carly and Sam were for each other and-"
FWOOooooosshh Glug Glug!
"What-"
"Cómo estás, bitches…" Sam entered the studio from the bathroom. She wasn't as disheveled as she was when they went to bed, having combed her hair out a little bit and wearing a baggy T-shirt that went past her groin and bottom, no bra, and if there were panties, they were certainly hiding out. She gave them a wicked smile with a mischievous glint in her eyes.. "Should I be concerned my name is on your mouth, West?"
"Just naming the people that I'd bury in the desert if I ever got the chance, Puckett." The former goth pivoted sharply from vulnerable to venomous in a split second. "Nothing to concern your tiny little brain about…"
"Morning, Sam…" Freddie waved with a heavy sigh.
"Should've known you assholes would abandon us in the middle of the night…" the blonde shook her head and climbed onto the bed to sit at the foot, cross-legged. Sam snorted out then let out a short laugh before she answered the unasked question, "What? Not many places you could've gone: Spencer's room or the living room. I doubt you'd risk slipping over to his place on the off chance that mommy dearest might catch you? Can't blame ya really… For reals though… that bed wasn't meant for three people, let alone four…"
"And my ears weren't meant for your snoring, but we all have our sacrifices…" Jade practically hissed, huddling tighter with Freddie and wrapping her leg over his. "Plus, aren't you abandoning Carly by coming in here too?"
"It's her fucking room… duh…" Sam rolled her eyes, her hands out in exasperation. "If she can't function in her own bed in her own room, in the apartment she's spent most of her life in… I don't know what to say…"
"I'm sure she'd be happy to hear your concern…" Freddie stared judgingly at the longtime bully, with a slight head shake. "So what's up, Sam?"
"I don't know... just woke up and Carly was fast asleep." Sam used their momentary distraction to slip around the bed to Jade's side. She scooted forward on her side to spoon behind Jade. She wrapped her arms over the raven haired 'friend' and pressed her chest against her back, and snuggled her nose and cheek around to tease just under Jade's left ear. "So boredom… loneliness… shit like that…"
She gets in the bed and they discuss what happens next with Sam officially making things a square. and Jade definitely accepts, under the condition that she be better and make him happy until Jade and Freddie can be reunited- including using an extra person if need be
"You poor thing…" Jade groaned as she closed her eyes and sighed from the unexpected, but not unwanted contact of Sam's warm, soft body pressed against her body. The blonde always had this effect on her where, even when she was being an annoying fucking gank, the moment their bodies touched, there was just a flame of desire that spread like wildfire to her brain. Luckily, the blaze was nothing compared to the exhaustion, physical and emotional, she was currently facing. "What would really be a shame… is if you barged in during a really important conversation between Freddie and I…"
"Right…" The blonde teased her nose a little more under the left ear then stopped, pulled her face back and whispered, "Shit… was I interrupting something?"
Freddie remained silent for a moment, just enjoying the sight of the pair snuggled up with one another then answered, "I mean… I wouldn't… not… say interrupting. We were just talking about last night and…"
"Yessssss…" Sam let out a soft laugh, "A good fuckin' night… Mama's still sore in all the right places…"
"You can kindly fuck off with that 'mama' shit…" Jade rolled her eyes as she responded, "We all are sore… and tired…"
"But…" Freddie reached over and ran his fingers over Jade and let his fingers settle on Sam's covered stomach, "… we are not unappreciative to each other and how we played a role in making last night as special and memorable as it could be."
"Look…" Sam lifted her head and looked down at the couple, "… I definitely feel like I stuck my foot in it when I walked in, so I'm gonna go… but I… was wondering something…"
"The big yellow thing out there is the sun…" Jade replied coldly.
"I'm shocked you even know what it looks like…"
"You two have got to cool it…" Freddie growled, tightening his grip on each of them. "I swear… you two are like children with the way you bicker…"
"Babe," the pale young woman sighed, "… I'm not sure you want to keep the children metaphor… when you're the one fucking both of us…"
"Which would make you a p-"
"Ok, now you can work together when it's giving me shit? Of course…" he rolled his eyes and fought a chuckle. "Seriously though, Sam… what's on your mind?"
"This whole… extra relationships thing is… kinda making me think about some things…" she replied, laying back, completely face up on the bed. "You and me, nub… that, I get. And I get you and Jade… hell, me and Jade feels good too…"
"The less you talk, the more I enjoy that combination…" Jade smirked.
"Jade's got Tori… and you and the chick clearly have a good thing, Freddie… Hell, I think she is cool too…" she continued, jaw clenching as she carried on. "We got this four-person fucktangle thing going, and I dig it… and all that… but lately… last night, especially…"
"You want to know where Carly fits?" Freddie answered, finally figuring out the question. "I love her… you love her… Jade… ah…"
"I like her a lot. I also like the word 'fucktangle' and will be stealing it." Jade replied with a growing grin. "When it comes down to it, I don't have the history you two do with Carly, but there's some real chemistry for sure…"
"So, is she…" the blonde settled back in to cuddle with Jade, who reached a hand back to rub her bare thigh, as Freddie pulled them in closer. "Or, could she be… in this too?"
"Well…" Freddie furrowed his eyebrows and ran his fingers through his hair, his mouth remaining open, hoping the right words would just pop out on their own. "We've never really had to think about it."
"Vega felt natural from the moment she joined us… it just felt right…" the Los Angeline could feel the blonde's pulse quicken, pressed so tightly against her bare skin, which made the proceeding perfunctory pithy response tingle as it exited her lips. "And when Freddie suggested your charity case…"
"Jade." He responded assertively. "That's enough. Sam is being vulnerable right now, and the way I remember it, you suggested that she could have a place, just like Tori, because…"
"Because you were in love with her and who she had become…" Jade rolled her eyes and released a sigh. Brown eyes, with just a touch of fire behind them simply stared right at, and through her as she struggled with her words suddenly. "And… I wanted her there too… because I didn't… don't… want to ever have her not right next to me…"
"Shit…" the blonde simply froze. Jade had always kept her needs close and her feelings even closer. 'Friendly rivals' was always kind of their niche, but for Sam to hear her own feelings said right to her face. Or at least close to her face. "So it was like a vote…"
"Well, voting implies that Tori had a vote as well, and she really didn't…" Freddie shrugged and shook his head. "When Jade brought it up, from my understanding, she said she was fine with that."
"Vega actually said had a feeling that we couldn't stop at three and had some words about being right that I made her pay for…" Jade corrected. "But the end result was acceptance."
"Then it should be an easy yes again, right?"
"That depends, Sam…" Freddie looked over at Jade and took her hand in his. "If we were voting, I'd say yes. Jade might too… but we also need to run this by Tori."
"More importantly, Puckett…" the pale beauty turned so that she could look her frenemy in the face as she spoke, "… I get the feeling that Shay might not be keen on sharing. Either of you. Have you asked her if this is what she wants?"
"I mean… kinda…" Sam cleared her throat. "We've discussed a little bit."
"Sounds more like a no…" he finished the thought. "If she wants it, she can ask, but right now, the vote is two and two-"
"Three…" Jade interjected. "If she wants in, I want her in. I like her. She needs to meet and interact with Tori, so maybe a big trip this summer would do that. Based off of what I do know, though, I think Vega will say yes too."
"I think what Jade is trying to say is…" Freddie chimed back in, propping himself up, "… is that we should probably give this a little more time. See how the next month goes, and if she still wants to join… there's a place for her."
"I'm good with that…" Sam sat up as well with a long stretch. "And on that note, Mama is gonna go get some breakfast. Turns out, spending half the night eating pussy isn't exactly as filling as it sounds."
"Can't say we didn't work up an appetite…" Freddie chuckled.
"When I feel like I can finally move, I may partake as well…" Jade sighed and moved her hips back and forth. The sheets felt almost as good as her own and the idea of not remaining in constant physical contact with her love seemed like torture. "Check on Shay first, though. Don't want her waking up alone."
"You got it…" Sam gave a kiss to Jade's left shoulder then slipped out of the bed. She swayed her hips a little more than her usual sway in walking, certainly trying to hold onto the pair's attention before she slipped out the glass and red trimmed door.
Once she left, Freddie turned his head and smiled to his pale goddess and stole a quick kiss from her lips, which brought a playful smile from her.
"Assuming Spencer is still out of the apartment… we could…" He scooted back until he was off the bed and stood up, taking her by the right hand and gently pulling to urge her to follow. She readily complied with her sweet smile growing larger and slipped out of bed with him, "… make our way to the main shower…"
"Just a shower, Mr. Benson?"
"Let's get under the water… then play it by ear…"
Freddie led her out of the room fairly quickly as they were both bare and the apartment's air condition was working quite well. They slipped out of the studio and headed downstairs to one of the bathrooms to share one more morning and intimate shower before Jade had to leave. Well, technically two. Or one shower with a surprisingly long and loud intermission.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
17801 International Blvd
Seattle, WA 98158
The quartet patiently, and to every extent, regretfully, waited for Jade's plane to arrive as they sat in the row of seats with Freddie and Jade sitting side by side and Sam on Freddie's right and Carly on Jade's left. They watched people go about to and fro, heading through the security checkpoints to various gates, meeting and mingling with other or just silently waiting like them.
Freddie and Jade held hands as they sat, expected for the couple, but hidden under the loss fitted material shawl jacket over her hip the pale teen wore, her left pinky was hooked with Carly's right pinky. She wasn't sure which one had initiated the contact, but neither objected and in fact, it brought a sense of continued connection between the pair. The physical connection was an additional comfort for Jade after spilling her darkest secret to her, yet… it was such a relief that she didn't have to carry it alone and allow her to emotionally cut loose with not only Freddie last night, but with all of them.
Unfortunately, despite wanting to tell him, Freddie still didn't know about Mike, and while the pit in her stomach had remained notable, she had no intentions of letting that… image… be the last memory Freddie had of her for this trip.
The information for Jade's flight finally broadcast, finally bringing an end to their whirling weekend. They stood up as nearly one and turned to one another.
"Jade…" Freddie was the first to pull Jade in a hug, wanting to feel his love one more time. He kissed her left cheek then pulled his face back enough to look at her. "I love you…"
"Just a couple months…"
"73 days and counting…" Freddie patiently smiled, covering his feelings the best he could manage in hating to see her go, and gently reminded her, "You take care of yourself and Tori… and Cat… until we see each other again… I want you to be happy, okay? It won't be too long until we graduate and then…"
"73 days…" she smiled back and pressed her forehead to his lips. "Feels like forever…"
"Every day… it's a little less forever…" His smile grew larger as he finished, "…then we don't ever have to be apart… okay, if you go on tour or have a location shoot for a film, you know what I mean…"
"You think your ass isn't coming with me?" Jade tried to put her attitude back in place as she cocked her eyebrow, then returned the bittersweet smile then gave him a soft, lingering kiss to convey her feelings one more time then pulled back. They shared another sweet smile, just conveying what each felt for the other with a gaze then pulled away. "Love…"
"I hate your trip had to be so short…" the other dark haired beauty spoke up and stepped forward, arms widening for a hug, "… but I'm so glad you came…"
"Quite a few times actually…" She turned her confidence back on, looking to Carly and was immediately pulled into a hug, the fellow brunette resting her chin on the actress' right shoulder and keeping her arms protectively wrapped around her body. Jade, losing all cynicism in a flash, wrapped her arms around the slightly smaller teen and whispered, "Thanks Carly… not just for the sex… Thanks for listening."
"You're welcome. Anytime. Everything is going to be okay, okay?" Carly whispered back to her and hugged the gothic teen a little firmer. She followed up in the same low voice, "If you need to talk… don't hesitate to call or message me. It'll be just between us, okay?"
"I will. Thank you. You take care of yourself, Cupcake," the Angeline grinned and kissed her ear softly, "… and look after them, okay?"
"Been doing it for like ten years already," she giggled in the goth's ear then pulled back, giving her a sweet, teasing smile, "… but you know I will."
"Alright, Puckett…" Jade turned her attention to the blonde haired demon child. She smirked to her and teasingly asked, "Are you going to behave yourself?"
"Abso-fucking-lutely not," Sam crossed her arms as she planted herself in place.
"Good…" Jade cocked an eyebrow. "…I don't want you to go soft on us while I'm gone,"
"Yeah, yeah… go get on your plane…"
"I will… in a second…" The goth barely had to apply pressure on her arm before Sam nearly jumped toward the pale beauty, the pair sharing a surprisingly affectionate hug and Jade's voice dropped in tenor to whisper, "Take care of yourself Puckett… and Freddie… and especially Carly… you might be a real piece of shit sometimes… but you have good friends here… I hope you realize it."
"Took it for granted for a bit… but not again…" Sam took a deep breath then slowly let it out, ignoring the fact that their heavy chests gently brushed and pushed against each other with their soft breathing. She finally uttered, "Gonna miss your stupid fucking perfect bitch-face…"
"I love you too…" Jade took a hold of the handle to her rolling luggage then turned to head towards the security gate. She walked a few strides then looked over her shoulder, forced a smile and threw a hand back in a wave then continued down the tunnel until she disappeared.
Freddie remained silent and a little stoic, just looking in the direction he last saw Jade.
"Don't get all emotional…" Sam mustered up some sentiment and remarked, "You'll see her soon enough… we all will."
As the three longtime friends- now lovers- headed out toward the parking lot, their hands seeking comfort in one another's, not a single one of them had any idea that this would be the last time Jade West visited Seattle until the funeral.
So that's awfully cryptic, right? This wraps up KTR3, but the story will continue very soon with another bridge story, and I'm happy to announce that KTR4 will launch after that, where we will head for a vacation and meet a few new and familiar faces. Also, I'm in the middle of a Halloween story that will likely be late for the holiday but I think it will still hit the mark on being a real dark piece with our usual smutty goodness. Thanks for reading and any and all reviews are welcome.