As you guys know, for several chapters I've written how close Tori is with her son, guess now it's time for Jade and Tony to have some more bonding time.
"Come on Mom!" Tony said enthusiastically "The doors are opening up!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Jade replied out of breath as she ran after her toddler son "And don't run! I don't want you out of my sight!"
"But Mom." He whined "I wanna be first in line! They might run out of…"
"Tony, they're not going to run out of Easy Bake Ovens." Jade replied tiredly "It's not like the new hottest video game, trust me, they're going to have plenty."
"If not, can I use the oven in the house?"
"NO!" She boomed quickly, which made her son jump in surprise "You're too young to get near that and use it, the last thing I want is for you to get hurt or burn the house down. Tori would never forgive me and neither would I." The thespian lowered to her son's level and tousled his hair affectionately "I know you want to do more than just cupcakes and I promise that you will, just not yet, but someday you might even be one great cook if you keep the dream alive."
"You really think so?" Tony asked hopefully.
"I know so."
Her son grinned before running towards the toy store, he stopped midway to his mother's puzzlement, he ran back and to her surprised, Tony jumped into Jade's arms to give her a hug, once the shock wore down, she hugged back.
"You're just as affectionate as your mama."
"Uh, mom?" Tony said sheepishly "You can let go now."
"Oh right." Jade let go, watching as her son entered the store, she followed not too far behind. "I will never forget to praise him and encourage Tony on his dreams, no matter what they are." She thought evenly "My dad never did that with me and I will not make the same mistakes he did."
"Tony! What did I tell you?!" She yells exasperatedly "Wait up!"
Once inside, Tony made his way towards many different hallways, going past some video games, action figures, dolls, etc.
Until he finally made his way to the hallway he was looking for and the toy he wanted.
"There it is!" He grinned eagerly, Tony ran towards the easy bake oven, unfortunately he was a little too short to reach the box since it was on the third shelve, he jumped a few times until he gave up, the only thing he could do at the moment was wait for his mom to catch up and hand him the toy oven.
"Hey kid, you lost?"
Tony looked up, just to be greeted with a friendly looking man wearing the toy store's vest and a nametag "Max" he gave the young boy a friendly smile.
"No Mister." Tony said politely "I actually want that easy bake oven but I can't reach it."
"Ah, a gift for a friend?" The man asked teasingly, grabbing the toy oven "A birthday coming up?"
"Nope."
"This is for your sister maybe?"
"My sisters don't like that kinda stuff." Tony shrugged "That's actually for me!"
Max who was inches away from giving Tony the box, stopped in his tracks, staring at the young boy with a mixture of disgust and contempt, gone was his friendly disposition and instead he put the toy oven back on the shelve, much to Tony's confusion.
"Hey! What gives?!" Tony says "You just put the oven back waaaaaay up there! You know I can't reach it right?"
"Oh, believe me kid, I know." Max said evenly "I'm actually going to do you a favor and get you something a boy your age should be playing with."
A few seconds later Max came back with a soccer ball and handed it to the child, Tony of course was not interested and quickly threw the ball away.
"I want the easy bake oven, mister."
"That toy isn't meant for boys." Max sneered, pointing at the box "See that? Its pink!"
Tony blinked, not seeing the problem "I like pink."
"What are you? A girl?"
"Uh… no." Tony replied confused "I'm a boy."
"Then you shouldn't be playing with a girl's toy and you definitely shouldn't be liking a girl's color!" Max snapped "So take the soccer ball and learn to enjoy playing sports!"
Tony however narrowed his eyes reminiscing of how his Mom Jade would and defiantly kicked the ball away, he then went over to the shelve to try and get the toy he wanted.
Max tauntingly put the easy bake oven on a higher place, crossing his arms victoriously. "Listen to me kid, cooking is a woman's job, they belong in the kitchen!"
"That's not true!" Tony yells indignantly.
"Says who?"
"My mom says so!"
"Well, mommy is wrong!" Max said condescendingly "She probably told you that to make herself feel better about her miserable little life while your dad brings the cash."
"I don't have a dad." Tony corrected innocently "I got two moms."
"Then that explains why you're such a mess."
Tony smiled.
"What's with the face kid?" Max mocked "Finally realized I'm telling the truth?"
"Nope." The boy said cheekily "You're in trouble."
"Is that so?"
"YES! That's so!" A new, ominous voice said, one that send shivers down Max's spine, the guy slowly turned around only to be face to face with a very angry woman, but not just any woman.
If looks could kill, he would already have died three times over.
"Eep!" Max cried out; after all, THE Jade West was right in front of him, one of the most well-known and brilliant directors of the horror genre of our times, she was right in front him and she sure didn't look too happy, if anything the glare she was giving him said she was pissed.
"I heard everything you were telling my son." She said in a low, cold, deadly tone. "Every derogatory, sexist and backwards word."
"I uh... I can't explain!" Max said fearfully. "We were just… Toying around!" playfully rubbing his hand against Tony's head, making his hair a mess, something the toddler didn't like and made it perfectly clear when he took a step back and tried to fix his hair the way he liked it.
"No, we weren't mom!" Tony said, pointing accusingly at the man "He was telling me that you belong in the kitchen and that I shouldn't be playing with a toy oven and that you have a bad life."
Max gulped, shrinking under the evil, hard glare that Jade West was giving him, he even began to sweat under her scrutiny.
"Gross."
Without another word, she walked over to her son and lift him up, lovingly holding him in her arms "Don't listen to that jerk, Tony, its not worth giving him the time of time."
The walked away.
"What about my Easy Bake Oven mom?"
"We'll go to another toy store." Jade said "One that doesn't have idiots around."
They disappeared down the hall, Max let out some air he didn't know he was holding.
"Oh, and one last thing!" Jade came back, holding her phone for the employee to see. "I recorded your little chat with my son."
Max froze in fear "Oh no."
"I don't think I need to tell you what's going to happen next!" She hissed "So I'll show you."
Jade patronizingly had her finger over her phone for a few seconds, toying with the man as he begged for mercy.
Jade finally pressed the button.
"There." She hissed "Now your little rant is out there for all the world to see."
She walked away again, Tony still in her arm, as they were leaving he sticks out his tongue at the rude employee.
Seeing how many people follow Jade West online, Max knew right then and there he was screwed.
And he was right, seconds later, the intercom went off and his manager bellowed at the top of her lungs "MAX! YOU BRAIN DEAD IDIOT! IN MY OFFICE! NOW!"
"I am so fired."
Once Jade and Tony arrived home, Tori was in the living room waiting for them.
"Hey you two." She greeted from the kitchen "What took you so long?"
"Mom made some guy poop his pants and we had to go to another toy place." Tony said holding the Easy Bake Oven for Tori to see "Look at it! I'm gonna make tons of stuff in this!"
The toddler ran towards his room.
Once he was out of earshot, Tori turned around to look at her wife; her arms crossed "What's this I hear about scaring someone."
"The guy was an asshole." Jade replied bluntly "He got lucky that I didn't use my scissors on him but I'm sure he would've wished I had."
Tori didn't like her wife's ominous tone "Jade… What did you do?"
"Check your phone."
The Half-Latina did just that, she noticed she had a new notification and started watching, once she finished watching the video, she was disgusted.
"I'M GOING TO SUE!" Tori exploded "No one tells my baby boy that amount of crap!"
"Whoa! Calm down Vega." Jade said "No need to do that, the video already went viral."
"So?"
"So if there's any karma in this world, that misogynist asshole is gonna get eaten alive and then some, just you wait and see… Remember Vega, I can make someone unhappy for a very long time."
"Guess that's true."
"Are you still mad?"
"Oh yeah! But not at you, why?"
"Because angry Tori's hot!" Jade said huskily "And I dunno about you but maybe there are ways to use that anger in a more… Productive way."
"GIRLS! Take care of Tony!" Tori yells "We're going out for a little while and play miniature Golf!"
"Ah the old miniature golf excuse." Jade thought "How many times have we used it? Simple yet effective."
Jade and Tori held hands, running out the door and into their car, Danielle and Tawny ran out just in time to see their parents drive away.
"Guess we're having pizza again tonight, huh?" Tawny asked.
"Guess so." Danielle groaned "Seriously! How often do they have to play golf!"
"Uhh … Sis? Tawny said awkwardly "You know what? Never mind."
Two Weeks later:
There was a "cupcake stand" in front of the West household; Tony was selling it for a dollar to any passerby's.
"Here you go mister."
"Thanks kid."
Jade and Tori were sitting on the porch, watching proudly as their son sold cupcake after cupcake he made from his easy bake oven.
"I knew Tony had potential, but I didn't know he would already start on his dream." Jade quipped impressed. "He's a West all right."
"No doubt about that." Tori agreed "He sure is selling a lot."
"Yeah… He is." Jade said suspiciously "You had nothing to do with that … Did you?"
"What? No! Of course not!" She denied "Tony said he didn't want help from us remember?"
"Uh-Huh." The Thespian said a tone that clearly meant she didn't believe her. "Then explain this!"
Jade got her phone out from her pocket straight into her spouse's face.
Tori West
OMG! Best Cupcakes I ever tasted! My mouth is having a little party! EAT HERE!
And bellow there's a picture of the "Cupcake Stand" and where to buy them.
Jade raised an eyebrow as if to say "Well?"
"He didn't say I couldn't give him a little push." Tori replied sheepishly.
"Oy… Vega."
"Hey, whatever happened to that jerk at the toy store?"
"Don't know… Don't care." Jade said "And don't change the subject! I can't believe you Tori! Tony wanted to do this on his own and you go ahead and use your Flipper Account to advertise his food! "
"Hey mom!" Tawny said as she opened the door "I told all my friends about Tony's cupcakes and they're gonna come in a few minutes, I'm still getting that new dress I wanted right?"
Tori crossed her arms, this time it was her who raised an eyebrow at her spouse.
"Ok fine!" Jade snapped "I couldn't help it! You saw him! He was all excited about making all those cupcakes on his easy bake oven and I just didn't want him to get crush if no one stopped and tasted his hard work!"
The Half-Latina chuckled "Let's just agree that we love our little guy and we wanted the best for him."
"And we never tell him what we did."
"Oh yeah."
Meanwhile, Max was so hungry but didn't have any money since he lost his job, was kicked out of the apartment he shared with his girlfriend and the video online made it impossible to find a new one.
He then saw people lining up to get cupcakes and much to his chagrin, the little boy he scoffed at was the one selling them.
Max was eating his words.
But he sure couldn't eat the cupcakes.
"Me and my big mouth."
Yup, Tony's a cooking prodigy and his parents couldn't be more proud, I do think Tori would help her son without him knowing it and Jade sure wasn't far behind.
As for Max, there is such a thing as poetic justice all thanks to social media, and I suppose that there's no better "revenge" than happiness.
Invader Johnny Signing Off.