Switched things around. Read the previous chapter for the update.
Tori and Jade were just as likely to get along as they were to be in a heated verbal battle. This time they had a good run of getting along. A whole month, in fact. But it couldn't last long, and now the fuse was alight once again.
"Kiss my ass, Jade!" Tori shouted, slamming open the school's double doors, barely able to hold in her rage long enough to clear the area before she started swearing. She had always been careful not to prod the new principle, but today she didn't have the patience. Jade caught the door from swinging shut on her and stomped out to grab Tori's wrist when she caught up to her in the parking lot.
"Sure! Why don't I just bow to whatever you say just because we're friends now! Go ahead, turn around and bend over! I'll totally kiss your ass! That's what friends are for!"
"That's not what I meant, and you know it."
"If you're going to point that out then don't forget that if I'm an ass, you're a kiss ass. And I'd rather be an ass then someone who feels the need to suck up to someone just so that I'm liked."
Tori let out a frustrated growl, fists clenching. She was furious.
"I'm not a kiss ass, I'm just being nice. Us getting along is just freaking you out and you can't admit it so you're being an ass. Don't be even more of an ass by trying to cover it up."
Jade's brows shot up at Tori's tone, the use of so many swears, and the defensive stance against Jade's offensive one. Never had she stood up to Jade like she was now, and Jade could do nothing but admire her even more for it. She took a step back and sighed, posture relaxing.
"Fine. You're right. I'm an ass…Does that mean I get a kiss?" Jade muttered, giving her a defeated look that paused Tori in her tracks. She was stuck between disbelief in what those words meant and the fact that she actually said them. It was like all the frustration and anger swept out of Tori to be replaced with confusion and something else.
"What are… I mean, you…huh?" she stammered, at a loss for words. Jade forced a pained smile, taking a small step forward. She carefully reached out a hand but dropped it at the last minute. She was never good with comforting words, so she continued with half-hearted levity. It was the softer side of sarcasm after all.
"You're the kiss ass and I'm the ass. Does that mean I get a kiss?" she explained slowly so that Tori could better understand, but she still stood there, stunned. She couldn't even find the words to tell Jade that she understood what she meant the first time and that was why she couldn't respond. Jade watched her a while longer then smiled softly, reaching out to pull Tori closer, gentle.
"Or maybe we should trade?" she whispered, leaning in. Tori thawed under her warm touch and practically melted when Jade closed the distance between them. It was chaste and careful and over too soon, but Jade wasn't going to push her luck. She pulled away and studied Tori's conflicted gaze.
"You're not much of a kiss ass," Tori remarked quietly. Jade chuckled, hopeful.
"And you're a terrible ass," Jade countered.
"Then we'll stick to what we're good at. You can be the ass, but you'll be my ass," Tori suggested, averting her eyes when Jade's attempted to lock with hers. It was a long moment before she got a reply.
"I'd like that."
Tori looked up to see a familiar smirk on Jade's lips just before they met her own.