AN: Drug usage, the girls talk a little about drugs, Tori comes clean and lets Jade know she smokes pot.
Apart from school, it was a while before I saw Tori.
A whole week to be exact.
We both got busy with our families and homework.
Riley got sick, so I was home as soon as school finished, and caring for him.
It was Friday by the time he felt better, and I knew Tori and her dad were going out.
A text from Tori asked if I'd come seeing as Riley felt good enough to do anything except sleep.
I let her know to just enjoy time with her father, but she said Riley could come also.
I set my phone down and went through to the lounge room, smiling when I saw Riley watching Paw Patrol.
"Ri, do you want to go bowling?" I asked, rubbing his back.
He looked up at me, nodding quickly.
"Go change to go out, we'll have dinner after we bowl, but food will be there too, okay?"
"Kay," he said, turning the tv off before running up the stairs.
I smiled, loving that he spoke sometimes, and only to me and Tori. He signed to me that he wanted to surprise our mother, so I didn't let her know, nor have I told Rose.
He wanted them both to be surprised.
~•~Jori~•~
Riley surprised Tori and David at how good he was at bowling.
It was quite funny watching his score almost rise above Tori's. He missed one pin the entire game while Tori kept getting strikes or hitting every pin she missed in the first bowl.
He kept his noise-cancelling headphones on the entire night, and when it came time to leave Olive Garden, our last stop of the night, Riley was yawning his head off.
"Do you want me to drop Tori off after I take her to get a bag of clothes?" David asked me, making Tori look up at him with a small smile.
"She has changes of clothes at my place, if you're sure about me taking her home."
"I trust you with her, Jade," David said, patting my shoulder with a kind and warm smile gracing his lips.
"I'd be worried if you didn't considering how much time we spend together," I said, pulling my wallet out, but David put his hand on mine.
"I'll cover the meals, it's my night with Tori, you and Riley are a welcome bonus."
"Thank you, but if you ever need me to pay my way, just say." I turned my attention to Riley, rubbing his shoulder to get his attention.
"Time to go home," I signed as I spoke to him, knowing it'll help him learn to speak.
He nodded, sliding his chair back a little before standing and moving over to David, hugging him tightly around the waist.
"That's so cute," Tori said, having made her way back from the bathrooms.
"You're coming with me," I said, kissing her cheek.
"I am?"
"You are," David said. "Unless you don't want to?"
"I do, but I have to get my homework."
"Okay, so I'll follow your car back to your place and wait for you to get your homework," I said, wrapping an arm around Riley's shoulder.
Riley tapped my hand, making me look at him.
"You're tired, I know buddy. You can sleep in the car and Tori can carry you in," I said, jokingly.
"Hell yeah, I will, Ri," Tori said, smiling at him.
Riley lifted his arms up, and Tori picked him up without a care in the world, carrying him out without waiting on David or me.
I went to say something about heavy lifting, but with her father there, I knew I couldn't.
~•~Jori~•~
"Jade, can I ask you some questions?"
I looked over the top of my laptop at Tori who was sitting on edge of my bed, digging through her bag.
"Okay, should I be worried?"
"Have you had sex? Before me."
"I had sex with Beck," I said, not needing to hide anything from her.
"But he said-"
"I'd let him see me naked on my own terms, and mostly the lights were off," I told her, making her nod.
"You said questions, is there more?"
"I've been invited to a Northridge party, will you be my date?"
"When?"
"Tomorrow night."
"We can go," I nodded, looking at my laptop. "How did you get invited?" I asked, continuing to work on my homework.
"My friend MJ invited me, she and I went to school together before I moved to Hollywood Arts."
"You went to Northridge?"
"You didn't know?"
"No, I don't. I didn't think anyone know where you went."
"No one asked," she said, shrugging. "One more question."
"Go ahead," I closed my laptop after saving my file and gave her my full attention.
"Have you ever smoked?"
"Cigarettes?" I asked, frowning a little.
"Pot," she clarified.
"No, I've wanted to, but never really gone anywhere to get some or try it. Truthfully, I was scared. Why?"
"I smoke it," she said, catching me completely off guard.
"What?"
"I said-"
"No, I heard you, but, what?"
"Not all the time. I'm not a stoner, but to numb the pain. Or relax."
"How?"
"MJ. That's where I went for my walk the other day."
"You walked to Northridge?"
"It's not that far," she said.
"I know but, it's a shitty part of town."
"Not where she lives."
"It can't be good for the baby," I said softly.
"MJ would never give me a bad batch purposely."
"She has accidentally?"
"The brownie," she said, nodding. "I greened out big time."
"You have access to pot, so I'm assuming you asking me about whether or not I've done it is your way of asking me to do it with you?"
"Only if you want to, I'd never pressure you into anything."
"I want to try it," I said, sitting straighter, my words were confident, but I didn't feel that way.
"I brought a joint with me."
"Did you know I'd say yes?" I asked, looking at her confused.
"No, I was going to wait till you fell asleep and go outside and have it if you showed no interest."
"Where do you do it at home?"
"I sit on my windowsill and flick it into the neighbours yard when I'm done,". She said, digging through her bag before pulling out a blue tin, popping it open to show a rolled up joint, a small baggie with some more weed in it, a small lighter and a few assorted papers in their cardboard holders.
"What's that?" I asked, pointing to a stack of papers.
"They're bubblegum, this one is mango, I'm not a fan of the mango. This ones. chocolate, and these ones are just plain."
"Why do you have them if you don't like them?" I asked, picking the bubblegum ones up and sniffing them. It was a weak smell, but sweet.
"They're MJ's favourite, I keep them on me in case we're hanging out."
"Should I be worried about how often you hang with her?"
"Once or twice a month, more often when I'd smoke more, but I rarely smoke anymore so once a month, I guess."
"You'll smoke with me?" I asked, hesitantly picking up the joint and looking at it.
"I wouldn't make you do it alone,but we need supplies first. A bucket in case you green out and can't move, water, snacks, and music."
"I keep a bucket under my bathroom sink just in case i get sick, I have water in the fridge I keep in my closet, and you can choose the music while I go get snacks."
"Anything you think will be good, chips, cookies, some juice also."
"Did you have all this the other night?"
"No, but I also went straight to bed, but because I'm smoking with you, I won't go to bed, I'll stay up and keep an eye on you and be here for you."
~•~Jori~•~
I watched as Tori lit the joint while I sat on the closed lid of the toilet, the bathroom window open to have most of the smell waft out.
She blew out a perfect smoke ring before holding the joint out towards me.
My nerves made my hand shake, so she smiled kindly at me, taking another hit before crouching in front of me and gesturing me closer.
I leaned in, letting her kiss me as she somehow managed to blow the smoke into my mouth without it getting everywhere.
She then leaned against the sink cabinet and I exhaled, feeling tingly all over.
"It won't be as strong of an effect, but it'll still give you a good buzz," she said, ashing into an old water bottle she'd half filled with water.
I leaned against the cistern of the toilet and felt my bones numb, my body loosen and my heartbeat slow enough that it felt normal compared to the racing with nerves it was before.
~•~Jori~•~
We laid in bed, watching some weird cartoon about teens and raging hormones. A hormone monster running kids lives, a rando ladybug, a crazy gym teacher, and Tori was laughing over it all.
Soft laugher that made my body warm.
I scooted closer to Tori, wrapping my arms around her waist and pressed a kiss to her cheek.
"Love you," Tori said, resting a hand on my arm, her nails lightly running up and down my forearm.
"Love you too, Tori," I said, and I looked up at her, just as she looked at me.
Our lips met, and I felt a fire ignite within me.