A/N this fic takes place in a fictional(obviously) version of 2015 just for reference
December 10th
"Jade Isabelle West what the hell did you tell my parents" asks Cat in shock after checking her bank account
"I told them the truth, that they messed up and needed to stop blaming you or us for their mistakes raising you" says Jade
"how'd you manage to get them to send me a hundred grand" asks Cat
"just for the record they asked if you wanted that money, all I did was explain that them always focusing on Brian only hurt you and when they threw out your clothes you had to go and buy ill fitting ones or ones that weren't up to the task comfort wise, basically I explained to them that their actions have consequences just like yours do" says Jade
"anything specific" asks Cat
"ok yes, one of the things they were upset about is that you weren't grown up enough or even ready for the things you wanted, they basically called you immature, so I turned it on them, told them that if she wasn't ready for a relationship that it was on them for not preparing you, also that if you were not grown up enough that it was because they let society tell you that your ditsy and dumb side that you make jokes using was how you HAD to be to make friends and if that made you immature then it was solely on them for expecting other people to raise you" says Jade
"how did you know all this, I never told anyone that, the only person who knew before I put it in the letter I gave Tori was Brian" asks Cat
"because my parents were really strict, told me I was not allowed to like girls period and gave me about a hundred restrictions on what I could or could not do with my body, I should really tell that story some day to my therapist" says Jade
"so like my parents understand they did a bad thing leaving me to myself" asks Cat
"yes I had made it very clear, I think what finally showed them they messed up was when I explained to them your thought problem, how you can type them all out and pick the relevant ones but can't write it by hand fast enough to make sense of it all, also while this place is small I do enjoy spending time here, also I was openly bi at a restaurant I worked at for two weeks" says Jade
"wait you only worked there for two weeks" asks Cat confused
"yeah, the internal staff joke was that I was a trans beauty queen so when they told the customers 'he'd be over shortly' they were always surprised I walked over, it was all fun and games till a transphobe called the cops and I got fired" says Jade
"why let them do that, you're clearly not a dude nor were you ever a guy" asks Cat upset
"because the company has a fear that trans waiters and waitresses would ruin their image, it was our attempt to show them it wasn't a problem, we figured if trans waiters and waitresses could be normalized than non-binary would be a walk in the park, remember Tori's friend Ashley" says Jade
"yeah but she lives in France" says Cat
"not anymore, she moved back this summer, apparently tori did a jingle for a Christmas in July thing last year for a radio station in Spain and it spread all over Europe and she hadn't been able to get tori out of her head since, oh also she's non-binary and she's afraid Tori will hate them" says Jade as Tori walks in
"what are her pronouns" asks Tori
"I thought you didn't want to admit she was real" asks Trina
"in order to come to terms with my feelings for Cat I also had to admit to myself I love Ashley too, please tell me what her pronouns are" says Tori
"her, him and they, I spent some time with her when I worked at the restaurant as we were both new hires and in my opinion she's gender fluid though both terms apply to the general identity vibe I get from her but she rarely wears anything truly girly but oh my god when she talks about you the inner lesbian comes out to shine, she gets all ultra girly" says Jade
"when do we get to have her visit" asks Cat
"see that's the interesting part, she's aware you are with Tori Cat and she's really good at convincing herself you hate her" says Jade
"I don't see things like that, I'm not afraid to let Tori love one extra person, hell if Ashely is open to loving both Tori and I all the better but again I'm not gonna hate on her for loving Tori alone" says Cat
"ok I'll invite her over, she lives in the area with her big brother and has seen you and from what I can tell she's afraid of her feelings, afraid of being betrayed mostly" says Jade
"trust me if I remember everything right from what she'd tell me in icelandic she's not gonna be the problem it's gonna be her twin brother" says Tori
"what like he's abusive or something" asks Jade
"no but he's very irascible" says Tori
45 minutes later as Ashley arrives
"Kyle" says Tori
"Victoria" responds Kyle
"why does my Ash look like they just got a beating, it wasn't you was it" asks Tori as Ashley's jaw drops
"m-m-my ash….." mutters Ashley
"no I was my now EX-girlfriend, she decided to pull Ashley out of her bed by her hair and decided to attempt to lecture her straight, ash wasn't having it so my ex clocked her a few dozen punches, I had just finished brushing my teeth when I saw that and I called the cops, my ex tried to reason with me but the moment I threw my throwing knives in her direction she knew to shut the frick up then I told Ash to go pack up their clothes and that I was taking her to find a new place for her" says Kyle
"m-m-my Ash…." mutters Ashley again
"and you broke her, guess she's staying here, take care of her, I have to talk to the cops about getting a restraining order for her against my ex" says Kyle
"why can't she do it" asks Tori
"because she can't, cops in France were brutal to her because she can't speak French so they thought she was always doing something illegal no matter what anybody said about her or how many times she was cleared, talking to cops makes her really jittery and she can't calm down for a week" says Kyle
"Ash ég elska þig" says Tori as Ashley looks at Tori in awe
"hvað með Cat" asks Ashley
"I'm willing Ashley but if you only love Tori that's ok too, we can share, I'm not greedy and I'm not scary" says Cat as Kyle leaves
"wait you can understand Icelandic" asks Ashley
"yeah, my uncle's husband is from Iceland so I grew up learning Swedish, Spanish, Italian and Icelandic, like I said if you just want to share tori and leave me out of your cuddles or bedding that's fine too" says Cat
"since I realized I was gay I've always had a fantasy of two girls loving me, I was mocked in France for it, they said nobody would ever love a freak like me let alone two people, they knew full well they were in the wrong too because the only time anyone spoke highly of me was around my parents" says Ashley
"how'd you get back here if your parents had no proof of verbal abuse which would mean they'd have no reason to get you back here" asks Tori
"because I don't do drugs and one cop lost it when I kept saying that so he threatened to cut my hair if I didn't tell him who my drug dealer was, I maintained my innocence so he cut ten inches of my hair and locked me up, I got out and my mom sued the police departments ass off, I got two hundred grand per cop who roughed me up so I got three million, since I've been staying with my brother I've been paying rent, you know I still can't get that damn jingle out of my head, 'if you want to get presents in Ju-ly, enjoy ranchers TO-Day!', ugh why did you have to make it so catchy" says Ashley
"they wanted a memorable catchphrase, it's not my fault the only ads my tv feeds me are insurance, tire or holiday ads, my computer does the same on videos, people complain about all the ads they get then I invite them over to my house and they ask me how I'm not nuts watching the same four ads day after day, I guess the answer is I am nuts of a sort because a doctor who picked me up as a client does video call sessions instead of in person diagnosis and she said I'm bipolar and I have a second personality which to be honest explains a lot" says Tori
"is this second tori worse or better" asks Ashley
"kinda both, she trusts people way too easily, Danny and Ryder Daniels are but two examples, both have pasts of abuse of the words I love you but my other side doesn't give a flying frick, she'd trust them with her life no matter how many times they disappoint her, kinda like how people expect Cat to be, loving and ever forgiving which is far from who cat really is" says Tori
"I mean if I love them I forgive them but if they have a history of lying about love then yeah I ditch them" says Cat
"do you have feelings for me" asks Ashley
"I mean I just met you and you seem genuine and you're pretty so ya kinda, your brother looks kinda familiar" says Cat
"yeah he's my twin brother, he hung out with Brian a lot, he likes to study mental disorders and understand them on a personal level and if the situation saw fit fall in love with the people who have them" says Ashley
"oooh so that's how I know him, you know my brother isn't as old as he looks, he's three years older than me which makes him a year older than Trina, which is well within the legal limit if your brother was ever interested" says Cat
"wait Brian swings that way, he totally looks like a straight guy" says Ashley as Tori and Cat kiss her
"it was his choice to look that way, he's kinda sorta stable now, we've found a medicine that stops him from getting aggressive but it makes him tired which is ok because he's always loved his bed, also he's bi" says Cat
"was he ever aggressive to you or girls in general" asks Ashley as she cuddles Tori and Cat
"no, at first yes but it's only because he doesn't know boundaries as different people have different lines so for example if he were to cuddle me and say put his arms around me which does make me feel safe all I had to tell him is no wandering and he won't after that, a few girls have seen him in agro mode and refuse to go anywhere near him, he's misunderstood not a monster" says Cat
"why was he agro" asks Ashley
"because a few jerks like to set him off and push his buttons, one of the ones they use a lot is 'cat's a blank', obviously filling in blank with any insult or slur, he's like mega mega protective of me so any attacks towards me set him off" says Cat
"she's leaving out the fact that he's autistic, like real bad, really well mannered around Cat though, I can say just about anything about her around him and he doesn't react" says Tori
"that's because he knows if I trust you then he can trust you and since he knows he can trust you he knows you aren't being mean to me, besides when you had him over yesterday for dinner to get to know him he saw you kiss me, after he went home he tested me this 'what you and Tori have is pure love, not even mom and dad have that deep a love, she's healing and coming into her own, she's gonna make mistakes, DO NOT let them scare you, help her through it and your love will only deepen', he's a lot smarter than he looks guys" says Cat
"I remember him saying the first time you talked about me your cheeks got so red" says Tori
"his memory is embarrassingly good" says Cat