Cat POV

I look carefully at the Wests as Jade and I approach them in the living room. Jade's grip on my hand tightens but I don't mind. I just give it two reassuring squeezes to remind her I'm here with her.

Jade's parents stop talking when they see us and give us a look. I can see they are looking at our joining hands. They exchange a look between them before Jade's dad gets up. I know him from years, I think his name is Sean... But I'm not sure since I've been at Jade's dad house only a few times in all these years. I mostly just saw him on the also rare occasions he used to come pick Jade up from school when we were kids back in junior high.

Jade's dad is a tall man and looks quite older than Jade's mom who still looks pretty young for her age and sometimes seems like a copy of Jade minus for the fact that she has darker hair and is a bit shorter than her, and also you can tell she is a mature woman even if she is still pretty good looking... (What? I have eyes you know!). Jade's dad also always had this stern and intimidating look similar to Jade when she is mad, and Jade's same hair color.

"Hello Jade" he says

"Dad" Jade replies coldly

He nods at her than looks at me "Hello Caterina"

"Hi Mr. West" I reply politely

"How many times did she tell you she prefers 'Cat'?" Jade tells him sternly

"Bab.. Jade it's okay" I say blushing

Jade looks at me with an eye roll "And you don't feel like you can't call me babe, or in any other way you like, in front of them. They know about us now, and if they don't like it, well too bad for them" she says glaring at her dad and then at her mom.

I feel myself blushing and looking down for a moment

"Jade, your mom and I are not ok with your recent behavior" he says

I look up at him scared then at Jade who is looking at him challenging instead. In the meantime her mom also stands up and gets closer to us

"Well I'm sorry to break it up to you but my recent behavior is who I am. I found out to be in love with my best friend who happens to be a girl. I might be bisexual, lesbian, I don't care about labels. I'm just in love with Cat and this is not going to change" she says firmly

Oh my God... I think my heart is melting because of her words right now!

I look at her mesmerized "Aw love... You're so sweet" I tell her leaning on her to give her a kiss on the cheek and using all of my will power to not just wrap my arms and legs around her and start making out with her right there and then.

She smiles at me then looks at her parents again.

"That's not what we are not okay with" her dad says

We both look at him wide eyed "What?" we say I unison

"It came out as a surprise and I think I had a wrong reaction at start, but, after a long talk with your dad, we decided that your sexuality doesn't matter to us. You are our daughter and like you say, this is who you are, and as long as it makes you happy..." her mom is saying looking at us with a small smile.

I feel my mysel smiling back. They are accepting us!

"It does" Jade replies looking at me with a smirk "She does"

I giggle tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear, shyly looking down for a moment.

"So are you guys okay with us?" Jade asks them

"Well, like your mom says... Your choice is your choice. As long as you're happy... At least we don't have to worry to become grandparents anytime soon" Mr. West says

Jade rolls her eyes at him "No shit"

"Swear" "Language" I and Mr. West say at the same time before I start giggling nervously again. He just smiles at me

"I always liked Cat cause I think she is a good influence on you" he says to his daughter

I look at him grateful "Thank you so much Mr. West!"

He nods at me.

"Then what is it that you guys are not ok about my 'recent behaviour'" Jade asks

Oh yeah, I wonder that too...

"Really Jade? You need to ask? Ever since you got together with Cat, you are barely ever at home. You spend all your time after school at her house, sleep at her house, and only come back to change or grab a few stuff. Do you think this house is an hotel, Missy?" her mom scolds her

I feel guilty right now... I know this is my fault. Jade is spending so much time with me lately, mainly to help me with my addiction to my antidepressants. I'm about to tell them but Jade anticipate me

"Well I don't see the problem, you're always at work anyway. When I'm at Cat's I actually feel like I'm at home" Jade says and I smile at her

Emily, Jade's mom shifts looking guilty but then crosses her arms "I have to work Jadelyn you know that. That doesn't mean you can practically move at your girlfriend's house. Not to mention most of the time you don't even bother answering my phone calls or texts."

Jade just rolls her eyes "OK, my bad... Can we go now?" she asks

"No Jade... You're grounded. You won't leave house this month" Emily continues.

We both look at her wide eyed "What? You can't ground me for a whole month, mom!" Jade says

"But I can. I'm your mother" she replies

"Whatever like you will even be home every day, to see if..." Jade is saying but her dad interrupts her

"That's why you'll stay at my house for the month" he says

"What! I don't want to stay with you and your wife. I hate her!" Jade barks

I know Jade doesn't get along with her stepmom, but what makes me even sadder now is that if Jade is grounded for a month we won't be able to see each other for the same amount of time after school. I don't drive and Jade's dad house is far.

I'm hoping my brother or my parents will give me a ride to go see her often, if her dad will allow me, while Jade gets in an animated discussion with her parents. Then I decide to interject

"It's my fault if Jade often stays over at my house. She does that to help me" I state

"Help you?" Jade's mom asks me

I nod "I..." I start but Jade cuts me off

"Cat, you don't need to..." she tells me

"No... I want to." I tell her. Jade leads me to their couch and her parents follow us with confused expressions. They sit on one side and Jade and I sit on the opposite so that we are facing them. I didn't realize I was beginning to shake until Jade led me to sit down. She asks me if I want a glass of water but I say no. Her parents look worried at us and ask what's going on. Every fiber of my being is trying to block out the memories. To stop me from saying what I'm about to say. But I know I need to.

So I take a deep breath and I tell them everything. About my sister... The tragedy that was her death... And what me and my family went through. My addiction to antidepressants... My bipolar behaviors and depression and how Jade is helping me deal with it. I know I wouldn't have been able to talk about half of those things without freaking out if it wasn't for the pills I took today... I wonder if I ever will... But by the time I finish talking I'm crying anyway.

Jade is holding me close to her rocking me back and forth in her embrace. Her parents were mostly silent except for some concerned reactions during my story and are now looking at us with moving expressions. Her mom moves closer to us on the couch to hug me at some point.

"Cat... Dear... I had no idea..." she whispers to me

As she pulls away I say "I'm okay... Well now... And Jade is helping me. I love her... And I wanted to thank you both for bringing such a wonderful person to this world" I tell them wiping my tears. I look at Jade who is also struggling not to cry as she leans in for a brief kiss with me.

"I guess Jade doesn't deserve to be grounded then. You can come over anytime you want darling." Emily says

I nod at her with a little smile "Thank you Emily". Jade's dad also leans forward to place an hand on my shoulder

"I'm so sorry for what happened to you and your family. Feel free to also come over when Jade stays at my place... Not that it happens often right Jadelyn?" he says shooting his daughter a disapproving look before looking back at me.

"Thanks Mr. West" I tell him grateful

"Call me Sean" he tells me and I feel so happy. This is the first time he allows me to call him with his birth name.

We continue talking and they ask me a few more things but they avoid mentioning my sister, luckily. This is the first time I open up so much about what happened to me with someone other than Jade and even with her I only told her everything just recently.

But despite everything, right now I feel happy. Happy that Jade's parents are okay with us. And I can see from Jade's smiling face that she feels the same.

/
2 weeks later

Jade POV

"Tell me again how exactly you ended up in a padded room at the hospital after I simply told you to make friends with the lady at the desk?" I'm asking Cat as I'm driving her home from the hospital where we brought Rex, a freaking puppet, because Vega 'killed' him and then decided to save him... All of this just because Robbie, its owner, considers it a real person and not just a disturbed trait of his personality. So it's still a mystery to me, why with him around Cat was the one committed to the mental wing of the hospital shortly after we arrived. I'm still mad about it.

"I told you Jade, I just told the lady at the desk why we were there... I don't get why you are so mad, right now. It was fun being in that room with those red cubes on my hands" she giggles

I roll my eyes "Fun? In order to make the doctors release you I had to threaten them that my dad would have sued them. As soon as they heard that he is one of the best lawyer in the city they let you out, luckily... I can't believe they locked you up in there without you or your parents even signing anything..."

"So it was something that bad?" Cat asks me innocently and confused.

I sigh and briefly glance at her "Cat... Are you even trying not to take your pills? Just every now and then at least?" I ask her trying my best to sound calm.

She goes silent for a bit then she says "I am... I'm really trying Jade it's just... Hard"

"I know it is... But can't you see what effect they have on you? They make you so carefree and airheaded you think being locked up in a padded room for insane nutjobs is something fun!" I snap at her sounding a little harsher than what I intended to this time.

Cat goes silent for a bit then she says "I... I'm sorry... I'm a mess"

I turn to look at her and see that she is looking away from me and out of her window.

"No you're not Cat. But you have to try a little harder to..." I'm telling her but she cuts me off

"I told you I am!" she yells at me "S-sorry... I just..." she brushes her red hair with one hand squeezing her eyes shut clearly trying to fight back the tears

I look at her but I still feel a little mad. The past week she only didn't take her medications for one day. Is this what she calls trying? Can't she realize I can't help her if she keeps acting like she doesn't want to be helped? "Look if you don't want to quit with your pills just say it and keep living in La-La land..." I yell at her but immediately regret it. I stop and I'm about to tell her I'm sorry for my outburst but she speaks first

"No! I don't want to end up like one of those nutjobs you were talking about... I just... I need more time okay? But I am making small progress! Like... I was able to talk about it with your parents. Don't you think that was already a huge step for me?" Cat asks me

As we stop at a red light I look at her and see her glistening eyes looking at me. She looks mortified and guilty like she fears she is disappointing me. I feel so bad... I'm proud of her and I shouldn't have been so harsh with her before.

"Of course it is and I'm proud of you Cat" I tell her

"No you're not..." Cat says with a low voice "You're gonna break up with me I know that..." Cat tells me unexpectedly

"What? Of course not, look babe, I..." I'm saying but she cuts me off

"No Jade... I know you're going to eventually... You won't be able to put up with me... No one is. Not the doctors I've seen when I was little, not even those at the hospital earlier, who just locked me up the minute they saw me... Not even my parents who just give me those 'special vitamins' so they don't have to worry about me" she mimics quotes with her fingers "Like I said... I'm a mess, I can't expect anyone to put up with me" she says and starts crying in her hands

I place an hand on her thigh "Cat... Kitten look at me" I tell her removing her hands from her face.

She continues to cry looking down "You're amazing. How many times do I have to tell you? You're not asking me to put up with you. I want to help you, cause you're worth it. You think I would break up with you? Ha! You're the best thing that ever happened to me... I start grinning like an idiot just thinking about you. You make me happy just with a smile. And I want to see you smile every day. That's why I'm helping you. I love you Cat" I tell her every word with all my heart. It's so unlike me to be such a sap... But not when I am with Cat. And especially if we are alone.

Cat looks up at me smiling "Aww Jade! You're... Just... the best!" she says continuing to cry but with tears of joy now. She wraps her arms around my neck "I love you" she whispers in my ear and I brush her hair and kiss her on her wet cheek before starting the car again as the traffic light just turned green.

She holds my hand on the shift the entire travel back to her house. Then after I park in her driveway we release our seatbelts and she quickly jumps in my lap.

We start to make out and I run my hands all over her body while hers are tangled in my hairs smashing our lips together. Our tongues are fighting for dominance in our mouths and like usual I won after a bit. She moans in my mouth and that turns me on so freaking much. I bit her bottom lip making her whimper this time and I think I can't take it no more... I want her too much right now...

"Are your parents home?" I ask her

"I think they said they were going out on a date tonight" Cat replies kneading my breasts through my shirt and looking at my cleavage licking her lips

I smirk and tighten my grip on her ass "Perfect"

She looks up at me "So you're not mad at me anymore?"

"I was never mad at you babygirl" I tell her

She smiles widely "Thanks" but then frowns "Wait, we can't! You have to be home... I know your parents know about us and my... issues now, but you can't always spend the night at my place or your mom will get mad again" Cat says

"We can still have a quickie... Like that time on your couch when you dressed in your old cheerleader uniform. Remember?" I wiggle my eyebrows at her.

She blushes giggling "Okay! Let's go love!" she says

As we get out of the car I decide to surprise her and pick her up bridal style as we approach her house. She does a little squeal of surprise and wraps her arms around my neck kissing me briefly.

As we open the front door entering her house though, we find her brother in the living room

"Hey! Kit Cat and J-W! What's up?" Manny greets us.

"Hey Manny, not much we just brought a puppet to the hospital today" I tell him as I put Cat down to her feet. She laughs at his confused reaction

"Manny! What are you doing here?" she asks him.

"Hmm... I live here? I think" he says like he is uncertain as he looks around "Yep!" he exclaims after a bit

"Yeah but I thought you were also going out tonight!" Cat tells him motioning with her head towards the door to make him understand. But apparently he doesn't. I try to hold in laughter

"Yeah but then I changed my mind, I found something else to do!" Manny says. Apparently he is playing darts but using the people on the TV as his targets. Small cracks can already be seen on the screen.

"Mom and dad are not going to like this..." Cat says briefly looking at their flat screen TV "Anyway can you like... Go out and take yourself an hamburger or something for like... 15 minutes"

"Make that 30 minutes" I say to Manny before smirking at Cat who is blushing at me but also smirking.

Manny looks at us questioning then he seems to get it "Oooh ok. I better go" he says winking at us more times than necessary. As he passes next to us to leave the house he says to me

"Don't get my sister pregnant!" and burst out in laughter

"Manny! That's not even possible, we are both girls!" Cat tells him

"I think he was being sarcastic babe!" I tell her chuckling

"Of course I was duh!" Manny says "But what does sarcastic mean?" he asks.

"See you later Manny" I say rolling my eyes as Cat pushes him out of the door and I close it behind him.

Some days Cat's brother looks almost normal. Almost... I think, looking at damaged TV shaking my head. Well he sure is funny. I hope he is getting better.

"Now where were we?" Cat asks me at some point interrupting my thoughts. I look at her and see she is looking at me with a finger on her chin and a seductive expression.

I smile at her and pick her up making her wrap her legs around my waist "Here" I say locking lips with her before bringing her to her room to make love.