This past week had been great. Jade was able to finish writing a play that she had been working on for a while. She got to go out with Tori to a restaurant. Her dad seemed interested in her play for the first time in her life. It was going great until she got told that she couldn't perform the play at school for being too disturbing.

In class, Jade couldn't take being reminded of how her play wasn't allowed while they went on about theater history. She took to the janitors closet to deal with her frustration and started cutting at a trash can. Beck and Tori knew she was upset and disappointed, and they would find her later.

When Beck and Robbie entered the closet, she was surprised by the lack of Tori. Her girlfriend wouldn't be too happy to know she cut class. After answering Beck's questions about the trash can, Tori appeared commenting on how she read it and liked it.

Jade had already heard Tori's praise for it, and it was hard to believe whether it was her being supportive or if she genuinely enjoyed it. "Ok, so?" She heard her girlfriend fake her offense. "Who cares if it's good. The school won't allow it."

"Why don't you just produce your own play?" Cat asked a very logical but dumb question.

Firing back a rhetorical question at Cat was a bad idea as the girl tried to figure out how much money producing a play would cost. She looked up at her girlfriend before returning to her trash can.

Ignoring Andre's question about the trash can, Tori asked how much money she thought she would need to produce Well Wishes. After throwing out numbers, her girlfriend answered the call with "it shouldn't be that hard to find someone to put up the money."

The sentence made Jade stop and stand up. She forgot momentarily who she was talking to. "You'll find someone to produce my play?" When Tori started backtracking, Jade turned to their audience. "Did she not say that?" Beck was giving her the look to calm down and assess the situation.

Turning back to Tori and seeing the frightened face of her girlfriend, she knew that she just put herself in hot water. After she agreed, Jade left to her locker to throw her scissors in there. She wasn't surprised when the group went to get food without her. Her girlfriend would want a little space from her. She apologized to her for flipping out and hoped that it would be accepted.

She was not expecting her girlfriend to call her to say how she got the money that night, and the next day, her and Tori went to check out the theater they would be renting. Beck tagged along to play a buffer for the incident from yesterday, but Tori insisted they would be fine.

"Just don't wave scissors in my face again." With a promise not to, Beck tagged along for his own curiosity.

Walking into the theater, Jade was impressed. She couldn't believe that this lady was going to pay for her play. Tori assured her that everything would be taken care of.

"Come on, love me now? Give me a squeeze." Her girlfriend held her arms out for Jade.

Rolling her eyes as she stepped closer. "You can't just buy my love, Vega." She accepted the hug. "But I do admit I love being your girlfriend." Then she gave her a proper kiss.

After pulling apart, Jade started going over a mental checklist she had. When the lady paying appeared, she greeted Tori warmly complimenting her lovely cheek bones. The introductions flew by quickly and Jade realized that the lady would be meeting her dad.

"This is my boyfriend, Beck." Jade said before seeing her girlfriend trying to hold back the disappointment.

"I am the boyfriend." Beck said in a very odd unconvincing tone.

Going over the play with the lady was easy. She seemed very excited when discussing the play, but when she brought up notes. Jade immediately felt her enthusiasm drop. Tori and Beck both knew her tension was rising now.

Out of the corner of her eye, she watched Beck leave. She heard Tori mumble "oh no" while she lowered her head. "You want to change my play?" This was bad. Her father wouldn't get the message. "What changes do you want to make?"

As the lady started suggesting a musical, Jade immediately turned it down. Cat was a great singer, but Jade had enough musicals at school.

Tori tried to play buffer as she pulled Jade away from the woman after threatening her. The woman kept listing statements about how her money would pay so Jade needed to listen. Something her girlfriend had to keep reminding her.

"You do to."

"No, I don't."

"Jade."

"Do too."

"Lady."

"Jade!"

"I'll smack her."

"I don't see you smacking my money."

Before Jade could do anything, Tori pulled her back and away from the lady. Jade felt her frustration increase, but her girlfriend reminded her of facts. Producers can push around directors and writers all they want. Her girlfriend reminded her she was on her side.

"Do you want her money or not?" Tori asked.

A few quiet seconds later, "Yeah."

"Then play nice." Tori said before dragging her back by her hand.

Trying to embrace the lady's ideas, she gave her some forgiveness when she told her that she didn't have to her idea. Then her daughter walked in and Jade immediately knew she was going to have her in the play.

Later in the car, Tori tried to break the tense silence. "So, that was fun."

"Tori, do you even know what the play is about?"

"Yeah, a girl falls into a well."

Jade cut her off before she could go on. "No, it's about my relationship with my dad because for the first time in my life, he's interested in being a dad."

"Oh, I thought that you didn't want to change it because you're you."

"Well, I also don't like people changing my ideas."

Tori reached over and grabbed her hand. "I'm sorry, I really didn't think there would be this much control, but I also didn't know her."

Looking over at her beautiful girlfriend. "I know, but I do appreciate you getting someone to produce the play." She leaned over and kissed Tori like she deserved with their much-needed privacy. The only downside was they were in a car with something in between them and the untinted windshield.

Every time Jade went to the theater, Tori always came with her. She became the assistant director in a way. She sat next to Jade every rehearsal and kept her and the lady apart. It was nice that every time they left a rehearsal, they spent time together. Mostly, they spent it getting handsy in the backseat of her mother's car before rushing to fix their clothes and get home.

When they brought the lady's daughter, Daisy, her girlfriend at least agreed that Trina had way more talent then this child. It almost seemed like Daisy didn't want to perform, but her mother was forcing her to.

During rehearsals, Cat stated her confusion on the character's angel. It irritated Jade to no end and in the middle of her insult and frustration, Tori interrupted her to compliment the lady. Every time, Jade would look at her girlfriend and she always offered an apologetic smile.

XxX

At school, Jade was getting her books for the day out. Sinjin approached with his moss problem. Dealing with the lady left her no room to deal with Sinjin, so she sent him on his way hoping he would figure out the problem on his own before returning to her own task.

"You know, he's only trying to make your play better." Tori said appearing in front of Jade's locker.

"So?"

"Now, he has pee running down his leg." Tori's voice contained disgust along with the look she had. After the explanation of the fact that Jade didn't control Sinjin's bodily functions, Tori asked, "Why are you being such a brat? Ok, so you're not getting to do your play exactly how you wanted, but you get to do your play."

Jade tried to tell Tori in confidence without dragging her to the closet, but she couldn't risk being overheard. Taking the willing girl, Jade let her go as soon as they were inside. Her girlfriend looked at her concerned. "I invited my dad to come see my play on opening night." After the pause. "As I told you, he's interested in being a dad, so he said yes. The whole homophobia is one thing, but he also hates that I want to be a playwright and an actress. He doesn't understand creative people. He thinks the whole thing is stupid, so I invited him because I thought it was going to be great. I was hoping he'd finally have some respect for me and who I am."

Taking a moment before continuing, "But then that lady started ruining it and turning it into a joke. Which is just going to prove to him that he is right about my dreams and I being stupid, and it's all going to crumble down fucking up even more of my life."

Her girlfriend looked very unsure of what to say as they stared at each other. "Pfft, dads."

"Thanks. That really helps me right now."

Going to walk away, Tori grabbed her before she could open the door making Jade look back at her. "Jade, I don't how right now, but it is going to be ok."

The way Tori looked at her and her tone made Jade believe that her girlfriend was right, but she didn't truly feel it at the moment. "I just need some time." Turning to walk out of the janitor's closet, she heard her girlfriend let out her own groan of frustration. This lady was really stressing out both of them.

That night Tori and their friends had their game night. Jade stayed home wanting to be alone. Her mom tried talking to her about the play, but Jade insisted that she wasn't interested in talking about it before going to her room. She tried to focus on other things instead of the play, but she was failing pretty miserably at it.

When Tori told her about the plan, she told her how brilliant of a girlfriend she had and gave Cat a little credit along with Andre. It took everything in her power to not drive over there. Her girlfriend wanted to sleep like she should, but she was going to get a nice reward for her brilliant brain.

XxX

On the night of the play, Jade stood waiting on her dad's arrival. Tori had reassured her several times that their plan would work, but she couldn't help that she kept asking. Her girlfriend kept going through the plan with her every time she asked.

Feeling a hand on her back, Jade knew it was Tori's. The voice that followed only confirmed it, but Jade's nerves made her snap at her girlfriend.

"Will you calm down?"

"Sorry, I'm just a little freaked out."

"Hey, it'll be ok. There's nothing to worry about."

Then Cat appeared with her toilet water-soaked bra. Jade mocked Tori for saying that they didn't have anything to worry about. Tori got the water out of the bra and sent Cat back to get ready.

In the middle of her girlfriend saying something, Jade watched him walk into view. "There he is, there he is." Her voice was filled with nerves, and she felt Tori tense up next to her.

"He looks kind of."

"Like he hates my guts?"

"I was going to say cold and judgmental."

"That works too."

They went through the plan one last time as a way for Tori to comfort her, and this time she included the plan for Daisy, who was up in her harness ready for her que. It made Jade feel like they could pull this off. She did feel bad about the kid because she did feel like she could be included. But that was a problem for later.

Tori placed a hand on her shoulder, and they locked eyes. "It's going to be ok."

Later in the play, Tori asked about her dad and if he seemed like he was liking it. He left her when she was four, so she couldn't really tell his emotions other than disappointment which he wasn't showing at the moment.

While Cat was crying, Daisy once again showed that she was ready with a thumbs up that they gave the girl back.

When the final scene was occurring, Jade was focused on the scene in front of her. Cat was playing the role perfectly. Tori's phone updated them on the lady leaving the restaurant but Jade happily informed her that she was too late.

As the curtain closed, Jade searched for her father's expression hoping to find a glimpse of his reaction. She quickly walked out and started shaking hands. A man walked in front of her dad complimenting it, but she cared more about her father's opinion.

"Dad."

"Jade."

Her girlfriend couldn't take the tension as usual. "Just say whether you liked it or not."

He wasn't pleased. "Friend of yours?"

Jade shrugged. "Kind of. So, my play?"

There was a pause. "I thought it was excellent."

It was a big surprise to hear. Jade felt good about it. "Thanks, anything else?" She was hoping he understood the message she was giving him.

"Can you please take that jewelry out of your face, please? Your mother should have never let you get that."

"No."

"Well, bye."

"Bye."

As soon as he left, her girlfriend stepped in front of her and gave her a smile. "Get what you wanted?"

"Yeah, I did." Jade said it in a shy tone. "I've never seen him that happy."

"Give me a squeeze."

Tori reached out her arms for her and she gladly accepted them wrapping around her. She smiled in her girlfriend's embrace. She felt Tori's fingers starting to play with ends of her hair.

The lady ran in making them break apart and explain that her daughter did wonderful and will be the rest of her time the play is there. They slipped out as quickly as possible after the helped get the girl down.

Hand in hand nearly spiriting to the car and driving away quickly while the lady was yelling at them. They quickly got out of there and the drove to overlook the city. It was a celebration and Tori was ready to celebrate the play.

"You really didn't have to do this." Jade said as Tori handed her a cup of juice. They were sitting on a blanket underneath them, and Tori told her to sit there and look pretty while she made their sandwiches.

"We're celebrating." Tori said reminding her. "You did the hard work, so let me feed you."

Shortly later, Jade leaned against Tori while they ate. It was nice just enjoying the time they spent together. It never had to be big and special. Jade wouldn't mind curling up and sleeping as long it was with Tori.

Once Tori was done eating, she put her arm around Jade until she finished. Jade looked up at her and captured her lips in a heated kiss trying to keep Tori as close as possible before tackling Tori to the blanket. They had to deal with so many frustrations recently. Jade's father just topped off her stress. She had been snappy with her girlfriend the entire time.

The handsy activities after rehearsals had been a treat for them both, but Jade was starting to want more. Gaining confidence, she slipped her hands under Tori's shirt breaking away to meet Tori's eyes as they both were panting.

"Yes." Tori pulled Jade back to her lips.

Later in the car, both girls felt shy in a way. They had to rush home since their activities took longer than expected. They shared another deep kiss right before Jade dropped Tori off. Jade had to race home and sneak into her room hoping to not cause too much noise.

It was a successful night as a writer and a girlfriend.