Yay! First new chapter in over a year! Aren't you excited? I know I am!
So how have you all been? I miss you. Come talk to me and tell me what's up!
Tori's POV
"This is your house?" Climbing the stairs we make our way to the second floor.
"You've said that already."
"Wow."
"That too." Jade rolls her eyes.
Hearing a yipping noise, I look down one of the long hallways to see a tall blond in a tiny robe being circled by a little furball.
"Damn," Jade mutters beside me.
"Jadelyn, what an unexpected surprise."
"If it was expected, it wouldn't be a surprise. Shouldn't you be wearing more with a little boy running around the house?"
The woman ignores her and turns to me, "I'm Kendlynn, Jade's step-mom" she holds her hand out to me and I gently take it.
"Tori."
"Tori! Jadelynn has told me so much about you."
"No, I haven't. Lets go, Tori." Taking my hand, Jade leads me down the other hall.
"She seems.." I drop off unsure what to say.
"Fake, slutty, idiotic?" Jade helps out.
"Well, you could definitely tell there was nothing under the robe." I set my backpack down, while looking around. Taking in the dark walls, purple bedspread and the giant "The Scissoring" movie poster, I smile.
"Well?" Turning I see Jade watching me, "What do you think?"
"Its very you."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"That means," I take a step closer to her, "I like it."
"Good."
Looking past her I spot something fluffy peeking out from under the blanket.
"What's this?" I snatch the rabbit up.
"Give him to me." I dance away still clutching the stuffed animal, "Aw, does wittle Jadelyn sleep with Mr. Wrabbit?" I question in a baby voice.
"Leave Snuffles alone." She grabs him. Checking him over, she gently sets him on the bed.
"Snuffles?"
"I was five." Jade defends the name.
"You mean your heart wasn't frozen at five?" I tease.
"No, that happened at six. Speaking of, that's what time I told Cat to be here so we have an hour and a half."
I nod walking over to the small desk in the corner cluttered with papers. Pointing I look at Jade, she nods her permission and I shuffle some of the papers before picking one up.
I've been a mess since you stayed,
I've been a wreck since you changed,
Don't let me get in your way,
I miss the lies and the pain,
The fights that keep us awake-ake-ake
I'm telling you.
"Not like that." Jade snatches the paper from me. "Its not a ballad Vega." Walking over Jade pops a C.D. into the player. Hitting a few buttons, she turns to me. Clearing her throat, she starts to sing.
I miss the bad things,
The way that you hate me,
I miss the screaming,
The way that you blame me!
Miss the phone calls,
When it's your fault,
I miss the late nights,
Don't miss you at all!
I like the kick in the face,
And the things you do to me!
I love the way that it hurts!
I don't miss you, I miss the misery!
"Wow, that was amazing. You should do more songs like that."
"Like what?"
"Rock." Tilting my head I ask, "When did you write that?"
"Last time Beck and I broke up." Hearing a knock we turn. The door opens before Jade could even say "come in".
"Jadelyn, is it just going to be Tori here or is your friend Beck coming also?" Kendelynn peeks her head in, not bothering to fix her robe when it slides down her shoulder.
"My boyfriend." Jade stresses, "No, he's not."
"Oh," Kendlynn finally fixes her robe. "Well, your brother is spending the night at your grandmothers. I'm flying out later to join your father on his business trip. There is money for pizza in the usual spot." With that she closes the door, not even waiting for an answer.
"Thank God for small favors." Jade plops down onto her bed, holding her hand out she wiggles her fingers. Sighing, I join her on the bed. Once I'm settled, she reaches over me and turns on the stereo. I roll towards her and slowly put my arm around her waist. "I'm not going to bite." I smile and scoot closer.
"Beck's neck tells a different story." Jade scoffs and pulls me so I'm resting my head on her chest.
"Jealous?"
"Tori?" She asks after a while of silence.
"Hmm?"
"Are you jealous?"
I give a half shrug, tilting my head down a bit.
"What are you jealous of?"
"You, him, I don't know."
"Well, you need to figure it out." Jade pushes me off her and scoots down so we're eye level. "What do you want, Tori?"
A normal life, to be happy, "You."
"I'm right here." Jade brings her hand up to my cheek as her face comes closer.
My eyes stay open as she softly presses her lips to mine. Her hand sliding to the back of my neck as her tongue swipes at my bottom lip. A small gasp escapes me and Jade takes full advantage, sliding her tongue in to tease mine. My eyes finally close as my tongue follows hers back into her mouth, enjoying her taste.
I jump at the sound of something crashing into the door. I don't even have time to turn around before the door is open and I see a four year old running into the room.
"Jade!" He jumps onto the bed, climbing over my legs to get to his sister.
"Hey Bud." She hugs him and I watch him watch me.
"Who's that?"
"That's Tori," I smile and wave.
"Is she your girlfriend?"
Jade glances at me, "Yep"
"What about Beck?"
"He's our boyfriend."
His eyes get wide. "He has two girlfriends? Can I?" I laugh and Jade looks amused.
"How about you worry about getting one right now."
"I have one."
"You do?"
"Yep. Mackenzie She gave me her pudding and said I had to be her boyfriend."
"Jackson? Its time to leave!" Kendlynn calls from down the hall.
"Bye Jade. Bye Jade's girlfriend." He jumps off the bed and is out the door before we can respond.
"So, girlfriend?"
"Am I wrong?" Even though she's trying to hide it, I see the guarded look.
"No, I just don't think I'm ready for everyone to know." She nods and we settle back down listening to the radio. Closing my eyes, I start to sing along.
"I've got that summertime, summertime sadness" I'm interrupted by my phone going off. Grabbing it, I answer without looking, "Hello?"
"Where are you?" my dad asks.
"Jade's. Cat and I are spending the night. I didn't want to be stuck home alone with Trina."
"It's a school night and you didn't ask."
"I thought you were gone already. Weren't you and mom going out of town?"
"She cancelled. She's working late." I frown at the bitter tone in his voice.
"Oh, so now your stuck home alone with Trina."
"Exactly. Get home, now."
"Wait, can Jade and Cat stay over?"
"Sure." With that he hangs up.
"Hello?" Cat, Jade and I look around not seeing anyone.
"Tori!" Trina comes running down the stairs. "I need you opinion, which one looks better?" She throws herself onto the couch arms sprawled wide. "Or this one?" She lays stiff arms crossed over her chest.
"Umm?"
"Or maybe-"
"What's it for?" Cat asks before Trina can make another pose.
"I'm coma patient three."
"I think you should try the second one in the middle of the road." Jade smirks.
"Thank-hey!"
"Where's Dad?" I ask as we make our way to the stairs.
"He left. Said something about a 24 hour gym."
Jade's POV
"No!"
"But-"
"I said no."
"Sorry Jade, rules are painter picks the colors." I wiggle my black and red tipped nails at her.
"Fine." She puts her hand down as she mutters, "Who came up with this rule anyway?"
"You." Cat answers cheerfully as she opens the neon pink nail polish.
"I talked to Robbie." Jade says after a few minutes. "Hey, wait! What are you doing?" I grab Jades arm stopping her from pulling away.
"I'm adding green polka dots. Duh!"
Jade sends me a pleading look and I smile, holding her hand still so Cat could finish.
"What about Robbie?" I try and distract her.
"I had a talk with him. It seems," she looks over at me, "It seems he's not playing nice with Cat. I told him if he doesn't get his act together I'm going to beat him up."
"You can't hurt him!" Cat looks up as she closes the nail polish. "If you hurt him, we can' have sexy fun times."
"Cat!" I stare at her shocked.
"What?" she giggles, "He does this thing with his tongue-"
"Okay," I hop up, "I'm going to order pizza."
"No."
I open my eyes to see Cat standing near the light switch.
"Stop, please!"
"Cat, can you go get a glass of water?"
"She's been crying for 10 minutes."
"Cat."
"Not again, no." I wince as I feel her kick me.
"Cat, water. Now!" Cat opens the door and I turn my full attention to Tori. "Tori? Tori, wake up!" I shake her shoulder and her eyes fly open unfocused. I barely make it out of the way of the punch she throws. "Dammit Vega! Look at me." I grab her face forcing her to look at me. "Vega, Tori, your safe." It takes a minute and some struggling from both of us but I finally get her calmed down.
"What?"
"You were dreaming." Her eyes get wide and I see her looking around. "I sent Cat down for some water. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No."
"Tori."
"Cat should be back soon." We both jump at the sound of the door opening.
"Safe to come back?"
"Yeah," Tori says as she takes the cup from Cat. "Sorry I woke you up."
"No problem, I was having a weird dream anyway. Some guy was wearing cheese. He kept asking me if I wanted some."
"Right.." Tori and I share a look as Cat switches off the light. I watch her as she climbs back into the little nest we made her on the floor.
She giggles as she covers up, "I'm a baby bird."
"Good night little bird."
"Night night Jade. Night Tori." Cat rolls away and I glance Tori. She sets her cup down and lays stiffly on the bed.
Leaning close to Tori, I whisper, "You're not alone. He will never touch you again. I promise" With that I settle down beside her and try to get a few more hours of sleep.
I don't have the next chapter written out yet. I've lost what I had done. So it might be a bit before you get the next chapter. Not too long though. :) If you have any ideas or something you want to see in the story/universe let me know. I'll try to work it in, or it might just end up as an outtake (I have a few of those, I just haven't gotten around to posting them yet)