{~~~TORI~~~}
"Don't do it, Tori!" André gulps, but he's too late. I've already given Jade my arm and I can't get it back. Her grip is that tight.
One of these days I'm gonna learn that when Jade tells me to give her my arm, I should stop and think about it. Maybe if I actually pause, I'll realize I shouldn't do it. Because Jade's EVIL.
Clearly, it's too late for me today; which probably just makes me stupid. I mean, even with the way she said it this time, even with the way she emphasized each word in a way that suggests she going to drag me off to a secluded area and chop me up into bits and pieces, I still gave her my arm; and without the slightest bit of hesitation I might add. See? Estupida.
She begins to pull on me, marching me toward the school. As we pass by our table, I grab a few more chips off of Jade's plate with my free hand. If I'm going to die, I'm not going to have an empty tummy when I go.
Jade turns a little and glares at me. Without breaking her stride in the least, she reaches out with her free hand, crunches my chips into a million pieces, and lets them fall to the ground.
"Aw man," I whimper, mourning the loss of my food.
Jade yanks me even harder and walks faster. It's more than obvious she can't wait to get to where we're going. I, on the other hand, am not as enthusiastic as she is, so I drag my feet. You'd think it would slow her down some, but it doesn't. I just end up tripping over my own feet a bunch of times.
An empty hallway later, we end up at the janitor's closet. I do not wanna go in there with her. There are things in there...like gloves to hide her fingerprints, chemicals to clean up the blood, trash bags to dump my chopped up body in, and you can bet Jade's already got the scissors.
She pushes the door open and I make an effort to resist, but with one extremely hard tug I'm shoved into the janitor's closet. To make matters worse, Jade pushes the equipment trolley in front of the door as soon as it's closed. The closet can't be locked from the inside, so she's just made it a bit harder for anyone to come rescue me.
"Anything you'd like to say, Vega?" She asks once she's turned around to face me.
"I'm still hungry." I whine.
Jeez. I really need to think before I speak. I'm still hungry? Do I really want those to be my last words. How about please don't murder me. That seems more appropriate. I open my mouth, ready to add that part on but Jade cuts in.
"Do you even know why we're in here, babe?" She scoffs.
I frown. "We're all alone. Why are you calling me babe?"
She attacks me. Out of the blue, she just…lunges at me. Both her hands fist the collar of my shirt and she backs me up until I hit the iron ladder behind me.
It hurts, but I'm too shocked to even register how much. She leans in, close enough to kiss me if she were to do as much as twitch her lips. I jerk my head back. With the way she's glaring at me, I have no doubt that right now, at this very moment, a simple kiss from her would hurt.
I don't know what I did to make her eyes go that round or her nostrils flare so wide, but I do know that I've managed to piss her off more than I ever have in the past. And when I find out exactly what I did to set her off, I'm positive I won't ever do it again.
"You're my girlfriend." She growls. "Whether we're out in public, or alone together, or if you're in your room all by your fucking self because you never know when someone's watching you. Got it!?"
I nod my head quickly and look down at the ground. I can no longer look her in the eyes. I'm too ashamed of myself. What was I thinking? This closet isn't soundproof. What if someone had heard me? I'd have blown our cover. I would've broken my promise, a pinky promise no less; and I never do that.
"Good. Now answer the question." Jade snaps.
I frown at my boots, still unable to meet her eyes with my own. "I forgot the question."
"Babe, my eyes are up here." Her voice is a little softer, not very much softer, but her tone has changed enough for me to get the courage to face her.
She rolls her eyes at me, and I feel a little bit better. At least she's not stabbing that unbearably intense glare into my eyeballs anymore.
"Do you know why we're here?" She repeats her earlier question.
"No." I answer softly. It's not technically a lie. I know she's going to do something to me. I just don't know what.
She smiles at me before putting her hands in my hair as an answer to my question.
I cringe.
I can't help my reaction. She's gonna make me look mussed up, just like she did on our double date last Friday, and I'd be willing take anything over that. Anything, and that includes a que me de nalgadas. Yeah, that's right. I would rather bend over her knee and let her hit my butt a bunch of times than to let her muss me up again. Trust me, having someone pull your hair and eat your lips raw is not fun.
"Wait, I gotta wazz." I lie, trying to push past her and leave.
"No."
Her answer is simple, and quite frankly the answer I expected to get. She still didn't "punish" me yet. I know it's something she just has to do because she's Jade West and she's got a reputation to protect and all, but still…I'm her girlfriend now. Don't I have to be strong too? If I'm not, then I'm no more than a lap dog, a toy. And that I most definitely am not. I'm a person, her equal.
"Jade, lemme go." I push.
"No." she pushes back.
We fight a bit, which has become a "thing" with us now, so it's not alarming in the least. Jade's trying to pin me down so she can jam her hands in my hair and all that other stuff. I, of course, am resisting with all my might.
It's not long before it gets a little heated. The more I resist, the more violent Jade gets.
I know it's because she's losing patience with me. She wants me to do everything she says when she says it, but if Jade's going to be my girlfriend she needs to realize that we're not always going to do everything her way. At least, not without a fight or some form of protest from me. Even if it's a dang whine.
"Hold still!" Jade growls.
No thank you.
I push her off of me a little harder than I mean to and she falls back onto the equipment trolley, knocking a few cleaning supplies down when she lands.
Oops.
Her eyes widen and she retaliates by jerking me to her and flipping me around. My arms flail about, trying to grab a hold of something, anything to break my fall; but all I get is a mop. And I don't even get a good grip on it. It falls.
Jade hooks her arms under my pits, spins me around and smashes me into the ladder, again, but this time with a little more force.
"Hay, Jade!" I groan loudly. That hurt so dang bad that I stop fighting and stand absolutely still. She wins. She can tug on my clothes and bite my lips and yank my hair. I don't care. Just please don't let her do that again.
"Take… your pants…off." Jade's pants. She's breathing heavily, like she ran a marathon. And there's sweat on her forehead and neck, making her hair stick to her skin. I'm pretty sure I look the same, if not worse; but I'm still proud I worked her so good, that I didn't go down without a fight.
She steps back from me, giving me room to do as she said. That's when it fully clicks for me. She just told me to take my pants off. But why? I didn't have to take my pants off the last time she mussed me up.
Aw man, what the chiz is she gonna do differently this time?
"Off." She commands, when I hesitate.
I bite my lip nervously. I don't wanna take my pants off.
She pulls her scissors out of the waistband of her very tight black jeans. "Don't make me say it again," she growls. Only it's not a very threatening growl. She's still kinda winded.
I doubt Jade will actually stab me, but I bend over and begin to undo my boots anyway. She's gonna do whatever it is that she's got planned for me no matter what. Of that I am sure. I might as well get this over with. And the sooner the better.
I try to keep my hands sturdy as I undo my pants, but I can't. I'm really nervous. I keep my eyes down on the floor the whole time, not even looking at Jade once I'm jeanless.
I hear her take a step toward me. Then another. I still don't look up. I'm too busy trying to remember to breath. It's a conscious effort right now, to remember the inhaling and exhaling thing.
Jade puts her hands on my waist and I jump violently.
She laughs at me and it wazzes me off.
I can't help it if I'm nervous! My girlfriend's a freakin' psycho with a pair of scissors in her hand. And the blades are cold. "Watch the scissors, mami." I hiss.
To my surprise, she actually gives me a halfhearted apology before putting them away.
I start to think that I'll maybe be okay when she asks, "Can you do a split, Vega?"
I look up at her then. What the heck…
"Can you?" she presses and I slowly shake my head back and forth. I have a feeling that was the wrong answer, for my sake anyway, because now she's got this ridiculously evil gleam in her eyes.
"Excellent." She murmurs before gently backing me up until I'm pressed against the ladder once again.
I shiver. Not only is the metal cold against my butt and legs, but I'm even more nervous than I was before. I don't know what Jade's gonna do to me, but I do know this punishment won't fit the crime. I only called her a freak…in front of the whole school.
She grabs the back of my right knee and I gasp when she begins to lift it. I'm sure my face is ketchup red right now, not that she's even paying attention to me. Using her other hand, she raises my hand by the pinky and wraps it around her neck.
I'm downright trembling when she locks her eyes with mine and says, "Your safe word is fuck."
"W-What?" I gasp, eyes going wide. I'm sure, no positive, I didn't hear her right.
"Trust me babe. You're gonna want a safe word." She grins.
MALVADA!
"But I-I don't swear," I plead.
"Your safe word's still fuck." she shrugs.
"No," I shake my head. "I'm not gonna say it."
"Fine. Two fucks." She shrugs.
"Jade!" I push at her shoulder and try to pull my leg out of her grasp.
"Three fucks." She grunts, holding me securely so that I can't escape.
"Okay!" I relent.
"Three loud fucks"
"But I said okay," I gasp.
"Three loud fucks and my name."
I shut up and glare at her. I'm not that stupid. If I say another word, no matter what it is, she'll add more to my safe word, and the one I got is already vulgar enough.
"Good girl," she smirks at me before raising my leg and simultaneously stooping down a little so she can drape it over her shoulder.
Sweet chiz, this is gonna be bad.
She begins rising to her full height at a very slow pace, and as she does, I'm very aware of the stretching in my hamstring. It's uncomfortable, but it doesn't hurt…yet. I have no doubt that the pain is coming, so I brace myself for it.
Once Jade is standing straight, she leans into the back of my thigh stretching me in the most painful manner. I grit my teeth and let my head fall back against the ladder.
I don't care what Jade does, I'm not using the safe word.
After a few seconds of silence from me, Jade pushes in even further.
"Ow!" I cry out, but my protest is cut off by Jade's lips on mine. I expect her to chew on my lips to get them to swell like the last time, but she doesn't. She kisses me, softly.
I don't like it. I don't like mixing pain with pleasure. It's weird and confusing, so I turn my head to the side.
"If you're gonna scream that loud, try to sound like you're suffering from the good kind of pain." Jade whispers in my ear.
If my eyes weren't screwed shut so tight, I'd roll them. She wants me to make sex noises? She'll just have to excuse me for not feeling all that accommodating at this very moment.
I guess she takes my silence as an act of defiance, which it is, because she reaches her hand up, grabs the heel of my foot and begins to push.
"Oh God!" I gasp as she attempts to straighten my leg.
"Much better." She leans in even closer, the closest she can possibly get in fact. Her body is flush up against mine in a way that could be erotic to anyone watching, but for me…this doesn't feel sexy.
This. Bull. Poopy. Hurts!
I begin to shake; my breathing changing from slow and steady to quick and gaspy. I reach my hands back and grab onto the ladder. I have to. I can barely stand straight as my only support is one trembling mess of a limb.
After what seems like an eternity, Jade lets my leg down. I'm breathing so hard from relief I don't pay attention to the fact that she's grabbed my other leg. My left leg.
I'm not as flexible with that one. I can't help but to audibly protest when she gets that one onto her shoulder. I mean, even with my right leg bent at the knee in order to alleviate some of the tension, I don't know how long I'm going to last before she breaks something.
Yeah, I'm that determined not to say the safe word…words. She can't keep me in the closet forever. One of the janitors have to come in here sometime to get supplies, right? I just gotta hold out for a few more-
"OH MY FREAKIN' GOD!" I scream when Jade abruptly straightens my right knee using nothing but her knees.
She laughs at me and I snap my eyes open and glare at her. I understand I can end this if I want to. I do. I know that I can make her stop just by saying four four-letter words, but at the same time, she's hurting me. She shouldn't laugh at me while she's hurting me. It's not right and I feel this intense urge to hurt her back; which I feel bad for almost immediately. I'm not really the type to hurt other people. Especially not for fun.
Jade starts leaning in again, and the pain is much more intense than before. I start the shaking and shallow breathing again.
She kisses me.
Freak.
I turn my head and she leans in even more.
I make this weird noise. It's somewhere between a slow moan and a dry sob. And it's pretty loud.
"Nice." Jade whispers.
She's such a freak. I wasn't trying to make a sex noise. It wasn't a sex noise! It just sounded an awful lot like one, that's all.
She kisses me again, and I snap at her. Like a cobra, I spring forward and bite the chiz out of her lips; both of them. I didn't mean to. I was just irritated and it was more or less a reflex.
My eyes go wide when I see that I've managed to draw blood out of the bottom lip.
Oh chiznit. I'm so gonna die.
"Shit Vega!" Jade moans loudly before abruptly pushing my foot so hard and far that it touches my ear. My ear. My foot is not supposed to touch my ear!
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, Jade!" I scream.
She lowers my leg immediately and if it weren't for Jade's arms around my waist, I would've fallen to my knees. I'm a little surprised she's holding me up while I catch my breath, but I'll take it. I don't think my legs are ever gonna work again. And I guess that was Jade's plan all along; to make me look like I got splunked so good, and hard, that I can't even walk straight.
Freak.
"Damn you're a tough nut to crack, baby." Jade sighs. She almost sounds proud. And she called me baby, instead of babe. I like baby better. It makes me feel...special, I guess. She called Beck babe all the time. I never heard her call him baby.
I smile and sag against her, laying my head on her shoulder. I can't help it. She's holding me, and rubbing my back. In the back of my mind, I remember that she just hurt me, but right now she's making me feel so good.
I mentally shake my head at myself. There's something seriously wrong with me.
"So, what'd you learn about calling me a freak?" Jade asks me after a moment of comfortable silence.
"That you are a freak." I answer immediately.
"Round two it is." She grunts before placing her hand on the back of my left knee.
"No more, mami Please." I plead. Hay diós, ya no más.
Whether or not Jade was going to have mercy on me, I'm saved by a knock on the door and a loud slurp.
Has to be Sikowitz.
"Shit, Vega, put your pants on!" Jade hisses. She's a bit loud, which means she probably wanted our audience to hear her tell me that.
But I can't put my pants on. I can't move the bottom half of my body.
And because of that, I slide to the ground when she pulls away from me. She ignores me in favor of searching for my pants. Once she finds them, she tosses them to me and tells me to get dressed.
I catch them just fine, but put them on by myself? No can do.
"Help me." I tell her.
She glares at me.
"Please," I beg, making sure my whine is as weak and pathetic and pitiful as possible.
There's another knock on the door. More urgent this time.
"Just give me a second!" Jade yells back before snatching my jeans out of my hands. She dresses me quickly, but gently, before pulling me up to my feet.
I wince. Sweet chiz. I'm gonna have to walk like I've been in a saddle for 36 hours straight!
Jade moves the equipment trolley from in front of the door while I lean against the ladder.
Once the door is opened, I gasp. It seems like everyone in the whole school is waiting in the hall; but the worst part is the fact that our friends, Sikowitz, and our guidance counselor, Lane, are the ones with the front row seats.
Jade walks out, cool and collected. I hobble out behind her, trying my best to walk normally, but I don't succeed.
"You…you broke her." Cat gasps, and when Jade sends a glare her way, she squeaks and runs away, no doubt so Jade can't break her either.
I don't know what color my face is right now. It could be red. I feel some heat there, but I seem to be alternating that with feeling flushed, like all the blood in my body has been drained from my body.
I find myself looking to the ground and waiting for this to all be over.
"Jade." Sikowitz pauses there to sip from his coconut. "Punish your girlfriend on your own time."
As morbidly embarrassed as I am, I just have to look up at him. Is he serious?
"That's it?" Lane counters. "That's all you have to say?"
"Jade punish your girlfriend uh…" Sikowitz scratches his head and stares at his coconut juice. "When else is she supposed to do it? Certainly not in the classroom. Who wants to see that?"
"I do!" Rex speaks up immediately.
Jade rips his arm off and throws it across the hall.
"Jade," Lane Sighs while pinching the bridge of his nose. "To the principal's office. Tori, follow me."
Jade rolls her eyes and kisses me on the mouth before doing as she was told.
I'm not as rebellious, so I quietly follow after Lane while trying my best to walk straight. I manage to tone my walk down to where it looks like I just have a really bad wedgie.
Once we make it to his office, he tells me to have a seat, which I do gratefully.
But that's all he says to me for a while. It takes me a minute to realize he's just staring at me, probably waiting for me to speak.
I keep my mouth shut though, because I don't know what the chiz I'm supposed to say. 'I'm sorry for splunking my girlfriend in the Janitor's closet, please don't expel me,' is not coming out of this girl's mouth.
"So, it seems we have a bit of a situation," Lane finally speaks. I barely have time to nod my head when he continues with, "I'm only going to assume you know that student copulation is prohibited on the property."
Face…red.
"And you do understand you don't have to do anything you don't want to do?"
He pauses there, so I nod my head.
"And you also understand that if another student forces you"-
"No, Jade didn't force me!" I speak up, forgetting to be embarrassed. "She's my girlfriend."
Lane gives me a speculating look; but then he lets me off with a warning. A warning. I swear I thought I was going to get expelled, or suspended at the very least!
I'm in such a good mood that I practically skip to my next class.
Of course, I'm somewhat of a klutz, so I end up literally bumping into someone; and not just anyone either. I run into Ryder Daniels, the hottest senior in the school.
"Hey, you're Tori, right?" He smiles.
My eyes go wide. He knows my name? How the heck does he know my name?
"Jade's girl?"
I start to blush. Oh, that's how. I suppose everyone at this school knows my name now.
"Yep, that's me," I smile back.
"You got a pen and paper?"
I frown a little, but dig in my bag to get it for him.
"Cool, I'm having a party at my place tonight, swing by. Bring anyone you want." He says as he scribbles his address down. Once he hands me my stuff, as well as his info, he winks and walks away.
Oh my god!
I hurry to my next class and sit down without so much as an apology for being late. Then I pull out my phone and begin texting Jade.
Me: Going to a party tonight. Wanna come?
Jade: Where?
Me: Ryder Daniels!
Jade: No. And you're not going either.
Me: Why not? Did you wanna do something tonight?
Jade: Nope.
Me: Are we gonna plan something for tonight now?
Jade: Nope.
Me: So why can't I go?
Jade: Because I said so.
I frown at the reply. Because she said so? That's why I can't go? She's not my mom!
Me: Fine, I'll see if André will come with me. Because I'm GOING!
Jade: fine. Go.
Me: I will.
Jade: Have fun.
Me: I will.
Jade: Make sure you can handle the consequences.
Me: I will.
Wait, what?
Me: What consequences, mami?
Jade: I like it when you call me that.
I smile at the text. There's a good chance she's being sarcastic, but I don't think she is. I noticed she's a little nicer to me when I call her mami, but I'm not going to overuse it. If I do that, she'll become immune to it.
I can't let that happen. A girl needs all the trump cards she can get when she's dating Jade West.
{~~~O~~~}
"Tori, you have a visitor!" My dad yells, and judging by his voice I can tell he doesn't approve of said visitor.
I frown and pull out my phone so I can see what time it is. It's only seven o'clock. I shouldn't have a visitor. It can't be André. He bailed out on the party because he's got to take care of his grandma. The crazy woman's freaking out because there's a "gobble monster" in the sink. And now André has to make sure she doesn't put her hands in the garbage disposal to try and get the monster to come out. So, I invited Cat; but I have to go pick her up, so it can't be her either.
I don't think Beck would come to my place, and Robbie had to take Rex to get stitches after Jade snatched his arm off.
Then I have a thought. What if it's Jade, my girlfriend?
Aw man, I didn't even tell my parents about her yet!
I dash out of my room and down the stairs, only to freeze on the second to last step.
Standing next to my father is Danny. He's my visitor.
Upon seeing him, my first thought isn't one of disgust. It's one of anxiety mixed with a little bit of fear. Jade is going to absolutely murder me for letting him inside. And I'm not even the one who let him in!
"What are you doing here!?" I yell at him. I don't mean to. I know it's not his fault my girlfriend's crazy, but he knows she all but hates him. Why would he risk coming to my house?
"You didn't invite him?" My dad asks, voice full of relief. He doesn't even give me time to answer before he grabs Danny by the upper arm and starts pulling him toward the door. Needless to say, my papi doesn't too much like Danny.
"Dad." I groan.
"Yes, m'hija?" he answers absently, still pulling Danny toward the door.
I rush toward them, torn between telling my dad to let him go and wishing he'd throw him out quicker.
In the end, I just stay silent and let the scene play out.
My dad opens the door and there, in the doorway, with her hand poised as if she's about to knock, is my slack-jawed girlfriend.
Oh no. Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
"Jade?" I say a bit warily.
At the sound of my voice, her mouth snaps shut and her eyes harden.
"What. Is. He. Doing. Here!?"
I flinch. I hate it when she breaks up her sentences like that. I always feel like I'm gonna get it…and I already got it today.
Danny flinches as well.
I can tell the sight is greatly amusing to my dad, because he pushes Danny toward Jade; probably hoping she'll hurt him in some kind of way. It seems he's instinctively picked up on the fact that Jade would like nothing better than to skin my ex-boyfriend alive; and I'd bet my life my dad would be willing to turn a blind eye to that particular crime. Cop or no cop.
"Babe, you better start talking." Jade demands through clenched teeth.
My eyes widen a little and I look to my father to see if he heard what she just called me.
He did.
"Babe?" he inquires, sending an unreadable look my way.
"I…um…" I stutter. Salty chiz on a cracker, this is not the way I wanted to come out.
"You didn't tell your family!?" Jade screams, eyes getting wider, angrier.
Danny sends a triumphant smile my way; which is a mistake on his part as Jade's standing right in front of him.
She reaches up and grabs a fistful of his hair and yanks downward. Hard.
"Ow!" Danny cries.
Poor guy doesn't know what hit him. One second he's smiling back at me, and the next he's down on both knees in front of my girlfriend who still has a good chunk of his hair in her clenched fist.
Jade stoops a little so she's right at eye level with him and gives him one of the most terrifying glares I've ever witnessed. "Leave." She growls. Her voice is incredibly low, but he hears her just fine. He literally runs away when she releases him.
My dad lets out a whistle and a chuckle.
I'm glad he found that so funny because I sure as heck didn't. That was downright terrifying to witness, and it made me realize something. I've never truly seen a pissed off Jade until now. I thought I had, but I was wrong. Dead wrong. If she ever looks at me the way she just looked at Danny, I'll…I'll…I don't even know what I'll do short of wazz my pants.
"You gonna introduce your friend, m'hija," my dad asks, elbowing me in my rib. He likes Jade, and not just because she sent Danny away with his tail between his legs. I can tell. Hopefully he'll still like her after I tell him she's not just my "friend."
"Papi, this is Jade." I sigh. "She's my girlfriend."
"Girlfriend?" He frowns giving me this sideways look and an arched eyebrow. "Una novia y no una amiga?"
I nearly roll my eyes. He's switched to Spanish, probably not wanting to offend Jade when he asked me if she's my girlfriend or my girlfriend.
"Novia." I answer, letting him know that she's the latter.
"Es esto una etápa?"
"Papi, no." I roll my eyes. It's not really a lie. I'm not technically going through a phase. I'm just…helping out a friend.
"Te gustan las chicas?"
Hm. That's a hard one. Do I like girls? Before I kissed Cat and Jade, I would've been able to say no, but now…I honestly don't know.
"Me gusta Jade." I shrug. Hopefully telling him that I like Jade as opposed to girls in general is a good answer. It's evasive but simultaneously to the point.
Next thing I know, my dad gets down on both knees. I'm so sure he's about to make a scene, ask God why his baby girl had to be gay, but he does the opposite. He says, "Gracias Diós mio! Muchas gracias!"
He actually thanks God!
What the heck?
Then he jumps up and pumps his fist in the air while shouting, "Yes!" at the top of his lungs.
I glance at Jade. She's still standing in the doorway, probably too afraid to come inside now.
"Papi? What are you doing?" I hiss.
He grabs my face and kisses my forehead soundly.
How humiliating!
"I'm not gonna end up being the father of one of those teenage pregnant girls." He sings while doing a very embarrassing jig.
Oh, just kill me now.
"Roll your eyes all you want, baby! You remember Josephina, Eddie's girl?" he's still practically singing his words.
I nod my head. Eddie's one of my dad's cop friends. I haven't seen his daughter in five years, since summer camp. Eddie and his wife got a divorce and Josephina moved out of state with her mother.
"She's a mother now." My dad says.
My mouth falls open. Josephina has a kid? Whoa.
"Uh-huh, Samantha, Natalie, Carmen…" he ticks off more daughters of his cop friends. "All have children."
"What?"
"Yeah, and Reyna"
"Not Reyna!"
"She's got two!"
"Two!" I gasp. Reyna has two kids? She's like fifteen!
"Uh-huh, you see why I'm happy now? I'm not gonna be like Eddie or Bill or any of those other fathers!" he continues before grabbing me into a very big hug and giving me a twirl like I'm five years old. I haven't seen him that happy since his birthday. (He gets the same gift from mom every year. I try not to think about what it could possibly be as it involves me and Trina sleeping with ear plugs.)
As soon as he sets me down, he grins at me, then at Jade. I don't know why, but I feel the need to burst his bubble. "Maybe I won't get pregnant, but there's still Tri"-
"Trina?" He interrupts before letting out a laugh so crudely loud, that I can't help but to laugh too.
The day Trina finds a boy who doesn't actually run from her will be the day me and Jade get married.
It's never gonna happen.
I look to Jade, to see if she's laughing too, but she's not. She's not even smiling. She looks like she's a little lost, maybe even uncomfortable.
I clear my throat. "Um, you wanna come in, Jade?"
She shakes her head. "No, I just came by to give you some flowers."
I narrow my eyes at her. "I don't see any flowers."
"They're in the car."
"Why did you leave them in the car?"
"Because I want to give them to you in the car." She forces out through pursed lips.
"Uh-oh" my dad elbows me in the rib again. "Either you're in trouble, or you're in trouble, but don't get into too much trouble. Even if you can't get pregnant, they're still rules, m'hija."
He lays a hand on my shoulder but I shrug it off. "Papi!" I groan. I can't believe he just said that!
I rush toward Jade, grab her hand, and lead her to her own car. I don't care if flowers is code for a pistol. I had to get outta there.
On second thought. This is Jade I'm dealing with….
"Um, you really got me flowers, Jade." I ask, somewhat nervously.
"Yep." She answers as she opens her back door and bends over.
I blink really hard. I just had a totally gay moment. I just caught myself staring at Jade's butt. I've never noticed before but it's…nice. I wonder how much she'd mind if I touch. Well, not right now, but sometime down the line. I mean, she is my girlfriend…
I'm so lost in my thoughts, I'm not even aware of Jade holding a bouquet of pretty orange flowers out to me until she thrusts them into my face.
I grab the stems out of reflex and smell the flowers….because that's what people are supposed to do when they get flowers. Oh, and they're supposed to say thank you as well, but I skip that part.
"What are these for?" I ask.
"Because I don't want you to go to Ryder's party." She answers.
It's an odd answer. I don't quite get it. Either, these are an apology for her trying to tell me what to do earlier; which I doubt. Or they're an invitation for us to do something together, instead of going to the party. Or they're something else altogether
Suddenly, I don't feel so good. I feel sweaty, and shaky and swelly, almost like the time I…
I look down at the flowers, comprehension dawning on me. "Jade, what kind of flowers are these?" I snap.
"Bush daises."
"I'm allergic to bush daisies!" I yell, throwing the flowers.
"I know." She says, catching them easily.
"You know?"
"That's what I said. Have fun at Ryder's party, babe."
"Are you kidding me? I can't go to Ryder's party! My face is gonna swell up like a pumpkin and it won't be back to normal until tomorrow!"
"That's too bad," she answers, placing an absentminded kiss on my lips before getting in her car and driving away.
I fume as I watch the back of her car ride out of sight. She did this to me on purpose. She didn't want me to go to that party, and now I'm not going.
Jeez, does she always get what she wants? No matter what?
I don't know how long I'll be able to deal with that.
I don't even know how Beck dealt with that for so long. And she broke up with him? It totally should've been the other way around.
Beck's a punk.
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Author's Note: So, I made up a word. The Victorious cast never gave a slang word for sex, so hopefully "splunking" fits in with wazz and chiz and all that other stuff.