AN: Sorry it's a little late! Didn't mean to delay it so long

Excuse my mistakes.

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Gaining enough distance between her and the skating rink at the park Tori finally stopped running to catch her breath. Night had dawned on the city and awoken the street light. Cars drove by in a raging speed as they passed the crossing lights. People casually waited for the cross light to signal green on sidewalks. Some talked over cellphones while others passed by with their music blasting loudly from their headphones. Releasing a heavy sigh, the brunette woman leaned back against the cool brick wall of an old building.

It was freezing. Every heavy breath she released created a small cloud of smoke as she worked to regulate her breathing. More than anything she wanted to go back to the apartment and get under the warmth of her bed covers, but she knew the two baffled women would be awaiting with a load of questions ready to be released. She couldn't handle that just yet. How would she answer questions even she was unsure of? What could have caused her to react in such a way? She'd accidentally knocked into the raven haired woman causing them both to crash down on the cold ice, but Tori had immediately freaked out and run off without a signal explanation. She knew Cat and Jade must have grown worried at such a reaction an tried to follow after her.

Tori wasn't sure how long she'd been running for. It had to be at least a good ten minutes to get three blocks away from the women. The woman. The blue eyes. The way they had looked at her. What had that been? Could it have been… Tori shook her head not allowing her thoughts to go any further. That was preposterous. Her mind had to have been playing games with her. Jade couldn't look at her like that like… A throbbing pain came from her arm claimed her attention reminding the brunette of her open forearm. The verdant coat was completely covered with red staining liquid at arm's length. Tori hissed in pain as she pressed her hand over the opening in attempt to stop the blood from continuing.

"My shift should be over soon," a tall young man spoke over his phone. He wore a dark thick jacket and held what appeared to be a bag with a sandwich in it. There was a red cross over the shoulder of the jacket clarifying he worked for a medical facility. He let out a soft chuckle before hanging up his gaze falling onto the silent brunette.

"Good night," he said with a friendly smile at Tori shoving the mobile item into his pants.

"Night," Tori replied returning the smile.

Big hazel eyes fell onto the place where Tori's hand rested over the injury. Brows furrowed in concern as he turned his full attention to the brunette. "Miss are you alright?" he questioned eyes never leaving the arm.

Tori nodded. "I just fell while ice skating. I'm okay."

The man remained silent eyeing the arm. Taking a step forward he raised his gaze for a brief moment silently questioning her before he gently reached to grab the brunette's arm and inspect it. "Looks like you might need stitches," he said finally meeting the curious brown eyes. "My truck is parked right..."

"No I'll be just fine," Tori assured the man and pulling her back to press against her chest.

"Maslow," he said.

"Excuse me?" Tori wasn't sure if he was insulting her. Her brows raised in question unsure.

He chuckled. "My name is James Maslow," he said pointing to the name encrypted on the front of the jacket he wore. "I go to the same university you go to. Just thought you'd like some entail. I don't want you to think I'm some kind of creep," he said trying to assure the brunette he meant her no harm. He friend smile turned serious once again as his attention returned to the arm when Tori winced in pain. "Your arm looks pretty bad. If we don't get it cleaned up and stitched it could get infected," James explained.

Tori eyed the young paramedic for a moment. She could feel the throbbing in her arm growing and sighed knowing he was right. More than anything at that moment she wished she could just go back to the apartment. "Okay," she agreed.

The ambulance was parked just around the corner from where the pair had met. James explained to the brunette how it had been a slow night for the paramedic. He gave the friendly smile once again insisting it was no trouble on helping when Tori suggested she should just go to a hospital on her own.

"Is it bad?" Tori asked carefully eyeing the young man at work.

It had hurt more than she'd expected when expected it have when he cleaned it up. Tori had to bite her lip hard tasting the metallic flavor in her mouth to fight back the tears. The cool liquid James had used to disinfect the injury caused the brunette to hiss in response. She diverted her thoughts from the scene before to tune out the discomfort.

A timid smile grew across James's features as he finished bandaging up the injured arm. "No. We cleaned it up and stitched it up just in time," he answered as he gently returned her arm onto her lap and began to clear away the tools he used.

"Thank you," Tori finally spoke again. She watched James collect all the unused tools and store them away before disposing of the gloves he used.

"I've seen you a couple of times around on campus, I'm always on my way to class," he smiled shyly sitting across from her.

"You can call me, Tori," she smiled.

He grinned. "Tori? That's a nice name. You always seem to be in a rush. Are you in charge of a committee or something?" he asked jokingly.

Tori blushed. "Actually I am. I'm in charge of the winter dance," she said proudly smiling. She sat up straight eyeing the white cloth that covered her arm.

James looked at her impressed. "Wow, I don't think I'd be able to handle such responsibility. In that case I'll make sure to attend this year's dance," he winked with a smug grin.

"How long will I have the stitches?" she asked recalling the attire of the dance.

James gave her smile before glancing at the arm. "About ten day twelve at the most. The cut was pretty deep, but you definitely have it off before the dance, that's for sure," he assured her.

Tori nodded in response. "I should probably go. It's late," she began.

"I can give you a ride back," he offered standing when she did.

"Not it's okay. I can walk it's not…" Tori began waving her good arm.

"Please," he said with a sweet smile. "I mean I just want to make sure you make back okay. You are hurt." His big hazel eyes looked at her with such concern Tori couldn't find any way to decline his offer. With a sigh and a small smile she agreed.

…

Tori tugged the large jacket over her chest and hugged her ribs in discomfort. Somewhere along the drive James had noticed the woman's shivering and insisted she take his jacket. Hesitatingly she complied. The jacket had a light scent of a cologne James surely wore. Her thoughts couldn't help but wonder off and imagine what kind of scent the blue eyed woman's jacket would have. She wouldn't pin Jade for a sweet scent, perhaps something stronger, spicier if possible. Catching herself, Tori quickly scold herself mentally for thinking such a thing. It was none of her business what sort of fragrance the pale woman wore, nor did she care.

They'd driven in James's ambulance. The two had indulged in small talk with Tori explaining to James the details of the dance and when the tickets would begin to sell. She kept the theme of the dance to herself, remembering the committee had yet to release such detail. As they walked down the hallway together, James had insisted he walk her to the door, Tori began to feel nervous. She wondered how the two women were going to react upon her return, a churning in her stomach made her queasy as she recalled her panicked reaction at the park. She could only hope neither of them pounced on her with millions of questions.

Almost reaching the apartment, Tori slowed her steps at the sound of a person's voice travelled under the door.

"You can't honestly expect us to sit around and wait, Cat. We need to keep looking!" the voice sound desperate and upset. Was that Jade? Before Tori could decide why the pale woman cared the front door swung wide open.

"I'll be…" Jade began but stopped altogether as eyes settled on the brunette. "Tori," she whispered. Something appeared to shift in her blue eyes, almost like relief. Tori felt a fluttering in the pit of her stomach as she took the look before eyes quickly turned cold upon seeing the tall young man standing next to the woman. Hard blue eyes eyed the tall paramedic before turning their attention back to the brunette who had been missing.

"Are you okay?" she quickly questioned the brunette once her senses hit her. She moved closer to the woman placing both hands on each of Tori's arms.

Tori began to answer but was failed to continue when the voice of her best friend cut in.

"Jade, what's wrong?" the red head sounded scared as she appeared behind the taller woman. Any fear that had presented itself quickly disappeared when she saw her best friend in the doorway. "Tori, you're back!" she grinned happily. "Told you she'd be back," Cat giggled poking Jade's side.

"You were right," Jade muttered to the red head. Dark brows wrinkled in anger as she stepped to the side allowing the smaller woman room to jump and hug her best friend. Blue eyes glared at the tall paramedic who remained far too close to the brunette in Jade's opinion.

Tori hissed in pain when the red head bumped into her arm. "She hurt her arm," James began to explain to the red head who jumped back startled by the woman's yelp.

"We know!" Jade snapped at the paramedic. "I have to go, Cat," she told the red head with a frown. She looked over at the brunette eyes softening for a moment. She gave the woman a small smile before turning to leave. "I'm glad you're back, Vega," she smirked and walked off.

Tori watched as woman took off. What was that about? She thought. She didn't understand why Jade was upset. Moments before she had heard the woman's concerned voice through the door stating something about continuing to search, but once she saw the olive skinned woman and the paramedic Jade's mood seemed to take a different turn. James. Could it have been James?

"Tori, are you okay?" Cat asked once Jade was gone. "We were worried about you. You scared us." Cat frowned.

James cleared his throat looking down at both women. "I uh I have to go, Tori," he smiled impishly. "But I was wondering if perhaps you'd like to have dinner with me," he rubbed his neck nervously eyeing the brunette.

Tori stared in at the paramedic speechless. Dinner? As in a date, dinner? She hadn't dated for a sometime and while she tried searching in her mind for a reason not to agree all that popped in her head was the way the blue eyes had looked at her before they turned away. Deep blue eyes and the stomach fluttering smirk.

"Tori," Cat said nudging the taller woman and pulling out of her thoughts. "Answer him."

"I don't know, James I…I" she tried to explain failing to form a complete sentence.

"Just one dinner," he insisted. "One dinner is all I'm asking for."

Tori looked back at her best friend who gave her an encouraging nodded. She took in consideration how kind James had been and how he'd taken the time to aid her. Perhaps a dinner with James could be a good thing. It would distract her from the striking blue eyes that constantly taunted her thoughts. She made up her mind wanting nothing more than to push away whatever senseless feelings kept erupting in her stomach every time she thought about the blue eyed woman or was in the presence of their owners.

"Okay," she agreed. "Dinner sounds nice."

James lit up and grinned widely. "Great! I'll pick you up tomorrow night at seven." He handed her an index card with his cell phone number before turning to leave. "You can call me tomorrow," he smiled before checking his radio.

"Wait, James your jacket," Tori began to remove the jacket halting the taller man's movement.

He shook his head with a playful grin. "No you can keep until tomorrow night." The glim in his eyes told her it was his was of assuring she stuck to the plan.

Tori smiled at the gesture. "Okay," she agreed. He really wanted to have dinner with her. He waved both women good night and left the grin still on his lips.

Cat gave the tall woman a mischievous smile. "Tori's got a date!" she squealed when they were in the apartment. "Tori's got a date!"

Tori rolled her eyes. "It's just dinner, Cat," she shrugged tugging at the jacket and removing it.

"Right," Cat said as she began to walk into the living. When they fell into a silence she giggled before announcing, "Tori's got a date!"

"Cat!" Tori chased after her friend who giggled and ran into her room shutting the door behind her, the entire incident at the park long forgotten. She did have a date. She had a date with a sweet paramedic. He had blue…no! He hazel! He had hazel eyes, Tori reminded herself. His eyes were not the color of the sky or as deep as the sea. Scolding herself she made her way to her room avoiding any and every thought consisting with the color blue.

…

A loud thudding knock awoke the resting brunette from her peaceful slumber. Muttering unintelligent words under her breath she made her way to the door. The snore coming from the red head's room worked only to upset the brunette more as she reached the forsaken knocking at the front door. How was it possible that Cat could sleep through anything? She growled and made a mental note to have a serious talk with that woman about being more alert as she swung the door open. Her breath caught in her throat when tired brown eyes focused on the late night visitor.

"Jade?" she quietly breathed eyeing the woman before her. She appeared to be almost a mess in her red plaited pajama pants and open black trench coat that revealed a thin gray t-shirt. Dark ravenous locks were pulled back in a high messy ponytail and out of the tired pale face. Even with the tired reading in the body language, the pale woman never failed to look breath taking. Had Tori not been so exhausted she would have most definitely blushed at the thought.

Big bright blue eyes focused on the brunette, a smirk working its way across the red lips as eyes took in with amusement how sleepy the woman appeared. The brunette could barely stand up in the drunken sleepy phase she was in. The smirk soon faded away when eyes locked on the white bandaging around the brunette's arm. "I'm sorry," Jade whispered finally gaining her senses and finding her words.

Tori stared at her in question. "For what?" She rubbed in eyes in a sleepy haze resting her body against the door. She tried to focus her best , her mind still waking up.

"I didn't apologize to you earlier for your arm. I'm sorry," she repeated. A sad looked crossed the blue eyes in memory of the brunette's panic when they collided earlier. She'd grown so startled by their sudden closure she pushed herself back only to result with once again falling down but not before slicing her arm open. Jade had wondered the entire evening what could have struck the brunette to enter such a panic and just run off.

Her and Cat had searched the entire park and block before calling it quits. Jade had not been too satisfied with stopping the search

Tori eyed the woman in curiosity. Her sleep deprived mind struggled to understand what the woman before her was talking about. Eyes traveling down to the wrapped forearm the brunette finally understood the words woman before had just spoken. As her mind began to wake the brunette's brain began to question what time it could be and more importantly what on earth was the blue eyed woman doing in the middle of the night standing before her apologizing. Had she really left the warmth of her bed in the middle of the night to apologize to Tori for something she wasn't responsible for?

"Jade," Tori mumbled. "It's late. Don't worry about it. It was an accident," she said with a tired smile.

Blue eyes fell over the tiredly parted lips of the other woman. They slowly brushed over every feature of the olive skinned facial structure, trying to memorize every detail of it. Eyes returned to the exposing white wrap reminding the woman it had been her skate that had broken the flawless tan skin and would surely leave a maddening scar.

She'd been up all night remembering the horrific cut across the brunette's arm at the skating rink. The way the big doe eyes had looked at her before breaking out in a panic had sent a shiver down her. She'd known it wasn't from the cold, it was something else. Something she only felt toward a certain brunette. After she'd seen the woman out in the hall she felt it again as relief flooded through her. She'd been scared for Tori. She couldn't lost, Jade knew that, but what scared her was the fact that Tori was alone and hurting, not just physically, emotionally. In the quick flash of emotions that had appeared before panic in the brown eyes, Jade had managed to catch a glimpse of sadness. That tore at her chest. Why had she gone from frightened to anguish within seconds?

She'd intended on questioning the woman about it but all opportunity was stolen the moment she caught sight of the handsome paramedic. She'd be a fool to think he wasn't good looking, but what created great anger in her suddenly had been the sight of Tori wearing the man's jacket. It was wrong. All wrong. He'd found her and aided her. It should have been her who found her and it should have been her jacket Tori was wearing. Jade caught herself in thought. Was she jealous? No, she wasn't jealous. Why would she be jealous?

Tori released a yawn, brown eyes struggling to focus anymore. Jade smiled at the woman's adorable sleepy state. Of course she was tired. It was passed midnight and Tori was an early bird.

"Tori," Jade breathed stepping into Tori's personal space and brushing back a loose auburn lock. She tilted her head the slightest to meet the tired auburn eyes for a brief moment before pressing her lips against the smaller woman's forehead. "Good night," she whispered with the sweetest of smiles before walking away and leaving a suddenly awake brunette to stand alone in the doorway of her apartment wondering if she was dreaming. Was she?

AN: So?A date? Tori has a date?

And what was up with Jade?

Hmm will she go on the date? Or will she bail out?

Wanna find out? You know what to do? ;]

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