Thank you for the follows, faves, and reviews. Finally, it's time for the moment of truth. Will Tori and Jade's practice date lead to a promising relationship, or will things make Tori think her thoughts of the past were justified?
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"Where is everyone?" Tori asks as they walk into Nozu, the only people they see are two people working at the bar and a waitress walking around with a small bucket after cleaning a table.
"The place is temporarily closed for cleaning." Jade says, leading Tori to a table close by the one the waitress just cleaned. "I convinced them to open for the night, but not let a lot of people know about it. Less chance of people bothering us that way." She says as Tori takes a seat, Jade taking the one across from her.
"How did you manage that?" Tori asks as the waitress walks over and hands them some menus.
"I have my ways." Jade says after she and Tori give their drink orders and the waitress walks away to get their drinks and give them time to pick something to eat. "So, what did Trina say that had you so distracted when I got there?" She asks, remembering how Tori seemed earlier.
"Nothing to worry about." Tori says quickly, looking through the menu. "So, what do you have in store after we eat?" She asks, hoping the subject prevents Jade from asking again.
"Surprise, my dear." Jade says with a small smirk, opening the menu.
A few minutes later, after the waitress walks away after they give their dinner order, Tori and Jade stare at each other. "You look stunning, Tori. Casual suits you with your hair and make-up that way." She compliments, sipping her water.
"Thanks. Trina did my hair and make-up." Tori admits, blushing a bit.
"Huh. So she does have some talent." Jade says with a partially joking tone. "How frantic were you, getting ready for this date?" She asks gently, hiding her thoughts on how frantic she was, having Cat help her get ready before she left to get Tori.
"What makes you think I was frantic?" Tori says quickly, glancing down a bit before meeting Jade's eyes again.
"Because when you opened the door, you were a bit jittery, like Cat when she ate all her Halloween candy in one night last year." Jade says, remembering how Cat acted, the first time she considered locking Cat in her room in hope of keeping her from destroying her house. "Remind me to never let her have more than three things of candy a day." She says, making Tori laugh a bit.
"Okay, I was a little frantic about the date. But so were you." Tori counters, straightening up a bit in her seat. "I could tell you were nervous when we left my house."
"I never said I wasn't." Jade says, crossing her arms under her chest, noting how Tori's eyes glance down at her chest. "I made Cat help me pick out an outfit, and had her do my make-up and hair."
"So why are you making fun of me if you were must as frantic?" Tori asks, trying (and failing) to picture a frantic Jade getting ready.
"I'm not making fun of you. Just asking why. It was clearly more than just being worried about our date." Jade says, realizing that she and Tori have been calling it a date since they got out of Jade's car, neither of them referring it as a practice date.
"Just a comment by Trina when you got here. That's all." Tori says, clearing her throat. "This place is kind of quiet without the other people or the karaoke." She notes, looking around briefly.
"I prefer it this way." Jade says, not looking away from Tori. "What comment of Trina's? Why did it make you seem so nervous?" She asks, wanting to know and not willing to give up finding out, but not wanting to push it.
"Just something about how the date could end." Tori says, looking away again for a brief moment, not acknowledging how she's not entirely against what Trina joked about, or at least Trina hoped was a joke, earlier before she left with Jade.
"Oh? And what could that ending possibly be? A good night kiss?" Jade asks, showing some slight curiousness about them kissing after the date.
"A small bit was a kiss." Tori admits, avoiding Jade's gaze. "Oh, thank you." She tells the waitress as she's handed her food and Jade gets hers.
"And what's the rest?" Jade asks as the waitress walks away. "What could it be, I wonder?" She asks aloud, a small smirk growing on her face.
"Um, well. It might have something to do with us. Alone." Tori says, taking a spoonful of her soup.
"And what are we doing, alone?" Jade asks, her smirk growing.
"So, what's your plan for Sikowitz's new play idea?" Tori asks, quick to change the subject again.
'Interesting.' Jade thinks to herself before telling Tori what she thinks of an astronaut who constantly falls asleep, his 'supporting' wife (who she says is cheating on her husband while he's in space) and their twin sons.
"I can't believe you made that guy spill the drink refills on himself." Tori says, trying to bite back laughter, as she and Jade head to Jade's car to head to the second part of their practice date.
"He deserved it. Staring down my shirt and wondering if we were up for a threesome after his shift ended." Jade says in defense as she unlocks her car and the two get in. "And don't act like you didn't enjoy it. I saw you giggling while he scampered off to dry off." She says, closing her door as Tori steps in.
"That doesn't mean it was something worth laughing at." Tori says, closing the passenger door and buckling in.
"Says the girl trying not to laugh." Jade says, starting to laugh herself. "So, ready for part two of the night?" She asks, starting her car and pulling away.
"What exactly is it?" Tori asks, looking at the amused Goth beside her. "I have the feeling this won't be like a regular date, where it's a dinner and a movie. So what's next?" She asks, shifting a bit to face Jade a bit better.
"It's a surprise." Jade says with a quick glance at Tori, a smirk on her face. "And you're right. No dinner and a movie, or dinner and dancing."
"So where are we going?" Tori asks, looking around for any recognizable buildings or street signs for a clue.
"The more you ask, the more I'm tempted to call Trina and make her tell me what she said to make you a little jumpy when I picked you up." Jade counters, knowing that'll make Tori stop asking.
"You know, just because this is a practice date, doesn't mean you don't have to be nice." Tori says, looking back out the window. "Why are we pulling up to Hollywood Arts?" She asks, giving Jade a questioning glance as the Goth pulls into the school parking lot a few moments later.
"Part two of our 'date', of course. As I said before, we'll be going to familiar places." Jade says somewhat cryptically as she parks and shuts off her car. "I have a surprise for you. The door's unlocked, the janitor is watching it until I tell him to leave. Head in to Sikowitz's class and wait for me. I'll be there in a minute or two." She says, opening the door and unbuckling her seatbelt, urging Tori to do the same.
"We won't get into trouble?" Tori asks, mirroring Jade and closing the door after stepping out, giving Jade a questioning glance.
"Relax. Sikowitz was informed, and he got Eikner to allow it for an hour or two." Jade says, locking the car doors. "And whatever you do, don't yell when the lights go out." She says as she heads to the school.
"I don't want to know, do I?" Tori asks, following Jade into the school.
"Not yet. You'll find out soon enough." Jade says, putting an extra sway to her hips, knowing Tori is following her closely.
"Oh, boy." Tori says, not sure if she wants to know what Jade has in mind.
Three minutes after walking into the school, Tori sits in her usual seat in Sikowitz's classroom, the lights outside on and a few lights on inside to light up the room enough to see clearly. After waiting for another minute, the lights inside go out and the door behind Tori slowly creaks open, Tori tensing as her lack of liking horror movies making her think the worst is yet to come.
"Don't be so tense." Jade says with a tone Tori wasn't expecting to hear from the Goth. "Would a massage help things for you?" She asks in the usual tone, walking up Tori and rubbing her shoulders gently.
"How did you learn to give shoulder massages?" Tori asks, tilting her head forward, enjoying the massage.
"Cat. She likes to give massages, and she taught me." Jade answers, using the faint light from outside to look down at Tori, her attention on the back of Tori's head. "And in case you're wondering, I gave Beck a few shoulder massages while we were together." She says before leaning down, her mouth beside Tori's left ear. "And they certainly never ended happily." She says, smirking as she backs up. "You want to know why I shut the lights off." She notes, knowing it's crossed Tori's mind before the massage started.
"Uh-huh." Tori asks, her eyes closed as Jade massages her shoulders and upper back.
"More, intimate, with the lights off. Our attention can be on the sensations, and nothing else." Jade says, her hands moving under Tori's shirt, gently massaging Tori's back with only the bra in the way.
"Okay." Tori says, sighing.
"Stand up." Jade demands, removing her hands from Tori's back. "As I'm sure you noticed when the lights were still on, there's a few blankets and a pillow on the stage." She says, walking to the stage. "Take off your shirt and bra, then lie down on your stomach on the blankets, your head on the pillow." She says, going behind Sikowitz's desk and grabbing a small bag from behind it.
"Why do I have to take my bra off?" Tori asks, trusting Jade and removing her shirt, taking off her bra while Jade's back is still to her, using her shirt to hide her breasts.
"So nothing's in the way." Jade says, pulling a small bottle of massage oil from the bag. "Don't worry, nothing will happen." She assures the brunette as she sets her bag down. "Well, nothing bad." She says, shrugging.
"Okay. I trust you." Tori says, meaning it as she lays down, dropping her shirt before laying down.
"Good." Jade says, licking her lips at the quick glance of Tori's bare breasts before her shirt dropped, the brief image of Tori's tanned breasts and brown nipples forever in her mind, thankful for the moonlight and a few street lamps outside. 'Damn.' She thinks to herself as she moves over to Tori.
With little hesitation, Jade continues massaging Tori's back, this time without anything in the way and the warm oil (she's secretly glad that Sikowitz keeps a small heating pad under his desk for whatever reason) to soothe Tori more.
"Oh, wow." Tori says with a small moan as Jade massages her back.
"That feels good, doesn't it?" Jade asks rhetorically, Tori's moaning telling her everything.
"Oh, yeah." Tori says, nodding a bit.
A half hour later, Jade pulls in front of the Vega house, a relaxed Tori in the passenger seat. "Don't fall asleep on me." Jade says with a smirk as she unbuckles her seatbelt and Tori's. "Let's get you inside, chica." She says, using Andre's nickname for her.
"Only Andre calls me that." Tori says, not wanting to move. "And I can't help it. You're really good at that." She says, opening the passenger door after Jade opens hers.
"You can thank Cat and videos online. I never bothered to take a class because I didn't want to get some horny guy as someone to test it on in class or something." Jade says, leading Tori to the door.
"Well, I'm glad you didn't take any classes." Tori says, using Jade to stay standing. "If just getting a back and shoulder massage feels this good, I can't wait to find out what a full body massage feels like." She says as she grabs her key to unlock the door.
"Play your cards right, and you'll find out." Jade says, pushing the door open for Tori.
"Then I hope I find out on an official date." Tori says, shocking herself and Jade by leaning in and kissing Jade, slipping her tongue in before pulling away and going inside, closing the door behind her.
"When did Tori start chewing gum tonight?" Jade asks herself, staring at the closed door.
And that's how I'm ending the date. Next chapter will be the epilogue and set up for the sequel.
I forgot a sequel when I listed the ones I wanted to work on last chapter. I have a one-shot crossover between 'VicTORious' and 'Once Upon A Time' and I forgot I said I wanted to write a sequel for it. After I finish this, I'm going to get started on that before doing any others so I don't forget it again. After that, I'll work on another, plus a few one-shots along the way of working on the sequels.
Thank you for reading, hope you liked it.
Blessed Be.