Jaded Ways

Chapter 13

A/N: These next few chapters are going to be rather short. But they'll be leading to more important events.

After taking care of her cut, Tori finishes making lunch for everyone. Things are a bit awkward between Jade and Tori. Tori gets really nervous whenever she looks at Jade, and shudders when thinking about Jades actions throughout the day. Jade on the other hand is grumpy and sour for the rest of the day. 'It can't be true! There has to be some kind of mistake! I have to find someone else. There is no way in HELL I will ever make Vega a member of MY pack!' Jade angrily thinks to herself as she murders her poor lunch. Tori, lost in her head doesn't even realize that Jades in such a bad mood. However, Cat and the two boys notice. In fact, they'd have to have never met or even heard of Jade, as well as being blind to not realize she's upset.

Irritated, Jade goes upstairs to use the restroom, even though there's one downstairs. Jade just doesn't want to be near Tori right now. "What's up with Jade?" Andre asks Cat as he and Beck walk over to her, while Tori is cleaning up. "Yeah, she's acting a bit strange. The taunting I sort of get, but the whole sucking Tori's bleeding finger thing, I just don't understand. And now she's even more upset than usual." Beck says, a bit worried. Cat looks at them a bit uneasily as she whispers something to them. "Jade needed to taste Tori's blood to find something out, and she's not happy about what she found." Cat whispers uneasily, shifting uncomfortably in place. "What'd she find out?" Andre asks, genuinely curious.

Cat looks away nervously. "That Tori is a perfect candidate for joining the pack..." Cat mumbles. The two boys stare at Cat wide-eyed, unsure of what to think of this. "Now it makes sense." Andre says quietly, now understanding why Jades so upset. "Well, that explains it." Beck says as he shakes his head. "Yeah..." Cat quietly mutters. Cat looks up at them and then towards the stairs. "I'm going to go check on her. You guys stay down here with Tori and keep her busy. If she asks say Jade needed my help with something." Cat says quickly as she rushes past the two boys and runs up the stairs.

In the upstairs bathroom. Jade is standing angrily, her hands resting on the sink counter, balled up in fists, her nails puncturing her skin, and blood dripping on the counter. Jade is glaring at her reflection in the mirror, her fangs out and puncturing her bottom lip, causing blood to drip down her cheek. Jades eyes are pure black. Jade is tempted to destroy something. What she really wants to do right now is run downstairs and slaughter Tori. It's taking everything she has not to just go downstairs right now and rip her perfect little head of her perfect little body. Jade hates everything about Tori Vega. She hates her blood, the fact her ancestor was saved by Tori's, Tori's personality, how everyone just looooves Tori! Jade can't stand it. Any of it. She wants nothing more than to kill Tori. So what's stopping her? It would be oh so easy to just kill her and get it over with. So what's stopping her?

Oh, right...A certain little redhead...Jade can't help but get angry at the thought of Cat right now. Why was Cat always keeping Jade from doing what she wants to do? Jade is a mother fucking vampire. It's in her nature to kill, so why does Cat stop her? And why does Jade let her? It's not like Cat could physically stop her. No one could. So what's getting in her way? Oh, right...Cat...she has this magical hold over Jade. Something Jade couldn't describe, because even she doesn't understand it. How does Cat always do this to her? Why does Jade West care what a human thinks? Humans are weak. Humans are pathetic. Humans are simply a food source, who's only purpose in the world is to keep vampires alive. So why does she care so much, what Cat thinks? How does Cat have this hold over her? Jade can't stand this. Cat should be nothing more than another food supply...'NO! Cat is not food! Cat is Cat! And Cat is special!' Jade angrily thinks to herself. "I will never allow anyone to harm Cat! Not even myself!" Jade growls to herself.

'Besides, Cat isn't the problem here! Tori fucking Vega is!' Jade growls as she thinks about Tori. 'Why the HELL is she a perfect fucking candidate?' Jade continues to angrily fume over the thought of Tori and how she would make a perfect addition to her pack. "I don't understand! Her blood is tainted! So why?" Jade angrily shouts. Sudden knocking comes from the door. Jade turns towards the door and growls loudly.

"Umm...Jade...it's Cat. Can I come in?" Cat asks tentatively. 'Cat? What does she want?' Jade thinks to herself. The darkness in Jades heart begins to speak. 'Cat is the problem. She is only holding you back, Jadelyn! Fulfill your destiny! Kill her!' A dark voice says to Jade. 'What? Cat is not the problem! I won't hurt her! Shut up!' "Go away!" Jade accidentally yells out the last part. Cat gasps at hearing this. Realizing she said the last part out loud, Jade snaps back to reality, and rushes to the door. Jade quickly unlocks and opens the door. Cat is standing there teary eyed at Jade sudden outburst.

Jades heart sinks at this sight. "Cat...I..." Jade tries to speak, but can't find her voice. Jade stands there, her mouth gaping open, her own eyes showing both fear and sadness. Jade does something unexpected. She quickly grabs Cat and forces her into a tight hug. "Cat, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to yell at you." Jade says quietly. Cat wraps her arms in Jades and tightens the hug. "I forgive you Jade." Cat says reassuringly. "I don't know what's going on Cat. The voice is back..." Jade says in a broken voice. Cat's eyes widen at hearing this.

The voice. A darkness in Jade that only comes out when Jade is filled with true hatred. Something long since forgotten. The voice controlled Jade when she was younger. It wasn't until Jade met Cat that the voice went away, never to be heard again. But it's back. And it wants Jade to do the unthinkable. The last time it told Jade to kill Cat, Jade made sure to lock it away forever. But it's back. How? Jade was determined to not let this darkness control her anymore when she met Cat, and she refuses to let it back in again. Jade once asked her father about this voice. He told her to give in and listen to it's guidance. But Jade would have none of this. If Jades mother were still alive, Jade's sure she would tell her not to listen to it. Not that Jade really ever new her mother. For you see, she died during child birth. But Jade still feels like her mother would agree with her.

Cat loosens her grip and looks up to Jade. "Don't listen to it Jade! That voice is evil! All it wants is to control you! I know deep down, that you're good, Jade. So please, don't listen to it!" Cat says brokenly, tears running down her eyes. The last time The voice tried to have her kill Cat, she almost did. That's a day Jade will never forget. A day that will always haunt her. A day she will never let happen again. "I won't, Cat. I promise." Jade says, as tears form in her eyes. But Jade refuses to let them drop. She needs to stay strong. For both her, and Cat. She can't cry. Not anymore. She has to take control. Starting by locking that voice away for good.

The rest of the time spent at Tori's house is relatively unimportant. After talking for a while in Tori's bathroom, Cat and Jade go downstairs and join the others to watch some stupid movie. Afterwords, Jade drives them to Cat's house. Jade decides to stay the night at Cats house, as neither want to be alone right now. A lot is happening, and they need one another to deal with what's coming.

"I'm sorry about earlier Cat." Jade says as the two get into Cats bed. It is now night time and the two girls are in their PJ's, getting ready to go to bed. "It's alright Jade. I still love you." Cat says warmly, with the most sincere smile. Jade smiles at Cat, but ends up frowning. "What's wrong?" Cat asks with worry written all over her face. "Cat, I don't deserve someone as great as you." Jade says solemnly. Cat gets angry at this. "Jade! Don't ever think that! You're great and I love you!" Cat angrily shouts at Jade, taking Jade aback. Jade looks at Cat with shock all over her face, which turns to another frown. "How can you say that? I'm a monster! If I'm not physically harming someone, then every fiber of my being is wanting to! I can't go an entire day without thinking of killing someone! How could you possibly love someone like me?" Jade yells with both anger and sadness.

Cat gets a sympathetic look on her face as she grabs Jades face with her hands and forces her own lips into Jades. Jade just opens her eyes wide. She was not expecting this kind of reaction. And yet, it holds all the answers she needs. No words could describe how much these two truly feel for each other. But this kiss. This truly magical kiss, which expresses all of her feelings, tells her everything she needs to know. It's amazing, that with all the doubts, all the fear, all it takes is a single kiss to make it all just go away.

Cat releases Jade and leans back to look into Jades emerald eyes. "Does that answer your question?" Cat asks warmly as she stares into Jades soul. "Yeah." Is all Jade says as she kisses Cat. They fall asleep holding each other. Something the two love more than anything else.

One night. One night of no problems, no worries, nothing but sweet, peaceful sleep. It's nights like this Jade will miss the most. Too bad,once they wake up, everything comes rushing back again. "Vega..." Jade says bitterly as she sits on Cats couch downstairs, holding a scalding hot cup of coffee.

As Jade sits there sipping her coffee, grumpily thinking of Tori, Cat is in the kitchen making them breakfast. Cat decided to spend the entire day with Jade. Seeing as how it's their last day before going back to school. And Cat knows Jade will spend the entire day in a sour mood as she thinks of Tori. "Why can't it be someone else? Anyone else!" Jade groans as she sips her coffee. Cat is in the kitchen happily humming. Cat is preparing her world famous waffles, one of her favorite things to make. If anything can distract Jade from her thoughts, it's Cats cooking.

Cat finishes preparing food for them, and Jade happily eats her amazingly delicious food. The entire time, Jade doesn't think of Tori or the order, or anything. She simply enjoys eating Cats food and having small, meaningless small talk with Cat. After breakfast, the two decide to have an all Sunday movie marathon, with nothing but happy movies. The movies consist of comedies, romantic comedies, and romance films. All of which are supposed to distract Jade from her thoughts. For the most part it does. She hardly thinks of Tori as Cat decides to talk about meaningless things during the movies which Jade tries adamantly to focus on.

Whenever they aren't talking or paying attention to the movies, they're making out on Cat's couch. It's not a bad way to spend the day. It keeps Jades mind off of serious matters, and makes Cat happy. So all in all, it's a pretty good day. After the long movie marathon, Cat makes them a nice dinner and the two continue to talk about any random subject Cat can think of. Luckily this is an easy matter for Cat. As the day ends, Jade can't help but think of the events that have transpired over this past week.

Jade went to Yerba with Cat, Andre, Beck, Tori, Trina, Robbie, and Sikowitz. During their trip to Yerba, they discovered the leader of Yerba, The chancellor, was in fact an Alpha werewolf and one of the five leaders of the Blood Seekers, as well as the fact they were at war with rebels, and Yerba is a breeding ground for Blood Seekers werewolves. Not only that, but they were putt in Jail for something stupid. Then they had to find a way to escape without using their vampire abilities. After they had to drive for hundreds of miles until Jade could find an old friend who could fly them home. An old friend who was like a brother to Jade, and who was going to die soon. It wasn't all bad though. Jade found a Vampire moth, and a new pack member. And Cat even made friends with the chancellor of Yerba. Go figure, right? Cat amazes Jade, and really, everyone who meets her.

After getting home, Jade found out that her pack had been attacked by the Blood Seekers, and that someone in the Order was a traitor. Evan still is no where to be found, what else is new? Jade turned Shiva, the Yerbanian woman, into a stillblood vampire, and had her join her pack. But the worse part of all was having to spend a day with Vega, and finding out she would make a perfect stillblood vampire. This has been one hell of a week, and Jade is not looking forward to going back to school tomorrow to be with a bunch of talentless idiots, whom she would love to kill.

However, there is one good thing in all of this BS. And that would be Cat. Perfect, sweet, adorable Cat. She makes everything Jade goes through worth it. So long as Cat is by her side, Jade is willing to wither all the darkness of the world. Nothing can get in Jades way, so long as she has her Cat with her. There's nothing more in the entire universe Jade loves more than Caterina Valentine. And the same can be said for Cat, and her feelings for Jade. These two are meant to be together and nothing and I mean NOTHING, will stand in their way.

A/N: Sorry it's so short, and also that it's so late. I was with family today, so I didn't get a chance to write until really late. I will be posting another short chapter later today, so look forward to it. Thanks for reading, and for reviewing.