Tori woke up in a guest room of the West house. She went downstairs to get something to drink. To her surprise, she saw a certain Goth already doing the same thing. She slowly walked down and leaned on the wall.

"Hey." She said, making the Goth almost jump out of her own skin.

"Vega, are you trying to give me a heart attack?" Jade yelled at her, yet not to loud. After all, Cat was finally asleep.

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist. That was for all those mind games in the past." Tori laughed. Jade finally calmed down.

"So? Can't sleep and decided to scare the living shit out of me?"

"No. I only wanted something to drink. The scaring the living shit out of you was spontaneous." She answered with a smirk. Jade's expression changed from annoyance into sadness. Tori noticed it, and went to the living room to sit down on the couch, crossing her legs Indian style. She patted on the place in front of her. Jade sat down.

"Now, talk to me." Tori said softly.

"I… I just feel bad, that's all." Jade sighed.

"Why do you feel bad? You didn't bury Rex somewhere again?" Tori asked. She wouldn't help Robbie search for him this time. Not again.

"No." Jade smiled a bit at the memory. "It's just… In the past, whenever something was wrong, Cat somehow knew. She is a lot smarter than people think. I never could hide anything from her. No matter how much I tried to push everyone away, she never let me. She always knew when I was either sad, angry or anything. I would always call her after my dad had yelled at me or after Beck and I had an argument. She was always there. She always had a smile for me and had time to listen to me." Tori looked at Jade. She understood where this was going. Jade continued.

"You know what I did to thank her? Nothing. I never did a thing. I didn't even thank her every time. I was simply trying to be that tough chick that didn't need anyone. I insulted her because of her comments. I ignored her when Beck and I were together. I was always a bitch towards her, and yet she always cared about me. And now that she is the one going trough hell, where am I? I didn't even know what's wrong. No wonder she never told me. Why would she? What did I do to earn her trust? I'm such a lousy friend…" Jade said with a voice filled with grief. Tori took Jade's hand and got the Goth's attention.

"She did trust you. Otherwise she wouldn't have been here every time. And if it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have picked her up earlier. What matters is that you are here for her now, not what you did in the past. I'm sure Cat would agree with me." Tori said while gently squeezing Jade's hand.

"I guess…" Jade answered. Tori let go of Jade's hand.

"You know. I feel guilty myself at times. Even before this." Tori said, surprising the Goth.

"What? Why? You are the one who helps everyone. Hell, you even made a softy out of me."

"It's not because of that. I always had it easy. You told me that yourself more than once. I have a great life. My parents love me. I got to Hollywood Arts because I was lucky that Trina's tongue had swollen up. For some reason all the teachers like me and for quite a while I was getting all the leads. Everything in life has been given to me. I barely did anything to really earn it. And then there are people like you and Cat. Life gives you hell, and then someone like me appears who doesn't have a single worry in his life, and takes things away from you. Hell, you hated me because of this." Tori said. Her voice didn't have it's usual confidence. Jade knew that a part of that guilt came from the fact that Jade herself had told Tori many of those things. But she never really meant them. She just needed and excuse for herself. For a long time, it were always the other who were to blame.

"Tori. You can't blame yourself for those things. I know I always threw those things at you, but I was immature. You are talented and deserve everything you got. I really mean that."

"Thank you."

"Today, we accomplished something. We finally got Cat away from that drunk." Jade said, her voice finding some of its old security.

"Yeah. I'm happy about that myself. You know. I always try to help you guys because of the fact that I have it easy. I maybe don't have the experience of going through these things myself, but I do have three things I can always offer: An ear to listen, a shoulder to cry on, and a warm hug when you need it." Tori said. Jade just smiled.

"That was so cheesy. But thank you. Without you, who knows how I would have ended and how Cat would have gone trough this. You are a great friend." Jade said. There was no sarcasm. She meant it. And a compliment like this from Jade is something to be proud of.

What they didn't know is that a certain redhead had woken up and was listening the whole time. When she heard them get up, she went back to Jade's room and laid down. Jade laid down herself. Cat waited for a minute, and when she thought that Jade fell asleep, she got up. She walked over to the quest room Tori was sleeping in. Cat slowly opened the door, got in, slowly closed it again and laid down next to Tori. She placed a kiss on Tori's forehead and cuddled closer to Tori, who placed a hand around her smaller friend.

Just as Cat was about to fall asleep, she heard Tori say something.

"Why did you lie to me?" Tori asked softly. Cat turned around so she could look at Tori, who was wide awake the whole time.

"I… I thought I deserved all this…" Cat answered.

"Do you still think that now?"

"No. Jade and I talked and I realized that I can't blame myself for this. I hope you didn't worry too much."

"Oh, I was worried. I was always trying to figure out I way how to ask you about it, but you always managed to dodge it."

"I know. I'm sorry." Cat said sadly. Tori leaned her forehead against Cat's.

"Don't worry. I'm just happy you are okay now. Now let's sleep. It's been a long day."

"Kay kay. Good night Tori. And thank you."

"You're welcome. Good night." Tori said and closed her eyes. Cat snuggled a little closer to Tori and they fell asleep that way. Meanwhile, Jade had noticed that Cat had gotten up. She went to Tori's room and saw them there. She smiled at the view and went back to bed herself. It was a long day. But from now on, things would become better.