/TORI/
"Hey, did you know there's this flesh eating virus known as Necrotizing Fasiitis? It's where your body's cells are literally eating and chewing on your muscle and tissue until you're nothing but a skeleton with a bag of blood and pus filled rashes." I grimace at Jade's words, pushing my plate away.
"I guess I'm eating my slice of pizza later then." I hear her chuckle, an arm winding around my waist to pull me closer.
"Remind me to show you all of the Saw and Hostel films."
"Thanks horror queen but I'm going to politely decline." I make a face, settling myself back so I was laying in Jade's lap, her lips quirking into a playful smirk.
I couldn't tell you how long it had been since our kiss in the janitors closet. Time seemed to slip into virtually nothing when were together. It was probably a week, maybe two? I didn't particularly care about counting the days, only that I got to spend them with her. Because being with Jade was a rush, she was the only one who could make my heart skip several beats just by walking into the room. Of course, I'm not saying I was "love-sick" or "head over heels" or any of that other exaggerated cheesy stuff you find in romance films, but it was the most fun I'd had for awhile and... I had to admit I liked having all of her attention.
"You cut it pretty close the other day, Vega" Jade murmurs, idly playing with a strand of my hair. "Almost getting us caught in the closet."
"Hey!" I sit up in protest. "That was hardly my fault!"
My head jerks up, hearing a knock on the door. I throw Jade a panicked look, her expression matching mine as we both stood half naked in the janitors closet. I quickly scramble for my jeans, yanking them up to slide back on, my fingers fumbling at the button.
"Jade? Is that you?" Cat's voice floats through the door, her hand shaking the handle from outside.
"Do up your jeans, Tori. Button them now!" Jade hisses sharply.
"I am trying! The button's jammed!"
"Is that Tori? Are you both in there together? I have a question!" More persistent rattling.
"Faster, damn it. Cat's gonna alert the whole school!"
"I am trying my hardest! Yelling at me isn't going to help!" I snap back angrily, my button still refusing to cooperate. Jade growls and spots a bucket. Without any warning she tosses it at me, soaking my lower half with dirty janitor water, wrenching open the door to confront a confused looking Cat.
"Tori had an accident. I was helping her clean it up."
"This is water. It's water!" I rush to add quickly, aware of the liquid was now soaking through the denim. "I was getting a bucket for a prop and I didn't realize it was uh- already filled and it spilled on me. Luckily, I had Jade here to help me." I make sure to give Jade a pointed glare, my hand covering my unzipped jeans.
"Kay..." Cat moves to peer inside but Jade kicks the door closed. "Well my question is, if superman and superwoman had a baby would it be a super-super baby or just a regular baby?"
I can't stay mad at Jade, her eyes shining with amusement at the memory. That had been the only close call we'd had so far, which was surprising, considering we'd managed to find ourselves making out in every available, private space; empty classrooms, in the gym, the Black Box theater and at one point, an awkward -never to speak of again- fumble around in the back of Jade's car. We were addicted and it was painfully obvious by the little marks and scratches we left on each other. That's as far as we'd gone though, nothing past the bra and panties which I was perfectly fine with, so long as Jade was pressed up against me, I didn't have a single care in the world.
"Jade...we should try and actually answer some blog questions tonight." I shift so I'm looking at her, walking my fingers up and down her pale flesh. "I mean, since we're supposed to be running a blog and everything. Why don't we take a look?"
"Or we could just stay like this all night and ignore the blog for the rest of forever?"
"Jade, you know Sikowitz is keeping an eye on us to make sure we're blogging together." I sit up and pull the laptop over, Jade's fingers skimming over my back to make me shiver.
"I love your skin..." She slides a hand along my shoulder, rubbing over it gently. "It'll make a great addition to my human skin suit."
"Just when I thought you couldn't get any creepier..."
"Oh. You haven't even scratched the surface, Tori." Jade chuckles and gently draws her nails down my back. It takes most of my self restraint not to pounce on her.
"You know this blog was intended as a punishment, right?"
"Mhm." Jade starts kissing along my neck, obviously enjoying my reactions to her touch.
"So we should at least try and make it look like it's torture."
"Except I can think of much better methods of torture..."
I try and hide the shiver, pushing the power button to start the computer, watching the little icon loading onscreen. Jade sighs and presses closer, sliding her arms around my waist from behind. Her hair still faintly smelled of her mango shampoo.
"Wait...is that me? When did you take that?" I direct my attention back to the screen. I had almost forgotten I had changed my screensaver to a picture of Jade. I remembered snapping the shot in the cupcake cafe. I guess you could consider it a candid since I'd done it secretly. But she had looked so carefree in that moment, so much like the Jade I knew and loved, her head thrown back with laughter in her eyes. No barriers or walls, just Jade.
My Jade.
"I uh, I took that in the cafe. I didn't think you'd mind...I just really liked the picture." I mumble awkwardly and Jade frowns.
"But I'm not even looking at the camera. I'm sure you could find a better shot of me."
"Except I like this one, because it's not forced."
I watch her raise an eyebrow. "Forced?"
"Yeah, it's unscripted. It captures the real you. I thought it represented you the best because it's a real and raw image of Jade West and I guess. Well I figured that- I uh-" My babbling is cut of by a kiss, Jade's lips curving into a smile against my own.
"I love it."
"You-you do?"
"I do." She nods and traces the screen, tracing her own mouth, open with laughter. "Though if anyone else had taken this picture, I'd have broken their arm."
"Jade. I have to know something about the alleyway..." I pause and she shakes her head, placing a finger over my lips.
"I know you've got questions and I'm still not ready. Not yet."
I can see her fighting with her emotions again. I hadn't brought the subject up for awhile on purpose, thinking she would eventually tell me what had happened. We'd still managed to carry on our lives as normal but I could see she was getting tired, exhausted from holding it all back, even if she tried her best to hide it from me. But Beck, the night with those men. It was still there. I hadn't made those thoughts go away forever, just temporarily. I knew I'd be there for when she was ready to fall apart.
I hoped she found that comforting.
"Okay, well let's see what the public wanna know about us." I make myself focus back on the blog, clicking on the first message.
Anonymous asked: on a scale of 1-10, how much do you two love each other?
I can hear Jade shifting on my mattress, taking the laptop away to start tapping at the keys.
"What are you typing?" I try and peer over curiously but Jade tilts the screen down.
"I have an idea." She keeps typing, turning the screen when she was finished so I could see her response.
JADE: Can I use negatives? -10, and further if that's possible.
t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶c̶a̶l̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶f̶i̶n̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶
My nose wrinkles. "But people can still see what we've crossed out. It doesn't hide it from view, it's still there."
"I know, but by crossing it out we're not owning up to anything. We can deny all knowledge."
"I don't get it." Jade sighs and pushes the laptop back to me.
"Just try it."
TORI: I guess I'll give her like a 5. I consider her a friend.
i̶n̶f̶i̶n̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶.
"Oh okay. Now I kinda see what you mean." I click on the next ask.
Anonymous: Do you really think we can't read what you cross out?
JADE: I don't know what you're talking about.
TORI: We don't cross anything out.
We both exchange a grin.
No. Of course us crossing out our answers obviously didn't hide anything from anyone, but it felt nice to have a security blanket. The little line which protected our words, our true feelings for each other.
Anonymous: Tori what would you do if Jade told you she was in love with you and wanted you? Jade same question but with Tori telling you that?
JADE: I would tell her to go and see Lane to sort out her deep psychological issues.
I̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶l̶e̶t̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶g̶o̶.̶
TORI: I'd be really surprised because there's no way Jade would ever say that to me. At least not without it being a prank or joke or something.
B̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶m̶e̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶,̶ ̶I̶'̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶p̶p̶i̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶l̶u̶c̶k̶i̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶w̶o̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶u̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶e̶.̶
I watch Jade's lips twitch. "The happiest and luckiest woman in the universe, huh?"
I counter the smirk. "You wouldn't let me go?"
Her arms wind around my waist and I find myself falling back into her lap once again. Our lips meet hungrily and Jade pushes the computer aside, muttering we were done for the night.
This time, I don't argue.
A/N: This was one of my favorite chapters to write because it's a little glimpse into Jade and Tori being themselves, without boundaries and without restrictions. Also who doesn't love awkward moments of them almost being caught? Two things to let you know. 1) Those questions have been taken directly from the blog. 2) I've been inundated with requests for faster updates, so I'll do my best to get you another chapter every Thursday!
Please tell me what you think so far! Reviews are great and they've really helped my confidence with writing! (especially since this is my first ever jori fanfiction :)