CHAPTER 3

A/N:You guys are just the best. I was really worried this story wouldn't work in practice but you showed me with enough work, I could make it happen.

Invader Johnny, I'll never know where you came up with this idea but I'm so glad you did. Too much fun this one is.

This one gets pretty exciting and is definately where the tide turns in this short-shot.

P.S:

I have already noticed the irony of both my stories right now have Tori asleep and Jade running like a chicken with her head cut off.

So don't bother pointing that out.

;-)

Jade bounded down the stairs only to find that Tori had passed out on the sofa. She went over to her sleeping girlfriend and touched her cheek with the back of her hand. Goddamn she was not the most angelic thing when she slept. While she preferred Tori to be awake and spending quality time with her, Jade actually wished she would be out until morning.

She needed more time.

Slowly ascending the steps again, Jade peered down the hallway, looking for a lost puppy. Once upstairs, Jade began a search in each room for Trina.

"Where was that girl?" she thought to herself.

Sure enough, Trina was lying at the foot of her own bed. Jade was fuming at such an intrusion. She went over to push her off but Trina locked brown eyes with her blue. Jade saw something past those eyes, a kind of sincerity she'd never seen before. It didn't help either that Trina put on this really apologetic, innocent face.

It didn't warm Jade West's heart but the ice began to thaw.

She noticed Trina starting to pant. "Guess you're getting thirsty," she sighed. Trina replied with a high-pitched yelp but Jade signaled with her hand to calm down and be quiet. Jade was not interested in explaining this mess to Tori and to her own parents even less.

Jade headed down to the kitchen and found a cereal bowl in the cabinet. She went over to the sink and filled it with water. The black-haired girl proceeded up the stairs slowly so as to not spill any of the water.

Back in her room, Jade set the bowl of water down on the floor by the window. Trina got excited and charged right for it. Jade chuckled to herself as the hapless nineteen-year-old, the same girl who would balk at the sight of a broken nail, was on all fours lapping up tap water in a bowl. This surreal sight was too much for Jade she had to turn around or she was going to crack up and wake the whole house.

She turned once the lapping ceased. "You all done?"

Trina tilter her head, still smiling like a fool.

"Good," Jade yawned. "Think it's time to sleep. Who knows?" she shrugged. "You might be over this shit in the morning."

Jade was aware she still had a big problem on her hands but she was far too tired to think of a solution. She would have to sleep on it. Maybe refreshed, they will both be sensible in mind. But Jade had another issue.

She looked down and there was Trina at the foot of the bed, walking around in circles before nestling in a kind of fetal position.

"I don't think so," Jade said. She was about to kick the girl but hesitated. "Lucky for you you're just like your sister." Jade grumpily buried herself under the covers.

Why did these Vega girls have to be so fucking adorable when they sleep? It makes you not want to wake them.

Later on, Jade was snapped out of slumber by tremendous pressure on her feet. She sat up and saw the alarm clock read 3:13 a.m. The Goth growled at Trina whom was sitting upright at attention. Her eyes were fixed on the door.

"Listen here," Jade scowled at Trina. "If you want to be walked, not in this lifetime. You shouldn't have drank all that wa-"

The raven-haired girl jumped at the sound of glass shattering. She slid off the bed and ran to the door. Jade stepped cautiously into the hallway and could get a decent view of the corner of the couch. Tori was still asleep. But what ambled into Jade's vision made her freak out.

A hooded man with a Maglite was scoping the living room. He made a short acknowledgment of the sleeping Latina, waved his hand to see if she was indeed asleep, and walked past her. As he began to turn and point his light up the stairs, Jade slunk back to her room and shut the door. She cursed her mother for not allowing locks on the doors inside the house.

She retreated to behind the bed, hoping that the burglar was going to at worst peek into the room and move on.

Unbeknownst to Jade, the man had noticed the movement upstairs and knows that someone was awake and possibly saw him. He readied his firearm as he crept up the wooden steps.

"Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck" Jade held her head, anticipating the door to burst open. In these agonizing seconds, she began to regret the stupid things she did prior to her relationship with Tori. She didn't have to be nice back then but she could've been civil. Hell, Jade would apologize to Trina about last night if it meant a second chance.

Her mind went blank when the familiar sound of her door knob turning was heard. The door opened with absolute silence. Her father was not a fan of a squeaky door and would WD-40 the whole house, every hinge, once a month.

The tall man dressed in black snaked his way into Jade's bedroom, treading lightly. The entire house was hardwood floors so it made sneaking very difficult. One bad creak and he gave himself up.

Jade closed her eyes, hoping the man would just glance at the room and move on and not even look behind the bed, even though it clearly looked slept-in. She opened her eyes and gazed at the source of this odd rumbling sound nearby. Trina was holding her ground, sitting in front of Jade. She was growling.

When the burglar approached Jade's eyesight, Trina lunged at the man. He expected a dog but not a 120-pound teenage girl to jump on his chest, knocking him to the floor. In having the wind punched out of him, the man dropped the gun. Seeing an opportunity, Jade seized the weapon and pointed it at the robber. She didn't want to fire a gun or kill anybody least of all, but she was prepare to protect everyone in this house. Everyone.

Before he could react, Trina bit him on the arm. The burglar scrambled to his feet, more scared and confused than in pain exactly. He felt like he broke into a nuthouse. Trina attempted to pounce on him once more but she missed and ended up falling down the stairs. The loud thud he made woke Tori up and she let out a scream that shook the house.

Alex West burst out of his room. "What the hell is going on here?"

"DAD!" Jade cried out, exiting her room. "He broke in. He's downstairs" She handed him the gun and kept Trina at bay so he wouldn't see her.

Alex nodded and pursued the robber. The man must have cracked his back after falling down those stairs to the hardwood floor. He was moaning in pain, slowly trying to turn himself over.

Mr. West held up his hand to Tori, gesturing her to calm down and stay put. He sat on the man, holding him down with his weight, holding the gun on one hand.

"JADE!" he called upstairs. Jade came down and hugged Tori, who was crying in fear.

"Sweetheart," he told his daughter. "Get your cell and call the cops."

Jade nodded and soothed Tori that she would be right back; she just had to get her phone. Running back up the stairs, Jade went back into her room and got her phone and dialed 911.

"Hello?" she asked. "Listen, we were just broken into and we have the guy. Send someone down here right away. The address is 614 Primrose Lane, West L.A. And please hurry." Jade nodded. "Okay, bye."

She glanced over to Trina whom was drinking and then jumped back onto the bed. Jade smiled and petted her on the head, mussing up her cocoa brown hair.

"That's a good girl."