Jade, not being a very heavy sleeper, woke up when she heard the door open. She knew exactly who it was and was glad Tori hadn't heard it. Protectively, she pulled Tori closer.
"What's going on here?" her father asked loudly when he saw Jade and Tori.
Jade gently covered Tori's ears. "Leave us alone! You are not needed here!" she whisper yelled as to not wake Tori.
Her father growled. "Why is she even here!? Hasn't she gotten tired of you yet?"
Jade only got more enraged. "She's here because she wanted to. Mind your own business!"
Her father merely rolled his eyes and left out the front door again, dropping his original intention for coming home.
Jade breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, the front door opened again and her father walked up and slapped Jade across the face, avoiding Tori for obvious reasons. "Don't you ever talk to me like that again, Jadelyn," he ordered in a dangerously low voice.
Jade only nodded because she didn't want to get slapped again.
He then left again, this time not coming back.
Jade grimaced in pain and kissed the top of Tori's head. "I'm sorry. I promise I'll protect you from him," she whispered, hoping her friend won't hear.
Tori stirred and slowly started to wake up, not having heard anything that had previously happened, but had felt the kiss.
Jade moved back and let Tori out from under her chin.
Tori opened her eyes and looked at Jade, her eyes full of confusion.
Jade smiled warmly and nuzzled her in greeting.
"Jade... what happened to your face?"
Jade's eyes widened. 'It's already visible?' "Don't worry about me, I'm fine," she whispered.
Tori reached up and touched Jade's sore cheek.
Jade forced herself not to flinch.
Tori raised an eyebrow as she grazed Jade's cheek with her thumb. "I have a hard time believing that." Jade bowed her head bashfully, which made Tori press their foreheads together. "Seriously, we were in the same position as before, how did you get hurt?"
"I must've just slept weird or something," Jade replied, making up a believable explanation.
Tori slowly nodded, then pecked Jade's reddened cheek.
Once again, Jade forced herself to not flinch.
Tori, seeing no indication of lying, stopped bugging her about it and relaxed in her arms.
Jade breathed a sigh of relief and held her friend.
"What time is it?" Tori asked suddenly.
Jade looked over at the clock. "It's almost eleven o'clock."
Tori groaned softly. "I'm too lazy to get up right now."
Jade laughed. "We don't have to get if you don't want to."
"... Yay."
"You sound like Cat."
"Well, you love Cat, don't you?"
Jade blushed.
Tori grinned knowingly. "There we go."