Chapter 16
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I finally finish writing this. I had a hard time with this one. I had to do some taking out, putting in, new use of words, and a lot of thinking, all of that good stuff to finish this. Thank for your reviews they really help me with my writing. Enjoy.
I'm getting to my breaking point. We are almost home but on our way I was so close to pulling over and kicking Max out the car and leaving her. She's been flirting with Jade the whole ride. Every time like now she's flirting with her I would look at her in the review mirror and she's smirking because she know she's pissing me off. I would grit my teeth to keep from snapping at her in front of Jess because I don't wanna say something inappropriate. I don't wanna seem like a hypocrite because I'm always scolding Jade about how to talk around the kids. So I keep my cool.
The thing that's really messed up is that Jess could see that Max is after Jade and she's five. I know because one time I sent a deadly glare at Max for flirting with Jade I saw Jess frowning at her and she mouthed the words 'I don't like her'. When she mouthed those words I got the biggest smile on my face and I noticed Jade giving me a weird look but I don't care because finally someone could see that Max and trying to get Jade. I mouthed the words 'me neither'. She smiled and continues to frown at Max. I would look at Jade every now and then and see she was either looking at her phone or at me looking kind of pissed or sometimes with a questioning look. I would just look back at the road and act like I didn't see the look. I wonder what that look is for?
"God Jade your house is beautiful. Kind of like you." See what I mean I almost crashed into the garaged. Jade just kind of blushed and I saw Jess roll her eyes at how corny that line was.I really hate that she thinks this is all harmless flirting.
"Thanks my parents are stacked." She says getting out the car. I get out car going to get Jess out. "Tori give me the key." Jade says as she stands by Max with her hand out. Ha yeah right I'm going to give her the key so her and Max can go in by themselves. I know Hannah is in there but like I said I don't trust Max. I raise an eyebrow at her looking from her to Max then back. She rolls her eyes and sighs. I know she gets what I'm saying. Once I got Jess out I take her hand we all head toward the house. I feel Jess squeeze my hand making me look down at her and she smiles at me. I love her smile it reminds me of Jade's. Ugh I hate being mad at Jade. I wish Max never came to HA.
"Hey Tori how did it feel being back at school?" Hannah asks once we got in the house with Liz in her arms. I smile when I see her and Liz. Mostly Liz because I missed her even though I see her all the time.
"It could have felt better." I say honestly taking Liz and once I have her in my arms I fell so much better.
"Hey Jess how was school?" She asks Jess.
"It was good." she replies quickly before running into the kitchen. That little girl could really eat.
"Hey Jade how was your day and who is your friend?" Hannah asks nicely. Hannah is like a good mother who greets her kids when they get home from school. That makes me feel better.
"It was good and this is Max." she introduces them and Max holds out her hand to Hannah.
"I love teens that have manners." She says taking her hand and shaking it kind of eagerly. Hannah isn't that old maybe in her early thirties but she acts like she's older.
"Yea she's cool." Here she goes with this cool shit again. I shake my head from the thoughts trying to stay calm and go into the kitchen seeing Jess seating on the counter eating a bag of 'Cheetos'.
"You're going to turn into a big cheeto one day." I joke making her stick a orange tongue out. I scrunch up my face making us both laugh. I look down at Liz and she's smiling too. These two make me feel better even if my day sucks at the moment.
"I will give you a tour of the house later. You want anything to drink?" Jade ask walking into the kitchen with Max going to the fridge.
"Okay and yea do you have any soda?" Max asks standing next to me and looking at Liz. "She is the cutest thing." she says reaching over and stroking her chubby cheek. I tense up a little and she could tell because she gets a smirk on her face.
"Yea she is." Jade says proudly handing her a strawberry crush soda. I look over at Jess and she's frowning at Max, and Max is looking confused asto why she is looking at her like that. I can't help but smile.
"Jess please get down." Jade orders nicely making Jess sigh rolling her eyes before continuing to eat her chips and jumping down. Jade looks at her with a raised eyebrow wondering why Jess is acting like that. "What is your problem?" Jade asks sounding a little pissed. I hear Max snicker from beside me and I glare at her making her smirk.
"I don't have one do you?" My jaw is on the ground. Oh god something bad is going to happen.
"Jess don't get smart with me." Jade says sternly bringing out her motherly side.
"I'm not I'm asking a question just like you." she says with a snappy tone. I can tell Jade is trying hard to keep from going off on Jess and I better step in before something goes wrong. Before Jade could say anything back I jump in.
"Jess go to your room and I will come up there in a second." I say and Jess nods looking at Jade one last time with the same glare Jade is giving her. I swear they look just like each other. Once Jess is out the kitchen Jade snaps.
"Don't ever do that again." Jade growls at me. What the fuck?
"Do what?" I ask shocked at why she just snapped at me.
"Don't be undermining me. Now she's going to think she can get away with stuff like that all the time." Jade snaps giving me a very dirty look.
"No she's not I was just trying to keep you from going off on her and hurting her feelings then she was really going to be mad at you." I say trying to explain.
"Tori I don't care she could be mad all she wants she will get over it. don't do that again." I look at her in disbelief. I hear Max snicker again and I look over at her with so much hate. I can't believe Jade just snapped like that.
"Whatever." I say walking out the kitchen.
"no it's not whatever Tori." Jade says coming after me.
"Fine Jade I'm sorry. Now do you want me to call Jess back down here so you can yell at her?" I snap back making Jade's anger fade a little. I'm hurt that she's acting like this.
"No I was-". She tries to talk but I cut her off.
"No you gave me such a hard time about 'undermining' you so here you go. Jess!" I yell to her. And Jade looks really shocked.
"Yea?" Jess says coming to the top of the stairs.
"Your sister wants to yell at you. Apparently I'm 'undermining' her by trying to keep you from hating her." I explain. Jess looks confused and Jade anger is gone and she's looking at me in disbelief.
"No Jess go back to your room I will talk to you in a minute," Jade tells her finally finding her voice. I'm about to walk up the stairs but Jade grabs me. "Tori I'm sorry. Okay but I don't want her to think she could get away with that type of stuff." She says in a soft tone.
"Jess looks up to you. Where do you think she got that snappy attitude from? She will not think she could get away with that type of stuff because eventually she would feel bad about it and apologize." I say making her nod her head in agreement.
"Your right and I'm sorry. Look we are going to have to talk about earlier and this right here isn't over." She says and I know I wasn't about to get off that easily.
"I know." I say looking down at Liz and she's looking at Jade and I with a eyes begging us not to argue any more. I hate arguing in front of the kids. I lean down kissing the sad baby and she smiled instantly. Jade grabs my face kissing me softly.
"We'll talk a later." She says kissing me again before going back up the stairs to Jess's room. I sigh glad that's over for now but I still have to deal with Max.
"Is the family argument over?" I hear Max ask sarcastically. I roll my eyes before turning around trying to keep my cool.
"Look I'm really not in the mood to deal with you right now. Let's just finish this dumb project so you can leave." I say with a very serious tone. She gets an amused look on her face.
"You know undermining Jade in front of the kid is just going to push her away more? And when she is can't deal with you any more she will be coming to me." She says and I clench my jaw tight and hold Liz against me to keep from hitting her.
"I swear Max on everything I love if you don't back off I will really hurt you." I say looking deep into her eyes letting her know that I'm serious.
"Are you threatening me?" She ask with an raised eyebrow.
"No I'm promising you." I growl before going up the stairs.
LINE BREAK
"Nobody really knows how hot the Sun is." Max says and I write it down. "I would love to know how hot your girlfriend really is without her clotheson." I slam the pencil down on the notebook looking up at her very pissed. She's been doing that all night but only when Jade isn't in the room and when Jade is in the room she flirts with her. All night I've been trying to keep from ripping all the blond hair off her head. Before I could say anything Jade walks back in with some snacks.
"Here you guys go."Jade says sitting the snacks in the middle of the bed. I'm not in the mood to eat because Max ruins my appetite. Jade sits by me leaning against the headboard while Max sits at the end of the bed somewhat in the middle.
"Thanks Jade your really sweet." Max says with a flirty smile making me roll my eyes and look at Jade who smiles.
"You're welcome and I try to be." She says cockily. I snort rolling my eyes at her lie; bullshit Jadedoesn't try to be sweet with anyone but me and the kids. Jade looks at me with a raised eyebrow with a look saying 'Really' to me pointing out her lie. I smile with a 'yea really' face and she rolls her eyes going back to her phone.
"Tori can you come help me with something?" Jess asks coming into the room. She looks at me with hopeful eyes. I look over at Jade and she's looking at the TV and Max as a evil smile on her face. I know once I leave this room she's going to try something. I look at the hopeful Jess and the evil Max. I choose Jess because whatever it is she really needs me. Fuck I don't wanna leave them alone; but I have to trust that Jade won't go over the line. I walk with Jess hesitantly out the room and Max waves at me with a wink and I give her a fake smile before flicking her off.
Okay well Jess needed help with one of homework problems. I asked her how come she didn't ask Jade she said Jade is mad at her for being bad. I told her that yes Jade was upset about that but she'll get over it and if it had something to do with school work Jade would have got up in a quick fast and in a hurry to help her no matter how mad she was at her.
She felt better now I'm able to leave and get back to my work and hoping nothing is going on. I walk down the hall towards the bed room and once I get to the door I see Jade and Max hugging. But it's not a normal hug it's more of anamorous hug because Max has her fingers tangled in Jade's hair and her face buried in her neck and Jade is just hugging her back likeit's nothing but she don't seethat this hug is more than just a that. And Jade doesn't do hugs. Only people she willingly hugs is Jess, Liz, and me. I raise an eyebrow at Jade and she just shrugs pulling away. Max looks at me with a smug smile on her face.
There is a lot of tension at the moment as I look at Max letting her know how much I despise her. She doesn't seem fazed by the look I'm giving her but I can see she's kind of tense. I look at Jade and she's playing on her phone as if that overly friendly hug didn't just happen. I really need to leave and be by myself before I attack Max and go off on Jade for not seeing how Max is. I walk away about to go downstairs but Jess comes out the room hugging my legs tightly. I look down at her and she looks kind of sad and I think she can sense how upset I am. I smile leaning down and kissing her forehead.
"Go back in the room." I say running my hands through her brown hair and giving her a little push into her room. She does but she still has that sad look in her blue eyes. I have to look away so I can continue down stairs. I get to the kitchen getting a cup of crushed ice and sitting at the island.
"Tori." I hear Jade call my name and she sounds kind of scared. I look up from the crushed ice and see that she does look scared but of what? I don't answer I just look back at the ice. I feel like I'm losing and I'm hating it. I feel like I'm losing Jade and it hurts. "Tori what's going on? Talk to me." Jade says from across the island.
"I don't want her here." I say barely above a whisper. I still don't look up.
"Why?"
"Because she's after you!" I shout looking up at her and I can tell I just scared her even more. I've never seen Jade scared before. "She's trying to take you away from me! And you can't see it because you just think it's harmless flirting!" I yell waving my hands in wild gestures. I don't know right now everything is just messed up. I really need to get this out. "You think I'm jealous but I'm not I'm just trying to keep you because I love you and you just brushing me off earlier when I told you that I don't trust her. I was just warning you… it hurt." I say and I'm full out sobbing now.
"Damn it Tori." I feel Jade's arms warp around me. "Do you trust me?" She asks. What type of question is that? I nod not able to find my voice through my sobbing. "Then you should know that I would never do anything to hurt you. Yes I know that she was flirting with me and got the feeling that she liked me more than a friend. But I didn't know that it was bothering you this much and it shouldn't have because you should love and trust me to not hurt you." she says sounding kind of hurt. I turn in her arms looking in her eyes and that scared look is gone. Hurt and concern has taking over.
"I'm sorry it's just when you weren't around she would say some really hurtful things about me and it make me feel insecure making me feel like I'm not good enough for you." I say through my sobbing. I feel her arms tighten around me.
"Your perfect for me and you always will be. Fuck what she says and what everyone else says. I'll still love you if you were the ugliest, most untalented person, on the planet. As long as you keep that good heart, loving personality, and good love making. I will still love you." she says and I cry harder at her words. Jade always had a way with words. "She's not perfect for me because she's too much like me. She likes the same stuff as me and I don't like that. Like I said before opposites attract and that's why I love you. You don't like what I like maybe the same songs but other than that were different." She says and I can tell she means every last word causing me to hold onto her so tight that I'm sure she can't breathe.
"I love you so much." I sob my body shaking violently against her.
"I love you too baby and don't forget it." Jade says holding me just as tight. "Listen, no matter what she says and how much she flirts with me. Don't you let anything she says get to you. Okay?" she ask making me look her right in her eyes.
"Okay." I say and she leans pushing her lips against mine. In that one kiss all the tension is gone. I feel so relived knowing she didn't just brush me off and she did take what I said to heart.
"We're not done." She says against my lips and I frown. What is she- oh me undermining her. I still don't think I was. "Look Tori I wasn't going to yell at her. Yes I was pissed that she was talking back but I wasn't going to yell. And you implying that I was in front of her kind of hurt because you made me think that you don't think I could control myself." She says and she looks genuinely hurt and that make me feel bad.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you feel like that. And I know you can I was just pissed that you just snapped at me out of nowhere and that's what made me think you were going to yell at her." I say honestly.
"I know and I'm sorry. Just please don't do it again." She says and nods.
"Are still mad at her?" I ask.
"Naw not really. I just wanna know why she was acting like that. I asked and she didn't say anything."
"Maybe we both could go ask." I say and she nods leaning down kissing me passionately. God I miss her lips and it's only been a few hours since we had a little fun in the janitors closet. She pulls away grabbing my hand heading up stairs to Jess's room. We walk inside to Jess laying down looking at the ceiling. She looks at us before going back to the ceiling. Jade sits at the foot of the bed and I stand behind her.
"Jess." Jade calls her name making Jess sit up and look at her with the saddest light blue eyes. Aww I wanna cry. "Why were you acting like that earlier? Don't worry I'm not going to get mad I just wanna know." Jade asks with a soft tone. Jess looks from Jade to me then back. She takes in a deep breath before talking.
"Because." Is all she says making us both look confused.
"Because what?" Jade urges.
"Because I was mad at you for acting like that girlMax flirting with you was no big deal. And I thought that you not caring that she was flirting with you that you and Tori were going to break up like mommy and daddy." She says the last part with so much pain and she started to cry. I guess her parents split really took a toll on her. Jade grabs the crying girl pulling her into her lap. Jess wraps her little arms around Jade's neck and buries her face into her shoulder crying hysterically. I didn't think Jade and I's relationship meant so much to her and I'm guessing neither did Jade.
"Shh, Tori and I are not breaking up. I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you think that. I love Tori with everything in me and no one could change that no matter how much a person flirts with me. I know mommy and daddy breaking up hurt you it hurt me too but we can't hold on to that we have to move on." She says as she rocks the little girl and holds her tight.
"I'm sorry Jade. Don't be mad at me." Jess pleas sounding so scared. I almost started crying.
"Shh I know, its okay. I'm not mad at you. Just don't do it again okay." Jade say kissing the side of her head.
"I won't." Jess replies back before pulling away with red eyes. Jade reaches up wiping the little girls wet face.
"Good." Jade says kissing Jess's forehead making her frown.
"Jade germs."And she's back. Jade and I laugh before Jade attacks Jess with kisses making her squeal in laugher and crying for Jade to stop. This makes me happy. Seeing them like this makes my day.
"I love you." Jade says genuinely as she stops kissing Jess.
"Love you too." she responds back.
"And I love you." Jade says turning to me and grabbing the top of my shirt making me lean down so she could kiss my lips.
"One day you guys are going to kiss so much that your lips are going to fall off and you're going to need to go buy new ones." Jess says making Jade and I laugh against each other. God I love that kid.
Review please they make my day. By the way Max is still in the house but you will find out in the next chapter what happens after Jade, Tori, and Jess have their little moment.