Arriving back at Cat's Andre decides to crash on her couch, and it is obvious to us all without the need for words that Dani will sleep in Cat's bed with her; while Jade and I take the spare bed. Tonight has left me mentally drained, I know that tomorrow we are going to have some serious explaining to do; and a part of me feels the need to talk to Jade about the way she acted earlier. But seeing as I am both physically and mentally exhausted, right now I am looking forward to lying down and welcoming sleep. Jade seems to have other ideas however, as we are both lying side by side she pulls me close to her,
"Tori, I'm so sorry" she whispers nuzzling into my ear. "I over reacted, it's just I-I love you so much. The thought that someone could take you away from me, it riled up emotions that I have never felt before; I couldn't even think straight and my temper ruled my mind as it so often does. Please forgive me?"
Rolling over to face her I look deep into her eyes, "I love you to Jade. So much. No one is going to take me from you I promise." I reply planting a butterfly kiss on her lips, "and I will consider forgiving you is one; you talk to Beck tomorrow. And two; you let me sleep now." A smile crosses her face and a slight chuckle escapes her lips,
"Sure thing Vega. Goodnight beautiful; sweet dreams." She responds kissing my forehead. I roll over to face away from her and she pulls me in close so that we are spooning, wrapping her arms around me. I repeat her words in my head, the conclusion I draw from them is that I make Jade West vulnerable, I see a side to her that very few people have seen or ever will. This thought causes my mind to fill with happiness and sleep overcomes my body.
Rubbing my eyes I sit up and feel a weight drop from my chest; Jade's arm, god she looks so sweet and innocent sleeping I think to myself. The deep scratch marks visible on her cheek and chest however say otherwise. I push off of the bed gently so as not to wake her and head downstairs checking the time on my phone as I do so 11:46AM, yikes it's late; but in all fairness we did go to sleep and a ridiculously late hour. I can hear voices coming from the kitchen; I guess I'm not the first up then. Walking in I find Andre and Dani standing over Cat's oven.
"Morning you two, how are you feeling today Dani?" I ask, both of them jump slightly at the sound of my voice; I must have startled them.
"Wow Tori you nearly gave me a heart attack, when did you come in?" Andre enquires.
"Just now" I smile "I guess I'm just some sort of ninja or something – oh shit Dani your face!" I exclaim as she turns to face me. Today her jaw has turned a deep purple shade and her lip is visibly swollen.
"I know I'm hot right?" she jokes seeing my shell shocked expression. "It'll be fine Tor, now what do you want on your pancakes?"
"My what?" I question, that caught me completely off guard, how is she so calm?
"Pancakes Muchacha! We decided to cook brunch." Andre replies
"Look Tor, I know I look a mess but it'll heal right. Sure it's not going to be fun to find a way to explain it to my parents but its fine. I totally understand why Jade done it, and it's definitely not your fault; so how about you go wake up Cat and Jade and tell them to get their arses down here before I eat all the pancakes?"
That girl never ceases to amaze me; how she can be so forgiving and nonchalant about everything is incredible. But that was also the downfall of our relationship; I need someone intense and fiery like Jade to keep me interested. Smiling in response to Dani I make a captain salute and head back upstairs intending to wake Jade first, but there are already voices coming from the other side of the closed door; I guess Cat beat me to it. I listen in on their conversation briefly hearing Cat's voice say things like 'stupid', 'stubborn' and 'reckless' before knocking and announcing myself.
"Jade, Cat who wants pancakes?" I ask in a sing song voice. The door swings open and Cat flashes past me at an immense speed, damn that girl is over excited. Jade is standing in the door frame smiling suggestively at me.
"I can think of something I would rather eat than pancakes" she says licking her lips.
A shiver runs through my body and my knees feel weak as I register what she means. The idea of giving into my urges is tempting, but our friends are downstairs and there is something I need to ensure she does.
"Nope missy. You are not getting anything until you have talked to Beck." I respond, damn that took a hell of a lot of will power.
She raises an eye brow at me "Really Vega? You would use sex as a weapon in order to get me to comply to your wishes?"
"Yes I would West" I retort; my use of her last name shocks her a little. "Now come on I want pancakes! Then you are going to scurry off and see Beck while I spend the day with the others, and if you are really good I will come over to yours tonight and cook you dinner" I smile slightly and take a deep breath before adding "and trust me you will love 'desert'" in as suggestive a voice as I can manage.