After leaving Becks Jade and I were both incredibly drained, our hands dangled between us connected as we silently walked back to mine. We did not need words to say that neither of us wanted to be alone tonight. Arriving at my front door I paused, I am supposed to be grounded. My parents are going to want to know where I have been; and what with their earlier confrontation with Trina I can only assume they will not be in a particularly good mood. When I am nervous I tend to bite my lower lip; recently Jade has begun to notice this, and seeing me do it now she pulls me into a hug.
"Hey, Tor? What's wrong? The hard part of our night is over." She whispers into my ear before pulling her head beck to look me in the eye.
"I-I think we are going to have to tell my parents the truth about us Jade. They are going to want to know where I have been anyway; and I hate lying to them. Is that- would you be ok with that?" I stutter through my words; I know that our 'talk' with Beck has left her a little fragile and the last thing I want to do is upset her further.
"Tori I-" she trails off before pulling away from me slightly, she looks deep in thought , a frown is creasing upon her brow. "I don't want everyone to know at once, I want to pace it you know? I'm not out like you are, I mean sure our friends know but I don't think I'm ready for it to be the talk of the school." She exhales deeply the frown disappearing from her brow being immediately replaced by a concerned look. "So I guess what I am trying to say is yes we can tell your parents; but can we stop there? You know wait a while before we tell everyone else?" her eyes are staring at mine waiting for an answer.
"You, Jade West; are truly adorable!" I squeal a grin taking over my face.
"No! Vega I am anything but adorable, never say that again!" she half shouts looking somewhat outraged. But this only makes me giggle.
"Ohh look at big tough Jadey getting all worked up. It's rather cute I think." I respond causing her to lunge forward and grab me.
Pinning me against the wall next to my front door she growls into my ear, "Vega I'm warning you." Before beginning to chuckle along with me. It isn't long before our laughter subsides and we realise the way our bodies are pressed against each others. We mould together so perfectly. Our breath is still short from laughing but this does not stop us, our lips crash together and our tongues begin the familiar battle for dominance, normally I subside fairly quickly; today however I win out the fight causing Jade to moan into the kiss. Eventually the kisses become less powerful; they soften and Jade is the first to pull away, "God I want you Vega. I don't suppose that your parents will still let us sleep in the same room will they?" She groans.
"Damn, I hadn't thought about that baby, I am going to have to share with Trina tonight" I sigh pouting. "But I want to do this, so we will just have to use your house as our own little love shack." I add winking at her.
"Fine! Let's do this now then; before I take you right here." She retorts, she sounds deadly serious and it is only when her tongue pokes out of her mouth and waggles at me that I realise she had been joking. I peck her on the lips once more and I open the door and we step into my house.
"Tori where on earth have you been? I have been calling you for over an hour!" my mother exclaims as I walk through the door.
"You better have a good excuse for this young lady!" my father adds backing her up.
They both freeze slightly when Jade follows me in.
"Oh I am so sorry Jade I didn't see you there" my mother apologises, "it's just Tori is supposed to be grounded."
"Mum; dad. Jade and I have something to tell you. And then I will be able to properly explain where I was and why I was there." I state. The four of us make our way over to the sofas, Jade and I on one, my parents on the other.
"Jade-and-i-are-girlfriends!" I blurt out not leaving room between the words.
"What?" my father asks.
"Tori hunni, you need to breathe while you are speaking." My mother coaches.
But my mind has gone blank, sure my parents know that I am gay, but it is never fun explain who is a girlfriend and who is just a friend. Jade places her hand on my arm and smiles reassuringly at me.
"Tori is trying to tell you that we are dating." She states her voice strong and steady; to anyone else she would seem completely composed, it is only because I can feel her shaking ever so slightly that I know otherwise.
"Oh is that all?" her father questioned laughing, "as long as you treat her right Jade, then that is perfectly fine."
"Of course it is, though Tori we are going to have to discuss the fact that Jade slept in your room the other day, at some point." He mother states seeming only slightly annoyed. "But Tori I must say that does not remotely explain where you have been this evening."
It took a good half an hour to explain the whole scenario with Beck, my parents having already talked to Trina had already heard a brief overview of everything he had done. Though they were not pleased that I had ignored my grounding they also seemed touched that I had acted in a way to protect those I loved. Luckily for me they even decided to cancel my grounding "I can't deal with having both you and Trina confined to the house and I you deserve some sort of reward for looking out for your sister" my mother had said.
Jade had been given permission to stay the night providing that we slept in separate rooms, which sucked majorly because we haven't had sex for a while now. But seeing as my parents have been so understanding tonight I figure we best follow their rules; we can always stay at hers tomorrow night anyway I think to myself smiling as I make up a camp bed in Trina's room. Tomorrow brings another school day; and potential for more problems to unfold, after all we still do not know how Beck will act around us. But I know we can make it through as long as we have each other; after all we have already overcome so much.
Wish you were here!
J xxx
Is the last text I receive accompanied by a picture of a pouting Jade in my bed, before I give way to sleep.