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You promised me forever

Chapter 4 –Hotel California

No One's POV

We'll be flashing back a tiny bit to see what Jade was thinking while Tori was at the Theta Phi Party.

"So exactly how does my grounding work?" said Tori as she slipped into her duck pajamas.

Jade who had already gotten into bed answered. "Simple, you can go to class or the library as needed, go and eat at the cafeteria but you have to stay in the room unless you are out with me. That is your punishment."

Tori sighed quietly, not liking being grounded like a 5 year old. But Jade was extremely possessive and Tori knew full well that even before they started to date so she can't say this is a total surprise. But she decided to begrudgingly placate Jade by accepting her punishment. That and she didn't want to be cut off from sex for 3 weeks either. She then turned off the lights and climbed up the ladder into bed, quietly slipping under the covers into Jade's arms.

Part of Tori wanted to make love to Jade but she was too tired. After the impromptu concert at the Theta phi house and everything with Jade tonight she was drained.

Literally seconds after crawling into Jade's arms Tori closed her eyes and drifted off into sleep without saying a word.

Jade, in the dim light that filtered in around the edges of the curtain looked at her sleeping girlfriend as she pulled Tori even tighter in her arms.

"I love you Victoria" She whispered.

The only reaction from the sleeping Latina was Tori slightly stirring before settling once again.

Earlier that evening when Tori stormed out, Jade half thought of Going after Tori but decided on letting her blow off steam. So Jade just watched the rest of her movie and then for another hour did some reading she needed to do for her Psych 101 class.

It was when Jade looked at the clock and realized it was 11:04 she started to become worried as Tori had not called or texted. Her more possessive instincts which she had largely kept in check up to now started to kick in. Jade reflected back to the guilt she carried from that hour sitting in the car outside of Ryders house knowing full well Tori was being taken advantage of inside. Had she burst into that house Ryder would have been put at an advantage. She was helpless and that helpless feeling Jade hated the most.

Now Tori was in her arms in her bed. Part of her never wanted to let the Latina out of her arms. Jade knew she needed to keep that side of her in check, but tonight when Jade realized Tori had been out without contact since she left that part of her pancked.

She called Tori and there was no answer. Then she texted "Where are U?" and again there was no answer.

Jade waited again for a little while and tried again. By midnight Jade had called Tori several times and send a couple of texts. Her possessive side not only kicked into gear it started to go wild.

She then called everyone else to see if Tori was with them, Robbie, Andre, Beck, Cat, Mandy but no one had seen her. By one o'clock Jade had called Tori five times and sent 3 texts and was quickly becoming a nervous wreck pacing endlessly back and forth in the room. It was a little after 1 oclock she got a phone call.

"Hello" Jade said a she quickly picked up the phone without even looking at the caller ID.

The first sound she heard was the sound of a party in the back ground. "Hey Jade,it's Beck."

"Have you seen Tori?" Jade quickly asked.

"Yeah she's giving a little impromptu concert at a party at the Theta Phi sorority house."

"WHAT!" Jade screeched as her blood began to boil.

"Yeah Jade, she's singing and the crowd is eating it up."

"I'll be there in a minute" Jade said as she hung up.

Jade was pissed to put it simply. Tori had gone to a party and just those words were enough to sent Jade through the roof. The fact that it was at a sorority house didn't help.

Jade arrived at the house only minutes later and didn't even bother to knock before going in. A quick search of the main level revealed no Tori.

She found there was goings on in the basement and walked down the stairs so see a somewhat drunken Tori singing a Cure song to the delight of the audience.

Jade as mad as she happened to be couldn't help but be proud of Tori who was really belting out the song.

It was when Jade got Tori home Jade let her temper and her possessiveness get the best of her and yelled at Tori reducing her to tears. Instantly she felt a stab of guilt in her heart. She wanted to keep Tori safe not terrorize her.

But now they had things ironed out. Grounding Tori was silly but that possessive part of Jade had to be satisfied so Jade grounded Tori for a week. Jade was surprised that Tori didn't fight it more.

"You're all mine" Jade whispered as she ran her hand through the sleeping Latina's chestnut locks. "No one can take you away from me"

It was irrational to be so possessive and Jade knew it. At times she simply couldn't help herself. Tori was her world and she simply didn't want to lose it. The idea of Tori going to a party practically by herself drove Jade nuts.

Jade just lay there with a sleeping Tori in her arms. It was in moments like this, that Jade feared losing Tori the most. "You're supposed to be with me forever, I can't lose you" Jade said to her sleeping lover.

"Don't ever leave me, please. I can't live without you." Jade quietly pleaded.

After a few moments Jade herself succumb to sleep.

Tori woke in the morning still tightly in Jades arms. Normally she loved waking up that way but today it felt a bit suffocating. She glanced over at the Goth to see her eyes were closed and still sleeping. Glancing over at the clock next to the bed she saw it was 9:01 in the morning.

She gently extracted herself from Jades grip and managed to get down from the loft without waking Jade up. Automatically she got dressed in her shorts and t shirt to go out jogging and was 3 feet from the door when she suddenly remembered.

"Fuck, I'm grounded." She mumbled as she stood there starring at the inside of the door.

On their first day in the dorms as a Joke Jade put a piece of paper on the inside of the door. On it was a line from the Eagles Song, Hotel California.

"Relax said the night man we are programmed to receive, you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave."

Tori laughed it off at the time as example of Jade's morbid humor but today it seemed to have a bit of a more sinister meaning.

"Suffocating Love" Tori mumbled to herself, "But love I can't live without"

Tori knew she could have just gone out and considering the fact that Jade usually slept in on Sundays, could very well get away with it.

Tori just put her pear pod away and grabbed her book for introduction to music theory book and began to read the chapter she needed to have read for tomorrow.

After half an hour Tori realized she was hungry and decided to do one of the few things she could do and go and eat.

She texted Cat:

To Cat: Eaten Breakfast Yet?

Cat responded a few moments later.

To Tori: No.

To Cat: Wanna join me in the cafeteria in a few minutes?"

Cat answered quickly.

To Tori: I'll be there in 10 minutes.

Tori looked up at the loft where Jade was sleeping and sighed. Tori accepted the punishment but this morning was a bit bitter about it. She wrote a note for Jade saying she was going to eat in the cafeteria and would be back after breakfast.

It was a bright sunny morning as Tori walked to the cafeteria which served the dorms and quickly found Cat sitting on the steps in front of the building.

"Hi Cat"

"Hey Tori"

"How is it going?" Tori asked.

"Fine, Robbie and I went out to the movies last night."

Tori smiled. "A date finally?"

Cat suddenly squirmed. "I ran away again?"

"After he kissed you?"

Cat said looking rather sheepish. "Yeah"

Tori gave Cat a look of scorn. "Let's get some food and talk."

A few moments later the pair had their food and sat down.

"Why did you run away cat? You know Robbie likes you and you like him but every time he gets close to you freak out. It's a miracle he still likes you."

"I'm sorry, I just can't help myself. I'll make it up to him."

"He's a great guy Cat but he won't wait around you forever." Tori pleaded as she took a bite of her eggs.

"I know" said Cat looking somewhat embarrassed. "Did Jade find you last night?"

Tori rolled her eyes. "Yea she did. I was at a party at the Theta Phi house and won their karaoke contest."

Cat opened her eyes wide. "Jade doesn't like you going to parties without her, was she mad?"

Tori stabbed a sausage link on her tray rather forcefully with her fork. "I'm grounded for a week"

"Ohhh…My brother got grounded for a week once for using my dad's Vintage Pink Floyd Animals Album as a Frisbee with our dog."

The corner of Tori's mouth curled up into a smile as a dreamy look invaded her eyes. "What a shame, that's a real good album."

"I'm glad you won the contest but sad that you got grounded." Cat said before she took a drink of orange juice.

Tori shrugged as the half smile melted from her face. "I can see her point but she can be a bit suffocating at times."

"Are you two having problems?"

Tori shook her head, "No. This is just a minor bump in the road."

An insightful look ran across Cat's face. "You seem to hit that particular bump a lot."

Tori smiled as she finished the last piece of sausage. "It's a small price to pay for being with the most wonderful woman in the world"

After that Tori changed the subject to that of school and how their classes were going which they talked about until the end of breakfast.

"Thanks for joining me Cat." Tori said as she got up from the table.

"You're welcome Tori. What are you going to do? I'm going back to my dorm room and study for a bit."

"Probably the same, not like I can go anywhere." Tori said letting a bit of bitterness seep into her voice.

"Are you sure you two will be OK, Tori?" Cat said with a worried look.

"Considering I'm hopelessly in love with Jade, I certainly hope so. See you later Cat."

"Later Tori." Said Cat as she headed back to her dorm.

A few minutes later Tori was entering her dorm room and noticed Jade was still asleep, seeming not even noticing her absence.

Before she went back to her reading for class she climbed the ladder and watched her sleeping girlfriend for a few moments. Jade was on her side, eyes closed and her raven locks were running haphazardly across the pillow. She looked calm, serene and peaceful. Of course Beautiful was the word that overshadowed the other ones in Tori's mind.

Tori looked at the song lyric still taped to the door for a second. "I can check out but can never leave" Tori thought to herself as she returned her attention the sleeping Goth.

"Not that I'd want to leave anyway, even if I could. How could one separate themselves from their own heart? I love you Jade" Tori whispered before she went down the ladder and back to her studies.

I thought I would write a chapter where Tori reflects on Jade's possessive nature, at least a little bit.