Sorry for the long wait, unfortunately I had a terrible case of writer's block for this story.
In here Tori needs to start healing and the first thing she does after some encouragement is to write a letter. To whom? Her biggest enemy and the source of her pain...Alcohol.
This takes a few weeks before Trina goes to talk to Jade.
"Write it down Tori" Trina said while putting a piece of paper and pen in front of her sister "It will make you feel better"
"I dont think it will Trina" Tori muttered in defeat "Can't I just go back to bed?"
"NO!" The older girl yelled "You are going to stop mopping and feeling sorry for yourself, this isn't you Tor... Where's my baby sister?"
"Gone"
"Well I miss you, the old you, the one who smiled to everyone and cared about people...And I'm not the only one, Dad has been calling, he wants to know how you are"
Tori lowers her head in shame.
"He hates me"
"He doesn't hate you!" Trina said softly "He's worried about you and he's not the only one, Andre, Cat, Robbie, he'll even that creepy puppet of his is asking for you!"
"Doesn't matter"
"Of course it matter! I want you to be back to normal but I can't do that, you have to... So please allow yourself to heal"
"What's the point?" Tori asked miserably "I already lost the one person that meant everything to me"
Trina frowned "Jade I hope you never get so see Tori this way"
The younger woman rest her head in her arms on the table "She's never going to forgive me"
"That's bullshit!" Trina bellowed exasperatedly "If Jade wasn't going to forgive you then she wouldn't have sent you that letter! She wouldn't even give you the second chance to earn her love back!"
"I lost my chance with her"
"Are you even listening to me?!"
"I miss her"
The older Vega had had enough of the mopping, she was at her wits end and she knew that unless her little sister got out of this funk then she was going to lose her chance with Jade for sure.
Which is why she slapped her.
Trina didn't like that she had done so but she had to get Tori's attention somehow.
The tanned woman looked terrified at her older sibling, she touched the cheel where she had been slapped just seconds ago.
"Ok sister listen to me!" Trina barked "If you keep this up then every minute you mope it's a minute without Jade and I can see how much this hurts you but you got to remember that you hurt her first! She begged and begged for you to stop drinking! And did you listen?!"
"No" Tori replied meekly.
"DID... YOU...LISTEN?!"
"NO!"
"And was it worth it?" Trina asked "Was it worth numbing your pain with alcohol?"
"No"
"Our mother" The older brunette said with utter contempt "Is partly to blame for this Tori, she started this but the rest is up to you, this can end with you rising above it..."
The younger Vega's eyes began to water but refused to let her tears shed.
"Every second your away from Jade it's a second she wins" Trina Continued "So in the long run you can either get up , start healing and get your dark girl back or you can continue moping in your pyjamas and lose the woman you love to someone else.. Your call"
She left the apartment without another word.
Tori watched her go, finally drying her eyes once she was sure she was alone.
It was another hour before the Half-Latina decided to finally write on the piece of paper.
My old friend Alcohol:
I suppose a greeting is order so um...Hi?
To be honest I never thought I would be in this situation, I screwed up big time with my girlfriend... If you notice I never wrote ex-girlfriend.
Because I have a renew hope for her and I.
Now I have a few things to say to you wether your real or not...I need to get this off my chest if I'm going to make things better... If I'm going to be happy.
This is concerning you and me and our relationship. So here goes.
I hate you... I hate what you made me do... Who I hurt and what I lost because for the longest time I was your slave... Your damn plaything, you seduced me and I let it happen because you blinded me from the pain my mother caused... It felt good but now I regret it more than ever...I regret a lot of things I did with you and my lowest point was being associated with you and that I never listen I never wised up to your evil manipulation sooner.
The blame is not yours alone, because we did have some good times together to start with but you spoiled all that by wanting me to yourself.
You took over my body and messed with my head so much, making me do and say things that I never would have done before.
Several times I almost lost Jade to you, she put up with me for so long because she loved me and gave me so many second chances than I even hoped to deserve...I can't even count how many there were but in the end I lost her for good.
I lost all of her... Her trust and faith in me, she won't even talk to me and it hurts... All because of our messed up relationship.
You took all my money and almost took my life on more than one occasion. You are evil in every sense of the word.
I can't even express how disgusted I am with you.
But if I have to say anything good about you then this is it... You drove to a place where I come to know a great bunch of people... The right kind of people who know all about you and your manipulating ways and are there to help me get over you.
My health and my mind are still in despair but with time they will heal.
My sister is not giving up on me and I thank her for that.
You taught me people are more important than you will ever be.
So now, it is onwards with my life and I don't ever want to have anything to do with you ever again... You have no place in it.
But if I'm lucky enough then Jade will.
So, as they say, shut the door on ya way out, will ya?
Goodbye and good riddance,
Your friend no more
Tori Vega
With that Tori put the pen down.
"Trina was right" She thought "I do feel a bit better"
She got up and made her way to the kitchen, she was hungry and hadn't eaten all day so she made herself a sandwich.
As she ate in silence Tori began to think of what her sister had told her earlier.
"Dad has been calling, he wants to know how you are"
After a slow chew she swallowed her sandwich.
Tori then went to her room and grabbed her phone, scrolling down to the list of names till she found she one she needed.
She pressed it and waited for her call to be answered.
After the third ring someone on the other side of the line picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hi daddy"
The healing had begun.
Sorry, no Jade in this chapter but since the story revolves mostly around Tori and her misfortune with alcohol I felt I needed to add another way of support and healing than just simply writting about her AA meetings and family is usually that way.
To be honest I liked how I keep writting for Trina in this story..She seemed to be the push Tori needs when she's at her lowest.
Anyway, your thoughts?
Invader Johnny Signing Off.