Author Notes: This is the final chapter of the fic, sorry but I lost interest in this story and I been itching to write other ideas, however I had no intention to leave this incomplete so after a long writer's block this finale came up.

Disclaimer: I own squat, Dan owns the show.

Tori sat nervously at the small stool, turning her head towards the door whenever she would hear people come in or out.

She was a nervous wreck, it had taken her older sister a lot of convincing that meeting Jade here was for the best, but the fear of seeing her (ex?)-girlfriend was huge, she didn't know what she would say.

Would she break her heart?

Would she take her back?

Would Jade decide she wasn't worth it and blow her off?

So many scenarios came to mind, each one getting worse by the second and Tori's insecurity was reaching its peak since there was no sign of the Goth, she was supposed to be here almost twenty minutes ago…

Tori took the piece of paper out of her jacket and read the note yet again.

"We need to talk

Be at Nozu at five

Don't be late Vega"

The Half-Latina wasn't sure if Jade decided to let her wait on purpose as a form of twisted torture or if she simply had other things to do before coming to Nozu.

Whatever the case, Tori both anticipated and dreaded to be near Jade.

Her Jade.

She sighed sadly, she wasn't sure if she could even call the pale beauty her's anymore.

Just then she heard the seat next to her squeak, which meant that someone took the seat next to her, a seat she was saving for Jade.

She concluded that she must had been deep in thought to ignore the world around her.

"Umm, that seat is taken"

"Oh? By who?"

Tori froze right then and there, she knew that voice anywhere.

"J-J-J-J"

The Thespian rolled her eyes "I think the name your looking for is Jade, Vega"

The tanned woman blushed "Ye-Yeah"

Jade looked at the coffee in Tori's hands, if there was any indication that she was nervous to see her, it showed when the poor cup was getting crushed.

"Vega, since when do you drink coffee?"

"Huh?" She asked, then looked at the beverage in her hands "Oh, um this isn't for me"

"Oh?"

"It's... It's for you"

Jade narrowed her eyes "Are you trying to bribe me?"

"What? NO!" Tori denied "I just thought you would like some...I mean, I used to give you A cup of coffee when we went out you know? It your favourite; black with two sugars"

Jade stared at the drink.

"I-That was awhile ago, though, wasn't it?" Tori said quickly. "You-You've probably found a different type of coffe you like"

"No," Jade replied softly, picking up the cup and taking a sip. "This is still my favorite…thanks."

"You're welcome baby"

After that the two women were silent.

Tori mentally kicked herself, unsure if she went too far for calling the other woman by that particular petname.

Jade simply closed her eyes for a minute or two, unsure of how to respond, while she missed Tori's affection, it wasn't the time or place or it, she came to settle things once and for all, both of them had to get passed by the trauma Holly had started.

To say things became awkward very quick was an understatement, Tori had wanted this chance to talk to Jade so desperately, to fix the mess she started but now that they were both here, she didn't exactly know how to.

"Why is it so hard to start up a conversation with someone who I loved more than life itself?"

"How's staying with Trina?" Jade asked, sipping her coffee. "Has she driven you crazy yet?"

"It's-It's okay," Tori answered. "It's not so bad, she at least isn't as self-centered as she was in high school"

Jade snorted "That's hard to believe"

"Well believe it" The Half-Latina said "Heck, if I wasn't living with her I wouldn't believe it myself... But you didn't tell me to talk about my sister did you?"

"Nope"

"So um... Why did you wanna see me?"

"First of all Vega," Jade said coldly "You got to understand that you hurt me ok? That slap hit deeper then you think, you didn't just drive me away, you broke whatever trust I had in you... So many empty promises that you would stop drinking finally took its toll and I didn't want to see you getting deeper into that goddamn rabbit hole"

"Tori stop drinking that shit!" Jade yelled out "You promised you would stop!"

"I will!" She groaned "Don't get your panties in a bunch!"

"My... That's it!" Jade snarled "Give that to me!"

The Half-Latina got the Vodka closer to her bossum "No!"

"Vega" She said warningly "Gimme that now!"

Tori simply ignored her and out the bottle between her breasts "Want it? Come and get it" She slurred.

"I'm not kidding... Give that NOW!"

"Nope"

Jade quickly made it to her girlfriend and without a hitch managed to take the bottle away from her, however Tori was not amused.

"Hey! That's mine!"

"This is going down the drain!" Jade pointed at the bottle in disgust.

"No it's not!" Tori protested "Gimme!"

"Didn't you promise me you were going to stop drinking!"

"One more drink is not gonna hurt!"

"Open your eyes Tori!" Her girlfriend bellowed "It's already hurting you!.. It's hurting us!"

The younger woman however didn't seem think so and in her desperation to get her drink back she slapped Jade right in the face.

The Goth's eyes widened in shock, Tori soon followed.

"Jade... I...I.."

But the pale woman didn't stay to listen.

"I can't do this anymore"

She drop the bottle and it broke into millions of pieces,

Right then and there, Tori just knew that she went too far.

Tori lowered herself in shame as she recalled her actions of that dreadful evening "I'm sorry"

"Yeah... I figure you are now" Jade snapped "I'm not here to chew you out, there's no purpose to do that, the damage is done but what I want to know is why you continued to drink when you knew it was Wrong, why after so much asking, so much begging, on my part you never listened until it was too late? Was drinking really worth it? Did you really prefer it to me?"

"No!" Tori said at once. "No, of course not."

"Well I see no other explanation" Jade hissed "I want an honest answer from you Vega... Why... didn't ...you ...stop?"

Tori's eyes began tear up, but she refused to cry, not now but the fact that Jade was calling her by her surname and not her name showed that their relationship had taken several steps back and it was killing her.

"I-I don't know," Tori said.

"Well then who does know?!" Jade snarled "I want an answer Vega and I want it now!"

"I took our relationship for granted, okay?" The Tanned woman snapped "There, I said it... I deluded myself into thinking that you were always going to stay with me because you loved me too damn much... That you weren't going to get sick of me... That you were going to let things slide... So I keep drinking and drinking not only to get rid of the pain my mother left behind but to escape from the reality that our relationship was in trouble... I didn't want to face the fact that I had a problem, I just expect us to stay strong but that's impossible when you were the only one pay any attention to us"

Jade said nothing. It was as if Tori had said everything The Goth had wanted to say to her herself. She looked across at the other brunette, whose eyes were brimmed with tears.

"She still cries way too easily", Jade thought to herself. "But…Ugh, she really is sorry…But then again how do I know this isn't another empty apology?"

"I'm not sure if you believe me and if I killed any hope of us getting back together" Tori admitted as she shed away some tears "And I know I don't deserve another chance after I blew so many... But Jade... I...I don't think I could bear the the thought of you being out of my life.. These past months without you have bee very painful days ... I been going to some AA meeting and Trina has been helping me out in case I relapse, I won't lie and say that I don't get the urge to drink every now and then because I do, I freaking do! But... but I resist because I want us to work out... My damn drinking problem drove away the woman I love and I have no one to blsme but myself, if I learn anything from this fiasco is that I can't take for granted what really is important to me and Jade?... I learned that the hard way... What we had? It was so perfect... So beautiful... And I want that back... So I ask you to please give me the opportunity to fix what I broke"

"What makes this time so different Tori?" The pale woman asked "Why should I believe you after so many empty promises? What makes this real?"

Tori closed her eyes "Because I love you"

"Okay," Jade said. "I-I guess that's that."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean," Jade said, taking a deep breath. "You can't apologize anymore, can you?"

"What are you saying?" Tori asked slowly.

"Vega, believe it or not I know when your lying to me" The Thespian said "And you aren't lying now, we both made mistakes"

Tori raised an eyebrow, puzzled "What did you do?"

Jade lowered her head this time "I left you"

"But... But you had a reason to"

"That didn't make it right!" She hissed "You were hurting and I left you when you needed support, I'm no better than your mother... I hurt you by leaving, I was in so much pain that I forgot you were drinking because of what your Mom did to you and instead of being with you to release you of that despair I made things worse by leaving you behind and for that I'm sorry"

"So we both did things we regret" Tori muttered.

"Looks like it"

"So... Where do we go from here?"

"I think... I think we need to start from scratch"

"What do you mean?"

"Vega, my trust in you is broken, our relationship is in shambles, to be honest I still love you but we can't move on if we don't deal with the broken pieces"

"So... What do you suggest?" Tori asked fearfully.

"Like I said, we start from scratch, let's begin anew, let's do this right this time, go slow"

"Go slow?"

Jade nodded "Let's be friends first, from there if things feel right again then we can start dating, I want us to work out but for that to happen I gotta know I'm not the only one willing to go the distance"

The Half-Latina smiled sadly, she saw validity in what Jade was saying and although she didn't like the idea of simply being friends she still had hoped for them so if she played her cards right someday she would call Jade her girlfriend once more.

"I'd like that. A lot."

"Ok Vega" She said "I gotta warn you that it won't be easy"

"I know Jade" She admitted "But hardly anything worth having ever is"

Tori desperatedly wanted to hold Jade's hand but knew it was off limits, they weren't dating now, simply friends but someday she would hold that soft hand again.

And when she did, she would never let it go.

"And this time it's a promise"

Well, this is the end, I left it as an open ending because I might do a one shot sequel on this, for now I have no plans but one never knows.

anyways, comments? Disappointed? Did you like it?

Review and let me know, ok?

Invader Johnny Signing Off.