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Author's Note: Ooooh myyy Gooood! All the feedback! It's taken me to author heaven! Whoa. I am swamped with the impure, sinful joy that is what modern-day youths call "ego trip." Thank you all of you for everything, especially ScottyBgood for his advice and encouragement. Writing is awesome. I really hope you guys like this chapter. This is the last chapter that occurs on the same day. After this, we'll jump forward a bit. All right, here we go!

Year: 1999 (still the same day)

No point of view

At that moment Tori's dad, David Vega, walked through the door and stopped in his tracks. "Oh my God, Jade West?" He asked in disbelief, kneeling down to the young girl's level. Jade nodded. He proceeded to hug her quickly. Tori ran over to her father and hugged him hard.

"Daddy, I'm going to marry Jade one day. We're going to be husband and wife and have lots and lots of kids and dogs and everything. We're gonna get married because you all grew up together."

Her words were rushed with the excitement of a young child and she stood there as the light of the sun combined with the utter abandon and complete rapture at the idea to make her face glow.

David laughed, spinning her, making her squeal. "Maybe you will, little Tori. Maybe you will," he said, still chuckling as he set her back on her feet.

Meanwhile, Jade looked horrified. "What's wrong, Jadey?" Tori asked, rushing over, her expression now a wash of concern.

"I don't wanna get married yet. I just turned six! I'm not big enough yet. Plus, I wanna travel and meet lots of people and stuff."

Mr. and Mrs. Vega laughed and hugged Jade. "You know Tori's just kidding, right?"

Tori looked up at that. "I was just kidding, Jade," she reassured her friend. In truth, she didn't know. Jade seemed really nice, and didn't you marry nice people when you grew up? Her mama and daddy were nice to each other. So were her grandparents and her aunts and uncles and...

The doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" Tori shrieked, almost running her parents and Jade over in her excited rush to get to the door. She threw it open with difficulty since the door was lots and lots bigger than she was and came face to face with a lady wearing a blue T-shirt and blue pants. Tori stared. She had never seen blue pants that weren't jeans before. This lady was different. Tori decided she liked her and threw herself at the lady, who caught her just in time, swooping the little girl up into her arms and twirling her in the air, making Tori shriek with laughter.

"Hello there," she said, her voice throaty with a medium French accent. "My daughter ran in to your yard." Tori nodded, a smile lighting up her face.

"Jade, right?" The lady nodded. "Yeah."

"You're her mom?" Tori squeaked, then went ahead and hugged the woman again. She returned the hug with just as much vigor and enthusiasm as the young girl, who ran over to her parents.

"Mama, Daddy, it's Auntie West!" she shouted.

David and Holly, who had been talking quietly, looked up in confusion.

"Jade's mama," Tori explained. Adults could be so slow and boring sometimes, though her parents were better than a lot of adults. And it looked like Aunt West was like them, too.

Getting over her initial shock, Mrs. Vega leapt to her feet, her husband following suit, and they crowded into the entry hall where Mrs. West still stood.

A smile that seemed too broad and loud for her face spread across the other woman's features when she saw the adults.

"Holly, David!" she called, her voice full of the light that comes with the joy of meeting lost loved ones.

Holly and David rushed over and hugged her. "Oh, Vivienne! It's been way too long!" Holly exclaimed, the expression of tenderness reserved for her oldest friend crossing her profile. She had grown up an only child, and Vivienne Blanche, who had moved from France when they were both six years old had been almost a sister to her.

The same expression was mirrored in the other woman's eyes. "God, it's been too long. It's wonderful to see both of you, seriously. I live next door with my husband Jonothan and Jade here." At that, she wrapped an arm around her daughter, who leaned into her touch.

Then she turned to the quiet Tori.

"So, you're Victoire, um, I mean Victoria," she said, smiling and hugging Tori again. Tori smiled.

"What did you almost call me?) she asked, curiosity tinging her entire being. Vivienne smiled. "Victoire. It's French for Victoria."

"That's pretty," was all Tori said. Then a thought came to her. "You can call me that if you want. I like it. But what do I call you?"

Vivienne smiled. "What did I hear you call me earlier. Auntie West? I like that very much, young Victoire. I'll take it."

Tori giggled and nodded. She had been right about her new Auntie West.

"Mama, can I go over and play with Jadey sometimes?" she asked, giving her mother puppy dog eyes. Holly laughed. "It's fine with me if it's fine with your father and your Aunt West, and of course, Jade," she rejoined.

Tori turned to her father. "Please, Daddy?" she asked, giving him the same look. David tapped his chin, pretending to think, before nodding his head in agreement.

Tori squealed, then turned to the quiet, smiling woman.

She turned on her secret weapon, the weapon any 5-year-old had at their disposal: the ever so dangerous... pout.

"Please, Auntie West?" Tori pleaded, giving her the puppy dog face along with the pout.

Vivienne chuckled in amusement. "Little Tori, I have a daughter about the same age as you, and she was exactly your age once," she said, snapping her fingers at the word "exactly." "But yes, you may, as long as you ask your parents first."

Tori nodded vigorously, smiling turning to Jade.

"Can I come and play with you sometimes, Jadey?" she asked. She couldn't use the look on Jade though, because everyone knows it only works on adults.

Jade was quiet to scare Tori a little, then gave the other girl a smile and a one-armed hug. "Yeah, sure," she said. Tori grinned.

"What kind of hug is that?" she asked. "It's the kind that big 6-year-olds give," she teased. Tori giggled. She was happy. She just got a new aunt and she had a feeling Jade West would be very important to her later on.

Author's Note: What do you guys think? How do you like it so far? How do you like Vivienne? Tell me in the reviews. Till next time...