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"Jade, you're doing great." Dr. Collins smiled reassuringly jotting things down on his clipboard. "You should be ready to leave therapy in a week or so."
"After a month of this I should hope so." Jade said sarcastically, picking at her nails.
"C'mon Jade, you've been doing so well. Don't revert back to your old ways. If you want to be a happier person, you need to be more polite." The young doctor urged. At first, Jade had been startled that he had been allocated as her therapist. He was fresh out of college, a young, handsome twenty-one year old should have things to do other than talk to screwed up teenagers.
"Yeah, whatever." Jade huffed. "Can I go now?"
Dr. Collins sighed before answering, "Sure. I'll see you next Wednesday " Jade stood up and exited, relieved to not have to deal with all the questions. She'd finally been released from hospital a couple of days ago, and she was enjoying her freedom. School, however, had been something she dreaded going back to. Jade had made her grand reappearance just last week, she'd known how horrible it would be. All the students looked at her strangely, she was still as intimidating as ever, yet people thought they had the right to question her. They thought they knew her.
"Do you wanna go somewhere after school?" Cat asked her girlfriend, she longed to hold Jade's hand, but she knew she couldn't. Jade still wasn't prepared for the comments she'd receive, she was physically unable to handle any more trauma.
"Sure. I just need to drop my stuff off in your room." After Jade's discharge, she'd gone back to her father's. She didn't exactly receive the welcome home she felt she deserved, Jade had gotten the courage to tell him about her and Cat but he wouldn't hear of it. No daughter of Michael West was going to be a lesbian, not under his roof. So Cat had begged her parents to allow Jade to live with them, and that's what had happened. Cat's psycho brother was 'away' for a while, Jade had been staying in his room.
"My brother's stuff isn't that bad, y'know." Cat giggled slightly,
"Yeah, but some of his stuff moves." Jade shuddered, "And it smells." She crinkled her nose.
"Hey, guys!" Andre bounded up to them.
"Hi." Cat greeted, flashing a casual smile.
"Are you going to Tori's party tonight?" He asked.
"Tori's having a party?" Jade checked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, she sent out a mass text."
"I didn't get one," Cat said, "Did you?" She asked Jade.
"No." She shook her head in reply.
"Are you sure? I can see you both on the contact list." Andre took Cat's phone to check, "Cat, you turned your notifications off." He sighed exasperatedly.
"Oh." Cat said quietly, her face turning a light pink in embarrassment.
"Don't talk to her like she's an idiot." Jade spat, going into auto protective mode.
"Oh-kay?" Andre said, a puzzled expression upon his face. "Anyway, are you both going?" Cat looked expectantly at Jade.
"Fine." Jade let up, knowing Cat would want to. "We'll go."
"Cool. I'll see you both there."
"Are you sure you wanna go?" Cat asked Jade, "We don't have to if you don't want to."
"No, it's okay. It could be fun, I suppose." Jade shrugged. In all honestly, she wanted to see if Beck and Tori were together. She didn't care anymore, she was just curious to see if Tori would move in on him. Jade turned off the key in the ignition and then stepped out of her car with Cat, even though they were only twenty minutes late, the party seemed in full swing.
"Be careful tonight, Jade." Cat whispered, rubbing Jade's shoulder.
"I will, don't worry." Jade smiled before pecking Cat lovingly on the forehead. They separated slightly as they walked in, they recognized most people, but others were complete strangers.
"Jade! Cat!" A voice yelled over the crowd, both girls turned to see Tori grinning and waving at them. "Hey." She said after making her way to the couple.
"Nice party." Cat said politely, having to shout to be heard over the other guests.
"Yeah, it's alright." Jade nodded.
"Thanks. There's drinks and snacks in the kitchen, have fun." The younger Vega sister then turned to make conversation with a different group of people.
Jade began stumbling around, she hadn't actually had that much to drink, it was just difficult trying to weave herself through so many people. Jade was actually trying to find Cat, who's smaller body had bounced off at some point to talk a girl that Robbie liked into giving him a chance.
"Jade?" A familiar voice asked. Jade turned slightly, only for her eyes to latch onto her therapist.
"Dr. Collins?" She spluttered, her eyes widening.
"Yeah," He nodded, "Why are you here?"
"I go to school with Tori and Trina. More importantly, why are you here?" Jade raised an eyebrow, "This is a high-schooler's party."
"I know, but I'm friends with the family. David does a lot for the community." Jade nodded understandably, the Vega father was a much-loved service member.
"You want a drink?" He asked,
"Sure." Jade nodded, this is so weird, she thought to herself as her therapist made his way to the drinks table.
"You can call me Jason now, since we're out of my workplace." He smiled as he handed Jade her drink. Something else was in his eyes, why is he smiling like that? He almost reminds me of a crocodile.
"Whoa, this is strong." Jade's eyebrows raised as she choked slightly on the beverage, "Is this alcohol?"
"Maybe." Jason continued smiling, "Let loose a little, you deserve it."
"Yeah, I suppose I do." Jade nodded. Her head began pounding, her sight was going slightly fuzzy around the edges, but she ignored it.
"Are you okay?" Jason asked suddenly, putting his hand on Jade's arm to prevent her from falling.
"Y-yeah." Jade tried to stand straight, "My head feels funny." She groaned.
"I think you need to lie down." Jason guided her up the stairs and into one of the guest rooms.
"Thanks." Jade slurred, toppling onto the bed. She felt drowsy, sleep suddenly felt like a good idea to her. She looked up confusedly as the door was shut, Jason began advancing to her, his fingers unbuttoning his shirt.
"What are you doing?" Jade asked, she was trying to stand or at least sit up, but found she was too weak.
"Shh, Jade. Don't make this more difficult than it has to be." He murmured sinisterly, pinning her hands back on the bed. Jade tried to kick him off, but she couldn't control her movements.
"No." She protested, before blacking out.
A/N: I'm terribly sorry for the late update. I was away at the weekend and I've been revising like mad because we have mock exams going on next week. I'm trying to get back into a routine, but updates will become irregular, I apologize in advance.
Also, to redvelvetjade, Trina will probably make a few appearances in the future. However, she will not be a major character in the story, sorry :(
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