"Blue or green?"

Jade lowered the eyeliner and craned her head to look over her shoulder at the two dresses her fiancée was holding up. Her narrowed eyes flicked from the blue to the green dress. "Green one," she decided and turned back to the mirror. The blue dress was quickly thrown onto the bed as Amelia swung Jade's choice in front of her, tilting her head as she looked at the piece of clothing. With a quick nod, she made her way to the bathroom but stopped in the doorway of the bedroom to look at Jade, who was still busy applying her makeup.

The black-haired woman abruptly stopped her ministrations when she spotted Lia staring at her out of the corner of her eye, her eyes quickly flicking over to her. "What?"

Amelia shrugged, smiling as she tightened her fingers on the dress. "I just love you so much."

Jade's lips lifted in a smirk."Oh, you little softie, you." She turned back to the mirror, her tongue poking out to run over her lips, before a smile broke out on her face. "But I love you anyways."

Biting her lip, Lia walked over to Jade and squeezed Jade's shoulder, urging her to scoot the chair back a little. She sat down on her lap, her one arm lightly wrapping around Jade's shoulders while her other hand still held the dress. "Can you imagine? We're going to get married." Her hand softly ran through Jade's hair. Smiling, she pressed her lips against hers. "I'm so glad you said yes," Lia whispered against Jade's lips, a squeal escaping her mouth when Jade lightly pinched her leg.

"Oh please. I couldn't possibly have said no," Jade began, pulling away and flicking amused eyes over Lia's face, "You probably would have hit me or chained me up and let me starve to death until I said yes."

"I would have not!" Jade raised her eyebrows and opened her mouth but Lia began talking again."No, no, no! Shush! Or I'm going to revoke my proposal."

Jade pretended to ponder about that possibility for a little while. "Would I get to keep the ring?"

Lia laughed. "Of course not."

"Oh," Jade sighed overdramatically and pressed a quick kiss to Lia's cheek, "I guess I'm going to keep my mouth shut then."

"Good." Amelia playfully patted Jade's head before sighing loudly and shaking her head. "You really destroy every sweet moment we have together. Or we could have."

"That's not true. I just don't want you to get all mushy on me. We have our sweet moments." She smiled at the way Lia bit her lip and narrowed her eyes, and gave her leg a squeeze. "Come on now. Get ready. Cat will kill us if we're late. Especially since it's our engagement party."

With a long sigh, she stood up, languidly walking out of the bedroom, a smile appearing on her face as she heard Jade jokingly shouting after her. "And you better look pretty! Or I'm the one calling it off!"

"Blue or Green? What do you think?"

When no answer came, Jade turned around, only to see that Cat had disappeared. "Cat? Hey Cat!"

"I'm here," the redhead sung and popped her head up from behind a long rack of colorful dresses.

"What do you think," Jade repeated and held both dresses up to get Cat's opinion on them, "Blue or Green? I like both." The petite woman smiled brightly and skipped over to Jade, a light cream-colored dress hanging over the crook of her elbow. "They're both pretty," she said and shifted her gaze back and forth between the two dresses in Jade's hands, "But we don't need them."

Jade's eyebrows shot up, her hands lowering. "We don't?"

"Nope. Look!" Her hand shot out to grasp the dress off of her elbow, letting it dance in front of Jade with an openmouthed smile. Jade watched amusedly, her eyes roaming the dress. "That?"

"Yes! Exactly that! The color, the design, the cut… it's perfect! Will you wear it?"

"Sure."

"Oooh, yay!" Jade laughed when the redhead threw her arms into the air, one of the biggest smiles imaginable lighting up her face. "That means everything can stay the same, we don't have to change a thing! Your dress still compliments the color scheme of our wedding."

"Yeah and see? A pink dress really isn't necessary." Jade smiled at the content expression on her best friend's face before sighing and taking a look around the boutique. "Can we go now?"

Cat nodded, carefully hanging Jade's dress back over her elbow. "Yes, of course. Let's go."

…

After about ten meetings between her ribs and other people's elbows, Tori finally managed to get her bags from the conveyer belt. Heaving them down with a groan, she looked out for any sign of Robbie. Her curly-haired friend was nowhere to be seen so she pulled out her phone, turned it back on and dialed his number. It rang two times before Robbie picked up.

"Hey there, Tori! Did you land?"

"Yes. I just got my luggage. Where are you?"

"I'm standing right outside. Do you want me to get you?"

Tori sighed and bit her lip, looking at the signs to find the exit. "Um, no. Just stay where you are. I'm there in a minute."

"Okay. I'm on the lookout for you."

Tori hung up and quickly grabbed one of the carts, loading her luggage on them and following the signs that led her to the main exit of the airport. A gust of wind blew right in her face as she stepped out, the slightly cold September air wrapping around her body and making her shiver. She narrowed her eyes and looked around, but Robbie was still nowhere to be seen.

"Look who it is!"

A loud voice sounded in her ear, cold hands touching her sides, making the brunette jump. Tori whirled around to see Robbie standing in front of her, grinning from ear to ear. "You nearly gave me a heart attack!" She looked at him incredulously but soon breathed out a laugh and held her arms out. Robbie's grin didn't falter as he stepped into Tori's hug, his own arms tightly wounding around his old best friend. "I really missed you," Tori murmured into his shoulder. She pulled back and smiled, scanning him up and down. "Look how much you've grown," Tori quipped and playfully reached her fingers out to pinch Robbie's cheeks, "You're a man now!"

"I was always a man!" He acted offended, his mouth hanging open and his eyebrows crunched. Tori just laughed at his antics. "Sure you were. Are we ready to go now? It's freezing here." As if to prove her point, Tori's body shivered when another gust of wind blew around her. She wrapped her arms around herself and looked at Robbie who already busied himself with pushing the cart with Tori's luggage towards his car. "Well, it's fall. It gets colder now." Tori nodded and walked beside Robbie, keeping her arms around herself. Robbie looked over at her, a smile playing on his lips. "You probably should have put on a thicker jacket," he said, his eyes flicking down to the blue cardigan she wore, "You're not in L.A. anymore. It's a little bit colder."

"Yeah, thanks for the tip," Tori grumbled and looked at Robbie, poking her tongue out. "You sound like Trina."

"Ah, the good old Trina. How is she doing?" They stopped at a dark blue car and after Robbie unlocked it, he started to load Tori's bags into the trunk. Tori sighed and began rubbing her arms. "She's fine. Of course she dragged me into a million stores before I flew here, saying that I need to accommodate to the New Yorker style." She rolled her eyes and Robbie laughed, slamming the trunk shut.

"And? Are your 'L.A. clothes' now history?"

"No," Tori chuckled, shaking her head, "Trina was the only one who really bought herself anything. She completely abandoned me in every shop."

Robbie laughed again and after they brought the cart back, they climbed into the car and made their way to Robbie and Cat's apartment. "And it's really okay for you and Cat? I mean, I could check into a hotel or something."

Robbie tsked, lifting his hand and waving it dismissively, his eyes never leaving the road. "Of course it's okay. For both of us. You and Cat will get along great, I'm sure about that."

Tori smiled and rubbed her cold hands together. "Speaking of Cat… How are the preparations going along?"

"Really great," Robbie nodded, taking a left turn, "She's actually at some… boutique right now with Jade, her best friend and her maid of honor." He stopped at a stoplight and his eyebrows suddenly crunched together as he turned towards Tori. "You and Jade should meet some time," he randomly stated and kept looking at his friend in the passenger seat.

Tori raised her eyebrows and slowly nodded. "Um… okay. Why should we meet? Any specific reason?"

Robbie shrugged and turned his attention back to the street. "Just because. Even though you and me lost contact over the years, I still consider you to be a very important person in my life. And so is Jade." He bit his lip and stepped on the gas pedal, muttering under his breath "Besides, Jade could use some socializing."

Tori frowned. "What?"

Realizing that Tori had heard the last part, Robbie glanced her way and lightly shook his head. "Nevermind. Just talking to myself," he nodded and forced a smile to appear on his face. "So, tell me. Are you excited about your new job?"

…

"Hurry up. We still need to go to the bakery."

Jade sighed aggravated, ripped the door of the car open and shot the redhead in the driver's seat a glare. "Don't rush me. I just want to pee, I don't want to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy."

Cat raised her eyebrows and held her hands up. "Okay, okay. But don't forget to hu-"

Jade didn't let her finish, quickly jumping out of the car and slamming the door shut behind her. After they were done in the boutique, Cat just had to go into another shop, after seeing "these shoes that are to die for" and of course, she dragged Jade with her. They spent an entire hour in the shoe shop, with Cat trying on a gazillion of different shoes and ending up buying none of them. As if the ultimate boredom of shopping and the urgent need to use the bathroom hadn't been enough to frustrate Jade to no end, Cat then revealed to her in the car that they would need to make a quick trip to the bakery, to talk about the wedding cake. Given that her bladder was almost on the verge of exploding, she urged Cat to drive home so that she could use the bathroom. Cat had grumbled something about a strict schedule but eventually gave in, only agreeing to make a trip to her apartment if Jade would promise to hurry and come with her to the bakery.

So here she was, fumbling with the keys and on the verge of peeing her pants. When she finally managed to turn the lock, Jade burst through the door and made her way straight to the bathroom.

Jade paused in her steps however, her eyes moving up and falling on a brunette woman just coming out of the bathroom. Her brown eyes found Jade's and for a few seconds, the only thing the two women did was stare at each other, until Jade found her voice, her urgent need shoved to the side for the moment. "Who are you?"

Jade watched as the woman grabbed the door handle of the bathroom door a little tighter in her hands, a few stuttering sounds falling out of the brunette's mouth. "Uh, I… sorry. I'm Tori."

"Tori. Oh, you're Robbie's friend?"

Jade's eyes narrowed as she observed Tori. Pearly white teeth tightly bit down on her plump lip, her face completely blank of any make up and black rimmed glasses neatly placed on the bridge of her nose. She nodded, her bottom lip managing to escape the prison between her teeth. "Yeah. I, um… Robbie and Cat are letting me stay with them for a couple of days until… until my apartment is ready for me to move in."

A faint smirk played on Jade's lips. "Until your apartment is ready for you?"

"Yes, um… the heating isn't really working properly and the landlord wants to fix it before I move in." Tori nodded again, reassuring Jade that she was in fact, telling the truth. "And you, you are Jade, right? Cat's best friend?"

The suspicious look returned to Jade's face as Tori waited for her to answer with a small smile and raised eyebrows. "I am," she confirmed, crossing her arms over her chest and letting her eyes roam Tori's face, "How do you know that?"

Tori's hand finally let go of the door handle and she shrugged her shoulders, lightly smiling at Jade. "Robbie told me about you. Plus, the picture in the living room of you and Cat kinda helped me to recognize you."

"Ah. Well, that explains why you didn't think I was a thief or something."

Tori laughed and nodded her head. They stood there awkwardly for a couple of seconds before Robbie came out of the bedroom, a smile lighting up his face when his eyes fell on the two women. "Oh! You two met already?"

Tori smiled at him and nodded her head. Jade opened her mouth but Cat's voice ringing through the apartment stopped her from saying anything. "Jade, what's taking so-" She came bounding through the door, stopping short when she saw Tori and Jade standing in front of each other. "Oh," Cat's eyebrows shot up and a bright smile appeared when she fixed her gaze on Tori. "You must be Tori! It's really so nice to meet you."

"Yeah, it's a pleasure to-" Tori stopped talking as Cat gathered her in a big hug and let out a laugh. "Oh, okay." Her own arms wrapped around the little redhead, her hands lightly patting her back.

"I'm Cat," Cat happily said as she pulled away from the hug.

"Yeah, well that's so nice. Now we all know each other. But I," Jade stepped forward and placed her hands on Tori's forearms, gently shoving the surprised brunette away from her blocking position of the bathroom door. Their eyes met for just a few seconds before Jade looked away and let go of Tori. "need to use the bathroom." The brunette stumbled a little, pushing into Robbie, her eyes watching as Jade disappeared into the bathroom.

"Wow," Tori breathed out and caught both Cat's and Robbie's attention. Her hand lifted and pointed to her own eyes, which were still fixed on the door. "Her eyes are really nice."

Robbie's eyebrows shot up, his eyes flying to his fiancée who barely could keep her laugh inside, her lips pressed together and eyes sparkling. When Tori realized what she just said, her eyes widened and flew to Cat. "Um, I'm… sorry. I really just," she stumbled over her words, only increasing Cat's amusement. Tori's mouth snapped shut and she shook her head, the amount of embarrassment she was feeling getting the best of her. "She just has really nice eyes," she blurted out again and then quickly turned around, walking into the living room.

She cringed when she heard Cat's quiet giggle behind her. "Oh my God. Just shoot me."