A/N: Updating for several reasons. One, I wasn't really that pleased with the last chapter. Two, I felt bad that the update took so long to show up yesterday (even though that wasn't my fault). Three, I've been cyber-threatened so... I didn't have another choice.

"No- No mom, she's fine." Trina heaved out a sigh at the frantic voice of her mother. "No, you don't need to come here, everything is fine. I'm here, I'll take care of her. I promise." Crossing one arm over her chest and turning around, Trina got a glimpse of Robbie and a redhead approaching and quickly cut her mother off. "Look mom, Robbie just came. I'll call you later, okay? Don't worry about Tori."

After her mom hesitantly hung up the phone, Trina turned to the curly haired man anxiously standing in front of her. "How's Tori? Is everything alright with her?"

"First of all: Don't be rude. A 'hey Trina, nice to see you again. You look incredibly gorgeous' would be appreciated. And secondly: Tori's fine. She has a mild concussion and a broken wrist, but the doctor said that it wasn't that bad of a fracture and she wouldn't need surgery for it. A couple of scratches and a bruised hipbone, that was it." Robbie blew out a relieved breath and Trina shifted her attention from him to the small woman standing next to him. Smiling, she lifted a hand and wiggled her fingers in a wave. "I'm Trina, by the way. Tori's sister. You must be Cat."

Cat smiled. "Yeah. It's nice to meet you."

Trina nodded and opened her mouth to say something, only to be interrupted by Robbie. "So, can we go see her?" He raised his eyebrows when Trina turned to glare at him. "I'm sorry, I am talking to your wife, Shapiro. God, when did you get so rude?"

Robbie's eyebrows drew together in indignation. "I am not rude! You are the rude one for-"

"Robbie!"

All three heads turned towards the voice and Trina raised a curious eyebrow at the dark-haired woman that quickly approached, a look of worry on her face. Jade. This had to be her. That evil witch. Well, at least her sister had good taste in women. "What's wrong with Tori?"

Trina watched as Robbie placed a soothing hand on Jade's arm and said "She's okay. She has a mild concussion, a broken wrist and a bruised hipbone. Nothing too bad." Jade let out a breath, the worry lines on her face easing a little. "What happened anyway?" When Robbie paused and turned to look at Trina, Jade's eyes moved to the brunette as well, only now acknowledging her.

"She got hit by a car."

Jade's eyes widened. "What?!"

"It wasn't that bad. That idiot behind the wheel was on the phone! Could have gone a lot worse, okay?" Jade nodded slowly and Trina tilted her head, squinting at her. "So you're Jade."

Jade frowned. "Yeah?"

"I've heard a lot about you," she said nonchalantly, watching Jade's confusion grow, "I'm Tori's sister Trina." Jade's face got even paler than it already was, the woman probably realizing in this moment that Trina knew all about her and Tori's… relationship. If that's what you could call it. Trina's face stayed blank as Jade cleared her throat and averted her eyes. "Well… Can I see Tori?"

Trina cocked a challenging eyebrow. "Do you want to see Tori?"

In the corner of her eye Trina saw Robbie shift closer to Jade, but her focus stayed solely on the frowning woman in front of her. "Um, Trina-"

"You and Cat can go see her if you want," Trina interrupted him, "Second floor, room number 212. Jade and I are going to have a little chat."

Jade glanced at both Cat and Robbie and nodded discreetly. The couple hesitantly made their way inside and when the doors behind them closed, Jade turned her attention fully on Trina. "So then? What do you wanna talk about?"

Trina shrugged her shoulders and held a manicured finger to her chin. "Oh, well let's see. How about the fact that you are completely destroying my sister? You'd like to start with that?"

"What? What are you talking about? I'm not destroying anything!"

The taller woman's eyebrows shot up. "Oh really? Well, what do you think your stupid kiss did to her? And you not wanting to see her? Do you think she liked that?"

Jade shook her head and crossed her arms over her chest. "No, but-"

"No!" Anger took her entire body hostage and she held a threatening finger up to silence Jade. "I don't want to hear any of your poor excuses. Look, I'm really sorry about your wife, okay? And I really, truly mean that."

Jade's eyes found the floor. "She was my fiancée."

"Oh. Right. Well, I'm sorry about what happened to her. But nothing could give you the right for treating my sister like that. For hurting her like you did! She doesn't deserve to be treated like garbage and I swear, if you hurt her again I am going to hurt you."

With a breath escaping her mouth and her hand running through her hair, Jade shook her head. "I will do my best not to hurt her again. I really don't mean to, I just… I don't know."

Trina nodded, pursing her lips while flicking her eyes over Jade's face. "You know, I really think you should stop saying stuff like that and start to figure out what you really want."

"I know what I want."

"And what is that?"

"Your sister," Jade said determinedly but Trina could not be convinced that easily.

"See Jade, and that is what I'm talking about. You think you want my sister. And I'm not even saying that you're lying, maybe you do want her. But how can you be with her if your heart still belongs to someone else?"

Trina could see Jade crumbling, anger mixing with sadness. "So what? Yes, I still love my fiancée but Tori knows that! That doesn't mean that she loves me any less. It doesn't mean that I can't love her!"

Clicking her tongue, Trina shook her head. "Yeah, but I don't think Tori really deserves only half of your heart. It will just make her unhappy in the long run."

"You don't get a say in this, Trina! This isn't your life!"

"No, but it's my sister's!" She yelled and finally let her crossed arms drop, her patience slipping. "And I love her! If she gets hurt I get hurt too and I can't see her suffer anymore! I can't and I won't let you make her suffer anymore! This isn't a game, Jade! You can't use her like she's some puppet just to make yourself feel good-"

"Okay, stop! She's my-"

Trina interrupted her sharply. "She's your what?"

"She's my… friend."

"Oh! Oh, she's your friend? Well, I think you lost that privilege over a month ago when you practically told her to screw herself!"

"I'm sorry," she said feebly and looked away but Trina… Trina was way too angry to stop now.

"You keep saying that to my sister but do you really mean it?"

Swirling blue eyes snapped back to her. "Yes! Yes, of course I mean it!" Both women grew quiet then. They looked away from each other and Trina wondered if she had maybe gone too far. Jade did seem to care about Tori, genuinely so. And who was she to say that Jade should forget about her dead fiancée before she let herself fall into Tori's arms? She had no right for that. But Tori suffered because of Jade. She felt miserable because of Jade. She cried almost every day because of Jade. No, no, no. She didn't go too far. It was completely justified. "So, I guess that means you won't let me see Tori?" Jade quietly murmured and glanced back up at Trina.

Trina sighed tiredly. "Just go home, Jade. Or get hit by a freaking piano falling from the sky for all I care, just keep the distance you requested from Tori."

And then Trina turned around and left Jade standing in front of the hospital, silently asking herself if sending her away really had been the right decision.

…

Tori dazedly blinked her eyes open and frowned at her unfamiliar surroundings. Her mind was completely fogged up but when she tried to shift, the sharp sting in her hip and the drumming in her head slowly reminded her what had happened. A cold hand suddenly touched her own and Tori tried her best to move her pounding head to see the person next to her. "Hey Tor," she heard someone say before she finally managed to turn her head.

"Robbie?"

He smiled and gave her hand a squeeze. "Yeparooni. It's me."

Tori groaned quietly, closed her eyes and lifted her hand to her head, only to open her eyes again when she felt her hand to be heavier than normal. A dark blue cast was wrapped around her hand, wrist and forearm and Tori flexed her fingers to feel a shock of pain running down the length of her hand and arm. "Your wrist is broken. They had to put it in a cast. But don't worry, no surgery needed."

"Thank God..."

"Yeah. Cat was here too a little while ago and Trina went to get some clothes for you. You'll have to stay here, at least for tonight."

"Was… Was Jade here?"

She timidly blinked up at Robbie and saw him nod slowly. "Yeah. She came right after I called her. But… she didn't come up here and then she was suddenly gone. I don't know where she went."

"Oh." Tori frowned and let her gaze drop to the white comforter thrown over her body. Of course they were still on that distance thing but couldn't Jade have made one little exception? She was in a hospital. The least she could have done was to see how she was. It must have showed how much it bothered her that Jade wasn't here because Robbie started to rub her arm and comfortingly said "Hey. I'm sure she will show up later. She was so worried about you. I don't think she would just leave without seeing you if she didn't plan on coming back later."

But hours passed, Robbie left and Trina came, the sun was beginning to set and there hadn't been a single sign of Jade. Tori waited, almost jumping out of her skin out of pure excitement when the door opened, only to be utterly disappointed when she saw a doctor or a nurse instead of Jade. And when visiting hours were almost over, Tori's hope slipped of seeing her and sheer disappointment and hurt overwhelmed her body.

"How could she not come?"

Trina sat frozen in her seat and helplessly watched her sister lose it, crocodile tears running down her cheeks even though her eyes were squeezed shut so tightly, and repressed sobs leaving her mouth over and over again. Never had she seen Tori like this and to some extent, it even scared her. But she was her big sister, it was her job to comfort her now. "Oh, Tori." Trina traded the chair for Tori's bedside and immediately, her little sister clung to her, crying and crying and crying. "I don't mean anything to her," she mumbled into her shoulder in a strangled voice, a loud sob following her words.

"I'm sure that's not true."

"Yes, it is. Why can't I be in love with someone who loves me back?"

Trina's eyes closed as Tori's words heavily settled onto her heart. God, what did she do? If she had known that seeing Jade meant so much to her sister she wouldn't have been such a bitch to Jade. Or… maybe she would have been but she definitely would have let her see Tori. "I don't even want to see her anymore." Tori's voice brought Trina out of her bad conscience. "Never again."

Trina sighed and continued to rub her sister's back. "You don't mean that, Tori."

There was a pause, a sniffle and then "No. But I hate myself for not meaning it!" She should just tell her that Jade was here and wanted to see her. Just spit it out, Trina. But… maybe if Tori believed it she would get over Jade once and for all. That would be good, it would definitely be for the best. But she would be lying to her own sister. That definitely would not be good. Trina sighed and felt Tori's body getting heavier, the painkillers the nurse brought for her half an hour ago starting to really kick in now. She would tell her the truth now, before she fell asleep, tell her that she sent Jade away. At least then, Tori would have a somewhat happy thought before she went to sleep. "Tori… I need to tell you something. About Jade, actually."

"Hmmm…?"

"When she was here earlier… she was really worried about you. And you know, I actually talked to her. But-"

"You know what, Trina?"

Trina released an impatient breath at Tori's drowsy interruption. "What?"

"I don't want to love her anymore."

Trina chuckled weakly, the sound vibrating against Tori's ear from where her head rested underneath her sister's chin. "It's not that easy, baby sis."

"I know. I wish it was though. Like… a switch you can just flick. I wish something like that existed." Her voice was slurred and Trina knew it was just a matter of seconds until sleep would lure her in. "Yeah. You and me both, Tor. You and me both." She bit her lip at the thought and then remembered what she wanted to tell her. "So, about Jade-"

But Tori was already asleep.