She tasted like coffee, just like the last time they kissed. But Tori knew that this time around, she wouldn't get a face full of door. The softness of those lips and the gentleness with which Jade was kissing her made her brain fly into another dimension and made her knees go weak, as cliché as that may sounded in her head. But then, an annoying sharp sting in her left hip pulled her back into here and now, reminding her not so gently of her injury. She pulled away with a pained hiss and shifted her entire weight to her right foot.

"Oh, oh your hip," Jade stuttered out, eyes and hand flying to Tori's hip bone, "I'm sorry, I should have… I'm such an idiot, are you alright?"

The worry in Jade's eyes as she looked up was so endearing that Tori almost forgot all about the pain and grinned at her. "Yeah, I'm alright." She braced her hands on Jade's shoulders and ran her tongue over her lips, the lingering taste of coffee in her mouth causing her heart to tingle. "It's not that bad. I'm the idiot for running down the steps like that."

Jade raised an eyebrow and lifted a single shoulder in a shrug. "True," she teased and smiled at Tori when she felt her right hand giving her shoulder a light squeeze. "Well, then let us two idiots get you upstairs now before we cause even more damage."

Without a complaint Tori let Jade lead her up the stairs but they stopped when Jade's eyes fell on the door, wide open. "You really shouldn't leave it open like this," she said and started moving again, "Who knows what kind of creeps live here."

Tori rolled her eyes. "Actually, I didn't have a choice. Trina has my keys and even if she wouldn't have them-" She paused and slowly sank down on the sofa. "I didn't exactly have the time to grab them, seeing as I had to get to you as fast as possible before you drove off."

"How romantic," Jade smirked and stood in front of the sofa with crossed arms, before she let the smirk slip and asked "What do you need for your hip? Ice or warmth? Do you even have a hot-water bag? I don't think I have one so-"

"Jade?"

Stopping her ramble, Jade worriedly frowned at the brunette. "What? What's wrong?"

Tori smiled, shook her head and held her hand out. "Nothing. Just come here."

Tori almost laughed at how nervous Jade seemed to be as she took her hand and let her pull her onto the sofa next to her. But she just smiled at her and ran a soothing thumb over the back of her hand. Man, she almost forgot how it was to feel happy. Before she could say anything however, Jade shifted closer and said "I'm sorry for leaving you out in the hallway after I kissed you. That wasn't right and I-"

"You already apologized for that, remember?" Jade looked up from their joined hands and slowly nodded her head. "Right. Well then, I'm sorry for making you unhappy. Trina… Trina said that you were feeling horrible because of me and I… I'm really not worth it."

"That's not true! You had your reasons and-"

"No. No, don't do that." Her hand hesitantly lifted and cupped Tori's cheek, fingers tangling in soft brown hair. "I wasn't the victim here. You were. I kept hurting you because I couldn't handle my own hurt."

Tori frowned and weakly shook her head. "You didn't mean to do that."

"No, but… that's just not the point. Just because I didn't mean to doesn't mean that I didn't do it. It still hurts that Amelia's gone but that's no reason for me to treat you so bad, especially since you make everything so much better."

Tori's heart skipped a beat, her lips tilting up. She hated that Jade felt so bad, especially since she didn't really blame her for anything. Nothing of this was her fault. After all, Tori had known what she would get into and she could have easily turned around, she could have left Jade behind in an attempt to protect herself from her feelings. But she didn't do that and she would never blame Jade for that. The dark-haired woman leaned forward, pulled Tori's head closer and ran her thumb over her cheekbone. "I'm gonna make it up to you," she paused to press a kiss against Tori's lips, "every day," a kiss on her cheek, "until you and I," a kiss against her chin, "can both forget," another kiss to her lips, "what I've done to you."

"I already forgot," Tori breathed, eyes fluttering close and lips seeking out Jade's once again.

"Well, I didn't," Jade murmured quietly before killing the distance between them, sighing when their lips moved against each other. They reluctantly broke the kiss however when they heard the lock turning. Both turned towards the front door, where Trina stood staring at them.

"Hello…"

Tori cleared her throat and smiled at her. "Hey, Treen. Got my medicine?"

Trina held up a small plastic bag and shook it a little while her eyes broke with Jade's and moved to Tori. "Yeah. You should take them now."

"I'll take them later. My head feels fi-"

"No, Tori, take them now," Trina argued sharply and stalked over to her sister and Jade. "You won't get better unless you take your medication regularly."

Despite knowing why Trina acted so irritated – the glances she kept sending Jade as she came back from the kitchen with a full glass of water giving her a slight inkling – Tori found herself growing more and more confused with every angry line that added to Trina's scowl. Without protest Tori took the pill Trina plopped into her palm and took a large gulp of the water. "So, I'd say… since that idiot who hit you with his car destroyed our sister bonding time-" She paused and although she was talking to Tori, she turned to Jade with a raised eyebrow, "-we should catch up on that now."

Tori flicked her eyes from Trina to Jade, then back to Trina. She knew that her sister was trying to get Jade to go, but fact was, Tori didn't want her to go yet. Not ever, actually, but that wasn't the point now. Clearing her throat again, Tori laid a hand on Jade's arm as she tried to get up, sending her a reassuring look to which Jade sunk back into the soft cushions of the sofa, before she turned to Trina. "Or, um… you could go shopping. You know, since that idiot hit me with his car and you were so excited about shopping in New York." She almost flinched when Trina's head shot to her, incredulous eyes shooting invisible daggers at her. "You could go now. I'm totally fine. And if I need anything I'll have Jade here with me."

Trina's mouth twisted at the thought. "How comforting," she spat, turning back to Jade to scowl at her, who in turn just held Trina's gaze and kept a straight face.

The younger brunette rolled her eyes at her sister's behavior. "You can take my car. It has GPS so you won't get lost. So? Trina?" When her sister turned her attention back to her, Tori sent her one of her own glares, the sister's holding a staring competition until the older one gave up with a loud sigh.

"Fine." Trina put on a face smile and glanced from Tori to Jade. "I'm gonna go then."

"Have fun," Jade said to her, earning herself a slow nod and a lingering look from the brunette.

"I will. You two don't have too much fun though."

Jade and Tori stayed quiet until the front door fell shut behind Trina, Tori breaking their silence with a groan. "I'm so sorry about her."

"Don't be. It's fine, really."

"It's just… you know…" Tori shrugged and smiled, reaching her hand out to play with Jade's fingers. "She's not really your number one fan."

The laugh that fluttered out of Jade's mouth brought Tori's smile to widen. "Yeah, I don't blame her. But I have you for that, don't I?"

"Oh, definitely!"

Another laugh bubbled out of the paler woman. She gave Tori's hand a squeeze before getting up. "So I think after one horrendous day of hospital food, I think I should cook something for you. What do you think?"

"Ugh yes, I'm starving!"

…

After scraping up the only decent food Jade could find in Tori's kitchen – which just so happened to be spaghetti and a can of tomato sauce – Jade made Tori change into her pyjamas before the two settled down in front of the TV, watching a sappy rom-com Tori wanted to see, of course not without a sharp remark by Jade here and there throughout the entire movie. When the sun was almost gone from the sky and stars came out, both Tori's wrist and hip acted up, the brunette needing to take one of her painkillers for it. Just like the first time she took one of those pills, Tori felt her eyelids fall shut sooner than she'd have liked.

"Hey. Are you falling asleep on me?"

Tori released a small sigh, eyes closed and head snuggling deeper into Jade's shoulder. "The pills are making me really sleepy," she murmured tiredly to which Jade chuckled. "Yeah, I noticed." Sliding her shoulder out from Tori and lifting her hand to keep her head from falling to the side, Jade got to her feet and used her free hand to grab Tori's hand. "Come on. Let's get you to bed."

It took the brunette great effort to open her eyes but at least she managed to open them a tiny crack and let Jade pull her to her feet. She fell forward, into the other woman, and couldn't help but nuzzle her nose into the pale neck. "Okay. Careful now," Jade muttered into her ear and slowly led Tori into her bedroom, keeping a strong hold around her slim waist. It took Jade quite a while to entangle Tori's arms from her body, but when she finally managed and only Tori's hand was still tucked into hers, she pulled the blanket over her, frowning confusedly when she heard the brunette mumble incoherently. "What was that?"

Tori sighed again, this time more heavily. "Will you stay with me?"

Jade bit her lip and ran her free hand through Tori's hair. "I can't," she murmured regretfully, "I have to get to work really early tomorrow. But as soon as I'm done I'll come back. I'll come straight to you."

"Promise me?"

With a smile on her lips, Jade leaned forward and pressed a kiss to Tori's forehead. "Yes. I promise."

The corners of Tori's lips lifted into a smile, her head moving to the side to snuggle into the pillow. When Jade was sure she was asleep, she carefully pulled her hand from Tori's and tip-toed out of the room, closing the bedroom door behind her. With a satisfied sigh Jade walked back to the living room and turned the TV off before she went into the kitchen to clean up a little. After scrubbing off the small blotches of tomato sauce on the counter and everything was back where it was before, Jade stretched her back and let out a yawn. Deciding it would be best if she'd go home now and get into her bed, she slowly walked to the door and turned the lights off.

When she exited the kitchen however, her eyes fell on Trina coming through the front door, the brunette freezing and face hardening when she noticed Jade. "You're still here," she stated coldly and closed the door behind her. Jade crossed her arms and eyed the dozens of shopping bag surrounding the older Vega sister. "And you seem to have exhausted your credit card to the max."

Trina merely shrugged and lowered her shopping bags near the sofa. "What can I say? I like to treat myself." Jade watched as she mimicked her posture and lifted a questioning eyebrow. "Are you staying the night?"

"No. I just wanted to wait and make sure that Tori's okay. She's asleep."

"So I guess everything is good between the two of you?"

Jade could pick out the slight disdain in Trina's voice, not that it surprised her very much. "Yes. Do you have a problem with it?"

Trina shrugged. "Not as long as you can handle yourself."

Jade released an impatient sigh and rolled her eyes. "Why don't you stop talking like that for a change? I know you don't like me and I totally get why you don't, but I'm trying my best to make it up to your sister. Tori wants me here, okay? And as long as that's the case you should at least try to accept me and Tori's relationship with me."

Again, Trina raised an eyebrow. "Oh, your relationship? Does that mean you and Tori are a couple or something like that now?"

"We haven't talked about that yet, but yeah. I'd like that."

Trina chuckled humorlessly. "Oh, of course you'd like that. And your dead fiancée? How do you think she would like that?"

Jade's teeth ground together at the mention of Amelia, but she wouldn't let her provoke her. After taking in a calming breath, Jade let out a bitter laugh and looked away from Trina. After a short silence, Jade made her way to the door. "By the way," she said and turned around, hand resting on the door handle, "Don't eat the food in the kitchen. I cooked so it's probably poisoned. Just a warning for you."

With that, she pushed down the handle and left Trina standing alone in the living room.