The sun was already setting by the time they've reached the hill and Tori found her breath get stuck at the sight in front of her. She had wondered why she had to wait in the car for so long, now understanding what Jade had done up here for so long. Pillows in every size imaginable were scattered across a huge blanket, or maybe even a couple of blankets, Tori couldn't tell. Red candles and tea lights surrounded the makeshift bed, although not yet lit and a cooler with snacks and drinks stood on the left side, next to a small tower of stacked CD cases. A smile tugged at her lips and she gladly let Jade lead her over, crouching down and sinking into the soft cushions. Immediately after she got comfortable, Jade threw a red blanket over her legs, careful to cover every part of her lower half. Those blue eyes Tori loved so much never met her brown ones, instead restlessly flickered over everything around her before she bit her lip and took a seat next to her. "I thought we could… watch the sunset because in movies everybody seems to love those," she spoke up for the first time since they got up on the hill and finally turned to meet Tori's eyes, frowning, "I have wine, but I wasn't sure if you could drink it because of the meds you're taking so I've also brought other stuff. We have… water and sodas and also something to eat of cour-"

"Jade?"

"Yeah?"

"What's in there?" Jade followed her finger that pointed to a big black duffle bag. She reached over and quickly unzipped it, an old CD-player appearing. "I burrowed this from Aiden and… a couple of CD's too. I thought… it would be a little nicer than a MP3 player or iPhone or something. But if you want to listen to your own music or no music at all then just-"

Tori's laugh interrupted her and made Jade completely freeze. "Why are you so nervous? It's just me and you here."

"Exactly."

Tori smiled when Jade turned away in an attempt to hide the blush adorning her cheeks. Gentle fingers ran down Jade's back and made the pale woman hesitantly glance back at Tori. She groaned and let her head fall into her hands. "I'm sorry. I don't think I've ever been so nervous in my entire life."

An adoring smile formed on Tori's lips, her hand sliding across Jade's back, her ribs, until her arm fully wrapped around the other woman's middle and her chin came to rest on her shoulder. "Don't be nervous. It's beautiful. Thank you for doing this for me."

Jade coughed and slowly lifted her head from her hands, frown still in place despite Tori's comforting words. When she craned her neck back to look at the brunette, Tori lifted her head from Jade's shoulder and tilted it to the side as Jade said, "If you hate it, say it. I just didn't know what to do for our first date since… I wanted to make it special and romantic but I just don't know how to do romantic so… I chose to do probably one of the most clichéd things. Watching the sunset."

It still amazed Tori, even after knowing Jade for almost two years now and having seen many facets of the young woman, good and bad, how fast her moods and emotions were able to switch. She had gotten across so confident and flirty when she stood in front of Tori's door earlier that evening and now she was… so unsure of herself and ridiculously nervous. "I don't hate it," Tori softly told her and watched as the frown on Jade's face slightly lessened, "Just relax and don't worry about anything."

Jade sighed before leaning forward, hand finding Tori's cheek as her lips captured the brunette's in a long kiss. They parted with a slight smacking noise but instead of pulling away, Jade kept her hand on Tori's cheek and rested her forehead against hers. "I love kissing you," she randomly muttered before she slowly placed another kiss, this time nothing more than a brief peck, against Tori's smiling mouth. "Your lips are so… nice."

Tori chuckled, flicking her eyes to Jade's lips. "Nice?"

"Nice," she quietly confirmed and proved to Tori once again how fast she could change her behavior. "They're soft and so, so… kissable." Tori slowly breathed in when Jade's forehead left hers and two of Jade's fingers were beginning to slowly trace over her lips, blue eyes watching as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. The brunette swallowed, everything feeling so… intense all of sudden and- weren't they supposed to watch the sunset? Oh man, but who cared about the sunset. Jade was touching her and God, kissing her again. Tori's heart began to hammer so loudly in her chest as she felt her back gently hitting soft pillows and Jade's warm body covering her own. This was probably already her most favorite date she had ever been on and it hadn't even really begun yet. An awkward moan tore through her throat and left her lips, eyes squeezing shut as Jade's mouth moved to her neck, stopping there, a warm breath hitting her skin as she questioningly whispered, "Is this too much?"

Tori groaned when she felt a wet kiss against the hot skin of her neck and moved her head to the side to make sure Jade had more room. "God, no." Almost immediately after Tori gave her okay, Jade's mouth began to work on Tori's neck, eliciting sounds from the brunette that would later surely be a mortifying realization for Tori. Jade chuckled and flicked her tongue over the reddish mark she left on the tan neck, resulting for a shaky sigh to leave Tori's mouth. "Sensitive, are we?"

"I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize. Sensitive is good." Tori felt a small kiss on the underside of her jaw before warm fingers tugged her chin down, brown eyes fluttering open and meeting electrifying blue. "I should apologize. This is pretty inappropriate for a first date. But you did tell me to relax."

Tori laughed quietly and lifted her hand to hold Jade's hair back from falling into her face. "That's totally fine with me. I wasn't complaining."

Jade raised teasing eyebrows. "Ah, I see. I didn't take you for the kind of girl who goes all the way on the first date though. That's pretty cheap, Vega."

"What can I say? Must have something to do with my date."

"Oh yeah, she's pretty hot. Don't really know what she wants with you."

Tori made a face at Jade, who teasingly smirked down at her. "You really know how to charm a girl."

Jade laughed and slowly pushed herself off of Tori, her attention moving to the cooler that stood on her side. "Do you want anything?" she asked and glanced back at her as Tori sat up, adjusting the blanket over her legs. Stretching her neck, she tried to get a look inside the cooler. "What do you have to offer?"

"Oh, well let's see. We have…" Tori carefully listened as Jade rattled off everything she had brought, from the wine she mentioned earlier to self-made sandwiches. She smiled in thanks as Jade handed her the Wahoo Punch she had asked for, took a sip before she bit her lip as a question swirled around in her brain.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Shoot." Jade popped a grape into her mouth and raised her eyebrows at Tori.

"What did you and Lia do on your first date?"

She swallowed, then lifted her hand to her mouth as she coughed and cleared her throat before answering. "I took her to a drive-in theater. I didn't have a car though and Aiden needed his, so I had to take Amelia's."

"Ready to go?"

Lia bit her lip and took one last look around her room before turning to Jade with a smile. "Yeah. I'm ready."

Jade nodded and held her hand out but much to Amelia's confusion, she retracted it as soon as she attempted to put her hand into hers. At seeing the confusion on her girlfriend's face, Jade explained. "First, I need your car keys."

"Why do you need my car keys?"

"To get us to our date."

"Oh, but I can drive."

"Ah, but you don't know where we're going," Jade teased with a smug smirk, choking down a chuckle when the blonde batted her eyelashes and stepped closer to her. "You could tell me."

"You could give me your keys."

"But-"

"Don't be a baby, just give me the keys. I won't tell you where we're headed."

Lia groaned. "Fine."

A couple of minutes later, Jade found herself sitting in the driver's seat of Amelia's car and her blonde girlfriend in the passenger seat. They were quiet for the first couple of minutes with only the sound of the radio playing, but then a loud breath sounded from the passenger seat and Jade smirked as she waited for the long-awaited question. "Okay, where are we going?"

"Not gonna tell you."

"Then give me a hint."

"Okay." Jade was quiet for a moment and felt the curious eyes of her girlfriend almost burning holes into the side of her head. "I think you're going to like it."

There was a short pause, then "That's not a hint!"

"But that's all you're going to get. Deal with it."

Huffing, Amelia turned to look out of the windshield again, a pout gracing her lips and eyebrows tugging down. After shooting a quick glance at her, Jade rolled her eyes. "Don't be so impatient. You're going to find out soon enough."

In the corner of her eye, Jade saw the blonde's head fall against the headrest before she turned to look at her with a sigh. "I love you."

But Jade only scoffed and kept her eyes on the road. "That's not going to make me tell you."

Amelia giggled. "It was worth a try." Jade shook her head and chuckled. "How long 'til we're going to be at the restaurant?" Jade's eyes narrowed at the second attempt of her girlfriend trying to figure out their destination and when she stayed quiet, refusing to utter a single word, Amelia sighed again. "Fine. Well… if I'm being honest I don't think you're going to take me to a restaurant. That would be boring, wouldn't it?"

Jade sucked in a breath through her teeth, raised her eyebrows and leaned her head to the side. "I don't know."

"Hm. So then… maybe we're going to a concert. You know, since we seem to drive out of town. Are we going to a concert?"

"Who knows?"

Lia pushed out a groan, followed by an exasperated breath. "Why did I agree to let you plan our first date?"

Jade's lips curled into a small smile. The answer was simple. "Because you love me."

"God, she was so… impatient. She kept asking and asking and asking. But… I loved every minute of it, to be honest." One by one, Jade lit the candles around them as the dusk slowly turned into night. Tori watched her attentively with her lip between her teeth, wrapped the blanket tighter around her and pulled her knees up to her chest. "So did she like it? The drive-in theater?"

"Yeah, she loved it." Having lit every candle, Jade put the lighter away and slowly laid back on the soft cushions, shooting a look at Tori. "Have you ever been to one?"

Tori shook her head, then rested her head on her knees. "No. I don't think there are that many around anymore, are there? Though I would have loved if someone took me to one on a date. That would have been really cool."

Jade ran her tongue over her lips. "How was your first date with my favorite douche bag Ryder?"

Tori's lips curved up as she pushed a breath through her nose. "I invited him over and tried to make sushi. …It didn't work out."

"What happened?"

"Nothing. I just… I tried to make spicy tuna rolls but they ended up looking like… tennis balls. And- don't laugh! And well, it was just pretty awkward. But we got together eventually, so I guess… my cooking skills weren't really that crucial."

Jade smiled, leaned forward a bit and tugged at Tori's shirt, urging the brunette to lie down beside her. She gladly did, snuggling into Jade's side when the pale woman wrapped her arm around her and pulled her into her body. Jade coughed again before saying, "On our next date I want you to make me sushi. I can't wait to see that."

"I'm not making you sushi," Tori laughed into her shoulder, shifting a little so that her left hand that was wrapped in the cast found a more comfortable spot between their bodies and her right hand came to rest on Jade's stomach. A light breeze blew over them, the shining lights of the candles lightly flickering.

"So are you saying there won't be a second date?"

"No! I'm saying that I'm not making you sushi on our next date!"

"But I want you to d-" A coughing fit prevented her from finishing her sentence, her head turning away from Tori as she lifted her hand to muffle her coughs. Frowning, Tori lifted her head from Jade's shoulder and patiently waited for Jade to calm down. When she did, Tori worriedly said, "Maybe this wasn't the best idea with you being sick. Do you rather want to go?"

"I'm not sick," Jade croaked out, rolling her eyes and clearing her throat before repeating herself. "I'm not sick. Just a sore throat."

"Are you sure, I mean-"

"I'm totally fine." Jade looked at her urgently and Tori knew she wanted her to drop it. So she nodded and kept her mouth shut, but still shook out the still folded blanket by Jade's side and threw it over Jade's body, as well as sharing her own blanket with the other woman, before resuming her position in Jade's arms. "Are you warm enough?" Jade's arms tightened around her body and Tori snuggled deeper into her side.

"Yeah. Very much so. Are you?"

"Yeah. It's perfect like this." They were silent for quite a long while and Tori found herself immensely enjoying listening to Jade's breathing, watching how her chest lifted with every breath she took in and sank down with every exhale. She really could get used to this, Tori thought as she closed her eyes, a smile appearing on her mouth when Jade's quiet voice filled her ears. "So about those spicy tuna balls…"

A/N: Okay, I have something non-story related. I wrote a one shot - based on a dream I had and I really don't know why I had that dream in the first place. Let's just say Jade and Tori meet Titanic... - and I think it turned out pretty good, although I don't really want to post it yet because it kind of has no ending and I don't really know if it makes sense. So would anyone be interested in reading it for me and tell me how they like it? In more than two words if possible. If yes, just send me a PM or... something.