The girls sat on Vega's bed for at least 10 minutes in silence.
"Jade, while I'm not an expert I do know somethings…" Tori trailed off, torn between giving Jade time to process and explaining things to her.
"Tell me."
Tori started off explaining how she was turned, the attack and meeting Faye. She went on to explain about the need for secrecy, soul-mates, control, immortality.
"Wait, so I'm going to be stuck at 16 forever?" Jade interrupted.
Tori shook her head "Only vampires stop ageing once they change. We continue to age until we're 25 and then stop. Once we stop ageing we are able to manipulate our human bodies, making them appear older or younger."
Jade blinked. This was too much.
"Look, I know this is overwhelming and I'll help you any way I can, but the only way I can is if you'll talk to me, tell me what you're thinking about.
"Do I have a choice?" Jade growled.
"You can choose to do it alone!" Tori snapped right back.
The dragon sighed "I'm sorry, I'm just freaking out. This morning I get a letter saying that I'm close to changing and that I'm not human! Oh and best of all I have a pet dragon! Newly hatched! So I'm sorry I'm freaking out!"
"Start from the beginning and explain."
So that's what they spent at least ten more minutes on.
"What now?" The writer sighed.
"First things first, we have to work out a way for you to retract your wings." At Jade's affirmative nod, Tori started making a mental note of emotions and state of mind to work on.
"The most obvious one to start with would be to relax. I need you to try to relax, focus only on folding your wings into your back."
Jade did as Vega requested but nothing happened, she couldn't relax; too many things were happening all at once.
"You need to get your mind focusing on something else…" Her voice faded as an idea struck her, a very bad idea but she didn't care.
Jade was about to make a sarcastic remark when she felt soft, warm lips covering her own which sent a spark of both arousal and shock throughout her body. They deepened the kiss together, Jade's lips parting and Tori's tongue darting inside. They pulled away only when their lungs started screaming in protest, neither able to stop the small whimper from escaping.
Tori's brown orbs blinked open and her lips curled into a small smile.
"I need a minute…" Jade trailed off, making her way towards the bathroom.
Jade leant against the bathroom door and exhaled slowly.
Everything was so surreal, so dream-like.
She walked over to the sink and turned the cold water on, splashing it on her face to calm herself down, or to wake herself up.
'I have wings. Tori is a wolf and she kissed me again.'
After a couple of more minutes of freaking out, she made her way out of the bathroom.
"So what's next?"
"How about we work on the project, let everything sink in?" Tori suggested to Jade's relief.
"Can I borrow a shirt?" Jade asked, pulling her ripped green flannel and black tank top off.
After Tori handed her a black sweater they spent the next hour comparing bands and songs they liked and by the end they had a good selection of songs to choose from.
Holly Vega knocked on her door (Trina never knocked and her father wasn't due home for another 30 minutes) and after Tori called for her to come in, Tori's mum popped her head inside the door and asked if Jade was staying for dinner.
Jade politely declined, mostly still in shock now that talking about music was keeping her distracted.
"Did Trina come home?" Tori asked, her question receiving a nod "I'll drive her home."
After Jade grabbed her bag they left and made their way toward Tori's car - shared with Trina - and soon they were driving towards Jade's house, listening to the Goth's direction.
She made her way to her front door and walked in, only to be yelled at by her mother "Where the hell have you been?!"
The young shifter merely rolled her eyes and walked away, towards her room.
She locked her door and fell, on her bed. She fell asleep quickly and dreamt of a wolf, a dragon and a pet - a dream she would not remember in the morning.