Thursday

Tori walked into Hollywood Arts, tired due to staying up late last night, running and talking with Faye. She told her what had happened, leaving out Jade's creature and a few other details.

She reached her locker, twisted the combination and got her books for the day. As a morning routine, she redirected her gaze to Jade's locker but unlike most mornings the boy didn't have his tongue down Jade's throat. They appeared to be having an argument and while she could hear every word if she wished to she worked on tuning them out, after all it had nothing to do with her.

"Heyyy Toriii!" Cat's voice was way too happy in the morning and Tori groaned.

"Hi Cat, you okay?" She greeted the redhead around a yawn.

They made small talk until the bell went off and they made their way to Sikowitz's classroom, not bothering to wait for André as he had texted them saying he'd be late "helping Grandma" or Robbie who was ill (or was he looking for a new puppet?). The day passed by in a blur for both girls, both lost in thought about the previous day.

At the end of the day, Jade once again climbed in Trina's car with Tori. The ride to the Vega household was spent in a comfortable silence.

Tori and Jade were once again in the wolf's bedroom, trying and failing to choose a song for their assignment.

Tori stood up and stretched, her light blue shirt riding up, exposing her stomach to Jade, who's eyes were following her every movement. The Goth tried to force her eyes elsewhere but it was no use. Her eyes caught sight of a scar and she stood up. Striding over to Tori's side, she pulled her shirt up higher and having caught Tori by surprise, received no resistance. Her hand tentatively traced the scar just above her hip resulting in a gasp and a shudder from Tori.

"Is this from the attack?" She asked; an emotion in her voice Tori could not decipher.

Not trusting her voice with Jade's close proximity and her hand on her bite mark she nodded.

She felt her wolf's impatience, having shifted the day before should have relaxed her wolf. The thought caused slight frown to rest on her features.

"What's wrong?" Jade's tone was worried, an emotion most people weren't aware she could feel.

"I… My wolf is on edge, I ran yesterday but it wants out again. The New Moon is getting closer."

"Do you want to work on the project another time so you have the rest of the afternoon to run?" Jade asked, filing the moon comment for a later occasion.

"No, it wouldn't be fair to you and-"

Jade cut her off "Let me come with you? I still haven't seen your wolf and I, you know, really want to see what you look like." She rubbed the back of her neck in nervousness, something she rarely, if ever, felt before Tori.

A light blush covered Tori's cheeks as she nodded, murmuring a barely audible okay.

"We could also work on my control then?" She requested.

"Yeah" She breathed out, suddenly noticing just how close they were. Her eyes flicked between Jade's eyes and her lips.

Her delicious-looking lips.

She couldn't find the self-control to pull away as she slowly, very slowly, began to lean in. Her heart threatened to beat out of her chest when she saw Jade do the same.

A knock at the door broke the spell that had settled over the girls' minds and both took a step back.

When another, more impatient knock filled the room Tori told whoever it was to come in.

"Are you staying for dinner, Jade?" Mrs Vega asked the still slightly dazed girl.

When the Goth didn't answer she turned the attention to her daughter who nodded.

Before leaving her daughter's room Mrs Vega let the girls know that dinner would be ready in 45 minutes.

As the door closed behind the human Tori turned her attention back to Jade, who was still lost in her mind.

"Jade?" The singer walked towards and gently shook her. She watched as the actress slowly blinked, taking in her surroundings.

"You're staying for dinner. After dinner, we'll go to the woods behind my house."

The woods weren't huge and definitely nothing too special but they served their purpose and felt like a second home to the young wolf.

For the next 40 minutes, they kept throwing each other ideas of what songs to do for the assignment but nothing seemed right. An hour later, after Jade had collected her things and Tori told her mother she was driving Jade home, they made their way behind Tori's house.

When they reached the woods Tori began to strip her clothes and folding them into a pile on the forest floor. When she was fully naked she covered her clothes with leaves, twigs and a few rocks to keep them in place in case the wind picked up.

"What...?" Jade began to ask, having just turned around to face Tori. Her eyes trailed up and down her form, mouth drying up. Tori could feel Jade gaze on her and a jolt of arousal shot through her body, a knot forming in the pit of her stomach.

The half-Latina closed her eyes and gave into her wolf. After the last bone broke and rearranged she opened her eyes to find Jade watching her in awe and, dare she think it, gentleness in her gaze.

"Wow... You're... Wow!" Jade's ability to form a coherent sentence flew out of the window when the wolf's eyes met hers.

Jade took off her jacket and concentrated on the feeling inside of her: her wings spread as much as they could, her teeth sharpened and her eyes became a blood red mixed with black.

Red and black locked on blue and black.

Dragon locked on Wolf.

A current seemed to pass between the two girls, sending shivers down both of their backs, as Jade's red eyes swirled with blue then turned purple and black for a moment before going back to her dragon's signature red and black. Tori's eyes did the same.

It was too quick for either teenager to notice.

The magic inside of them recognised its mate, its balance.

They spent a little over two hours outside, moving deeper and deeper into the forest. Tori chased a herd of deer (not killing any as she didn't need to feed, having just had dinner) while Jade tried to fly. She had managed to lift herself a few inches off of the ground.

As exhaustion seeped into them, the two girls started heading back towards the way they came.

Tori shifted back into her human form and got dressed. They made their way towards Tori's car and quickly pulled out of the Vega's driveway. Jade glanced at the clock and saw it was almost midnight but she couldn't stop the smile that graced her lips as she thought of the night they had.

Fifteen minutes later Tori pulled up to Jade's house and parked the car, cutting off the engine.

"Thanks for that," Tori smiled at the Goth.

"You're cute as a wolf." The scissor-loving girl smiled back at her and watched as a blush coloured the half-Latina's cheeks.

"I just realised something!" Tori exclaimed just as Jade was about to push down on the handle.

She returned her attention back to the werewolf and raised her eyebrow.

"I don't have your number." She answered her silent question, pulling out her phone.

They exchanged numbers and then Jade made her way towards her front door.

Chancing a look behind her, she saw Tori still parked there, watching her.

She crossed the threshold and quickly stalked up to her room, thankful that her parents weren't in.

She heard the car engine start up again and fade as the youngest Vega drove home, a warm feeling settling into her heart as she started her nightly routine with Ember hovering just behind her.