Chasing The Moon
Chapter 2
Hey, thanks for the reviews to the people that reviewed last chapter it was greatly appreciated! :D
It was nice hearing your thoughts as my brain is sometimes a big jumbled mess and it scares me that what I write might actually come out as a load of poo not worth reading instead of what I imagine it to be, but enough of my rambling without further ado here's chapter two
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After Tori finished her shower for the morning, she slid into her comfy bed feeling refreshed, it was a lazy Sunday morning and a day which she didn't have to go in for work so she figured she'd be lazy at least for a couple of hours. She turned on her television and settled on the channel that it was already on. Brown orbs staring intently into the screen until a scene of bloody gore flashed across it and she winced. Andre..
Somehow Tori's mind had forgotten about the gore on the tv screen and instead wandered over to what happened at the movie theatre.
She suddenly remembered the note.
Tori excitedly got out of bed and pranced over to her pair of worn jeans and dug her hand into the back pocket. When her lithe fingers felt the thin paper she immediately wrapped them around it and pulled it out. She couldn't shake the sudden surge of anxiety that came over her as she walked back over to her bed, gently opening the note.
It read, "You're gonna need this." Followed by an arrangement of numbers and then a hyphen followed by Jade's name.
Tori's lips curved upward before she bit her bottom one and grabbed her phone. Her nimble fingers quickly typed in the numbers that were written on the little note before stopping. Her heart was racing, she knew she needed to calm down, but she couldn't help it. She had felt this instant connection with Jade since she saved her that she just couldn't explain. It was like sky diving with someone you barely even knew attached to the back of you and yet you felt completely safe.
Come on.. get a grip, don't be a weenie, she told herself before pressing that green phone icon on her phone. She listened with bated breath as her phone began to ring and ring and ring, she thought for sure that no one was going to answer until finally she heard a shuffling on the other side and then a deep husky voice envelope her ear.
"Hello?" The voice said.
"Hi.. um, is this Jade. Jade West?" Tori questioned feeling a bit unsure.
"Yeah. Vega?" Jade questioned but she knew it was Tori already by the sound of the half-Latina's sweet voice.
"Yeah." Tori breathed. Delighted that Jade had been expecting her call, but on the other hand now that she had established that it was Jade with the husky sounding voice that was laced with the thought of something that made the coil in Tori's stomach tighten, she knew she had to question it.
"Um. Did I interrupt something?" Tori blurted out into the phone, curiosity winning over the other side of her that just wanted to shrug it off for fear of getting the wrong idea. She heard a loud laugh on the other end of the phone that made her face immediately turn a bright red, it was enough confirmation for her to know that she in fact did get the wrong idea of why Jade's voice was so husky. Embarrassing.
"I- uh..sorry!" Tori squeaked into the phone, thoroughly embarrassed and ashamed of her accusation. Her cheeks seemed to burn with the intensity of a kindling fire as she heard Jade's continuous merry laughter.
"It's alright. I was actually.. in the middle of sleeping." Jade said while stifling a chuckle.
"I'm sorry.. I didn't mean to wake you up, I just read your note and thought I'd call." Tori sincerely apologized feeling only a tad bad for waking the goth up. Slightly because it was already banking on noon.
"It's alright, honestly, you woke me up and gave me a laugh of the day all in one go. I'm not complaining." Jade said. Tori could sense the amusement radiating off of her voice and could as well picture that silly smirk plastered across Jade's pale face which made her bite her lip and cross her legs on the bed. She wasn't sure if she liked that smug look of Jade's or if it made her want to slap it off of her face, albeit in a playful way. She settled with both.
"So.. you're gonna need this?" Tori shook her head and laughed at what Jade had written in the note all while questioning it.
"Yeah, I figured you wanted it. Especially with the way you reacted to my little teasing yesterday." Jade breathed into the phone. "It was hit or miss, so I guess I hit the mark, speaking that you called, but then again I normally do." Jade spoke in a cocky tone. Tori just rolled her eyes and decided to play along.
"Actually.. you were almost forgotten in the back pocket of my pair of jeans." This time it was Tori's turn to smirk as she heard Jade give a sound of disapproval. Hah I wiped that smirk right off of your face didn't I? Tori thought stifling back a giggle.
"But you still calle- Wha? bitc- Yeah. I might have." Tori only heard part of Jade's response before her voice shifted and sounded far away.
Then it suddenly came back loud and clear.
"T-Vega I'm going to have to call you back. My roommate is having a hissy because she can't find one of her bras and apparently it was her favorite one, which I might have seen and cut into millions of micro pieces, oops." Jade's little 'oops' did not have an ounce of regret to it, much to Tori's amusement. She laughed into the phone thinking about how badass this goth was and how she'd never have the guts to do something like that to someone else's things. It went against the half-Latina's morals.
"Wait, are you free today?" Tori quickly said not giving Jade a chance to hang up. She didn't want to seem indigent but she really wanted to talk to Jade more and get to know more about this mysterious girl. She was hooked.
"I am. Only because I told Cat that I didn't have the patience to hang out with her for two days in a row. " Jade smiled as she heard Tori's laughter.
"Aww poor Cat she seems like a sweetheart, but anyways how about we go out somewhere?" Tori said while twirling a finger thoughtfully through a strand of her hair, "I was thinking about taking you to where I work, actually."
"Sounds good, coffee and plenty of pussy, my morning couldn't get any better than that." Jade said blissfully into the phone. Tori couldn't help the burst of laughter that escaped from her lips at Jade's statement, but the tone of Jade's voice when she said what she said had been too much for her. At this point she was in the fetal position holding her stomach, struggling to catch her breathe. When she finally calmed down she took a deep breath before replying to the goth.
"I'll pick you up in an hour, go handle your raving roommate." Tori giggled into the phone before hanging up, not waiting for Jade's reply.
Jade's POV
After Tori picked Jade up they made their way to The Playful Kitty Café. Jade wondered what was on Tori's mind because she honestly didn't expect her to want to go up to her job on her off day.
"Here we are." Tori's voice rang out as she turned to Jade then looked at her job. Jade gave her this nonsensical look before she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car. Tori followed suit shortly after, stepping up onto the curb and walking inside. Jade followed.
Jade watched as Tori was pulled into small talk with some of her co-workers. They asked the half-Latina what had brought her here on her off day. Jade fidgeted a bit and Tori must have took notice because she then introduced her to some of her co-workers. "This is Jade, I wanted to show her where I worked and see how she interacted with the kitties." Jade nodded at her co-workers and shot them a weak smile. Tori smiled at her then grabbed her hand tugging Jade behind her as they walked through some doors. Jade stared at their hands thinking about how Tori's skin was soft, smooth and best of all warm against hers. She had to fight back a rumbling in her chest at the contact, her beast was thoroughly pleased.
Tori lead them to a small table in the café area, Jade looked around and thought that the set up was nice, very clean, and bright. She was able to see the entrance to the room where all of the cats roamed a little ways from where they sat, some of the animals were sitting in the window craving for attention.
"So, shall we go get coffee?" Tori looked to Jade and smiled. I couldn't help but to think that everything about this girl radiated sunshine, purity. What was Jade? The complete opposite. She thrived in darkness, she radiated hate, anger except when she was around this girl.
"Yeah, that'd be nice." Jade said simply before looking back down at their hands because Tori hadn't let go yet.
When Tori noticed what Jade was staring at she quickly released her hand, and afterwards her cheeks had flushed a red so bright it could put a tomato to shame. Jade chuckled and then smirked at Tori's reaction. Tori then crossed her arms pouting before she turned and walked towards the counter lined with coffee machines and other assorted drink makers. Jade followed behind staring up at the menu and weighing her options.
"I'd like a small vanilla chai latte please." Tori said to the guy behind the counter.
Jade stared at the back of Tori's body taking all of her in. She wore a long sleeved purple shirt, along with some tight black jeans, simple, yet she still looked like a model. Tori ran a hand through her hair and Jade caught a whiff of her scent, she breathed in deeply. Tori smelled good. Too good. This would probably be a problem if she didn't know how to control herself. Now Jade wasn't a newborn, she's been what she was for a few decades but she still only knew the basics.
Tori stepped to the side with her drink before taking a sip and sighing happily. Jade looked at her in a droll way before stepping up to the counter.
"I'll have a small caramel macchiato, no ice, and use almond milk please." She ordered to the guy behind the counter and he gave her this pissy look as if her order was too extravagant, she narrowed her eyes at him then he jumped and squeaked, "Coming right up." She simply smirked before muttering a thank you.
"What was that about?" Tori questioned Jade with her eyebrows raised.
"I don't know." Jade shrugged, watching the guy intently as he made her macchiato.
A few minutes later he came back to the front of the counter and handed Jade her drink. "That'll be $4.50" He said. Jade pulled out a five dollar bill and told him to keep the change.
Jade turned to Tori who was smiling at her before she walked back over to the table near the entrance to the cat room. They both sat down and sipped on their coffee before Tori broke the silence.
"Mmm." She hummed. "So where do I begin?" Jade watched as her eyebrows furrowed in thought before her soft brown orbs landed on hers. "Why are your hands always so cold?" Tori asked keeping eye contact.
"Well.. this IS Seattle Washington, known for its dreary, cold, rainy weather." Jade laughed a bit as she replied to Tori's question as if the answer was obvious. She looked at Tori's face taking note of the questionable look upon it, before her eyes darted down to watch as Tori moved her hand slowly towards hers that was planted against the table. Jade quickly drew her hand back then scowled at Tori.
"You've been touching my hand a lot today Vega, why?" Jade asked.
Jade noticed that Tori was being very observant all of a sudden, it could be bad for her but it also could be good for her. She couldn't help but to think what would happen if Tori found out what she was, their weren't many like her but they were all sworn to secrecy, to stay hidden to keep from being exposed. The very thought excited her when she was sure it should have made her nervous instead, it should have made her want to run and never have any kind of contact with Tori again, but Jade never followed the rules and she sure as hell wasn't going to start now. Besides Tori amused her to no end so she had no plans of stopping contact with her.
"That's not just coldness from the weather Jade. I know it. My intuition tells me so." Tori said softly.
"Oh yeah?" Jade arched her pierced brow. "Well can your intuition tell you what I'm feeling right now." She said as she let her face go blank and just stared at Tori.
"I.. uh." Tori faltered as she looked into Jade's eyes. "No. but this is different and besides I can't read you when you're shooting me a poker face." Tori bit her lip and averted her eyes.
"I know." Jade let out a chuckle and couldn't stop the huge smile that her face fell into afterwards. She watched as Tori shook her head then smiled, her eyes twinkling.
"You're a jerk." Tori said as she playfully kicked Jade's boot underneath the table.
"I've gotten that before." Jade smirked. They ended up holding each other's gaze for a minute before Tori blushed, looked away and stood.
"I think it's time we go pay the kitties a visit." Tori said excitedly as she walked towards the entrance to the room that held all of the bounding, playful creatures. Jade followed closely behind astonished by Tori's excitement as she was sure that Tori saw these cats almost daily. Her excitement to see them again was endearing. As Tori and Jade entered into the kitty area, one little kitten who's fur looked like someone had puked Picasso's work all over it came bounding towards them, tail straight up in the air obviously a sign of happiness. It came straight up to Tori and jumped right into her arms. Jade had surprise written all over her face, she's been around cats before but she's never seen any react to a human in that way.
"This is Nova. I adopted her from the rescue that this café normally gets their cats from because she was a very skittish kitten.. I'm pretty sure if I hadn't of adopted her she would've been put to sleep because of that. No one ever picks the quiet, scared kitten in the corner you know." Tori said with a tint of sadness lacing her voice.
Jade watched as she stroked and rubbed the kitten until a loud purring was heard shortly after. Jade looked to Tori in awe that she would do something like that just for a scary little fur ball, it really spoke volumes about her character.
"Look at her now though, I think she knows Vega and wants to show you her gratitude. It looks like people missed out on a great cat." Jade said before smiling at Tori. "Did she go straight from the rescue group to here and what's with her coloring?"
"No. She actually lives with me but I let her stay here from time to time so she can play with all of the other cats and the coloring is called Tortoiseshell." Tori explained while scratching Nova behind the ears.
"Isn't she gorgeous?" Tori said before setting Nova gently on the floor and smiling down at her.
"Yeah." Jade said but she wasn't looking at Nova, her eyes were on Tori.
After that they walked around the place. Tori explained to Jade what the small rooms in the back were for while Nova was following closely behind Tori's every step and meowing at her occasionally as if trying to hold a conversation. The more Jade seen the more she realized that if she was a cat she actually wouldn't mind living here. The place was bright, lively, and it had plenty of space and room to run around and play. There were clean looking water bowls and she was sure that the cats were fed on a timely basis. There were toys and comfy looking kitty beds here and there and there were also many cat trees, some going up to 80 inches high. It was a cat's paradise.
Jade's eyes focused on a fluffy black cat that was yawning before it stretched out and preceded to strut her way, once it got within a foot of her it immediately sat and stared into her eyes with its bright yellow ones.
"Uh.. Vega?" Jade looked to Tori in confusion then back to the black cat.
"Hmm? Oh, that's Oscar. He's a funny one, very laid back also, he usually doesn't come up to people and prefers they come to him.. preferably with treats of course. Tori giggled. "Maybe he likes you." Tori said as she turned the corner and out of Jade's sight. On the other hand Jade was still stuck with Oscar as he peered into her soul unmoving.
"I know what you are." A wise sounding male voice penetrated into Jade's mind.
"What?" Jade whispered looking around for a person that looked like they were engaging her in conversation but she didn't see anyone near her but the sole black cat. Her green eyes caught the black cat's yellows once more and that's when she heard the voice again.
"I know what you are, you aren't simply a human. I can smell it." The voice said. Jade looked at the cat not knowing how to handle the situation, utterly surprised that a cat was communicating with her, I mean she's seen Sabrina the teenage witch and all but this cat.. this cat wasn't speaking, it was in her head.
"I'm not even going to doubt that you're talking to me right now. I mean. You're right. I'm not even human so it would be kind of strange for me to doubt that you're communicating with me somehow but I will admit that it did catch me off guard." Jade whispered.
"Good. It seems that you're not feeble, maybe we will become good friends but I digress." Oscar said. "What is it that you seek from this sweet human child that you're here with?" Oscar questioned before turning to his right and jumping onto a cushioned seat that was made for humans to sit on while cat watching.
"I don't know exactly.. I found her in trouble one night and I saved her, ever since then I've felt this connection. Don't get me wrong.. I've saved plenty of humans before but from the shadows.. I've never shown my self to them but it was different with her." Jade breathed.
"Ah I see. So it seems you've met your mate." Oscar said before pawing at the cushion and lying down.
"Mate?" Jade questioned eyebrow raising.
"Yes, mate. It would seem that your vampire side has chosen her as worthy of being your mate. You are attracted to her no? Not just her but the blood that's running through her veins calls to you quite strongly yes?"
"How di-?" Jade started before she was cut off.
"I wasn't born yesterday child and unlike some of these other hooligans running around this place I think beyond this building. I've been places and I've seen things as well." Oscar said while licking his paw. "She's a compassionate one indeed, I can see why you have chosen her. I've been keeping an eye on her for quite some time now and she genuinely does seem to care about every single one of us, even the most foolish of us."
Jade gave a silent nod to show that she was listening intently.
"Any who.. you don't know much about being a vampire do you? Are you perhaps a newborn? No.. if so you wouldn't be able to control yourself around the young girl or any other human for that matter. Hmm maybe that's a special ability of yours controlling that thirst or maybe..." Oscar closed his eyes as he trailed off.
"Yes, anyways. I'm willing to teach you everything I know, but first I suggest that you claim Tori before anyone else does." He said as he jumped down from the seat and rounded the corner. Jade followed him until Tori came into view standing beside a guy with dark messy hair, and she didn't need him to turn around and face her for her to know exactly who he was.
"Beck." She felt her fangs elongate and her lips pull back into a snarl as his name rolled out of her mouth followed by a loud guttural growl.
So how was that? Did anything happen that you thought was going to happen or did I surprise you?
What Jade is has been revealed in this chapter did any of you already know?
I'd love to see your thoughts and answers in a review. ;)