A/N: On Christmas my girlfriend and I had a chat about 'meeting the parents' via video call and I wanted to write it first with jori so,,

The day had finally arrived, after months. Six months, to be exact. Six months since Jade and Tori had become a couple. Tori had started telling everyone (who didn't already know) that they were dating right away, including her parents and sister (even though Trina had heavily suspected it right away anyway), but Jade had been hesitant to tell anyone on her side, mainly her father. She already had a rocky relationship with him; talking to him had been like pulling teeth. So both Jade and Tori had been especially surprised when Jade had received an email from him, explaining that he had randomly wanted to check on her and have a video call with her since they hadn't seen each other for more than a few awkward, silent moments on a few stray weekends.

The video call had conveniently worked out to fall on the date of Jade and Tori's six month anniversary, and while it had taken a lot of convincing, Tori had finally, gently, encouraged Jade to tell him about the exciting news in her life.

Now, the pair of them sitting on Jade's bed in front of her laptop, just a few minutes to go until it was call time, Jade turned to Tori.

"You know I love you, but if you could please, for me, just hold back a little with your you ness. You did sort of meet my dad before, but I just don't know if he'd get you. Or that we're now dating."

Tori nodded, reaching for Jade's hand and grasping it carefully. "I know, I'll do my best. But I do want to show him a little bit of me."

"I want him to see a little bit of you, too, but the real you. Not like...2 am question you."

Tori held back a smirk. "But that's the best me."

Jade rolled her eyes. "You know I mostly love that you, but I don't know if he—"

Before she could finish, a message popped up on the instant messaging app Jade had connected with her dad with, asking if they were ready. She took a deep breath, typing out a reply that they were, before gently squeezing Tori's hand as she steeled herself to see her father again.

Tori hit the button to accept the call (she had a free hand; Jade had grasped the blanket with her free hand from nerves and was still grasping Tori's other hand tightly), and the pair of them were connected.

"Hi, dad," Jade began, once their screens had cleared. She received a bland greeting in response, before immediately being questioned on who was sitting next to her. Jade took a deep breath.

"This is Tori, my um, girlfriend," Jade managed hesitantly.

"Hi," Tori said, raising her free hand to wave. "It's nice to see you again, sir."

"Today is actually our...six month anniversary of dating," Jade said, feeling herself blush slightly at the words. "Tori convinced me to tell you since we'd be on a call anyway."

There was a beat of silence, but Jade's father broke it with something neither of them had expected to hear.

"I'm happy to hear about this, Jade."

Jade visibly relaxed (except for her grip on Tori's hand, which actually increased) at her father's words. "Thanks, dad."

Her father gave her a half smile back, before looking at Tori. "And thank you for convincing her to tell me. It's not easy to convince her to do anything."

"Don't I know it," Tori said, giving Jade a quick half smile. "But I just thought this was something important that was worth convincing her to do, even despite the potential death glares."

Jade's father chuckled, nodding to Tori. "And I know all about those death glares." He looked back at Jade. "It seems like you found a good one here, Jade."

Jade nodded. "Yeah, I think she's a keeper."

"Again, I'm very happy for you both," Jade's father said, looking between the girls. "Thank you for telling me."

"Thank you for not freaking out or anything," Jade said.

"I know our relationship has always been a bit strained, but I am always glad to hear about good news happening in your life."

Tori heard Jade's breath hitch, but she held herself together. "Thank you, dad."

"You're welcome," Jade's father said, before sighing. "Now, I'm sorry but I have to go. But...we should do this again soon."

Jade nodded. "Just let me know."

"I will. Goodbye, for now."

Jade and Tori both said goodbye, before the call ended. Once the screen had gone back to the chat, Tori excitedly turned towards Jade, excited at how well the call had gone, but was cut off before she'd even started when Jade took her into a hug. She wrapped her own arms around Jade, using one of her hands to pat Jade's upper back soothingly. They sat like that for a few minutes, just snuggled in the other's embrace, before Jade finally spoke.

"That went so much better than expected. Thanks for convincing me to do it."

"Of course," Tori said. She remained where she was, comforting Jade and also supporting her, until Jade eventually indicated she was okay.

"I love you," Jade said, once she'd pulled away. Tori grinned.

"I love you, too," she said. She waited a moment before speaking again. "Since he seems to like me, next time we talk to him, can I be myself more?"

Jade just rolled her eyes, before leaning in to kiss her girlfriend.

A/N: Okay so I'd originally planned to make it a silly meeting (and also for it to be both of Jade's parents) but had a change of heart on both those things. But! maybe I'll do another one/second part down the line that's a bit sillier/less serious. We'll see~

But otherwise, thanks for reading!