A/N: In which Tori picks Jade up from a night out,,

Jade finally spotted Tori's car and began walking towards the curb as Tori pulled the car up. It was chilly out, but she hadn't been standing outside too long. She had only texted Tori a little while before that she was ready to come home after a few drinks, slightly tipsy but not too horribly inebriated it would bite her the next morning.

She waited until Tori had pulled up before leaning in to open the door, and was immediately greeted by the smell of food. She looked down to find a bag from one of their favorite fast food places and a bottle of water on her seat.

"Tori, what's—"

"Damn babe, you still look gorgeous after two hours of clubbing," Tori cut over Jade's words. Jade looked up and could practically see the heart eyes Tori was shooting her way. "I missed you so much! I brought you food in case you were hungry and water in case you didn't stay hydrated with your drinks."

Jade paused, looking between the seat and her girlfriend, still shooting heart eyes towards Jade from the driver's seat, and smiled at the small gesture.

"You're so sweet, baby. Thank you."

Tori's smile grew even wider. "Of course! Just want to make sure you're always taken care of. Especially on nights out. How was it, by the way? Did you have fun?"

Jade might not have used that exact word to describe being in a loud, overcrowded place with people being different degrees of drunk (especially because of all the cat calls she'd gotten from men and a few women), but nodded. "It was...a time. I missed you too, though. Kinda wish I stayed home, or at least had you with me."

Tori's smile faded slightly. "I'm sorry. I do want to go with you sometime, but I'm still working through the being in loud, crowded places thing, you know?"

Jade climbed in the car (being careful not to squish the food; it smelled good and she was a bit hungry, if she was being honest) and leaned over to wrap an arm around Tori. "Don't worry, baby, I completely understand. There's absolutely no rush, I only want you to go when you're completely comfortable with it."

Tori leaned her head against Jade's shoulder, as the best hug she could give at the moment with being in the driver's seat. "Thank you. I know, and I appreciate it."

"Good," Jade said, settling in her seat and bringing the bag of food into her lap. "We can make up for the time I was gone by watching something together tonight, maybe?"

Tori's smile returned, and she nodded eagerly as she sat up once again. "Yeah! There's a marathon of Forensic Files on that I was watching before I came to pick you up, maybe that?"

Jade nodded, "Sounds good to me."

Tori nodded again, before turning back to the road. She took a deep breath, putting both hands on the wheel.

"Just take it slow, we're in no rush to get home," Jade said, picking up on Tori's driving anxiety signs. She put a hand on Tori's arm. "It's okay baby, I'm here. You're okay."

Tori nodded. "Okay, I can do this."

She managed to get back on the road easily, and about halfway home her driving anxiety had faded again. Jade was halfway through eating the fast food burger that Tori had brought her when Tori broke the silence at the break between songs on the radio.

"Hey Jade, are you from Tennessee? Because you're the only ten I see."

Tori was biting her lip to keep from smiling as Jade turned her head to look at her.

"I missed you so much I looked up some new pick up lines to use on you after I picked you up," Tori said, not taking her eyes off the road, despite feeling Jade's heavy (though joking) glare aimed directly at her. Jade just rolled her eyes and went back to eating her food as Tori continued with the next line.

Deep down, she loved every single new line that came from her dorky girlfriend, and the fact that she'd been so thoughtful to her after her night out.

A/N: My girlfriend sent me a meme ('Your boyfriend might get mad at you for going out without him, but my boyfriend picked me up from the bar with a snack wrap, McDouble and a water in the front passenger seat and said, "You're so hot, omg I missed you.") and said "it's you", so I wrote it out.

This one will probably be the last chapter of the year due to being super close to going on the trip and actually being with my girlfriend, but I just want to thank all the readers and reviewers once again for the continued support throughout the months. Y'all are so, so great and I hope you all have happy holidays and great new years! And thanks as always for reading! c: