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The door slammed hard, Trina leaning on it for good measure. Her hefty chest rose and fell with each deep, troubles breath. "Trina?" Holly asked her daughter.
"Mom." The elder daughter greeted her mother. "I, er, is it possible I could talk to Tori?"
"Not here." Jade said from where she'd parked herself on the couch.
"And what are you doing here?" The older girl asked the goth.
"Doing an assignment." Jade tried to brush her off.
"The attractive boy told her she had to make good with Tori." Holly added.
"Yea, something like that." Jade deflected.
"Okay, no way that's it, cause he's been trying for years." The now suspicious girl pushed. "Talk."
"Okay, but you need to tell us why you were acting like Sinjin asked you out again." Jade smirked, thinking she had the advantage.
"No, cause I can usually ward him off." Trina sighed. "I was doing this acting exercise, and I needed a partner…."
"And yet, she's the one running." Holly muttered.
"MOM!" Trina screeched.
"Please, usually we just think it." Jade added. "So, why were you the one running?"
"I'm not running." Trina insisted. "I was gonna ask Meredith, cause I heard she was easy to work with, only Sherry was the only one available. So I asked her, she said yes, and we did the scene."
"Go on." Jade drolled, somehow board yet interested.
"So, it was a romantic scene…"
"With a girl?" Holly asked, suddenly looking up from her book.
"Yea, cause it's a romantic scene between two girls." Trina tried to explain. "Hollywood Arts is trying new things. Nothing bad, nothing you couldn't have a high school put on stage. Just, we talked, then we kiss."
"Was she a bad kisser?' Jade teased. "Wait, Sherry? As in used to date Andre Sherry?"
"As in way to much into kissing Sherry." Trina confirmed. "We made out for ten minutes during our first rehearsal."
"Girl needs to know the difference between a real kiss and a stage kiss." Jade griped.
"Yea, she does." Trina admitted. "It happened cause I told her I'd never kissed a girl, and she wanted to show me what it was like."
"And did you explain things to her, make sure she understood this was just experimentation?" Holly wondered. As eyes locked on her, the mother felt the need to explain. "What? Ten minutes, that's not practicing, not between two girls who don't know each other that well. No, they made out, meaning there was something more."
"I'll explain, once Jade pays up her part." Trina shifted. "What did Beck want you and Tori to do?"
"Beck said I didn't date enough while we were broken up." Jade shrugged, not sure about talking about this, but feeling that maybe she could talk now, given what Trina just admitted too. "I even admitted to a one night stand with moose, during tinkle aid, and he said that was just me using the boy to feel better. Told me I needed to date a bit before he could really be back with me. He also said he grew from his experience, and I needed to as well."
"And Tori?" The mother pushed.
"Obviously, she wants to learn to date from an expert, and given her group, Tori may be the closest they have." Trina speculated. But even Jade knew she was trying to hide things, possibly to protect the singer.
"I went on a couple of dates, hated them, and realized the last good date I had, adjusted for circumstances, was the play date Sikowitz had me go on with Tori." Blue eyes held the couch as she decided how much to admit. "I was gonna ask Tori to date me for a couple of dates, just to see what we have, and if that's enough for Beck."
"And if you two have chemistry?" Trina pushed while Holly absorbed what she just heard.
"I'm open to the possibility that Tori might be one of the people I could date, you know, long term." Jade breathed out, almost defeated. "However, given how short all her post Hollywood Arts relationships have been, I figure, at the latest, I'll be back with Beck before graduation." Her eyes pulled from the carpet, and locked on Trina. "So why the fear?"
"I tried to explain things to Sherry today." Trina explained. "And we kinda, sorta slept together." Her voice had faded to almost imperceivable towards the end.
"Sorry, what now?" Jade asked.
Holly, who admittedly was farther away, seemed to have heard perfectly. "Sex? You went to clarify things, and had sex?"
"Just a little." Trina tried to deflect.
"And by a little, you mean…." The mother left it open.
"Just a little talking, then touching, maybe a touch more, over two or so hours. Plus or minus..." Trina said. The look her mother gave screamed there would be clarification, from one source or another. "We made love for two hours. Happy now?"
"You two dating?" The Vega matriarch demanded. Her voice wasn't loud, but it was very much her mom voice, and Trina knew she had to answer.
"Not sure yet." The elder Vega daughter admitted. "After she fell asleep during the cuddling, I got dressed and ran. Been terrified of what happened ever since."
"Good deodorant." Jade noted.
"Yea, you should make sure yours is up to snuff." Holly said, smirking. "Trina, we don't let people just treat others like that. You will contact this Sherry, and figure this chiz out."
"I CAN'T RESIST HER!" Trina yelped.
"Then I guess you have a girlfriend." The mother replied, and it was almost final. "That is, assuming, that's what she wants. We'll give her a chance to recover, and then you'll call, clarify just what you two are. But if you can't resist her, then I think she's setting the rules. If she wants a girlfriend, she has one, and I'm gonna wanna meet the girl who may well one day be my daughter in law."
Jade was laughing when Holly turned to her. "Speaking of future daughter in laws…" The goth froze. "Dating isn't the same as hanging out with a friend. If you and Tori do date, then the rules are standard for dating. Maybe it won't last two dates, maybe I'll be watching as David welcomes you into the family. Either way, you do this with respect, and we'll treat you right. Got it?" A nod from the blue eyed girl let her know her message had been received. "Good. Try not to use sex as an opener. I get it, to this Sherry, she may have needed the sex just to be sure of the kind of relationship she and Trina were gonna have. But you and Tori, I think you two already know, and have just been avoiding it. So, she should be home soon, and once you two get your business done, I think she'll be happy to hear her big sister may well have finally found someone."
"Sherry was obsessed with kissing." Jade let out. "Dre broke up with her cause all she ever wanted to do was make out."
Holly had an amused look on her face. "Gonna wear my eldest out, isn't she?"
Silence fell on the room as they waited for Tori, and the inevitable changes in all their lives.
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Older thing I had on my hard drive, think it's aged enough. Also, I have a couple of stories where I pair Trina with Sherry. So, there just might be more…
Thoughts?
