A/N: A short sequel to chapter 9 ('Tori and the Piercing'), in which Tori and Jade get tattoos.

The next sale that took place at the Piercing Pagoda was one of the rare Friday the 13th sales of the year, where certain small tattoos were only $13 (some restrictions apply). Luckily for Tori and Jade, there were two tiny tattoos available that fit perfectly within these restrictions.

Having recovered from her brief piercing experience, and braving herself up a bit for the first real body modification experience she would undergo thanks to Jade's gentle encouragement, Tori was filled with both excitement and nervousness for this. She would be getting a tiny musical note on her inner wrist, while Jade would be getting a small skull. (Jade had immediately shot down the cheesy matching infinity symbols that Tori had first pointed out to her from their options list, instead wanting something that would be more meaningful to them, rather than something that every high school girl and their mother had just to be trendy.)

"You ready?" Jade asked, once they had been sat and prepped in their side by side chairs. Tori looked up from the tiny purple stencil of the musical note on her wrist to Jade, and gave a quick nod.

"Be sure to let me know if you suddenly feel lightheaded or anything," the girl who would be doing her tattoo said, making Tori's smile falter slightly.

Tori nervously turned her head back to her artist. "Wait, what..."

"Just look at me," Jade said to distract Tori. "Look at me and don't focus on the tattooing part."

Her artist (Axl) had already started on her tattoo, and Tori hadn't even seen Jade bat an eye when he started working on her art. Her heart thumping heavily in her chest, Tori looked back to Jade and gave another little nod.

"Okay. I'm ready."

She kept eye contact with Jade as she heard the faint buzz of the tattoo gun start up next to her.

"That wasn't so bad, was it?" Jade asked, as they walked out of the shop about half an hour later, each with a fresh, newly wrapped tattoo. "I don't think you even blacked out completely."

"I didn't realize it was right over the bone when she made the placement stencil," Tori said wearily. "The pain just caught me by surprise."

"Yeah, I should have warned you about that possibly happening. But you got through it, really well for your first tattoo, honestly, and that's the important part."

Jade gently grabbed Tori's arm (just below where the clear plastic was wrapped neatly around her wrist), flipping it up to reveal her tattoo and the slightly pink area around her new ink. "And, it looks really cute."

Tori smiled. She loved the way her new tattoo looked, and was proud of herself for going through with getting it. Plus, it was meaningful to her, and that was the best part.

A/N: Thanks for reading! c: