A/N: 'So much for a nap, I'm updating now,' said my muse — Tori catches Jade watching one of those stupid daytime tv shows and also gets into it.

"Hey Jade, what are you watching?"

As soon as she heard her girlfriend's voice, Jade automatically pushed the button her finger had been sitting on on the remote in case Tori walked in; or so she'd thought.

"...you arE NOT THE FATHER."

The loud cheers and boos of the audience (combined from the apparently surprising results of the DNA test) filled the living room, as Jade had accidentally pressed the volume button instead of changing the channel like she'd tried to do.

"Damn it," Jade muttered, quickly trying to come up with an excuse as Tori came to the edge of the couch. "Uh, I was just flipping channels and found one of those stupid daytime tv shows, but I was just about to keep channel surfing."

Tori was prepared to make fun of Jade for what she'd just caught her watching, but all her teases quickly vanished; the hypnotic train wreck of the show had caught her attention as the woman fled offstage, followed by a cameraman.

"Wait, don't change it," she said, sitting by Jade on the couch. "Let's see how this plays out."

"I'm sure we can find something better to watch..." Jade weakly argued, but Tori shook her head. She watched as the people onscreen then proceeded to have a shouting match at each other over the results they'd just been given.

"This is fine," Tori said.

Forty five minutes later, both Jade and Tori were figuratively on the edge of their seats, Tori with her head cradled in her hands and Jade slumped back with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Jade, look at that child! It's a carbon copy of the dude!"

Jade shook her head. "I just don't see it, Vega."

Just as the results were about to be revealed, the show cut to its last commercial break, and Tori finally turned away from the screen to look at Jade.

"Okay, well, I bet he is the dad. How about you owe me a kiss if so?" she said. Jade raised her pierced eyebrow.

"You want to make a bet on this?" Jade asked, and Tori nodded. Jade thought about it, and shrugged.

"Fine. But if I win, you owe me a kiss."

"This isn't much of a bet, seeing as we would both win either way, but I'll take it," Tori said. In the time left in the commercial break, she sent a quick Slap status about her and Jade's bet and what it was over, finishing up just as the show returned.

"Okay, here we go!" she said excitedly, tossing her phone aside and getting comfortable to see the results.

"You are...not the father," the announcer read, the results almost drowned out by the crowd and the anguished yells of the woman (and the flip side excited shouts from the man).

"Ha, told you," Jade said, smiling smugly at Tori. "Pay—"

Before she could finish, Tori turned and leaned in to kiss her on the lips, cutting over the rest of her sentence. She held the kiss for a few moments before pulling away from Jade.

"That was a bet I'm happy to have lost," she replied. Jade rolled her eyes at her girlfriend as the show's credits started rolling. And then it hit her.

"God, I can't believe we just spent an hour of our lives watching that garbage," she said. Tori gave a little shrug.

"We can just consider it time well spent because we watched together?" she said. She had a point there.

"Just...never speak of this," Jade said. Tori suddenly remembered the Slap status she'd posted about it, and as inconspicuous as possible, moved her phone from Jade's sight, nodding as she did so.

"I won't."

She was safe until the middle of the next day, when Sinjin came to their lunch table at lunch time. Only Jade and Tori were there at the moment, the others still buying their lunches.

"Hey, you girls saw that episode of Perry Schwinger yesterday too, huh? It was wild, wasn't it?"

Jade looked confusedly at Sinjin. "How did you—"

She turned to Tori, who was nonchalantly looking away from her as she bit into a french fry. Jade narrowed her eyes.

"You spoke of it!"

Tori finally met Jade's gaze, and gave a weak shrug. "I may have Slapped about the bet we made while watching yesterday. But to be fair, it was before you had said don't talk about it."

Jade just groaned.

Tori Vega (4:55 pm):

Made a 'bet' with Jade over paternity results on Perry Schwinger...I know she's right so she better prepare for a kiss!

Feeling: Gambly 😘

A/N: Special shout out to Mandajoy92 for helping me bring this ficlet to life! ❤️

And a special shout out to everyone else, too! Thanks for reading!