Well my dear readers as I said over at my "Parenthood" saga, here's the story Jade was going to tell Tony and like I said she tells him the edited version but here you guys will know what really took place.
I suppose its fitting I'm posting this now since June has arrived, I just can't believe I been doing this Jori Holiday series for so long and only now I'm writing a chapter that would no doubt be an important time for Our favorite couple, I suppose there is some irony in that.
Anyway to all my readers in the LGBT community, have a happy Pride Month! If anyone sends hate your way, just ignore them, don't be afraid to be who you are, love is love by the end of the day.
Something that Jade and Tori will delightfully show here, heh heh… Prepare to be amused by their cleverness.
"Vega!" Jade snarled. "Get your lame ass over here!"
Tori looked up from her phone, towards the direction of bedroom she shared with her wife, the Latina grinned mischievously as she got up from the couch."Took her long enough."
"Yeah babe?"
"Don't you yeah babe me, Vega!" Jade said. "I only have one thing to ask you… What the Hell?!"
"What?" Tori asked innocently. "Don't you like what I did to our closet? I like to think it's very colorful."
Jade couldn't help but grunt in a mixture of annoyance and agreement.
"Be that as it may, my question remains." She hissed. "Why?"
"Because I happen to think it's fitting." Tori said with a wide smile. "Look at this way West, now we can say we got out of the closet quite literally."
The Thespian was never fond of bright colors, which is why she loved that the walls of their closet were once pitch black, it gave her the nostalgic feeling to the time when she was a teenager and used to find comfort in the darkness when the outside world got on her nerves, so the moment she opened the closet expecting to be greeted by her "old friend", she instead was met with nearly all the colors of the rainbow, needless to say that it was quite the surprise and not the pleasant type.
"You're such a dork Vega." Jade said while rubbing her eyes. "Only you would go ahead and paint our closet with the colors of the pride flag, I'm surprised you didn't go the extra mile and bought us clothes with the bisexual and lesbian flags for the remaining of the month."
"There is a lesbian flag?" Tori asked surprised "I didn't know that."
"Please tell me you're kidding Vega."
"Of course I am Jade!" The Latina laughed. "You don't think I would be ignorant of that, did you? After all there is a transgender flag and an asexual flag and of course the bisexual flag which you have in your office and a…"
"I get the point Tor." The Thespian said with an eye roll. "You don't need to start listing all the flags."
"But wait, that's not all!" The Latina said with a smirk. "If you noticed, I kinda let loose the hinges of the door to symbolize the moment I no longer was afraid to be in the closet and admitted to myself I'm a lesbian and proud!"
"You're still a dork, Vega."
"Maybe so, but I'm your dork, remember." Tori teased as she playfully "danced" her wedding finger in front of her wife "Forever!"
"You're just lucky, Tori." Jade said "Anyone else would be by bald by the end of the day for being this corny around me."
"Aww, I'm immune to your scissors revenge," Tori gushed. "You really do love me!"
"Keep that up and that's about to change." Jade replied back annoyed. "But damn it, yeah I love you, you damn dork."
"How about you show me how much you love me?" Tori asked playfully as she wiggled her eyes suggestively. "Come on, we can have a two women parade."
"Did you really just pulled this rainbow in the closet crap just to get into my pants?"
"Nope." Tori said. "I really wanted to paint our closet to celebrate Pride Month, you just gave me an opening to express our love for each other in ways words can't describe and I wasn't about to miss that opportunity."
"You been spending too much time with me Vega." Jade said evilly. "You're starting to have such a conniving mind."
"We're married." Tori laughed. "Of course I'm going to spend as much time as I can with my lovely wife."
"Lovely my ass!" Jade snapped "I'm evil and don't you forget it!"
"You do have a lovely ass." Tori purred. "Now come on, are we going to have fun or what?"
"As long as you stop it with the wordplay." Jade grunted, "Now shut up and kiss me!"
"Gladly." Tori said as she kissed her wife, all the while Jade held her bridal style as they went out of the closet and towards their bedroom, they only stopped making out when the Thespian noticed something different on top of their bed.
"Vega when the Hell did you get us rainbow covers?" Jade asked. "Painting the closet wasn't enough?!"
"Nope."
"Refresh my memory, why did I marry you?"
"You were the one to pop the question."
"What I high?"
"High on love."
"How long have you been waiting to say that Vega?"
"Do you really want to know?" Tori asked with a raised eyebrow "Or would you rather we get high on love right now?"
"Take off you shirt." Jade ordered impatiently "And you better not have any trouble with you bra or I swear use my scissors to tear it apart from you!"
"Jade!" Tori laughed heartedly. "I love you."
"You know that during the time you told me you love me, you could have taken off your pants, right?" Jade said "But damn it, I love you too Vega."
They shared a kiss afterwards.
Tori chuckled afterwards.
"What's so funny?"
"I just thought it's ironic that now you want to get into my pants when you accused me of plotting that just a few moments ago."
"Irony my ass!" Jade snapped "You played me!"
"Did I now?" Tori pondered playfully. "Does this mean that the great Jade West admits I finally pulled a fast one on her?"
"Oh bite me Vega!"
"You words are my command!"
"What are you…?" The pale woman stopped midway as she turned to mush when her wife bit down on her neck like a vampire.
Tori knew how much Jade enjoyed pain and she also knew just what parts of her body her spouse found the most pleasure in.
"Now I remember why I married you."
Just as both women were about to get under the covers of their bed, a loud thumping was heard from their front door, making the dynamic duo groaned in annoyance.
"I swear, if it's Cat, I'm going to bury her alive under our house and leave her there for the rest of the week!"
"Cat is in Venice visiting her Nona for the week, Jade."
"Then however is in our front porch better have a damn good excuse for ruining the mood!"
Jade quickly put on something to appear halfway decent as she stomped over to the front door, angrily swinging it open and much to her chagrin, saw that it was one of their neighbors, unfortunately it was one who everyone in the block had the displeasure of coming across at least once a day.
"Hello Karen." Jade grumbled. "What brings you to our neck of the woods."
The older woman glared back at the singer.
"I'm not here because I want to." Karen sneered. "If I could I would love nothing more than to kick you and that other sinner out of the neighborhood, this place has gone downhill if they allow people like you to moved in."
Jade could hear the contempt the annoying woman had in her shrilly voice and took every ounce of power within her to not punch her on the spot for her not so subtle homophobic remark.
"If you don't like it here, you're free to move." Jade replied back. "No one is keeping you around, not that anyone want you around, now if you excuse me I have more important things to do than to waste my time talking to you and whatever crawled up your ass and died this time."
Just as Jade was about to shut the door on her neighbor's face, Karen put her foot down on the doorframe preventing the Thespian from ending the conversation that in her opinion has lasted more than enough.
"It's one thing for you and that other woman to display your affection on those movies and TV shows." Karen said with disgust. "But now you also got to show it in my neighborhood."
"What the Hell are you talking about?!"
"I'm talking about that!" Karen angrily pointed at two flags the married couple had put earlier in the week, as it happened they were the bisexual and rainbow flags that were displayed alongside the U.S. and Mexican flags.
"What? You been living under a rock the past few years Karen?" Jade taunted. "It's Pride Month! So of course my wife and I are going to show both our support and the fact that we are a part of the LGBT community just like you are a part of the dumbass community."
The older woman's face turned red with anger right then and there.
"Watch it you gank!" Karen warned darkly. "Just because you and that other woman are married in the eyes of the state, doesn't mean you're married in the eyes of the Lord! As far as I'm concerned you two are living in sin!"
"Good thing my wife and I don't care what you think then." Jade shrugged. "Now, are we done here? Unlike you, I have a loving spouse to get back to."
"Get rid of those flags or I'll do it for you!" Karen bellowed madly. "There are children in this neighborhood and they shouldn't have to see things you people put that will corrupt their minds!"
"I'm guessing none of those kids are yours because no one is crazy enough to marry you."
"At least I'm capable of having kids." Karen retorted smugly. "Something you and that bimbo inside will never be able to do! Now get rid of those flags or else!"
And with that Karen left the West property with her nose high, displaying both her arrogance and entitlement, which of course angered Jade, she was ready to grab the first thing that was within reach and throw it at the back of the witch's head, only to be stopped by her spouse.
Tori was worried when Jade didn't come back to bed and got even more worried when she heard Karen's voice, after all she didn't want her wife to go to jail for killing their neighbor.
"Vega, why did you stop me?!"
"Because I love you and I don't want you to get charged with assault." Tori replied. "Or worse."
"You didn't hear what she said!" Jade snarled "Karen has to pay!"
"I did hear what that witch said, baby." The Latina said "And trust me, I'm very tempted to grab a crowbar and knock her teeth out one by one but there arebetter ways of revenge that physical violence."
"I doubt that."
"Baby, you're forgetting that you aren't the only West that can pull a satisfactory revenge scheme."
"What are plotting Vega?"
"I still have some paint left from the closet." Tori said coyly. "I say… We use it."
"On her car?"
"On our house."
"You lost me Tor."
"It's simple Jade… All we gotta do is…"
The next morning Karen woke up in good spirit, she felt she had made her point quite clear to her neighbors and was sure they would dispose of those "appalling symbols" as she called them.
That is until she saw through her kitchen window.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Her neighbors' house was now an even bigger eyesore in her eyes, Karen angrily ran out her front door and towards the home that had now started to bring in the rest of the block, some even went as far as to take photos with their phones.
What got under the woman's skin was the fact that there were kids pointing at the house in wonderment, she now knew they would want answers and their parents would have a difficult time explaining the "sins of homosexuality" to them.
Karen stomped over to the porch and knocked loudly on the wooden door, which Tori answered with a wide smile. "Can I help you?"
"Do you realize what you and your devil partner just did?!"
"Oh we just gave our house a fresh coat of paint ." The Latina replied. "Took us a few hours and several coffee mugs to finish the whole thing but I believe the end result was worth the effort, now everyone can see how proud and out we are, which sends the message loud and clear a lot better than just some flags, wouldn't you agree, Karen?"
Before the older woman could say anything, Jade walked into the living room.
"Hey Vega look!" She said as she ran from the hallway so she could show her wife the phone "We're trending! Someone in the neighborhood took a picture of our house and they love what we did to the place."
"Aww that's so sweet."
"Some have called it the Rainbow house." Jade said. "Never in my wildest dreams, did I ever thought I would be living in such a colorful place, Hell, even Cat just called me an hour ago and wants to come visit the house."
"She knows she's been here before, right?"
"Try explaining that to her!" The Thespian said with an eye roll. "But apparently because our house is now a rainbow it's like a brand new place!"
Tori shook her head in amusement, all the while Karen kept glaring at the married couple.
"You two have gone too far." She sneered. "I warned you but it seems you have chosen to live in sin rather than to follow…"
"I don't need to have a religious pep talk, I already got plenty of those from my mother." Tori interrupted annoyed. "Just get to the point Karen."
"You think this is funny?!" Karen hissed. "Laugh all you want but I'm about to put an end to your blasphemous ways!"
She then walked away.
"I'll say this Vega, you were right." Jade grinned. "Pissing her off was way more satisfying than wrecking her car."
"I told you." Tori replied. "But let's not sing victory just yet, I have the feeling it's not the last we'll see from her."
"Oh I'm counting on it."
A few days later a lot more people from the block and beyond had come to see the newly painted "rainbow house", Jade and Tori ironically weren't prepared for that amount of publicity and despite some negative comments online, most were quite positive.
All in all they simply went on with their lives.
One afternoon Jade was about to drive out of the garage to do pick up some take out, only to be stopped by the amount of people still "camping out" to see the Rainbow house that was owned by both the "Queen of horror" and the "lively pop star".
The director was about to tell them to move out of the way when she heard a siren in the distance, curiously she got out of her car, only to be greeted by a police cruiser, Jade just knew her noisy neighbor Karen had something to do with this and her suspicions were proved correct as she saw The infuriating woman condescendingly watching from her window, waving goodbye with sheer arrogance and a smug smile on her face.
Jade groaned, knowing full well she now had to explain what was going on to a police officer who undoubtedly wasn't going to be very helpful to her cause, but she soon ate her words when she finally noticed who was the man getting out of the police cruiser.
"Hello Jade." Mr. Vega warmly greeted his daughter in law. "Long time no see."
"Hey Mr. Vega." She said back, giving the old man a hug. "What an unexpected surprise, Tori didn't tell me you were coming for a visit, if you're willing to wait, I'm just about to go to the new Chinese restaurant for some food, you're more than welcome to join us."
"Oh that's very nice of you Jade but unfortunately this isn't a family visit." He said. "Is Tori around?"
"She's inside doing some cleaning." She replied. "I told her to take a break but she wanted to get some chores out of the way, long story short, we both got hungry and I was on my way out for some take out and maybe watch a movie while we rest and well… You know the rest."
"Dad?" Tori asked from the porch, having her the siren, she then happily walked over to her father. "What a nice surprise! Why didn't you tell me you were coming? I would have gotten something to eat a bit earlier."
"Actually Mija, I came here because I received a call about a disturbance in the neighborhood." Mr. Vega said as he saw the amount of people in front of his daughter's house. "Now, care to tell me what's going on?"
"I'll tell you what's going on!" Karen screeched as she made her way in the sea of people, rudely pushing anyone that got in her way and once she was in front of Jade and Tori she pointed her finger accusingly at them. "These two women have cause nothing but trouble in this neighborhood and I demand that you do something about it officer!"
"Wait, that's why you're here?" Tori asked her father before glaring daggers at Karen. "So just because you threw a temper tantrum and things didn't go your way you decided to tell on my dad."
"That's pathetic." Jade said. "What are you, five?"
Some neighbors murmured in agreement, Karen however wasn't going to back down.
"I didn't tell your father on you." She sneered. "I simply called the proper authorities about how some people kept causing mayhem on the neighborhood and I thought the police needed to put an end to this before it gets worse!"
"Worse?!" Jade snarled "Worse how Karen?! Because unless I'm mistaken, the only one causing trouble around here is you by shoving your nose where it doesn't belong!"
"I asked you to put away those offensive flags and what do you do?! You then paint that… That… That… Rainbow monstrosity! It's offensive and it has no place in our neighborhood!"
"You threatened me and my wife that you would remove the flags yourself if we didn't!"
"Did she now?" Mr. Vega narrowed his eyes as he looked at Karen. "What elsedid she do?"
"Once I was passing by her house and took my roller skates and never gave them back!" A little girl said from the crowd.
"She kept telling me to go back to Canada!" A man came forward.
"She keeps parking in my spot even though I keep telling her she can't park in front of my house because she blocks the garage and I have a sick father that needs medical attention twice a week!" A young woman said.
"She once kicked my dog!"
"She ruined Christmas last year when we all pitched into bring a Santa for the little ones and she crashed the festivities by telling them Jolly Old Saint Nick isn't real!"
More and more people kept saying their experiences with Karen, which of course made the woman start to sweat under the gaze of the police officer.
"Well it seem you have quite a reputation here Miss Karen." Mr. Vega said with crossed arms. "Turn around."
"What?! Why?!"
"I'm placing you under arrest!" He said as he lured the cuffs on her wrist. "For improper use of the 911 call, hate speech, animal cruelty, the list goes on, I have more than enough testimony and evidence to put you away for a long time."
"No wait! This is just a simple misunderstanding!" Karen said "I was just trying to be helpful, it'd not my fault! It's theirs!"
She angrily pointed with her head in the direction of Jade and Tori who simply shook their heads in disgust as Karen of course didn't want to take responsibility for her actions.
"Tell it to the judge lady." Mr. Vega said "which if I'm not mistaken will come until Tuesday!"
"Wait, I'm going to jail?!" Karen bellowed "Until Tuesday?!"
"Well the judge is on vacation." Mr. Vega said "And seeing as today is Friday, you got a few days to think about what you done."
Karen walked out the West garage in shame as the rest of the neighborhood watched, pleased that the woman that had given them so much grievance over the years was finally going to get her comeuppance.
Mr. Vega put her in the back of his squad car before turning around to see both his daughter and daughter-in-law.
"You two ok?"
"We're fine now dad." Tori replied. "Thanks."
"You know, after you drop off Karen to her weekend getaway, you're more than welcome to join us for dinner." Jade said with a grateful smile. "Like I said, we're having Chinese."
"Sounds good." He said. "Just give an hour to go to the police station."
"Ok dad, drive safely."
Mr. Vega laughed before getting into the driver's seat and drove away, Al, the while people were cheering that Karen was no longer going to be a thorn on their sides.
Karen's blood boiled when she noticed Jade was mockingly waving goodbye.
"Well, that worked better than I expected." Tori said lovingly to her wife. "Don't you think so baby?"
"What say we up the ante Vega?"
"What do you have in mind?"
Two days later while still in jail, Karen bellowed angrily as she read the newspaper and noticed that in the front page was a huge photo of Jade and Tori doing their own LGBT celebration in the neighborhood, something that was apparently a big success as many people pitched in to make the event possible.
"What did I ever do to deserve this?!"
They say that the best kind of revenge is just being happy and that's something Jade and Tori certainly did because they not only used Karen's hatred against her, they also showed that love always wins in the end.
So once again, Happy Pride Month to my readers of the LGBT community, this chapter is dedicated to you all, like I said above, don't let hateful people get in the way, love is love.
Just so you guys know, I'm aware not all religious people are this bad and not all Karen's (people name Karen that is) are this bad, I just wanted to put a villain that would show the ugly side of people because unfortunately in this world not everyone has good intentions and there are those that are just fill with too much hate but like I said, don't let them take you down.
I believe I also got to say that there actually is a "Rainbow House" in Kansas that is in front of a "church", which was the inspiration for this idea.
As always constructive criticism is greatly appreciated, what did you guys thought of this (hopefully) final chapter?
Invader Johnny Signing Off.