HAPPY NEW YEAR MY DEAR READERS! Hard to believe that another year its just about to be over and what better way to commemorate the occasion than with some Jori from yours truly! So enjoy and see you all in 2019!

"Are you sure you don't want to go out and celebrate the New Year?" Jade asked curiously. "Usually you're the one who wants to celebrate the end of the old and the beginning of the new with… Ugh… People."

"And usually you're the one who want to avoid being around people" Tori teased. "But I figured we would have tons of chances to go to many New Year parties but this there's only one first New Year experience with my new wife."

"And instead of celebrating it with our families and friends you want to wait till the clock hits midnight in our house?"

"Yup… Just you… Me… And some grapes."

"Grapes?"

"Yeah." Tori said, showing Jade two plates of grapes on the table. "See baby, in my family we kinda have a tradition that as the clock strikes midnight we eat the twelve grapes and for every grape, we wish for something and we don't tell in the hopes that out of those wishes all, or a few or even just one will come true at some point in the year."

"That's really… Unique Vega." Jade said. "And has any of your wishes come true."

"Oh yeah." Tori said smiling "And she's standing right in front of me."

"You wished for me?"

"Actually, I wanted for you to stop being a gank and that you would finally be my friend." The Latina clarified. "But truth be told, I wished for that so many times than the power of the grapes or whatever must have gone overboard and instead made me love you more than just a friend."

"That's very cheesy Vega."

"That may be, but that doesn't change the fact that you, are now my wife!" Tori cheered. "I never stop trying to be your friend."

"And to be honest, you're the only one who kept trying." Jade said. "Not many wanted me around because I was either too difficult or too scary to be a friend."

"You kinda were." Tori agreed. "But sometimes what's worth having? You gotta work for it and the reward ends up being nothing short of amazing!" The Latina then got up from the couch, walked over to her wife and kissed her, after several minutes they parted lips, resting their foreheads and smiling lazily.

"That's how I got to know you." The Latina grinned. "That's how I got to see that deep down that cold persona of yours, there's a waiting to get out and to be loved… You have a good heart, baby… And the fact that I got to see it? It makes me love you even more."

"I stand corrected." The Thespian said. "That was even cheesier."

"JADE!"

"Oh, come on Vega." She teased. "You heard it too."

"I was trying to share a sweet, emotional moment with you!"

"And you did." Jade grinned. "I was just sharing one of my own… After all, getting under your skin is just as much fun and pleasuring it."

She finished by kissing Tori on her neck and sucking on the "weak spot" that made her wife go nuts.

"Jade!" Tori gasped. "Ooooh… I'm going to get you for that."

"I'm counting on it, Vega." The pale brunette said. "I want to start the new year with a bang!"

"Or we can do that now?" The Latina teased huskily. "Ohh… How I love that mouth of yours."

After a few hours waiting for the ball to drop, both women had left the couch in such a state that it would either need to be disinfected or burned.

Jade and Tori grinned tiredly.

"Guess staying home was a good idea after all, huh?"

"You got that right, Vega."

"It's West!"

"Sure, it is."

"Hey Jade?" Tori asked. "What time is it?"

"Its… 11:55." The Thespian replied staring at her phone which had been knocked to the floor. "Guess that in five minutes it will be the new year."

"Yup." Her wife said smiling. "Great way to end the year by showing how much we love each other."

"Getting cheesy again."

"Oh hush, you know you love it."

While both women were holding each other under the covers, they stared at the grapes which until now they had been left forgotten during their love making.

"Almost time to make the wishes baby."

"Um-hum." Jade said. "Guess we gotta pick those grapes then."

Tiredly, the married couple grabbed the bowls of grapes and were counting the minutes till midnight.

As the clock was finally on 11.59, Tori asked one final question.

"Baby?"

"Umm?"

"Did your family had any traditions on New Year's?"

"Just one." Jade admitted. "It was making a New Year's resolution that was never actually accomplished."

"Say what?"

"See, my dad always made the New Year's resolution that he would try to spend time with me, but that flew out the window at every corner since work was always first on his list."

"Oh Jade…" Tori said sadly. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's fine Vega." Jade shrugged. "Not your fault… And in the end, I like to think that at least I kept my New Year's resolution each year."

"Which was?"

"Trying to be nicer to you."

"Woah… Seriously?"

"Funny how that worked out." The former Goth said. "You wanted me as your friend, I promised myself to be nicer to you."

"Guess deep down we both wanted the same thing." Tori said lovingly. "Almost like we were meant to be."

"Looks like it." Jade shrugged sitting next to her wife. "So… How long till the clock hits midnight?"

"I'd say… 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3…2...1!"

The phones began to ring and the words "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" in big bold letter appeared on the screens.

The phone's clock also began to buzz, each vibration was meant to represent the twelve grapes they had to eat.

So, the two women grabbed their own plate and began to each eat the fruits and began to think of what they wanted for the year and beyond.

J- "I wish for my marriage to Vega to last."

T- "I wish to grow old with Jade."

J- "I wish for Tori to have the singing career she deserves."

T- "I wish for Jade's novel to be published."

J- "I wish that she never loses her dorkyness."

T- "I wish Jade to always have that dark sense of humor that makes her, her."

As they kept wishing they finally were up to their final grapes and more importantly their final wish.

Jade and Tori shared one look, it was so simply and yet so full of love for the woman that had become the source of all their happiness for so long.

J & T- "I wish for many happy years with my wife."

The ending might have been a bit mushy and maybe even a bit rushed, I sure hope that wasn't the case with the latter but unfortunately I was on a deadline which also explains why this chapter was a bit shorter, nevertheless I wanted to have Jade and Tori ending the old year on a happy note and start the new one by wishing the best for their future since they're both sure that they will last.

So anyway, your thoughts?

See ya all on the next chapter which will be on Valentine's day!

Invader Johnny Signing Off.