Happy Mother's Day to you all!

This idea was semi-inspired by an old tweet by Liz Gillies where she jokingly told Daniella Monet "to be her mom" … However, what you're going to read bellow may in fact be rather bittersweet.

"Oooh my head." A woman said. "Why does it have to hurt so much?"

She got out of bed, rubbing her eyes in an attempt to at least see her surrounding, which did little good as everything seemed blurry.

"How I hate this."

Getting out of bed, the woman looked back to realize she wasn't alone as a shirtless man was sleeping besides her.

This definitely grabbed her attention, unable to say anything she ran out of the bedroom and towards the first room she saw which was the bathroom.

"What the hell?!" She screeched. "Where am I?!"

Finally noticing her hands, she realized that they weren't hers. She then grabbed a bit of her hair.

"This isn't mine." She thought as her hands lowered to inspect her body, holding her chest. "These are not mine either." Lowering her hands towards her hips and finally her butt. "This is definitely not mine!"

The woman looked herself in the mirror, a face that wasn't hers stared back at her.

"Holi shit! It worked…. IT WORKED!" She cheered before doing a little dance. "I'm back! Oh yeah! I'm back!"

The woman continued to celebrate until she realized she had a mission to do and little time to get it done, she looked at her wristwatch. "I have time… I can still make it."

She ran out of the bathroom and towards the bedroom or more precisely towards the closet, but once she saw the clothes within, she made a face in disgust.

"This woman has no sense of fashion." She muttered. "I mean really, how can she think any of this looks good on her?"

Regardless she grabbed a pair of jeans, a blue shirt and a red jacket and was out the door faster than the speed of light.

"Time to look for my baby."

Meanwhile Jade and Tori were in their car, the former Goth was driving, the sky was sunny and cheerfull, it made her sick.

Ring ring.

Ring Ring.

Ring Ring.

Jade glanced at her wife before staring back at the road.

"Aren't you going to answer that?"

"Nope." She said, pressing a button on her phone "I already know who it is and quite frankly I don't want to talk to her."

"Vega… She's your mom."

"She was my mom." Tori hissed. "Past tense, she disowned me remember? Just because I felled in love with you."

"I remember and while I don't exactly have any sympathy for her after what she did to you, do you really want to ignore her today?"

"She not my mom." Tori repeated stubbornly. "Not anymore."

"Fine, forget I said anything." Jade said. "You should consider yourself lucky your mom is still alive."

Tori's glare softened, she put a hand over her wife's, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"I'm sorry Jade."

"Not your fault Vega."

"Its just so unfair that you lost you mom when you were so young."

"No one ever said that life was fair." Jade said bitterly. "When I was growing up, there were times when I wanted my mom around but then I snapped out of it because I decided that crying over my dead mom wasn't going to bring her back."

"That's… Cold, Jade."

"Doesn't make it any less true." She shrugged. "Don't get me wrong Vega, I missed her growing up and there were times when I wished she was still around, especially when I kept seeing other girls with their mom's and I felt… Cheated… Jealous… Angry… Take your pick… So much so that I began to lash out at the world… Thinking, why the fuck should I have a reason to be happy when the world just kept taunting me?!"

"What was her name?"

"Huh?"

"Your mom's name?" Tori asked. "I don't think you ever told me."

"Daniella."

"That's a pretty name."

"Yeah… it is." Jade agreed. "Every time when I was a little girl when I saw a falling star, I kept wishing from a message from my mom… Something… Anything! Just to know she was still around… That she never forgot me… Sounds stupid doesn't it, Vega?"

"Not at all baby." Tori said. "Did you ever receive anything."

"Just bitter disappointment."

"I'm sorry Jade."

"I'm not." She replied. "That's when I realized wishes are nothing but bullshit, Tori… I used to think my mom didn't reply because she was ignoring me… That she didn't love me… I was angry with her for a long time for leaving me until my dad told me she didn't leave me… She left him… She died because of a stupid argument they had because of a drunk ass driver that didn't stop when he should have! That's when my childhood ended, Tori."

Hearing this made the Latina want to cry, feeling so much sympathy towards her wife, however she kept the tears at bay as she knew Jade would think the tears were a sign of pity and her spouse hated pity.

Instead she asked her wife one thing.

"Jade… How much you remember about your mom?"

"Enough to know that she loved me." The former Goth replied. "My dad has a video of her singing to me a lullaby every night before going to bed."

"That's sweet."

"I guess…" She shrugged before finally stopping the car. "We're here."

"Here?" Tori parroted "Here were?"

The Latina looked outside only to notice a cemetery; she knew then why they were here.

"Jade always comes to her mom's grave on Mother Day." Tori thought "Grim but understandable."

The thespian got out of the car, Tori remained seated, she knew after all that Jade most likely wanted a moment alone but to her surprise, she looked at her through the window.

"Well?" Jade asked.

"Well what?"

"Aren't you getting out of the car?"

"Do you want me to?" Tori questioned. "I mean… I don't want to intrude on you…"

"Its fine Vega." Jade said. "To be honest… After everything I told you... I'm kind of emotionally drained... I would really like having you with me when I go inside… Please?"

"Of course, Jade." She said, getting out of the car and following her spouse.

Once inside, both women walked around in the cemetery until they made it to the grave the thespian had been looking for.

DANIELLA WEST.

BELOVED DAUGHTER, WIFE, MOTHER.

Jade washed away a tear.

"Hey mom." She greeted solemnly. "You know I usually come alone or rarely with dad to come and see you but I brought someone else this time… This is Tori… My wife."

"Hi Mrs. West." Tori said awkwardly.

"I told you about her." Jade continued. "She was the thorn on my side that turned into the woman I love… We just had a talk about you… I can tell her anything, she's the reason why I'm happy… The last time I was happy and carefree was when you were around mom… You would have liked her… Scratch that, you would've loved her… Not the way I do mind you, but I don't have any doubts that you two would have gotten along… Anyway, I brought her with me because I want you to know that… I'm not alone… Not anymore…"

She held her wife's hand afterwards.

"I was that I was so angry with you for a long time." Jade continued. "Because you weren't around when I needed you the most and but if you can hear me… I'm not angry anymore, so maybe you can be at peace knowing that I'm finally happy… That I finally know what happiness feels like."

Tori couldn't help it anymore and lovingly held her wife, her arms around ger hips, giving her a soft kiss on the back of her neck.

"She's happy…" Tori whispered. "And I promise that I'll continue to make her happy."

Jade didn't say anything for a few minutes until she stared into the brown eyes of her spouse.

"You see why I bought you here Vega?"

"To make a point."

"Yes, but I'm not sure if you got the point I'm trying to make." Jade said. "I brought you here because you still have a mom… I don't… Holly may have done something terrible but if she wants to talk to you… If she wants to fix things… Try… You don't have to forgive her right away… But don't take her for granted…"

"I don't think I can Jade." Tori replied. "She hurt me so much over the years… Its going to take more than a single sorry to make up for what she did… Don't forget… This is the woman who threw me out when I was at my most vulnerable."

"I hate your mother, Vega." Jade hissed. "Believe me, I hate her a lot… But I don't want you to go what I went through, losing my mom was hard… But I also know that a lifetime of "what if" hurts a lot more."

Tori stared down at her phone, seeing the missed call from her mom, she tried pressing the call button but every time she stopped herself until she finally turned her phone off.

"When I'm ready."

"When your ready." Jade agreed. "And I promise Vega… I'll be right there with you when you are."

Tori kissed her afterwards.

"Thank you."

Once they made it home, they saw an unexpected guest.

Trina was sitting in front of their door.

"What's your sister doing here?"

"I don't know." Tori shrugged "She probably has big news to tell us?"

"Like what?" Jade snorted. "You think she's pregnant?"

"Its possible, I mean she and Gibby do love each other."

"I don't know what your sister sees in him."

"It's a mystery."

Eventually they were in front of the older woman who looked up at them, or more accurately, she was staring at Jade with a look that they really couldn't read.

"Hi Trina." Tori greeted her sister. "What brings you here?"

"And more importantly, when do you leave?"

"JADE!"

"Oh, like you aren't thinking the same thing Tor."

Trina got up, never breaking eye contact with Jade who only glared at her sister in law.

"You were always a little firecracker" A voice that wasn't Trina's came out of her mouth. "Guess I really shouldn't be surprised."

This surprised the married couple.

"Wha… WHAT?!"

"Trina" smiled mysteriously.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SMILING ABOUT TRINA?!"

"Jade… Sweetheart." She frowned. "Language… You think that by know you would know better."

"I don't know what's your game Trina." Jade hissed, narrowing her eyes "But you better stop it if you know what's good for you!"

"I'm not Trina." She said. "I'm just borrowing her body."

"Vega, you sister has gone nuts!"

"Uh Sis?" Tori said unsurely. "What have you been smoking?"

"Trina" stared at her. "So, this is my daughter in law huh?" She asked before grabbing her cheek "Such a pretty face!"

To say Tori was uncomfortable was saying something.

"Are your cheeks real?"

"YES!" Tori exploded "Why does everyone has to ask that?!"

"To be honest Vega your cheeks really don't look that realistic…."

"OH MY GOD JADE!" She bellowed "ARE YOU FOR REAL?!"

Their attention turned back to "Trina" who was chuckling at their antics.

"You two are adorable."

"Ok Trina, joke's over!" Jade snapped. "We just came back from…"

"From the cemetery… I know."

Jade and Tori stared at her in shock.

"How… How did you know that?" Tori asked.

"A mother knows." She replied before setting her eyes at Jade, "My little girl all grown up."

"Don't ever call me your girl ever again." Jade said menacingly. "Only my wife gets to call me that!"

"Jade… Sweetheart…" The older woman said patiently. "It's me… I'm your mom Daniella… I'm just borrowing this body to talk to you."

"BULLSHIT!" Jade swore, "I always knew you were an attention seeker but posing as my dead mother?! That's fucked up! Even for you!"

"That's not funny Trina." Tori agreed. "There's such a thing as going too far with a joke you know!"

"My name is Daniella" She said. "I doubt the woman whose body I'm borrowing knew that."

"That was a lucky guess!" Jade shouted stubbornly.

"You don't believe me…" Daniella said "That's fine… I suppose I'll have to prove to you that I really am your mother."

"Yeah?" Jade asked sarcastically. "And how are you going to do that?"

Daniella cleared her throat and began singing in an almost angelic voice, the lullaby Jade heard every night before her mother put her to bed.

After she was done, she opened her eyes, seeing tears running down her daughter's cheeks.

Jade knew Trina couldn't sing to save her life but the way she did just now was identical to the way her mom used to when she was a little girl… Which only meant…

"… Mom?"

"Hi Jade." Daniella said happily. "All those wishes you made to the falling stars? It came true… Just took a little longer than expected for it to happen but… Better late than never."

She didn't care how… She didn't care why her mom was inhabiting Trina's body of all people… But she did care that her mom was here.

And for the first time in forever, Jade did what she never thought would happen again.

She hugged her mom.

Both mother and daughter cried tears of joy, holding each other for what seemed like hours, though most likely it was only minutes until they finally broke the hug.

"Let me have a look at you." Danielle said, washing away Jade's tears. "You grew up into a beautiful, capable woman."

"Mom…" The thespian hiccupped. "Why now? Why didn't you come back years ago?"

"Because Jade" She sighed. "I can only come once… After today… I won't be able to come back into the land of the living… I heard everything and it killed me, it killed to hear that my little girl was in so much pain and I couldn't hold you in my arms… That I couldn't even talk to you until I decided… Enough was enough… I had to come and see you… I had to come back so you can have closure… My death affected you and don't deny it! Everything you did was a result of my absence but I don't want you to continue in that path."

Tori felt jealous seeing her sister holding onto Jade's hands until she remembered her mother in law was only borrowing her body.

"This is weird."

"Don't be bitter because of me." Daniella pleaded. "I want the best possible life for you… Don't let my death hold you back…"

"But… I don't want to forget you."

"I'm not saying you have to." Her mom said softly. "I just want you to move on… Can you do that Jade? Can you do that for mommy?"

The former Goth chuckled sadly; it was a long time since her mom ever used that tactic on her.

"Yeah… I can."

"Then I know you'll be just fine." Daniella said hugging her again. "I'm so proud of you."

Jade didn't want to let go.

"Why don't you go inside?" Daniella suggested. "Make us something to eat and we can talk? I want to know everything you been up to till my time here is up."

"What would you like?"

"Anything."

Jade got inside the house and Tori was about to follow… That is until Daniella closed the door as soon as her daughter went inside.

"I would like a talk with you Tori." She said ominously.

"Um, ok?"

"Sit!"

The younger woman did that on the stairs.

"Now how much do you love my daughter?"

"A lot." Tori replied. "I married her after all."

"I noticed." She said coolly. "No I know its weird seeing your dead mother in law controlling your sister's body and all but in all honesty, this body was not my first choice but unfortunately some sacrifices needed to be made so that I could talk to Jade… Believe me there's nothing I wouldn't do for my daughter, which is why I want to ask how… Did you mean it?"

"Did I mean what?"

"Back in the cemetery." She clarified. "Did you really mean it when you promised you would do anything to make her happy?"

"I never lie when it comes to Jade." Tori said evenly. "I love my wife more than anything and there's nothing you or anyone else can say to change my mind!"

Both women stared at each other, neither backing down.

Until Tori saw a smile on her mother in law's borrowed face.

"That's what I wanted to hear." Daniella said. "Welcome to the family."

"Technically we're already family."

"Don't push it."

Jade opened the front door.

"What are you two doing?"

"Nothing sweetie." Daniella said. "Now… I want to know what you been up to with your life!"

For the rest of the day Jade talked to her mom non-stop and she listened, they didn't lose a single moment, Tori also chipped in the conversation getting to know her mother in law and she was not so surprised that there were some similarities between her and Jade.

Unfortunately, Daniella's time on Earth was coming to a close.

She and Jade looked sadly at the clock.

"Five minutes till midnight." Jade said sadly. "This day ended too soon."

"All things must come to an end." Daniella said, trying hard not to cry. "I'm going to miss you."

"Are you sure you can't come back?" Jade pleaded.

"I'm sorry but no." She replied sadly. "It doesn't work that way."

The former Goth lowered her head, Danielle lifted her chin with her fingers.

"Hey… Remember… You promised… Don't let my dead hold you back."

"I always keep my word."

"I know you do sweetheart." Daniella smiled sadly, getting up from her seat, she kissed her daughter on the forehead one last time. "I do wish I could have been around to see some grandchildren."

"Oh my god! Mom!" Jade hissed. "Really?!"

Tori blushed in embarrassment.

Daniella chuckled before walking towards Tori.

"Remember your promise." She whispered. "Keep her happy."

"I will."

"Good."

Once the clock stroke midnight, they knew time was up.

Both mother and daughter hugged one last time.

"One for the road."

"Goodbye, mom." Jade said. "I'll miss you."

"Me too…" She replied. "I love you Jade."

"I love you too Mom."

Tori watched the scene, her hands over her heart, dreading what was to come.

The moment she closed her eyes, it was over.

Trina opened her eyes and to her confusion he was hugging Jade.

"Hey!" Trina shouted "Hands off the merchandise!"

The thespian glared momentarily at her sister in law before walking out of the living room without saying a word.

"What was that about?" Trina asked her sister.

"Jade had… Quite a day." Tori answered. "Mother's Day is never an easy time for her."

"Oh." Trina said in understanding. "Anything I can do to help you Tor?"

"You just did Sis." Tori said. "And Jade will never forget that."

She went after her wife, seeing their bedroom door open.

"Jade?" She asked. "Baby… Are you ok?"

The thespian was in their bed, the lights off.

"Tori?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you do something for me?"

"Anything."

"Just hold me."

Tori took the space next to her wife and held her in her arms.

"Will you be ok baby?"

"You know what Vega?" Jade said "I will be…"

She looked outside, their window showing the night sky.

A falling star flew by.

"Happy Mother's Day, mom."

For those of you who have read my other fics, you would know that Jade and Tor have issues with their mom and I decided to explore that here due in part because of the holiday.

The idea of Trina being possessed by Jade's mom came as a result of Liz's Gillies tweet as mentioned above which of course explains Mrs. West name, heh.

This was a rather bittersweet story to write and I do hope it made an impact on some of you because a mom should never be taken for granted, you don't know when you'll last see her.

See you all on my next chapter which might be on Father's Day.

Invader Johnny Signing Off.