Author Notes: This is a different type of (temporary) Quietness, I got this idea after I was toying around with a way for Jade to punish Tori.

Disclaimer: What? Do we still need yo do this? We do? It's annoying but still, as always, I own squat, Dan owns Victorious and all related characters.


Tori West sat at the kitchen table, reading her wife's latest book, she always wanted to know the younger woman's opinion on her work before she took it out to be published, that is if it got published.

Tori put down the manuscript worriedly "It's quiet." she said to herself. "Too quiet...I don't like it"

Several thumps and high pitched giggles interrupted her pondering. "So much for quiet." Tori sighed, as she headed for the stairs toward the twins' bedroom.

"I really should have kept my mouth shut" She sighed "When will I learn?"

Tori pushed open the door to her daughters bedroom, fighting to keep a stern expression on her face. The noises suddenly stopped, the two Six year old girls looking with a fake innocent smile at their mama.

"Ok, who started it?" Tori asked, rhetorically. She knew Danielle and Tawny loved to have a pillow fight every now and then, in a sense it was the job of a sibling to annoy the other.

To her it seemed rather obvious that Danielle started it since she often was the source of mayhem in the household , just like her mom was when she was younger, so Tori took an educated guess and believed that her eldest child had just bonked her sister on the head with a pillow, just as it was obvious that Tawny had been about to counter swing.

"She started it!" both girls said at once, pointing toward… Jade.

Tori's gaze turned towards her wife.

"Well, this is new" She thought.

The former Goth wore a black nightgown, holding a pillow of her own. "Hi, Tor" Jade said with a playful grin "Care to play?"

Tori rolled her eyes, having to fight down the urge to smile. "Ok I could ask how you got involved in this but I don't think you'll tell me truth so instead I will take that pillow away from you"

"Aww" The three West women said.

Tori grinned to herself "And you two?" She directed her finger towards her daughters "It's past your bedtime. "

"Yours too." Jade said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Tori asked in a perfect imitation of Cat's catch phrase.

"Baby, you've been staying up late every night this week."

"You too" Tori countered

"That's different, I have a few death lines on my books to do, you on the other hand been up because you insist on reading my work, and while I appreciate your input its no reason to lose sleep over it...I've had to tuck our children in every evening, because you were busy reading my books." Jade stood up and moved toward her wife, the mother of their children. "Come on… forget my wonderful piece of art, you can continue tomorrow. Let's ALL go to bed."

"But... It's so good!" Tori said "I don't want to put it down just yet, I.."

Before Tori could say anything else her wife took her in her arms. This close, she could see signs of fatigue. Only someone who knew Tori as well as Jade did could spot them, but she also knew that Tori wanted to be supportive in any way she could.

So she did the only thing she could do

"If you don't go to bed this instant Tori, I'm grounding you"

"You can't ground me!"

"Wanna bet?" Jade said "One way or another your going to bed Vega"

"It's West!"

"I'm gonna count to three"

Tori leaned a little against Jade's chest. She felt the older woman's arms squeeze a little tight arround her body, protectively. "Ok no need to count to three...I suppose I do need a bit of sleep"

"A bit?" asked Danielle.

Tawny quickly tried to hush her sibling, but She didn't seem to notice her sister's body language . "Mama, yesterday morning we found you asleep next to the laundry basket!"

Tori blushed.

"Come on, Baby… Let's go to bed." The Thespian . "All of us." she added, with a pointed stare at her daughters "Otherwise I'll ground everyone in this room"

"Ok good night Mom! Mama!"

Both twins quickly got under the covers of their bed, the prospect of getting punished was not something they wanted to test.

"You really know how to get our girls to obey don't you?" said Tori, as the two women walked to the bedroom they shared.

"It's a gift" She grinned. "I wasn't really going to ground them though, As a matter of fact I know those two are going to disobey and play around their room with their dolls for a little while, I'm gonna check in a little while to see if they are in fact asleep if not then we can take advantage of that and have a little fun of our own tomorrow morning"

"You sneaky woman you!"

"Come on, it's late." Jade yawned. "Most people go to sleep now."

"Most people aren't married to you" Tori teased.

"Ok, just for that you are grounded!"

"Aww"

"I warned you"

"So, what my punishment?" Tori asked.

"You are not getting out of out bed till you are fully rested and then we are watching the sciccoring until you learn your lesson!"

"What if I already learned it?"

"You are still watching that movie with me"

"Can I still hide in your shoulder?"

"No"

"I'm so gonna have nightmares"


Well what do you guys think of this latest piece of work? Kinda silly HUH? To be fair it probably isn't my best but I wanted to try Jade being both a source of comedy and a serious enforcer, did I succeded? You tell me.

I'm still accepting requests JSYK.

Invader Johnny Signing Off.