Disclaimer: I only own the OC's Victorious belongs to Dan, I only own my OC's which aren't that original to begin with, simple as that my faithful readers.

Author Notes: This follows the previous s chapter where Anthony asked both his mothers help, some of you requested to explore the relationship between Anthony and Emily and truth be told, the idea was on my "to do list" since the dating lives of the West children has to be done, if you got any ideas involving Danielle or Tawny in any situation, I'm open to anything as long as it is by PM.

Anyways, enjoy the mother/son bonding.


Anthony West had been more than grateful for his parents help when it came to the dilemma of his rival/crush Emily Donovan, unfortunately that wasn't enough to boost his confidence, a few moments ago he sure seemed ready to go ahead and let the girl hear from him.

Currently the teenager was sitting on his bed, his loyal pet fox sleeping peacefully on the end of his master's mattress.

The young boy did nothing but stare at his phone, the picture of a beautiful blond blue eyes girl stared back at him, her smug grin only served as ataunt him, an added insult to her already ambiguous text message.

A text message that he had yet to reply to.

Emily was the type of girl that made just about anyone at school want to date her and hate her at the same time, she could easily manipulate the situation to her advantage if she so wished to but if there is one good thing Anthony could say about his hated rival was that she was not one to play with people, oh the witch had the power but never actually used it, why? He didn't know but he suspected that while Emily may be an evil gank she still had some decency deep down on that twisted soul if her's.

"Too bad she doesn't have enough decency to not make my life hell"

Emily was just too much of an enigma, one day she goad him to a cook off that ended up with the school's kitchen being covered in pizza, the next she was into him.

Anthony sighed and shook his head. "No. Don't get any feelings for her. She's not even my friend… She is probably doing this to mess with me, get me to put my defences now so she can swoop in and do better than me!"

"What the fuck kinda logic was that?"

"Great, she finally did it" He hissed mentally "She got into my head"

"Son? Are you okay?"

Anthony looked up from his phone. His mom stood on his doorway, what caught his appearance was that she was holding a pillow and blankets.

"I'm fine, mom," Anthony answered "But a more interesting question would be, what are you doing with those? He asked, pointing at the objects on his mother's arms.

"That's... Not important" Jade said lamely, her eyes looking at anywhere but Anthony's eyes; she sure wasn't going to admit to her son that Tori had exiled her to the couch for the rest of the week as punishment for reading her diary.

The boy tried to hide his phone underneath the covers of the bed, but Jade still had her old reflexes, dropping her pillow and blankets she instantly snatched the cell phone out of Anthony's hands.

"Mom!" he cried. "What are you doing?!"

Jade looked at the phone, smirking as she inspected at the photos within. "Would these be the pictures from your girlfriend?"

"She is not my girlfriend!" Anthony denied quickly "She's my mortal enemy!"

"A bit over-dramatic" The woman quipped "You certainly got that from your mama, but answer me this then, if she is your sworn enemy then why do you have so many pictures of her, umm?"

"What?" He choked. "Well, uh... I wouldn't say many... A few maybe, two tops"

"Try two-hundred"

Anthony said nothing to that.

"You like her, don't you?"

Her son's eyes widened.

That was enough of an answer for Jade.

"What!" he spat. "Are you nuts mom! She has made everything I try at school a living nightmare! She won't ever give me a moment's rest and... And... She has made it her mission to ruin everything I cook…"

The former Goth smiled knowingly, this Emily was using the same tactic she once used on Tori back in High School, giving her crush all her attention in a negative way to make it seem like she wasn't interested until the time was right, until she was sure she was the one for her, now Jade wasn't sure but if Emily is anything like she was at that age then she was testing Anthony.

Testing him to see if he was trust-worthy, to see if he wouldn't leave like others had.

Jade sat down next to her son and placed the phone between them .. "Listen Tony, I've got a story to tell you."

"Aren't I a little old for stories?"

"Just hear me out, I promise it will all make sense to you"

"Is it a scary story?"

"Not this time son" Jade admitted "You might not believe this when I was around your age, there was a time when I hated your mama"

The teenager gasped "Woah... Are you serious?"

"I am"

"But how?" The boy asked perplexed, he just couldn't believe there was a time where his parents didn't love each other; it was so surreal to hear, specially if you saw how affectionate both women were to each other on a daily basis.

"Well back then I was dating someone else"

"You were? Who?"

Jade closed her eyes, her knuckles turning whiter from even remembering that scumbag, she and Tori never told Anthony who his father was and weren't about to tell him about Beck until he was much older and able to handle the circunstances of how he came into this world, wether they liked it or not Jade and Tori knew their son had to know and would eventually have to tell him the truth.

Over the years bits and pieces were revealed to him, the Thespian still remembered the day Anthony learned they weren't his biological parents but adoptive parents, at the age of six he had no concept of how babies are born and needless to say things turn ugly.

It had been one of the scariest moments of the women's lives when Anthony ran away, no matter what even if he was found that very same night she would never want to go through that terror again.

Jade shook her head, she wasn't about to go back down memory lane at a time where she almost lost her son, right now she had to focus on the present which ironically involved revealing a past experience.

"Doesn't matter, names aren't important" Jade said through clenched teeth "What matters is that before your mama came along I was in a relationship out if convenience, I felt safe and didn't want to leave it out of fear"

"Wait... Mom... You were afraid?"

"Every gets afraid Tony"

"But you're Jade West!" Her son exclaimed "You're practically the embodiment of fear!"

"Even I have my phobias Tony" She said gently "Back then homosexuality was just beginning to be accepted not fully but it was getting there, so when I met your mama she struck me as too much of a happy person, I hated that."

"Why?"

"Because she had something I always wanted and was jealous of."

"What?"

"Family"

"I don't follow"

"See Tony, I never had the sort of relationship you and your sisters have with your mama and I with my own dad, he was cold and distant while your mama's father was quite the opposite, see as time went on your mama worn her way into my life but I was too stubborn to let her fully in, it was only after my ex-boyfriend dumped me that Tori was the one to pick up the pieces, she took care of my broken heart even after all the hell I put her through in high school and not once did she asked for anything in return other than my friendship"

"That does sound like mama"

Jade smiled lovingly "Yeah it does.. So you see where I'm going with this?"

"Not really mom"

"Simply put, your mama never gave up on me, she always came back no matter how many times I tried to push her away and you know why?"

"Because she loves you?"

"That's right and every day I thank whatever cosmic entity is out there that I had someone who put up with me in all the good things and bad because I don't know where I would be today if it wasn't for her"

Anthony blinked. "I think I get it… What you're saying is that I should give Emily the same chance Mama gave you"

Jade smiled "Pretty much so, see Tony, some people are mean for a reason, like your mama keeps saying don't judge a book my it's cover"

She got up from the bed and was ready to leave but not before kissing the top of his head.

"Wait, mom?" Jade spun around.

"Yeah?"

"What if this is a mistake?" He asked softly "What if it doesn't work out?"

"You'll never know unless you try Tony"

Jade then turned and silently left the room.

Anthony glanced over at the photos on his phone, with a sign he took a decision, pressing the screen he dialed the number and held the phone to his ear.

Ring. Ring. Ring.

She finally picked up.

"I been waiting for you"

"Always as cocky as ever evil witch" He retorted.

"Part of the charm"

"Uh huh well uh Emily I was just wondering if the invitation is still open…"

Jade stood in the doorway to her son's room, smiling proudly.

"That's my boy…"

Now it was a lousy night to come at the couch.


Well my readers, that's it for now, what do you guys think? Did Jade's talk seemed believable?

I know I put a few things about Anthony's past and don't worry how he found out he was adopted will be revealed with time, just be patient with me, I assure you all that it will be quite a twist.

Invader Johnny Signing Off.