AN and the big finale…

I walked into my house, knowing that no one would be home. Trina was out stalking some new boy that came to Hollywood Arts last week, Dad is out on some stakeout, and Mom is visiting her sister in Nevada.

So you would expect my surprise when I see that every single light in the whole house is on. There were some banging noises coming from upstairs. Unless Uncle Jerry came for another one of his "visits", then I can't think of who could ever possibly be at my house. Not knowing what else to do, I went to my dads library and grabbed his back up gun. Without hesitation, I rushed up the stairs and checked each room. Mom and Dad's room, nothing. Trina's room, nothing. Spare bedroom, nothing. My room…

I don't even want to think about what's happening. The banging got louder and louder with each passing moment. My heart beat quickened with each of those same moments. I took light, slow, silent steps towards my bedroom. I heard a grunt and what sounded like a small groan of pain coming from the room. It took every fiber of my being to not shriek out in terror.

I've never had to do something like this before. My dad had always told me about emergency situations and what to do, but I never thought I'd actually have to do those things! I've never handled a gun. A Nerf gun, maybe; but never a real one!

The door to my bedroom was open just a crack, letting a sliver of light to shine through. More noises came from the room. Without even thinking, I kicked the door the rest of the way open and jumped into my room, aiming the gun at some black figure I saw before I shut my eyes tight.

"Jesus Christ, Vega! Put that thing down!" I hear Jade's voice say. I open my eyes and see Jade in some sort of men's formal. She was wearing a white button down shirt with a black vest on top, skinny jeans, black dress shoes and what seems to be a fedora. And… was she wearing a tie? Is that a real tie?

"Jade!" I shout. "What are you doing here! I… I could have killed you!" I say, holding the gun as if it were a piece of trash now.

"Well what the fuck are you doing with a gun, then?" she retorts.

"Was I supposed to have some form of telepathy and know that you were up here? Is that it? Was I supposed have some Raven moment and predict that you were creeping around in my!"

She let's out a frustrated sigh and throws her hands in the air.

"I called you! I told you to call me back and you didn't! And would you put that thing down? God, you're scaring me."

"What are you talking about, Jade? You didn't tell me to call you back. You called me me, but you didn't even leave a voicemail. Why didn't you leave a voicemail?"

She gives me a confused look, let's out yet another frustrated sigh, and walked towards me with a hint of anger on her face.

"Learn how to use your fucking phone, Vega." She says and grabs my phone from my back pocket. "Look, you see, you press this button, and shows you these amazing things called voicemails."

Not appreciating her sarcastic tone, I grab my phone from her. She was right. There must have been at least fifty voicemails on that thing that I never got. Why did Sinjin call me so many times? And how exactly did Rex get my number? Wait… how did Robbie even get my number?

I click the latest one. It's from Jade.

"Hey Tori… it's Jade… listen, if you get this, call me back. Please. I want to talk to you. I really, really want to talk to you."

"Oh…" that was definitely Jade's voice on the other end of the line.

"Oh!" she mocks me.

"Well… you've got me… what do you want to talk to me about?"

I nervous look strikes Jade's face. She suddenly finds great interest in her shoes and shoves her hands in her pockets. She mumbles some inaudible words and shrinks away.

"What was that?" I ask her.

"Listen," she says, looking me in the eyes "I screwed up. I know I did. But you have to look at this from my point of view. You see, for as long as I can remember, I've been… well, 'the boss' I guess you could say. I was always the one to torment people and push them around. And now…" she stops and seems to fade away.

"What is it?"

"It's just that…"

I take her by the shoulder and lead her to my bed, sitting her down. I sit beside her and wrap an arm around her waist.

"It's just that I don't like the feeling of knowing that now people could possibly have an advantage. That they could have something to hold over me. To make fun of me for. I don't want that… And I know you don't want that to happen to you either."

"You do realize that it's not going to be that easy, right?"

She looks at me, seeming so be asking "What?" in her mind.

"People aren't going to be able to just start pushing you around just because you're gay. And I know that they won't push me around because, well, I'm dating you."

"So?" she asks.

"So, you're Jade West. No one pushes around Jade West. And no one would ever dare start crap with Jade West's girlfriend.

"G-girlfriend?" she stutters out. She looks away from me, but not before I see the smile spread across her face. I feel like I've never seen Jade this way. So vulnerable like this. It's a whole new side of her that I've never explored before. It's interesting.

Jade West updated her status:
Taking my girl to the Fullmoon Dance. With Tori Vega
Mood: Excited
:)

AN and that's my story, Fishies :]

I hope you all enjoyed this journey as much as I did. Thank you for reading and thank you for sticking with this, even when I went on my hiatus.

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