Jade's vision was blurred. Slowly, it began to focus. She could make out the tiled ceiling of the hospital clearer now. She looked to her left and saw that it was morning out the window. Jade got a knot in her stomach when she realized that it's the next day. Her head turned to the right and her eyes widened in surprise.

Tori was gazing back at her.

"Jade, you're awake" she said softly. She was able to make a small smile.

Jade's mind was racing. "What happened last night?"

"You tried to get help and you fell. Must have been tired because you were out all night."

"The doctor told me about," Tori continued. "How you took a big risk leaving your bed and trying to walk on your own. You weren't in any condition to…"

"In case you didn't get the idea, I didn't give a shit."

Tori chuckled. "It was always one of your defining qualities."

Jade let out a sigh with a smile because laughing was too painful.

"I guess," Tori began. "Despite our injuries we didn't damage our senses of humor."

"What did they say about you?" Jade asked.

"Oh, a mild concussion and five busted ribs."

"You say that like it's no big deal," Jade seemed somewhat annoyed.

Tori shrugs with one shoulder. "It wasn't. Maybe not to you but…"

"Don't do that. Don't make me feel worse. You have every right to be pissed with me."

"I choose to waive that right," Tori says this in mock seriousness. "I decide how I feel."

"And how do you feel about me?"

They both laid in silence. Tori didn't know how to answer that. She poured her heart out on those pages and she can't ask they very object of her affections right in front of her. The script, she remembered.

"You liked my story?" Tori asked.

"What?" Jade was put off by the change of subject.

"You said that you liked my story."

"Liked, didn't think it sucked, it's all good." Jade smiled to let Tori know to relax.

"You didn't think I captured you in Emily?"

Jade scoffs. "Not even close. I have friends, you know." She pauses for a short spell. "But…"

"But?" Tori parrots.

"Because of that, I should know a friend when I see one. I need to get over myself."

"No, " Tori interrupts. "I don't want you to change. I love you the way you are."

Jade narrows her eyes. "Then what do you want?"

"The same thing in return," Tori takes Jade's hand and kisses it. She then puts it against her face. "To love me…as I am."

Jade begins crying. "I do."

The two hold hands for what feels like an eternity.

Days pass. Days become weeks. Jade has healed but Tori has a way to go, but no matter. Jade continued to stay at Tori's side.

"Jade," Tori would always tell her. "You don't have to keep me company."

Then Jade would reiterate, "I'm not leaving this dump without you."

The girls would use PearPad video chat to keep up with their work in school. Tori insisted, much to Jade's dismay. The passersby in the hall would peek into their room and witness one of Sikowitz's bizarre acting exercises.

During Tori's convalescence, Jade has been much nicer in a Jade kind of way. For one thing, she made sure that Robbie reported to the hospital every day to give blood because he is Tori's type. She didn't want the hospital to run out the whole time she's there. If he missed one day, Jade threatened him that Rex would go missing and she would send pieces of him in the mail.

The day finally came for Tori's release. Hospital procedure makes Tori have to leave in a wheelchair. Jade pushes her out of the room down the hall and into the elevator.

"So I was thinking about that movie," Jade mused.

Tori was snapped out of her daydreaming. "What?"

"I think it's a good idea for a final exam project. You write it and I direct it."

"You still want to use the script I wrote?"

Jade smiles at Tori and gives her a peck on the cheek. "Hell no."

"Oh, why?" Tori doing an overdone whine.

"Because the subtext. It would just feel weird. I wouldn't be able to look at the dailies."

Tori sighs. "Fine, fine, I'll write a different story."

Short pause

"Jade?"

"What?"

"What are dailies?"

Jade groans loud enough to scare the whole lobby when the doors open.

The two make it outside and Cat's car is waiting. Jade helps Tori out of the wheelchair and she falls into her arms. They stare into each other's eyes for a second before kissing passionately.

"That's disgusting," called out by an elderly man standing across the drop off zone.

Jade's features harden. "What's your problem?"

"You two," the old scutter barked at them. "It isn't right."

"Hey!" They all turn around. "Leave them alone." Andre stood behind the couple, just outside the doors. "What is wrong with them? They're only in love is all."

He takes his attention away from the bystander and makes eye contact with Jade. "Y'all okay?"

She nods, speaking for the both of them.

"Good," Andre smiles.

The three pile into Cat's car. Tori takes the seat behind Cat. Jade is about to take the seat next to her with Andre to ride shotgun.

"Jade."

"Yeah."

"I am happy for you both, sincerely."

"And Andre? Thank you. For everything."

They get in the car and drive away. Jade West was the happiest girl in the world right now. That concept alone, she thought to herself, was stranger than any fiction.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: We're going to end it here. For now. Reason? I really want to write more Jori but I am undecided if I want to exist in the same universe as this story or just start from scratch. Guess we'll have to wait and see! Thank you all for your follows, favorites and of course the reviews.