Chapter 2: Afraid Of The Unknown

Jade and Cat shared an amused look before the Goth replied. "No, Tori, we don't mean your mom…..not that she isn't pretty, cause she is. Really pretty actually. I'd even go as far as to say that she is a MILF." Jade said, which caused Tori to shudder where she stood.

"Mmmhhhmmm" Cat nodded her head and agreed with her girlfriend.

Tori turned her head and closed her eyes. "Please, please, you can stop now."

"Ok then, because we don't want your hot mom, or your 'Ok' sister. Tori, Cat and I, we both want you to be our girlfriend."

Hearing it directly caused Tori's insides to flip, and then came the unsteadiness, and then came the darkness. She fainted.

'Hello darkness, my old friend' Tori though as she felt her own personal lights go out.

Luckily, Jade and Cat still had her hands and caught her before she had a face full of grass.

"Are people supposed to faint when you tell them you like them, Jade?"

"No, not unless you punch them in the face right afterwards."

"Let's lay her against the tree until she wakes up." Cat said.

Cat and Jade laid Tori against the tree and took sitting positions on both sides of her. Cat brushed the hair from Tori's face. "She looks so peaceful like this, Jade."

"Yeah, she does."

After about 15 minutes, Tori awoke from her impromptu slumber. She looks to her left and right and see Cat and Jade. "Oh, so it wasn't a dream."

"Hey. Look who's decided to wake up. Had a good nap sleepy face?" Cat asked her.

"Wh-what happened? Why am I on the ground? Did Jade hit me?!"

"You know, I'm getting real sick of your accusations, Vega. You fainted all on your own. No One-Two West punch needed"

Tori shook her head to knock away the sleep. She remembered what happened before she dropped and instantly stood up, a little too fast for her skull's liking, and became dizzy.

"Be careful, Tori. You don't want to faint again." Cat warned her. Standing up to help the Latina regain her composure. "I remember now. You two said something to me, what was it?"

"We said we wanted you to be our girlfriend."

Upon hearing this, Tori lost control and laughed. She laughed and laughed and laughed. Much to the dismay of Jade and Cat. "What is so funny, Tori?! Jade asked angrily.

"Oh man, oh, that was a good one guys. You really had me there. That was a good joke." Tori said as she slapped Cat on her arm. "This one was elaborate." Tori's laughter picked up, it was not something the other two girls joined in. "She's laughing at us, Jade." Cat whimpered as she hugged her girlfriend and buried her head in the Goth's neck, a neck that held up a face that was very angry. This was something Tori noticed.

"Wh-why aren't you two laughing?"

"Because it's not a joke! You think we brought you out here to our special spot just to prank you?"

"I-but..you can't…you don't…it's not poss..is this real?"

"Yes, Tori, this is real."

"You guys don't like me, you need to stop."

"Yes we do Tori! You can't tell us we don't!" Cat yelled out from Jade's neck. Tori was, for lack of a better word, flabbergasted. Cat doesn't cry for no reason. She walked towards the couple and placed her hand on Cat's back.

"Cat, how is this even remotely possible? You and Jade are together."

"I know, but…but we both want you also."

"Both?"

"Yes, Tori. Both." Jade said. Tori smirked, she didn't want to hurt Cat any further, accusing her of not liking her. Since it was impossible to hurt Jade with what she says she figured that maybe Jade will give up this scheme.

"Really, Jade. I'm supposed to believe that you…want a relationship with me?"

"Yes, Tori." Jade said, nodding.

"In what world would anyone believe that you like me?!"

"I really don't care what anyone would believe. I believe it, Cat believes it, and you know, wither you believe it or not, it's the truth." Tori decided to play along with this, game, as she saw it.

"Ok then. If you like me so much as you say you do, then it would be very easy to name some things you like about me."

"Fine, no prob. I-"

"Wait, wait, one sec." Tori said as she dug in her pocket to pull out her phone.

"What are you doing?" Jade asked. Cat removed her face from Jade's neck to see as well.

"I want to use the stop watch app, so I can time how long it takes you to vomit or burst into flames at having to compliment me. Cat, you may want to step back, I don't want you catching fire as well."

"As I was saying. Well, you're extremely talented, smart, funny…well sometimes. Nice, I mean you're always looking to help someone." Jade stopped for a moment to move closer to Tori.

"You have a perfect smile, beautiful eyes, yummy sun kissed skin, a nice tight ass, and your chest isn't bad either. A gorgeous face…" Jade closed in on Tori further, causing her to trip and fall to the grass. Giving Jade the chance to crawl over her like a predator about to devour her prey."…and lips that I just wanna lick, suck, bite, and kiss so fucking badly." Jade growled out the last part, and despite her stance on either this was a game or not, caused a shiver to run down Tori's spine. As Jade was about to move in on Tori's neck, she felt a hand collide with her butt.

"No, Jade, No! Bad Jade. Get off of Tori like that!" She heard Cat say behind her while feeling the Red Head pulls her off of Tori. "No Jade. You'll scare her off, we have to do this nice and easy. You keep that in check, you hear me?" Jade smoothed out her shirt and nodded at Cat's words. "Sorry, it's just, well you know." Cat patted her shoulder comfortingly. "I know baby, I know."

Tori began to get up from the grass, dusting off her pants and shirt. Still shocked at all the things that Jade just said. In the back of her mind she keeps telling herself that Jade is a good actress, and that she couldn't have meant all of that. Not really, right?

Cat walked up to Tori and dusted off her back, removing the grass from her shirt. She then pulled Tori's hands down with her own. "My turn. Tori, I can't say much that Jade hasn't already said, I also think you are really pretty, and smart, and nice and funny, and a cool person to hang out with." She turns her head and begins to blush. "I would also be fibbing if I didn't agree with the things Jade said about your….body." Tori, call her a fool, couldn't help but believe what Cat was saying. She has never had reason to not believe. This realization causes her heart beat to beat faster.

'Cat is…attracted to me?' She thought. She looked at Cat, really looked at her. This…this wasn't really what Tori was into. Women. Although here and now, she noticed how soft Cat's skin was, how warm she felt. Those full pink lips, her cute nose, and her pretty brown eyes. The way the dimples would appear when she smiled. The lovely red hair Cat had, and the fact that her hair isn't naturally red, she purposely wanted that color so she dyed her hair that way. Cat was beautiful.

Tori shook her head to get her thoughts off of Cat. Although that only helped for a moment, until Cat asked her a question.

"Tori, Do..do you think I could kiss you?"

"I, ummm…..I'm not sure that's a good idea, Cat."

"Why not?" Cat's face instantly dropping.

"Well, because…" Tori searched her head for reasons to get out of this. She didn't want to outright tell her no, she wanted to avoid hurting her feelings. Her eyes landed on the figure behind Cat who was staring intently at them.

"Well, because Jade is here! You wouldn't wanna upset her now would you?"

"Oh no, don't mind me ladies. You go right. Really-"Jade walked around behind Tori and nudged her closer to Cat. "I insist." Cat smiled at her girlfriend's clear approval.

Tori, searching for another escape, began to cough. "I would, but I have been coming down with something. I really wouldn't want to give it to you Cat."

Jade, ever so happy to intervene. "Really Tori? Cause earlier in class, I overheard you telling that Penny girl that you had just gotten over a cold last week, and that you were so glad to have been feeling better." Tori glared at Jade for her 'butting in'. "Thank you Jade, I had forgotten about that conversation." Tori got out through clenched teeth. She turned back to Cat.

"Ummmm, did I mention that I have a flesh eating disease?" Cat looked shocked, but her eyes quickly narrowed in suspicion as she rolled up Tori's sleeves, looking over her arms. She then lifted up Tori's shirt to examine her stomach, much to Tori's amazement.

"Tori, are you messing with me?"

"What? No?"

"Cause I feel like you're messing with me."

"No I'm not Cat, don't be silly." Tori said nervously. Cat slapped her on the arm. "You don't have a flesh eating disease, ya crazy!"

"Really? What was your first clue?" Jade said while smirking at her girlfriend. Cat decided to ignore the snarky remark and kept speaking to Tori. "I feel like you're just making up reasons now, Tori." Cat's face took on one that of worry. "Do…do you think I'm ugly?"

"What!? No! Of course not, Cat! You are not ugly! Nowhere near it!" Tori said, trying to calm down the raging Cat storm she knew was coming. Cat didn't stop though, as she turned to her girlfriend. "Am I ugly, Jade?!"

"Babe, No! You stop that, you know you're not ugly!" Jade said as she went to wrap her arms around Cat to console her. Cat moved away, hands in her hair, frantically pacing around.

"It's true isn't it?! I'm ugly! I'm ugly! I'm ugly and No one wanted to tell me!"

"Cat, please stop! You are no-"

"Lisa Fuller was right! I am a horse face!" Cat continued. Jade kept trying to grab hold of Cat, but the red head was just too fast. She turned her head and gave Tori a look that said 'Look what you did'.

Tori, mouth open wide didn't know what to do to calm her down. Well, there was one thing she could think of. Could she really….

"Oh my god! That's why my mom and dad left, because I was too ugly for them to stay!" Jade knew about the situation with Cat's parents, but Tori did not. This revelation saddened her. It was something she wanted to ask Cat about, but not here and now. She knew what she had to do to convince Cat she wasn't ugly.

'Well, here goes nothing' She thought.

Tori dropped her bag on the ground, walked over to where Cat was, still shaking and pacing. She grabbed Cat's arm and turned her around.

"It's like that episode of Spongebob where he thought he was ug-" Was all Cat got out before her lips became occupied with something other than talking. The task was Tori's lips, which began to kiss hers. "Mmph" Was the noise Cat made when she instantly began to kiss Tori back, her arms going around Tori's neck, pulling her down to kiss her better.

Tori didn't know what to expect, never having kissed a girl. She was instantly surprised to find that she actually liked it. Cat's lips were soft, really soft, and her mouth tasted sweet, like candy. Which, come to think of it, is exactly what Tori should have expected coming from Cat.

The kiss became more fevered and Tori found herself wrapping her arms around Cat's waist, pulling her closer to her. Cat took this opportunity to jump up and wrap her legs around Tori's waist. The Latina almost stumbled, but regained balanced, and the two continued to kiss, now with Tori holding Cat up.

"Fuuucccckkkkkkkk, that's so hot." Jade groaned out, biting her finger at the sight before her. The noises the two were making wasn't helping her situation. Seeing her girlfriend kiss her crush was one of the most amazing things she has ever seen. The only thing she could think of that would be better was if she kissed Tori herself, or even her and Cat at the same time.

The kiss finally died down. Cat had a look of lust written all over her face and gave a sensual giggle as Tori still held her up. "So, Have I convinced you that you are not Ugly, Cat?" Cat nodded her head in the positive.

"Yes, Tori, thank you. I feel better now." Cat said as she snuck in another kiss on Tori's lips before unlocking her legs and arms from Tori's waist and neck, respectively. Tori also released Cat from her hold.

'I kissed a girl, and I liked it' Tori thought, hearing the words from that oh so Iconic 'Katy Perry' song ring in her head.

Deciding to move in before Tori had another chance to think on what she had just done. Jade clears her throat. "You know, Tori. I been feeling a little ugly myself. Care to…help out with that?" Tori turned her attention to Jade, giving her a look of incredulity.

"Somehow, Jade, I really doubt that you feel that way." Tori said as she went over to retrieve her bag from the ground. Jade stopped her before she could reach it. "What, you don't think I can feel self-conscious sometimes?"

"Oh, I'm sure you can, Jade. I doubt it, at this particular moment, has anything to do with how you look."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Jade said. Cat gave her a look, one that could be read as 'Don't go stealing my words'.

"It means you're beautiful, and you know you are."

Jade got closer to Tori, whispering in her ear. "So….you think I'm beautiful, huh?" Tori sighed in exasperation. "Yes Jade, you are beautiful. We done here?" Tori removed her arm from Jade's grip, moving over to pick up her bag, but was stopped once again.

"Where you going off to, Sexy. One of us hasn't had your lips touch theirs yet." Jade said, grabbing Tori by the belt and pulling her closer. "In case you are confused again, that person is me."

"Jade.."

"C'mon now, Tori. Be fare. You kissed Cat, now allow me the same…pleasure." Tori threw her hands up in frustration, deciding to give in to Jade. "Fine, you want your kiss. Here you go!"

Tori placed her hands on Jade's face and kissed her, a kiss that lasted all of 3 ½ seconds. Earning a shocked noise from the Goth.

"There, you happy?"

"Wh-what the hell was that?!"

"What? You said you wanted a kiss."

"You kissed Cat, for like 5 fucking minutes. You held her up, she was grinding into you. She enjoyed it, and despite how you come off, I could tell you did too. So why can't you give me the same?"

"You want me to hold you up too, Jade?" Tori teased.

"No, Tori, but if anyone was gonna hold someone up out of the two of us, it would be me."

Tori only gave Jade a look of doubt before turning and heading towards the parking lot area. Once again, Jade went to stop her. "Really, Vega, you're gonna just do me like that."

"Oh, so we're back to Vega now, eh."

"What do I have to do to get you to kiss me like you kissed Cat?"

"Admit this is all some sort of game."

"It's not a fucking game, Tori. How many times must I say that?!" Jade yelled out, causing Tori to step back and Cat to cover her ears. Frustrated at both Tori's disbelief, and her own anger, Jade shook her head and calmed down before continuing.

"Look, Tori. I understand that you have a hard time believing that I'm sincere here. Believe me, I do." Jade got closer again and placed her hands on Tori's shoulders, gently. "You have seen me at some of my most vulnerable and unguarded moments. Look me in my eyes right now. Tell me that I'm lying right now."

Jade did have a point. Most of the time, even if it was a last resort, Tori was the one who helped Jade with her problems. Staring back at Jade, here and now, even if a part of her still didn't trust this situation, she decided to believe this crazy, impossible notion, that both Cat and Jade had feelings for her.

"Ok, so, you really want to kiss me?" Tori asked, hands on her hips, still not sure about this.

Jade smiled knowing Tori seemed to be coming around and believing her. "Yes, I do." Tori leaned forward to kiss Jade again, this time she was going to hold it for longer than their first one, but before her lips could reach Jade's, she was stopped.

"No, not here." Jade said as she grasped Tori's hand and led her over to the tree. Jade sat down at the base with her back against the trunk. Figuring she wanted her to sit next to her, Tori moved to sit at the right of Jade. "Oh, no, no. Not there, Right here, baby."

Tori looked confused until Jade reached out and grabbed her by the waist, looking to pull the tan girl down to straddle her lap, but Tori resisted for a moment.

"Oh c'mon. Is Ashton Kutcher hiding in the bushes filming this?"

"Tori!"

"Oh alright." Tori gave in as she slowly descended and straddled Jade. This felt weird to her. Completely weird, to be in such an intimate position with her Frenemy. Cat stood off to the side, hands covering her mouth, at the sight before. One she never thought she would see.

'Oh my god, it's like that dream I had about owning a pet Unicorn, but better.' She thought.

Jade placed her hands on Tori's face, while Tori searched for a place to put her hands. She decided the tree behind Jade.

"Come now Tori. You can touch me. Don't be shy." Jade while smiling. Tori glared at her, deciding to place her hands on Jade's sides. No harm there.

Jade pulled Tori's face to hers to kiss her. Not satisfied with where her hands were, Jade wrapped her arms around Tori's neck, pulling her even closer. "Mmmphhhh!" Tori got out during the contact. Jade's lips felt different than Cat's. Jade's were a bit fuller than the red heads, and their style was different. Cat, even when she got passionate was still mostly gentle, but Jade, her kisses were….if Tori had to put a word to it, forceful, but not painfully so, and desperate. As if kissing Tori would make her feel everything Jade wanted her to, to know just exactly what she would have if she joined her and Cat's union. Tori wanted to break free to breath, while Jade was willing to wait until her body wouldn't allow her to do anything else but breath. Tori pushed off of Jade's shoulders to separate them, something the Goth clearly didn't want to do.

"Geez Jade, mind if I breathe?" Tori said while catching her breath. Jade did the same, licking her lips, enjoying the flavor of strawberries on them, and wanting to go back to the source for more. "Ok, was that good enough?" Tori asked while preparing to get off of Jade.

"No, no, not even close." Jade placed one hand back around Tori's neck, the other on Tori's ass, pulling both their lips and crotches together. Jade began to grind up into the Latina on her lap. Tori felt Jade was trying to take this too far or at least farther than she wanted here and now, and began to, once again, free herself from this grip. Jade began to slip her tongue into Tori's mouth. "Mmmphh..mmmphhh…..Mmmmmmmm…" At the feel of Jade's pink appendage swirling around her mouth, touching her own, Tori's struggles began to die down.

Tori wasn't proud to admit it, but she really enjoyed Jade's tongue.

"She hit you with the tongue, didn't she? Yep, Jadey does that." Cat said from the sidelines, instantly knowing why Tori's stopped trying to get up.

Tori began to mix her own tongue with Jade's, sending it into her mouth and tasting the cherries that came with the sundae Jade had not too long ago. Being held like this, Jade's hands in her hair and around her lower back, she felt as though she was being held like someone cherished them. She didn't have much to compare it too, but no boy ever held her close like this. They were just hands, hands everywhere. This felt loving, but then again, it couldn't be, not with the person she was kissing…at least not with her, probably Cat, but not her. Just a day ago, she wouldn't have given a thought about kissing another girl, now having kissed two, she found she rather enjoyed it. Going as far as to admit, only to herself, that Cat and Jade kissed her better than any boy before them.

When they finally broke the kiss, a strand of saliva connecting their lips together, they stared into each other's eyes. Tori searching Jade's eyes to see if she understand why they chose her, why they felt the need to open their relationship to another person.

'Why me?'

Jade searched Tori's eyes to see if the pretty girl on her lap understood how serious she was. That this wasn't a ploy or any another type of game that would be expected of Jade West. Their mutual connection was interrupted by Cat who kneeled down next to them. A wide smile on her face, rubbing both Tori and Jade's arms. "Oh my god! It's happening isn't it?! It's happening! It's happening!" Cat said, bouncing on her knees.

Tori turns to Cat and sees the joy on her face. It always made Tori smile to see Cat happy, especially when she was apart the reason Cat was smiling. Thought she wasn't sure she could keep that glow there. Just because she enjoyed kissing them, didn't exactly mean should could be with them. Aside from her doubts on the legitimacy of their offer, this was still something completely new to her. Not only was this a lesbian relationship, it was one with two women at the same time. The same damn time.

'Fucking two bad bitches, at the same damn time.'

'At the same damn time.'

'At the same damn time.'

'At the same damn time.'

'At the same damn time.'

Tori shook her head, getting the lyrics of that 'Future' song out of her head. These were taboos that she wasn't sure she was ready to enter.

"I-I can't."

"You can't what?" Jade questioned.

"I can't do this, I can't." Tori said, more to herself than Jade and Cat. She scrambled off of Jade, shaking off both sets of hands that reached out to stop her.

"Whoa, whoa, hold up Tori!"

"I have to go, I'm sorry." Tori ran towards her bag, this time successfully picking it up and made her way out of the park.

"Tori! Please stop Tori!" She could hear Cat behind her, pleading her to halt. She could hear them closing in on her. Soon Jade caught up and stepped in front of Tori. "What are you doing?"

"I'm leaving, Jade"

"So wait a moment, Ok. I'll give you a ride."

"Its fine, I'll just take a bus."

Cat grabbed Tori's hand with both of hers. "Tori, why did you run like that, what's wrong?"

"This, Cat, this is wrong." Tori said, pointing between the three of them.

"What's so wrong about this?"

"Three people can't be together, Cat. This isn't 'Big Love'. Even that is besides the point, I'm not gay."

"Oh really? Sure did look that way a minute ago." Jade remarked.

"Well I'm not. I-I just did that because…well..i..It just happened, Ok!"

"Your tongue was just in my mouth, Tori. So I doubt you're some type of homophobe."

"I'm not! This is all just a little too much for me." Tori yelled out, hands going into her hair.

"But I thought you liked kissing us, Tori. You looked like you liked it." Cat said, rubbing Tori's arm soothingly. "Yea, it was….nice, Cat, but I can't be with you two. It's just not right."

"Tell me why, and use a reason that isn't us being girls and two different people."

Tori sputtered trying to think of an answer. One would not come. "See! See! You can't name one." Cat exclaimed, pointing at Tori. "Why are you running from us, Tori? We would never hurt you."

"You wouldn't, Cat." Tori said as her glare moved towards Jade. Who noticed right away. "Oh, and I would?!"

"You haven't really given me reason to believe you wouldn't."

"Yeah, right. None of your safe and straight boyfriends ever did anything bad to you, right?"

"The hell does that mean?"

"Ryder Daniels, Pushy, douchbag, Asshole who used you to try and get a good grade, and was gonna break up with you afterwards." Tori knew Jade was right there. Ryder was an asshole, but to use that word to try and build up her case was a mistake on her part.

"Ok then Jade, tell me, this. How would that pattern change if I dated you?!" Jade was at a loss for words for a moment, and it showed on her face. Tori escalated her assault.

"Jade West, asshole who had my blood misplaced so she could try and steal my spot in the Steamboat Suzy play."

"Jade West, asshole who lied and said I hit her in the face to try and get everyone to hate me." Tori takes a step towards Jade.

"Jade West, asshole who wanted to wreck the Prom I wanted to give to Hollywood Arts." Another step.

"Jade West, asshole who wanted to bury me alive in Shadow Creek Woods." Tori says as she pokes Jade in her chest.

"Ok! Hold up, that one is bullshit! I wasn't gonna bury you alive, I was just going to scare you a little!" Jade defended. "You didn't have to jump out the damn car."

"Ok, fine, Jade. My mistake, like Spiderman says, 'everybody gets one'. Allow me to continue. Jade West, asshole who-"

"Alright! Alright! I get it, just stop." Jade took a moment to think, she felt she was losing all the ground she had just gained with Tori, and she didn't want that. Cat saw her girlfriend struggling to handle all the crap she did to Tori tossed in her face, she decided to help.

"Ok, but what about Steven Carson! He was dating you and Carly Shay at the same time!" Cat said, hopping on the balls of her feet. Jade smiled at Cat's statement and agreed with her. "Yeah! That sleezebag was stringing you and that ICarly chick along, and you aint even know It.!"

Tori's eyes nearly popped out of her head and her mouth opened as she heard what they said. "ARE YOU TWO SERIOUS!?" Jade and Cat looked at each other and the back to Tori confused. Her arms frantically gestured back and forth between the Goth and red head. "That's the same thing that you want! To date two girls at the same time! How are you any better than Steven? You wanna date both me and Cat."

"I am NOTHING like that ass clown, Tori! The situation is totally different."

"How so?"

"You had no idea he was dating another girl. He was juggling the both of you, and he was going to keep doing that as long as his creepy plan would allow him to. To keep visiting her in Seattle and you, here. I'm not trying to keep you and Cat separate, Cat doesn't want us separate, this is a full relationship, Tori. I know you care about Cat, and I know Cat cares for you."

"No matter how you word it, Jade, it's still the same thing. You, Cat, even me if I agreed, would all be dating two people at the same time."

Jade adamantly shook her head. "No, it's not the same. Steven obviously didn't care about you, either of you if he would do that!"

"Oh, and you do?"

"Yes I do!"

"Oh, really?!"

"Yes really!"

"And how so, Jade?!"

"Because I love you!"

Tori's next words died on her tongue at what Jade just said. Never in a million years could she ever even think that Jade would make a deceleration of love to her. Jade had to be either crazy, violently ill, or she truly believed what she had just told her. "H-how? It's not poss…there's no way you can…you can't just…..in what worl…..how?"

"Jade! I thought we weren't gonna tell her that for a while!" Cat said. Surprised that her girlfriend would reveal that secret until they had an idea that Tori was onboard. Tori looked at Cat. "Wh-what? What do you mean you weren't going to tell me for a while? That's real?"

"It's not just her, Tori."

"What do you mean?" Tori asked, but Cat didn't say anything. She had her head down, rubbing her arms. Tori could piece this puzzle together.

"Oh, oh Cat, really?" Cat nodded, placing her hands over her heart. "I love you too, Tori. You make my heart go Pitter Patter." Jade smiled at Cat's description of what Tori did to her on the inside. She wouldn't use the same words, but she felt exactly the same. Tori took a moment to take this new information in. She took a deep breath in before speaking again.

"S-so let me get this straight. Cat, you love Jade?"

"Yes."

"And Jade, you love Cat?"

"Damn straight."

"Cat, you love….me?" Cat stepped towards Tori, grabbing her right hand and kissing the top of it, then doing a little curtsy. "Yes I do, milady." It was a gesture that made both Jade and Tori smile, although only Tori ended up blushing as well. Cat went back to where she was standing. Tori turned back to Jade.

"And you, Jade West, you, this woman standing right here, right now, you….and I can't believe I'm actually asking this…you love….me?"

Jade stepped towards Tori. She, similar to Cat before her, grasped Tori's hand, but unlike Cat, she chose to kiss the palm of Tori's hand. Then she kissed Tori's thumb, then her index finger, then her middle finger, then ring finger, and lastly her pinky. It was weird to see such a sweet and gentle gesture come from this person before her. Tori felt her whole body tingle, just from what Jade did to her hand. It excited her.

It scared her.

"Yes. I, Jade West am in love with BOTH Cat Valentine and Tori Vega. That is the god's honest truth." Jade said with so much sincerity, it shook Tori. She didn't even know she was crying until she felt Jade wipe away some tears. She didn't even know why she was crying.

"No, Tori, please don't Cry. You're gonna make me cry." Cat said, going in to hug Tori.

"I- don't know what to say to you guys, I mean, this is, I don't even know what to say." Tori said trying to contain herself.

"C'mon now, Tori. No need to break down. It's Ok." Jade said, stroking the back of Tori's head. These touches Jade and Cat were giving her, she hasn't felt like this in….well, ever. She was so afraid to jump into this new feeling, because it was unfamiliar, because she didn't think those around her would understand if she did, because she herself wasn't sure this was right…..because she still wasn't sure if this was real.

Most prominently, because she remembered how those like Cat ad Jade were treated at her old school.

So, again, she chose to run.

Tori got out of the hold the couple had her in, and began running again. She followed the path they took to get to the tree, reaching the Parking Lot and Jade's car within 2 minutes.

"Dammit, Tori, why do you keep doing that? Why do you keep running?"

"I don't know! Please, just go away, you dont want this!" Tori said as she kept moving. She could hear Cat and Jade following her.

"Why are you afraid to give this a chance, Tori? To give us a chance?" Jade shouted as she continued to follow her.

Tori kept walking towards the entrance of the park, trying to ignore both the girls and pounding in her chest.

"Are you afraid that you may actually like this? Being with us?" Cat asked, walking along side Tori on her left side.

"No, Cat, I think she's afraid that we'll treat her better than any guy ever has or ever could," Jade said, walking along side Tori on her right. At that statement, Tori stopped in her tracks. It became increasingly hard to ignore the two. Almost like she didn't want to.

"My car is back there, Tori. What are you doing, you gonna walk home?"

"I'll take the bus."

"Don't be silly, Tori. We'll take you back home."

"Its ok, Cat, the bus is fine."

"No it's not. I brought you here, I'll take you home." Jade said.

"Please, Tori. We wanna make sure you get home safe." Cat nearly begged, tugging on the hem of Tori's shirt. Cat always had a way of worming into her heart.

"Alright, ok. I'll go back with you and Jade." Tori gave in, instantly feeing fingers interlock with both of her hands, as they all walked back to the Jade's car.

The ride to Tori's was relatively quiet. The radio was making the most noise. When Jade pulled up in the driveway, Jade saw the lights were off in the house. "Looks like nobody's home, want us to keep you company?" Jade said, devilish smirk and all.

"No, but thank you for the ride." Tori said, getting out of the car, hoping that Jade and Cat didn't follow. They did.

"One week." Jade shouted behind her as Tori was about to unlock her door. "One week, what?" Tori questioned.

Jade walked up to Tori, Cat beside her. The both wanted to reach out and touch the Latina girl, but held in that desire, afraid they would scare her off before they could say what they had to say.

"You give me and Cat one week to change your mind."

"What do you mean?"

"Today's Thursday, next week is spring break, so there's no class. Starting tomorrow, you give us until next Friday. We'll do stuff together, friend stuff, couple stuff. One week for us to show you how serious we are about all this."

"Please Tor Tor, we wanna show you how much we like you. We will have fun, we promise." Cat chimed in.

'Oh god, she's even started to give me a cuddly nickname' Tori thought.

She didn't want to give them any false hope that they all could be together. She didn't want to hype them up with a fun, exciting, adventurous…and possibly sexual week, and then crush their vision by just walking away. Tori had to admit, part of her was already invested in this relationship, just from their proclamations of love, from the things they said, from how they made her feel, and from the kisses they shared.

Tori was already cautious about going into any relationship. Let alone one with a girl. Let alone one with two of them! Difference here is she didn't know any of the guys she dated before she started dating them, they were complete mysteries to her, but she knew Jade, she knew Cat. So maybe, things would be different this time around.

'I go to a crazy performing arts school for god's sake! I wanna be a singer, my life is all about jumping into the unknown, because it's what my heart wants, and I shouldn't care what others think!' Tori though, turning around to face the two of them. With that thought in mind, she knew that, even for a week, she wanted to experience what it was like with someone who cared about her, with two individuals who cared about her. She wanted to know what the other side of the coin was like.

She wanted to know what it meant to date Cat Valentine and Jade West.

Though she still needed that little push, that little shove that pushed her over the edge. She hoped that these two could persuade her…..

She stepped forward, grasping Cat and Jade by their chins, turning their heads. First to kiss Jade on her right cheek, and then Cat on her left cheek. It's something that brought a smile to both of their faces. Tori then turned around and walked to her door, opening it and stepping inside. The smiles Jade and Cat had quickly dropped when Tori silently closed the door.

They wanted to knock and ask her to come back out, but they figured they exhausted the subject enough for one day. They both turned and headed back to the car, but before they could take two steps, the door, now behind them, reopened, and only one word was spoken by the one who opened it, before it closed yet again.

That one word brought back the smiles on Cat and Jade's faces.

"Deal."

I was able to crank this out in the middle of my finals. Still a few more to go

Hope this one is good.