A/N: Here's a little one shot that flew into my mind. I have written about Jade proposing to Tori before so I wanted to write another one. And I just love all the creative ways you all do them. Kidnapped in a limo and on stage at a pop concert are my two favorites (you know who you are).

Hopefully this will help me conquer my writer's block.

Enjoy.

Jade barely had any sleep last night. She knew what she had to do and had wanted to do. But she needed her morning coffee.

She woke up that morning to an empty bed, which irritated her and brought about the usual first thing in the morning headache. The white glow from her phone screen made her roll to the nightstand and saw a text from Tori.

"Hey Jadey Bear, they're filming a movie down the street and the line at the coffee shop was around the block. Meet me there."

The Goth smiled at the sweet gesture. Tori had the tendency to wake up before Jade. She would usually start breakfast but nothing ever, ever got done unless the morning coffee was waiting for her. The text was sent about 20 minutes ago, so the line must have been long if Tori was to think that she would wake up on her own and be waiting for coffee before getting up to order.

Jade threw on a pair of grey sweatpants and her black hoodie with the Hollywood Arts initials on the right side on the chest. Tori got it for her before they graduated. While not being a big fan of people and crowds, Jade did like the atmosphere of the coffee shop. It was full of everyday people either on their way to work or to find a comfortable place to read or write. It wasn't full of hipsters or god awful indie music. That pretentious bull shit was reserved for the ones near the college campuses. It did pretty good business with the mom and pop bookstore across the street. Jade was grateful that she found an apartment so close to people who knew how to assemble a halfway decent cup of brew.

Tori and her have gone there almost every single day and oftentimes hung out on their more lazy days. They have a table by the big window which overlooks the apartment and the rest of the neighborhood. It was their favorite table and the kindly old lady who owned the place made sure that by a certain time of day, it was made vacant for her best customer.

As Jade made her way across the street and admired the size of the crowd lined up for their morning joe, she was delighted to see Tori in the window. Sure enough, from where she sat; it was their table.

A pebble in Jade's shoe reminded her of something she wanted to do last night. More of a rock in her pocket. It was going to be just after midnight the night before that Jade was going to propose to Tori. It was exactly three years ago that very time when they ended their long phone conversation with deciding upon their first date. That wasn't when they became an item. That wasn't when they said they loved one another. It was when Jade was forthcoming with her attraction to Tori for the very first time. That conversation was a myriad of confessions.

Jade was planning to propose about a quarter to 1 a.m. which was the end time Jade noticed on her phone when Tori hung up. But her tiredness won out and she fell asleep before the time came.

On impulse, Jade pocketed the ring before she left.

She hesitated before going inside, instead looking at Tori from outside. She was reading the third Hunger Games book. Jade thought it was cute that Tori wouldn't wait until the next movie to find out what happened so she started reading all three of the books.

There was a coffee across Tori for where Jade would be sitting. Tori's was open and under her face. She blew on hers, took a sip and put it down. Jade then noticed something odd. Tori started pulling her book closer and closer to her face. She giggled when she realized what it was. The steam from the coffee was fogging up her reading glasses.

That right there was one of a million perfectly imperfect things that happened to Tori Vega. Jade used to laugh at them vindictively. Now, she cherished them. Even on her worst days; a lopsided cake she spent all afternoon baking or a bookshelf that fell apart because she misread the instructions, was enough to bring a smile back to her face.

Tori Vega was full of imperfectly perfect moments like those.

And Jade was determined not to miss a single one.

Tori smiled at her girlfriend while she wiped her glasses and put them back on.

Jade returned the sentiment, fiddling the diamond ring in her coat pocket. She bit her lip as she approached their table.

So here we go.

Before sitting down, Jade wordlessly took a long sip of the lonely cup.

"You alright baby?" Tori asked.

Jade sighed and put it down. "Just getting some liquid encouragement."