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It's been a little over a month since that failure of a dinner after which Jade confessed she loved me and would end things with Cat, but it really didn't happen that way.

That night my redheaded friend came to my house just after midnight, she had been crying for who knows how long, her eyes were all red and swollen and she kept sobbing; it took her a while to explain what happened.

Apparently, just as she entered her house, she knew things were over, she not only ignored her as her girlfriend, but had begun to treat her in a very condescending way.

Jade didn't have the slightest intention to appear happy with Cat or to show how she was the best girlfriend in the world, not even to provoke envy in me; and there it was, in that moment, she realized that Jade didn't because I was the object of her interest.

That's why her girlfriend was so distant when I was around and that's why, over the course of the night, emotionally, she went from aggression to defeat. Watching me being happy with someone else destroyed her.

Right then, Cat took a cab and went straight to her house. Jade was still giving me a lift, so she arrived and waited in the burgundy sofa in her room. She told me that when her girlfriend walked in she had been crying, she saw her beaten and couldn't help but hug her and tell her everything would be fine, that it sure hurt to see someone she loved with someone else, but she understood perfectly; that love wasn't something that you can decide and that they definitely had to break up.

Of course Cat knew how she felt, she was in love with Jade, and to accept the truth and then sacrifice herself for her ex's happiness hurt a lot.

I didn't know what to say, I felt guilty and I didn't know the extent to which Cat had realized that the feeling was mutual.

After breaking the long embrace, both began a conversation that revolved around me and how we started dating and building a relationship, and when Cat asked her to get back together, she agreed because she owed her the chance, but she never felt the same because she had developed feelings for me.

So you see, Cat didn't come to my house just to vent. No, she came to do her due claim. She asked me why I didn't tell her what was happening. Why I never mentioned how I felt about Jade, why I agreed to spend the night of the sleepover with them and why I agreed to dinner.

I told her that it wasn't my place to meddle in something that clearly wasn't my decision, that although I wanted things to be different, what they decided wasn't any of my business and I accepted both invitations because she is my friend and she asked me to. How can you deny a favor to a friend? How can you deny something to Cat?

She looked at me with a face that I never imagined to see in life.

"You are really dumb Tori."

Yes, she also told me. She asked if I still felt the same and I confessed that I did and also that Mika was nothing more than a friend; I said that I didn't want to be a third wheel and so, when Mika suggested us going as a couple I accepted.

I obviously lied, a little white lie, the truth is that I did it to rub it in Jade's face, but I just lied to Cat once… well twice, I never told her about the sleepover's kiss, but that is separate issue.

Cat is a good friend, she understood and asked me to give her some time to get through this. She asked for the summer, but she said more than once, that if Jade and I are happy together, we should give it a try. After all, who is she to you prevent two people from loving each other.

My admiration for her grew even more, she went from being my sweet and tender best friend, to be a hero that, surely, I could never match.

And that brings us here today, six weeks after the fact and two from returning to school.

I'm dying to see Jade again, I'm dying to drown in those intense blue eyes, I'm dying to see her in those black leggings, with those very short dark skirts with those very tight tops with holed sleeves, I'm dying to see what color she has dyed the strings of her hair and which boots she'll wear, although that's the least important thing, any of them make her look like a badass; but mostly, I'm dying to find out if her panties match those very sexy bras she always wears... anyway, I digress.

"Hmm, hmm!" I laugh a little inside my own lips, remembering all the things that I like about Jade; I think about her, I imagine her... and then I scare myself to death. It's been six weeks, it will be eight when we finally see each other... and, if she forgot about me already? I'm dying to see her, but I know that if she ignores me, I'll die of pain. Eight weeks is a lot.

"Hey, ready for coffee?"

"Let's go!" I answer as I close my book and take Mika's hand out of the library to our usual evening coffee.

Mikaela, hmm.

That Sunday I told her everything that happened the night before with Cat and she agreed it was a good idea to take the summer to analyze things, let Jade reflect on her attitude and I could decide with a cold head, if I really wanted a relationship with her.

Nothing happened between the two of us, mainly because Mika... Mika is straight! Of course that didn't stop my mind from running, flying and crashing on the idea of kissing her lips again, this time to eat her mouth fully... again and again, with passion and despair.

In my mind there were many kisses, not just on her lips. I don't know how many times I dreamed the same thing. She and I were in her apartment, doing homework or reading, suddenly I took her face gently, cupping her cheek and she smiled as I approached her slowly and then I stole a kiss. It was a soft, wet kiss.

I took turns with my mouth trapping her lower and upper lips, in a game that ended with me pulling away, leaving her eager for more. Her protest was to steal another kiss, a deeper one, one that also came with a squeeze of my hips, starting everything; a kiss here, a lip bite there, her smooth tongue caressing mine without asking any ridiculous permissions and while all this was happening, Mika positioned herself over me without a second thought.

Her hands roamed my bare skin gently, walking with her fingers through my abdomen, tickling me; a smooth movement from her part to lift my shirt and, bit by bit, we started losing our clothes, my t-shirt fell over a chair, her skirt over the lamp appeasing the environment and giving it a romantic touch; a hickey on her neck, twenty on my breasts.

Mmm-hmm, what I can say! The Mika in my dreams loved my boobs. The unfortunate thing is that whenever we reached the end point, my subconscious would immediately wake me up, right when I lost my panties.

They were very exciting and recurring dreams, but they never reached their proper conclusion, undoubtedly Mika is a beautiful and sexy woman and to have her as a pseudo girlfriend for one night awakened many desires in me, but as my hormones were screaming for her body, my heart knew it belonged only to Jade.

"I have to tell you something that happened this morning," Mika says doubtfully, as she sips a little of her hot cappuccino.

"In the bookstore?" I ask without much importance, she nods still peaking the cup with her lips.

"Jade came looking for me."

My eyes open wide and feel as the air dries them immediately, every thought left my mind.

"What happened?" I ask curiously.

"She came looking for a book and she saw me she fled. I made the guys at the door stop her until I asked for a break and chased her down to talk."

"Uh huh?" I replied confused, so she really didn't go there looking for Mika, she just ran into her. "Well, what happened?"

"Well, I bought her a cup of coffee... and... one thing led to another, we kissed, had sex, and now we're getting married."

"Mika!"

"Ha, ha, ha, I'm sorry! But your eyes almost fell out, babe. Can you relax?"

"Puff! Continue you evil spawn," I muttered with a grin.

"Ha, ha, ha, your face at its finest. Hate, jealousy and lust! You just imagined me having sex with Jade, right?" She laughs without realizing that she is about to drink some really hot coffee in one gulp and burns her mouth. "Shit, that hurt!"

"Ha, karma! Now, can you tell me what the hell happened with Jade"?

"She wouldn't talk to me, so I followed her for one whole block until she finally turned around and in a very threatening manner asked my if I was making you happy," she says before taking a sip of her drink, this time blowing her drink a little to avoid another burn. "I told her that I hoped so… as a friend, but that we had ended things a few days after that dinner because you hated the idea of being with someone while feeling love for another person."

"What did she say?"

"She asked if I knew who that other person was, to which I replied that of course I did... and his name was Beck."

"MIKAELA!"

"You are so easy piss off, Tori," she keeps laughing, watching the stupid face I just made. "I said yes, and that I couldn't understand how you could like someone who enjoyed making your life a living hell all the time, but if you felt so deeply for her is because you saw something that's really worth it... and I also told her not to dare ruin it."

"Thanks... I think."

"I think you should go to her house and... I don't know, go to a torture place and buy Jade something that she'll enjoy, you know... like a whip?" She froze for a few seconds, closed her eyes tightly and shaking her head said: "Nope, no, no, no, the image of you having 50 Shades of Grey type of sex is something I don't want in my mind."

"Ha, ha, ha... I would like to go see her, but…"

"But what?" Mika interrupted, knowing exactly what was going to say. "Don't give me that old excuse about the promise you made to Cat, it's only two weeks, nobody's going to die because you see her before that."

"After everything that happened, I don't want to disappoint Cat any further. I have to wait."

"Tori look, I understand you want to keep a promise to your friend, especially with all the guilt you feel about the kiss that night, but you know what? Cat... is no longer in a relationship with Jade, and you can't spend your life thinking about how things will affect her."

"I know, but I think it should at least call and ask if she is okay with me seeing Jade before school starts," I say as I stare at a small ant walking along the table.

"Tori, you listen to me... If you're going to go to Cat for permission every time you want to do something about Jade, that relationship is not going to be between you and the Migraine Girl, it will be a threesome... it will be a Ca-tor-ade, get it?"

"Sounds like a Gatorade. Gato-rade, Gato which means Cat in spanish! Cat, ha, ha, ha, they both work," I chuckle absurdly at the comparison.

"I see you kept the more important part of what I just said."

"I get it, I get it. I'll think about it tonight and tomorrow I'll decide whether to see Jade or not."

"Okay, whatever you want, but I repeat, do what you feel, not what you think won't hurt Cat. Be a good friend but don't put a relationship that hasn't even started yet, on the line, a relationship that you have wanted for so long." We get up and I head for the sidewalk to go home. "Come on! I'll give you a lift."

"If my dad sees you giving me rides on your motorcycle, he'll kill you."

"Tori, it's a '79 1200 Harley Davidson FXS... fully restored. Believe me, the moment your dad sees me parking, he'll ask me when will I finally marry you."

"Suuure!" I say sarcastically as I climb right behind her and adjust my helmet.

"Besides, you straddling me and strongly holding my waist, makes me look so damn hot! You win and I win."

"Mika! Why aren't you gay?" I scream in frustration, she can be so provocative.

"Someday Tori... tell Jade to take care of you," she puts on her helmet and I fix my hair so it doesn't get tangled in the wind. I grab each side of her tiny waist and we head straight on the main street.

I get home and see Trina warming up her voice and I better run to my room to go to bed, I'm completely exhausted from the busy day.

Everything is darker than usual and I don't quite find the lamp switch. Okay, back to turn the main light but... My room is suddenly filled with a blue light and a universe of stars projected on my walls.

"What…?"

"I don't like candles, but... I wanted to do something romantic... for you."

"Jade?" I see her approaching me and slowly takes my hand intertwining our fingers, which takes me by surprise... God! Everything takes me by surprise! Apparently I don't have the night to think this through, I don't even have a minute, no. It's now or never.

"Tori, I... don't know if you still have feelings for me but…" she hesitates and doubts, slowly loses contact and backs away whispering with no intention of me hearing her, "What the hell am I doing?"

Hell! Exactly... to the hell with it! My act of courage, perhaps the only one I've had in this whole mess. I head up to her, grab her by the waist encircling my arm to her body, so she doesn't run away with her questions, we look at each other's eyes for two-seconds. Yes, two! I count them 3... 2... and without saying the one I plant a kiss on her lips. Surprise, surprise! She is nervous; she takes a moment to understand what I just did and replies by opening her lips.

It's a sweet kiss, a girlfriend's kiss, although we are not girlfriends yet, it feels just like that.

Magic, fucking magic, damn tingling going through my body, damn butterflies that decided to ruffle my belly and my heart... damn my heart, it feels like it's ready to explode with each pump.

She is shaking, Jade is shaking uncontrollably and without thinking too much, everything that I was feeling turns into worry. I immediately separate us and ask:

"Jade? Are you okay?" She doesn't say anything, just a loud sigh as she hugs my neck resting her lips on my shoulder.

I rock her with a gentle sway, everything's okay, I have her, she is fine and I can wait as long as she needs.

"I'll let you down, you're going to hate me and you'll leave me," she says this so low that it's hard to hear her, even though she is inches from my ear. I don't mention a word, not yet.

Jade, the girl who is always scaring humans, is afraid, shows insecurity, she is clinging to me as if at any moment I could run away. But no, I'm here and I let her know by squeezing her harder, I don't let go; we hug mesmerized with the soft movement.

"No, you won't, I could never hate you and if one day I leave, it will be with you by my side, you know? I'm not going to let you go so easily."

"Marry me," she asks leaving a kiss on my neck. Jade West intensity level, plus two hundred percent.

"I think before that, we should be girlfriends."

"That doesn't matter, just marry me."

"Okay, but on one condition, for you to be my girlfriend for at least five years," I joke and hear a slight laugh.

"I accept," she says without another word. [Rrrggg]

"I think my girlfriend is hungry," I hear a little roar from her stomach.

"Your girlfriend could devour a gorilla, I haven't eaten since this morning," she confesses, resting her forearms on my shoulders. "By the way, I saw Mika today."

"I know, she told me."

"I think I like your ex," she mentions avoiding eye contact.

"I really like yours," now she looks back at me with a brow lift.

"Maybe we could invite them to a walk through the cemetery one of these nights," she suggests like is the most common thing. Sure, I already imagine Cat walking through the cemetery at night.

"No!"

"No?"

"No, I only want to date you, at least for a while, I don't want a third or fourth party in our relationship."

"Hmm, let's leave clear that it was Tory Vega who marked her territory," she whispers with an absurdly sexy smile. God, Jade... I'm going to die very soon if all continues like this.

"No doubt about it, you don't even have the right to the humping pillow."

"The humping what?" She asks out loud.

"You know, the pillow with which... you know," I say somewhat embarrassed.

We both laugh a bit before fully releasing the grip.

"That reminds me," Jade says taking something from her bag, "I should've returned this a long time ago but... I couldn't."

"My gray sweater?" I haven't even noticed it was gone.

"Do you remember that you lent it to me one night to go home?" She bites her lip and looks down smiling. "My humping pillow… sort of."

"Jade!"

"Relax, my mom was foolish enough to wash and it lost its charm."

"Well, you no longer need one," I approached a short, cute... a short and cute kiss.

"No, I don't…" [Rrrggg] Her stomach reminds us it's dying of hunger. "Can we go to the pizza place? I'm sure that if I don't eat something in the next 20 minutes, my stomach will start to eat itself."

"Ha, ha, ha, let's go girlfriend."

"Come on Vega."

I think today and for a long time, YOLO won't be damned at all.

A/N Thanks for reading this story which has come to its end. I hope you liked it, but if you didn't, feel completely free to send me to hell with a review. If you liked it they can leave me a ":)". You know I appreciate and thank the time you've taken reading, the silly stories that come to my mind.