Imprisoned Love

Dinner Disaster

Tori's POV:

"Jade!?" I scream, as I bolt upright and my eyes jerk open..

Chiz.. I just had the worst nightmare..

And what makes it worse is the fact that Jade is no longer beside me, making me panic tremendously.

Suddenly, the bathroom door flies open, and she runs up to me with concern written all over her face, as she sits down on the bed next to me.

"What! What happened? What's wrong?" She panics, and my chest heaves heavily as I come out of the shock of my terrible dream.

"U-uh.. nothing.. I just had a bad dream.." I say, and she pulls me into a small side hug, making me smile a little.

"Jesus, don't scare me like that Vega. It's okay now. I'm here.." she coos, as she rubs soft circles on my side, and I lay my head on her shoulder.

We stay in this position for a while, until I pull away to check the time, and see that it's almost 8.

"Oh my God. It's almost 8. And you still stayed?" I ask incredulously.

"Of course I did. You freaked when I went to the bathroom" she points out, and I playfully roll my eyes at her but deep down I'm quite surprised that she's still here, after hours..

"Hey Vega?" She calls.

"Yeah?" I say, turning around so that I'm giving her my full attention.

"What was it that you wanted to tell me before you fell asleep?" She asks, and I remember immediately.

"Oh yeah! I uh, I need a favour.." I say nervously, and she raises an eyebrow.

This is gonna tough..

"Um, I might've.. told my parents.. that we'll have dinner.. with them.. tomorrow." I nervously trail, and her eyes widen slightly as they harden.

"What! No! I don't do dinner with parents Vega." She exclaims, and I pout at her, hoping to change her mind.

It's not my fault my parents want to get to know her. I told them that I have a girlfriend the other day, and they were really happy for me, until I mentioned Jade's name..

Of course they knew how much she used to torment me in school every time I ranted about her, and they were super confused at my decision, so I told them how much she had changed and how sweet and caring she is now..

But then they asked to meet her, and I awkwardly agreed to it because I was so nervous..

Not my best move I know, but how bad can it be? I mean, Jade really has changed since I first met her.. and as long as she doesn't snap at anyone, or make any of her usual sarcastic remarks.. then I'm sure she'll ace the first impression.

But I gotta get her to agree to it in the first place..

"Vega, you know how much I hate formal stuff.." she whines, and I pout even more, but she seems pretty strict about it right now.

"Please Jade. Pretty pretty please?" I plead, but she simply crosses her arms over her chest, and looks away from my face. Part of me smirks since I know she's trying to avoid my pout, but I'm still not giving up on this.

"No. I'm not doing it" she strongly keeps her foot down, and I try to think of something to convince her.

"I'll literally go on my knees, Jade. Pleeeaase baby. They even cancelled their plans just so we could all eat together." I say, trying to get her to face me, but she doesn't remove the frown from her face.

Uggghhh. This is a lot harder than I thought..

"Tori, no."

"But I'll do anything. Pwetty pwease." I say in my baby voice, and I can see the corner of her lips twitch into a small smile, but she desperately tries to hide it.

"I said no!" She shouts loudly, causing me to jump a little.

She notices it, but doesn't say anything else, and instead starts to put on her boots.

"You're leaving?" I timidly ask, as I twiddle my fingers.

"Yep." She says, still in a bad mood.

Uggghhh, what do I have to do to get her to come to this stupid dinner???

"Jade, my parents are really nice, and I'm sure they'll like you-"

"Vega, for the last time, I said I'm not going!" She exclaims, and I feel a headache starting to come along again.

"But I already told them you were coming!" I shout back, and she glares at me, making me a little nervous but I don't let it show.

My throat's gonna be really sore after this screaming match with her..

It's already in agony as we speak..

"You should've f*****g asked me first then!" She shouts back, and I feel the anger boiling up inside me.

"Well I knew you would say no!" I defend, and she scoffs as she rolls her eyes.

"f*****g right you are there!" She grabs her phone angrily, and storms past me, stomping down the stairs.

"You're seriously not gonna go!? It's only for a few hours, Jade!" I shout down the stairs, following her when I get out of shock.

"I don't give a flying f**k if it's only for a few hours or for a few minutes, I've got far better things to do, Tori!" She exclaims, and opens the front door aggressively.

She's so.. ugghhh!

"Like what? Sleeping in? Or cutting up stuff with your scissors?"

"Anything's better than having a stupid dinner with your parents, Vega!" She yells, and then slams the door shut, right in my face, not giving me a chance to yell back at her.

Well that couldn't have gone any worse..

She so.. infuriating sometimes!

I sigh as I go back upstairs to my room, and lie down on my bed with a groan.

My parents barely ever cancel their plans unless it's either mine or Trina's birthday, so this must've been pretty important to them.. and it's very important to me! I can't believe she would just walk out on me like that!!

Chizzzz. What am I gonna tell them??

Maybe I can just say that I'm too sick to eat..

I mean, technically I am sick. I could just stay in bed all day, and pray something comes up in their schedule, causing them to cancel last minute..

For God's sake, I'm so freaking mad at her!!

I realise that overthinking this whole situation is probably only gonna make me feel even worse, so I decide to call Ryan, since he usually knows how to cheer me up when I'm in one of these moods.

The phone rings a few times, until I hear him pick up with his regular cheery voice.

"Hey Tor! How're you feeling?" He asks, and my mood instantly lifts a little when I hear his voice.

"A bit better, I guess." I sigh, and he immediately picks up on my unusual tone, so I tell him everything. About how Jade was so nice one second, but then so frustrating the next..

"... And then she slammed the door in my face." I finish my rant after ages, and I hear him chuckle a little on the other end of the phone, making me furrow my eyebrows, even though he can't see me.

"What the heck are you laughing about?" I ask him.

"Oh I was just thinking about how you two fight like you're an old married couple." He laughs, and I raise an eyebrow.

Seriously, why did I think that calling Ryan would help me come up with a solution??

"Ryan, you're not helping!" I shout through the phone, and it only makes him laugh even more.

"S-sorry" he giggles, and I roll my eyes.

"Ugh, what do I do? She won't freaking come to the dinner, and I already told my parents that she'd be there! Like they even cancelled their work plans, and you know how busy they are." I say frustratedly, and he simply hums in response.

"Did you try begging her? Or owing her a favour or something?" He suggests.

"Yes! I said I'd do literally anything, but nooo. She just has to have everything her way!" I groan.

"Oof, she's a tough nut to crack."

"Ya, I know." I say, rubbing my temples because of my headache.

"Why don't you just tell your parents that something suddenly came up. And that she can't make it for dinner."

"It's not the dinner I'm so mad about. It's just, she never does anything I want to do. And she always has to get everything to work out her way. I mean, we're both in this relationship together, but why do I still feel like she's the boss and I'm just her slave?"

"I dunno Tori, but why don't you just tell her all of this? Talk to her, and show her that you're not gonna keep letting her boss you around like this."

Well I remember a time when I tried to stand up for myself.. and that ended up with me getting a cut on my shoulder..

"Tori? You there?" Ryan's voice breaks me out of the bad memory, and I quickly shake my head from the thoughts.

"Y-yeah. Um, sure I'll talk to her. Hey I should probably rest since I'm still not feeling too well. Thanks for letting me vent, Ry." I say, and he chuckles slightly.

"Any time Tor. I'll talk to ya later then. Love you." He practically sings, and I giggle.

"Love you too Ry." I say, before hanging up the phone.

Well, I might not have come up with a clear solution yet, but at least talking with him took my mind off things for a bit..

I decide to try and study for a test that I have coming up, but honestly nothing's sticking into my brain since it's a little crowded from this whole dinner disaster. That, and my nose is runny so I have to keep sniffling every two freaking seconds, which is annoying as hell.

Time goes by slowly, and I lift my head up from my book when I hear my phone chime.

Cat: Hey Tori! Wanna hang out tomorrow?❤

I chuckle at the excessive amount of emojis she usually uses whenever she sends me a simple text, but think whether I should go or not.

I'm still pretty sick, but I'm a lot better than I was this morning, and I guess staying in bed the whole day, surrounded by tissues isn't really gonna make me feel any better.. so maybe it might be fun to go out for fresh air..

Me: Sure, where'd you wanna go?

It doesn't take long until a reply comes.

Cat: Well there's this cool new spy movie out that we can watch.

I text her back that I'm down, and she excitedly sends me the details. She said that she might ask the rest of the gang if they want to come, and for once, I'm actually hoping that Jade doesn't come tomorrow. She's probably still mad at me, and I really don't wanna deal with her chiz tomorrow.

I put my phone down, and put away my books since there's no point on studying anymore if I'm not gonna absorb any information..

I'll just study on Sunday..

"Tori!!" I hear Trina annoyingly scream my name from downstairs, and I groan as I have to go downstairs now to see what she wants.

"What?" I snap, as I walk down the stairs to see her putting away the tens of shopping bags in her hands..

"What dyou make to eat?" She asks, and I roll my eyes at her.

"You just went out to hang out with your friends. Why didn't you grab a bite there?"

"I did. But now I'm hungry again, so what dyou make?" She asks.

"Trina, I'm still sick. So nothing." I bluntly say, turning back around to walk upstairs.

"Toriiiiii. It was your turnnn." She whines, and I groan internally.

"Order some take out or something, I'm going to bed." I mutter, and she starts giving  out to me, but I simply walk away from her instead, not at all in the mood for another screaming match.

By the time I go back to my room, I get under the covers of my bed, going through theSlap to see what everyone's up to at the moment..

I wonder if Jade's gonna text me good night like she usually does..

Nah, she's still mad at me for asking about the whole dinner with my parents thing..

It's kinda stupid actually.. to be fighting over something so small..

But she still could've at least heard me out! It wasn't even too much to ask for..

Well I guess, Jade did tell me how much she hates formal encounters and all that chiz..

Ugh whatever, I'mma just text her first.

Me: Good night.

It's short and simple, without any kisses or baby afterwards to show that I'm still wazzed off at her, and I wait for a response..

I wait for about half an hour..

Nothing.

I wait for an hour..

Still nothing.

An hour and a half..

Yup. You guessed it. Nothing.

See, this is what you get for trying Tori. Now you look desperate and needy..

I mentally scold myself, and decide to just get some sleep for tomorrow, silently praying that I won't be seeing my angry girlfriend at the movies..

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Tori's POV:

"Torriiiii!!" Before I can even turn around, I'm engulfed into a tight hug by Cat as she squeals excitedly when she sees me.

Oof. I really should be expecting these, yet she somehow catches me by surprise every single time..

Thank God I'm not nearly as sick as I was yesterday..

"Hey Cat!" I chuckle, and she lets go of me with her dashing bright smile.

"Ready to go in? The rest are inside already." She says, and I nod my head, wondering if a certain goth is gonna be in there too..

Who cares? You're supposed to be mad at her for not going to the dinner with you parents..

But I miss her..

That's pretty sad Tori, not gonna lie..

I still haven't told my parents that I'm gonna have to cancel the dinner.. it's just, I hate feeling ashamed in front of them, and they're obviously gonna be disappointed..

We walk into the building and I immediately spot the rest of my friends huddled up by the entrance as they laugh about in their conversations. I also see my girlfriend out of the corner of my eye, who is currently standing as far away from the group as possible, engrossed in her phone..

Typical.

However, my breath catches when I gaze at the sight of her. She looks as beautiful as ever with her leather jacket, and short skirt with tights underneath. She looks absolutely wonderful, and it's making it so freaking hard for me to stay mad at her..

"Hey guys!" I say chirply with a small wave, and they all come up to greet me. Jade's head shoots up as soon as she hears my voice, but she's quick to cover it up with a scowl, before going back to her phone, making me frown.

Guess she's still not over it..

If anyone, it should be me who's mad. I mean, it's only a dinner..

We all pay for our tickets and snacks before heading towards our seats..

Jade and I have barely made eye contact with each other, and I'm almost 100% sure that our friends have copped onto the fact that our ship isn't smooth sailing right now..

Thankfully though, no one's mentioned it yet, and I continue staying as far away from her as possible.

As we get to our seats, I make sure to sit a couple of seats down from her, coz I don't want her near me at the moment, however, my plans are ruined when Cat speaks up.

"Jade, don't you wanna go sit beside your girlfriend?" She innocently asks, and suddenly the air around us becomes thick.

I kind of expect her to ignore Cat and continue to sit a few seats down from me, but instead she shrugs her shoulders and comes up to claim the seat next to me, in a very bored manner..

Huh. Didn't expect that one..

I don't even try to hide the fact that I'm longingly staring at her, trying to get some sort of reaction. I mean, she's acting like I don't even exist.. and that chiz is annoying as hell..

Stop being so obvious Tori.

I quickly avert my attention to the blank screen, since the movie hasn't started yet, and just stare at it for a couple of minutes.

This is sooo boring. I can't even talk to my friends since they wanted to sit a seat away from Jade and I to give us freaking space, which usually I wouldn't mind, but right now, this is awkward as hell..

After what feels like years, the movie finally begins, as the lights around us begin to dim. Jade turns off her phone and puts it in her back pocket. The action causing her elbow to brush up against my arm, making me miss her touch tremendously..

You're so dramatic Tori. You two were literally fighting for less than a day!

Shut up!

She quickly removes her elbow away from me, and shifts her whole body to the left, so that it's on the edge of the seat, as far away from me as she can get.

Am I that repulsive to be around..

I shake my head at the thoughts and decide to just enjoy the movie. I've already missed the beginning of it since I zoned out, but it doesn't seem that bad, I guess..

About halfway through the movie, I regret my decisions of drinking too much soda coz now I really gotta wazz, but I'm at the very end of the seats so I gotta squeeze past Jade and the rest of my friends..

Instead, I try to hold it in, squirming every so often, desperately trying not to laugh every time someone makes a funny joke in the movie.

Ugh, this is so hard to do..

"Can you not sit still?" Jade whisper-snaps at me in a harsh tone.

"I gotta wazz but I don't wanna miss the movie." I whisper, not looking into her eyes as I speak.

It feels so much like old times, when she used to hate me and always be snapping at me for no reason..

"Then go wazz." She simply says, her tone becoming a little softer, and I decide to just go before I literally pee my pants..

I get up and slide past her, and our eyes lock the whole time I squiggle through the tight space, and I see the longing look in her eyes too..

Does she miss me too?

I practically run to the bathroom, and quickly wazz in relief that I didn't pee myself on the way down..

I go back up to my seat after washing my hands and exiting the bathroom, and I squirm past my friends again to return to my seat.

Jade doesn't look up at me this time, instead, she focuses on her lap, making me frown a little.

I didn't even realise that I slept throughout the movie, until I'm being shaken slightly to be woken up..

"Tori.. wake up.." Jade softly says, and I lift my head with a confused look.

Wait.. was I sleeping on her shoulder throughout the whole half of the movie?

Well, so much for keeping your distance..

"Wow Tori, I've never seen someone sleep through a movie in a theatre before." André jokes, and everyone starts laughing as the end credits start to show.

Well I am a pretty deep sleeper..

"Yeah, I couldn't move an inch coz of your head on my shoulder." Jade says in an annoying tone, and I feel kinda bad, but at the same time, I can't help but to wonder when she didn't just push me off of her..

"Sorry.." I mutter lowly, and I'm sure she heard it. Soon after, we all get up off our seats and walk outside, talking about the movie the whole time, even though I have no idea what even happened in it since I was asleep..

"It's okay I guess.." she mumbles, and I slightly smile at her.

"So where should we go eat?" Robbie asks, and I can feel my tummy rumble at the thought of food..

"Well there's a small restaurant close by, if y'all wanna go?" André pipes up, and we all nod our heads in response, walking towards the restaurant.

Even though I'm mad at her, I still try to walk with Jade as close as possible, since I've always felt safer and happier when I'm close to her..

I feel like she's noticed, but thankfully she doesn't glare at me or walk away. Our hands brush against each other a few times as we walk down the street, and I feel the sparks igniting..

As we walk into the restaurant, a waiter comes over to show us to our table and we sit down at a large booth..

I squeeze in beside Jade, and I kinda have to internally laugh at how I can never seem to stay mad at her.. like ever..

She's super quiet as usual, and I really just wish that she would speak to me, but I think she's still mad. Well she seems like it anyways as she wears her famous scowl on her face..

"Hey, are you guys ready to order?" The waiter comes back with a notepad in his hand, and we all take turns on ordering our food as he quickly jots them down.

However, I don't fail to notice the subtle wink he gives me along with his big toothy smile, before walking off. I shrug my shoulders at it, and decide to just brush it off, but then I feel my hand being gripped tightly underneath the table, and I realise that it's Jade's..

I turn my head to see her giving me a murderous death stare, like she's really, mad at me, even though I literally did nothing wrong..

She keeps squeezing my hand and I literally feel like she's gonna crack my bones if she doesn't calm down soon..

"Baby.." I whimper in pain, and she immediately relaxes as her grip softens, and she stares at me.

She doesn't say anything, so I just stare back until our friends begin to talk again, breaking our little stare off.

The waiter comes back in a few minutes, and places our orders in front of us, and Jade lifts our linked hands from underneath the table so that he can see that we're together. I smirk at how he scrunches up his face at first, but tries to hide it..

We eat our food peacefully, and I smile at how Jade still hasn't removed her hand from mine.

That must mean something right..

At this point, I don't even care about the whole dinner fight.. I just miss my girlfriend..

We finish up our food, and I'm about to get up until Beck notices something underneath my plate.

"Hey what's that?" He asks, as he points to a small piece of paper on my tray.

"Um, I dunno.." I say, lifting it up and unfolding it, only to see that it's a number, presumably the waiter's, since the guy just can't seem to take a hint.

I can sense Jade burning a hole through the side of my head with her glare, so I quickly scrunch up the paper, and throw it away with a shrug. I quickly go to her side, and hold her hand, and she nods at me, like I passed some sort of test.

I also catch the victorious smirk she gives to the waiter when we're walking out the door, as she possessively grabs the side of my waist, pulling me closer, and keeping her hand there the whole while we walk out..

I love this possessive side of her..

I take advantage of this opportunity of being so close with her, and I turn my head to peck her cheek, showing her that I'm hers and hers only..

I kind of expect for her to pull away with a scowl on her face, but instead I see her cheeks turn into a light shade of pink, as soon as my lips make contact to her skin, making my heart flutter.

We all take a couple of pictures together and laugh about random nothings, until it starts to get dark, signalling that we should probably be getting home..

I'm about to get into my car, until I feel my arm being pulled back, and I'm turned around to be face to face with Jade..

"Hi.." I nervously whisper, and she chuckles at my weirdness.

"Hey.." she whispers back with a small smile, and I grin, sensing that she's not mad at me anymore..

Thank. God!

I was seriously hating being so close, yet so far away from her..

We continue looking into each other's eyes, and our friends drive off, leaving us to be standing in the parking lot alone..

"I'm sorry." We both say at the exact same time, causing the both of us to laugh out loud..

She shyly looks down, and holds both my hands, before looking back at me with lust written all over her face..

"Can we just.. forget everything and start fresh?" I ask, and she nods her head slightly, and I do the same.

"Sooo... what should I wear for the dinner with your parents tonight, babe?" She asks sweetly, and I raise my eyebrows before grinning really widely at her.

Awwwwwwwwwww!!

She's actually gonna go..

I don't even bother saying anything to her as I lunge towards her, pulling her into a really tight hug as I wrap my arms around her neck..

"Thank you" I mumble into her hair, and pull back to shower her face with kisses, before kissing her lips passionately. She giggles as she grips onto my lower back, kissing me back with the exact same amount of passion and love..

Wait..

Did I just say love??

Holy chiz!

I think I love Jade West!!