Second Chance, Second Choice.

Chapter 23 - All fall down

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Second chance, Second Choice

Chapter 23 - All fall down.

No One's POV.

Accompanied only by the thunder, lightning and rain outside the patio doors, Tori sank to her knees and began to shake.

"Jade, I'm scared. Where are you?" Called out Tori.

A distinct crack of thunder some was the only reply.

Desperate for some idea what happened, Tori tried to think; to remember. Only when she concentrated, did the clouds in her mind begin to part.

In her mind there was, the old past, but soon that began to fall away and start to fade, revealing a new one. Slowly she began to remember, how Cat went to work on the children's TV show and married a person she met on it. How Robbie and Trina got married and her big music break. She remembered a lot of happy years with Jade. They were mostly as before, but in some ways better.

But it was the accident she needed to remember. Slowly it came into focus. She remembered how Jade in the weeks leading up to the accident, became more and more irritable and grouchy. She even remembered the fight that happened between them and Jade leaving. It was all starting to come clear.

Flashback – the day of the accident.

After Jade left, Tori let out a frustrated scream. This wasn't Jade. Jade had her moods and her days, but this was bordering on the irrational. She also felt bad about how she reacted. The last thing she wanted was for Jade to leave her. She wanted to cry however, but knew that with show time in less than 45 minutes it would ruin her makeup and possibly delay the show.

"On with the show." Murmured Tori, as she emotionally restrained herself.

She made a mental note to have a long and involved talk with Jade. If there was something going on, she would get at the source and deal with it. This was her wife and her marriage, which were the most important things to her.

But that would have to be later, so Tori called her make up people back in along with her wardrobe assistant to help her dress. With them present, she put on her game face and got back to work prepping for the performance, which was to being at 8:00 p.m. sharp.

It only took about 12 minutes to finish her makeup and get dressed. Once that was done, Tori left her trailer to meet up with her back up band, backup singers and dancers before the show. They would meet, talk, do some warm up exercises, backrubs and other things Tori intended to break the ice and get everyone relaxed. From her experience in the music industry, Tori knew that if everyone was relaxed and ready to have a good time, everyone seemed to perform better. Today Tori needed the relaxing.

After throwing herself in her pre-performance ritual, Tori managed to relax a bit and felt ready for the performance. She looked around for Jade, but her wife was nowhere to be seen; which at the moment was a good thing. Probably back at the trailer she guessed.

At 8:00 pm, the lights went up, the crowd roared in anticipation and Tori dashed on stage. Immediately she broke into her first song and felt she was in her element.

Despite the troubles with Jade, things were going great. Her 2nd album which came out a few months previous, was already in the top 10, she currently had a song at #3 on the charts and was expected to go to #1 within a week.

The first song went perfectly and the huge audience seemed rather pleased. Just seeing them clap and enjoy themselves felt wonderful.

The second song went as well as the first and things seemed to be going fine.