Of Scissors And Scooby Doo

Chapter 9

"Tori... Tori. Tori!"

Something harshly smacked against my face and instantly, I was awake. "Ouch!" I cracked my eyes open, still so full of sleep, removed the pillow from my face and threw it at my sister who stood next to my bed with her arms crossed. She easily dodged it, continuing to stare at me with an annoyed expression. "You overslept! Hurry up, I'm not going to tolerate you making me late!"

Even though the fact that I overslept made the warning bells in my head go off, I groaned, took a good look around my room and closed my eyes again while trying to rub the sleep out of my face. "Where's Jade?"

"What?"

I opened my eyes and sat up. "Jade. She came over last night. Is she gone?"

"She came over last night? When? I didn't hear the doorbell." She only needed a second to figure out how Jade came in yesterday. Quickly glancing toward my window, one of her eyebrows lifted before she tsk'd, shook her head and turned back to me. "I don't think mom and dad would like that. I mean, I guess it was still okay when you guys were younger but it's kinda different now."

"She's still Jade," I told her dismissively and got out of my bed, walking over to my closet to take out clothes for the day. "Mom and dad know her. It's no big deal." There wasn't anything about Jade they had to fear. They knew her and it had never been a problem when Jade came over late at night when we were younger, through the window or the door, that never mattered. I didn't see why it should matter now.

"I think it would be a big deal if they knew you have the hots for her." As if she just hit me across the back of my head with a hammer, I suddenly felt dizzy, my eyes widening. How did she know that? Was I that obvious? My fingers dug into the fabric of the jeans I held in my hand while I slowly turned around, still wide eyed, finding Trina looking as bored as ever, looking at her nails.

"Wh-What did you say?"

Her eyes moved from her nails to me and it took her a second to realize what I had asked. But then she furrowed her eyebrows and her lips formed a smile of pure amusement. "Come on, Tori. You so like her."

"I-" Oh please. There really was no denying. "But how..."

"I'm your sister. I know you."

I was sure a luminous blush colored my face and neck right about now, Trina's knowing smile and wink making my skin feel even warmer. As she turned to walk out of my room she called over her shoulder, "But stop fantasizing about Jade and get ready now. I won't hesitate to go without you," before she walked out and gently closed the door behind her.

Despite Trina's threat to go without me – and I knew it was by all means not an empty threat – I sank down on my bed with a deep sigh, my tight grip on my jeans lessening. I wondered why Jade had left, when she had left. Right after I fell asleep? In the middle of the night? At the crack of dawn? And did she leave through the window or did she take the door? Again I sighed. I let myself fall back on my bed, ignoring the time limit of ten minutes Trina shouted from downstairs, and thought back to what Trina had said. I really hoped my feelings for Jade weren't that obvious but... what if they were? What if it was like... a really bad kept secret? Oh my God, what if everybody knew and-

Wait.

Secret.

Why did I have a feeling I forgot something?

A secret... I slowly sat back up again as I tried to remember what I could have forgotten. It was something about a secret, I knew that much... but what could it-

"I fell in love with you too."

...

Oh my God!