Is This for Real

Chapter 25: Princes and Princesses

TORI'S POV

I walked into Jeremy and Erin's house. Their house was so beautiful! It had family photos and cozy furniture everywhere. "Hi! You must be Tori!" the person, who I'm assuming is Erin, exclaimed and enveloped me in a hug.

"That I am!" I happily told her when she let go of me.

"I'm Erin. And this-" she pointed to Jeremy. "is Jeremy. Well, he's actually your dad."

"Hi Tori." He gave me a bone-crushing hug. "It's nice to finally meet you. I've wondered what happened to you ever since Pattie and I put you up for adoption. I just can't believe that she found you."

"I can't believe it either...Dad."

"Make yourself at home. Justin! Chaz! Caitlin! How are-" Jeremy got cut off by a little girl with blond hair running in.

"Justy! Justy! Justy!" She ran up to Justin and hugged his legs.

"Hi sweetie!" Justin exclaimed while picking her up. "I missed you!"

"Me too!" she told Justin.

"Awww. You must be Jazzy," I said while walking over to her.

"Ya," she said in her cute, little kid voice.

"Jazzy, this is Tori. Your sister," Jeremy said to Jazzy.

"Sissy!" she yelled joyfully while reaching out to hug me. Justin handed her to me and she gave me a big squeeze...big for a two year old, that is. "Play princess?"

I looked at Pattie. "She wants you to play princesses with her."

"Of course I'll play princesses with you, sweetie!" I said while shifting her to my hip. She showed me where her room was and then I put her down.

She opened her closet and looked through her dress up clothes. "You wear this."

"That's too small for me Jazzy. But once you get in your princess dress, I'll grab the dress I brought with me, and I'll put it on."

She picked out a Cinderella dress and I helped her put it on. "Do you want to wear these with it?" I asked while holding out a matching pair of light blue elbow-length gloves. Jazzy nodded vigorously and put the gloves on. She pulled out a pair of white ballet flats. They had laces and she's two so she doesn't know how to tie her shoe laces. I quickly tied them for her. Then I told her I'd be right back because I was going to change into my dress.

I changed into a light blue, spaghetti strap dress, that was dotted with red and pink roses. I slipped a long sleeve jean jacket over it because it's November, and then I put on the pair of cowgirl boots that I brought with me. I put a pair of silver hoop earrings in my ears. I grabbed my curling iron, then I walked back to Jazzy's room.

"Where you goin', cowgirl?" Chaz asked in a mock country accent while grabbing my hand and spinning me around.

"To Jazzy's room to curl our hair."

"See you later," he said and gave me a quick peck on the cheek.

I curled mine and Jazzy's hair and then we walked out into the living room where everyone was catching up with each other. "You both look beautiful!" Erin exclaimed, picked Jazzy up, and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"You look amazing," Chaz whispered in my ear while his arm snaked around my waist.

"Thank you."

"You're my princess, Tori."

"And you're my prince."

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I woke up the next day remembering that it was Jax's birthday. I changed out of my pajamas and into black skinny jeans, a light blue, thick, long sleeve shirt with the words never stop dreaming on it and a Mickey Mouse outline by the left shoulder, gray boots, sparkly black, bow earrings, and a gray knit hat. I styled my long brunette hair into a loose side braid.