One More Chance With Time

1.

Jade West let out a grumble as she pulled up to Tori Vega's house in the middle of the afternoon. The half-Latina hadn't been in school and Sikowitz had eventually been concerned after his attempts to phone the house had failed. Andre had said that her parents had left for the week and Trina had shown up a few minutes late at school insisting that Tori had been right behind her but she hadn't slept well the night before.

Probably fell asleep with her headphones on. Jade thought to herself as she got out of her car and pounded on the door. "Vega! Wake up!" She shouted at the house only to stop after pounding on the door after a moment when she realized that the door had been knocked open by her pounding.

It hadn't been locked and it hadn't been fully closed.

"Vega?" She called carefully as she pushed the door open the rest of her way with her foot. The door slowly creaked open and Jade's eyes widened as she saw what looked like a disaster zone. There were objects thrown across the floor and two of the windows in the kitchen looked as if something had been thrown into them. "Vega? What's going on here? This isn't funny." She hesitantly called out. It was then that she heard muffled sobbing coming from the kitchen, from behind the counter.

No...She thought as she rushed in and saw a sight that broke her heart into hundreds of pieces. She knew that she and Tori hadn't exactly been on the best of terms when they first met and especially now that they were...well, she didn't know what they were right now. But this...she wouldn't have wished this on her enemies.

Tori Vega was laying on the ground. Her clothes were ripped, her face was bruised and bloody and there were other bruise marks all over her body. She was curled up in the fetal position. "Vega...Oh my god." Jade whispered in horror as she reached down and hesitantly tried to touch her shoulder to get her attention only to have her recoil away from her in fear as she pulled herself deeper into the fetal position.

Jade immediately pulled out her phone and dialed 911. "It's okay Vega." She said in a soothing tone as she could manage as she gently stroked Tori's head trying to get her to realize that she wasn't going to be harmed. "It's okay...I called for help. You'll be okay." She took a closer look at Tori and noticed something that stopped her cold as she reached down. There was blood pooling out from under Tori. A lot of it.

Oh my god...She thought as she came to a sudden realization. Whoever had done this had wanted to make sure she didn't survive. "Tori...I know right now you're scared and you're hurt but you need to let me help you." She said in as gentle a tone as she could manage under the circumstances. "Please, you need to show me where you're bleeding from."

Tori looked up at her and shook her head. "I can't..." She whispered. She was most likely in extreme pain from the look on her face. "It hurts so bad, Jade." She sobbed weakly. Jade gently grabbed her hand and placed it around hers. "I need to see Tori." She said quietly. "Just...Just squeeze my hand when you feel pain but I need to see."

Tori nodded as tears continued to roll down her face and she squeezed Jade's hand with a strength the Goth didn't know she possessed as she managed to lay down straight and Jade's already shattered heart seemed to break again as she saw a large shard of glass sticking directly out of Tori's chest. Blood seemed to be pouring out of the wound. "Hold still Tori." She said quietly as she placed her hands on the edges of the wound trying to stop the bleeding.

"Dyke. You ruined my life." Tori whispered sadly. Jade looked at her sharply. "That's what he kept saying...He kept calling me a Dyke, kept saying I ruined his life."