Green Eyes ~~ A Jori Fanfiction

1. let's talk about sex baby

Jade was sitting alone at a table in the Asphalt Cafe, engrossed in her phone, when she heard a familiar sigh, and Tori dropped down into the seat opposite. "Hey."

"Hey," Jade said without looking up.

"What are you watching?"

"I posted the video of Robbie getting attacked by that dog. It's getting a lot of hits."

"Jade!"

"What?"

"That wasn't funny! It was awful. He had to go to the hospital and everything. "

"Yeah, you're right. It was awful."

"So why post it?"

"Because then I set it to 'Yakkity Sax', and now it's hilarious."

"Good grief." Tori shook her head. There was a long pause, broken only by the faint sound of a saxophone and Jade's sniggering, before she spoke.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Mmmm?"

"Are we friends?"

The question was so unexpected that Jade looked up. "What?"

"Are we friends?"

"In what way?"

"In the way," Tori said, patiently, "that two people sometimes are, when one of them isn't being a total gank."

"Oh, come on, Vega," Jade said. "You're not that big a gank."

"I'm not talking about me."

"Oh."

"So?"

"So what?"

"So, are we friends?"

Jade considered this. She looked back at the phone. "I guess so."

"Really?"

"You want it in writing?"

"No, but…"

"Wait," Jade said, suspiciously. "Are you expecting me to hang out with you? I think you should know that this doesn't oblige me to hang out with you."

"You already hang out with me."

"I know. But I don't have to."

"No, I'm not expecting you to hang out with me."

"Good."

Tori fell silent. There was a long period broken only by the sound of her fidgeting with her bag, until Jade couldn't stand the suspense. "So, are you asking for a reason?" she said. "Or did you just drop by for validation because no one's told you you're pretty for a couple of hours?"

"You think I'm pretty?"

"Don't push your luck, Vega. So?"

"Well," Tori said. "It's just…" She hesitated. "I need some advice."

"Advice?" Jade said, surprised. "From me?"

"Yes."

"Why can't you ask someone else?"

"Because you just said we were friends."

"Yeah, but I didn't know it was going to involve me having to do stuff. And why would you trust me to give you advice, anyway?"

"Again, friends."

"Yeah," Jade said. "But you've got to balance being friends against the opportunity for me to watch you fail spectacularly. I'm not sure I can pass that up."