Vegas, Baby (Jerrie Fanfiction)

No Place Is As Good As Home

"I just got off the phone with my mum," Jade said as she dropped into the sofa in the living room next to Perrie. "She wants me to come home for the weekend and she offered for you to tag along if you wanna see South Shields again. What I mean is you'd be welcome to come to our house as well if you want to."

Perrie placed her popcorn bowl down on the coffee table, wiping her hands on her sweats with a smile, "Yeah, sounds good. How about we spend Saturday together and on Sunday we're riding solo with our fam and then come back here together again?"

Jade nodded her head excitedly, "Yeah, that sounds perfect, actually. And I haven't seen your mum in forever – we should all have dinner together, maybe? I'm sure mum would love to have you all over, as well as Jonnie if he can make it."

"That sounds nice," the blonde hummed and leant into Jade, causing the brunette to blush – despite the fact that they had been here for about three days now, she still couldn't help but turn as red as a tomato every time Perrie touched her (and she couldn't lie about it, Perrie did touch her a lot. Like, a lot). "I've wanted to talk to my mum for ages now anyway but I never really found the time and I don't really like to talk on the phone with her. It's not that personal."

Jade nodded because she knew that feeling all too well; it was much better to talk when you could hug each other and study each other's faces to make sure that the said words were spoken truthfully and with good intentions. Furthermore was mother's hug the best in most situations (although Jade wouldn't deny that Perrie's were quite nice, too).

"I'm gonna call my mum back then and tell her we're coming and if she minded if our families come together, yeah?"

Perrie whined and wrapped her arm around Jade's waist, keeping her on the sofa. "No, you can do that later. Jesy wants to pick up something later I accidentally took with me and I wanna cuddle some more before she arrives."

Jade sighed albeit not very convincingly and let her head lie on Perrie's shoulder, the blonde arm putting a nice pressure on her waist.

She knew how easy it would be to get used to it but one day the blonde would find someone else again, when she was ready to be in a relationship. She knew this one probably wouldn't be here but for now, she thought, it didn't harm to dream.

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As Perrie and Jade piled the dishes into the dishwasher that Saturday it almost felt like family. It was nice to have her over, the families getting along and she could almost pretend they were actually together. Biting her lip because she knew those thoughts were dangerous she turned away from the blonde, who was just throwing some left over food into the trash can.

"That was really nice, wasn't it?" The blonde asked happily and Jade couldn't help but drop her sad mood right away. There was just no chance in hell that she could be worrisome when Perrie was happy. "I don't think our families ever actually had dinner together, did they?"

The brunette shook her head no as a reply. "There's a first time for everything," she laughed and pushed a plate into the dishwasher. "It was a nice first time."

Perrie giggled and shook her head, "You could have told me that a couple days ago."

Slapping her arm, Jade felt her cheeks catch fire. "You're an idiot," she told the younger female, "if anyone hears you talk like that they might assume –"

"Let them assume, then," Perrie shrugged and looked at Jade considering. "What would be so bad if they thought we were actually together now?"

Frowning Jade wondered what Perrie wanted to tell her with those words. Was she seriously just asking this question just because she was actually curious or was there a deeper meaning behind it? She had been awfully affectionate... Jade definitely wouldn't complain.