AN: Well I am back. I love to write and have a lot of experience writing all types of creative writing. I love to read and write about Tori and Jade. I love the sugar and vinegar of these two. I write fanfiction for fans. I believe that if you are reading fan fic then you already know the characters so I won't waste your time by re-introducing you to characters you already know. Have fun. This story just came to me while I was at work. Please let me know what you think of my story. SM
Disclaimer: No I don't own the Victorious characters, Sonic Restaurants, Harrah's resort, Pear Phones they all belong to other people who have more money than me.
Chapter 1: Take a Chance
"Hey Tori, what are you doing after school today?" the girl with the red velvet cake hair asked.
A girl with black hair with a purple streak in it leaned in from behind Tori and said with a smirk, "What do you think Cat? She is going to be filling contest entries like she always does. I swear you have a major addiction babe."
Tori shot back with a bit of a sheepish grin, "I do not have an addiction to contests. You keep saying that Jade, but you don't seem to mind when I win."
"Hey girls what is your topic?" Andre Tori's best friend steps up joined by a boy with movie star hair and a curly headed guy with glasses and a puppet on his hand.
"Let it be stories from sleep overs." Rex the ventriloquist doll blurted out.
"Robbie! What have I told you about Rex being involved in my conversations?" Jade glared at Robbie Shapiro.
"That if he did it again you would take your scissors Mr. Pointy to him and make Rex Confetti." Robbie said holding Rex behind him.
"I wouldn't use Mr. Pointy. I would use Mr. Sharpinello! Now that I got him back from the cops*." Jade caressed the blades of the scissors she drew out of thin air.
"We were talking about Tori's addiction to entering contests." Cat said with a grin.
"It is not an addiction the doctors told me that I needed to get a hobby to keep my mind busy and sometimes I win cool stuff." Tori said in her own defense.
"Oh yes let's look at the long list of wonderful things Tori has won. Well there was the cherry pie that tasted like soap. The leather work gloves, very handy. The one night stay at the Harrah's Resort and Casino in Biloxi. The only problem is you have to get to Biloxi Mississippi yourself and it can only be used on a weeknight, oh and you have to be twenty-one. My all time favourite was the box of frozen breaded fish products." Jade and the others laughed.
"I do seem to recall you ate most of the fish sticks. Every time you came to my house you were cooking fish sticks. Don't forget the evening out with the weather lady from channel 5 news." Tori smiled because she knew that was a sore spot with Jade.
"That bimbo. I paced the floor until eleven that night waiting for word from you that you were home. If I didn't trust you so much Vega I would have sent her a dozen dead roses." Jade loved Tori, but she was very protective with just cause. Tori had got into some recent trouble and was injured and Jade was going to make sure that never happened again.
"It really wasn't all that big of a deal. We went out to eat and then she took me to tour the TV station. There was no dancing, no snuggling or anything. Her husband and son came along." Tori said trying to calm Jade down.
Tori put her books in her locker and tried to block out the ribbing from her friends about her pass time. It didn't cost her that much and it was kind of fun. She knew that one of these days she would have a big win and then she would be the one laughing.
Soon everyone was off to class and the hallways of Hollywood Arts High School were empty. A short couple of hours later the same group were back at their lockers and the end of the day had arrived. Jade and Tori were going to the Vega house as usual. They would sit in the living room while Tori filled in entry forms and Jade watched cartoons. Then when Mrs. Vegas came home from work they would help make the evening meal. For the last couple of months Jade pretty much lived at the Vega house and makes herself at home, but she also pulls her weight.
"Did you get the mail?" Tori asked Jade as she filled in the tenth slip to try and win a Sponge Bob lunch kit and umbrella from a local department store.
"No I thought you did." Jade was staring at the screen watching a classic episode of Scooby Doo.
"Jade! Will you go get the mail for me? Please Jade. I love you! If you loved me you would go! Please." Tori was using her suck up voice and digging her bare feet under Jade's leg trying to get her to get up. When Jade turned to Tori she was looking at Tori's bottom lip sticking out in a pout.
"Oh stop that with the pout already. You know that I can't say no to you when you use that on me. Dammit I will go get the mail." Jade leaned over and kissed Tori on that pouty lip and got up to go get the mail.
Jade went to the door and got the mail from the mailbox that was in a neighbourhood super box two doors down from the Vega's house. When she came back in she had a stack of envelopes and flyers in her hand. She tossed the key in the bowl by the door and started sorting the mail. There was never any mail for her at their house, but she just liked sorting mail. Maybe if this movie career she was working on didn't work out she could work in the mail room of some big office building.
Jade then started making piles on the coffee table. This was part of her little mail game that she liked to play. "Vega David, Vega David, Vega Holly, Vega David, oh a coupon for Sonic West Jade, weight loss flyer Vega Trina,"
"Hey be nice! Why do you get the Sonic Coupon?" Tori asked looking up from her entry forms.
"I need coupons to take my girlfriend out on dates." Jade answered like it made perfect sense.
"Well okay then you can have them." Tori went back to work.
Jade continued, "Vega David, occupant, occupant and Holly Vega." Then jade slipped an envelope behind her on the couch.
"Is that it?" Tori asked with a sad sounding voice.
"Yep that is all there is Babe." Jade smirked.
"No No you are lying Jade. Liar, Liar pants on fire! Where is it? There is something for Vega Tori isn't there?" Tori was jumping around on the couch like a little kid at Christmas.
Jade couldn't take the annoyance anymore so she finally reached behind her and drew out the envelope. It was probably nothing. With Tori filling out so many entry forms she is now getting a truck load of junk mail.
Tori grabbed the envelope out of her hand and almost ripped it in half. She looked at the return address. She couldn't remember this contest, but then if you entered hundreds of contests a week you would forget too.
She tore open the letter and started to read the page. She read it through three times before understood what it said. "I won. I won Jade. You make fun of me, but this time I really won."
"What did you win? A year's supply of tampons!" Jade loved to shoot people down when they were super excited about something.
"Eww no Jade. I have won one of five trips. We are going on a holiday this coming summer. Jade I won." She was now dancing around the room and Jade was enjoying watching her shake and shimmy. She really wasn't listening because she knew she would hear it over and over anyway.
With that Holly Vega came in the house. "Hi girls how was your day?"
"Mom Mom Mommy! I won! I won!" Tori was still jumping around.
"Who won what?" Detective David Vega, Tori's dad came through the door.
"I did, I did. See this letter says Tori Vega winner of one of five trips." Who is the contest nut now!
"Okay, settle down. Let's sit down and go over this and make sure it is all legal and legit." Her dad said as he took the letter and envelope from her.
David Vega read through the information and then got out his Pear Phone. He dialed a number and said, "Is Michaels there?"
There was a pause and then he contined. "Michaels? Vega. My daughter just got a letter from a company called Northern Experience Ltd. Could I get you to run them and get back to me at this number and let me know what you find? Great! Thanks."
Jade and Holly moved to the kitchen to start making supper. It was to be stir fry night. Jade cut the veggies. She loved using knives and cutting. Holly was busy getting the chicken washed and ready for the wok.
David's phone rang Tori jumped. "Vega! Ya, uhmm, yep, okay sure, really? Huh! Are you going to the ballgame this weekend?"
"Dad!" Tori was shaking him.
"Okay thank Michaels. Bye." David turned off his phone. "Evan Michaels works in our fraud department. He ran a search on this company and he found that they are on the up and up. They provide prizes to companies for promotions and contests. It looks like you have won a trip kiddo. I guess you can phone the number and get more information, but I want to be listening on speaker."
Jade came from the kitchen wiping her hands on a towel. "So you really won a trip? Who you going to take Babe?"
"I don't know. Maybe people who didn't bug me about my contest hobby." Tori was smiling.
"I sure hope you don't get lonely on your trip then." Jade smiled back.
"Not nice Jade West!" Tori was pouting again.
"I was just kidding you. You better pull that lip in or a birdie might poop on it!" Jade pulled her into a front to back hug by wrapping her arms around Tori's waist and put her head on her shoulder.
"I won't know anything about the trip until I call them tomorrow. It might be a trip for one or two or maybe even four. I don't know." She put her arms over Jades and leaned back into her.
"I hope it is a trip to New York. I have always wanted to go to New York." Jade was already picturing herself on a plane going to the Big Apple. She could see herself at the Statue of Liberty, shopping and going to a Broadway show.
The family ate their meal and took turns guessing about the trip that Tori has won. David and Holly thought that it would make a wonderful anniversary gift for them. Trina thought that Tori should take her instead of Jade to New York. Tori was still trying to remember the contest she entered. If she could remember the contest she might have an idea as to where and what the trip was.
It would all become much clearer tomorrow when she made the call.
AN: All the chapter titles are songs by Canadian artists. Take a Chance by Dacosta 2011.
* read School, Lies and Video if you want to know why the cops had Jade's favourite scissors.