AN: Okay, this story is basically gonna be me building on episodes and adding a healthy ammount of Bade everywhere, because there is never enough on the show. I many get some details wrong (because my mother WILL NOT allow us to get cable.) So, I am at the mercy of Hulu and YouTube.

I don't own Victorious.

Jade Gets Crushed

She occupied his thought, constantly. Not flitting in and out of his mind lightly and gently with the grace of a lovely butterfly, as you read about in the sappy romance novels, but rather stomping in and out, unconsciously begging him to love her.

So he sang his song for her, feeling a twinge of jealousy every time he saw Beck next to her. Looking at her, Andre almost slipped and said 'Jade' instead of 'Baby'. She looked so gorgeous, so free and happy. And in love. But not with him.

After the song finished, she hugged him. And he was soaring. He looked in her eyes, and imagined, just for a second, that there was love for him in those baby blues. But really, there was an Okay-I-hugged-you-get-over-it-and-go-back-to-being-normal-weird-Andre.

But he ignored that, and as he half-heartily talked to Tori, he glanced briefly at the group who had gone to get spaghetti tacos. Jade and Beck were holding hands.

Beck met Andre's eyes briefly, as if to say yeah, this is Jade. Jade is mine.

So when the girl came up to Andre and called his song 'hot', Andre went with her, only to return to Tori to say:

"Jade who?"

But he never was a good lair. Because she was still all he thought about.

Jade:

Something was wrong with Andre, thought Jade. He was acting weird. And who says "via"?

She sat on Beck's lap, eating spaghetti tacos and extremely happy because Vega was absent.

"Hey! I'm thirsty!" Cat squeaked and jumped away. Everyone else followed.

"Hey, you want something to drink?" Beck asked Jade and started to move.

"No!" Jade replied forcefully.

"Why not?"

She grinned and twisted around to face him.
"Because." Her lips found his and he kissed her back. "I'm really quite comfortable.

Robbie:

Robbie understood where Andre was coming from. Because, yes, Robbie had seen that Andre liked Jade. Yeah, he noticed.

Jade, contrary to popular belief, was not just a simply mean and dark girl. Jade was just… intense. She was straight up about things, all her impressions, all the truths were put on the line. She didn't sugar coat, she didn't baby. And despite popular opinion, she wasn't purposefully mean to absolutely everyone. She just told things as she saw them.

Black suited her. People say this because it was dark, and harsh, and unforgiving. But Robbie, Beck, Cat and anyone who came in the slightest contact with Jade knew better. Black suited her, because it was all the colors rolled up into one and creating something beautiful and unique.

Jade had this…aura. She scared people, but fascinated them. All the male population at Hollywood Arts (except the gay ones) had been in love with her at some point. The majority of them still were.

Despite his crush on Cat, Robbie doesn't know when he became one of those masses. He just did.

So, yeah. He got where Andre was coming from.

Cat:

Cat knew something was weird. Andre was avoiding everyone, Beck seemed angrier, and Tori was being distant, and Robbie was upset. Jade was, well, Jade and that was a challenge every day. But it would all work out.

The red-head came up to Robbie, sitting next to a trash can and crying.

"Robbie! Why are you crying?" She asked sweetly.

"None of your beeswax!" Robbie said rudely. Cat, who normally would have responded with a 'what's that supposed to mean?' instead slid her back down the wall, and sat by Robbie quietly.

Silence followed.

"Do you ever feel like you're never the best at anything?" Robbie burst out suddenly.

"No." Cat replied. Robbie kept talking.

"I mean, is there ever gonna be something, anything, that I'm the best at? That no one can take away from me?"

"We all feel that way, Robbie."

"Yeah, right. Look at us! Andre writes incredible music, Tori is great at tech and singing, Beck is the most amazing actor, and face it, is there anything Jade isn't good at?" Robbie paused the take a breath. "And you're the best friend I've ever had." He whispered. Cat opened her mouth but was cut off.

"Where do I fit in? I'm just the awkward guy with the puppet."

"Well, you're great at ventriloquism. And you're good at tech stuff. And you can act, and you can play the guitar, and the harmonica. You can rap, and oh! You can sing to! And you're really, really funny." Cat said.

Robbie looked at her. "But I'm not the best at any of those things!"

Her brown eyes stared at him, drilling their way to his soul. "So?"

She got up and jumped away, knowing that Robbie would be better now. And as Robbie watched her retreating form, he realized something.

She was happy. She was happy just being herself. She was bubbly and weird and crazy and downright talented, and she didn't care if someone was better than her. She didn't care that people thought about her. Because she couldn't be anyone but herself.

And she was happy. Just being Cat.

Tori:

I'm sure it's just a passing fancy.

Because she was Jade! Who in their right mind, besides Beck, could possibly like Jade? She was crazy! And mean! Look at everything she had done!

She dumped coffee on me, my first day here, just because I was rubbing Beck. (And so what if I was flirting? How was I supposed to know he was taken? Well, I guess I did kiss him too…) She ruined my Prome. (Even though I did kinda mess up her play. Beck told me afterward that she had been working on it for months.) But still. What about the whole Steamboat Suzy situation? (well, in all fairness, Jade is an amazing actress.)

But she's so mean!

How could anyone like someone like that?

What could Beck see in her? What could Andre see in her?

After Andre went off with that girl, I was standing around, trying to figure out what exactly caused so many people to like Jade. Cat jumped up to me, and fizzy drink in her hand.

"Hey, Tori!" She said and stuck her soda in my face. "Look! It's bubbly!" She shook her drink around a little and laughed like it was the funniest thing in earth.

"That's great, Cat." I said, not really paying attention. "Hey Cat. You've been friends with Jade for a long time, right?" She nodded, her red hair bouncing.

"Why? I mean, she's so mean to you, and everyone!"

"If you think Jadey is only mean, then maybe you don't know her." Cat said and jumped away to show someone else her bubbles.

Maybe I don't know Jade very well. But, regardless.

Andre couldn't really love her.

Right?

Beck:

Beck was not ignorant. He saw how Andre stared at Jade. Even weeks after he sang that song. That song Beck knew was just meant for her. He saw how Andre tried so desperately to hide his affections for Jade from him, much like Robbie.

But still. Andre liked her. Her! His Jade!

"What is up with you?" Jade demanded as the two arrived at Beck's RV after Andre's performance. She flopped onto his bed and he slammed the door.

"What do you mean?" He asked as he walked to the small shower and started the water. The plumbing in the Silver Streak took a while to heat up, and Jade hated cold showers.

"You were being all protective." She said and twisted onto her back, playing with the pendant on her necklace.

Suddenly Beck was hovering over her.

"Am I not allowed to defensive of my amazingly beautiful and wonderful girlfriend?" He asked and Jade smirked and averted her eyes coyly. He pressed his lips to her forehead.

"Some guy was staring at you." He murmured against her lips. "I thought you would have noticed."

Jade raised her eyebrows. "Really?"

"You are so dense! How could you not have noticed? The guy was all over you!"

"You know," Jade said breathily. "I really should start video taping you." She put her hands on his chest and pushed him off of her.

"Why?" His eyes followed her as she sashayed to the bathroom.

"That way people could see that I'm not the possessive one!" She shouted over the running water.

Beck smiled to himself and jumped of the bed.

He felt the sudden need for a shower

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