Here is the re-written version of "You Don't Know Me!" It's going to be about the same length as the previous one was but includes lots of improvements. :)

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own Victorious.

Rated T for violence.

CHAPTER 1
Jade's POV

I watched Sikowitz with no interest as he went through the usual routine of class. Beck sat next to me, looking bored.

"Wish we could ditch," I said.

"I know," he responded, grabbing my hand.

Sikowitz stamped his feet loudly at the front of the classroom. I dropped Beck's hand, turning my head towards our acting teacher. "How many of you want to hear about the next big project I'm assigning?" The class stared at him blankly. Sikowitz continued, unbothered by this reaction. "Well, the project is to write out a full play script on your own, which is due next week.

"I was thinking that you all should be working in pairs for this assignment, because it would be slightly more difficult for you to do it by yourselves, not that it really matters because life is all about the challenges, but anyways…" He picked up a piece of paper from his podium, looked at it, and started to read aloud. "The groups are as follows: Beck and Robbie, André and Cat, Jade and Tori—"

"What?" I heard Vega shout. "Me with who?"

Sikowitz ignored her. I tensed up in my chair. Great, this is just like that stupid stage fighting project all over again. I shot a glance over at Tori. She wasn't looking at me and her face was pale. Beck put his arm around my shoulders and whispered, "It won't be that bad" in my ear.

Oh, come on. Like having Tori exist wasn't bad enough. I really didn't like that girl, but no one else, not even my own boyfriend, seemed to understand. But whatever. It was no big deal. At least I'll get a chance to make her life the most miserable it's ever been since I'll be working with her practically every day for the next week.

Tori was closer to the front of the room, I guess so she could be near Sikowitz. What a little kiss-up. I sighed as loudly as I could, getting no attention from my peers as Sikowitz finished announcing the groups and everyone got with their partners and approached him for the assignment sheet.

Beck stood up and gave my head a pat before going over to meet with Robbie. I knew from the way he arranged his face that he was obviously not too excited but not disappointed to be working with the nerdy kid and his creepy puppet, Rex.

I stayed in my seat, waiting for Tori to approach me. She finally did, a nervous look on her face. She stood five feet in front of me and gave me a dumb little wave, because I was looking down at the floor.

"You can go get the paper," I told her without hesitation.

She still said nothing, but eventually she walked over to Sikowitz and got us our assignment sheet. She brought it back to me silently. Before she could give the paper to me, I snatched it out of her hands abruptly, bringing it to my face to read it. She sat down slowly where Beck was originally sitting.

I couldn't help myself. For some reason, I couldn't stand it when people sat down or stayed in the spot where my boyfriend normally should be, and Tori was no exception to that.

Without warning, I lunged my foot out and kicked Tori in the side. She flew off the chair and landed on the ground. I let a smile appear on my lips as I pretended to continue reading the assignment sheet.

"Ow!" Tori said as she hit the ground hard.

"Tori!" Sikowitz called from the front of the classroom. He was busy trying to put a straw in a coconut, but looked up from his work. "What are you doing down there?"

"I, I…uh, dropped something," Tori mumbled, trying to get back on the chair. I smirked behind the paper. Tori sat down in the chair, rubbing the area I had kicked. She gave me a very angry look. I let the paper fall from my fingers onto the floor, looking straight at her.

"Well that's not a pretty face," I said.

She rolled her eyes. "Are you going to be like this the entire time we work on this project?

"Maybe," I responded, looking down at the paper on the floor.

Tori sighed. She probably wanted to start an argument with me but obviously thought better of it. "What do you want to write the script about?" she asked reasonably.

"The future," I answered, reaching down and picking back up the paper.

"Oh, okay. That doesn't sound half bad," Tori admitted, sounding a little relieved for some reason. Her hands folded awkwardly in her lap. "So what about the future would you like to write about?"

"Death."

"Death?" Tori repeated, like she was unsure of what I had just said.

"Death happens in the future, Tori," I reminded her sweetly.

"Yeah, well…" Tori seemed lost for words. "Uh, I'm not sure if that's an appropriate topic."

"Define 'appropriate,' Vega," I shot back.

Tori struggled to think of a comeback. I could tell by the look on her face and the way she bit her lip. Finally, after a full minute of me staring her down she said, "You know what, never mind. Death is a great topic to write about."

"If you don't want to do it then speak up, Vega," I taunted.

"It's fine!" she practically shouted, going red.

I smiled again. I had total control over Tori now, and she seemed to be aware of that as well.

"So where do you want to start?" Tori asked, trying to calming down.

I was silent, but just then the bell rang. I picked up my bag, reaching over at taking the assignment sheet off the ground before throwing it at Tori.

"You can keep it," I told her as Beck walked over to me, an annoyed look on his face. He put his arm around my shoulder and starting leading me out of the classroom, when I heard Tori's voice behind me.

"Wait, when do you want to work on the project again? Afterschool?"

"Tomorrow," I said half-heartedly and not really meaning it.

"What time?" Tori kept trying to talk to me, but I was already gone from the classroom and she didn't come following after me. I didn't look back.

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Tori's POV

André, Cat, and Robbie (along with Rex) were sitting with me at our usual lunch table outside the Asphalt Café. Beck and Jade were nowhere to be seen at the moment. I ate a pizza without my usual enthusiasm. André noticed.

"Hey, what's wrong, Tori?" he asked.

"I'm not really hungry today," I said, pushing the plate of food away from me and picking up my soda instead to take a sip.

"You were fine earlier," Cat said. I put my soda down and stared at her. Cat looked back at me, but after a few seconds of this awkwardness, her eyes shifted down to the table, a sad look appearing on her face. I immediately felt guilty for our silent little exchange.

"It must be that you're partnered up with Jade, huh?" André asked when I looked over at him.

"Uh, yeah," I answered, feeling like I was stating the obvious.

André nodded knowingly. "Well, I got partnered up here with Lil' Red—" he put his arm around Cat. Her eyes moved back up from the table to his face, a smile spreading across her lips. "And we got this project down."

Cat nodded, while Robbie started to look slightly left out at the corner of the table, one of his hands controlling Rex and the other one picking at his food.

"Yes, well that's great news for you two," I said, giving them a falsely cheery smile.

"You were partnered up with Jade before, Tori. Remember? During the stage fighting project," Robbie said, scooting over, trying to make his existence remembered and join in on the conversation.

How could I not remember?

"Well, that didn't end too great," I reminded them, remembering that Jade's actions had gotten me two weeks of detention and having to clean out the Black Box theater after a food fight, although that last part wasn't too actually bad because she came over and helped me get out of it.

Robbie shrugged, not knowing how to keep the conversation going. And he wondered why he didn't have too many friends.

"Why does she hate you so much, Tori?" Cat asked. I noticed that she had been looking a lot happier ever since André had put his arm around her, but I chose to ignore this little detail. Maybe she was just being bipolar.

"I've been asking myself that same question ever since I got here, Cat," I sighed.

"Just like I've been askin' myself how Robbie got this far in life," Rex said, laughing.

"Rex!" Robbie yelled at his puppet. Cat's smile didn't waver as she watched Robbie tell his puppet to back off.

"Maybe Sikowitz wants you guys to learn how to work together for once," André suggested. "I mean, it's no secret that Jade seems to hate you all the time." He paused, deep in thought. "Well, I mean Jade seems to hate you more than most people."

"Yeah, that's true," I said hesitantly, thinking back to every moment I've had with Jade. Most of them ended in her being angry at me for no reason, or me being angry at her, or me being absolutely clueless to what she had just said or done to me. "But honestly, I don't think I've ever done anything to make her hate me for life."

"You kissed Beck on your first day here," Cat pointed out, her face dead serious.

"I was acting," I defended, although the memory of seeing Jade's shocked face when I kissed her boyfriend was enough to make me grin even right now.

"Well, I think everyone knows how jealous Jade can get, and that's no exception with her boyfriend," André said.

I sighed again. "Why does this have to happen to me? Why couldn't Sikowitz have partnered her up with someone else? She's like, the only person I can't get along with." I put my head in my hands and felt like my world was crumbling just over this one project.

André patted my hair with his free hand. "Don't worry, Tori. I—"

Cat interrupted him with a burst of laughter so sudden that André took his arm off her shoulders. "Haha, Tori and worry rhyme!" She kept laughing, while Robbie was staring at her quizzically.

André stared at Cat for a brief moment. "Well, like I was trying to say earlier, Tori, you don't have to worry about it too much. I've known Jade for a long time, and no matter how mean she seems, I don't think she would really try and, you know, seriously hurt you."

I lifted my head and looked at André. "Thanks, André. That makes me feel a whole lot better," I said sarcastically.

"Seriously!" André said, looking upset at my use of sarcasm.

"Yeah, well, being physically hurt is a lot different from mentally and emotionally," I argued. "And you know, just a few minutes ago, she was really pushing my buttons."

"Well…" André seemed lost for words.

"You know Tori, sometimes you just need to spend time with people to get to know them better. One time I worked on a project with Jade, and I think we got to know each other better," Robbie put in.

"Nah, she still thinks you're a weirdo," Rex said slyly. "If not, she thinks you're an even bigger weirdo."

"No, she doesn't!" Robbie argued with his puppet.

"Yeah, I really doubt that," I said, picking up my plate and soda. Rex laughed loudly, thinking that I was agreeing with him about Jade thinking that Robbie was weird, which I actually did, but I was referring more to what Robbie had first said.

"One little project isn't going to change the way someone thinks about me, and it's not going to change the way I think about someone else." I walked over to the trashcan and dumped my leftovers into it.

"Sometimes you have to give people a chance," André called as I walked away from the table, his arm around Cat again, while Robbie and Rex were in a heated debate with each other. None of them made any moves to come over to me.

Yeah, I thought, sighing and walking into the building to get to my locker, I've given Jade a lot of chances. And she's blown quite a few of them.

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