-i do not own Victorious.

-I decided to give the charcters names of my own. Like Tori Vega's name in my story is Victoria Vega.

I didnt use the real last names of the actual charcters from the show, bkuz well i didnt know them. please dnt hate me for that!

please enjoy && excuse my typos.

Suddenly, I've Fallen

Chapter 1

There Is a Reason Behind It All

(Tori POV)

You know when you are brought up around divorces and heartaches, love seems so overrated. I only know of one love and that's my love for music.

Of course I love my family, and my best friends, but being "in" love is out of the question. I have never been in love and I don't plan on it anytime soon. Some call me heartless, others call me lost. I say that I am enlightened and prepared.

I've seen what love can do to people and honestly I prefer to leave it all alone. I've had my share of boyfriends and hook-ups but I can't say that I ever loved anyone of the guys I was involved with. When the guy seemed to get attached, I detached him from my life to avoid any misunderstanding. Sometimes I use a five step process I have in a relation. First, I get the guy's number. Second, we talk on the phone. Third, we go out on a date. Fourth, we have meaningless sex. And Fifth, I dump him. Most of the time, I just skip to the meaningless sex and then dump him.

"You are heartless Victoria Vega"

Is what they usually say after the break-up. But honestly I can care less of what they thought after the break-up. I agreed I was heartless when it came to having feelings for someone else but I have seen enough and been through enough and I know right from wrong. I refuse to be like my mushy best friends. They fall in love with guys and get dumped. Ha. That will not happen to me.

I know you are wondering, how can a girl be so heartless and carefree? Well it didn't happen overnight, I can tell you that. First, it started with my parents. When I was nine, my dad caught my mom cheating on him, and then she left us and they got a divorce. She married the guy she cheated on my dad with and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and raised a family there, leaving my dad with me and my older sister Katrina (She prefers Trina, like I prefer Tori).

Katrina thinks differently about love. It's all she talks about. She's been in a three year relationship with her boyfriend and she feels that he's her everything. I mean he is a cool guy, but it bothers me that she puts her all into just one guy, that can, at anytime, snap her heart like a twig. I just don't get Trina, but who does?

Second, were my grandparents. My Nana has told me plenty of amazing stories about my grandpa, but I've never had the chance to meet him. He died when my dad was in high school. He was killed on a car crash. Nana once told me that it broke her heart and that she is always thinking about him. Who wants to go through losing the love of your life that way? No me, I can tell you that. So I avoid love all together, to avoid a marriage just to get a divorce, and to avoid a love just to lose it without warning.

"You know Tori, you are in step three of your relationship, when are you going to hit step four?" My red head best friend Katy Hermann asked me, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Kat, I think I will just skip step four with this one, that date was AWFUL." I said. She was referring to this guy I just met named Gerry. He was cute, but also weird and annoying. I met him when our school played his school two weeks ago in the start-off game. He was the starting kicker, and I am a perky cheerleader.

Katy laughed, "That poor guy really liked you." I laughed with her.

"Too Bad"

Another one of my best friends Andre Carter sat down beside me.

"Glad you can finally make it lunch, thanks for gracing us with your presence." I said rolling my eyes.

"I would've came on time, but Coach Dixon wanted to be an asshole today."Andre was our school's star quarterback. "Oh and by the way, what was so funny when I walked up?"

"Oh nothing except Tori had a bad date so she is skipping step four." Kat said laughing again.

"Dude, kicker was into you. That's how we won the game, he saw you shaking that skirt and kicked wrong." I hit Andre in the arm, while he laughed.

"Whatever Andre"

"Hey, what did Coach Dixon want?" Kat asked.

"He wanted to fuss about yesterday's game. Saying that we can't let another team get that close to winning again, blah, blah, blah"

"But that was just the second game"

"I know. He wants to be an asshole today. Oh and he also told us that we will have a new player on the team. And that he's coming to practice today."

"Hmm, a new player?"

"Yes Kat a new player. And I don't need you guys interrupting practice to see him."

"Will he be a student here?" I asked. Pretty weird to be showing up this late. We are going into game number two.

"Yeah he starts school today too."

"That's great" Kat said smiling. She's such a people person.

"okay, whatever" I couldn't care less about the new boy.

"What was that whatever for?" Andre asked, ignoring Kat.

"Whatever as in I'm not all excited to see the new boy like Ms. Kat over here."

"Hey, I'm not excited. I just like meeting new people"

Andre and I looked at each other. "Excited" we said at the same time laughing.

Kat made a fake pouty face. "You guys are mean" We put our arms around her.

"That's just because we love you." I said.

"Yeah something like that" Andre laughed. The bell had rung meaning it was time for us to go back to our classes. Andre stood up first.

"I'll see you guys later. I have to find Jade and walk her to class."

"Okay, bye" both Kat and I said waving as he walked off. I still couldn't believe Andre is dating Jade. And they are sort of happy. If happy is breaking up every two days. I looked over at Kat who were silently picking up her things. Sadness washed over her face.

"When are you going to tell him?" I asked her. She looked back up at me as I stood up and put my bag on my shoulders.

"How can you tell your best friend that you are secretly and madly in love with him, Tori?" I shrugged my shoulders. Because I didn't know the answer, but I knew Andre would be good for Kat and not hurt her like other guys do. And I know she would be better for him than Jade Morgan.

"I don't know, but you will never know how he felt for you if you don't tell him." She shrugged her shoulders.

"I will think about it, but in the mean time, Jeremy is waiting for me outside of Ethnic Studies, see ya"

I waved back at Kat as she skipped off into the school. I had Spanish II this period which was in another part of the building so I was forced to walk alone.

As I was about to walk inside of the classroom, some dork not watching where he was going bumped into me. He down at me and smiled.

"Sorry, I was looking for Spanish II"

"Right here, next time watch where you are going. I could've got hurt." I pointed trying to look angry, but I couldn't his smile was contagious.

"Thanks, and I will next time." he said and walked into the class.

-Author's Note-

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another chapter coming later on today! i have to go to church.

but i am almost finished with chapter 2.

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