I know I shouldn't be writing anything else, having at least two fics in the works that I haven't updated in a while. But, with the help of Invader Johnny, here's a new fic to help me get back into the rhythm of writing.
This is a 'sequel' of sorts to the show, taking place before the group goes to college.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'VicTORious' or any characters/locations.
No POV
A few weeks after graduation, Beck and Jade find themselves in Beck's truck, ready to leave to spend a month in one of Jade's family's cabins outside of Los Angeles, a nearby small town supplying any food and drink they may need. "Who keeps texting you?" Jade asks after Beck's phone goes off for the tenth time since she got there to load up her suitcases, getting frustrated at how often it goes off and him stopping what he's doing to answer the text, keeping his phone out of Jade's sight and reach.
"Just my uncle. We're finalizing some things before I head up to Canada for the rest of Summer vacation." Beck answers, pocketing his phone.
"You mean the same uncle that's staying with your parents all Summer to help your dad with some construction around the house?" Jade questions, not liking his answer.
"What? He's out at the lumber yard with my dad, and they're thinking they'll be done earlier than planned, and we might head up for the rest of the Summer so I can make some extra cash before college helping him around his house." Beck shrugs, putting the last of their suitcases in the bed of his truck before getting ready to pull out.
"Just so you know, I talked to your uncle while I was waiting for you." Jade says, opening the passenger door. "Yeah, just before he and your dad left. And you know what he told me, about the construction plans?" She asks, walking around his truck to grab her suitcases. "He figures it'll take more than the Summer to do everything they want done. I mean, come on Beck. They're renovating practically the whole house, redoing the shingles, and building a gazebo. That seems like more than a two to three month job." She says, lifting two of them out and moving to her car.
"Jade, what are you doing? Put your suitcases back so we can head up to the cabin." Beck says, following Jade and moving to grab her suitcases from her.
"Give me your phone. If it really is your uncle you're texting, then we'll leave." Jade says, holding her hand out, palm up, for his phone.
"What? Why?" Beck asks, reaching a hand out to grab one of her suitcases.
"Give. Me. Your. Phone." Jade says, holding the suitcases away from his reach.
"There's no reason. It's just my uncle." Beck says, grabbing one of her suitcases and pulling it free of Jade's grasp.
"Then prove it. Now." Jade says, grabbing the suitcase back from him. "Or are you afraid I'll see who you've been flirting with for the last few days?" She says, grabbing his phone when it goes off in a text again, stopping him from answering. "Who the hell is 'Sarah L.'? There was no one in school named that." She asks, holding his phone away from his grasp.
Shortly after, thanks to Jade's 'persuasive' talking abilities, she finds out who 'Sarah L.' is and her connection to her boyfriend. A week prior to graduation, while getting party supplies for the graduation party Tori was throwing at her house, he met a college freshman working at the party store, the two hitting it off after Beck's 'story' about being single.
For obvious reasons, Jade dumped him, grabbed her suitcases, and left Beck's house/trailer, leaving him behind.
"I found you an apartment." Jade's father, Michael, tells her after she comes home from work at a bookstore a few miles away from her old high school.
"I didn't ask you to help." Jade says, glad that the bookstore allows her to wear whatever she wants as long as she doesn't show too much skin and doesn't wear anything possibly offensive.
"It's close to your work, rent will be cheap for you, and your roommate will help with rent and cleaning around the apartment." Her father adds, ignoring her comment.
"'Roommate'? What do you mean, a roommate?" Jade asks, staring at her father.
"You will need a roommate if you with to handle rent. And the apartment is far too big for one teenaged girl." He counters, reading through his paper.
"Fine, I'll talk Cat into moving out of the one she shares with Sam and in with me." Jade says, refusing to live with a stranger.
"She has a babysitting business, doesn't she, that runs out of her apartment?" He asks, not looking at his daughter. "She can't move away from her business, and business partner, because you refuse to live with someone else." He says, flipping the page.
"Who is my 'roommate' then?" Jade asks, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Not my business or care. You have until the end of the month to be moved in." Her father answers, closing the paper.
"You're kicking me out in three weeks?" Jade asks, following her father as he heads for the garage.
"You are moving out, and I told you that you had until college started to find a place. I simply made the search easier for you." Her father says, heading for his car.
"Let me guess. It's that apartment you helped when those druggies tried to sue because they got kicked out for cooking meth and lost their supplies." Jade says simply, knowing the answer. "Great. And how am I supposed to get my dressers, desk, and bed there? I can't do that by myself." She asks, watching as he starts his car.
"Call that musician friend of yours, he has a tuck now I believe. And that girl you introduced me to at your play two years ago. She seems willing to help you pack and move." Her father answers, opening the garage door and pulling away, his daughter glaring at his retreating car.
"Like hell I'll call Vega." Jade mumbles, heading back into the house and pulling out her phone to call Andre.
Two Weeks Later
"Well, here we are." Andre says, helping Jade with the last of her larger stuff, in this case a three foot tall, five foot wide dresser she stores her jeans, shorts, and some t-shirts in, as well as undergarments.
"Tell anyone I said this and your body will never be found, but thanks for the help, Harris." Jade says, helping Andre set it against the wall in her new room, her 'roommate' gone for the day, leading Jade to the reason she's bringing her stuff in on this particular day.
"You need any other help?" Andre asks, releasing his dreads from the ponytail he put it in when they started moving her stuff.
"Nah, I'm good. Just gotta put everything away before my new 'toy' gets back." Jade answers with a smirk, causing Andre to shudder.
"I'm just gonna, yeah." Andre says, turning and leaving Jade's room.
"Later Harris." Jade says as Andre leaves, starting to unpack her boxes to put them away. "I need music." She says, plugging her Pear Pod into a charging/speaker dock, turning up the volume as Lzzy Hale's voice fills her room.
As Jade puts her stuff away and gets her t.v. and game system set up, she doesn't hear her roommate's arrival, her music covering any sound from outside her door.
"Oh, great." Her roommate says, her voice displeased. "She listens to loud rock music." She tells her guest, dropping her purse on the couch and heading for the kitchen.
"Have you met her yet?" Her guest asks, pulling a bottle of water out of the bag she's carrying with her and opening it, taking a drink.
"No. And I'm hoping I never really have to." The roommate comments, taking the bottle of water from her guest's hand and taking a drink herself.
"Oh, sure. Take my drink. Want my wallet too?" Her guest asks sarcastically, grabbing the bottle back and capping it.
"No. It's ugly and you don't have any money in it." The roommate answers, scoffing.
"It was a joke, anyway." Her guest says, rolling her eyes. "I'm heading out to meet up with Andre. See you later." She says, giving a one-armed hug to the slightly taller woman in front of her.
"Later." The roommate says, waving her off after the hug. "Might as well face the music. Literally." She adds after locking the door and walking down the short hallway.
Unaware of her door opening, Jade checks to make sure her t.v. and system are plugged in properly before deciding to test it out, grabbing the 2013 game 'Tomb Raider' and loading it after turning on the system and t.v.
"TURN YOUR STUPID MUSIC DOWN!" The roommate yells, walking past Jade and pausing the music.
"Never touch my music or enter my room without permission again." Jade says, turning to glare at her new 'roommate'.
"Oh, come on." "For fuck's sake." Trina and Jade say respectively, glaring at each other.
Not as long as I wanted it to be, but it felt like a good place to end. I tried to keep it vague who the roommate is, and I'm sure you're able to figure out who the 'guest' is.
This is it for now. Next chapter will pick up where this left off and hint at some neighbors for Trina and Jade. I'll also explain why Trina moved out, and why Tori isn't her roommate.
Also, side note, we won't see Beck at all after this. He might come up in conversation, but that's about it.
Thanks for reading, hope you liked it and review.
Blessed Be.