A/N: Hey hey hey dudes, dudettes, and everything inbetween! It's summer now and I

finally have some time to actually write out this fic idea that's been floating around for a

while now. Just about the entire cast of Victorious will be in the fic but it may take a while

for them to appear, plus many of them are not connected to each other as they were on

the show. As you know i'm an AwkwardTuna and I am in the phase of trying to get back

to a tuna fish! So help to give me support with reviews and follows! Any feedback is

much appreciated, i'm out yo!

Disclaimer: I in no way shape or form own Victorious or any of it's characters. But if I did

well things would be very different.

Ch. 1 Death Strikes the West Family

_ **Narrator POV**_

Jade West, sixteen years old, sits in the office of a Children's Services building. The teen is in

the room with one adult who, earlier, was a little too grabby for Jade's liking, so she bit his arm.

Needless to say, he hasn't spoken to her since then. The room is quiet and Jade sits alone on a

chair propped up on a wall opposite to the grabby man's desk. He's not even paying attention to

her. She doesn't want his attention, really, but it irks her that he's so nonchalant about ignoring

her. He's always had this attitude towards her after she lashed out against him when she first

showed up here but that never stopped him from putting his hands on me she thought.

"Can I go back to my room now." It's more of a statement than a question and the man knows

this, that's why he chooses to ignore it and continue to tap his chubby fingers away at the game

on his smartphone screen. This agitates the seething brunnette even more, so she crosses her

arms yet again and scowls at the grimy tiled floor. It seems like decades before the man makes

some kind of audible noise and when he does its because his phone rings.

"Yes? Hello. Oh! yes, yes send the man into my office right away!" The man's name is Carl or

Mr. Mencken as Jade was supposed to call him but of course she didn't to piss him off

whenever she got the chance. He talks animatedly on the phone until his eyes catch Jades blue

ones, he then frowns at her and turns his back continuing with his conversation. " Just send em'

in quick alright? No I'm not in a rush but this kid's given me problems again," he whispered out

the lie while checking behind his back to make sure that little gremlin hadn't moved from her

seat.

He hung up his phone, sat back in his beat up chair and clasped his hands together atop of his

desk." Now you little rugrat. We have a nice detective to come in here and talk things through

with you, and all I'm askin' of you is to take it easy on em' okay?" The man said this part nice

and loud, so loud that it reverberated through his office and could be heard through the door

and into the hallway outside. Leaning in literally inches from Jade's face he spoke in a harsh

whisper,"I'm serious you hear me? I dont want you makin' a fool outta me ya little bitch." Just as

soon as he said it, he smiled then sat up in his chair and went back to his smartphone as if the

talk had not happened.

_**(Jade POV)**_

If I was peeved before I am beyond ticked now, this man had the nerve! Did he realize just who

he was talking to!? That idiotic man was smiling down at his game with this satisfied look in his

eyes and I suddenly had the incredible urge to replace that look with either fear or terror. I

uncrossed my arms and clattered out of my seat. I stood tall, all five foot and three inches of me,

and waggled a finger at him angrily.

"look here you fat sonfofa "

"Well hello Agent Lane!" The fat bastard yelled. I whipped my head around and saw Lane walk

in. He was a tall pale black guy with an easy going smile and soft looking skin, especially his

hands. His calm demeanor almost made me wanna stop the onslaught of slurs that I was gonna

throw in that bastards way. Almost. I turned back to the loser in front of me and he seemed to

see that the man's arrival wasn't going to stop my rampage. He paled considerably and began

to gab," Look I'm sorry. Im sure we all said some things we probably didn't mean so lets just sit

down and not make a scene ok." Lane observed our exchange but offered no input besides a

questioning look. I smirked at Carl. He really thought he was going to get off easy wasn't he? I

had just thought up about fifty different ways to humiliate this guy when Lane interjected,"Can

we get started please, I have some news to share with you Jade but I can't disclose it until I get

your full attention. Now you do know why you're here right kiddo?"

Of course I knew why I was here, in fact, I had been the only one to witness what was really

happening. It all started right after I had been adopted by yet another family seeking a precious little girl to call their own. Lane had taken me there along with a suitcase filled with my

belongings, (kinda puts how depressing my life is into perspective when I can fit everything I

own into a suitcase) during the car ride there he explained to me about how great the family

was.

_**Flashback**_

"They've got cute little labradoodle puppy that they bought just for your arrival and might I add

that their house is big enough so you can have your own room! Isnt that great kiddo?" Lane

questioned. Jade glanced at him, tearing her eyes from the car window and replied

sarcastically," Yeah Lane! I'm fucking ecstatic, maybe after the mutt and I play outside we can

come inside like the stupid happy go lucky fuckers that we are and sit down

crisscross applesauce and tell stories with mommy and daddy dearest! Sound good to you

Lane?" She smirked at him when all Lane did was sigh and shake his head forlornly. He looked

really torn up about her attitude and Jade hated upsetting Lane, especially after how patient he's

been with her for all these years.

"Look I'm sorry Lane. It's just hard to be excited about this when it's never worked out before."

she admitted to him.

"I know Jade, I really do, but I feel that all of those other parents, I'm using the term loosely

here, never wanted you to begin with." The brunette looked at him for a moment more, then

turned back to the window, watching the surroundings as the pair sped by to get a feel of the

neighborhood. "Well, how do you know these guys will be any different, huh?" Jade asked. Lane

made eye contact with her via the rear view mirror then looked back to the road,"That's just the

thing Jade, I don't. I can't promise that the parents who adopted you are gonna never wanna let

you go, but it's better to be optimistic than not, so lets just hope for the best. Kay kiddo?" The

young child didn't answer him after that cause she wasn't feeling his whole optimism shtick.

To make a long story short, those parents acted just like they were expected to anytime a Social

Services Agent was around, but the minute they left, oh boy. They smoked like chimneys, the

labradoodle wasn't even their dog, and they were always busy with work so I hardly got to know

them! They enforced strict rules, and Jade being Jade, broke them at every given opportunity.

After the parents and Jade clashed for a good four months or so they took her back to the

orphanage, claiming that they sadly had to give up their parental rights due to financial

instability. Lane was disappointed that this had happened once again and chewed the small girl

out thoroughly, she didn't have the heart to tell him the truth.

_**Jade POV**_

But after that crash and burn attempt at adoption I was greeted back at the orphanage with my

small but familiar room, the one I had been in since I was seven. And for a week everything was

cool and normal for me. But on Friday I was picked up from community center where all

orphaned residents are required to do community service from 8:00AM -3:30PM, and taken back

to the orphanage before finishing all of my work time. I was given no info by Carl's useless ass

so I just followed him into his office and waited for something to happen, then Lane walked in

and that's where I am now. I assumed Lane wanted to talk to me about another parent who was

interested in adopting me after this weeks Child/Parent Meet and Greet so I didn't sweat it.

Now here we all sat, Carl, Lane, and I. In this humid little office room filled with tacky decor and

cheap office supplies. Lane had just asked me if I knew why I was here so I answered him,

"Well I think I know why. Did another parent want to take me for a test run?" I questioned. Lane

shook his head, and didn't reply, allowing silence to swallow the room. "Well Lane? Whats up,

you're wasting a lot of my Rec. time and I had my heart set on beating the other kids at

Pac Man again." Lane just kept on staring blankly ahead his eyes were red rimmed, tore his

gaze from whatever he had blanked out on, then spoke.

"Jade I don't know how to tell you this. Hell I dont even know if you want hear this!" He sighed out. Lane ws being weird and I didn't like where this was going, it couldn't be any worse than not

being chosen by any parents at the meet and greet right? I wish he'd spit it out already, I was

growing agitated and I wasnt joking about the Pac Man thing either.

"Jade I'm sorry to tell you this, and geez talk about dropping a bomb, but I better just rip the

band aid off. Jade, kiddo, your dad's in the hospital as of late this morning."

I looked blankly at Lane, all the agitation slipping away from me like sand through a sand sifter.

My dad was in the hospital? What had happened, he seemed alright to me at our last

mandatory meeting. My emotions were jumping between being worried for him to not giving a

shit because it was dad after all. I mean come on, we're talking about the man who put me in

here in the first place! I doubt it's anything serious, he probably got into a tussle with someone

after drinking himself stupid again. Quickly hiding the small trace of worry I had felt I put my

indifferent facade back on, "So? what does that have to do with me? You know how I feel about

that man Lane!" I shouted at him angrily.

I jumped outta my chair and started towards the door this was honestly a fucking waste of my

time and I was gonna let Lane have it when I see him later. I had just grabbed the door when

Lane spoke again, further delaying my exit." Your dad is dying from liver failure Jade. All the

drinking has finally caught up to him. Hospital says he has about two months to live, possibly

more if treatment goes well. When the hospital contacted me in search of his daughter they told

me the situation and asked if I could come down to see him. He didn't look too good. We talked

and as he lie there soaking in the info that he had roughly two months to live, he asked me to

see you"

I didn't know how to take all this. What was I supposed to do? The man who abandoned me was

now dying and wanted to make up for his piss poor parenting. We were never really the father

daughter type but he was the only family I had left, I couldn't just leave him there could I? My

mind was swarming with all of these new revelations. I noted that throughout this whole ordeal

Carl had the decency to keep his mouth shut and was still on his phone. And after telling me

about my dad, Lane had his head ducked and was deathly quiet. I turned from the men in the

room and tried to make sense of this, but I couldn't, nothing made sense anymore! In my turmoil

I threw the door open and fled away from the place I called home.

A/N: Sooooo what did you guys think? Was it good for my first time? Could I improve on

anything? This is definitely a Jori story but will take some time getting there and I think

how they meet is definitely going to be interesting but then again of course I think it's

interesting, I wrote it! I am also an artist so if anyone is interested in seeing character

designs I'd be more than happy to put some up or link to them...

I personally think of Carl as a super sleazy guy, he gives me the chills...Do you guys

think Jade should go see her dad and if so what should she say to him? Should she give

him the opportunity to make up for lost time or should she rip him a new one about not

being there for her? Where did Jade run to? Will Carl's phone die before he can finish his

game? All will be revealed in the next chapter stay tuned folks!

Please follow and review, I need to be a real Tuna fish!

Abandoned by her father at 7, Jade has been in the system for 7 years when she finds

out that her dad is dying from liver failure. She is adopted and begins to work as the pool

girl of her guardians her work she meets Tori and fights to win her

love besides their age gaps!Read on to learn of Jades struggles after being adopted and

introduced to the worlds harshness.