Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious


Beck could tell that Jade was getting very frustrated. She was looking like she was about to punch something or more frightfully someone and he knew that they needed to talk. They had been arguing a lot lately. At first he thought she was being unreasonable and tried to criticize her or get mad at her or any other number of ways to let her know she was out of line but looking at her right now he knew it was beyond that. Something just was not right. He came up to her and gently put his hand on her shoulder.

"Jade," he said, "We need to talk."

"Are you about to break up with me," she asked trying not to cry.

"What? Jade of course I'm not going to break up with you," he said

"Well you've been so critical of me lately," Jade said, "I mean even what you said like 20 seconds ago..."

"I just wanted to talk to you alone," Beck said, "And you really didn't have to call Tori stupid. She's going through a really hard time right now."

"It's always about her," Jade said.

"It's not always about her honey but Tori had a rough day and she's hurting enough as it is. She doesn't need you to rub it in that she's hurting right now."

"AND I DON'T NEED TO ALWAYS PLAY SECOND FIDDLE TO HER," Jade snapped.

"What? How do you play second fiddle to her? She had a bad day yesterday. You didn't"

"Okay lets talk about that. She comes to this school and all of a sudden SHE'S getting all the leads and SHE'S winning all the time and SHE is the one with the friends and when SHE has a bad day or if SHE'S hurting it's tragic but you know what. If I were the one hurting it would be all "oh she's just a drama queen and a bitch so she deserves it". Tori is even trying to steal you!"

"Okay what made you think that."

"I know what will make you feel better," Jade said mocking Tori's voice the second day of Hollywood Arts, "Jumping Jacks," she said in Beck's voice. "Kiss me," she said in Tori's voice.

"That wasn't even real," Beck said, "as I told you time and again."

"Fine but she still tries to steal you. She's always flirting with you."

"No she isn't," Beck said, "Besides she and Andre have been dating for months."

"When you got mad at me," Jade said, "You were so cold to me afterward."

"And I was 100 percent wrong in that situation," Beck said, "I shouldn't have gotten mad in the first place. I definitely should have taken the time to calm down before dealing with that situation but it's hard for me to understand why you're so mean to Tori. She's sweet. She cares about you. She wants to be your friend."

"She outs me every time," Jade said, "I mean EVERY TIME!"

"Jade I know she's gotten a lot of parts that you wanted-"

"Acting is my passion," Jade said, "But you are my life."

"And in that area," Beck said, "Tori will never outshine you"