I hope you guys will enjoy my rewritten Rade's Story. I made some noticeable changes in the story and I added more details in the story than before. I hope to get better review than last time so I present to you my new story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious. I also don't own any song you see.
The Beginning of a New Era
Prologue
Hollywood Arts is a school where students come to starts on their arts career like acting, dancing, singing, and etc. The teachers are weird but they are also cool and down to earth. The most common way to get into this school is by auditioning in front of the recruiters or sends in tape so the recruiters can watch it. This story is not just about the school itself but two individual students that will be going to the school.
The two individual who were best friend since they was seven year old are Jade West and Robbie Shapiro.
Jade West is a girl with very beautiful singing voice, good acting skills, and a play writer. She has brown hair with blue highlight or any color she fell like with a dark and negative personality but she is a very hard-worker. She has a fascination with scissors, which like cutting things like trashcans and flowers. She also got a star tattoo on her arm and two piercings on her face after her mother told not to get one. She forced her best friend to get a tattoo to on his leg. She has father issue because her father shows little to no interest to her dream of being an actress. She depends on her best friend to always make her feel better when she is upset about things which is most of the time. Jade is also very possessive when it came to what she think belong to her only like example her best friend Robbie Shapiro is the one thing she hate sharing with other kids at school. The first time that Robbie try to make friend with another kid at school she got really mad with him and didn't talk to him for three days until Robbie came over to talk to her. She of course forgave him after they talk and play together.
Robbie Shapiro is a boy who is a skilled ventriloquist, above average acting skills, play the guitar well enough and a very good singing voice but never show it because of extreme shyness (which is Ironic because he wants to be an actor). He has a dark brown Jew Afro who wears regular rectangular glasses and carried around a puppet named Rex Power ever since his eighth birthday. It was his last gift from his father who died in a car crash when he was eighth and a half year old. Ever since his death Robbie is never seen without Rex because it was the last thing that his dad ever gotten him on his birthday. Robbie is always shy and socially awkward but, ever since he hanging out with Jade he has been getting out of that shell slowly and loosen up a lot. Jade even forced him to get a star tattoo on his right leg like she did when they was 13 year old. Robbie knew that his best friend was possessive when it came to him and other things that were important to her. He remembers the talk he had with her and he told her that she didn't have to worry about him leaving her and he would always be there for her.
Robbie POV
As I lie on my bed waking up to another day of school. I caught myself thinking about the one person I miss the most in my life.
"Jade" I sighed. I grab my glasses off my nightstand on my left side of my bed.
My ex-best friend who I was very close to for the past seven years of my life which I admit I screw up in our relationship. It wasn't my entire fault but I knew I was technical the one who ended our friendship because what we had said to each other. I remember everything change the day we got our result back from the audition tape that we send to get into Hollywood Arts.
FLASHBACK
Jade and Robbie at the age of thirteen did an audition tape together to get into Hollywood Arts because it was easier than doing it in front of the recruiters. Those two really wanted to go to Hollywood Art School. Jade and Robbie did a song piece together. Jade sung while Robbie played his guitar. Robbie decided to use Rex at the last minute to show his skills at ventriloquist after they finished singing.
A week later they got the call back at Jade's house saying that they both are going to Hollywood Arts. The both of them were really happy and Jade actually hugs Robbie for the second time in his life (the first time was at his father's funeral) and Robbie told Jade that he was going home to tell his mother. Robbie ran home to wait his mother to return home so he can tell his news.
As Robbie ran home he started to think what life was going to be like when they go to Hollywood Arts together. He knew that as long as he had Jade and Rex with him that everything would be alright. He was very nervous even though he didn't show it since he was too excited to go to the school. The thing that he was most nervous about was his feeling for his best friend that was changing and he was scared of it. His feeling for her felt more than just friendship with her but he didn't want to tell her. He felt like it would ruin their friendship which he didn't want that to happen at all. He did the one thing he knows that he could do and push those feeling aside until it was the right time to relieve them again.
Robbie finally made it home but now he had to wait until his mother got home. His mother got home late again. He told his mother after she got out of the hospital because she has late shift that night and she told him that she was proud of him. She asks him can they talk later because she was too tried from working to talk with him. Robbie just said okay and went to talk to Jade on the phone.
While Robbie was waiting to tell his mother, Jade was at home waiting for her parents to come home. As she was waiting for them she was thinking about her relationship with her best friend. She wonders how things are going to be different from now on. She hope that Robbie won't take Rex with him when they go to Hollywood Arts because they need to be popular enough so they can get connection to people who can get them further into their acting career. Jade know why Robbie carried Rex around but, she think it was time to let go of the past and move on with his future. Jade sometimes felt that Robbie was more than a friend but, she quickly stomp on those feeling because she doesn't want to ruin their friendship and make it weird between them.
Jade's parents finally came home and she quickly went to greet them and tell them the good news. She finally told them about her and Robbie got into Hollywood Arts while her mother was thrill about it, her father was indifferent about the whole thing which pissed her off for not caring about her dream. So she storm off after telling her mother where she was going she headed to her best friend's house to talk to him about it and try to feel better.
She arrived at Robbie's house late because he called her and asks that her to bring over a couple bags of gummy worms so they share together. She said okay and went to buy some at the store near his house. She got a couple bags of gummy worms (Jade and Robbie favorite candy) from the store and finally went to his house. She went to the door and lift the door mat up to get the spared key like she always do when she come over. She then opens the door quietly because she knows that Robbie's mother got home and was asleep in her room. She went up stair and went into Robbie's room so they talk about how their parents has taken the news about Hollywood Arts not knowing that this was the last time they talk like this as friends for the next two years.
After they talked about how their parent reacted to the news, eating gummy worms, and how Jade was blowing off some steam by playing video games on Robbie PS3, she decided to have a real talk to him about Rex and Hollywood Arts.
"Robbie, I think it's time we have a serious talk about things." Jade said with a serious face.
Robbie nodded his head seeing her face which made him nervous about the talk.
Jade kind of dreading this talk because this could either be bad or good and she was hoping it would be good. "I think it's time that you don't carry around Rex when we get to Hollywood Arts." She said knowing he wouldn't like this idea at all and she was definitely right.
The look on Robbie's face when she said that was a look of horror and he suddenly jump up holding Rex like a lifeline and went on the defended.
"What, Jade, no way I not going to stop carrying Rex around. Why would you say that to me?" Robbie questioned his best friend while he stumble his word a bit.
Jade, who was now standing up, worriedly said "The reasons the why I said because this we are going to a new school with new identities and we can popular in school unlike our old school." She tried to reason with Robbie. She never really like being unpopular at school but she wasn't the type to ever really showed it before now since this was a fresh start. She didn't want to waste this opportunity to get ahead in the crowd but she also didn't want to lose Robbie in the process.
Robbie, who was shaking his head, doesn't care about being popular and just want Rex to be around him so he can remember the good time he had with his dad. Robbie innocently said "I really don't care about being popular. I only care about my family, Rex, and you." He said the last the part in a whisper but she heard it and she lightly blush.
"I care about you too Robbie and that why I'm saying this to you because carrying around a puppet all the time is not healthy for a teenage boy even for a ventriloquist." She hopes he understands her reasons but it was fallen on death ears.
"I thought you were my friend. I thought you understand me and accepted me. You never complained about Rex before. Why now?" Robbie who was confused questioned her.
"The reason I'm saying this now is because I don't wanted you to be made fun because you carry Rex around and this is also a new started to make a name for our self and not get treated like an outcast anymore." She replies with a serious face now.
"I'm okay being an outcast as long as I had you and Rex. I'm happy." He said with a smile on his face but, that smile will soon disappear from his face when he heard the words coming from her month.
"Robbie, I don't WANT to be an outcast anymore. You may be okay with being a loser but, I not okay with it. I want to popular and to be known. I was hoping you would keep Rex here while we go to school and make a name for our self." Jade's voice rise a little bit to make a point.
Robbie just look at Jade with complete shocked and sadness because he was thinking that this was a new person which he doesn't like right now.
"This isn't my Jade. She would never say that. Where is she?" Robbie thought as he looks at her.
"Who are you and what have you done to my best friend because obviously you're not her and until I see her again I can't look at you anymore." Robbie said with as much sadness in his voice and turn completely around to not look at the new Jade.
Jade, who was shocked, look at the back of Robbie's head and said "Is this what you really want Robbie? Not to be friend anymore because of a stupid puppet?" she knew she just cross the bridge and burnt it too when she said that. She wanted the words to come back into her mouth and quickly close them up but it was too late.
Robbie was quiet for a minute spoke in a deadly quiet voice said "Just go away!" Jade, who was tried to apologize for saying what she had said, went toward him and touch his shoulder to turn him around. Robbie just shrugged it off and went toward his computer (that on his desk that next to his window) and said loudly "JUST GO AWAY!"
Jade was shocked and anger at Robbie started to walk out of the room but turn around to say one last parting word to him and said to him "I hope the puppet was worth seven years of our friendship."
Jade left saying that to him with tears in her eyes then slam the door shut and Robbie who was still sitting at the desk has tears in his eyes because of the broken friendship with Jade.
They both wish thing had been different between them that night.
FLASHBACK END
It has been two years since that night and things only gotten worse between us. We don't talk to each other, call each other, or even see each other after school. The only time we see each other are in classes, between classes in the hall, when we go to our locker (our locker unfortunately are next to each other) and now that Jade is dating Beck Oliver, who is my friend, we see each other at lunch too with our other friends Andre Harris and Cat Valentine. Our friends doesn't know that we use to be best friend but, if I said that now nobody will believe me and think I'm lying to them. Jade is a lot darker and more negative than before she went to Hollywood Arts (only if you knew her before than like I did) and I'm a lot shyer and more socially awkward than before I went to Hollywood Arts. Sitting at the lunch table has always been awkward for us the first few time but, since Jade started to regular torture and make fun of me it been easier for her but weirder for me. It fell into a regular cycle between the four of us and it been like that for the past two years.
I got up and went to take a shower. After my shower I got change and went to grab my stuff and headed off to school for another day of torture.
I was at my home after school has ended on Thursday. I was thinking about the past two years that I had been to H.A. and decided that I had enough of my life. I decided it was time for a little change. I was tired of being an outcast and tired of have to put up with Jade's comment about me. I was just sick and tired of being sick and tired. I wanted my best friend back but I knew I had to do something big to get her back in my life. So I planned to change my look, my attitude, and my ride since it was about time that the old me finally in merge from the graveyard that was my mind. I also decided to try to stop carried Rex around so much and try to move on from my past to hopefully look at my bright new future.
I have taken all of my money out of my piggy bank after I decided to smash it on the floor. It had over $2,000 because of my bar mitzvah money. I taken my car keys and decided to head for the mall to change my look first but, I decide to pay a visit to the graveyard to visit my dad. I was going to tell him that I finally was going to become the real me again. I was going to begin anew and move on with my life. I'm going to show everybody the real Robbie Shapiro at H.A. and blows everyone mind out at the Big Showcase they are having at the school Friday night with my new song that I had been working on for awhile.
I made it to the mall and went inside to go to a clothing store. I found a clothing store and went into the GAP store and saw a beautiful woman who got black hair with blond highlight about early-twenty at the sale rack. I bravely went toward her and politely said "Excuse me miss I was wondering if you can help me because I need a completely new set of clothes and a new style." She looks at me with a kind smile on her beautiful face and I blush a bit but continue to ask "So can you help me?"
The woman who, I found out her name is Lisa by the name tag, was looking at me up and down while circling around checking me out to see if I was worth it. She nodded a few times and making sound of humming and finally she stop in front of me to look at me with a straight face and she said "I will help you but, we are going to have a complete makeover from top to bottom so we will started with your hair then your eye-wear then we will work with your clothes and shoes last." She seriously said to me but then she smile again which made my stomach do flips "So are you ready for the new you?" Lisa finishes saying in a happy voice.
I just look at myself in the mirror for a few second then look back at back Lisa with new determination in my eyes and said "I'm in your hand Lisa. Please change me." Lisa just smiled and called over a few female friends that was in the store and started to whispers in their ears. All of the ladies had the same evil smile on their faces and an evil glint in their eyes like Jade did when I accidentally fell on top of jade. I accidentally kiss her (our first and only kiss) we were twelve year old when I fell on top of her and she said I was going to pay her back. (She did by making me pay for every bags of gummy worms for the next six month) I once again feel my wallet and myself crying right now but I knew it was going to be worth it...Right?
I arrive late at home after SIX LONG HOURS getting my new hair cut, trying on new clothes, trying on new shoes, getting another tattoo on his left arms of broken glass, and finally getting contacts and new glasses just in case but all in all it was worth it. I still have enough money to get a new ride but, I was going to do that tomorrow because I was too damn tried to do it today. I went upstairs to sit his new stuff down in my room near his bed and change into my new pajamas to get ready for bed. After setting my alarm clock for 6:00 a.m. so I can see a family friend for my new ride I went to sleep. Yep tomorrow was going to be different in my life at H.A. and with that final thought I started to dream of a better life that I was going to have in my life.
Normal POV
A Friday morning at H.A. and students and teachers started to arrive to start the day. Andre and Cat was at their regular table with Beck and Jade coming to sit down to join them. Andre was the first to noticed that Robbie isn't here yet which was strange because he usually here first at school like always.
"Hey have you guys seen Robbie around here yet?" Andre curiously asked his friends.
Cat and Beck just shook their head no while Jade just didn't care to answer him. Cat said "I wonder where he could be. Maybe he got lost in the wood while on his way to school like my brother did when was in school and almost got attack by a bear." She said with a serious face.
The three of them was looking at her with shock look on their faces. Beck asked "Was your brother alright?" The other two just nodded their head at Beck's question wanting to know the answer.
"Oh he alright, my brother just pretend to play dead and the bear went away." Cat said with cheerfulness in her voice.
They just shook their head at Cat's random story about her brother. "Anyway Robbie is not lost in the wood but, I wonder where he is at though. He usually here argues with Rex about what to eat first for breakfast." Andre said in his usual calm voice.
"Can we not talk about that loser and talk about something else like Big Showcase that tonight?" Jade asks her friends but inside she was a little worried about Robbie.
"Jade that not nice to say about Robbie. Beck scolded Jade while she just rolled her eyes. "Let's talk who you're partnering up with Andre." Beck curiously said to Andre since he is wondering who it was.
Andre frown thinking about his partner. "Trina Vega is my partner for the Big Showcase." He said with sadness and a little anger in his voice. His friends started to feel sorry for him because everyone knows the Trina is the worst students there at H.A. and nobody can solved the mystery of how she even got into the school.
BRIIINNG!
The bell rang to tell them that first period is about to start and with no sign of Robbie they went to class. Jade secretly cast a worried look over her shoulder to look at the parking lot to hopefully see Robbie running up to them but at last he wasn't there. She left with her friends but couldn't help to think about her ex-best friend where he was at now.
Jade POV
I was secretly wondering where Robbie was at and was a little worried that he might be sick or something because he wasn't in any classes today. I made not talk to Robbie as much but, I still care about him. I only tortures him and Rex because that was my excused to talk to him even it I knew it was hurtful to him. I just hated Rex since I blamed that stupid puppet for ruining my friendship with Robbie. It was awkward at first so I decided to tortures him so it wouldn't be weird around him anymore. It was better to tortures him than to completely ignored him which was ten times worse…Right? I just enjoy torturing Rex. I was thinking about how everything went wrong after our big fight and wish I would have kept my big mouth shut. When I first saw him making friend with Cat I felt instant jealousy since I still felt possessive toward him but I knew I shouldn't feel like that but I didn't care. I also felt jealousy toward Andre when he became friend with Robbie but not as much as Cat since she a girl. I worry that one day I will be replaced by other person in his life. I really miss him even though we are near each other every day but I feel that we are so far away from each other. I wanted my best friend back so I decided to find him so I can talk to him and apologize to him.
I was even thinking about going to his house to check on him until I heard that he was going too preformed at the school's big showcase tonight by Sinjin. So here I was waiting for him to perform after seeing a good performance from a smaller version of Trina singing "Make it Shine" and now I'm just waiting to see Robbie perform.
Normal POV
They finally introduced Robbie to be the next performer. The other H.A. students and Jade wonder what song that Robbie came up with this time. He wasn't a bad singer but, his song are usually are weird. The curtains finally pull back and there in the darkness you can make out the house band and a lone figure standing in the middle. A single spotlight suddenly hit the lone figure who was holding a black electric guitar and people were shocked at what they saw (a least who knew Robbie Shapiro). The students and teachers gasp when they saw the new Robbie Shapiro. The new Robbie look kind of like WWE Superstar Edge but without facial hair and his hair is dark brown. He was wearing white denim jacket over a plain black t-shirt with a black jeans and wore an emerald green belt and a pair of white converse with black laces. He was not wearing glasses or braces in his month (that was the reason why he wasn't at school early because he was getting them off after he brought his new ride). Robbie just looks at the crowd for a few second and smirk at their shocked, awe, and aroused faces especially Jade's face.
Robbie finally said to the shocked and awe faces "This is my new song called 'So What'." The stage finally lightens and you see the house band begin to play as Robbie started his riff on his electric guitar.
(So What by Pink)(I going to change some word so don't be mad at me)
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na Na Na
I guess I just lost my girlfriend
I don't know where she went
so I'm gonna drink my money
I'm not gonna pay her rent (Nope)
I got a brand new attitude
And I'm gonna wear it tonight
I wanna get in trouble
I wanna start a fight
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
I wanna start a fight
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
I wanna start a fight
So so what?
I'm still a rock star
I got my rock moves
And I don't need you
And guess what
I'm having more fun
And now that we're done
I'm gonna show you tonight
I'm alright, I'm just fine
And you're a tool
So so what?
I am a rock star
I got my rock moves
and I don't want you tonight
Uh, check my flow, uh
As Robbie was singing on the stage Jade couldn't believe her eyes. She saw her Robbie again. The Robbie that she was best friend with in the past and the one she knew that was hidden from the world. This was the real Robbie and she was glad to have him back. Her heart was warm when she seen the smile on his face that hasn't been there for awhile.
"My Robbie is back" Jade thought as she continue to listen to the lyrics of the song which kind of made her wonder about something but she didn't know what yet. She notices the looks on the all of the girl's face which didn't set well with her at all.
The waiter just took my table
and gave to Jessica Simp- Shit!
I guess I'll go sit with drum girl
At least she'll know how to hit
What if this song's on the radio
Then somebody's gonna die
I'm gonna get in trouble
My ex will start a fight
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
She's gonna start a fight
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
we're all gonna get in a fight!
So so what?
I'm still a rock star
I got my rock moves
And I don't need you
And guess what
I'm having more fun
And now that we're done
I'm gonna show you tonight
I'm alright, I'm just fine
And you're a tool
So so what?
I am a rock star
I got my rock moves
and I don't want you tonight
You weren't there
you never were
you weren't all
But that's not fair
I gave you life
I gave my all
you weren't there
you let me fall
So so what?
I'm still a rock star
I got my rock moves
And I don't need you
And guess what
I'm having more fun
And now that we're done (we're done)
I'm gonna show you tonight
I'm alright(I'm alright),I'm just fine (I'm just fine)
And you're a tool
So so what?
I am a rock star
I got my rock moves
and I don't want you tonight
No No, No No
I Don't want you tonight
You weren't there
I'm gonna show you tonight
I'm alright, I'm just fine
And you're a tool
So so what?
I am a rock star
I got my rock moves
and I don't want you tonight
Ba da da da da da
Once Robbie was finish the whole crowd was silence a few second but then everybody started to cheer for Robbie because that was his best performance yet. Jade was still shock that Robbie was that good and then she saw Robbie give her a look then he turn back around to the crown smiling and waving to everybody. She finally realized that song was about their relationship or past relationship and she was kind of hurt by it. He got off the stage while people were screaming to him.
"You Rock Robbie"
"Best song yet"
"Will you be my boyfriend?"
"I LOVE YOU!"
Robbie blushes at that last comment since he never got this much attention before as he was walking toward his friends. He started talking to Beck and Cat who was saying that was awesome job on the performance. Jade came over with Andre close behind her to talk to Robbie so she can get some answers.
"So Robbie what with the new look?" Beck asked what everybody wanted to know.
"I decided it was time for a change and went to the mall yesterday to get a brand new look with help from Lisa." Robbie said with a new smile on his face.
Jade frown a little bit thinking in her head "Who the hell is this Lisa girl?" but she wonders why she care about that anyway. She secretly knew that she was jealous but pretended not to care.
"Who is Lisa you are talking about? Is she your new girlfriend Robbie or something?" Andre asked. While the guys were thinking that would be a good that he has a new girlfriend. The girls were thinking the opposite and hating that idea very much which for some reason Jade doesn't understand why she hated that idea. Cat knew why she didn't like the idea of Robbie having a girlfriend since she have a crush on him ever since they became friend.
"No, she just a sale clerk that help me with my new look. I'm still single but girls started to look at me weird after I got my new look." Robbie shyly said in a worried voice.
Andre and Beck was wiping away fake tear on their faces since they knew the reason why and was planning on helping him getting a girlfriend. The girls just felt relieve at that but Jade was just glaring at the guys since she knew what they were planning with Robbie. She quickly frown again when she remember that his new looks are attract other girls at school if what she saw in the crowd was anything to go by.
Cat quickly went toward Robbie to give him a hug and kiss on the cheek which they both quickly turn red after it. Cat just innocently giggles and shyly said "I just wanted to say great job on tonight." Robbie's mouth was dry a little bit but instead just nodded his head and said a quiet thank you. Nobody notice that Jade was glaring dagger at the back of Cat's head and she decide to have some alone time with him.
Jade finally asked "Robbie, Can I talk to you for a minute alone?" she demanded of him instead of asking. Robbie nervously smiles a little bit because he saw the look on her face and he knew she was mad at him for some reason. He reluctantly agreed and told the other that he would be back and Jade decided to drag him to the Janitor's closet then she slam the door shut and locks it. Jade was going to get some answer from him one way or another if it was the last thing she does.
A/N: So what you think about my rewritten story of my Rade's story. I decided to rewrite it to make it better so tell me if you like it or hated it in the review. If you are a fan of my other stories DON'T worried the next chapter is coming out soon. I'm sorry for any and all grammars or spelling mistake I had made in this prologue because I don't have a beta reader yet but, hopefully I will soon this coming week. I'm going to make major change in my upcoming chapter if you read my old Rade story you will be able to tell the different. Chapter one is going to be very different from the last time I wrote it so be prepared for it. Until next time bye my fan and kept on reading my friends.