Author's Note: Well, I've had this idea in my arsenal for a week or two now, and I'm finally getting around to writing it. I went over it and I think I corrected most of my grammatical errors and the like. When I get off school I'll probably read it over again before continuing working on chapter 2, so I should have most of the mistakes fixed soon enough. Now then, I hope ya'll like some fluff, because damn it, I'm a fluff writer! I hope you all enjoy this, and leave a comment if you'd please :) It'd be greatly appreciated.

Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious. Seriously, I know it's hard to believe, but I don't own it, no matter how much I want to.

Edit: Yeah, I finally came back and fixed a few things, I think I've now gotten most of my spelling and tense issues sorted out. Also I realized I had some sentences in here that were long and confusing, and then I realized they didn't even make sense... so I fixed them. ahahahaha... yeah, sorry about that peeps xD

Jade looked herself over in the mirror one more time. "Perfect," she grinned. She was dressed up in pirate garb, decked out from head to foot. The last part of her costume was the mask. It covered the top half of her face and came to a slight point, curving over her nose. It cast a shadow over the lower half of her face, causing her to look more sinister and even harder to recognize.

She then grabbed her keys and was out the door, on her way to Hollywood Arts for their annual school Halloween Dance. It was her junior year, and the first time she was going as something other than a demented psychopath. This year was different. This year she was trick-or-treating with her cousin on Halloween in two days and didn't feel like preparing another costume. It was also perfect for what she was hoping to do.

She was planning to get a certain brunette's attention, and being her regular self probably wouldn't do it. Being a dashing mystery pirate, and a First Mate, just might.

When she arrived she strolled into the party like she owned the place. It'd had already been going on for an hour, and as she scanned the dance floor, she saw who she was looking for, sticking out in the crowd. Tori Vega, the girl she supposedly hated. Her heart thumped slightly in her chest as she took a few steps forward and entered the crowd. She couldn't believe how beautiful the brunette looked, clothed in a Victorian style dress, a small tiara on her head, and a matching mask that framed her eyes.

With a smirk the Goth managed to control her irregular heartbeat and maneuver her way to the girl, pulling on a warm smile as she came up to the youngest Vega, getting the girl's attention, and held out her hand, asking in a slightly deeper voice, "Care to dance, Princess?"

Tori's face lit up like a Christmas tree and she took the outstretched hand. It wasn't everyday she was asked to dance by someone who was hopefully normal. Well, at least she could tell it wasn't Sinjin or Burf, seeing as how both of them had already tried to ask her to dance and failed.

Jade's stomach was doing flips, her heart beginning to pound in her chest once again. It was all because of Tori, the girl who was smiling so brightly at her. She couldn't believe she'd fallen so low as to actually like the singer, but she knew one thing about herself. If she fell for someone, there was no way she could her heart, no matter who it was, so for a little while she might as well indulge in the feeling of longing.

When the music changed into a slow song, Tori didn't hesitant to wrap her arms around the pirate, and Jade had no qualms about placing her hands on the girl's hips.

"So, Mr. Pirate, what ever shall I call you?" she asked, giggling slightly.

Jade smirked, "Jay."

"Well then, Jay, might I inquire as to your position aboard your ship?"

"First Mate, Milady."

Tori grinned, "Oh my, and where is your Captain, good sir? I wouldn't dare to presume that you attended without him and danced with a princess without his permission."

"We're on land, miss. We have free reign of our own actions once we hit shore. The cap'n is probably back in his bunk, slumbering. He's a heavy sleeper and goes to bed early," Jade replied with a small chuckle to herself. She wasn't really lying here. Her nephew was definitely asleep, seeing as how it was 9pm. He was only 7.

"Are you just going to keep calling me 'Milady' and 'Miss' all night, or do you plan to actually ask for my name?"

Jade gasped slightly, "But Miss, would that not be an affront to the anonymity of a masquerade Halloween party?"

Tori rolled her eyes, "Have you not told me yours?"

"Just a nickname, not my real one."

"Then am I allowed to tell you a nickname that you may hereby use to refer to me?" Tori asked, a smile playing on her lips.

Jade slowly shook her head, "Now, now, wouldn't it be more fun if I gave you my own?"

The singer raised an eyebrow, "I'm listening."

The pirate seemed to think to herself for a good moment or two as they continued to slow dance until a small smile crept onto her face. "How about I call you Tori?"

The brunette laughed, "Why all the formalities if you already knew who I was? And if you know who I am, why not just tell me who you are? Would that not be fair?"

The smile on Jade's face only grew wider, "I was looking to dance with you, I should hope I found the right girl. Besides, why would I want you to know who I am? Isn't this much more thrilling? Besides, without this mask, I doubt I'd have even come up to talk to you. It's the only reason I'm still standing here."

Tori playfully swatted her arm, but Jade just laughed.

They danced a little while longer until the slow song ended and they pulled apart. "Now then, shall I go acquire us some beverages?"

"That would be lovely," Tori said with a half-curtsey.

Jade nodded and started to push through the crowd, "I shall return in a moment. I hope you don't up and leave while I'm gone. I don't take kindly to being ditched."

Tori rolled her eyes and laughed, "Hurry up before I consider it."

With a short bark of laughter in reply, Jade headed for the punch bowl.

As soon as she was out of view she released a sigh of relief, calming her nerves. This was not exactly the easiest thing to do. Picking up a chick while trying to hide her own gender was hard enough, but this chick being Tori Vega, who she happened to have fallen really hard for, could make her knees go weak. This was such a different situation from her usual ploys to pick up a chick at a teen club or at a karaoke place.

She was pulled from her thoughts when a redhead seemed to materialize beside her.

"Holy hell, Cat!" Jade exclaimed, grabbing her chest. She looked the girl up and down and saw that she was decked out in pirate garb as well. "And what is our navigator doing so far from the ship?"

"Just enjoying our shore leave, same as you," Cat replied with a grin. The redhead then giggled and said, "I see you were dancing with Tori just a minute ago." She grinned mischievously.

Jade groaned, "Cat, don't you dare tell anyone."

"Don't worry, I won't. I wouldn't do that to the First Mate. I'd be skinned alive. Now then, get your butt in gear Jade, you seem to have competition encroaching upon your princess, and you're taking a little too long just to get some punch." She gestured towards the middle of the dance floor where she could just see Tori being surrounded by three guys dressed like the musketeers.

Jade cursed and grabbed both of the drinks and muttered, "Thanks Kit-Cat."

"No problem Jade. Now go get some of that fine piece of Half-Latina, eh?" the redhead winked.

Jade rolled her eyes and tried to hide the blush on her cheeks. Compared to what most people thought, Jade rarely actually won when it came to Cat. The girl wasn't nearly as stupid and ditzy as everyone believed. She just liked to put on an act. The redhead was a manipulative girl, knowing all of Jade's weak points, but then again, Jade let her know them all. Cat was her best friend, the only girl she truly trusted. She knew the redhead would never reveal any of her secrets, and she knew the two would always be friends. They had a weird dynamic, but neither would change it for the world.

Jade maneuvered her way through the crowd, not apologizing when the wooden sword at her hip accidentally hit a couple dancers.

When she arrived back to Tori, the princess was surrounded by guys and didn't seem at all pleased. She muscled her way through and handed a drink to the singer.

With a frown, Jade asked, "Who're the pricks?"

"The Three Musketeers," one guys said with a sneer. "And what are you? A pirate captain?"

"First Mate," she replied coolly, taking a sip from her drink. "Now, is there a reason you're surrounding my dance partner? I'd like to ask you to leave."

The second said, "Ask all you want, that changes nothing."

Jade shrugged and replied, "Then how about we take this off the dance floor and fight it out like men. In a sword fight. I'll take each one of you on, one-on-one. The winner gets the fair lady's hand."

Tori placed a hand on Jade's shoulder, "Jay, you don't have to do this, seriously, they'll leave eventually."

Jade glanced back at Tori and her stomach started to do flips again. "Yeah, I really do." She wasn't planning to hand Tori over to these idiots, and she had a feeling she was more than enough to take down the Three Musketeers. Just from looking at how two of them wore their swords she could already tell they were inexperienced. All of them had the swords on their right hips, and from what she could see, two were right handed. The third seemed familiar, and she was still trying to place his face. Did he fence? Wasn't he left-handed? She shrugged off the thought. Even if he had some experience, she'd win, even if she didn't have to play fair.

The five made their way off the dance floor and out to the patio. Tori seemed extremely hesitant and she had a worried expression on her face.

As Jade walked towards the open space she asked, "So, who's my first opponent?"

The first guy to speak stepped up and pulled his sword out, albeit a bit clumsily. The pirate smirked at this. He didn't even know how to pull his sword out properly and had it on the wrong hip. Tori licked her lips and managed, "Be careful, Jay."

The Goth grinned as she looked over her shoulder, "Of course."

The first guy planned to strike in that moment, but he couldn't catch Jade of guard. It took her less than a second to disarm him, sweep his feet out from under him, place a foot on his chest and the sword to his neck. "I win this round it would seem."

He gulped and his Adam's apple bobbed a little, brushing against the tip of the wooden sword. He was really happy it wasn't a real one right then.

Jade then smirked and turned to the other Musketeers, "So, who's next?"

The second guy stood up and Jade released the first, letting him crawl back to where the third guy was sitting in silence.

Jade took a few seconds longer to beat him, but it didn't take much.

The third was harder.

They'd been going back and forth for a good five minutes when both had lost their swords and started to grapple. It was only when Jade leaned down and whispered into his ear, using her regular voice, that she won, him freezing up in terror. He broke out in a cold sweat as soon as the words left her lips. "I'd stop fighting before I shove my scissors through your throat. I'm a pirate, I don't like to play by the rules."

Jade slowly stood up off of him and brushed herself off, helping the guy to his feet and saying in her slightly deeper voice, "Good match." Her eyes on the other hand pierced through him, asking him to say something about who she was, allowing her a reason to use her scissors. He didn't say a word, just stumbled away with his friends, saying he needed a drink because the fight parched him.

The Goth's heart jumped into her throat when she felt arms wrap around her and a soft chest press into her back. "Tori…?" She gulped slightly.

"You have no idea how worried I was! Do you even know who that third guy you fought was?!"

Jade shrugged. Of course she knew, she figured it out a few seconds before she started to fight him, but she wasn't going to let on.

"He's a fencer, Jay! He's gotten bronze in competitions before!"

The pirate shrugged again. She knew that. That's why she had to threaten him with scissors to win. It wasn't like she couldn't beat him with a sword, she might have been able to, but his blows were more precise, and his sword was lighter and faster than hers. "Don't worry too much. I'm not too shabby with a sword you know. You just saw me whip their asses."

Tori released a shuddered sigh, "Please, just TRY to be a bit safer."

"Fine," Jade replied, patting the girl on the head and sheathing her sword. "Now then, how about we go get a drink together, and then go back to dancing? That way I can keep a watch on my princess, and you don't have to be hit on by other men."

Tori smiled slightly and wrapped her arm around the other girl's. "Alright, I'd like that."

They get their drinks in peace this time before heading back onto the dance floor. They passed Cat on the way who gave them both a little smirk. Tori turned a dark shade of red, and Jade diverted her attention a little, trying to pretend that she didn't see the redhead, when the best friends knew that was a farce.

As they took a spot in the middle of the crowd, Tori asked, "So, do you and Cat know each other? I'm pretty sure she wasn't just looking at me."

Jade shrugged, "Maybe."

Tori rolled her eyes. "Being mysterious again?"

The pirate smirked, "Of course, it's part of my job to be unreadable."

When the next slow song rolled around, Jade pulled the girl closer this time, not keeping her at arm's length.

"A bit forward now, are we?" Tori asked with a little grin, a blush spreading across her cheeks.

Jade licked her lips nervously, swallowing a little. "I figured I'd make a move before the night is up, and seeing as how we have less than an hour left, I wanted to make the most of it."

The singer tightened her grip around the Goth's neck as she leaned up a little, her breath mingling with Jade's. "Well, I'm glad you did." Then she closed the gap, tilting her head slightly to avoid Jade's mask, pressing their lips together for a few short, but sweet, seconds before pulling back.

Tori's face was a dark red when she pulled back, and Jade's was probably a matching color, but the pirate was glad she had a mask that covered half her face. Jade just pulled the half-Latina closer, her heart thumping wildly in her chest. Or was that Tori's? Either way, Jade was pretty content with where they were.

It was when the slow song ended that reality hit Jade once again as the singer pulled back a little to dance to the new song. She was Jade West, and Jade West does not like Tori Vega. Tori Vega does not like Jade West. Dancing together was one thing. Kissing her was something entirely different.

With those thoughts in mind she pecked Tori on the forehead before she melted into the crowd, leaving Tori on the dance floor looking for her.

Jade disappeared to the darker parts of the party, melting into the shadows. She almost jumped when Cat placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Damn it, Cat! You have got to stop doing that!" Jade curse lightly under her breath.

"Jade… Tori is looking around on the dance floor for you."

The Goth licked her lips, "Yeah, I think it'd be best if she doesn't find me."

The redhead narrowed her eyes. "Oh no, I saw you kissing her on the dance floor. You shouldn't just ditch her like that!"

Jade grabbed her head and rubbed her temples. "I know I shouldn't have ditched her, but damn it Cat! This is going too far! I was just going to dance with her and be done with it! I'm Jade fucking West. I don't like Tori Vega, and she doesn't like me. I can't just string her along with some pirate disguise. I'm pretty damn sure she still thinks I'm a guy too! I can't just pop up and say it's me she was kissing. I've always acted like I hated her. She'd think I was just messing with her in a new way. I can't have that. I want to keep what little bit of me I have left intact, and making her hate me even more won't help. You know I'm not nearly as strong as I pretend. Breaking up with Beck was hard, and I just, I don't think I'd be able to deal with her thinking I'm just playing with her mind or something."

Cat frowned and then slowly pulled Jade into a hug, who returned it with bone crushing strength, burying her head into the redhead's hair.

When they slowly pulled back, Jade said with a weak smile, "Thanks Cat. I'm… going to disappear now, I'll see you for trick-or-treating, right?"

"Well…" Cat said hesitantly.

"What's wrong?"

"I… might've twisted my ankle," Cat said sheepishly. "I don't know if I can go anymore. I'm still wondering how I'll get home."

Jade rolled her eyes, "Seriously? What about your boy toy, eh? Where's he?"

"Stop calling him a boy toy Jade, he's my boyfriend. And, he got a little sick after eating something weird, so I sent him home. But after twisting my ankle… I don't think I can walk home."

Rolling her eyes, Jade scooped her up into the princess hold. "Well then, seeing as how you're always there for me, I'll do the same for you."

Cat grinned and wrapped her arms around the pirate's neck. "Even if you can't carry out the girl you wanted, you got me, right?" She grinned in her usual ditzy way.

"Of course, I'll always have you," Jade chuckled, pecking Cat on the forehead.

They left without stopping, neither realizing Tori was but a few feet away, swallowing a dry lump in her throat, tears threatening to fall.

A/N: So, what did you all think? Good? Bad? Not fluffy enough? Well, don't worry, I should be working on the next chapter soon enough and then get it out to you all. Sorry if any of you are also reading my KiGo fanfics and they haven't been updated recently... Jori just kind of has a hold on me right now and it's all I've been thinking about for a while xD But never fear! The Three KiGo stories I have that are currently ongoing should be finishing within the next three months. I'm going to get them done before college comes around. I wouldn't want you all waiting around while I'm getting used to the whole college independence thing. Love ya'll, and I'll be back with more Jori soon enough! c(^-^c)