The day started off like any other. Tori Vega practically falling out of the car in the parking lot desperately trying to get away from her older sister, Trina's, extremely off key singing. Jade West making out in the hallways with her boyfriend Beck Oliver as to, yet again, prove the point that he is with her and unavailable to any one else. Andre Harris was sitting on the front steps playing a new song he had written to his friends Cat Valentine and Robbie Schapiro. Nothing out of the ordinary; this was basically how every Friday morning started and left Tori thinking this weekend would also be like every other; boring. But this weekend was way out of the ordinary; this weekend was anything but boring.
At lunch Tori sat to the right of Cat. Beck and Jade sat across from them with Andre and Robbie to Cat's left and Trina sitting to Tori's right. This was just about the way they sat everyday, this was usual. They all picked at their lunches as Jade made cruel remarks about anything anyone said and made sure to remind Trina that no one liked her, an insult that made no dent in Trina's orb of self centeredness. They talked about the plays and songs they were all working on and laughed together as Sinjin, their less than socially competent classmate, once again managed to creep out a freshman girl to the point that she ran away screaming. They complained about the heat and the hours of the homework they had to get done over the weekend; homework that would remain undone. Everything was so typical that it was almost predictable to everyone at the lunch table.
"We go to this great Performing Arts school and yet our lives seem so ordinary and boring. Why can't anything exciting ever happen to us?" Andre asked his friends, a hint of boredom escaping with his words.
"My life is plenty of exciting! You just need to know how to make excitement" Trina exclaimed, very proud of herself.
"Making a video of yourself singing and dancing is only exciting for you, Trina" Tori said rolling her eyes.
"Especially when you're the only one who will ever watch it" Jade added which was responded to with a 'screw you' look from Trina.
"Why don't we do something fun tomorrow?" Cat asked happily. Cat is a very simple girl. Easily amused, always happy, and with a view of the world that is the same as a child's.
"We could go on a road trip" Beck offered.
"Can Rex come?!" Robbie asked without missing a beat, referring to his ventriloquist dummy that he carries with him at all times.
"No!" Tori, Trina, Jade, Cat, Andre and Beck answered in unison.
"It's cool. No hard feelings. I got a date with a couple of Northridge girls tomorrow night anyways" Rex responded.
The gang ignored his comment and continued eating until Trina finally asked, "So where we going tomorrow?"
"We could just pick up the highway and drive to no where" Andre suggested.
"That would be fun. We can borrow my mom's minivan so that we can all ride together!" Robbie offered sounding very proud of his idea.
"No way am I getting into a minivan" complained Trina as she made a face of disgust.
"I actually have to agree with her on this one. I hate minivans" Jade told her friends.
"Babe, you hate everything" Beck reminded his girlfriend.
"Oh no!" Robbie exclaimed out of no where.
"What's wrong, Robbie?" Cat asked, the only one at the table who cared to hear the answer.
"I forgot I have a doctors appointment tomorrow at 1 o'clock!"
"Not a problem, Rob" Beck assured him, "We can take off at like 2 if that works for everyone else."
Everyone agreed that it does and the plans were set to meet at Robbie's house at 2 the next day. Everyone went home excited to gather together any small things they wanted to bring. Cat grabbed a bag of candy making sure it was a mixture of all of her favorites, Robbie thought less of what to bring and more about making sure Rex would be okay home alone, Beck grabbed his GPS since he knew he would be the one driving, and Jade made sure to grab her headphones so she could block out everyone else in the car. Trina packed a bag full of make up and handheld mirrors so she can "Look beautiful at all times because you never know what kind of cute boys you will run into on a road trip", Tori picked up a bunch of water bottles to bring, and Andre figured it couldn't hurt to put together a new playlist on his Pearpod for the trip. The seven friends went to bed excited to leave their big city for a day and get away from the same old routine lives that they live. No one had any idea what the next night actually had in store for them.