Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious. Credit to Marina & The Diamonds for the title.
"Fuck off." Seventeen year old Jadelyn West groaned at her alarm. She hit the snooze button and rolled over with a sigh.
"JADE! ARE YOU UP?" She heard a voice shout from downstairs, Michael West was never one for manners, not even when it came to his 'precious' family.
"YEAH." Jade screeched gruffly, even though she was far from it. Suddenly, her phone beeped, alerting her of a new message.
"What now?" She muttered to herself, picking up her phone from the table beside her bed she scrolled through her notifications A perky message from her best friend, Caterina Valentine, was awaiting her response, she wanted to know if Jade was picking her up. She'd provide the breakfast. At the idea of coffee, Jade immediately perked up. She sent a quick reply to Cat and padded over to her wardrobe, she sifted through the racks of navy, indigo and black clothing until deciding upon a maroon v-neck sweater, black tights, black skirt and black combat boots. She held the items in her hands and headed across the hall to her bathroom, Jade carefully set the dark clothing on the counter and turned the water on, she preferred it cold in the morning, the feeling of the icy liquid pelting down her soft skin made her almost more awake than her obligatory coffee.
It took Jade ten minutes to shower, then another fifteen to get dressed. She brushed her loose waves and applied her usual dark makeup. Jade hadn't always mimicked the dark persona her makeup and clothing portrayed, she just understood it more than the brightness of yellows and pinks. Jade knew she hadn't always been so dead inside, she just couldn't remember the last time she genuinely felt alive. Her life had become a routine, she was living the same thing every day. Ride to school with Cat, bicker with Beck Oliver, yell at Tori Vega, scare Robbie Shapiro, come home, be alone for three hours, argue with her father, brood over the day, wonder when her life became unbearable, sleep, then repeat. Jade was sick of it. Hell, Jade was sick of life. Why live at all when all you did was nothing? Sure, Jade got dark thoughts. You'd expect that from a dark person. But she'd never really thought about taking her own life until Tori showed up. Perfect little Tori Vega, nothing she did was ever wrong. Over-thinking about this made Jade want to explode with emotions, but she couldn't cry about it. Wests never cry.
"Cat!" Jade called, standing outside her red-headed best friend's house. No one understood how the two opposites became best friends, truth be told, neither did Jade or Cat. But their relationship worked, Jade bought Cat to reality, while Cat let Jade see the nicer things in life.
"Hey!" Cat squealed excitedly as she opened the door, she leaped into Jade's arms and hugged her tightly. Jade stiffened, she didn't particularly like this type of interaction with other people, not even with her boyfriend, Beck. But Cat was different, she actually took time to understand Jade. The taller girl relented and hugged the smaller being back.
"Starbucks?" Cat questioned, even though it was a regular thing, Jade could change easily. She had mood swings.
"Yeah." Jade confirmed, the two slammed into Jade's vehicle.
"So, are you excited about today?" Cat asked as Jade began driving towards the coffee shop.
"What's so special about today?" Jade questioned.
"The roles for A Midsummer Night's Dream get posted today!" Cat explained, clapping her hands childishly.
"Of course, I forgot." Jade nodded in understanding, "What part did you try out for again?"
"Titania. But I'd be happy with Helena, too." Cat answered.
"Yeah, Helena's pretty cool."
"I hope you get Hermia," Cat said politely, grinning at her best friend. "Your performance was the chizz!"
"Don't say that." Jade snapped as she pulled up to Starbucks.
"Oops, sorry!" Cat giggled, oblivious to Jade's tone.
"As much as I want the role of Hermia, you know Vega's gonna get it." Jade tittered.
"Don't say that!" Cat pouted, "You're perfect for the role. Besides, Sikowitz actually listened to you when you complained about her getting all the roles."
"Like that'll make a difference." Jade rolled her eyes.
"Okay students, lesson's over!" Sikowitz announced, "Since it's Lunch, that means the role list for our latest play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, is up by the auditorium. Now, bef-" The balding teacher didn't get the chance to finish, the class of eager students had already rushed off to find the list. Bar Jade, who was walking sullenly with her handsome boyfriend.
"Who did you try out for again?" Jade asked curiously.
"Demetrius. I hope I get it, this is a huge play."
"I'm sure you will." Jade huffed, she didn't know how to play the comforting girlfriend, it wasn't in her acting guide. Besides being incredibly attractive, Beck was also the school's greatest actor.
"JADEY!" A familiar voice called excitedly, Jade turned a door to find Cat skipping towards her.
"What?" Jade asked bluntly, stopping in her tracks to cross her arms across her chest.
"I got Titania! I'm going to be a fairy queen." Cat sighed dreamily, despite wanting to keep her tough façade, Jade couldn't help but be genuinely excited for her best friend.
"Congrats Cat, you deserve it." She said honestly.
"Let's see what we got." Beck interrupted, holding Jade's hand as they walked to the list. Even though most people had probably seen their roles due to running, there was still a large crowd around it.
"MOVE." Jade screeched, the people turned, upon noticing Jade, they immediately dissipated. Jade pulled Beck to the front and they both clumsily scanned the list, desperately searching for their names.
"Demetrius!" Beck called victoriously, chuckling slightly. "What'd you get, babe?" He hurriedly asked. Jade felt a lump form in her throat as she located her name. This couldn't be happening, no way in hell. Beck and Cat looked worriedly at Jade as they found her name for themselves.
"Sor-" Beck began, but Jade shook her head simply. She could feel heat rising to her face, she knew she'd begin crying if she stared at the list any longer.
"Hey guys!" Tori greeted chirpily, "I'm playing Hermia! Isn't that great?" Jade closed her eyes, she could feel rage boiling inside of her. Of course Tori fucking Vega would get the lead role. For a minute, I thought I'd actually get the starring role. God, I'm so fucking stupid.
"Fuck off." Jade spat angrily, she kept her eyes down as she stormed away from the bewildered crowd. Tori wasn't as innocent as people thought, it angered Jade that she was the only one able to see it.
"Jade!" She heard Beck call after her,
"Go away." Jade yelled behind her, Beck never really made any effort with her. He'd shout after her constantly until he turned red, but he never had the balls to actually chase her. Jade found herself in front of the familiar janitor's door, she walked in and slammed the door behind her.
"Guess I'm skipping lunch and last period." She murmured to herself as she locked the door and sunk down the opposite wall.
A/N: Sorry it's slow-paced, the story's only just beginning. It'll start picking up soon, I'm just trying to get into the motion :) This is my first story, so please review & stuff, they mean a lot! This should be updated soon, either later tonight or tomorrow, depending on when I get the next chapter finished.