DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN VICTORIOUS OR ITS CHARACTERS OR THE SONG "SHUT UP AND DANCE" BY WALK THE MOON. I DO HOWEVER OWN THE STORYLINE. ENJOY
Metamorphosis
It was a decent day at Hollywood Arts, though the weather forecast did mention signs of overcast along with a 56% chance of rain. But this didn't stop the gang from making the best of the day.
"But I don't wanna!" Cat ran down the hall as her heels clacked on the floor, her voice sounded irritated. She was wearing a pair of dark pink stilettos matching her dark pink dress with a white short sleeved camisole top, her red hair was perfectly straight and pinned to the side, she wore natural make up and wore a light colored pink lipstick.
"But Cat, you promised!" Robbie ran after her, with Rex in hand. He wore a simple light blue and white plaided shirt buttoned up with a pair of dark jeans and a pair of traditional black converse. He wore his usual black glasses, and his hair was its usual messy curly style, which was the way Cat liked it. And Rex was wearing a white shirt with a black leather jacket, a pair of dark jeans and wearing a pair of casual black and white shoes.
"Man, you gotta stop with this, it's wacked!" Rex replied in an aggravated voice.
"I do what I want!" Robbie snapped back as he looked up and noticed Cat was gone.
"Cat?" Robbie called out questioningly.
"Hey Robbie." Tori greeted cheerfully as she noticed he looked thoroughly confused. She was wearing a simple graphic t-shirt with a pair of light jeans, a brown leather jacket, and a pair of knee high brown boots. She had her usual large brown bag, her brown hair was wavy and her makeup was simple, black mascara and light pink lip-gloss.
"Hey Tori." Robbie looked around, though he couldn't find Cat anywhere.
"What are you doing?" Tori asked as she tried to make eye contact with him.
"Looking for Cat." Robbie replied in a sharp tone.
"What for?" Tori shrugged.
"She made me a promise and now she won't keep it." Robbie answered quickly.
"What'd she promise you?" Tori asked curiously.
"She promised she'd meet my mom after dating for a few months, but she won't do it." Robbie replied crossly.
"Oh, and you Rex, what do you think?" Tori looked over at Rex, who had been remaining surprisingly quiet.
"Leave me out of this." Rex replied abruptly.
"Hmm I see, is there any reason why she'd hide from you because of this promise?" Tori looked at him curiously.
"Well, my mom can be kind of-"
"She's wacked man." Rex cut off Robbie.
"Oh." Tori replied shocked.
"She's not wacked! She just gets, moody." Robbie replied defensively.
"Man, she's wacked, the last girl he brought home, she started asking if they were thinking about where'd they'd get married. And they weren't even dating!" Rex hollered out bluntly.
"Rex, we agreed you wouldn't talk about that." Robbie responded.
"Well, maybe try to give Cat some time, don't rush her into anything." Tori tried to coax Robbie.
"But." Robbie started.
"Man, just listen to the girl. If you keep pressuring Cat, you'll lose your woman!" Rex blurted out.
"Huhh, fine." Robbie sighed.
"You hear that Cat, Robby's gonna back off!" Rex yelled out.
"Yeah, I heard him." Cat came out behind the lockers, smiling like the Cheshire cat.
"I'm sorry Cat, I didn't mean to try and pressure you or anything." Robbie responded meekly.
"Thanks Robby." Cat smiled as she hugged him, giving him a peck on the check. Robbie turned ten shades of red before being able to say anything.
"Yeah, anything for my girl." Robbie stuttered out.
Cat giggled as they held hands, Tori let out a light "aww." As she walked toward her locker, getting her books ready for the day.
"Mornin'." Andre walked up to Tori as she closed her locker. He dressed in a simple black graphic t-shirt with a pair of dark jeans and simple sneakers.
"Hey Andre." Tori smiled brightly.
"So, how's biz?" Andre asked.
"Mmm, fine, not much going on. Hopefully Sikowitz will give us another play to work on. I've been bored lately." Tori mopped as Andre nodded his head in agreement.
"I feel like something like that will be coming up soon. You know Sikowitz, when things get too boring, he's sure to bring up something for us to do that's crazy and kooky." Andre looked over to see Jade and Beck walking over.
"Sup guys!" Andre nodded over to them.
"Hey." They both nodded back in unison. Jade's long black hair curled away from her face, and swirls of light sea green streaks stuck out just enough to be noticeable. Her hair complemented her fair skin; her thin devious eyebrows beheld her lovely sparkling eyebrow piercing (on the left side) that shimmered with the light. Her lips were dark black that went well her dark black cat-tailed eyeliner and dark black mascara. Her diamond-studded nose piercing shimmered when she turned towards the light, her gold nut necklace also shimmered lightly as it hung from the thick black silk-like string that matched Beck's. She wore a short-sleeved black and sea green plaid shirt that exposed her red nautical star tattoo on inner part of her right forearm, outlined by a thin black line. She also wore a black tank top, dark colored jeans, a pair of lace up black combat boots, and a black large shoulder bag with spikes and a skull with crossbones in the center. And Beck wore a dark jean jacket, to which he folded up the sleeves to his elbows, with a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of light jeans that were ripped and torn with a pair of large brown loosely tied combat boots, along with the matching necklace he and Jade bought years ago. His hair was flawless as usual, falling in a sexy and messy sort of way that simply made him appear irresistible.
"Hi guys." Tori waved.
"Hey Tori." Beck smiled.
Jade simply ignored her and sipped on her fresh hot coffee.
"Hi Jade." Tori looked Jade straight in the eye and smiled.
"Oh hi." Jade looked at her for less than a second when she went back to snuggling up to Beck possessively as she sipped on her coffee again.
"Tori!" Trina hollered out as she walked down the hall. She was wearing a pair of black platform shoes with a pair of tight baby blue ripped jeans and a sheer cream top with a white tank top underneath. Her light brown hair was lightly curled away from her face as her bangs hung just above her eyes. Her make up was light brown eyeliner with black mascara and coral lip-gloss.
"What is it Trina?" Tori looked at her sister with aggravated eyes as she looked upon her sister's pouting face.
"I'm hungry." Trina pouted.
"And what am I supposed to be do about that?" Tori shrugged as she looked over at her sister.
"Make me breakfast." Trina whined as she dragged her feet over and laid her head on the lockers.
"There's no kitchen here Trina, and how in the world am I supposed to make you breakfast? Why don't you just go and buy something? I'm sure the cafeteria's open, or go to the vending machine." Tori suggested in a serious tone.
"Hmmm, fine." Trina whined as she dragged herself to the cafeteria to buy breakfast.
"Well that took her long enough." Jade rolled her eyes as she walked away from Beck to throw out her now empty coffee cup. Beck kept an eye on her as she went to her locker and got what she needed out, put her things away as she walked back over to Beck and gave him a faint smile.
"Ready for class?" She looked at him sweetly.
"So long as you are." Beck took her arm as they walked toward Sikowitz's classroom.
"I guess it would be best to get to class." Andre shrugged as he put his arm out for Tori and she took it with a smiling face as they went off to class.
"Shall we?" Robbie took Cat's hand as she nodded as they went to class.
*Bell Rings*
"Good morn class! Today we are discussing a new opportunity for our young actors . . . I am presenting a new idea in the form of a play for you all to audition for. It is the classic Romeo and Juliet, but in the form of a musical. Now, I'm going to pass out audition forms for each individual, there's a list of characters on one side and on the other is the audition form. This form will be due a week from now on Monday and auditions will be held two weeks after that. Understood?" Sikowitz looked around as he began handing out forms. Everyone nodded their heads as he smiled, put his hands together and walked to the front.
"Now, let's do some acting to start class." Sikowitz clapped his hands together and described a scene . . ..
*Bell Rings*
"Alright, don't forget to rehearse the lines, practice the songs, and such. Now be-gone with you all." Sikowitz waved his hand toward the door as he used his other one to sip on coconut juice.
"Hmm, Romeo and Juliet hu? About time this school decided to do a classic play." Tori smiled brightly as she viewed the section on Juliet.
"Oh, and you're actually going to audition for the lead role, and have it given to you like you always do. Batting your eyes and saying, 'Oh Sikowitz, I'd love to be the lead in this here play.'" Jade mimicked Tori's voice in a light Southern accent as everyone around them laughed.
"Hey, what, I do not sound like that. And I do not always get the lead role in plays." Tori snapped.
"Name one play you've been in that you weren't the lead." Jade stopped in her tracks and looked at Tori in a serious manner.
"Umm, well, uhh." Tori looked around as she tried to think of a time when she wasn't the lead, but she came to find that she always seemed to be given the lead role, and after five seconds of waiting, Jade began chuckling as she grabbed Beck and walked away.
"Thought so." She said in a sarcastic voice.
"Darn it." Tori stomped her foot on the ground.
"Hey Tori, don't worry about it, you know Sikowitz gives the lead to talented people who deserve it." Andre consoled her.
"Thanks Andre, but Jade's right." Tori looked down despondently.
"Say what now?" Andre backed away slowly with a confused look on his face.
"You heard me. I do always get the lead roles, and I do go up to Sikowitz and ask for them, but I've also had him tell me that I'll be playing the lead. It's not fair, everyone deserves a chance to audition and at least be given a chance to play a lead role. As a matter of fact, I'm going to make sure that happens." Tori turned around and walked back into Sikowitz's classroom.
"But what about math?" Andre asked.
"Just tell the teacher I'll be right there." Tori looked back at him for a second before running to the door.
"Alright then." Andre shrugged as he walked to their next class.
"Sikowitz, I need to talk with you." Tori burst in the door.
"Right, fine then, what is it?" Sikowitz looked at her, while in a praying mantis position.
"Well I think it's important that every student be given a chance to audition for this play and that everyone deserves a chance to play a lead role. And I don't think I should be Juliet." Tori admitted all this in one breathe, and had to catch it once again.
"Well, that's why I'm having auditions, and besides, I don't see you as a Juliet anyway, I was thinking someone like Jade, or Cat even, but more likely Jade. And Beck for Romeo of course, but that all depends on how they audition." Sikowitz got up and walked towards Tori.
"Oh well, that's good, good." Tori smiled hesitantly, not thinking Jade would be able to play a devoted lover, nonetheless a sweet innocent maiden.
"Well alright then, I'll see you next class time." Sikowitz nodded his head as he turned around and went back to yoga poses.
"Yeah, I'll see you next time." Tori waved as she walked out.
At Beck's house after school.
"So, you going to audition for Romeo?" Jade asked as she went through Beck's CDs, putting on what she liked, then finding a seat next to him.
"Yeah, I guess." Beck shrugged as he sipped on his root beer.
"Hmm." Jade drank her iced tea.
"What about you, you wanna be my Juliet?" Beck looked over to her as he put an arm around her.
"Maybe." Jade looked over at him, trying to hide her smile behind her glass.
Beck smiled as he put his drink down and began nuzzling her and kissing her neck softly.
"Beck." Jade nudged him away gently as she turned towards him, leaned over, and placed her glass on his coffee table next to the couch.
"Forward today are we?" Beck looked down at Jade as he lightly patted her back-end.
"Hey, I was just trying to put the drink down." Jade giggled as she was flipped over; Beck bent down to give her a kiss, she entangled her fingers in his hair as she kissed him hard and smiled.
"Well, I hope you get the part." Beck smiled at her as he helped her sit back up again.
"What do you mean 'I hope you get the part?'" Jade raised an eyebrow.
"Well, I mean with Tori, Cat, and all those other girls auditioning, you do have competition." Beck shrugged.
"Oh so you don't think I can do it?" Jade backed away.
"No, I didn't say that." Beck tried to reach out for her.
"Well it doesn't sound like you think I can do it." Jade crossed her arms.
"Of course you can, it's just, and there are other girls that want that role too." Beck was trying to be as nice as possible.
"Huh, but they're not going to get it. I am." Jade stood and bent down to get her bag.
"Jade." Beck started, but Jade was already out the door.
Beck sighed as he walked back toward his couch and laid down. He knew he would have to find a way to calm Jade down, but for now it may be better to let her let off steam for the meantime.
