This is another Victorious story called The Last Act. It's based off of The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. The characters will be Victorious characters. I own nothing. I'm not Dan Schneider or Nicholas Sparks. Before we begin, let me give you guys the list of the characters...

Jade West- Ronnie

Beck Oliver- Will

Andre Harris- Scott

The little boy that was in Jade's audition video in Helen Comes Back/ Jade's little brother mentioned in What I Love (Name: Luke)- Jonah

Cat Valentine- Blaze

Ryder Daniels- Marcus

Erwin Sikowitz (Jade and Luke's father, )-Steve, Ronnie and Jonah's father.

Tori Vega- Ashley

The guy that played Jade's father in Wok Star (Name: John) - Brian (Stepfather)

So far, Trina and Robbie have no character yet but if I find a spot, I'll fill it in. For now, expect no Robbie or Trina. Cat'll be a little OOC because she's Blaze but everyone else will seem accurate. It'll be original, not a plagiarism rip-off of the movie/book. Enjoy, guys! Remember, I own nothing.

Jade's eyes fluttered open. She looked to her right. Sand and nothingness basically flew past her. Her little brother in the back was listening to a movie. Her mother was driving. When Kelly noticed her daughter waking up, she smirked and kept driving. Jade sighed, digging through her monkey fur purse for a pack of gum. Once she pulled out a piece and started chewing on it, Kelly's palm reached out towards her daughter. Sighing, Jade dug through her purse, pulled out another piece and gave it to her mom.

"Thank you. Was that so hard? You could probably gain a fortune selling gum from your purse on the black market." she said lightly. Jade just sighed and sank back in her seat. The car was quiet until Jade's mom led the car over a pothole. Growling, the seventeen-year old girl turned to face her mother. "Sorry!" exclaimed Kelly, raising her hands. "It was a pothole! Take in mind that we're not gliding around in Escalades! The ride will be a little bumpy." defended Jade's mother. Jade's little brother Luke spoke up from the back seat.

"I know Jade hates it but I love our station wagon!" Luke piped up from the back. Jade turned around and stared at her brother.

"I thought you were watching a movie." she sneered, snapping her gum loudly. Jade felt victorious when she saw her mom tense up. Luke shrugged

"I can still hear, you know." Jade just turned away and stared at the whole reason she was taking a cross-country trip. Everything just poured over her. Five years ago, life was happy for Jade. Her father and mother lived in the same townhouse in New York. Jade was a prodigy actress who was in the Broadway play 13. Jade made a best friend: Ariana. But slowly, after the play, things began dissolving around Jade. Fame was getting to her. Ariana was moving on up in the world. She had moved on to bigger and better things. Meanwhile, nobody would take Jade. With barely any money, Jade's father Erwin and her mom were desperate to get a job. Jade's brother was only 5 so Kelly had to stay home and watch him. Erwin tried to get a teaching job in New York. He was able to become a substitute but it didn't get much money. Jade remembers her parents fighting practically over everything. Bills. The press. School. The kids. It was just so much. Jade remembered the one night she returned home from school. Her mom had just come home a half-hour before her. Luke's babysitter was gone; Luke was playing video games. There was a note on the counter from her father. That was...it. He left to move out to California, live with his brother and that was it. Erwin was Jade's acting teacher and agent. When he was gone, Jade refused to even look at a script again.

Since then, her mom started dating. She was serious with this one guy for about four months now: John. John was alright. Luke kind of liked him. Jade figured her mother was desperate for a male figure for her children so she just got him. John worked in a large law office in the city. The family moved into John's large house in Haworth, NJ. Jade was annoyed that her entire life changed to accomodate John. He worked in the city anyway! How come he couldn't live there? Jade missed all of her friends from the city. She had slowly begun to make new friends at the local high school but it wasn't like New York. It would never be like New York.

Music blared from the radio. It wasn't normal music. As soon as Jade heard the singing, she groaned and kicked the door to her side. Her mother glared at her. "Jade...stop." she said sternly.

"No, Mom! What the hell are you doing with that damn soundtrack in the radio?" Jade exclaimed.

"Language, Jadelyn." Kelly said, head nodding subtly towards Luke in the back.

"Answer me!" screeched Jade. "When Erwin left, I swore I would never see, hear, or speak anything about acting or my past acting. Ever!" Kelly's heart broke on the inside. Luke didn't question why Jade called their dad Erwin. Ever since he left, she did that in the rare moments they spoke about them. Kelly breathed deeply.

"Jadelyn, 13 is a part of who you are. I'll be damned if you're just going to forget about it because your father left."

Jade flumped back in her seat, whipping her hood up. "I don't even know why we're going out to California. We've been traveling for three days now. I could've been down at the shore, walking on the boardwalk with my friends. It's summer. I want to have fun. Going out here and staying with Erwin will not be fun." Luke piped up in the back, saying that seeing Dad again should be fun. "Shut up! Nobody's talking to you!" exclaimed Jade.

"Jadelyn!" scolded Kelly. She was thrown into silence when Jade whipped a nasty glare at her mother. Kelly sighed and composed herself for a second before continuing. "Luke is right. Seeing your father again will get you guys speaking again. We hope this summer will be a nice bonding experience. And as for your friends? They're not a good influence on you."

"It's not fair, Mom! The Jersey Shore cast was supposed to be arriving at Seaside today! I was going to go down with the girls!" Kelly frowned.

"Why? So you could come back with another piercing and tattoo?" she said with a sharp glare. The light glinted off of two tiny piercings on Jade's nose and eyebrow. A tattoo of a star on her right inner arm stood out against Jade's pale skin.

"What's wrong with my piercings and tattoo?" Jade shrieked.

"Jade, you're a very pretty girl, don't get me wrong. But all these tattoos and highlights and piercings are ruining you. People look at you. People judge. People-" Jade cut her mother off.

"Mom! I don't care what people think of me! I am my own person!" Jade yelled. Kelly quickly shut down the argument and admitted defeat. Her seventeen-year old daughter leaned back in the old station wagon seat and smiled. The car puttered along the highways towards Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Within two hours, Jade noticed they were on Sunset Boulevard. Kelly West had pulled the car into a plaza on the right. One of the places she noticed was Sunset Foot Spa. A banner on the front said "Home to Foon-Yee" whoever Foon-Yee was. Luke, by now, was in the middle of his Scooby Doo movie and pressing the pause button, slipped off his head phones.

"Mom, are we stopping here for lunch?" he asked.

Kelly nodded. "Yes. Get out of the car. We're going inside to order."

"Ew. I don't want any of that fast food crap. I'm a vegan." Jade snapped. Kelly rolled her eyes. How could she forget? Several months after Erwin left, Jade pledged a vow of veganism. She never touched a piece of meat after that and refuses any temptation. She also vies to eat healthily and rarely ate fast food.

"Get a salad." Kelly said, whipping the door open and stomping into the Wendy's, Luke and Jade in her wake.

Erwin Sikowitz paced around his house. His house. The house he bought two years after moving in with his brother. Five years ago, Erwin left his wife Kelly, filed for divorce, left his kids, and moved in with his brother out in Hollywood. Two years after he moved in with his bachelor, recently-divorced brother George, Erwin scrambled up enough money as an acting teacher at Hollywood Arts to buy his own house. Erwin chose to be by the water. He bought a house on Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica on the ocean. Even though it was twenty minutes from Hollywood and where he worked, Erwin liked it there. He had developed friends in this community.

He wasn't just the prestigious acting teacher from New York City that taught little Jade West from 13everything she knew. He was Erwin Sikowitz. The eccentric, talented, wacky, fun teacher who liked to write plays for the local church. The church that burnt down. That was a longer story. He was sitting in the church, staring around, getting inspiration to finish a play he had to get done. When he woke up, he was lying on the floor. Firefighters surrouned him and smoke filled up his lungs.

The church burned down. Erwin blamed himself. There was a candle there. He fell asleep and it must've caught on the papers. The papers weren't singed though so Erwin didn't understand. However, he took the blame for it. Anywho, he wrote letters to his daughter and son. Only Luke gave him replies. Jade remained quiet. Ah, Jade. She had the acting talent of her father, beauty of her mother and stubborness of both of the parents combined. Erwin just wanted to maintain a relationship with his only daughter. Before he left, they were so close. Erwin would give anything to be close to Jade again. He heard a car door slam outside. Erwin rushed to the window and peered out. The old station wagon was out there.

Bessie.

Erwin chuckled. He and Kelly had a lot of memories with Bessie. God, Kelly had Bessie before they started dating about twenty-two years before. He watched Kelly and Luke spring out of the car and head to the back where their luggage was. Erwin watched as a teenage girl with dark hair and blue streaks hesitate to move. She fidgeted around. Erwin watched as Kelly ripped the door open and told Jade something. Then, Erwin watched Jade get out. My. God. It had been five years since he's seen his daughter. She's changed so much, especially her style. She looked Goth now. Kelly walked up to the house with Luke in her wake. Erwin hurried over and opened the door to greet them. Kelly looked...tired but radiant like always.

"Kelly. Come here." Erwin said, bringing in the woman for a hug. Kelly smiled and moved aside so Luke could show. "Luke!" exclaimed Erwin.

"Dad!" greeted Luke, running into his father's arms. The young boy looked around wildly.

"You live on the beach?" Erwin nodded vigorously and Kelly smiled happily. "Can I go walk along the water and sand?" Erwin agreed.

"If it's alright with your mother." he said. Kelly nodded.

"It's fine. Just don't go in the water and stay close to the house!" she called as Luke ran away. She smiled and then Jade walked up the steps. She stared at both her father and mother. Kelly and Erwin blushed a deep red. "Jade, say hello." Kelly demanded in a whisper.

"Hello." Jade drawled, turning on her foot and walking in the house. Kelly just stared and Erwin looked longingly at his daughter. After a few seconds, Kelly shook her head and wiped her eyes, on the verge of tears.

"I'm sorry, Erwin! I-I-I don't know what to do! Ever since she's quit acting, she hasn't done anything else and she's so rebellious! You know, she blames me for everything. It's so hard to just sit there while she turns into-while she turns into that!" Erwin studied his daughter. She was very different. Kelly continued, "I love her and she's ruining herself...you know she got arrested for stealing." Kelly trailed awkwardly.

"What? Good Gandhi! Stealing!" Erwin exclaimed. Jade turned from her spot inside the house and glared at her mother. Kelly gestured to Erwin to quiet down. Erwin understood the message. "Sorry," he whispered, "but stealing? She's better than that. I wonder how the paparazzi twisted that around." Kelly shrugged.

"The paparazzi haven't followed us around since a year after Jade quit acting. They realized there was nothing exciting coming from the house so they moved on." Erwin nodded and Kelly hastily changed the subject. "You know, she got accepted to AMDA New York." she stated. Erwin rose his eyebrows.

"Really, now? And what has she decided?" he said. Kelly shrugged.

"She doesn't want to go." she said. Erwin shook his head, saying she'll change her mind. Kelly sighed, "I don't think she will. She's pretty stubborn on it..." Kelly said with dismay. "John and I want her to go to college but she does the exact opposite of what we want."

"Tell her not to go to college," laughed Erwin.

"If only her mind worked that easily." Kelly said. "Well! I better get going. Thanks so much for taking them for the summer." Erwin shook his head.

"It's not a problem. Have a safe drive." Erwin said. Kelly smiled.

"Thank you." Luke came running up from the beach, yelling for her. He hugged her around the waist. Kelly smiled and bent down to kiss his head. "Love you, Lukie. Have fun with your father. Tell your sister I said goodbye and that I love her." Luke nodded vigorously. Kelly broke away from her son and got in the car. With a final honk and a wave, she maneuvered the old station wagon down the road. Luke ran back to his dad and Erwin placed an arm around his son's shoulder.

"Come inside. I got something really cool to show you."