Disclaimer- I don't own Victorious or any of it's characters.
AN - I am so sorry about uploading this as 'complete'! It is actually a multi-chapter fic with around ten chapters planned. I must have pressed the wrong button when I uploaded without noticing but thank you for telling me.
Enjoy :3
"Jade! Open up!" Tori Vega shouted through the door. It was raining outside and Tori did not appreciate being dragged all the way here only to be shut outside. Her clothes were soaked and were sticking to her body and her hair was completely soaked. The expression 'you look like a drowned rat' would probably be what came to mind if anyone were to see the young Vega sister.
Pounding loudly on the door, Tori kept shouting, threatening that she'd leave if Jade didn't hurry up. After a few more minutes Jade opened the door carrying a towel, smirking slightly when she saw Tori. "You look terrible," She commented and Tori scowled, pushing her way past Jade and into the girls' house.
"Why did you keep me out there?" Tori asked as she tried wringing out her hair to get some of the water out. "I didn't want you walking into my house if people were here. People don't need to know we're friends," Jade said with a shrug as she passed the towel in her hands to Tori who snatched it from her and attempted to dry her hair with it. Jade watched her for a moment, glad for the distraction after her little fight with Beck. Although she'd never admit it, especially not to Tori, she hated it when she and Beck fought. She'd lost him once and turned into a mess so the last thing she wanted was for that to happen again.
Tori moved to sit on the sofa and then Jade stepped forward, grabbing the girls arm. "You're not sitting down on my sofa soaking wet. Go get changed!" Jade demanded and Tori stared at her, tempted to hit the girl with the towel. "I didn't bring clothes to change into Jade," Tori snapped, clearly annoyed as she pulled her arm away from the other girls grip. "I didn't bring clothes to change into Jade," Jade mimicked with a roll of her eyes. "I don't talk like that!"
"I laid out some clothes in my room you can borrow," Jade said, ignoring Tori's frustrated replies. "First room on your right, don't touch anything!" Jade added on as Tori stormed up the stairs muttering under her breath what Jade could only assume were swear words.
As Tori stepped into Jade's room she laughed slightly. It was very Jade-like and unlike the rest of the girls' rather modern looking house her room was full of dark colours and posters, most of which were from the film 'The Scissoring'. Tori chose to ignore the creepy dolls that were also around Jade's room and looked at the outfit she was supposed to put on. A simple black tank top, a dark denim jacket and some black jeans. She pulled off her wet clothes and put the nice dry ones on, feeling slightly weird at wearing her friends' clothes. Well … she said friend but she wasn't actually sure that's what they were. She just assumed.
Tori shook her head, picking up her wet clothes and carrying them back downstairs with her hoping that Jade would put them in the dryer. "Ta-da!" Tori said slightly sarcastically when she found Jade who was sitting on the sofa flicking through channels. Without even looking up Jade said, "I want those back by the end of the day." With a sigh, Tori nodded, sitting beside Jade. "Put these in the dryer for me?" Tori asked her and Jade looked at the girls' clothes and then at her face. "You do it." "But I don't know how to work your dryer!" "Figure it out."
With a 'humph' Tori stood back up and walked in the direction Jade was pointing, the kitchen. It was neat and tidy with only a few dirty dishes in the sink. Most of the surfaces were made of wood with white cupboards and white appliances. It wasn't huge but not tiny either, probably around the same size as Tori's own kitchen. She knelt down by the dryer and stuck her clothes in. Staring at the dials for a moment she shut the door and then decided to set it to 90 minutes assuming that would be long enough.
When she walked back into the living room Jade was sprawled out on the sofa staring intently at the TV. "Is this all you're going to do? I could have watched TV at my own house," Tori complained and Jade sat up, smirking at Tori. "No, you're going to help me back a cake," Jade said and Tori couldn't help but be slightly worried by the look on Jade's face. It probably didn't help that she was naturally mistrustful of Jade and who could blame her? She had every reason to be worried about her intentions.
Jade walked into the kitchen and reluctantly Tori followed her, watching as Jade pulled out a cake mix from one of the cupboards along with a bowl, whisk, measuring cups and a cake tin. "So … this is a normal cake isn't it? You aren't going to poison it are you? Or put pieces of rock in it like you did last time?" Tori asked suspiciously and Jade sighed, leaning against the counter. "This will be a completely normal cake that will not cause harm to the person who eats it," She said in a monotone voice that Tori found little comfort in but nodded anyway.
Jade poured the cake mixture into the bowl and pointed to the fridge. "I need two eggs and a carton of milk," She said and Tori stood there for a moment before realising Jade wanted her to get them. Opening the fridge Tori was relieved to see it looked pretty normal. Although it wasn't like she'd expected a severed head in there or anything. Jade might be odd but Tori was pretty sure her parents were mostly normal. She took two eggs and the carton of milk, setting them next to Jade who then passed Tori a measuring cup. "Fill this with water," She said simply before measuring the right amount of milk with a separate measuring cup and pouring it in. Tori filled the cup with water and then tipped that into the bowl as Jade cracked in both the eggs before picking up the whisk.
"Wouldn't this be easier with an electric whisk?" Tori asked and Jade smiled slightly, clearly thinking back to a memory. "My parents refuse to keep electric whisks in the house after a … incident," Jade replied and Tori nodded, taking a small step away from Jade who began mixing the mixture, trying to hold back a laugh at Tori's reaction. "Oh and we need to pre-heat the oven. Put it on gas mark 7," Jade said although her tone had taken a friendlier turn and Tori smiled slightly, turning the oven on as instructed.
Once the mixture was finished Jade poured it into the cake tin and put it in the oven. "And now we wait," Jade said happily seemingly proud of her creation so far. Tori just stood there awkwardly, wondering what they were going to do now. After a moment of silence Jade sighed and took hold of Tori's hand. "C'mon. I want to show you something," She said, dragging an unwilling Tori through the living room then upstairs into Jade's bedroom.
Tori stood at the door, not sure she wanted to be in the same room as a girl with many pairs of scissors. "I'm not going to hurt you, Tori," Jade sighed, noticing the girl standing at the entrance. Slowly Tori walked into the room, sitting herself on Jade's bed. Tori could have sworn she saw Jade grin but if she had then it hadn't lasted very long. "Oh! I have something for you!" Jade said in a rather excited voice, one that Tori hadn't heard the girl use before. Slightly fearful of what it was, Tori watched as Jade pulled out a small brown box. Jade handed it to Tori who stared at it for a moment. "It's not going to explode is it?" Tori asked and Jade took a deep breath, clenching her fist. She couldn't help but think that it would be nice if Tori would trust her, just once. "It won't explode," She replied through gritted teeth.
Tori looked slightly taken aback and quietly she opened the box. "A watch?" She said, confused and Jade nodded, smiling. "It's the watch I took from you when you first started at Hollywood Arts," She explained and Tori pouted slightly. "You stole my watch?" "Yes and now I've given it back so you can stop whining about it." "But I haven't been whining about-" "You're welcome," Jade interrupted Tori who just smiled. The room went silent and then Jade coughed slightly, scratching the back of her head. "Should go check on the cake," She mumbled, walking out the room leaving a very confused Tori to trail after her. Tori reached the kitchen just as Jade shut the oven. "Not quite done yet but we should make the icing," Jade explained as she pulled out a smaller bowl, some icing sugar and filled a measuring cup with water. They had yet to clean up the mess from earlier and the once tidy kitchen was looking much dirtier. "Shouldn't we tidy up?" Tori asked and Jade just shook her head as she poured the ingredients into the bowl. "Nah, mum and dad will deal with it when they get home," She said as she started to mix the ingredients together with a spoon.
Tori watched as Jade mixed the icing and then began looking around the kitchen as she waited for the other girl to finish. "Hey can you tell if this tastes okay," Jade asked and as Tori turned around Jade smeared some of the icing across her face. Tori gasped, laughing slightly. "Oh that's it," She grinned, taking some of the icing and wiping it onto Jade's face. Jade grinned and then pushed Tori to the floor, grabbing the bowl of icing as she did. "Don't you dare Jade!" Tori shrieked as she tried to get away from the other girl. Jade sat on Tori's waist and began tipping the bowl over her face as Tori continued shrieking. Soon though Tori was practically covered in icing and Jade was still sat on top of her, laughing. Swiping a finger across Tori's cheek where some of the icing had landed Jade smiled slightly. "At least it tastes nice?" She said and Tori just shook her head, pushing Jade off of her and standing up. "I'm Tori Vega and I'm going to sulk cause the mean girl put icing on me," Jade said in her Tori voice, stepping closer to the other girl with a smirk. Tori scowled, hyper-aware of how close they were. She'd never quite noticed before how nice the girl smelled or how blue her eyes were. She was vaguely aware that Jade was still mimicking her in the stupid voice but she wasn't paying much attention.
Without thinking it through Tori leaned forward, closing the gap between her and Jade then kissed the girl. It didn't last long at all and Tori pulled back almost immediately, taking in Jade's shocked expression. "Oh my god Jade I'm so sorry," Tori stuttered and Jade nodded slightly. "It was a complete accident," She continued and although Jade had seemed okay she suddenly snapped, glaring at Tori. "Get out my house," She said angrily, stepping away from Tori. "Get out right now." "But your clothes shouldn't I go get changed first?" "Just get out! You can keep the stupid clothes. I wouldn't want them after they'd been on you anyway."
Tori hesitated for a moment but then quickly as she could she removed her clothes from the dryer, managed another apology and then fled from the house. As soon as Jade heard the front door shut she slid to the floor, leaning against a cupboard. It was a complete accident was all Jade could hear repeating over and over in her head. She could feel the tears threatening to fall and she quickly wiped at her eyes. No. She wouldn't cry. She definitely wouldn't cry over Tori Vega. She didn't even like her so it shouldn't matter that Tori didn't want to kiss her. It shouldn't have matter, but it did.