Thanks for the reviews! To answer a few questions, there are no real romantic ships in this. I'll be keeping Bade together though just because I think it will be easier to write. It's based around Trina, Tori and Jade but yeah, just friendship Sorry for any grammatical errors, if anybody could correct me that would be great!

Italics are flashbacks*

'Tori! Have you seen my headphones? I know you used them when you went running!' Trina called out as she ran up the stairs. She could hear the running of water and a feint humming coming from down the hall so she took it upon herself to get her headphones back. She walked into Tori's room, the deep purple walls, white skirting boards and a wall full of happy snaps of Tori and her friends screaming Tori all over.

Trina would probably have a wall like that too, if anyone wanted to take photos with her. They were probably just intimidated by her good looks and talent to want to be next to her, and a photo is a constant reminder of that. Trina scoffed at her own thoughts. She knew all of those things weren't true. People didn't want to be around her because they think that she's annoying and conceited, which she is. But someone needs to tell her how good she is, and since no one around her does she took the duty upon herself. It was Tori's fault. Not just in the way that Tori came and showed her up and now everybody loves her and Trina is just left on the sidelines to observe a life that she could be having. No, not just that. Tori made sure that her older sister would be so detestable that in comparison to her, she would look like an angel, sent to the Vega parents to save them from only having one failure of a daughter. What Trina found in Tori's room that night while looking for her headphones, was the assured her of her realisation that her baby sister wasn't all she seemed to be.

She opened up the drawers next to Tori's bed through all her nick knacks. Nothing in the top drawer. Sure enough in the second drawer were her pink headphones, she took them out and as she was about to close the drawer something caught her eye. A packet of pine nuts. She recoiled back nearly falling on to the floor. Any contact with the nuts and her whole face would blow up like a balloon. But why would Tori have pine nuts in her room? She knows that she's not allowed to have them in the house, just like they aren't allowed to bring in any bush daises.

'Trina! What are you doing in my room? I told you that you couldn't borrow my new Fezzini shoes, they were a gift, for me.' Trina's thought process was interrupted by her sisters rambling.

'T-Tori…why are there pine nuts in here? You know what happens to me if I go near them' Trina asked, eying her sister suspiciously.

'To keep you, out of my room!' Tori joked closing the drawer.

'Tori!' Trina whined, Trina 'borrowing' her sisters things wasn't that much of a problem that Tori would have to set booby traps to deter her.

'Andre was over last week and he was eating them, I put them away so that you wouldn't go near them, okay' Tori said as she backed her sister out of her room. 'That's funny' thought Trina 'because I distinctly remember Andre saying that he hated pine nuts…'

Trina loved to sing. Ever since she was old enough to talk she was singing. She wasn't bad either, sure she was no Christina Aguilera but she could hold a tune. Her parents used to get her to sing for their friends at dinner parties. Trina loved it; she loved the attention and how special it made her feel. Then Tori grew that little bit older and realised what was happening, she wouldn't stand for it. Even as a child Tori knew that she was special, that she could get what she wanted. She didn't throw tantrums or cry; she just knew how people worked and what they responded to. So one day when she was about 5 years old, as she sat on the floor playing Barbies she began to sing. Loud enough that her parents could hear her, but not loud enough to look like she was trying to show off. It worked and her parents turned the TV on mute and listened to their little angel singing, much better than Trina. The older Vega was furious, her little sister had come along and taken the only thing that she really loved to do away from her. Now that was Tori's thing, and Tori didn't even want to be a performer. She just didn't want her sister to be, because that would make her shine and Tori wanted to be the one that made it shine. Soon enough, the talk of the family at dinner parties or birthdays was how talented little Tori was and Trina was easily forgotten. But she wasn't going away that easy. She began to make elaborate song and dance routines, she would practice and practice until she was sure she had it perfect, then she would strut downstairs with her little pink CD player and announce that she would be doing a show. The house guests smiled at her the first time and humoured her by watching and applauding her little show, but after a while the Vega parents knew that they had to put a stop to their show off daughter as it was boring their guests.

'Trina, sweetie' said her father bending down and taking the CD player off her. 'Us grown ups are having grown up talks okay, so why don't you go upstairs and do your little song?' Dejected, a 6 year old Trina slumped upstairs and fell in a heap on her bed in tears, when a half an hour later she could hear her parents encouraging her perfect little sister to 'Sing us a song Tori with that little angel voice of yours!'

Trina never gave up on trying to be noticed by her parents, or anyone else who would listen. She was so desperate for validation that she just didn't know when to stop. People got bored with her, were sick of her telling them about her dreams of being a superstar that they all knew were never going to happen, and soon enough everyone who had ever made Trina feel good about herself was pushing her away to make room for the unassuming younger Vega who humbly accepted praise and sung on command.

When Trina was finally accepted into Hollywood Arts after her 3rd audition, she was so excited to perform in the big showcase. It would be the first time that her parents had really seen her perform in years, and she wanted to prove to them that she could be something, that she was worthy of their praise. As she searched the web for concoctions to help her sing better she came across a Chinese herb gargle, but they didn't have all of the ingredients. Tori kindly offered to go downtown to pick up the missing ingredients while Trina continued getting ready, and she made it up for her older sister just in time for her to take it and leave.

Then it happened. Her tongue blew up and she couldn't talk, in came Tori and saved the day. Sung Trina's song, took Trina's applause and waltzed her way into Trina's school with no work whatsoever. Just so that she couldn't stand to see her older sister getting any of her attention.

So, reviews? They really encourage me to update faster so please let me know if you like what's happening or any suggestions! Don't worry, Jade will come in in the next chapter!