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It's been 6 months since Jade's funeral. I'm in my first semester at college. Graduation from Hollywood Arts was awful. I didn't want to walk across the stage I just wanted to get my diploma and be done with it. My parents said I had no choice and pulled the whole 'Jade wouldn't want you to not something you were looking forward to since you started at Hollywood are just because she isn't here now.' It was complete bullshit because I know Jade wouldn't give two shits about walking across the stage, but maybe she would care if I didn't do something I was looking forward to. So I walked across the stage, I didn't smile for any part of it, not even the pictures, I just couldn't fake a smile knowing Jade wasn't here with me.

My parents threw me a grad party even though I said I also didn't want that. All my friends were there, and some family members. I could barely fake a smile the entire party. The entire summer I still hung out with everyone but I wasn't myself. I just felt dead inside. I know everyone was grieving I felt bad that I wasn't really there for any of them, I didn't know how to; I wasn't me anymore I was the shell of Tori Vega, the girl I use to be.

I was walking around campus. Killing some time before I had to get to my next class. I came to Florida for school, a performing arts school, College of the Arts. I wanted to get as far away as I could and they loved my singing here, that's the only reason I could get in right before the semester started. I was taking some classes for teaching as well as acting and singing just to have something to fall back on if I didn't make it famous. I mostly kept to myself here, the people I had come in contact with were all nice I just liked to throw my head into my work and forget about everything else. I think part of me was afraid of getting close to anyone anymore. I had a fear that they would just leave. I'm not worried everyone I know is just going to die but they can easily leave.

I lost contact with everyone except for Andre. I'll talk to Cat here and there but Beck and I and Robbie and I had stopped talking. I had a missed called from Andre and a voicemail from yesterday morning that I still hadn't listened to. I think back to when Jade asked me out for the first time.

Flashback

"Hey Vega, we need to work on that stupid project Sikowitz assigned up, lets go back to my place after school. Meet me at my locker." Jade barks out at me.

"Uh okay Jade." I smile at her and she just rolls her eyes and walk away. I was confused what assignment we were assigned. I missed half of Sikowitz class the day before so he must have assigned it then.

I go through the day nervous to work on the project with Jade. I haven't been with Jade completely alone ever. Someone has always been there, on the play date, at her play she put on. Beck and her broke up two months ago but have remained close friends. I never thought I had a chance with her but I was still a little excited they broke up.

At the end up the day I met Jade at her locker patiently waiting for her to finish up.

"So what is our assignment? I must have missed it yesterday." I ask Jade.

"I'll tell you when we get to my place, let's go." Jade snaps at me. I wonder what I did that she is so angry with me today. I didn't make us work on an assignment together.

"I am sorry you are upset about this assignment but I didn't make it so we had to work together, you don't have to treat me like shit because of it." Jade just smirked me.

"Get in the car Vega." I oblige. We ride in silence all the way to Jade's. I am suddenly unhappy I will be stuck working with her. I don't know why in my mind there's hope that we would ever be together.

We walk silently into the house. I can't wait until we are done. She grabs us both water bottles from her fridge and walks us to her room. I look at a skull she has over on her bookshelf.

"That's what we call a skull Vega. " Jade says sarcastically.

"Ugh you know what Jade. Lets get on with this stupid assignment so we can get it done sooner and I can leave. I don't want to be here anymore then you want me here." I snap finally fed up with Jade's attitude with me.

"Whoa who would have thought Vega would actually be any but perky upbeat and disgustingly happy. " Says in a sarcastic voice. I just stare at her. I just want to cry how do I fall for the biggest bitch in school.

"You know what Jade. I'm not doing this. We can figure out how to work on this assignment separately." I stand up I'm so angry. She grabs my wrist as I head towards the door.

"Wait, I'm sorry. Okay?" I am shocked Jade just apologized to me. I just sit down in shock. "Okay well we have to write a script, I had an idea for it already." Jade looks at me and I nod for her to go on. I sit down on her bed to next to her.

"Okay what if the story is about two girls that fall for each other. One girl is the biggest bitch in school and she falls for her complete polar opposite, the nicest girl in school. Their names could be Jane and Cori."

"I like that idea." Something twinkles in Jade's eyes.

"And Jane is the big bitch and treats Cori like shit because she is afraid of her feelings for her. She is afraid Cori can really hurt her and reject her. Then her best friend Ben convinces her to give Cori a shot and ask her out." Jade says looking at me moving closer to me. Is she making this about us because she actually likes me back?

"Oh, how does Jane finally ask Cori out." I ask as Jade sits closer to me on her bed.

"She tells Cori that they have to do a made up assignment that Bikowitz their teacher assigned them. She figured it was the perfect way to get her to her house without questions to just see how Cori would react. After telling her about the project she kisses her and asks her to dinner the next night at a sushi place call Sozu." I stare into her eyes. There is a hint of nervousness in them.

"What does Cori say?" I ask as and Jade leans in closer.

"I don't know yet." She leans in all the way kissing me. Fireworks go off and I feel like I am floating. She runs her tongue along my bottom lip and I open my mouth letting her tongue in as it massages mine. I moan into the kiss a little and lay down on the bed and she lies down next to me not breaking the kiss.

"So Cori, would you like to go to Sozu with me?" Jade asks me.

"Yes Jane I would love to."

End flashback

The date went amazingly the next night. Jade and I became girlfriends and everyone accepted us. Jade didn't change too much she was still a little ganky but she was also sweet at times. I wouldn't want her to have changed completely.

I decided to walk back to my dorm room and just play some music on my keyboard. I was getting lost in trying to work on a song for song writing when someone knocked on my door. I put my keyboard down and straightened up my shirt before walking over to the door wondering who would be there. I open the door and I see Jade standing there, then everything goes black.