Hey guys! Thank you for joining me for chapter 2 of Fighting Chance. This has been a lot of fun to write since the idea wasn't my own (thanks for letting me run with your idea FeralG3!), but it's been fun to try to get into a story and I've become attached to my baby Patrick. I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Patrick is based off of actor, Alexander Ludwig, Amanda is based off of actress, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Angela is based off of actress, Hayden Panettiere.

Disclaimers: I don't own anything with Victorious except the characters I create. Victorious is owned by Nickelodeon and Dan Schneider.

A New Start

GLENDALE, AZ

OCTOBER 2012

Patrick runs a towel over his hair after his shower after football practice. The coach had overworked all of the linemen today, but to be honest, Patrick could care less what happened to his school's quarterback.

"Hey, Kevin, heard the charges were dropped,"

"Hell yea, they were. Fuck that bitch acting like she didn't want it," Kevin laughs while pulling on his t-shirt, "but it's not like that even matters. Bitch is dead anyway," Patrick slams his locker door shut. "What's the matter, Wilson, did I touch a nerve?" Kevin walks up to Patrick, who is counting to ten like his counselor and him had been doing during sessions.

"Shut up, Kevin, before you push me too far," Patrick turns to face the jock, who stands five inches shorter than him.

"Aww, did I hurt poor little Patty's feelings?" Kevin's face turns into a mocking pout, "should I go get your big sister?"

"Shut up, Kevin," Kevin laughs at him.

"Maybe I should go get your sister just so I can fuck her against the wall, God knows that she's hot. Not as hot as Amanda, but I think popping a girl's cherry was the hottest thing about her or was that you, Patty? Did you and Amanda ever get freaky?" The whole team starts laughing with Kevin and playfully hitting each other. Patrick's rage gets the best of him, and grabs Kevin by the front of his shirt and slamming him against the lockers. "Whoa, what the fuck, man!?"

"You fucking raped her, Kevin, and the only reason the charges were dropped because your daddy paid off the judge. Amanda didn't like you. Even all the way back to when we were eight and your pathetic ass moved here from Cleveland. I don't like you, but you're my teammate and that's the only reason that I haven't sent you to the ER,"

"Like you fucking could. You were in love with a girl who would only bang girls, but if she banged you…what does that say about you?" Patrick's dam breaks and he throws Kevin onto the floor and straddles him, and begins to throw punches onto him. The protests of his teammates fall on deaf ears as Patrick sees red barely registering the hits that Kevin were getting on him.

I'll give you one more chance, Patrick, I know you're going through a lot, but I can't have you getting in another fight. You have a bright future, don't ruin it by letting your anger get the better of you.

The principal's word echoed in his head, but the cries of Amanda sobbing into his arms after her assault were louder. When Patrick is finally pulled off of Kevin, he looks down at his bleeding nose and swollen eye.

"Patrick…Patrick…PATRICK!" Patrick's head whips around to look at his coach.

"WHAT?!"

"Get out. Get out before you do something even more stupid." Patrick clenched his jaw before grabbing his bag before stalking out of the locker room with no looking back.

Angie opens the door to the principal's office at Walkerton High School and sees her little brother with an ice pack over his eye.

"Pat?!" Angie takes the seat next to him, and turns his face towards her taking the ice pack away to reveal a few small cuts and a forming bruise, "what happened, bear?"

"Your brother punched another student, Miss Wilson,"

"Mister Jones…"

"Save it, Miss Wilson, your brother's fighting has gotten out of hand over the last seven months. This isn't his first fight in school halls,"

"Well, maybe if that prick would shut his mouth about Amanda, and get punished for what he did…"

"Bear…" Patrick's blue eyes meet his sister's, "stop talking. You know you can't say anything more." Angie turns back towards the principal with a smile, "but he is right, Mister Jones. Kevin Warren has gotten away with a lot in this school. God only knows that I have filed many reports on him that seem to 'get lost'" Angie does air quotes.

"That doesn't excuse your brother's behavior. He swung first, and Mister Warren has been taken to the ER," Angie's head whips around to her brother.

"Pat, is that true?" Patrick's eyes fall towards the ground.

"I have no choice but to expel him from Walkerton,"

"Mister Jones, surely there is another…" Mister Jones holds up his hand, stopping Angie.

"Angela, this is our final decision. We've given Patrick more than enough chances to fix his attitude because his grades are the highest in his class, but the school board has given me no other choice. I'm sorry,"

"Fine. I quit," Angie stands up from her chair.

"No, Angie…" Patrick grabs his sister's wrist, but she shakes it off.

"Stop talking, Patrick James Wilson. I'll pack up my things at the end of the day, Mister Jones." Angie turns and opens the door, "Patrick, let's go." Angie gestures out the door and Patrick follows like a puppy with his tail between his legs.

"Angie, why did you do that? You love this job,"

"Mom got in, Bear," Patrick looks at her with confusion etched on his face.

"What?"

"The study. Mom got into that PT study at UCLA," Patrick's confusion morphs into extreme happiness. He lets out a cry of excitement and grabs his sister, spinning her in a circle.

"Oh my god! She got in!" Patrick places his sister down and grips her tiny shoulders with his large hands.

"Yea, she did. They said she's a really good candidate, so we're going to stay with Uncle Richard,"

"And Robbie!"

"Robbie, Sarah, and Aunt Aubrey while she does everything, and I'll get a new job and you can finally audition for Hollywood Art, Bear," Patrick grins sheepishly at his sister, "oh, don't get all bashful now. If Robbie can get in with Rex, you can get in with your amazing skills,"

"You think?" Angie places both of her hands on the side of Patrick's face.

"I know. Now, you have to get off of school property. Go home. Let Mom know, and start packing…everything starts in a few weeks because Arizona to LA isn't a fun drive." The siblings smile at each other and head out of the office to their respective areas, Angie to her classroom and Patrick to his locker to pack it.

From Tadpole: My dad just told me! OMG, I'm so excited to have you here. You can meet all my friends, and we can do all that cool stuff we always talked about.

From Robbie's Creepy Puppet: Oh man, I'm so glad that we're going to have someone cool here.

To Tadpole: I can't wait to see you. Just a few weeks and then we'll be inseparable.

THREE WEEKS LATER

Patrick sat nervously in the principal's office of Hollywood Arts as he looked over his transcript.

"Mister Wilson," Patrick looks up at Mister Eikner.

"Yes, Sir?"

"Your grades are amazing; your audition was also spectacular. Your freestyling and dancing were some of the best I have seen in my five years here, but your record…not so much,"

"I know, Sir, but since moving to California, I've started going to an anger management group and to therapy more regularly. I've joined a dojo here, and that's been really helping me. My cousin…"

"Robbie Shapiro?"

"Yes, Sir,"

"You two look nothing alike. Are you sure you two are related?" Patrick laughs. He isn't the first person to say that.

"Yes, Sir, promise. Our dads are…were…related. My uncle says that he got all the smarts, and my dad got all the brawn," Patrick looks down at his hands with a soft smile, "but Robbie tells me about this place all the time. The stories that he tells me seem unreal at times, but I can't help but listen because I think this school is what I need. In Arizona, some awful things happened that caused a lot of tension between me and my classmates, and no matter what I tried I couldn't seem to control myself. I need a fresh start. A place that I can reinvent myself, and finally find a place where I can belong. I know my record isn't the best, but I can only get better, right?" Principal Eikner smiles and stands, sticking out his hand. Patrick looks at it, then up at the principal, with a beaming smile before standing and taking his hand.

"Welcome to Hollywood Art, Patrick Wilson,"

"Thank you, Principal Eikner. I promise I won't let you down,"

"One condition, first fight with another student and you're out," With a curt nod, Patrick sprints out the door to go meet Robbie.

"Robbie!" Patrick takes off out the front door, "Robbie…" Patrick slows down when he sees Robbie talking to a girl with dark hair.

"Pat!" Robbie waves at him, and the girl turns to face him. Patrick's heart stops, his bag falls to his side.

"What's wrong with him?" The girl's eyebrow cocks.

"Remember how I said you looked a lot like her?" Realization washes over the girl's face, and she walks over to Patrick. His eyes study her face from her nose ring to her blue eyes to her dark hair.

"Jade," Jade sticks out her hand, and Patrick takes it but pulls her in for a hug, "oh god, no," Jade's body tenses as she tries to wiggle out of Patrick's tight grip.

"This is why I wanted him to meet you before he comes to school here,"

"He's coming to school here?" Jade's eyes widen in panic, "I'm going to have to deal with this all of the time?" Jade finally looks at Patrick, "Look, dude, I'm really sorry about your friend, but I don't do touching unless your name is Beck Oliver, so please…let go."

"Sorry," Patrick lets her go with a shy smile, "you just look a lot like her,"

"So, I've heard," Jade shifted uncomfortably, "look, Robbie told me what happened…"

"Robbie, you shouldn't have told anyone," Robbie opens his mouth to defend himself, but Jade quickly cuts him off.

"ANYWAY," Jade looks at him, annoyed, "I know what it feels like to lose someone that way, and I know how much it sucks," Patrick looks at her, "so if you need someone to talk to, I'm here, but like don't tell anyone because I don't need it going around that I give a shit about anything other than myself, Beck, and hating Vega." Jade turns to Robbie.

"Bring him to the party at Cat's tonight. I'm sure someone will have fun drooling all over him…probably Vega,"

"That's a good idea!"

"I know, I'm full of them. Now I've got to go, Beck's waiting for me at the theater to see this new horror movie. It was nice to meet you, I-can't-believe-you-are-related-to-Robbie," Jade sticks out her hand and Patrick shakes it.

"Patrick or Pat, for short,"

"Yea, don't care. See ya." Jade walks off leaving a stunned Patrick in her wake.

"Is she always that mean?"

"No, that was nice compared to normal," Patrick can feel the rage starting to simmer.

"I don't think we're going to get along. She might look like Amanda, but she's nothing like Amanda,"

"She's not bad. She was the one who helped me through the last couple of weeks. Got me to start seeing a therapist. She might not show it, but she cares," Robbie smiles, but Patrick didn't understand. The girl seemed to fluctuate from cold and distant to supportive in an instant, and Patrick already knew that was going to cause some trouble between the two of them. "Patrick…Earth to Patrick," Patrick turns back to his cousin.

"Did you get in?"

"Oh right." a huge grin splits across Patrick's face which causes Robbie to let out a lot of high pitched girlish squeals before jumping onto Patrick for a hug.

ROBBIE SHAPIRO: YAY! My cousin is going to be going to HA! Mood: Excited

CAT VALENTINE: YAY! I can't wait to meet him!

REX POWERS: I'm glad there will be another cool person at the school besides me and Beck.

ANDRÈ HARRIS: I'm a little offended. A puppet offended me.

REX POWERS: WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PUPPET?!

Valentine Residence

Patrick and Robbie walked up the long driveway of Cat's parent's home.

"So, you and Cat are dating?"

"Kind of, we haven't made it official,"

"Then there's Jade,"

"Who you met,"

"And she's dating Beck,"

"Who is amazing and has the most perfect hair in the universe,"

"And he's best friends with André,"

"Who is crazy talented. You can hear his DJ skills now," Patrick listens to the music blaring from the backyard of the mansion, and starts to nod with the beat.

"Not bad, and then there's Tara?"

"Tori, and oh my God, you're going to love Tori. She's super nice and smiley, and she's just almost perfect,"

"Why almost perfect?"

"Cause Cat's perfect," a slow blush crawls across Robbie's face.

"Awww, our little Tadpole has a big ol' crush," Patrick starts teasingly pushing Robbie.

"Patrick, stooop." Robbie feels his face grow hotter.

"I think it's cute. I can't wait to meet her." Robbie and Patrick round the corner to the backyard and are greeted by the site of the large pool with music blaring. Patrick looks around in awe at the sight around him.

"We don't have anything like this in Arizona or at least no one I knew did," Patrick surveys the people, and spies Jade with her arms wrapped around a boy with dark hair. He doesn't see his face though, it's too busy being occupied with Jade's lips.

"That's Beck!" Patrick turns his attention back to Robbie, who notices where his gaze is, "they've been dating for like three years, ever since freshmen year, they make out a lot. Like a lot, a lot. I'm pretty sure I've almost caught them having sex a few times at school,"

"Jesus, that's ballsy,"

"They love each other. Weirdly enough, Beck makes Jade a better person, she gets extra mean when he's away for a long time. She calls her conscious Jiminy Beck, and it tells her to do nice things…she isn't a huge fan of it." Robbie points over to the DJ booth at the far side of the pool, "that's André," Patrick looks at the African-American boy that is creating the amazing beats that are wafting throughout the party.

"He seems cool,"

"You have no idea," Robbie looks around and spies his favorite red-head, "and that's Cat!" Patrick looks over to see Cat, smiling and laughing with a girl's face he can't see.

"Nice job, she's cute,"

"Wait till you meet her," Robbie and Patrick start walking towards Cat.

"Robbie!" Cat smiles widely as she runs to him, wrapping her arms around him. "You're here!" Cat places a kiss on his cheek causing Robbie to shrink into himself.

"Yea…um…I told you I would…oh! This is my cousin, Pat," Patrick does a little wave at Cat before being embraced in a tight hug.

"Oh m geeee, I'm so glad you're here! Robbie has been telling us so much about you!"

"Same here, I feel like I knew all of you before I even met you because he never stopped talking about all of his friends here. I'm glad to know he has people who are looking out for him,"

"Of course we do," Cat loops her arm into Robbie's before laying her head on his shoulder, "he's worth it. Oh! And this is Tori! You'll be seeing her a lot too,"

"Hi there, nice to meet…" Patrick starts to speak as the brunette turns around, and he immediately stops when his eyes meet hers. Patrick is blown away by her beauty. Now, he had dated pretty girls before. He had flirted with pretty girls before, but all them paled in comparison to this girl in front of him.

"Hi! I'm Tori," Patrick smiles and takes her extended hand to shake it.

"Patrick or Pat, for short,"

"It's nice to meet you, Pat, are you going to Hollywood Arts?" Patrick couldn't see it, but Tori was holding her breath, hoping he would say yes.

"As of this morning,"

"Super cool! You're going to love it there. Fair warning though, coming from a normal school to HA is a lot to take in,"

"Will you help me navigate?"

"I sure will," The two exchange a pair of bashful smiles, "do you want a drink?" Patrick just nods because he can't seem to form the words. He follows Tori inside while she happily chats to him.

"Told you Vega would be drooling over him," Jade and Beck walk up with their hands intertwined.

"She's just being nice," Beck gestures with his drink before taking a swig of it.

"Yea, that's not what I saw," Jade smirks, "my drink is empty. I'm going to go refill it." Jade walks into the house quickly.

"…I'm going to go make she doesn't kill anyone." Beck jogs up behind Jade, placing his hand on her lower back.

Jade walks into the kitchen and sees Vega and Patrick leaning against the counter, happily chatting.

"Now, Jade, don't be mean." Jade turns to Beck, placing a hand on the side of his face.

"No promises." She places a gentle kiss on his lips before turning her attention back towards her targets. Jade starts walking towards them, but the unruly crowd shoves her into the couple, spilling Tori's drink all over her white shirt.

"Jade!"

"Oh my god!" Patrick looks around the kitchen trying to find a towel, but when he finds none he takes off his shirt. Tori and Jade stare at his six-pack with wide-eyes and mouths agape, and Tori could swear there was some drool running from her mouth. Patrick uses his shirt to dab Tori's shirt, "are you okay?"

"Yea, I'm fine." Tori smiles dreamily at Patrick, and while they look into each other's eyes a spell is cast over them.

"I'm fine, too," Jade pulls another kid over to her and wipes her hand off on his shirt. Tori quickly looks at her.

"Why did you run into me?"

"I didn't mean to. If I meant to spill a drink over you, it would be on your face and in your hair," Tori rolls her eyes.

"My shirt is ruined though,"

"Cat's got plenty of swimsuits. It's a pool party so it seems appropriate for you to be in a swimsuit," Jade gestures for Tori to follow her.

"Wait, are you going to ask Cat?" Patrick calls after the two, but it falls on deaf ears as they disappear.

"Here's the thing, new dude," Beck walks up to Patrick, and picks Jade's cup off the floor and places it on the counter, "Jade doesn't ask…she does," Beck grabs a new cup and starts to make a whiskey and Coke. "Plus, she and Cat are best friends. What's Cat's is Jade's and vice versa, so don't worry. Beck, by the way,"

"Patrick,"

"Robbie's cousin, right?" Beck and Patrick shake hands.

"Yea,"

"He's been over at the RV a lot lately. Sorry to hear about your friend,"

"You know, too?" Patrick grabs a beer, the anger reaching a critical point.

"Well, when Robbie spends most of the day crying on my couch, I tend to find things out. Plus, Jade and I don't have secrets. She didn't tell me what happened, she left that to Robbie, but I could tell something was up by her attitude,"

"She seems…you know…mean," Beck smiles.

"Yea, a hard exterior with a good heart. She's been through a lot, and has a hard time trusting people let alone opening up to them,"

"She says she experienced something like what I'm going through,"

"Yea, shortly after we started dating. It was a lot to deal with right away, but seeing her at her most vulnerable is why I deal with the catty bitchiness all the other days,"

"Did it turn her into…" Patrick gestures the direction that the girls disappeared to, "that?"

"Nah, she's always been difficult." Patrick and Beck fall into a relatively normal conversation, learning about each other and some things about their past. Patrick didn't notice the girls walking up until Beck was handing Jade her drink.

"Your drink, my lady," Jade smiles, taking the drink and wrapping her arms around his shoulders.

"My hero," Jade and Beck's lips meet in a passionate kiss that causes Patrick to shift uncomfortably. "Now…upstairs is all ready for us."

"Excellent."

"Upstairs?" Jade looks at Patrick with a sultry smile.

"There is a private hot tub that I love to partake in, and since Beck and I haven't had much alone time in the last few weeks I will be partaking in it most of the night. I'd offer for you to join, but I don't think Vega would appreciate that." Jade's head gestures to the side, and Patrick's eyes fall on Tori in a bright yellow swimsuit that contrasts with her brown skin. Tori tucks a stray hair behind her ear while she smiles shyly at Patrick.

"Have fun you two." Jade smiles while dragging Beck off with her.

Yay! I'm very happy with this chapter. It turned out better than I thought it would. I hope you guys liked it. Hope you join me for chapter 3!

Until Next Time!

-KMA