A/N: Okay I had to split the pilot in two! It ended up being twenty pages long! So… I am posting this one today. I'll post the other half tomorrow maybe, depends on how long it takes me to get it to where I want it. Let me know what you think of this half? I went scene by scene. My concentration in this story is looking at what they could have been thinking about each other while the episodes were going on and some between the scene action too. My relationship concentration in most of it will be: Bade, Tandre, Jori(friendship), Bori (semi-friendship), Cabbie, Trikowitz (Not too sure I'll drag that out.), Tribbie, Trinjin. Some Jandre (because it was suggestive on the show.), Cade (friendship), maybe a little Rade… we'll see.

The show relationships are really fluid, so this is going to be just as fluid. I am keeping it Cannon, adding my point of view on these relationships. So as always, Review! Let me know if I did this right, This chapter was grueling, even if I didn't write the dialogue (for the most part) but I attatched meaning to the words Dan wrote.

The pilot is Tori centric

So, don't be shy! Tell me what you really think.—S.K.

Pilot part 1

Tori

This mold bush is gross. I know Ian and I are getting an A. then we were going to win the science fair, and I was going to get into a great college then med school and be the doctor I want to be.

Ugh, the fish mold … I think I want to puke. I was about to tell Ian that he should do the rest of them, when Trina walked in Ranting and Raving about some showcase at Stupid Hollywood Arts.

"Andrew Harris a tenth grader!" She said disgusted about her partner on the show case.

"What's the big showcase?" Ian asked.

I began to explain that it was a big show, where students got to perform in front of casting directors and producers, but Trina took over pulled Ian by the hand and practically threw him out of our house.

"Hey! He and I have to turn in our science project tomorrow." I protested trying to explain how important that was for me. But she wasn't listening and somehow I got roped into helping her come up with what she was going to do for the stupid showcase. She is always like that. Whatever she has to do took precedence. She was the star, and she was the one that mattered.

I knew the real reason she was freaking out. I know she has a crush on one of her teachers. She is always trying to impress him and stuff. Though This year she hasn't mentioned Erwin very much anymore. But she is always trying to get in good with some dude named Sikowitz. Maybe that is why she is so freaked out.

Suddenly my ears were assaulted by a thrill from Trina. It snapped me out of my thoughts. "How was that?"

"Loud." I answered not trying to encourage her to do that again., but I didn't want to hurt her feelings either.

"Awesome." The doorbell rang and Trina went to get the door. Which is surprising because she NEVER gets the door. In walks this kid with dreads on his head and a really friendly smile. I liked him instantly and I felt sorry for him. "Tori, that's Andrew." Trina said rudely and walked away.

"Andre," he corrected her. He kind of sized me up a little bit. I guess he was a little on guard because of Trina. "You go to Hollywood Arts too?" he asked hopefully.

"No I'm not a performer… Just my sister!" I said and Trina proceeded to insult both my looks and my brain. I wanted to strangle her right then and there.

He saw I was uncomfortable, so he went to the piano and played a few bars. The dude was so talented. I watched his face as he played and he seemed to be making love to his craft. I sat right next to him. I was drawn to his talent. He reached for my hand and a tingle went through me. But then he made a face and smelled my hand. I was mortified. This was so embarrassing. "Fish mold." I admitted and he dropped it so fast. I was kind of sad.

The rest of the night I kind of just watched them work as I finished off my mold project. I don't know what Trina wanted me to help her with, I mean I don't go to their school. I don't perform. One thing though, I like hanging out with Andre, so I don't really mind hanging around.

Before he left, Andre and I exchanged numbers. He invited me to hang with him and his friends sometime. Why not? I mean I could always use more friends. It was likely that after he finished this project with Trina, I would never see him again and that would have been a shame. "Okay, bye Andre, see you tomorrow." I said as I closed the door behind him.

"You were no help at all." Trina said heading up the stairs. "You just stayed at the table working on your moldy bush and totally ignored us all night."

"I'm NOT A PREFORMER!" I yelled after her exasperated. I did some final editing on my paper. Texted Ian to tell him it was all done, then I hit the sack.

Andre

I spent five days at that girl Trina's house. Man she is the worst. She can't sing at all yet she insisted that this is what she must do. The only good thing about it was that I got to hang out with her sister Tori all five days.

When I first saw her, I thought Damn. That girl's legs go on for days! It had been a long time since I had a girlfriend, but for some reason, I felt like I really needed to get to know this girl first. There was something about her she was hiding.

Throughout the week she would show me a little glimpse of her. This girl can blow. I mean she can really sing. She never sings when Trina is around, Tori tries to hide her light when Trina is around so that she doesn't outshine her.

I wrote "Make It Shine" just for Tori. That first night I had thought about her making her light dimmer so that her sister could shine, and I wanted her to make her light shine brighter. She had her moments where she would just let go, and if no one is there she kind of gets lost in that moment and she shines.

The day before the showcase my grandma called me as I listened to Trina butcher "Make It Shine" for the millionth time, and I was glad for a brake. I took the phone call and ran outside to their back yard.

My grandma was rambling about something wild like drowning in my school bathroom. My grandma is severely pantophobic. Never leaves her house. So her coming to my showcase the next day was nothing short of a miracle.

As I was trying to explain to my grandmother that she was not going to drown in the school toilet, Tori came out with a glass of lemonade. Man that girl can read minds.

I hang up with grandma and give a heavy sigh. "Your grandmother is coming to the big showcase?" She asks me with a smile of understanding.

"Yeah it's going to be the first time she leaves the house in six years." I explained that my grandmother was so phobic she was afraid of everything.

"So if she saw a Rabbi in a bikini eating pancakes…"

"The woman would burst into flames." I answered. She laughed. She had music in her laugh. The pleasant sound got cut off when Trina called us back into the house for rehearsal.

When we came inside, Trina was wearing one of the ugliest dresses I had ever seen. It was blue and white and kind of layered. Then again what do I know? I'm a dude. Trina is so condescending sometimes. She tapped Tori's nose, and the girl looked like she was about to bite her finger off.

Then Trina dismisses her as if she were a fly on her windshield. She went on to say that she wanted to rehearse her song. Excuse me HER song? "And by your song you mean the song I wrote."

"No body cares who wrote the song." Trina said signaling for me to play. "Now…. Go." I started to play at the tempo I had written it by and she screamed. "SLOWER!"

I slowed it down and as she sang Tori cringed and told her I was right. I felt vindicated. I was so glad Trina had asked Tori to help. But Trina insisted that a power ballad would show her voice off better. My God how clueless can people be about themselves? At this point I turned to Tori. "Do you have any Aspirin?"

She looks at me and her eyes are filled with pity. She grabs a handful of aspirin and hands them to me. That girl feels my pain! I see you Tor, I am going to make you make it shine.

Trina

I was so nervous about this Showcase. I wanted everything to go well. I decided to sing, because Sikowitz asked me, no begged me to just do a monologue. I had to prove him wrong. He broke my heart, and I was going to show him how talented I was.

Okay I am not delusional. I could use a little help with my singing. I am no Cat Valentine… but I can hold my own I think. I made this Chinese gargle I read about on the Internet. It is supposed to loosen up my vocal chords so that I can sing my best tonight. I head over to the bathroom and to my gargle, and then test it out by doing my vocal exercises. I head back stage again. "Hi Laaaan," I said

Lane looked at me strangely. "What did you say?" He asked.

Suddenly my tongue started to feel heavy and I tried to talk but I couldn't. "OAH GAAAAAAHHH" I screamed and run to a mirror. My tongue was swelling up really bad.

I wailed Oh my god I couldn't breathe. My tongue was starting to strangle me. Lane ran and got the nurse for me, and she began to try to figure out what was going on. "I'll go get your parents." Lane said running off again.

Wen my parents got to the backstage, Tori informed them all about the Chinese gargle and the nurse told Lane that I couldn't perform; she said that if I did my tongue would explode. Graphic. I couldn't believe that I was going to miss my own showcase because of vanity.

"I am going to take her back stage and Massage her tongue." The nurse said.

Oh my god.

Andre

I was devastated. I mean I went through 5 days of torture for nothing. Then Lane asked if anyone else knew Trina's part. I smiled because here was my chance to show my grandma what I could do… plus, Tori was going to make it shine. I just knew it. "Her sister does."

"Who? Me sister?" She asked and then flat out refused to sing. I told her that she could do it that she knew the part and it would really help me out. She just had to get over this stage fright.

"She says she'll do it!" I flat out lied and then we all rushed her to go get dressed. I tried to sneak in there to see, but Lane caught all of us guys trying to ogle Tori and told us to leave. Instead I went to the stage to get ready to play.

Tori

Lane pushed me up on stage and I looked out at the sea of people. I tried to run off the stage three times but when I saw them looking I kind of froze into place. I looked over at Andre and he gave me a reassuring nod. He believed in me. He believed I could do it. Maybe I could.

He began to play, and I sang, my voice just above a whisper.

Here I am, once again

Feeling lost but now and then

Okay I could do this; I needed to start moving now. How boring is this just standing on center stage. I begin the arm movements, and my voice gets stronger.

You breathe it in, to let it go

No this is too slow… This is my show now. I look over at Andre and signal him to speed it up a little.

And you don't know where you are now,

What you would come to if only somebody could hear

YES! I am so feeling this song now. I begin to dance now as Andre's hands pound the piano. The dancers join me on the stage and we start to do the movements we had rehearsed.

When you figure out how

You're lost in the moment you disappear!

I have surprised myself! I feel so alive! The dancers bring me up stage and I break out in the chorus.

You don't have to be afraid to put your dreams in action

You're never gonna fade you'll be the main attraction

Not a fantasy, just remember me

When it turns out right.

The crowd is cheering. They love it! And the stage is home for me now. I never want to get off stage. I don't want my moment to end.

Coz you know that if you live in your imagination

Tomorrow you'll be everybody's fascination.

In My Victory, Just remember me

When I make it shine!

Trina

Wow, Tori looks Fantastic out there! I love it! And I hate it. She is shining out there doing the dance routine that she helped me come up with. She was right, the Tempo needed to be faster. She made a good choice.

I am standing next to Robbie and Rex. All of us back stage are dancing and cheering for us it's like she belongs in Hollywood Arts.

You don't have to be afraid to put your dreams in action

You're never gonna fade you'll be the main attraction

Not a fantasy, just remember me

When it turns out right.

Andre is at the Keyboards and he can't contain himself. He is jumping and dancing along to the music he wrote. And I must admit it is a great song. Kind of glad my tongue got swollen, and I didn't sing it. This song was suited for Tori. I think he wrote it for her. I think he has a crush on her.

Coz you know that if you live in your imagination

Tomorrow you'll be everybody's fascination.

In My Victory, Just remember me

When I make it shine!

She got a standing O! All of us. Andre Jumped over the Keyboard and hugged my sister so tight and swung her around in congratulations. I couldn't be mad that would make me a sore looser. I was truly happy for Tori. She did an awesome job… I would have done better, but she did an awesome job.

In the midst of congratulations principal Eikner ran up to Tori and asked her who she was and if she went to Hollywood Arts. "Well no, I…" Tori started.

"Do you want to?" Eikner said. I nodded excitedly, she should. Her talent would be wasted at Sherwood.

"Should I?" she asked in disbelief we all yelled a resounding YES! YES Tori damn, I will share my spotlight. We mean it! She went down a spiral of self-doubt. Then her little boyfriend Andre pushed Sinjin out of the way and opened curtains on our arguing with her to come to H.A.

"Hey!" He shouts over the crowd. His grandmother yells a greeting back at us and he continues. "This girl doesn't know if she is good enough to go here." He said pulling Tori Up Stage. "What do you people think?"

Cheers went up from the audience, and Tori blushed. Finally she said yes… my life in H.A. was about to change.

Cat

So that new girl from the showcase is supposed to start today. I think she's gonna rub Jade the wrong way.

I was lost in thought as I walked down the steps to the main halls, and I nearly ran into Tori Vega. "Hey, can you… um"

"Oh my god you're Tori Right?" I said excitedly. That is who I am now, everyone likes Cat Valentine.

"Yeah," she said a little shocked that I knew her name.

I told her how awesome I thought she did in the big showcase. I wanted her to feel important, because her lack of confidence was going to kill her here. "I'm Cat."

"Oh! Like the animal." She said

"What's that supposed to mean?" I shouted. I bit the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing. I loved doing that. It freaked people out.

"Nothing… I, I love cats." She said a little shocked. It was time for me to go, or I was going to laugh out loud.

"Oh, me too, they're so cute…" and I just walked away. I left her standing there a little bewildered. I had to see what Jade's reaction to her would be first. Jade is my best friend after all. I wasn't so sure I liked Tori yet.

Robbie

Rex and I were walking down the hall on Monday. I was trying to get To Sikowitz and I saw that new girl was standing in the hall looking kind of lost. "Um... Hey!" She said to me.

"Hey… hi." I said without realizing she had spoken to me at first. Man was she ever hot? I mean look at those cheekbones. Personally, the legs were more my thing. So naturally I freaked out. "HI, Hello! Female… Yes?"

She asked me where Sikowitz's class was. I totally geeked out giving her map counts and everything. Luckily, Rex spoke up for me. "Paces? Man the girl's not a pirate."

She looked at Rex dubiously "Sikowitz, down the hall swing a left at the fountain, second door on your right.

"Thank you." She said walking around us like we were the lost ones.

"Whatever it takes, cupcake." Rex said and she looked like at me as if I were psychotic. I pointed the blame at Rex, but I don't think she believed me. New people never believe that Rex is really not a puppet.

Well, to Sikowitz class, thank goodness I get to stare at her some more.

Beck

I was gonna be late to Sikowitz… but then again so was Sikowitz. "Jade, come on!"

"Just let me get my COFFEE!" she screamed. I swear if she wasn't so hot… That girl is irritating. But then she turns those baby blues on me tells me that she loves me, and I just kind of melt a little. "Babe why don't you go ahead to class, save me a seat next to you I'll be right behind you."

I smiled and kissed her softly. "You're the best."

"Never forget that." She answered and screamed at the barista that she said iced coffee.

I rolled my eyes and went to class. I was checking my slap page on my phone as I walked into the classroom and some chick was not looking and just ran into me making me spill my coffee on my white t-shit. It's Jade's favorite, she is gonna be pissed. She began to apologize and I was about to tell her that my girlfriend had got me the t-shirt but then I looked at her face.

Damn, those cheekbones. This chick is Hot. "Uh, that's cool, It's okay."

She insisted that she clean the coffee off with her sweater and she proceeded to rub the coffee into the fabric of the t-shirt. "Here I think I can get it out." She said rubbing and rubbing.

"Gee that's so sweet but you might be making it worse… Actually." I said smiling as the Girl finally looked up at my face. Her pupils dilated and she sort of swallowed. Her rubbing became less intentional as she stared up at me. Damn I kind of wanted to kiss her.

The door of the classroom opened behind me and I heard, "Dude…" I cringed and began to turn to face the wrath of Jade. "Why are you rubbing my boyfriend?" The girl tried to explain that she had spilled coffee on me but Jade couldn't care less what the circumstances were. You don't touch what is hers. "Get away from him."

"Relax!" I say to Jade and come over to her to ensure that she knows that I know where I belong. I plant a kiss to the side of her head and watch the annoyance start to disappear from her face.

Then Sikowits comes in and messes everything up by yelling Fire. Doesn't he know it's illegal to yell fire in a crowded building? Anyway. This class is going to prove to be interesting. Because once we were all settled down in our seats. I looked over at Jade and she was staring at new girl, which Sikowitz says her name is Tori Vega, with narrowed eyes. Not a good day For Tori.

Jade

Tori… hmm I sat there and watched. I listened to her tell Andre that she thought Sikowitz was just some homeless man on the street. I would have laughed, had I not been so pissed that the very first thing I see her do ever, is rubbing on MY boy friend. MINE.

Sikowitz is teaching Improv today. This should be fun. Oh my god, did she just say she doesn't know what improve is? What the hell is she doing in this school? "Jade you will captain the first team of the day, choose your actors."

I got up on the stage and looked out, I had a little lesson to teach miss Vega. "Cat, Eli, Beck… and Tori." I said smiling evilly at the last name that I called. She was shocked to be called. She just knew I thought she was inferior. She was right. Robbie gave the Place. And Andre gave the situation and we were set to go… "Why don't you wait in the Hall?" I tell her.

"Alright," She said and headed out of the door.

"And Action." Sikowitz stated.

"Hey babe how's it going?"

"Uh… I got fired?" Beck said

"Again?" Eli said

"Our daddy's a looser." Cat said

"It's okay, I have great news that will cheer up this whole family…" I said walking over to Tori. "I went to the animal shelter and got us a dog." I said. She didn't get down on all fours she just stood there looking stupid.

"uh yep… I'm the new family dog… woof" I rolled my eyes, this amateurish, sophomoric… argh I hate her so much.

I turned to Sikowitz and said, "Sikowitz, will you please tell this amateur that dogs don't talk and don't walk on two legs?" He ignored me so I yelled, "SIKOWITZ!"

"Oh I'm sorry I was sucking the milk out of this coconut." He said as if that explained everything. Then he explained Dorky Vega the rules. She got down on all fours and Cat and Eli rushed to pet the dog.

"Can the dog sleep in our room?" Beck said next to me. Oh, no he didn't.

I glared at him; he was going to pay for this later. "No Honey it can't" I turned my attention back to my victim. "Uh oh, looks like this dog has bugs in her fur."

"Uh Woof." She said oh she was getting pissed. That's right Tori get steamed I am about to cool you down.

Cat and Eli recoil from her. "EWWW," they shout.

"That's okay I read on the Internet that coffee is good for getting rid of bugs." Both Beck and Andre tried to tell me not to do it. Hell, Andre does not tell me what to do, and Beck is in the doghouse right now, I am not going to listen to him tell me what to do either.

I took the Coffee and I poured it on her head. This intense feeling of satisfaction came over me. I felt vindicated, and now little miss Vega can run home to her old school and leave Hollywood Arts to the truly talented. She stood up and faced me. "What's the prob… Dog?" I said with a sneer on my lips. Then she was out of the door and I am so sure on the phone to her mommy.

Andre looked at me, his eyes fully disappointed. He shook his head and ran out of the classroom after her. I turned to Beck with a smile and he shook his head and walked back to his seat. So did Cat. Her eyes were full of tears. I just kind of stood there for a second before heading to my seat. Beck wouldn't even look at me.

Now the panic has set in. Now I think that maybe I went a little too far with this. Just maybe. I didn't think Beck would get that mad at me. I looked over at beck and said, "Babe I…"

He stopped me right there. "We will talk about this later."