Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious or Big Time Rush. They belong to Dan Schneider and Scott Fellows respectively.
Author's Note: So, I pretty much know where to take the story from here. Before, I was just going with whatever my mind came up, but now I know exactly what I want to do. I'm not sure how much I'll include the rest of the Victorious cast, but they will be making some appearances, or at least their name will come up, but for most of the story it'll only be Tori and Trina. I hope that's okay with everyone, I just don't know how to include the others in the story. I feel like I'm rambling, so yeah, enjoy!
When Tori got back to the break room, she was surprised to only see James there.
"Where's Kendall?" she asked looking around. "You didn't kill him did you?"
"No, he went back upstairs." James said taking a seat at the small table.
"Oh, are you positive you two are okay?"
"Yeah, we're fine. So, tell me more about you."
"You know about Hollywood Arts and The Slap, you know the basic weird facts about me, you know a little about my personal life, there's nothing left to really tell." Tori frowned.
"Sure, there is! How about music, what style of music are you looking forward to doing?" James questioned.
Tori grinned. "I really like pop music, being a pop artist would be great."
"So would I. When the band ends, I definitely wanna go solo and sing more pop."
Tori smirked. "Looking forward to the band ending?" she teased as she sat across from him.
"Of course not. It's not everyday you get to work with your best friends."
"True, I would love it if my friends got to work with me."
"Even that mean one you were talking about?" he asked as he took a sip of his water.
Tori nodded. "Jade may be a little mean, but if it wasn't for her I probably wouldn't be sitting here right now."
"Even if you were supposed to originally perform there first?"
"Yeah, even if. Jade's not always nice to me, so for her to do that it was huge. I don't even know how to repay her."
James got quiet before saying, "You should invite her to the studio. Maybe you could talk Gustavo into letting you record a duet together."
"That's actually a great idea. I'm sure even Jade would appreciate that, even if she doesn't admit it."
"See, I'm not just good looking I can be smart sometimes too."
"That's a given." Tori laughed. "Smart and good looking, you've got it all."
"That's what James Diamond is all about."
"Okay, you seriously need to work on not talking in the third person." Tori told him.
"I'll think about it."
Kendall sat alone on one of the couches, thinking about the Tori situation. He could easily ask her out, sure James would be mad, but he would also get over it. He is James Diamond after all. Any girl at the Palm Woods, hell, any girl in the world would love to go out with him. Plus, what could James and Tori possibly talk about? I'm sure listening to stories about Cuda Products would grow old after a while. Which is why Kendall's gonna do it…maybe.
"No matter what, he'll still be my friend." he tried to reassure himself.
James wouldn't let a girl get come in between their friendship. When Jo first moved to the Palm Woods, it was Kendall who ultimately got her, and they were all still good friends. Yeah, Lucy may or may not have (she won't confirm it, although she did wink at him) a crush on him, but James also doesn't know about that possible crush.
The ultimate question is should he actually go for it?
Tori seems like Kendall's type and he really needs to move on and have an actual girlfriend since Jo isn't coming back anytime soon.
"I can do this." he got up and paced around the room. "She'll say yes."
It doesn't hurt to ask and she could always say no, which he really hopes she doesn't. Even if it's just one date, it's something. He knows they have some sort of connection and he's willing to see if she feels the same.
He sat down before saying, "I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna ask her out."
He only hopes that he won't lose James as a friend over it.
"There you are!" Logan exclaimed when he walked into the break room with Carlos and Trina. "We thought you were coming back?"
"I was, but Tori and I started talking and I got distracted." James shrugged as if it were nothing.
"I was looking forward to you teaching me hockey." Trina pouted.
"Hey!" Logan and Carlos exclaimed, shooting her a look.
Trina smiled. "But I was also happy to learn from these two, it was fun."
Carlos flopped down in one of the chairs. "Surprisingly, she's a really good player. If we play again soon, I want her on my team."
Tori looked at him in disbelief. "She's actually that good?"
"She's amazing." Logan answered.
"See, I can play sports."
Tori rolled her eyes. "Never said you couldn't."
"Where's Kendall?" Carlos asked.
"Upstairs." James replied.
"I'll be right back." Tori said as she walked out of the room.
"That's what James said and he never came back!" Logan yelled out the door.
"I'm coming back, I promise." she laughed, continuing around the corner.
She made her way upstairs, stopping outside the door when her phone rang. "Hello?"
"Vega, are you at the hotel?" she heard Jade ask.
"No, I'm at the studio. Why?"
"We're all out and decided to pay you a visit."
"Sorry, take a rain check. I don't know when I'll be back." Tori told her as she leaned against the wall.
"Too bad, we're already here. We'll just wait, but not all night so hurry up!" Jade yelled.
"You can't rush her, Jade." Tori heard Beck say in the background.
"Was I talking to you? No, I don't think I was. Hurry up, Vega!" she yelled once again before hanging up.
"Gank." Tori muttered to herself.
"Good, I thought you would be up here." Trina said as she came around the corner.
"Yeah, I was coming to get Kendall. Is that a problem?"
"Tori, trust me, if you go in there he's gonna ask you out."
"I can always say no, Trina."
Trina looked at her. "Will you?"
Tori remained silent, thinking about it. "No, probably not." she admitted.
"Exactly, so let me go get him."
"No, I'm not gonna hide just because you think that going out with him will cause some sort of problem."
"As your older sister, I know what's best." Trina told her.
"Sorry. If he asks me out, he asks me out. I'm not gonna stop him from doing that." Tori said as she opened the door.
Trina shrugged. "You'll be sorry." she told Tori as she left to go back to the break room.
"Hey." Tori smiled at Kendall.
Kendall smiled softly. "Hey."
"Logan, Carlos, and Trina just came back in and we're all hanging out in the break room, wanna join?"
"Sure." Kendall got off the couch.
They started walking in a somewhat awkward silence, stealing subtle glances at each other out the corner of their eyes. As they got close to the break room, Kendall decided it was now or never.
"Before we go in, can I ask you something?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah, of course."
"I know we've only known each other for a few hours, but I've really enjoyed having you around and talking to you, so I was wondering if you would like to go out sometime?" he said hurriedly, before stopping and waiting for her answer like his life depended on it.
"Before I answer, you have to do one thing for me." she said.
He nodded quickly. "Sure, anything."
"Breathe." she told him.
Kendall let out the breath he was holding. "Okay, done."
"Now, I would love to go out with you." Tori smiled at him.
"Really?"
"Really. I've had a lot of fun with you today and you're really nice, so I think going on a date would be really great."
"Awesome, after you meet with Gustavo and figure out what days you have to come in the studio, we can pick a day to go out."
"Great."
Kendall smiled really big. "Now that I got that off my chest, let's go in."
"Sounds good."
They all hung out in the break room, the guys getting to know a little more about Tori and Trina and vice versa. It was as if they've all been friends for a really long time instead of people who had just met hours before. They were all having such a good time, that even Tori was bummed when Kelly told them it was time to start working.
Tori learned that the guys were right when they said Gustavo wasn't the nicest guy in the world, though he was a lot nicer to her than he was to them. Tori assumed that it's because she's new and also because she's a girl.
They worked out a schedule for the rest of the week. Tori getting the weekends off and coming into the studio to record and write some demos every Monday-Friday. Gustavo made sure that Tori understood that if the demo doesn't get picked up, she would be sent back to Hollywood Arts, and her dream of working at Rocque Records would be ruined. That made her nervous, but the boys and Trina comforted her, telling her that she would do great and easily become an official member of the Rocque Records family.
By the time she was done at the studio, it was 7:30 and she was sure that Jade and the rest of her friends had left. But as soon as she sent Jade a text, one immediately came back that read: "still here, hurry up!"
Logan, Carlos, Kendall, and Trina walked ahead as they made their way out the building, James trailing behind so he could talk to Tori privately.
"What is it you wanted to talk about?" Tori asked him.
"I know this is probably a little soon, but I was wondering if you'd like to go out sometime?" James smiled brightly.
Tori frowned, feeling extremely bad for the answer she was about to give him. "James, I'm sorry. Don't get me wrong, you're an amazing guy, but Kendall already asked me out and I told him yes."
James' smile faded immediately, as he put his hands in his pockets and looked down at the ground. "That's cool, no big deal."
"James, really I'm-"
"No, it's okay. I understand." he cut her off. "Kendall's great, you'll have fun."
"I really am sorry." Tori told him.
"Don't be." he said as he walked passed everyone and out the building.
Trina told the rest of the guys she'll see them at the hotel and walked to where Tori was standing. "What was that all about?"
Tori snapped out of the trance she was in. "Nothing, let's go. Jade's starting to grow really impatient."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, and I'm going out with Kendall." she decided to admit.
"Of course. I guess it'll be okay." Trina sighed.
"It will be, he's really nice."
"I know, but not everyone is nice Tori. Remember that."
Tori sighed as she and Trina made their way to the car, the image of James' smile turning into a frown when she told him no still in her mind. Maybe a few hours with her friends can make her forget how upset he looked and how bad she felt.
When they drove into the parking lot, Tori immediately spotted Beck's RV and made her way over there once they were parked. She knocked on the door, before Jade swung it open, nearly hitting her in the face.
"About time!" she yelled, walking past her.
"Tori!" Andre greeted her with a hug. "How's Miss Hollywood doing?"
"Not Miss Hollywood yet, I still have to get my demo picked up."
"That's not gonna be a problem for you. Before you know it, everyone in the world will know your name."
Tori smiled at him. "I hope so."
"Yay, Tori!" Cat exclaimed, hugging her.
"Hi, Cat."
"I told you I wouldn't tell anyone but them." Cat smiled proudly.
Tori couldn't help but laugh at Cat's happiness over proving her wrong. "I guess you can keep some secrets." Robbie walked out behind her and Tori stopped to look at him. "Are you really bringing Rex in with you?"
"Yes, he wanted to see the Palm Woods." Robbie stated.
"And the ladies." Rex commented.
"Fine, just please don't embarrass me." Tori pleaded.
"Look at him," Rex started. "He's an embarrassment all by himself."
"Hey!" Robbie shouted at him.
"Tori Vega," Beck said as he walked out the RV and closing the door behind him. "I don't even know what to say."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"No, I'm just at a lost for words. You're staying at the Palm Woods and you have a record deal. And they say dreams can't come true."
Tori sighed. "If my demo doesn't get picked up, then my dream will be ruined."
"Don't worry about that, you're gonna be fine." Beck smiled at her, placing both hands on her shoulders.
Jade rolled her eyes. "Can we go in already? We've been waiting for hours!"
"Yeah, let's go."
Tori walked into the lobby with her friends and she saw Trina talking to the guys, before she made her way over to them.
"Hey Tori's friends." she greeted them.
"We've been through this already, I'm not really her friend." Jade told her as she sat on a couch.
"I thought we were done with this Jade!"
"We are, I just felt the need to say something rude." Jade smiled wickedly.
"Is that Big Time Rush?" Robbie asked.
"Yep, and we know them. I know Big Time Rush. Me. Not you, but me." Trina gloated.
"Can we meet them?" Cat asked, bouncing up and down slightly.
Trina looked at Tori. "Can they meet them?"
"I don't see why not." Tori said as she made her way over to them. She looked at James, noticing that he won't make eye contact with her and she sighed. "Hey guys."
"Ms. Vega." Kendall smiled at her.
"These are my friends I was telling you about earlier."
"Hi." Cat greeted them, smiling.
"By the red hair, I'm guessing you're Cat?" Logan asked her.
"Oh my God, I am! I am Cat!" Cat said excitedly.
Tori rolled her eyes. "And this is Beck, Andre, Robbie, and-"
"Jade, as in the one who got Vega here in the first place."
"Did I mention she's so pleasant to be around?" Tori asked sarcastically.
"Shut it, Vega!" Jade glared at her.
"Nice to meet you." Carlos said and stared at her.
"What?" Jade snapped at him.
"Has anyone ever told you that you look exactly like Heather Fox?"
Jade rolled her eyes. "Yes, and I hate that."
"Okay, how about a tour around the hotel?" Tori asked, changing the subject.
"Sounds good to me." Andre said.
"Mind if we join?" Kendall asked.
"Of course not." Tori smiled at him.
James rolled his eyes. "Figures." he said under his breath.
"Great, then let's go."
