Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Victorious, Dan Schneider does, simple as that.

Quick note: this part of the story came to me because I felt that there was something left unsaid, yes Mr Vega talked to Jade and Gibby but he certainly didn't do the same to his daughters before his time was cut short, no tearful good bye or telling them he loved them, they knew that but its one thing knowing and another hearing those little yet powerful words.

So I decided that to give this story a satisfactory ending, Tori and Trina needed some closure and maybe a new beginning.

You'll understand what I mean when you read bellow.


The West and Gibson families were sitting down in the Gibson living room, which of course used to be the Vega household and ultimately where Tori and Trina grew up.

Mr. West stood in front of his grieving family members, a DVD case in his hands, he wanted to show them what was on it but he knew he couldn't rush such a delicate subject like any other business, quite the contrary, he had to be empathetic as well as show respect to his deceased friend.

That's right, friend, when Jade started dating Tori, he and David began as acquaintances which slowly became an unlikely friendship, to the point that he eventually became David's lawyer, helping him with the divorce settlement when Holly's bigotry came out, giving Tori advice as if she was his own flesh and blood and plenty more, so when Mr. West heard of David's untimely death... Well... He felt like he lost a brother he had just started to get to know.

"I gotten you all here because of David's last will as testament." Mr. West cleared his throat "I know it's not easy for any of us, but let's try to get through this... Your father made sure not to exclude anyone in this... He loved you all."

Tori and Trina were silent, their eyes puffy and red from crying, their spouses grabbed them by their hands, giving them a gentle squeeze to try and ease the sisters shared despair.

"I'm sorry grandpa, but why are we seeing the video will here?" Anthony asked "Doesn't this usually take in a firm or something?"

"Well Anthony." His grandfather said gently "Usually that would be the case but David wished for all of you to hear him in the comfort of your home, he wanted his loved ones to feel at ease, thinking it would be best if his video will was shown a day or two after his death."

"So? What exactly are we waiting for dad?" Jade inquired "Aren't we all here?"

"Not exactly."

"Well, who is missing?" Gibby asked.

His answer came in the form of a ding dong.

There was someone at the door.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

"Who could that be?" Was the question in everyone's mind.

Tawny, who was closer to the front door opened it only to be greeted by a woman she has only seen in pictures.

"Grandma?"

Holly Vega stood uncomfortably in the place she used to call home, giving her granddaughter a small sad smile "My, my... What a pretty face you have."

The sisters stiffened at the sight of their estranged mother, while Jade and Gibby glared at the older woman.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" The former Goth snarled as she stood up, "I don't recall you being invited!"

Holly frowned at the rudeness of her daughter in law, but then again she expected no less, after all she hadn't given them a good reason to accept her with open arms.

"I'm actually here because of the will" Holly answered nervously, walking into the living room as she sat next to her youngest daughter.

Tori of course simply gave her a weak glare and moved as far as way from her mother as possible.

Jade instantly moved to protect her wife, giving her a one arm hug, glaring daggers at her mother-in-law.

"What makes you think you're a part of this?" She hissed angrily "Last I checked your forfeit any right of being a part of this family when you choose religion over your own flesh and blood you hypocrite!"

Holly was uncomfortable to say the least, the fact that she wearily rubbed her eyes while trying to look at her daughters spoke volumes.

Unfortunately for her, neither Trina nor Tori were willing to make eye contact.

"Actually" Mr. West spoke stoically, "Ms Vega is a part of David Vega's Last Will and Testament."

Jade's glare intensified on her mother in law. "Oh, so you had the galls to keep your late ex-husband's name, even after you divorced him?" She growled in disgust "You're not worthy of the Vega surname."

"Jade... Please stop it." Tori said weakly "If my dad wanted her, then there must be a good reason."

Holly smiled gratefully, she was about to say thank her when she was interrupted, this time by her eldest daughter.

"I will respect dad's last wished." Trina spoke coldly "But if you even think of saying some religious nonesense then I swear you're out of here! Understood?!"

Holly shut her mouth, it was crystal clear her daughters still resented her actions.

'I understand."

"Good!"

Since Anthony was the youngest member of the family, he had never even seen his grandmother, he was curious about her, so he got up from his seat and walked towards her.

Foxy wasn't far behind.

Holly saw the young boy making his way towards her, "And who might you be?"

"He's my son." Tori replied evenly.

"So he's adopted then?"

"Is that a problem?" Jade hissed.

"No no no... On the contrary it's nice to meet you... Uh..."

"Anthony" The boy replied kindly "Are you my grandma?"

Before Holly could say anything else, a Tori snapped bitterly "Last time I checked she disowned me, so... no, she's not ... She's no member of this family."

Danielle and Tawny stared at each other, they never seen their mama so angry about anyone like she was towards their grandmother, it was something they couldn't comprehend.

Holly meanwhile lowered her head in shame once she heard the brutal reminder of one of her worst if not the worst thing she ever did.

Tony stared at his grandma and kindly gave her a squeeze, much to her surprise.

"Hi."

She smiled back "Hi."

Mr. West cleared his throat once more, getting everyone's attention. "Now if we could we started."

He silently puts the disc on the DVD, the to then came to life, the words "Schneider Video Wills" appeared on the screen only to be replaced by the sight of Mr Vega.

"Hi family" He said with a tired smile. "I'm making this video will in the events that I don't make it past my retirement."

Tori and Trina began to cry anew, it hurt to hear their father say those oblivious words.

"I lived a long life and I been blessed with some wonderful people to have form a part of it, my daughters Tori and Trina, my daughter law Jade, my son in law, Gibby my many grandchildren, friends and co-workers so I decided to divide my possession in accordance to what I thing is just."

Holly didn't hear her name, so she wondered if it was really a mistake to come.

"First, to my daughter Trina and her husband Gibby, I leave behind half of my money for you to use for Alex and Noah's college education and for you too to use in case you are ever in financial difficulties."

"Thank you daddy."

"Well bro, guess we can go to College after all" Noah said.

"Oh goody more school" Alex replies sarcastically. "Just what I always wanted."

"To my daughter Tori and her wife Jade," He spoke with a smile "First I will say that I'm overjoyed by the family you build together, which is why I will give you both my summer house for you to spend many happy times together."

Jade and Tori held hands, unsure if they should take such a gift from the man since they felt it was too much.

"And I won't take no for an answer." He said jokingly "Now to my Granddaughters Dani and Tawny, I know that due to your parents wealth money is not an issue for your education, which is why my other half of my money will be used as a gift from me to you for your weddings once you decide to get married to that special someone be it a man or a woman."

"Dad!" Tori chagrined "That's too much!"

"Thank you grandpa" The twins said with tears in their eyes.

"To my grandson Anthony." The cop said with a smirk "I know how much you like to cook, so my gift to you will be my fishing gear so you can use to get some real big fish and be sure to use it with your mama since she loved the sport when she was younger."

The boy raised an eyebrow, staring at Tori. "That true mama?"

Tori blushed "Sorta."

"Cool!" He exclaimed "Think we can get a shark?"

Jade chuckled "That would be awesome."

"JADE!"

"Now as for my ex-wife Holly."

The room became eerily quiet in anticipation for what the deceased man had to say now.

"I want to make this clear... I forgive you."

Those words caused such a commotion for the families.

"WHAAAAAAT?"

"Now before I continue I want everyone but my daughters to leave the room, what I'm going to say is for their ears only, and Jade? I trust you won't try to eavesdrop."

The pale woman swore under her breath "He knew me all too well."

Mr. West clicks pause as he and everyone else reluctantly left the living room, walking outside to the backyard, Tori and Trina shared a confused stare, both wondering why their father had told Holly she was forgiven.

So once again they clicked play.

"Trina... Tori." The cop spoke tiredly "I know that things with your mother have been... Less than pleasing."

His oldest child snorted "Yeah, no kidding."

"But I want you both to try and patch things up," He continued "Let bygones be bygones, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday, I'm asking you not for me but for yourselves, trust me... Anger and resentment are not the answer, if you're watching this then obviously I'm no longer around and Holly won't be around for much longer, I forgave her because she made a mistake and it cost her, loneliness can change a person and I believe that not having her family around made her rethink her life, maybe for the better, so I made the first step and hopefully you two will follow my example, otherwise a day would come and it could be too late for you all to not only bury the hatchet but to be a family again, so girls... Please give Holly the chance to be your mother again."

Both women were reluctant to do so, after all Holly did hurt them both pretty badly.

"... Give your kids the chance to meet their grandmother."

Then the TV turned dark.

The sisters got up from the couch, deep in thought of what they should do next, they saw both their families in the backyard, both their spouses were as far away from Holly as possible while their children were trying to get to know her.

"Tori."

"Yeah Treen?"

"I'll forgive her the moment you do" The older woman said "You took the hit a lot harder than anyone else, it's only fair that it's your call to make."

"I can't... I just can't." Tori said "She hit me when I needed her the most and it still hurts."

"I understand, if I was in your shoes, I would feel the same way."

"However... I want to get past this." She continued "But only because it was dad's final wish."

"Then I think we should talk to Holly."

"Yeah... I think so too."

They silently went outside, unsurprisingly they weren't pleased that their children were all over their grandmother.

"Jade, can you please take the kids inside?"

"You too Gibby."

Jade grunted but did as her wife requested, Gibby did the same.

Tori and Trina walked over to their mother, staying silently as they stared down at her both literally and figuratively.

"What were you telling them?" Trina asked/hissed "The kids I mean."

"You better not contaminate their minds with some religious bogus." Tori added.

"No, nothing of the sort." Holly admitted "I just been telling them about this small pie store I own and would love to get a visit from them... It gets quite lonely you know?."

"And whose fault is that?" Tori growled "You could've been a part of this family, instead you choose your small minded beliefs over your own flesh and blood and tell me... Was it worth it?"

Holly lowered her head "No... I see that now."

"You have no idea for how long I resented you... How long I cursed you" Tori said with watering eyes "But eventually I decided to pretend like you didn't exist anymore, it was the lesser of two evil after all but of course you wouldn't even let me have that and now you're here yet again and your now asking me to forgive you? Give me one good reason why should I?! Just one!"

"Because I want my daughters back" Holly cried out "I realised I took the wrong path, I should have done things differently, I just wish I could do things over again!"

"Well you can't." Trina said sharply "The damage has been done."

"Is there any way you girls can ever forgive me?"

"No... Not now anyway." Tori replied "I'm just too damn angry with you.. I wish I could say yes and welcome you with open arms but it just doesn't work like that, you caused me too much pain over the years because you thought what I felt was wrong, I have three children Holly, three children, both gay and straight and I love them no matter what and that's the way things should have been between us but instead you caused such a breach and I'm not sure it can be healed."

Holly lowered her head "I see."

"But... We owe it to dad to at least try." Trina spoke this time.

This surprised their mother.

"There is still hope."

And for the first time since she arrived, the woman smiled.

"The man you married had a big heart." Tori said evenly "Be grateful for that."

"So... What now?"

"I suppose it should be appropriate to mourn together."

"Thank you."

"This doesn't mean we forgive you... Not yet at least."

"Not yet... That's fine... I can wait for you both to give me the opportunity to ge a part of your lives."

"And for my redemption."


See what I meant by a "new beginning" ironic seeing as this is the end... For real this time.

Were Tori and Trina too harsh on their mother or were their feelings of deep resentment completely justified? I mean for those of you who are following my "Parenthood" arc clearly Tori hasn't forgiven her yet so tell me whether or not I should write a redemption story for Holly.

If you guys remember, in the first chapter I had Mr. West in Mr. Vega's funeral and he acted as if they were only acquaintances rather than friends because he didn't show much emotion, well lets remember that in "Wok Star" he was "happy" despite his cold exterior, if was the same thing in the funeral, on the outside seemed kinda monotonous but on the inside he was grieving at the lost of his friend, in this final chapter I wanted to give him a more empathic role as well as showing that he and Jade aren't that different.

Truth be told, I'm not sure if I should make this a "what if" scenario or make it canon in my Jori universe.

As a final note to all my readers, remember to never take your father for granted, appreciate that he is still around.

So... Your thoughts?

Invader Johnny Signing Off.