I know I said I'd start on season two with this chapter, but I decided to do a few more from the first season. I picked a few that, I think, show the growing relationship between Tori and Jade.

The episode for this is 'Cat's New Boyfriend', taking place shortly after Daniel and Tori see each other.

Disclaimer: I don't own 'VicTORious' or any characters.

No POV

"So, Daniel huh?" Jade teases Tori as Cat stares between Tori and Daniel, not knowing why things are so awkward between them.

"Jade, whatever you're thinking, stop." Beck warns, leaning against Andre's locker, staring at his ex.

"Don't tell me what to do." Jade says with a slight snarl aimed at her ex-boyfriend. "Can I tell her?" She asks with a smirk at Tori after Cat asks why everyone's being so weird.

"Daniel and I know each other from my old school." Tori says, telling Cat so Jade doesn't, hopefully anyway, mess with Tori over the news.

"Oh! You two know each other?" Cat asks with a smile, looking between them.

"Oh, they know each other." Jade says with a suggestive tone, smirking again when Tori glares at her.

"Do you ever take a day off?" Tori asks as Cat stares at them with confusion over what Jade said.

"No." Jade says simply.

"Daniel and I used to date." Tori says as Cat continues to stare in confusion.

"You and Daniel?" Cat asks, staring at her boyfriend and friend.

"Don't worry about it. We broke up a year ago." Daniel says, soothing his girlfriend.

"It's only been eleven months." Tori says quickly, correcting him.

"Why does it matter?" Daniel asks her, staring at her.

"It doesn't." Tori says, raising her arms slightly and dropping them to her side.

"Okay." Cat says slowly, staring at them. "Well, okay then." She says, her smile returning.

"So, you guys want to go to Wok Star for lunch?" Tori asks, turning her back on the couple to talk to Jade and Beck.

"Can't. Got to help Robbie set up for the play tonight." Beck says, pushing himself off the lockers. "See ya later." He says, heading towards the Black Box theater.

"Sure, why not." Jade says, shrugging her shoulders.

"How about you…" Tori goes to ask Cat and Daniel, stopping when she sees them making out in the middle of the hallway. "Okay." She says shyly, walking away.

"What? Don't like seeing your ex with another girl?" Jade asks, following her out of the school.

"No. It's just weird." Tori says, heading for Jade's car.

"You sure that's all it is?" Jade asks with a teasing smirk as she unlocks the doors.

"I'm sure." Tori says with a nod. "What about you?" She asks as she climbs into the passenger seat.

"What about me what?" Jade asks, climbing into the driver's seat and starting her car.

"Do you like seeing your ex with other girls?" Tori asks cautiously, referring to all the girls who hang around Beck now that Jade isn't acting like her usual self around him.

"Why wouldn't I? We broke up, we're through. He can date whoever he wants." Jade says, shrugging her shoulders.

"Uh-huh." Tori says, not believing her.

A few days later, during the annual Hollywood Arts Kickback, Tori and Jade stand by Sikowitz and his odd grill as he grills the sausages of mysterious meat. "Daniel ever spin you like that?" Jade asks as they watch Daniel spin a giggly Cat around the dance floor.

"Want to get slapped with a sausage?" Tori asks, raising the sausage Sikowitz gave her and aiming it at Jade's face.

"Sure." Jade says, leaning forward a bit with little hesitation before answering.

"No!" Tori says, confused by Jade's slight eagerness in getting slapped with a sausage.

"I'm going to get a drink." Jade says, heading for the small coffee cart set up across the Asphalt Café.

"Kay." Tori says, looking over at Cat and Daniel. With a sigh, she heads over to the Grub Truck to grab a drink for herself, trying to walk around the dancing couple, but unable to because of how crowded the floor his.

Finally getting to the Grub Truck, Tori buys a sixteen ounce cup and fills it with a little bit of ice cubes and pink lemonade, putting the plastic lid on and grabbing a straw. Turning around, she sees Cat and Daniel kissing with a passion, holding each other close. With little thinking, Tori heads towards the cheese fountain and turns it up, making it spray melted cheddar cheese over everyone in a five foot radius, Tori, Cat, and Daniel being the closest.

"Tori!" Cat says, jumping away.

"You sprayed hot cheese on us." Daniel says, staring at Tori.

As Sikowitz and Lane jog over to investigate, Tori slips away while trying to figure out why she did that. Slipping into the Black Box theater a minute later, she heads into the tent set up on the stage and zips it up, hiding.

A minute later, Jade walks in, calling out to Tori. "I saw you come in here." Jade says, looking around the Black Box. Seeing the tent move slightly, she grabs a nearby broom and throws it like a javelin at the tent, a soft thud when it connects with the tent.

"Ow!" Tori says, the handle of the broom hitting her shoulder. Unzipping the tent, Tori climbs out, stopping when she sees Jade standing a few feet away.

"What up with the hot cheese assault on Cat?" Jade asks, backing up as Tori stands up.

"I don't know." Tori says with a slight whine, brushing her hair behind her ear. "I just saw them dancing, kissing, and next thing I know, my hand was on the valve." She says, standing there.

"I'm gonna go talk to them." Tori says after a few minutes of silence between the two.

"Have fun." Jade says, watching as Tori places the sausage on a nearby chair.

A few minutes later, Tori finds Daniel stepping out of the downstairs boy's bathroom, his jacket in hand as he uses a towel to dry his hair. "Hey." Tori says nervously, standing a few feet away from Daniel.

"Hey." Daniel says, watching Tori cautiously.

"I am so sorry." Tori says, letting out a sigh.

"Why did you spray us with hot cheese?" Daniel asks, sitting on the steps. "Are you jealous or something?" He asks, trying to figure it out. "It doesn't make sense. You broke up with me."

"No. I'm psyched that you and Cat are going out." Tori says, letting out a sigh. "Cat is so sweet, I love her." She says, sitting down a foot away from Daniel. "I guess it was just a stupid girl thing." She says, not looking at him.

"Like wearing a skirt over pants?" Daniel jokes, feeling a bit relaxed.

"Yeah, what's up with that?" Tori asks, looking at him.

"Look, I'm sorry." Tori says again. "I'm gonna go find Cat and apologize." She says, standing up.

"Wait." Daniel says, standing up and walking to Tori.

"Yeah?" Tori asks, turning to face him, a confused look on her face.

"Why did you break up with me?" He asks, never having an answer.

"We weren't working. You know that." Tori says, leaning against the metal railing of the staircase.

"I thought we were still going good." Daniel says softly, taking a step forward.

"No, we weren't. We rarely went on dates, and I know you've been looking at other girls." Tori admits, shaking her head. "I was afraid you'd break up with me for another girl or something, so I broke up with you first." She says softly, head down.

"Tori." Daniel says, placing his right hand under her jaw and making her lift her head up to face him. As he leans forward, trying for a kiss, Jade makes herself known, having kept herself by Tori's locker to listen in on the two.

"What are you trying to do?" Jade asks, causing Tori and Daniel to jump.

"Jade? What are you doing here?" Tori asks, turning her back to Daniel.

"I had a bad feeling, so I followed you." Jade admits easily, walking towards the two and stepping between them.

"What do you mean?" Tori asks, turning around and stepping beside the Goth.

"I didn't like how he watched you after you sprayed him and Cat with cheese before he came inside to clean up." Jade says, watching Daniel.

"Did you get all the cheese off?" A soft voice from behind the girls asks. Turning around, the two girls and Daniel see Cat walking up to them from the girl's bathroom by the janitor's closet, a towel around her shoulders. "What?" She asks, noticing the awkwardness.

"Nothing. Just teasing Vega for playing with the cheese valve." Jade says, using her acting skills to lie. "Let's go. I'm done and you're helping me with my script for Gradstien's class." She says, dragging Tori away.

Jade POV

"Why did you lie?" Tori asks, following me to my car.

"About what?" I ask, walking forward.

"About Daniel about to kiss me before you interrupted." Tori says, jogging to keep up with me.

"I wasn't going to let Cat know that her boyfriend was about to kiss his ex-girlfriend." I say with a sigh, pulling my keys out of my pocket. "Would you have stopped him?" I ask, unlocking the doors.

"Of course I would." Tori says, sounding offended.

"Good." I say as we climb into my car.

The next day, after I was somehow tricked into putting my feet into a tank of fishes who eat dead skin, and unfortunately it didn't hurt like I hoped, I find myself laying in a hospital bed. Turns out, the illegal fish Trina effing Vega bought to smooth her feet inject some disease called mirometiculitus, or something, into the bloodstream.

"Trina." I deadpan after coughing.

"What?" Trina asks, some fear in her voice, from across the room.

"I'm going to kill you." I threaten as Tori stands beside me, her hand resting on my arm.

"What?" Trina squeaks out, fear in her eyes, as the nurses check our vitals.

That's it for this. I apologize if this one doesn't seem to add to their friendship or anything. I feel like it could be better.

I hope the ending kinda shows how Tori feels for Jade, standing beside Jade instead of Andre or Trina.

Thank you for reading. Please review.

Blessed Be.