Hey everyone for the last time!

I have enjoyed writing this story so much. It was short and sweet, and I love the feedback I've been getting from you all. This story was a great experience for me, not only because it included Bori and Jandre, my two favorite Victorious couples, but also the fact that this story gave me a chance to understand Bade better. I think I can say that I have a teeny, tiny soft spot for Beck and Jade in my heart now, and I can see what all the Bade fans think: there is something definitely intriguing about them! (but that doesn't mean that I've grown to like them) Again, this story was so enjoyable and fun to write thanks to all my reviewers!

I want to thank all of the people who have continuously supported me while writing this, telling me that I'm a great writer and to keep going until this story is finally complete. Well, we have come to that point. Here's the final, 3000 word chapter (extra long just for you all.) Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious or Penguin by Christina Perri.


She sat on her sofa for a couple of minutes, thinking about the mess that had just happened. Jade had told her to go get Beck? The Beck that Jade had been so possessive over for the past whoever-knows-however-many years. That same Beck who Tori loved ever since they had met. Tori smiled to herself.

"Jade must actually be my friend," she thought, "a good friend."

Tori checked the time and cursed herself. He would be her in like two seconds and she wasn't even ready. She groaned and ran upstairs only to be disrupted by the doorbell.

"Oh god," she said and then yelled, "Coming!" Trina had already left and her parents weren't home like always, so in other words, there was no one to stall Beck.

He, looking stunning, stood at the door: teal tie that matched her dress, dress shirt, dress pants, dress shoes. She drooled over the strands of perfection that lay on his head (his hair) like usual before letting him in.

"Come on in," she said happily.

"Thanks, Tori. By the way, you look amazing."

"What? Oh, thanks." For some reason, she was too surprised at that comment to say something friendly back to him, but maybe it was because she thought her mascara was all over her cheeks.

"So, you ready to go?" he asked her as he stepped into the house. Her shoulders dropped as she told him to wait and ran upstairs to "fix herself."

He shrugged and flopped onto the couch thinking back to the last time he was here. Surprisingly, he and Tori were a bit more tension-free that day. He could even say that they were happy…just the two of them, playing a beat and singing together on this same couch.

And the time before that was even more different. It was their kiss, almost kiss, before the Platinum Music Awards. There were days when Beck sat down to wonder what it would be like to be Tori's – you know – boyfriend. But his first rejection from Tori helped him learn that he wasn't wanted, and that Tori might have been right. That they were never going to work out with his wound from Jade still healing.

Still, that simple night had been different. They were a happy pair and somewhere inside, he wished that every day could be like that one. Him and his Tori. That was all he wanted sometimes.

He knew his thoughts were too far-fetched, though, when he thought of the day after their so-called music night. Tori had come to him and reminded him what he had hidden inside him for the last few months – Jade. And that even made him reconsider his feelings for Tori again. It made him confused, and left him that way for a long time. He had developed a certain grudge against Tori, too, considering the fact that she was moving away from his every move.

The way he laid his head on her shoulder for comfort was one. That kiss that he had softly planted on her cheek in the café yesterday was one. Even the little furtive touches between them had always reminded him of everything he loved about Tori, since the very beginning.

But, he didn't know where or how to take their relationship forward. It's not like kissing her out of the blue would work...right?


Jade sat in her car, thinking of what was happening to her yet again. Why did her love life have to be so complicated?

She had wasted a pretty long time prying over Beck after they had broken up, but helping Tori took a lot of guts and she knew that. She knew that somewhere inside her heart, she would always love Beck…a lot, and she hoped ever so strongly that she would fall out of love with him, just as he had with her.

He loved Tori now. And she didn't mind. At all.

After all, she was the one and only, unpredictable Jade West.


"So, you're finally ready?" Beck asked Tori, trying not to look too astounded at her perfect appearance as she stepped down the stairs.

"Shut up!" she said with her usual enthusiasm that accomplished in making him smile every time, and added, "I don't get a compliment?"

"Of course you don't," he said, bringing a crooked smirk upon his lips.

"Well then," she replied, sounding a bit more playful than offended.

"You look great, Tori," Beck said after a pause, laughing at their ridiculous conversation. He held out his hand that she gracefully took in her own, "Ready to go?"

"Yeah!"

And they stepped outside, his right hand on the bare skin of her left shoulder the whole time. She shivered a bit at the cold, and he tightened his arms around her.

"We're almost to the car," he said.

"I'm fine, just a little cold," she said, deciding against telling him that his arms were only making her shiver more. It only took one touch from him to make the hairs on the back of her neck rise. That's all it took to make her nervous and fidgety. He succeeded in making their conversations awkward every time.

"Tori?" he said, and she realized she had been looking off in the distance, "You okay?"

"Huh? Oh…uh…yeah. Sorry, I was kind of lost in something," she cleared her throat awkwardly, but he smiled a handsome smile and made her sit inside his car. She sat there, lost in thought as she glanced at Beck once in a while, but all that did was bring back her conservation with Jade.

"You like Beck…why won't you just tell him?"

"You can't just deny that you love him."

"You can't let him go."

Tori had decided. Finally. She wouldn't let him go this time. She had hurt herself over Beck too much, and it was all her fault. It was all her fault that they were sitting in the same car, less than two feet apart, going to a dance together, but they weren't together in any way.

Tori knew since the Platinum Music Awards that Beck had always had feelings for her. But he had never gotten over Jade, and she knew that. He did too. So, she stopped her advances towards him and tried to figure out how to get Beck and Jade back together.

But, she was glad she had lost this time, because she had gotten something good out of it. She had gotten her Beck.


"Where have you been?"

Andre had been worried for the past three hours and his anger was defined as Jade walked up to him in her driveway. She noticed his handsome outfit that he wore for the dance. He had on black pants, with a white shirt, and a simple black tie. She could see that his face was drawn angrily, and it made her feel a little scared – which was not a very Jade thing to feel.

"Jade! You had me waiting here for the last three hours…"

"Andre," she said with a calm voice, but he was in no mood to listen.

"You know what? You probably don't even care. But, I was so worried about you. I didn't know what happened and –

"Andre," Jade said again, dragging out the word in a pleading attempt to make him stop screaming.

" – See! You don't even care. I was so worried about what happened to you. I was thinking of every bad thing that could have happened, Jade. But you don't even care."

He turned away from her, still angry, and for one second, Jade was almost about to turn him back towards her, and kiss him, because, although it was weird, he sounded a lot like Beck at this point. The same protectiveness emitting out of him, just as Beck had.

Really, what was up with her and nice boys? She brushed the thoughts out of her mind and smirked at the back of Andre's head.

Like her usual unpredictable self, Jade turned around and walked to his car that was parked to the side of her driveway. She opened the passenger door and slipped inside. She could see Andre turn around and raise an eyebrow.

"Andre, are we going to the dance or not?" she said, bored, and from inside his car.

"Huh?" he said, and the angry/worried expression washed off his face, leaving him almost…smiling.

"Come on!"

"Oh, right," Andre said, and he quickly sat in the seat next to her.

"Let's go do some dancing," Jade said, happy at the fact that he wasn't angry anymore.

"Yeah," he joked, "just don't spoil the dance by putting those creepy videos on screen again." But she wasn't listening, so he said, "Jade? Hey, what's wrong?"

She was thinking about what her ex-boyfriend's reaction would be. Yeah, he would have never ignored the topic. He would yell at her, and make her step out of the car to talk it out with him. One thing she hated about Beck. He wouldn't let anything go. But, she guessed Andre was different. A good kind of different.

"Girl, what's wrong?" he asked again, shaking her out of her thoughts one more time.

"Nothing," she said quietly, "everything's better now."

After looking at her for a good two minutes, Andre eyes popped open widely, and his mouth fell.

"Jade!" he screamed again and again.

"What?" she was so shocked at his constant screaming.

"Oh my god! JADE WEST!"

She rolled her eyes at his blabbing, and held her finger up to his lips.

"Shut your mouth before I sew your lips together!" she said to him, and he stopped hyperventilating.

"Dang girl!" he said, although he was not exactly surprised at that remark.

"Now, tell me why you were repeatedly saying my name like a monkey?"

"What did you do to yourself? I noticed that your hair looks different." he said, but it came out more like "WhatdidyoudotoyourselfInotic edthatyourhairlooksdifferent ."

"Just because my highlights are gone doesn't mean I'm a different person!" she said somewhat defensively.

"That's not what I meant," Andre said quietly, and swallowed up his nervousness before he continued, "I think it looks really awesome. You look (pause) pretty."

"I know that," she said, but she was blossoming with happiness on the inside...that for some reason, she vowed not to show.

"Well?" he asked her, after he finally started driving.

"What now?" she said, irritated yet again.

"Why'd you do it?" he asked her, "Why did you change your hair up?"

"I can do whatever I want, Andre." She had changed her hair for him, but of course, she wouldn't let him know that. He noticed the color drain out of her face, if there was any, and he smiled.

"Listen, Jade. I may not know everything about you, but I know you well enough to say that those colorful highlights mattered to you; they represent you."

She listened to the sincerity of his words, and digested how much Andre seemed to notice her. It was a good thing, she guessed, but that surprised her a little as well. In the beginning, Jade might have thought that Andre had a thing for Tori or something. She would've never thought that…she…and Andre.

"Wow."

"Wow?" he said playfully, easing the tension from the serious conversation, "I think of all that philosophical chizz and you give me a 'wow.' Thanks girl. Really appreciate it."

She smiled at him, one of her genuine smiles, and the rest of the car ride was spent in a comfortable silence.


The two couples walked into the Asphalt Café at almost the same time, Tori hanging on Beck's arm, and Jade slapping Andre playfully in the chest. They four met up at a decorated table and smiled.

"Hey man," the boys greeted each other simply.

"Vega," Jade said, smirking at the pretty brunette in front of her.

"Hey Jade," Tori said back, maybe a bit weirdly, and Jade's vibrant eyes, under her blue eyeliner, smiled at her supportively.

"Anyways," Andre said cutting in, "I think I'll take Jade to get some drinks." He looked at Jade for her consent, and she nodded, happy to leave the love birds to themselves for a while. They got up and left quickly, leaving Tori and Beck sitting across from each other with wide smiles on their faces.

"You wanna dance?" Beck asked Tori, as though her reply meant the world to him.

"I guess it's time to move on," she thought.

"Sure, let's dance!" Tori smiled even wider, her eyes scrunching, in what ended up being a smize (smiling with your eyes.)

"Come on," he said, grabbing her hand and taking her to the center of the dance floor. Luck must have been on their side, because a slow song started right as they stepped in together.


"Let's dance," Andre said, holding Jade's hand and dragging her next to Tori and Beck, who seemed to be oblivious to their friends coming in next to them. Jade smiled a real smile once again, and intertwined their hands, as they slowly swayed to the recording of the song that she and Andre had made together.

"Andre," Jade said softly as he pulled her closer, "thank you."

"Jade West is saying thank you to me? I wonder what I did to deserve that," His breath was hot on her neck as he whispered in her ear.

"For everything," she breathed, "and you know what?"

"What?"

"We wrote a great song." He smiled at her comment, and they started to concentrate on the lyrics that played in the background.

Can you find the time
to let your lover love you
He only wants to show you
The things he wants to learn too
The hardest parts you'll get through
And in the end you'll have your best friend

Love like this may come once
Baby, it's fate
Like a soul mate he's your penguin
Baby, it's fate
Baby, it's fate
Not luck

Can you find the time to let your lover hold you
He needs somebody to hold to
His love is strong and so true
His arrows aiming for you
And he's the one that you were born to love

Love like this may come once
Baby, it's fate
Like a soul mate he's your penguin
Baby, it's fate
Baby, it's fate
Not luck

Let go
Let go
of time for you
and I

Love like this is all I want
Baby were fate
Love like this may come once
Baby were fate
Like a soul mate your my penguin
Baby were fate
Baby, it's fate
Not luck

Maybe this was destined for Jade and Andre. Maybe he was supposed to have a crush on her a long time ago, that she wasn't supposed to know about. And maybe she was supposed to only understand the importance of Andre in her life at this point. Maybe it was all fate.


Tori rested her head on his chest, the top of her head brushing his chin.

"This is perfect," she heard Beck say. She lifted her head up, mentally pinching herself to make sure the three words weren't only a figment of her imagination. But, she was astounded when she saw him smile at her. His brown eyes bore into hers, with a certain emotion that she remembered from the Platinum Music Awards night. Was it longing…for her?

"What's so perfect?" she asked him playfully, and his smile grew a bit wider.

He broke away from her hands in his, and almost dragged her away to the table where they were at before. But luckily, the tables were completely empty and they were alone. He took a deep breath and leaned forward to place a small kiss on her cheek, "You are perfect."

She smiled at the sincerity in his voice. It was beautiful; the way he was saying everything was flawless.

"What brought that on?" she asked him, with a stronger playfulness.

"I don't know," he shrugged, "Just being here with you, I guess." He leaned down to kiss her other cheek. A kiss on the upper skin of her cheek first. Then another on the middle part of her cheek. Then, his lips came so close to hers that she shuddered and he broke away.

"Sorry," he said, and he was clearly reddening, "I shouldn't have done that."

He was cut off by a bold, decisive kiss from her this time. Straight-forward. No hesitation. She broke apart, her lips only a centimeter away from his. Her scent clouded his mind, and he smiled against her mouth.

"What brought that on?" he said, with an almost confused face.

She broke into a large smile, and wrapped her arms around his neck, "I love you."

"Tori," he said, breaking away from the embrace, "I love –

"Beck," she said airily, "you don't have to say it just because I did. I'm just letting you know that I've loved you forever and I always will."

He pushed himself onto her, backing her into the wall with a soft thud. He pressed his lips to hers and pulled away only to press their foreheads back together, "you don't know how much you mean to me, do you?"

It should have offended her that he was smiling at her clueless nature, but what was she supposed to say when she felt his hot lips on hers, with a perfect kiss?

"You really don't know how much you mean to me," he concluded after the long kiss.

"No," she said, "All I know is how much you mean to me."

"I love you, Tori," he said to her, and the playful smile on his face disappeared, being replaced with his look of seriousness, "truly, and sincerely." She flung her arms around his waist and engulfed him with a hug again. She could feel the wetness of her tears on her cheeks, but it was all okay. It was all perfect now.


Jade and Andre stood at the drinks bar, still together, and Jade couldn't help but notice the (obviously) new couple at the table, smiling and talking.

"Hey Andre," she said to him, "Look over there." He turned around only to find his two best friends linking their hands together.

"What can I say?" he said laughing, "No one can resist my man, Beck's, charm." He nudged Jade a bit and she scowled at him, supposedly angry.

"Uh-huh," she said, sarcastically, "definitely."

Jade put her hand on the railing beside her, and continued to creep on the new couple. Andre put his drink down and held her hand saying, "You did the right thing."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"I know you made this happen, Jade-y," he teased.

"Yeah, yeah," she said, "they can thank me later."

Andre laughed heartily and watched the girl in front of him soften for her two friends.

"I'll go talk to Cat for a while," she said after some time, "Wanna come with me?"

He nodded and stepped away from her to throw away their cups, but she grabbed his wrist tightly.

"Andre," she started, and when he looked at her, her face grew into a mean scowl, "never call me Jade-y!"

He laughed again, and the two walked off to meet Cat, but not without taking a quick glance at the best friends turned lovers on the other side of the dance floor.


THE END.

I was debating on whether making Jade and Andre a couple in this or not, and then I decided against it. They have to become great friends first, right? And that's what happened. How did you like the whole symbolism with Jade's highlights. Moral of that whole scene: Be yourself! She doesn't have to change herself for Andre like she thought she would. He loves her just the way she is!

How did you guys like the Bori uniting in this? Was it up to your standards? The only way you can let me know is by reviewing ONE LAST TIME!

I want to thank all of my reviewers, followers, and favorite-ers (how would you say that?) You guys are all amazing and I love getting reviews and improving my stories off of them. Thanks again!

I'll be back with a few more stories! Till then, remember to love Bori and continue to watch Victorious!

Love you all!

~livinthelife321