I know long wait for such a short and lack luster chapter. But I had to write this. And I am back at school and work so this is really hard for me to get back to… I even got blocked coz I had to write ten pages of my thesis and shifted my attention from Victorious to my own thing… Anyways I need your help… what would you like to see happen and I will pick the suggestion that intrigues me most because I am totally blank… school is bad for my creativity.
As always, Review. Tell me what you really think—S.K.
I got a feeling
Andre
Letting Jade move in, proved to be a pretty good idea. Though that also meant that Cat moved in too. It didn't matter, we had the room, just not the freedom that Tori and I had grown accustomed too.
Cat moved in two weeks after Jade did. It was spring break and Vegas Valentine began to book a few gigs around Hollywood. It was really great the reception people were giving us.
Jade and Tori got along better than I expected them to. She even got Jade to laugh a little. Sometimes I catch her and Jade talking quietly to each other in the balcony. That is usually when Jade has been feeling her worse, and Beck is not around. Jade is a little needy but I can't blame her; she deserves to be taken care of.
My Girl and Cat went out one afternoon to the mall. Jade came into the house, dragging a bag of what looked like laundry. She looked like she was about to take a scissors to it though. I looked up from my books and watched as she looked around the livingroom . She looked like she was listening for something. "Ok where's your wife?"
I lean back in my recliner. "The mall…what's up?"
Jade sighed and plopped down on the couch. "Stupid Mrs. Oliver… " She stops and stands back up pulling the bag back to the living room. "She gave me all of this stuff for the baby."
I smiled, "What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing… I don't know what to do with nice Andre."
"You live with Nice… You seem to do okay with Tori"
"Tori is different, she won't ruin my life if I look at her wrong." Jade said sitting back down on the couch.
"How can Mrs. Oliver ruin your life?"
"She could take Beck away from me." She ran her fingers through her hair. "I mean I care what she thinks. And this just feels like she is covering something."
"Would you let your son date someone like you?"
"Yeah, I'm Awesome."
"So what's your problem?"
Jade growled and walked away. "I'll talk to Tori when she gets home."
She grabbed her Bag and walked up the stairs; just as Beck walked into the house. I pointed up the stairs when he looked at me in question. "She mad?"
"I wouldn't say mad… but she ain't in a good mood." I answered going back to my studies. "Don't try to fix it Beck."
The doorbell rang, and I sighed and got up to answer. It was Robbie and Rex at the door. "Hey guys."
"Hey Andre." Robbie said following me into the house with Rex.
"Yo." That was Rex, it irked me that Robbie still needed that puppet even now that he had someone as cute as Little red on his arm.
"Is Cat here? I didn't see her car in the Driveway."
"Nah she and Tori hit the mall, for a little bit of retail therapy. "
"Retail therapy?" Rex asked.
"Yeah Tori got her first grade below a C this month. Her grades have been taking a hit ever since we…" oops I almost spilled the beans about our extracurricular activities.
"Ever since you what?" Robbie asked. Is he seriously that blind?
"Fool, since they started making the beast with two backs." Of course not.
"Rex!" I said it was easier to take out my frustration with the puppet than Robbie. Robbie was a cool kid, if he dropped the puppet and the insecurities.
"What's that?" Robbie asked
"You're kidding me right?" Rex said slapping Robbie upside the head. "Do the math, there are only three bedrooms in this house, and every room has one bed. One is occupied by Jade, one is occupied by Cat… where does Tori sleep when she goes up at night?"
Robbie looked at me in shock. "You and Tori?"
I sighed and shrugged it was good while it lasted. "Yeah, six months now."
"Wow…"
"Robbie, please don't tell Cat." I said. "Tori wants to tell her at the right time."
"aww come on, you got to be pretty stupid to…" I looked at Rex as he stopped mid sentence.
"I won't say anything Andre… so you guys have… what's that like?"
I looked at Robbie incredulously, "You mean you haven't hit that yet?"
"No, I mean I get nervous and I leave."
I nodded, "Alright, let me talk to you a minute."
Tori
"See now don't you feel better?" Cat asked after we left Louis Vuiton with my first big girl bag. We had gone to Victoria's Secret and Oakley, but cat convinced me to get something more.
"Yeah, I guess… but now I need clothes to go with it." I whined a little I couldn't believe I spent fifteen hundred dollars on a bag… That is something Trina would do. But I had to admit that the bag looked good on me.
"We can go to Bebe." Cat said pulling me in that direction.
Once we are in she goes directly to this scoop neck dress in glittery gold. "I love it!"
"I don't know Cat, this is a little too much for me."
"Aww come on, It's sexy. Think about how Andre will react." I looked at Cat. She was looking at me with that innocent look.
"What do you mean?"
"You know, you guys are a couple now… giving something for him to look at isn't a bad Idea."
"Who told you that we're a couple?"
"You did… I kind of saw you in your room one day, you left the door open." I tried to think back to what day that was. "It was the day I was moving in and every one was trying to get in the studio…"
"I thought I heard Jade…"
"Yeah, she pulled me along and closed the door the rest of the way."
I looked at Cat, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner."
"Why were you hiding it?"
"It was fun, then the label was like, make sure you're not seen with a boyfriend we want you guys to seem available."
"But I'm in the band."
"I know…" I look at the dress again, "You really think he'll like me in this?" Cat nodded in agreement. "Okay I'll try it on.
"I'm Home!" I yelled as I walked into the house. Andre was cooking some spaghetti tacos. "Ooh, Yummy." I said then got on my tiptoes and kissed him.
He kind of looked surprised because Cat was right behind me, but he smiled. "How much did Retail therapy set us back?" He took a drink from his water
"Only three Grand." Cat said matter-of-factly.
He spit out the water; it was a classic spit take if I ever saw one. "Please tell me there was a down payment to a car in that some where."
I started to feel bad. I mean I didn't have three thousand dollars on my own. That was Andre's inheritance. "You're mad?"
He seemed to stop and think. Then shook his head. "Nah… I forgot I have money."
I smiled. "I forget all the time… I just… It felt so grown up buying my first big girl bag."
"Let me see." He said, I pulled out the bag and he nodded. "Nice, anything else."
"Oh just a few things I can show you later." I wiggled my eyebrows
"Aww sookey sookey now." Andre said, just as Jade came stomping down to the kitchen.
"Jade, She didn't mean anything but to be nice." Beck said following her.
I looked at my friend she was beginning to round out in the belly but it was still not a noticeable change. "Tori… How would you feel if your… boyfriends mother gave you a whole bunch of baby things?"
I looked at her and tried to put myself in her shoes. "She is trying to make sure she gets to see her grandchild. By being nice to you, and supporting you and you should let her."
She stopped, and then looked at Beck. "Your mom thinks I wouldn't let her see the baby?"
"Well you aren't the friendliest person." Beck said and promptly regretted what he said. Jade screamed and walked out in the back balcony. She ranted and raved and Beck listened some more.
"When will he learn?" Andre said as we all settled to eat our Spaghetti Tacos.
Jade and Beck argued on the balcony for hours, Andre and my bedroom is right above them and we could hear their voices carry. "Ah the sweet sounds of arguing. Reminds me of my Uncle Tommy's house."
I curled up against Andre in bed. "My parents hardly ever argue where I could hear it. We could always tell t hey argued because mom would make our favorite food so that she could win us over to her side."
"We don't argue much" Andre said, "I heard that arguing is good for a marriage."
"What?" I said looking at him, "I guess it helps you get your issues out… but we are best friends. We learned how to air out our issues differently."
"Yeah I guess you're right." Andre agreed and wrapped himself around me.
"Cat saw us…" I mumbled.
Andre began to laugh. "She's not as stupid as we thought."
"I never thought she was stupid… Just unaware." I answered turning to face him. Suddenly it was quiet. We looked around and waited for Jades familiar stomps up the stairs but they never came.
I looked at Andre then got up out of bed and padded over to the sliding doors. There was a soft moan, so soft that I barely registered. "Lets go inside." Beck whispered.
"Stay with me?"
"I'm never leaving you."
I turned to Andre and smiled. "This house is going to be a party house until the baby is born."
"What do you mean?" He asked as I came back into his arms.
"Beck said he wasn't going leave Jade again."
"What about the tour?"
"What about it… oh the movie." Beck had been offered a small role in a movie. " Jade can't travel to all of the dates anyway, maybe she will decide to stay."
"What a mess…"
"Yeah…"
"Now are you gonna show me what you bought in that pink bag?" Andre said changing the subject. I smiled and went over to the bag. "Model it for me."
I smiled, "okay, I'll be right back."
"Hurry Back baby." I ran into the bathroom and put on my new bra and panties made of black and red lace, I must say I looked muy caliente. When I stepped into the room, Andre had fallen asleep.
"Unbelievable!" I look at the clock next to the bed it was midnight. I laugh and just slip into bed with him. "Good night Andre.
