Thank you for the follows, faves, and reviews. As I said last chapter, this one is longer and we'll see Barbossa and the start of the pairings in this.
To whoever mention about Jack, Will, and Elizabeth getting jobs to help out, we'll see that eventually as well. Sorry about not remembering who asked about them getting jobs.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'Pirates of the Caribbean' or 'VicTORious', or any character.
No POV
The drive to Hollywood Arts was a bit longer than usual. Instead of the five to seven minutes it usually takes, it took over ten. Traffic, though a little heavier than normal, wasn't the factor for them taking more time than usual.
"But I wanted to sit on Elizabeth's lap." Cat whines as they walk into the school.
"Cat, you are a seventeen year old girl. You don't need to be sitting on anyone's lap." Jade says, heading into the building. "And stop whining." She adds when Cat whines again.
"Too bad Jack and Emily didn't come with." Tori says, rubbing Cat's back while giving Jade a quick glare.
"Why is that bad?" Andre asks, standing to the side of the door as the others enter.
"I don't know." Tori says, shrugging.
"I just hope Jack doesn't do anything to her." Andre says, a hint of concern in his voice.
"She can take care of herself just fine." Tori assures. "So, what do you want to do first?" She asks, seeing some of the games set up in the locker hallway.
"Is that a shooting game?" Elizabeth asks, watching a few kids play with the pellet guns and them trying to shoot out the target.
"Yeah." Beck says, leaning up against a locker as a few girls watch him. "There are two of them, usually. The pellet one there and a water one down the hall." He says, pointing down the hall.
"Any sword games?" Will asks, looking around and seeing a dart game. "And why are they against the wall? Shouldn't there be something behind them to prevent damage, or outside against the building's wall?" He asks, seeing a thin piece of plywood behind the dart game and a thicker piece behind the pellet gun game, and just a plastic sheet behind the water gun game.
"Probably. Knowing Sikowitz? I wouldn't be surprised if he threw one in." Tori says, watching as Trina walks up to Beck. "Want to find one?" She asks.
"I'll show you around." Trina says, turning around and walking up to Will.
"She just changed her mind from Beck to Will in a millisecond." Andre whispers to Tori with amusement in his voice, shaking his head when Beck has a sign of shock in his voice. "I don't think a girl, especially Trina, has ever done that to Beck."
"Aww, poor Beck. A girl walked away from him." Jade feigns a pout, a small smirk on her face. "I wonder if Sikowitz put up that scissor throwing game I told him to do?" She asks, walking away.
"Oh, that doesn't sound good." Tori says, watching the Goth leave, Andre and Beck agreeing with a nod. "Where'd Robbie go?" She asks, keeping an eye on Jade as she talks to the others.
"Followed Cat and the others." Beck says, nodding. "You'd better go after Jade. No telling what she'd do if someone doesn't stop her from making her own scissor throwing game." He says, nodding towards the hallway Jade went down.
"Why me? Why can't you?" Tori asks with a whine, staring at the Canadian.
"Because she hates me, Andre is afraid of her, and you seem to be the only one willing to stand up to her." Beck answers, pushing himself off the wall. "I'm gonna go see if Festus wants some help serving drinks and snacks." He says, walking away.
"And let me guess? You're going to see if the new Vocal instructor needs help with her booth?" Tori asks her best friend, raising an eyebrow when he goes to walk away.
"She's young, new to the school. She could use the help." Andre answers, turning around and walking away.
"And the fact that she looks like a Victoria's Secret lingerie model doesn't hurt?" Tori asks, laughing, as she follows the hallway Jade disappeared into, a freaked out looking Freshman telling her she's in the right direction.
"No idea what you're talking about." Andre calls over his shoulder as he walks away.
Back at the Vega House
"You can stop staring at me, you know?" Emily says as she ends her work out, grabbing her towel and bottle of water from the bench.
"I'd rather not." Jack says, watching Emily wipe herself down and take a swig of water. "What's that look for?" He asks when Emily glares at him.
"I'm going to shower and change. If you follow me, I shoot you in the head and blame it on self defense during a home invasion." Emily says, walking by him and heading upstairs to grab a change of clothes before her shower.
"Why not? Afraid to be in a small room, alone, with me?" Jack asks with a smirk, following after Emily.
"No. I just don't feel like killing you for perving on me." Emily says as she ascends the stairs.
"Perving? Can't say I'm familiar with that word." Jack says, following her, stopping when she opens the door and turns to face him.
"I'm surprised. With how you stare at girls and hit on them, I would've thought you'd heard that word long before now." Emily says, rolling her eyes before continuing. "Of course, it might not have existed back then." She says, shrugging.
As she grabs her change of clothes and heads to her shower to get ready, she ignores Jack as he follows her, stopping outside the bathroom door before she closes it.
Aboard the Black Pearl
"What are you doing on the Pearl?" Gibbs asks when he sees Barbossa climb aboard the ship.
"Taking my ship, Mister Gibbs." Barbossa says with a smirk.
"Not your ship. Jack's ship." Mister Gibbs says as the other crew nod in agreement, surrounding Barbossa.
"And where is Jack?" Barbossa asks, walking around as if the crew aren't there.
"Jack's current whereabouts are of no concern of yours, Barbossa." Gibbs says, watching as Barbossa walks around.
"Then you are currently without a captain." Barbossa says, stopping.
"The position is filled, and not by you." A crewman answers, stepping up beside Gibbs.
"For now." Barbossa says, a smirk on his face as he turns and goes to leave the ship. "But how can Jack captain the Pearl is he's not here?" He asks as he climbs down the rope he used to climb aboard the Black Pearl.
Tori POV
"Jade, stop scaring the Freshman." I say when I see a Freshman that helped with the behind the scenes stuff in Sikowitz's last play run down the hallway, absolute fear in her eyes.
"Why would I?" Jade asks, walking by as she swings her scissors around her right index finger.
"Remember what happened last time you scared a Freshman with your scissors? You were almost suspended." I point out, following after her when she turns down a hallway.
"Why are you following me?" She asks, hearing my footsteps.
"To make sure you don't give someone another life-long nightmare." I say, walking up to her. "Where are you going, anyway?" I ask, looking at her.
"Coffee, then wander around since I had to come." Jade says, walking down the hall until she leads to a side door leading to the Asphalt Café.
"No one made you come, you know?" I ask, following her to Festus' Grub Truck where she grabs her coffee.
"It was either come here or go home and try not to kill my mother-in-law before my dad comes home." Jade counters as she pays for her coffee, Festus not even needing her to order. "And I'm not dealing with her annoying self or my dad getting pissed at me. And this way, I can torture a few people." She says, walking away.
"What is wrong with you?" I ask, following after her again, waving to a few students I know from class.
"Don't know. Never been tested." Jade says, glaring at a student who got close to her as we walked by. "You can stop following me, you know?" She asks, opening the doors to the locker hallway.
"And let you give the student body constant nightmares? I'd rather not." I say as I follow her in. In front of us, I see Cat dragging Elizabeth down the hallway, trying not to laugh at Elizabeth's face and how breathless Will seems when he jogs up behind them.
"So, Tori. I thought you weren't coming to the carnival?" I voice I never wanted to hear again asks from beside me. Turning around, I send a glare to Ryder, clenching my teeth at his smug look.
"And I thought you dropped out because no girl wanted to date you again, especially around the time of a project?" I counter, crossing my arms, not seeing Jade stop and watch us.
"I never dropped out, and you owe me for ruining my GPA." Ryder growls out, pushing off the locker he was leaning against. I find it interesting that it was Jade's he was leaning against to begin with. "Of course, you can make it up to me by letting me take you on a date tonight." He says, letting his anger dissipate and replaces it with calm smoothness.
"Yeah, the day she goes out with you will be the day I give up coffee and scissors." Jade chimes in, scoffing.
"Stay out of this, West." Ryder says, sending her a glare. "This doesn't concern you."
"And she doesn't concern you. Now walk away before Helen has to hear about how you 'mysteriously' got a pair of sharp scissors in your eye." Jade says darkly, smirking at him.
"Try me, West." Ryder says, pushing past me to stand face to face with Jade.
"Is there a problem here?" Will ask, walking over with Cat and Elizabeth trailing behind. "Who are you?" He asks, not liking the way Ryder his glaring at Jade.
"None of your fucking business." Ryder says, sending a glare to Will. "And who are you?" He asks, using his smooth tone when he sees Elizabeth.
"Taken." Elizabeth says, walking up to Will.
"If you don't want to be humiliated by a second girl, walk away before you take an unplanned visit to the hospital." Jade says, stepping between Ryder and Will, sending him a strong glare.
"Fuck you, bitch." Ryder says, scoffing as he walks away.
"Who was that?" Elizabeth asks, looking between me, Jade, and Cat.
"An ex-boyfriend who used me for a grade. Didn't exactly like the fact that I found out and humiliated him in front of the school." I say, sighing. "Thanks for helping, Jade." I say, sending her a thankful smile.
Jade POV
"Don't mention it, Vega." I say, walking away, only Cat seeing the small smile on my face mixed in with my smirk. "Cat, leave Elizabeth alone and come with me." I order her, my back to everyone.
"Kay kay." Cat calls after me, the sound of a grunt joining her footsteps.
"I said leave Elizabeth alone." I say, not even looking.
"But I like her." Cat whines, her pout evident in her voice.
"Leave her." I command, walking casually down the hall.
"Kay." Cat whines, her footsteps quickly catching up to me. "So, you were quick to defend Tori." She mentions, her whine gone.
"And you're awfully quick to go everywhere with Elizabeth. You got a crush on her or something?" I counter, knowing what she's implying.
"No. I just like her." Cat denies. "So, how many attempts did it take you to get Tori to leave you alone before finally giving up and letting her follow you?" She asks, moving in front of me and making me stop before I ran into her.
"I didn't try to get her to leave me alone. I asked her why she was following me, then told her that she can leave me alone now, but she ignored each one." I tell her as we walk.
"Really now?" She asks, giggling. "Tell her before someone steals her." She adds before jogging away, giggling.
That's it for this. Not much for Jack/Emily in this chapter, but I hope I showed a good start for Tori/Jade.
This will be the last chapter of this I update for a while. I want to spend a few weeks or so just working on new chapters of this, 'Jade Dumps Beck Alternate', plus some one-shots and chapters for 'Nick Girls Collection - Smut Edition'. I'm working on a two-shot sequel to 'Best Way To End Thanksgiving', the first of which will be up in a few days.
I plan on updating a new chapter for 'Nick Girls Collection - Smut Edition' soon, plus some one-shots, but after them, I won't be updating for the rest of the month. I'll start posting again in a few weeks or so. I just want some chapters of stuff finished before I do, plus I have a few one-shot and multi-chap fic ideas I'm working on, but I don't know how those will turn out so I won't give anything away about them in case they don't go anywhere.
Thank you for reading, and please review.
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