Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious or Big Time Rush. They belong to Dan Schneider and Scott Fellows respectively.

Author's Note: This has been a long time coming. I've been really busy with school and my laptop has been acting weird, but here it is. Just a few chapters left before I call it quits with this story. I'm on Christmas break, so I'll try to get started on the next chapter and have it done soon. I really don't want it taking me a month to get a new chapter finished.


Trina wakes up bright and early the next morning and goes to the living room to find Tori standing at the window.

"Hey," Trina says and walks into the adjoining kitchen.

Tori sighs and goes to sit on the couch.

"Are you not talking to me?" Trina asks.

"What did you say to James last night?"

"That's confidential and not important."

Tori looks at her. "So, you're not mad at him?"

"I know I have every right to be, but I'm trying to be mature about this whole situation."

"I don't see why you have to be. He used you."

"I know, Tori. I just don't want our possible last three weeks here to be hell." Trina says.

"But I feel bad."

Trina frowns. "Why?"

"Because he used you to get to me." she tells her. "I don't even know how you can look at me right now."

Trina sighs and walks over to Tori. "You did nothing wrong. Guys come and go, but you'll always be my sister."

"When did you start acting so mature?"

Trina shrugs. "Might as well do some growing up. I can't be a kid forever."

"I'm still not talking to James."

"I'm not expecting you to. Just know that he's not a bad person, he was wrong, but he's still a nice guy."

"We all have our own opinions." Tori gets off the couch. "I'm going to go shower."

"Okay."


"Dude," Carlos says to Kendall when he walks out into the living room. "You should've came with me and Logan last night. It was a lot of fun!"

"I wanted to do my own thing yesterday. Get some writing done."

"I thought you went out with Tori?"

Kendall shrugs. "She wasn't up for it."

"Oh," he replies. "That's unusual for you two."

"It was bound to happen. You know how we all get when we're stuck together every single day."

Carlos nods. "True."

"Morning." Logan says as he walks into the room.

"Hey." Carlos greets.

"Have either of you seen James? I went to go ask him something, but he wasn't in his room."

Carlos shakes his head. "He wasn't in there when I woke up."

"I haven't seen him since before we all went to bed last night." Kendall tells him.

Logan shrugs. "Maybe he went down to the pool."

"I'm pretty sure he wasn't kidnapped." Kendall jokes, but Logan doesn't laugh, just gives him a look. "What?"

"That's not funny. He seemed pretty bummed about something last night, who knows where he might be."

"James is just being James, doing his own thing."

"Carlos is right, he's probably just lounging by the pool or at the Palm Woods park or-"

"Out with Trina for a breakfast date." Carlos says.

"Exactly, he actually has a girlfriend now, so he could be doing something with her."

"Well," Logan starts. "I'm going to go to Tori and Trina's just to see if he's there."

"Logan, he's fine!"

"You don't know that for sure!" he responds and walks out the door.

He quckily makes his way to Tori and Trina's apartment and knocks on the door.

"Hey, Logan." Trina says when she opens the door.

"Hi, is James here?"

Trina shakes her head. "Why would he be?"

"Because he's your boyfriend."

"Oh," she sighs. "He didn't tell you guys, did he?"

"Tell us what?"

"We broke up last night. It's a long, complicated story."

"Wow, I'm sorry."

"No need to be. To answer your question, I haven't seen him since last night."

Logan sighs. "That seems to be everyone's answer."

"I'm sure he's fine."

"That's another response I've heard."

"Go back to the apartment, I'll go look for him."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I need to talk to him anyway."

"Okay, let me know if you find him."

"Sure thing."


After she takes a quick shower and gets dressed, Trina goes to look for James.

She's surprised when he's not in the lounge or by the pool. She's even more surpised when he's not in the Palm Woods park. After looking for about half an hour, she considers calling or texting him, but she realizes she left her phone in the apartment.

"Come on, Diamond. Where are you?" she asks herself.

Another ten minutes go by and she thinks about giving up.

Then she realizes where he's at.

"The old man's apartment."

She remembers James telling her about the time the guys got into an argument and he used the old man's aparment (and scooter) while he wasn't talking to them.

After making this realization she runs back to the Palm Woods where Bitters stops her.

"No running!"

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry."

"I don't care. No running in my lobby."

"Fine, I won't run." she speedswalk to the elevators and repeatedly presses the button until it opens.

Once the doors are closed, she takes the short trip up to the floor and looks for the room number she remembers hearing him say.

She spots it and runs to the door, knocking on it frantically.

James opens the door slightly. "Trina?" he opens it all the way. "What are you doing here? How did you find me?"

"I've been looking for you for an hour! I found you because I remember you telling me that you used this apartment when you and the guys were fighting."

"Oh, I did tell you that."

"Yeah."

"I just needed to get away and think." he sighs.

"Can I come in?"

"Sure."

Trina walks through the door and glances around the apartment. "Aren't you worried about the man coming home?"

"No," he says and sits down on the couch. "He's gone the same amount of time every weekend."

"You memorized his schedule?"

"I had to, I didn't wanna get caught."

"That's smart."

"Yeah,"

Trina sits next to him. "So, what's wrong?"

"I just needed some time to think about this entire Tori situation."

"I thought we talked about that last night?"

"I know, but I feel like I shouldn't get between her and Kendall anymore than I already have."

"Not to burst your bubble, but it's a little late for that."

James sighs. "I know, that's why it's stressing me out. Tori already hates me and I don't know how to get her to forgive me."

"We'll work on it."

"And what if she tells Kendall? He'll not only hate me, he'll probably try to kill me."

"He wouldn't, he's your best friend."

"For now." he scoffs.

"James, I'm trying to help you out here. Yes, Kendall will probably be upset about this situation, but he'll get over it. You are one of his best friends. He can't be mad at you forever."

"And Tori?"

Trina shrugs. "Us Vega girls are a little difficult, but I can get her to forgive you eventually."

"I still think what we're considering doing is wrong."

"It's not wrong. Tori wants to break up with Kendall, but she won't do it now because of you. It's wrong that Tori's staying with him for all the wrong reasons."

"It's all my fault."

"Don't beat yourself up about it."

"It's kind of hard not to."

Trina places a hand on his shoulder. "You're still a good person, James. You just made a mistake."

"Thanks, Trina. It really means a lot to me that you don't hate me after what I did."

"No problem." she stands up. "I'm going to let you get back to thinking. I'll tell the guys you're just having some you time."

"They were looking for me?"

"I'm not sure about Kendall and Carlos, but you had Logan a little worried."

James nods. "That's expected. It's a Logan thing to do."

"I'll talk to you later, James."

"I'll walk you out."

Trina chuckles. "It's nice to see your chivalry isn't gone."

"I still have to impress the ladies." he smirks.

"You mean lady."

"Right, lady. Tori is my main goal."

"Good."

James opens the door. "I'll see you later."

"Okay, I'll try to do some talking with Tori."

"Thanks."

"No problem. Bye."

"Bye."


On her way back to her apartment, Trina stops by 2J to tell the guys James is okay.

"Hey," Trina smiles when Kendall opens the door.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing much, I just told Logan that if I found James I would tell you guys. So, here I am."

"Is he okay?"

Trina nods. "He's fine, just needed some time to himself to think."

"Oh, well thanks for letting us know."

"It was my pleasure." she smiles once more before turning around to walk to her aparment.

"Sorry about the break up." Kendall tells her.

Trina turns around. "If it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be. We can always still be friends."

"I think he'll like that."

"See you later, Kendall."

"Bye." he says and closes the door.

Trina makes her way down the hall and into the apartment. When she walks through the door, the first thing she notices is Tori curled up on the couch.

"Are you gonna mope around all day?"

"I'm just not in a good mood."

"You do realize I'm the one he dumped, right?"

Tori sighs. "Yes, Tri."

"Then stop acting like he dumped you."

"I'm not acting like he dumped me."

"Yes, you are. I bet if Kendall were to dump you you wouldn't be this sad."

"I'm not sad, I'm just not in a good mood."

Trina runs her fingers through her hair. "Tori, I know you hate that your opinion of James has changed, but everything will be okay."

"I guess you're right."

"You should talk to him and I won't take no for an answer."

"I have nothing to say to him."

"That's a lie," Trina scoffs. "I know you have a plenty to say to him."

"None of them are nice things and I'm sure you want them to be nice."

"Yeah, I do want you to be nice. If you can't think of anything nice, let him talk and you can respond to everything."

"I guess that'll work."

"Good, I'll call him and let him know."

"I'm only doing this for you."

Trina smiles. "I know, it means a lot to me that you are."

"If I end up yelling at him, you can't blame me."

"I know."

"Go call him."

"Will do." Trina smiles and walks off to make the phone call, hoping this entire thing will get James back on Tori's good side.