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

Author's Note: Another little chapter for you all. There's not much to say here, but I hope everyone likes it. More to come with this and You & I. I didn't proofread this, so ignore any mistakes that I made. Enjoy!

James turns around in full panic mode, ready to take off until Trina grabs his hand.

"Just talk to him."

"Do I really have a choice?"

"Not now."

"I wasn't expecting to deal with this right now."

"Expect the unexpected." Trina manages to get out before Kendall stops in front of them.

"Hey, buddy."

"You kissed Tori?"

James sighs. "It's not what it sounds like."

"I think it's exactly what it sounds like. Things end between you and Trina and now you go after my girlfriend. Your ex-girlfriend's sister!"

"Kendall, calm down. Let me tell you what's going on."

"I don't wanna hear your lame ass excuse, James."

"I'm not giving you an excuse, I'm going to tell you the truth."

"Yeah, because you're so believable."

"Kendall-"

"I don't wanna hear it!" Kendall yells before walking away.

"I'll go talk to him." Trina tells James before running in Kendall's direction. "Kendall!"

Kendall stops and waits for Trina to catch up. "Aren't you even the slightest bit upset?"

"No,"

"Why not?"

"If you give me time, I'll tell you. It's not exactly my place, but I'll do it."

Kendall hesitates before saying, "You'll tell me the honest truth?"

"Yes, no lies."

"Tell me."

She tells Kendall what's been going on and once she mentions Tori actually has feelings for James and is basically just stringing him along, she immediately notices the disappointment on his face.

"Wow," he breathes.

"You have every right to be mad at James, but don't hate him too much."

"I don't hate him, he is still my best friend. I really don't know how to feel towards him."

"He didn't think about the outcome, you can't really fault him on that since he fails to think most if the time, anyway."

Kendall chuckles. "Yeah, but that doesn't mean he's innocent."

"I didn't say he was. Just go talk to him, he already feels really bad and he's just ready for this entire situation to be over."

"Fine, I'll go talk to him."

"I know you don't want to, but go easy on him."

"We'll see." he mumbles as he makes his way back to where James is.

James glances up. "I know you want to kill me, you have every right to, but just let me say-"

"I'm not mad."

"What?"

"I said I'm not mad—if anything, I'm a little frustrated and upset, but I'm not mad."

"Kendall, I'm serious. If you really are pissed, you can-"

"James, I'm fine. I'm a little more upset with Tori for stringing me along. Yeah, you're a huge dick for doing what you did, but you're also my besf friend."

"So, we're good?"

Kendall shrugs. "We're okay."

"I can handle that. I really am sorry for what I did."

"I know, that just means that you owe me for not kicking your ass when the chance was presented to me." Kendall grins.

James chuckles. "Sure, man."

Kendall takes a seat next to him. "What the hell am I supposed to do about Tori?"

"Break up with her."

"I know that, but I'm talking about if she gets signed to Rocque Records, I won't even be able to be in the same room as her."

"It'll get better."

"Easy for you to say, you'll probably be dating her."

"Kendall, if it's going to be an issue, I won't ask Tori out."

"Hell no! We are not doing this again, you are gonna ask her out."

James laughs. "Okay, I'll ask her out."

Trina comes walking up behind them. "I see no one has been killed and I heard no yelling, so I assume everything is okay."

"Yeah," James nods. "Everything's good."

"Great."

"I guess I should go find Tori." Kendall says.

"Probably." Trina agrees.

"I really don't know what to say to her."

"Just tell her that you know everything." Trina says. "There's no point in trying to hide it; the sooner everything can be solved, the better."

"Yeah," Kendall sighs.

"Dude, it'll be fine."

Kendall rolls his eyes. "Like I said, you're just saying that because you're gonna date her once I break up with her."

"You know what?" Trina asks.

"What?"

"Let's all go back to my apartment. I think it's best if we're all there."

James nods. "Sounds good to me."

"I guess that's okay."

"Great, then let's get going."

Walking into the apartment, Trina looks around to see if Tori's in plain sight.

Not seeing her, she calls out her name. When Tori doesn't respond, Trina walks down the hall to her room and knocks on the door.

"Tori," she says through the door. "Could you come out here for a minute?"

She waits patiently before opening the door herself. Glancing around, she realizes Tori isn't in there either.

"Kendall," she calls out as she makes her way back into the living room.

"Yeah?"

"Did Tori come here once she left your apartment?"

Kendall nods. "Yeah, she said she was coming back here because she needed to have some time to herself."

"Maybe she went back to the park." James suggests.

"I think we would've passed her."

Trina pulls out her phone. "I'll call her. It's not like she could've went far, she doesn't have her license."

"Trina, isn't that her phone on the couch." James points out just as the ringtone sounds.

"Damn! Where is she?"

"I'm sure she'll be back soon."

"But this problem needs to be solved now." Kendall tells him.

Trina sighs. "I guess we'll have to wait until she gets back."

James begins to walk towards the door. "We can go ask Carlos and Logan, or even Camille, if they've seen her."

"I guess, but if something has happened to Tori my parents are going to kill me."

"I'm sure she's fine," James says. "Let's go."

They walk back out the door and down the hall to 2J. When they walk in, Carlos is sitting on the couch playing a video game.

"Carlos, pause the game." Kendall tells him.

"Dude, I'm almost on level 24. I can't stop this."

"It'll only take a minute."

Carlos huffs. "Fine."

"Have you seen Tori?" Trina asks him.

"Yeah, she had Logan drive her to the studio."

"Did she say why?"

"Just that she needed to talk to Gustavo."

Trina sighs. "Damn,"

"What?" Carlos asks.

"I think I know why she's there. Do you know how long they've been gone?"

"About twenty minutes."

"Why do you think she's there?" James asks her.

"You'll find out if the reason I'm thinking is right."

"They should be back soon, let's play some video games until they get back."

"You three play. I'll just watch."

"What about your level 24?" James asks Carlos as he takes a seat on the couch.

"Oh, I almost forgot. In that case, all three of you can watch the master at work."

"Until you lose." Kendall says.

"Whatever."

Three rounds and thirty minutes later, Logan comes walking through the door.

"Hey," Carlos yells out, not taking his eyes off the screen.

"Hey."

"Did Tori come back with you?" Trina asks.

"Yeah, she went back to the apartment."

"Okay, I'll see you guys later."

"Trina, wait!" Kendall yells.

Trina turns around. "Yeah?"

Kendall spins her around and walks out the door with her. "I thought we were all going to confront her."

"We are, I just want to know why she went to the studio. I'll text you guys when to come over."

"Okay."

"Bye." Trina says and walks back to the apartment.

When she opens the door, she notices some boxes on the floor that were not there when she left.

"Tori?"

Tori comes walking out into the living room with some items from her room in her hand.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm packing."

"Why? We don't know if you're grtting signed or not."

"I'm not getting signed."

Trina sighs, her fear of why Tori went to the studio in the first place setting in. "How do you know?"

Tori places what is in her hands in one of the boxes. "I told Gustavo I didn't want to be signed to Rocque Records."