Tiny Roles (oneshot )
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Summary: Jade is upset because she keeps losing all of the roles to Tori, and Andre helps her realize something that changes the way she thinks about acting. (Jandre and Jikowitz)
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P.s , sorry this is so short. I wanted to do a Jandre oneshot and this happened, so I thought i'd post it anyway (:
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After months of being out-shined by Tori Vega, Jade decides to talk to Andre. After all, Beck doesn't understand the feeling of not getting a role he wants. Beck always gets casted in Hollywood Arts plays.
Andre on the other hand: he knows. He knows what it feels like to not be chosen first. His parents hadn't chosen him first when they moved to Bora Bora, leaving him home to take care of his Grandma. He rarely got chosen for roles for school plays. But he didn't mind: he had his music.
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"You know, just because you don't get the main role doesn't mean you're not the best actress at this school," Andre tells her after she confronted him.
Jade had threatened Tori because the Latina had yet again gotten the main role in one of Sikowitz's plays.
"What are you talking about, Andre?" Jade growls. Mostly because she didn't want Andre to see her upset.
"I don't know, girl. You're not getting all the main roles anymore because Tori is good at fitting into Mary Sue type roles. Ya know what I'm saying? You should only audition for the roles you think you want to play. Not just to beat Tori. You know, you can do well in tiny roles too," Andre tells her.
She stands there thinking about what he's said, and she gives a curt nod and walks away.
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Sikowitz and Tori are both surprised when Jade doesn't audition for the newest play at their school. Jade just growls at them when either one asks her why.
At the last minute of the opening night of the play, Beck and Andre are both in the audience. They hadn't discussed whether Jade was watching the play or not. But Tori, Cat, and Robbie were all in the play.
Jade is actually backstage, helping Cat change quickly into her costume for the next scene. She had been running lines with Cat to help her.
"Jade, oh good you're here!" Robbie cries, flailing his arms with a script.
"We need someone to play Dana. Aubrey never showed up. She's at home sick and we didn't hire an understudy. Can you please play Dana?" Robbie asks frantically.
Jade takes the script and remembers her lines in six minutes.
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Andre and Beck watch in shock as Jade appears on stage.
Her hair extensions are gone and she's wearing a short strapless black dress that barely covers her butt. She struts onto the stage in heels she borrowed from Tori.
"Come on, Jeremy. Don't you want to forget about Amanda? She won't even look at you in the eye," Jade says to Robbie.
"I don't know, Dana," Robbie whines.
"Quit whining. You're acting like a child. Do you want me or not?" Jade asks bluntly.
Beck and Andre watched as Robbie looked flustered. It looked like he wasn't acting.
"Amanda is never going to want you. Stop thinking about it and just kiss me, Jeremy," Jade says as Dana, crushing her lips to Robbie's. The lights went dark.
"That was hot. I didn't know Jade was in this play," Andre smiles.
"I didn't know either," Beck mumbles, bitting his lip.
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"You know, I think you're doing the right thing, Jade," Sikowitz tells her.
"What are you talking about?" Jade asks, confused. Sikowitz had asked her to stay after class and then he had told her that he thought she was doing the right thing.
"I think it's good that you're auditioning less," Sikowitz says.
"So you think I'm a bad actress? You're glad I'm not going to be in as many of your plays?" Jade asks defensively, and angrily.
"No! Good Ghandi, no. I meant... Auditioning for everything is never good because you get your hopes up. There are some roles that, no matter how great of an actress you are, you cannot play. For example, any goody two shoes, nice character. You have to be comfortable in the roles your play. I'm glad you're selecting the roles that feel right. Thats what a good actress should do," he tells her.
Jade raises her eyebrows at the seriousness of what he had just spoken.
"Why the sudden change, may I ask?"
"Andre suggested it," Jade shrugs. Andre was smart, and logical. He was a very good friend. Why shouldn't she listen to him?
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People at the school start noticing Jade's talent for what it is. Since she isn't threatening Sikowitz to give her roles anymore, Sikowitz actually takes the time to read some of the plays Jade has written.
The night one of her plays was being performed, Andre showed up, along with Beck, Tori, Robbie, and Cat.
"I knew you could do it, girl," Andre smiles warmly, hugging her after the show.
"Thanks," she tells him. Because she honestly means it.
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