50 Shades of Jori Redux.
Author: Invader Johnny.
Disclaimer: As always I don't own Victorious, Nick does.
Summary: Here are fifty reasons that tell why Jade and Tori are meant to be more than frenemies, slight crossovers with other franchises.
Notes: Hello everyone! I'm sure plenty of you may get a sense of nostalgia from the title of the story alone, I know I am, this is actually a milestone for me, want to know why? As it turns out this is my 50th Victorious story! That's kind of cool in my opinion and to celebrate I decided to go back to what kick started my Jori universe.
Obviously these 50 moments will be different from the original version, but with that being said do read and enjoy and I should mention that these bits won't be in order, so at one moment Jade and Tori would be from friends, frenemies and girlfriends.
001. Nicknames.
"If you ever want to get near me again Vega, you'll never call me that again!"
"Why not?" Tori asked. "It's a cute nickname."
"One, I don't do cute." Jade hissed. "And two, I don't do nicknames either."
"You have plenty of nicknames for me and you don't hear me complaining." Tori pointed out. "In fact I have grown fond of a few of them."
"Oh? Sweet Sally Peaches like the nicknames I come up with now?" Jade asked, smirking evilly. "Well then maybe I should start calling you in school what I keep in private."
"Don't…. You…. Dare!"
"Aw… But you know you like it when I call you a bubble butt."
"JADE!" Tori yelled out mortified. "Two can play this game! How would you like it if I called you the Wicked Witch West?!"
"I would say that you missed the perfect opportunity to call me something worse." Jade taunted "Since we both know I'm pretty wicked."
"Ok… I didn't think that one through." Tori admitted. "…. Here's a better one, I can always go back to the nickname I just came up with you."
"Like I told you Vega, you even think of calling me that and you'll never get near me again."
"That's not a threat, you like me too much Jade." Tori said teasingly. "Or should I say… "My little pink bunny!"
"VEGA!"
002. Skeleton in the closet.
"Jade… What is all this?!" Tori asked freaking out as she opened the closet door.
"Oh that's just my skeletal collection." Jade shrugged. "I have corpses of many different animals, over there is the head of a skunk, I found one day while walking through the park and over there is the jaw of a cow and oh, you see that thing floating in the jar? That's a rat I bough of a science lab and over here is my favorite… A bag of blood."
"You keep blood in your closet?" Tori asked incredulously. "Why am I not surprised?"
"Oh not just any blood Vega." Jade replied coyly "This is actually yours."
"You're lying." The Latina said. "I would know if you had stolen my blood."
"Would you Vega?" She teased. "Would you?"
If Jade was lying, Tori knew she was doing it to freak her out but if she was being serious, she deserved some answers.
… But at the same time, she was a bitch touched that Jade called her blood her favorite part of the closet.
"Oh crap, I'm spending too much time with Jade." She thought. "I'm starting to have some pretty morbid thoughts like her."
003. Grim.
"I'm the Grim Reaper!" The living skeleton said. "Why aren't you scared of me?"
"Because I already have a friend who makes my life scary enough as if it." Tori replied unimpressed. "And speaking of Jade, you aren't taking her soul… Not today."
"Why do you care?" The Reaper asked indifferently. "We both know she doesn't like you."
"Jade and I may not be the best of friends but we are kind of friends." Tori replied. "And I'm not about to let her go when there's still a chance for her live her life."
Unbeknown to the Latina, Jade was listening to every word she was saying.
"One year in this coma and Vega is the only one who never stops visiting me… Never stops trying to be my friend… Never stop trying to save me."
004. Would You Rather.
"I'm not answering that!"
"You have to Vega." Jade said evilly. "It's the rules of the game."
"I'm not going to answer whether I want to kill Trina or Robbie!" Tori replied exasperatedly. "That's my sister and our friend!"
"So…. Trina?"
"Ok, I'll admit there are days I want to kill her… But not for real!" Tori said. "Ok my turns… Would you rather hear my sister sing for an entire year or get your tongue amputated?"
"Bye-bye tongue." Jade replied. "That's the lesser of two evils."
"But then you wouldn't be able to talk."
"Ah my dear Vega, there is always a loophole." The Thespian smirked. "I would get my tongue amputated but you never said that couldn't get a new one."
"Ok, you got me there." Tori said with a smile. "Your turn again Jade."
"Let's see… I better make it a good one." The pale girl said, putting her finger on her chin as if she was pondering how to get under her friend's skin. "Oh… I got it… Vega… Would you rather go without acting or singing for the rest of your life?"
"Acting." Tori replied without a beat. "Don't get me wrong, I love being able to play different characters every single day but I love music even more, it's a no brainer for me, Jade."
"You are so predictable, Vega." The Thespian said. "I knew you would say that… So go ahead with your question, I don't doubt it will be a dumb one."
Tori narrowed her eyes, it was that type of comment that really got under her skin and Jade knew it considering the smirk on her smug face.
"Two can play at this game." She thought. "Ok Jade here's a hard one… Would you rather kiss your worst enemy if it meant being able to stay on Hollywood Arts or burn down the school as revenge for being kicked out? I bet I already know the answer to that one, I mean you are very vengeful and…"
That's when Jade kissed Tori on the lips, much to the surprise of the Latina.
"It's not polite to assume things about people, Vega." Jade said coyly after ending the kiss. "Some may surprise you."
Tori however wasn't listening, all she could think of how her lips felt tingly afterwards.
"Holy Chiz … I just got a kiss from Jade freaking West…. Is the universe ending?"
At the same time, Jade realized what she just did. "Holy shit! I just kissed Tori freaking Vega! Am I going insane?!"
"Hey wait a minute…!" Tori said as she realized something "I'm your worst enemy!"
"Worst enemy… Best friend… Eh." The Thespian shrugged. "It depends on the day really."
005. Cinco de Mayo.
Tori sneakily stood behind Jade, noise maker in hand, the Goth was blissfully unaware of the Latina's trick until it was too little too late as the second most annoying screech reached her ear, (the first being Trina's voice).
"AHHHHHHH!"
Tori was laughing uncontrollably as she saw Jade drop to the floor.
"VEGA! WHAT THE HELL?!"
"Happy Cinco de Mayo Jade!" Tori said with a mischievous smile. "I have been dying to do that all day, not so nice when it happens to you does it?"
"Before I kill you, Vega." Jade said ominously. "What the hell is so important about this day?"
"Ah see, Cinco de Mayo is the date when the Mexican Army had a victory over the French Empire at the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862." Tori explained. "Fun fact, in Puebla where the battle took place they make historical reenactments, parades and more to commemorate what took place, want to watch it with me?"
"You mean we get to see people pretending to kill each other?"
"Kind of." Tori shrugged "But we also get to see art and music."
"You had me at death, Vega." Jade said wickedly. "Lead the way."
"¡Vamonos!"
"You're such a dork." Jade said with an eye roll. "I'm still going to kill you though."
"You can try, West."
006. Buried.
"Jade has been down there for too long!" Tori thought worriedly. "Please God, she better have enough oxygen in her coffin."
The Latina watched as people were lowering the coffin, everyone around was watching with morbid fascination as the young girl attempted to break a world record.
"Who the heck has being buried alive on her bucket list?!" Tori thought. "Oh right… JADE! Only she would have a sick fascination with the creepy and unusual."
The coffin was meant to have oxygen that would last for about three hours and it was agreed that she would be "exhumed" for a lack of better word, fifteen minutes before the air would run out, however, some precautions were taken I case this stunt went horribly wrong.
"Jade… Are you all right?" Tori texted the pale brunette. "Please respond… Please respond."
"Vega… Stop asking me that." The Thespian wrote back. "I was fine five minutes, ago, I was fine ten minutes ago and I was fine before I got in my coffin… I love saying that."
"Well I don't!" Tori texted back. "It's disturbing and I don't like the thought of you being six feet under."
"Stop being such a wet blanket Vega, everything will be fine."
"That better be the case, because I'm not going to your funeral if you die for real… Once is enough."
Several hours had passed and while the crowd had diminished, apparently having grown tired of waiting they simply walked away.
Some however remained… Like Tori who kept watching her friend's "grave."
"Just five more minutes till this nightmare is over… "Just five more minutes till this nightmare is over… "Just five more minutes till this night… nightmare is over…" Tori kept repeating like a mantra. "Jade you better be alive or so help me I'm going to kill you."
The Latina had sent the Thespian a text every five minutes, like Clockwork and each time she received a less than enthusiastic response, which was a good thing as far as the brunette was concerned.
"Time's almost up Jade." Tori wrote, relieved that this experience was almost over. "I hope you didn't get too comfortable down there."
This time however, there was no reply.
"Jade…?"
Nothing.
"Jade, answer me, this isn't funny!"
Still nothing.
She didn't even receive a "shut up Vega", that was a cause for alarm.
"GET HER OUT OF THERE!" Tori bellowed out, not caring that her friend was minutes away from breaking the record, she grabbed a shovel and began digging, it disturbed her that no one else seemed to want to help.
After what seemed like forever, Tori finally hits something solid, she opened the coffin and to her horror she saw Jade paler than usual.
"No… No… No!" The Latina began to scream, without thinking, she puts her ear on her friend's chest. "She's still breathing… But barely." Tori started to compress on her friend's chest, she also gave Jade mouth to mouth respiration, she continued with the process several times.
"Jade! Please don't die, please don't die!" Tori thought thankfully her efforts were rewarded when the Thespian finally gasped, taking a deep breath much to everyone's relief.
The crowd stared silently at what they just witnessed, at some point someone had the good thought of calling the paramedics.
"What the fuck happened?" Jade said between coughs. "I was just…Vega?"
Tori shed tears of joy and without warning held Jade in a tight hug.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again!"
Jade could only hold the crying Latina in her arms as the realization sunk in that she almost died.
It had been the second time Tori had saved her life.
007. Hero.
Tori was hiding in her room, it has been a little over a week since her heroic deed and while she was glad that Jade was alive and kicking, she hadn't seen much of her since that day and not for a lack of trying but because everywhere she went she was being interviewed by both reporters and people at school and it was getting tiresome, she didn't want the publicity and all she wanted was to know how Jade was but every time she walked out the house, cameras were outside trying to get an "exclusive" out of her.
Trina predictably was jealous that her little sister was being the center of attention but frankly, Tori didn't want the attention, she was honestly sick of it, she just wanted this to be over so she could go over to Jade's house without the worry of having someone take a photo of them and make money out of her friend's near death experience.
So she decided to stay away from everyone till people either forgot her good deed or moved onto other things.
Knock... knock… knock.
"Tori… Baby, someone's here to see you."
"If it's a reporter tell them to go away mom!" Tori said. "I don't want to talk to anyone!"
"Not even me Vega?"
"Jade?" She couldn't believe it. "Is it really you?"
"Vega, you damn well know it's me!" The Thespian snapped. "Now open the door! We need to talk."
"No argument there."
The Latina unlocked her bedroom door, opening it just a bit to make sure it was really her friend on the other side, once she was satisfied, she swung it open.
"Jade… Hi… How did you?"
"Got in here without those vultures seeing me?" She sneered. "Believe it or not Vega; I have quite the talent of sneaking in place without anyone knowing."
Holly silently left so both girls could have a private conversation.
"So um… How you been?" Tori asked awkwardly. "I haven't seen you since… You know."
"I know." Jade sighed. "So, are you going to let me in?"
"Oh… Right." Tori blushed before taking a step back to let Jade into her room.
"So… Vega, I noticed you haven't been to school for the past three days." The Thespian said bluntly "Care to explain that?"
"Oh I… Haven't been feeling well." Tori said lamely, rubbing her arm nervously. "So I decided to stay home."
"Cut the bullshit Vega." Jade grunted, "We both know that's far from the truth, so I'll ask again, why you haven't gone to school?"
"Because every time I leave the house those stupid reporters try to get close to me and I'm sick of it! I don't want be hailed for saving your life like it was some grand gesture; I saved your life because that's what friends do! You might not believe me but I don't want you to become worm chow, Jade!"
The Thespian stood there quiet.
Tori began weeping "To them it's just a show that will pass when the next big news happens but to me it was almost losing you! You were so close to being dead Jade, DEAD! I'm never going to be able to forget seeing your body inside that coffin and knowing that had I waited, you wouldn't be here!" She shouted. "I still have nightmares about that day… And you want to know the worst part? I can't talk about this to anyone for fear of my trauma getting out becoming a freak show to anyone who would love to milk this for all that its worth!"
Jade said knowing to that, she was angry at Tori for staying away but she never considered that the Latina having her own slice of Hell.
The younger teen rested on her wall before slowly sliding down, her crying turning into hiccups, next thing she knew, Jade took a seat next to her and began to massage her back.
"Shh… Shh… Tori, everything is going to be ok." She said soothingly. "I'm alive… I'm here… All thanks to you."
Tori continued to cry.
"Did I ever thank you for saving me?"
"I-I-I honestly didn't expect you to." Tori stuttered. "I was just happy that you didn't buy the farm."
"Well… Vega… For what is worth… I'm glad I had you there with me that day…. Thank you."
Tori clung to her friend for dear life, "Promise me you won't do anything that dangerously stupid ever again."
"… I promise."
008. Bed.
Tori continued to have nightmares for weeks but the nights when she was able to keep those terrors at bay were when Jade would sleep over.
… To the Goth's annoyance, the first few times she woke up to Tori sleeping on her chest and holding her as if she was afraid she would leave but eventually grew so used to it that it felt strange if the younger girl wasn't holding her while asleep.
009. Delete.
Jade looked wickedly at the unflattering video of Tori popping a zit, with the push of a button, it would be for everyone in The Slap to see and would no doubt embarrass the Latina.
It would be amusing and yet… It felt so wrong.
"How many times has Vega helped you when no one else would?" She internally asked. "How many times has she given you the benefit of the doubt when everyone else had already made the assumption about you?"
Jade paused the video and she felt unnerved because she almost felt as if Tori was staring back at her.
"You push that button and all you had with Vega may be gone for good."
As much as Jade hated to admit it, she knew that deep down she developed a soft spot for the youngest Vega and despite how many times she denied, the truth of the matter was that they are friends.
"And you can't do this to a friend."
Jade pressed a button on her lap top.
VIDEO DELETED.
"Damn you Vega! When did I start caring about you?"
010. Anger.
Tori was mad… No, correction, she was angry.
Right there in the bathroom stalls were the words "WICKED BITCH WEST CAN GO TO HELL!"
Jade however was laughing her ass off.
"JADE!" Tori admonished. "That's not funny! And how can you find this funny?!"
"Ten bucks that your sister wrote that." The Thespian chuckled. "Because I doubt anyone else is brainless enough to do this."
"Give my sister some credit Jade." Tori replied. "After all she knows better than to get on your bad side, she doesn't have a death wish after all."
"Ok, I'll give you that." Her friend said. "But if it wasn't her then who?"
Jade's cousin Fallon Carrington drove away from Hollywood Arts, laughing wickedly at her actions, however petty they may be.
011. Song.
It was an unspoken agreement between Jade and Tori that "Take a Hint" would always be their song.
012. Yes.
"West, remember, you have to say yes to everything."
"I'm aware of the rules Sikowitz made, Vega." The Thespian said with an eye roll. "And I can see you're about to explode if you don't ask whatever you want to say and as much as I would love to see your blood all over the walls, I rather not have it on my clothes, so pit it out already!"
"Jade, are we friends?"
"Oh, I should've seen that one coming!" She grunted. "Fine, yes Vega, we're friends! Are you happy now that I admit it?"
"Very." Tori grinned. "Now if I only had the guts to ask her out."
013. Karen.
"I want to talk to the manager!" Karen bellowed angrily.
"Madam, this is what you asked for." The Waiter said trying to keep calm, well aware that the costumer was making a scene as several people were staring.
"Are you stupid?" Karen snarled. "Or deaf? Or both?! I asked for a steak well done! Does this look well done to you?!"
"Hey psycho!" Jade said from the table she and Tori were sharing. "Will you shut up?! Some of us are trying to have a nice dinner!"
"Mind your business bitch!" Karen snarled.
Everyone in Wok Star was silent.
"She's dead." Mrs. Lee said to one of her chefs, who nodded in agreement.
"Jade?"
"Yeah Vega?"
"You know how I wanted a nice date for us?"
"Yeah?"
"Scare her out of here."
"With pleasure." The thespian grinned evilly. "Hey Karen! You with anyone? Oops my mistake, I only saw a table for one, let me guess, you can't keep a man? No surprise there!"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?!"
"You heard me." Jade said. "You think the world revolves around you and when you don't get your way, you start to bitch about it, can't say I'm surprised."
The enraged Karen sprung out of her seat and was about to give Jade a piece of her mind only for her to freeze in horror, because she only now recognized who had just insulted her.
Jade West gave her the evil eye that intensified with every second. "Oh look, if it isn't my former neighbor, what have you been up to since I last saw you?"
Karen had a flashback to when the girl in front of her used to live next door and terrorized her at every turn.
"MY CAR!" Karen bellowed "Who did this?!"
"Oh wouldn't you like to know?" Jade snickered wickedly nearby. "Next time it would be in your best interest to remember that when kids are trying to sell lemonade you don't call the cops on them."
Karen continued to bellow madly as her car had been trashed beyond repair as kids continue to destroy it with baseball bats.
Apparently someone decided to "legally" do a "fund me" idea where they trashed a vehicle so the little kids who were selling lemonade could go to Disneyland.
Karen's left eye began to twitch uncontrollably before she ran out of the restaurant screaming in terror.
The entire restaurant gave the Thespian a thunderous applause.
"Now that that parasite is gone, we can continue with our date Vega."
"Yup." Tori grinned. "Now, where were we?"
"I was calling you a dork for saying my eyes remind you of the ocean."
"Doesn't make it any less true."
014. Casting.
Tori sniffed, she had given her all on the audition but apparently that wasn't enough, it could've been her big break but sadly one wrong move was all it took for the casting directors "Don't call us, we'll call you."
"I'm sure Jade at least got the role." She thought as she waited for her friend to finish her audition, they both wanted the same role and unlike their previous time like with "Steamboat Suzy" both young women decided that "may the best actress win".
"Break a leg Vega."
Jade had told her that earlier that day "Good thing she didn't mean it literally… I hope."
Suddenly, someone kicked the door to the studio open with so much force it scared the Latina off her seat, not long anger she saw a very angry brunette who screamed something in Spanish at the directors, what she said made Tori blush.
"I knew teaching her the swear words in Spanish was a bad idea." Tori thought before warily making her towards her friend. "So uh.. I take it you had bad luck in getting the role."
"As a matter of fact, Vega, I got a role!"
"You did?" Tori blinked confused. "Then why are you mad?"
"Because those idiots wanted to cast me as a fucking Karen!"
The Latina chewed her lower lip trying not to laugh.
"Not funny Vega!" Jade hissed "And if I hear as much as a giggle from you then you can walk home! And trust me, in this heat; you don't want to do that!"
015. Couch.
"Vega… What the hell is with this couch?"
"What do you mean?"
"What happened to the red one?" Jade asked. "It was much bigger than… This."
"Oh, Trina spilled some ice cream on it… It was a big spot and while she tried to wash the chocolate away she only made it worse so my parents are forcing her to pay to get it reupholstered and we put this one for the moment, I know it's a smaller size but its only temporary."
"Fine, whatever." Jade "As long as I have a place to sit."
The Thespian sat down inches away from the Latina, something that made Tori glee with joy internally.
She yawned, raising her arm with the intention of putting it across Jade's shoulders.
"Don't even think about it Vega."
"Chiz… She saw through me." Tori thought dejectedly. "Come on Tori, you're better than that!"
Without a warning Jade took her by surprise by intertwining hands.
"It's official, I love this couch!"
016. Sandwich.
"Don't even think about it Jade!" Tori said warningly. "We aren't going to have a threesome!"
"The Hell are you talking about Vega?" The Thespian asked confused. "I only asked if you wanted a sandwich… I'm about to make myself one for dinner."
"Oh… Sorry, I totally misunderstood what you were saying." The Latina said, blushing bright red. "This is so embarrassing."
"My, my, my Vega." Jade teased evilly. "Who knew you had a naughty mind? But whatever the case, think you can keep your head out of the gutter long enough for us to have dinner?"
"JADE!"
"Well you walked right into that one Tor." The Thespian said. "What was I supposed to do, NOT take the opportunity when you handed it to me on a silver platter?"
"JADE!"
017. Falling.
"Well Vega, here I am with the stupid telescope." Jade yawned tiredly "Now care to tell me what is so damn important that I had to wake up at four in the fucking morning?"
"THAT!" Tori said dramatically pointing at the sky, where several falling stars were illuminating the night sky.
"If we can see this with the naked eye then why did you ask for the telescope?"
"Because this is only the beginning!" Tori replied excitedly. "See that star over there? That's Jupiter and in an hour or so we will be able to see it with the telescope!"
"Don't you have any other friends you can see this with?" Jade snapped crankily. "One who wouldn't mind being away from their warm, cozy bed?"
"I do." Tori said. "But I wanted to share this space wonder with you."
"Well, I feel special." Jade said sarcastically. "You're such a dork, Vega."
Unbeknown to the Latina, it really did make Jade feel special.
018. Piercing.
"Jade! I am not about to get my belly button pierced!"
"Who said anything about your belly button Vega?"
"I am NOT going to get my nose pierced!" Tori said, once she understood what herfriend was implying. "Ever!"
"Well, there goes my afternoon." Jade said with mock disappointment. "The only reason I came to the mall with you was to watch you squirm."
"You are seriously twisted."
.019. Payback.
"EEEEEEEEKKKKK!"
"God, Vega could you screech any louder?!" Jade complained, I swear, you just broke the sound barrier with that!"
Tori however paid her no mind as she instinctively jumped into Jade's arms, looking everywhere tot the spider she knew she saw.
"KILL IT! KILL IT!"
"Vega! What the hell?!" Jade snapped. "It's just a spider!"
"Just a spider huh?" She asked annoyed. "I'll remember that next time we see a duck!"
"Hey! Ducks are the assholes of the sky!" Jade snapped. "No, scratch that, people are the assholes of the sky, while ducks are the bastards of the sky… And why am I still holding you in my arms?"
"Um… Because you care?"
Jade unceremoniously dropped Tori to the floor.
"Ow!"
"I'll kill the damn spider as long as you promise never to do that again."
"I think I broke my back."
"I'll take that as a yes."
The Thespian then used Tori's notebook to get rid of the arachnid.
"JADE!"
"Oh, is that the thanks I get for saving you from an itty bitty spider?" She taunted. "It was an ugly notebook anyway."
"I swear the moment I see a duck, I'm going to put it in your room."
"I'd like to see you try."
Three days later.
"VEGA!"
"Quack! Quack! Quack!"
"What's the matter Jade?" Tori mocked "Can't get a little bird out of your room?"
"I'm going to kill you for this Vega!" Jade snarled. "Mark my word!"
"You'd have to catch me first!" The Latina laughed before making a run for it. "See ya West!"
"COME BACK HERE VEGA AND HELP ME FRY THAT DUCK OR ELSE I'LL FRY YOUR ASS!"
"You'll have to catch me first!"
020. I Had A Dream.
Jade was in Cat's room, both girls were a bit tipsy.
"Jade you have pretty lips."
"I know… Vega likes them." The Thespian hiccupped. "Yours aren't bad either."
"Wanna taste them?" Cat said innocently. "They taste like cherry."
"Maybe." Jade hiccupped again. "I bet they're not as soft as Vega's."
Both friends looked at each other before meeting halfway and shared a kiss.
"AHHHHHH!" Tori woke up from her nightmare, she was panting, looking at her girlfriend who was sleeping peacefully, in her anger, the Latina grabbed a pillow and began to hit the Goth with it.
"AH! AH! VEGA! WHAT THE HELL?!"
"That's for kissing Cat!"
"Ugh, you had that dream again?!"
021. Flux.
"Congratulations for finally passing your driver's test, Vega." Jade teased. "Guess eight's time was the charm."
"Your confidence in me makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, Jade." Tori replied sarcastically. "Now can I please take off this sleep mask?"
"Not yet, Vega." The Thespian said. "I wouldn't want you to ruin the surprise."
"I'm scared, Jade."
"Why?"
"Because when you give a surprise, I end up in a lot of pain."
"But it's enjoyable pain, Vega."
"Only for you!"
"Yeah, that's what I said. "Jade teased. "Now just take two more steps Vega and then you can take off that stupid mask."
Tori did as she was told, took of her mask and once she saw what was right in front of her, began to squeal with glee.
"Jade! You didn't?!"
"I did." The Thespian replied coyly. "Enjoy."
"You bought me a DeLorean?!" Tori asked jumping up and down like a little kid. "And not just any DeLorean! But one from Back to the future!"
"What? Oh no, no, no, no, no Vega, I didn't buy you a damn time machine." Jade corrected. "I rented a replica for you to drive, so go ahead, go nuts, just don't crash it."
"Oh… Still… Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Tori said repeatedly before giving her girlfriend a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Come on, let's drive this baby!"
Jade rolled her eyes but said nothing more as the Latina opened the car door and sat on the driver's seat, geeking out at the contraptions inside.
"Oh look, it even has a Flux Capacitor!" She said excitedly before turning it on. "That's what makes time travel possible! How cool is that!"
"You are such a dork, Vega."
"Hey, I let you geek out when we watch Invader Zim, let me have this!" Tori replied with a wide smile. "Now get it, we're going for a ride!"
Jade did as she was told and sat down on the passenger's seat. "So… Where are we going?"
"Don't you mean, when are we going?"
"How did I know you were going to say that?" The Thespian groaned. "Fine, I'll humor you, when are we going?"
"That's better." Tori replied. "Now let's see, this one tells us when we are, this one where we have been and this one where we want to go… So… How about we go to March 27, 2010?"
"Why that date, Vega?"
"That's the day I met you." The Latina said with a smile, "I want to re-visit how it all began, now close your door and when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, we're going to see some serious chiz!"
"God, Vega." Jade said. "If you're going to quote the movie, then at least say it right, it's not chiz, it's…"
"And we're off!" Tori said quickly before she started humming the theme from "BTTF."
022. Comfort.
Jade entered the school's bathroom, already aggravated by the stupidity of the people around her and it wasn't 9 o'clock yet!
Jade took off her sunglasses to stare at the reflection of her weary green eyes. "I said it one and I'll say it again." She hissed. "I hate people so fucking much!" She then massaged her forehead in an attempt to relieve some of the pain. "Note to self, never drink on a school night… Ugh… This hangover is killing me… What the hell was I thinking?"
Jade groaned before taking some pills out of her pocket for her headache. "These better last me all day." The Goth was about to leave when she heard crying from one of the bathroom stalls "The fuck…?"
She could pretend she didn't hear any weeping and leave, she could just take some joy in the fact that someone was having a bad morning like her, she could even scare whoever was in such a miserable state for kicks and giggles.
However all those choices went out the window the moment she heard a very familiar stuttering voice.
"J-j-j-just another day… I-I-I-I can't do this anymore."
"What the... Vega?" She thought. "No… Not my problem… She can be sad for all I care… I got better things to do."
She was about to leave only for a new voice to stop her in her tracks.
"Really? After everything she has done for you, you're just going to walk away?"
"Damn it." Jade cursed under her breath, she knew her conscience was right. "I hate you."
So she walked back to the stall and knocked on the door three times. "Vega? Is everything ok?"
"Is everything ok?" Her subconscious repeated mockingly "Are you stupid? She's crying and you asked that! Obviously she's anything but ok!"
"GO AWAY JADE!"
That took the Thespian by surprise.
"Vega, I'm going to give you a free pass since clearly something is bothering you." Jade said. "Come on, get out of there… Maybe I can help you?"
"Why would you want to help me?" Tori asked in between sobs. "You like it when I'm sad!"
"True, I think it's a hoot and a half." Jade replied. "But this?... This is something more than just sadness, I can tell… So come on Vega… I won't bite, just come out of there so we can talk."
After several minutes, the Latina reluctantly opened the door, her eyes puffy from crying, this took Jade by surprise and to be completely honest with herself, she didn't like this sight of the perpetually happy Vega she knew.
Tori began to cry again, not being able to get even one word out, Jade didn't know what to do as this was so foreign to her but ultimately she decided that actions speak louder and words and just held the Latina as she continued weeping.
"When you're ready, you can tell me Tori."
Tori... Not Vega… Not Tor… Not Sweet Sally Peaches but Tori.
It was the moment things between the two girls changed, they ended up skipping school that day and it was after much encouragement that Jade knew what has been happening to her friend.
… And it broke her heart.
Jade promised never to tell anyone that she was battling an enemy we didn't see but was very much present.
The Thespian also promised she would be there for Tori when she needed her.
"Just remember Tori." Jade said. "Don't let others dictate your life… You are beautiful, anyone who says otherwise only try to look down on you because they can't look at themselves without seeing something they don't like."
023. Together.
"So um… Jade, think you can fix it?"
"That depends."
"On what?"
"On a freaking miracle!" The Thespian snapped. "Vega, I may be good with music but there is no freaking way I can make your sister look good in any music video!"
"I know you can't, no one can!" Tori said exasperatedly. "What I'm asking is, it is possible for you to edit Trina out of the video she blackmailed her way into so that I can show it to the studio?"
"You do realize that if I do this, you'll have to deal with her complaining for the nest two years?"
"And you do realize if you don't then we'll be losing a once in a chance opportunity and possibly a million bucks?"
"Well… When you put it that way, then yeah, her annoying voice is a price to pay, ugh those two years will be Hell for us."
"Us?"
"Vega… Vega… Vega, you didn't think I was going to let you suffer alone did you?" Jade asked rhetorically. "Being in a relationship means being together for the good times and the bad.
"Ohh, Jade!" Tori cooed. "It's these little moment when I remember why I love you."
"Don't get mushy with me Vega, I don't want to puke blood." Jade sneered. "But yeah… I love you too."
024. Award.
Jade had won many awards and recognition during her long career in the entertainment industry and if there was thing certain about these ceremonies, it was that come hell or high water, Tori was always there to give her all the loving support she needed.
When she finally won an Oscar, it was one of Jade's best night of her life, and the first thing she did when giving her speech was to thank her wife first and the Academy Awards second.
025. Screen.
"You broke my phone's screen Vega." Jade growled ominously. "What do you have to say for yourself?!"
"Only slightly." Tori said meekly. "Plus, think of it this way, now you have an excuse to buy a new one."
This thought hadn't come to her mind. "True… True… Hey… Wait a minute; did you broke it on purpose?"
"Well you dad did say he would buy you a new one no questions asked if the old one broke." Tori said. "And what's a better excuse than your clumsy girlfriend breaking it?"
"Sometimes I don't give that pretty little head of yours enough credit, Vega."
"Aww… Hey!"
026. Bunnies.
Tori knew that there are a few things that would make Jade gush like crazy so on their one year anniversary she took her girlfriend of a surprise visit to a petting zoo.
"THIS is where you decide to spend our day together?" The Thespian said unimpressed. "You know how much I hate these place, their full of noisy children, smelly animals and stupid people."
"Oh but this is a different type of petting zoo baby." Tori replied with a smile so big it could break her face in half. "Just trust me on this."
"I know that face Vega." Jade said with an eye roll. "Whatever crazy shenanigan you have planned it better have been worth the two our drive…. Here."
Jade was greeted with a sight like no other, behind a fence, there were bunnies, hundreds of them to be exact.
"Tori."
"Yeah?"
"If you tell anyone what I'm about to do I swear I'm going to break up with you."
"Uh.. Jade, I always keep your secrets between us."
"Good." Jade grunted then much to the Latina's surprise, her usually scary Goth, made a squeal that would make Cat proud, she of course gave her girlfriend a kiss and ran towards the bunnies.
"Yeah the drive here was totally worth it." Tori chuckled.
027. Perfect.
Tori knew that there was no such thing as the perfect relationship as everyone kept telling her that dating Jade was more trouble than it was worth.
The Latina however didn't care since she knew nothing worth having was easily attained, their relationship had its up and down but not once did Jade or Tori went out the door… It was hard.
"But totally worth it." An elderly Latina stared lovingly at her sleeping wife. "Jade, all these years with you have been perfectly imperfect."
028. Anthem.
Jade snickered as she kept replaying Tori singing the National Anthem on her phone.
"Jade!" The Latina snapped. "When are you going to stop watching that?!"
"When it gets old." The Thespian replied. "It's funny."
"It's embarrassing!" Tori corrected. "And the worst part is that it went viral!"
"Think of it this way Vega." Jade said sympathetically. "Any publicity is good publicity, not to mention the fact that this is technically a bit impressive, not many can people say that they sang the national anthem while being dragged all over a stadium by a crazy mutt."
"You are terrible at this comforting stuff Jade."
"Hey at least I'm trying." She snapped. "Doesn't that count for anything?"
"Yeah… It does." Tori replied with a smile. "Thanks."
"Anytime."
029. Advice.
Ping.
"Oooh I got a text!" Trina said excitedly.
"Paying someone to text you doesn't count as a text sis." Tori said tiredly.
"Oh wait… This is your phone… Darn it." Trina grumbled. "I was hoping it was that new guy in my class would ask me out."
"Who texted me?"
"That freaky girlfriend of yours." Her sister replied.
"Jade's not my girlfriend."
"Never said it was her." Trina smirked. "So you do have a thing for her?"
"I uh… That's none of your business!"
"Um hum… I'll take that as a yes." Trina said. "By the way she's asking you out."
"What?!"
"Pff, you are so easy." She said. "She's actually saying not to be late for tomorrow's rehearsal but word of advice Tor, if you don't ask her out, someone else will."
Tori said nothing to that.
030. Future.
"Well Vega, we both said we would stick together till death do us part." Jade said. "We didn't see coming that technically we're immortal now… I'm almost enjoying being decapitated."
"Even after a thousand years, your dark humor hasn't gotten old baby." Toei said with a tired smile. "Not going to lie though, I miss your body."
"I miss my body too." Jade grunted. "But I also miss yours… Being a head in a jar gets boring after a while."
"Feeding time!" Fry said as he hakes a box of what looks like fish food over the jar, both Jade and Tori start eating what comes out.
"The head museum bites."
"I agree but at least we have each other."
"Till the end of time, Vega."
031. Halloween.
"I don't get why you hate this holiday so much Jade." Tori said curiously. "I mean, I know you hate a bunch of stuff but I thought Halloween would be your favorite time of the year, you get to be scary all you want and you get to play be any character you want!"
"Think it through Vega." Jade said with and eye roll. "We got to a school of the arts, every fucking day we pretend to be different people!"
"Ok, you got me there."
"Not to mention the fact that I hate the word ween." Jade sais with disgust. "It's so whiny, just like present company included."
"I happen to like Halloween." Tori said. "It reminds me when I was a little girl and I used to go Trick or treating."
"Ugh, don't even get me started on trick or treaters, Vega."
"Well I think I can find a way for you to like Halloween, Jade."
"Unlikely." Jade snorted. "But knock yourself…. Out."
Next think Jade knew, she saw her girlfriend coming from the other side of the door wearing the same dress Tawny Walkerblack wore in The Scissoring.
"You like?" Tori teased.
"Ok Vega… I'll give you this one, maybe I don't hate Halloween as much as I thought."
"That better be the case." The Latina said. "It was a pain getting into this dress."
"Well then let me help out of it, Vega."
032. Arms.
Jade looked down at her robotic limbs, after a few hours in the operating table, she was finally able to hold things again, a few months ago she had been in a shark attack which resulted in her losing her arms.
It had been pure Hell, it was the best way to describe it, she couldn0t do things by herself and soon hit a deep depression.
If it wasn't for Tori, Jade knew she would hit rock bottom and who knows if she would be here right now.
Knock… Knock.
"Come in!"
The door to her Hospital's room opened, revealing who was on the other side.
"Well speak of the devil, Vega; I was just thinking about you."
"Good thought I hope." Tori said. "How are you feeling Jade?"
"Can't complain." The thespian grabbed her spork, such a simply thing meant so much to her. "The food here sucks but I can at least hold things again, I'll never take my arms for granted after what I went through."
Tori grabbed her girlfriend's robotic hand. "Can you feel that?"
"Surprisingly, I can." She confirmed. "God, how I missed this, whoever made this things is a freaking genius!"
"That would have been me!" Professor Membrane said dramatically as he entered the room. "All in the work of REAL science!"
Both Jade and Tori shared a puzzled gaze.
"Now Miss West you should know that these new arms I provided for you aren't to be taken as toys, they're very resistant yes but they'll still need to be upgraded and checked upon once every six months so I expect you to come to my lab once a year to ensure that they're working at full capacity."
"You got it Doc." The Thespian said all too happy to be able to hold her girlfriend in her arms again.
"Thank you again for helping Jade, Professor Membrane." Tori said gratefully. "You have no idea how much this means to us."
"Think nothing of it after all I too understand your pain and know how deceitful sharks can be." The Scientist said sympathetically before he pulls his glove off, revealing his own robotic arm underneath, moving his fingers and hand quite eerily. "I know better now."
Neither women paid much attention to the man's odd behavior, after all they weren't about to be judgmental about, not only because he gave Jade another chance to rebuild the life she once had but also because everyone had their own quirks and demons to battle.
Jade was looking forward to finally be able to do things by herself again and more importantly return the love Tori had given her way when she was at her lowest.
Tori felt Jade's hand giving her a gentle squeeze, it was a bit cold but she didn't care… She was just happy to see her lover smiling again.
033. Cold.
Jade and Tori were sleeping in their bed, the later woke up as she felt something cold in her torso, looking down she realized that it was simply her girlfriend's metallic arms protectively holding onto her for dear life.
They were certainly cold but she didn't care, she could see Jade finally having a good night's rest and in the end that made her feel warm.
… "Hey I just made an oxymoron!" She joked.
034. Smile.
"Vega don't try to make The Joker Smile, it doesn't work for you."
"Oh, like you could do better?"
Without breaking a sweat, Jade made the psychotic grin that would rival the clown price od crime's trademark evil smile.
"Oh Chiz that's terrifying!" Tori shuddered. "Fine you win; if they ever made cast a female version of the Joker you would get the role."
"Told you."
035. Alone.
There was always a difference between being alone and wanting to be alone, Jade knew this better than anyone when she choose to have personal days away from anyone or when someone she wanted to spent time with was not around.
"Damn it Vega… When are you coming back from Paris… I miss you."
"Miss you too baby." Tori texted back. "Just try to make the best of the situation; I'll be back as soon as the filming of the movie is over."
"Why didn't you tell me that falling in love with you would make me into a love sick puppy?" Jade wrote back. "And wipe that smile off your face, I may not be able to see you Vega but I know you."
036. Jail.
"Thanks lot Vega."
"Me?! I had nothing to do with this!" Tori yelled aghast. "It was Robbie who killed the octopus!"
"This trip to Yerba was your idea." Jade sneered. "It's all on you."
"Remember that next time a huge girl tries to hurt you." Tori said. "I might not be there to save you then."
"As if." Jade laughed sarcastically. "You're too much of a goody toe shoes Vega, I know you would come running to save my ass no matter what, you did it back home, and you'll do it here."
"I hate it when you're right."
"And you'll never know how much I appreciate that you do that, Vega." Jade thought "No one else does go to the lengths you do to keep me safe."
037. Borrowed.
Tori was grinning from ear to ear, she knew that Jade never let anyone use her scissors; the fact that she let her borrow her favorite pair meant so much from such a simple act.
"She's beginning to trust me." The Latina muttered happily. "Waiting for this moment was so worth it."
"Vega, you're a friendly warning." Jade said ominously, breaking the Latina's train of thoughts. "You bent them and consider yourself dead!"
"Well… She said, friendly, that was nice of her… I guess."
0.38. Snap.
"Jade… if Thanos did the snap and I was part of the decimation, would you miss me?"
"Are you kidding?" The Thespian said. "If that purple jackass erased you from existence I would stab my scissors on his eyes John Wick style! Plus, with my robotic arms how much you want to bet that would hurt a lot more?"
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you would seek revenge." Tori said with a playful eye roll. "But it's nice that you care."
"What about you, Vega?" Jade inquired. "If it was the other way around, would you miss me?"
"I would kiss you the moment you came back into existence." Tori said without a beat. "That much I know."
"You're such a dork."
"But I'm your dork."
"That… You are." Jade agreed. "Now shut up Vega, I want to see the rest of the movie."
0.39. Dance.
"Vega, there is no way I'm doing the Macarena!"
"Tough noogies!" Tori said. "You lost when we played Poker, now it's time for you to pay up!"
"I'm going to get you for this." The Thespian growled as Tori turned on her phone and the music began to play, making her do the dance. "Just you wait."
0.40. Pleasure.
"Oooh Jade!"
"Vega, shut up!" Jade hissed. "When don't want to wake up your family!"
"Too late!" Trina shouted from her bedroom. "Seriously, if you two are going to fool around like jackrabbits, next time get a room… One that's far… Far away from mine!"
0.41. Negative.
"NO!"
"Damn, Vega, you been spending too much time with me." Jade said. "Your no sounded almost like mine."
"Flattery will get you nowhere baby." Tori said. "My answer is still no, we're not going to spend our anniversary in a haunted house!"
"Well… I was worth a shot."
0.42. Afraid.
Everyone runs away from Jade when she's mad, everyone except Tori that is, she grew an immunity to her homicidal tendencies after all.
0.43. Nature.
"Are you for real, Vega?" Jade asked exasperatedly. "Of all the things we could be doing, you choose bird fucking watching?"
"Hey I didn't complain when we went grave robbing last week." Tori replied. "Now it's my turn to do something that's not criminally disturbing."
"We didn't even get anything good!" Jade complained. "And to be fair I was surprised you even agreed!"
"I didn't agree, you told me we were having a night out in a surprise location!" The Latina corrected. "I wasn't expecting for us to be around the dead!"
"It was a good night." Jade said fondly. "Watching you wazz yourself was very funny."
"Well now we're going to spend our time around the living and what's better way than to look at nature all around us!" Tori said with a hint of irritation. "I mean look ever there! Those two blue jays are fighting."
"Vega, I love to break your innocent little mind but those blue birds aren't fighting."
"What are you talking about of course they're fighting, what else they could be…. Ohhh." Realization slowly dawned on the brunette, which of course made her blush. "3…2… 1."
"Oh this is too good!" The Thespian burst out laughing. "I take back what I said Vega, bird watching is fun!"
"JADE!"
0.44. Detention.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" The Vice Principal asked. "Put your phone in the box now!"
"I will." Jade said. "After I post online how you unfairly are giving my girlfriend detention for the next five Saturdays, I'm sure everyone would love to see that."
"Jade, you can't just blackmail!" Tori admonished.
"That's speaking out of turn Miss Vega!" Mr. Dickens shouted. "You just bought yourself another Saturday detention!"
"Jade?"
"Yeah?"
"Post the video."
"WAIT! NO!"
"Oops.. Too late."
Needless to say Mr. Dickens was out of a job by next week.
045. Necklace.
Jade stared at the necklace that once belonged to Tori, the necklace she had received as a gift, she never would say it out loud but this was her favorite piece of jewelry.
She could still remember the tingle she felt when Vega had put it on her for the very first time.
… It was a good feeling and only the dorky Latina could do that to her.
"Why do I feel this way towards her?"
She didn't know but she was going to find out.
0.46. Zombies.
"Well this brings back memories doesn't it Tor?" Jade questioned as she got her riffle ready to shot from her vantage point on the Mall's roof."
"I don't think we ever done this before all hell broke loose Jade." Tori replied with an eye roll." Getting her own gun ready to fire.
"I was talking about the time you got stuck wearing a zombie mask." Jade grunted before shooting at a Zombie. "That's the closest you ever been to a damn undead creature. "Back then it was funny, now I hope that never happens, I don't think I could handle shooting you if you got bitten by one of those things."
"Don't worry Jade, that won't happen." Tori said soothingly. "We have been doing all right for these past five years, I'm sure we can do this till there is a cure to reverse the undead or until we're old and wrinkly."
"I'm going hold you to that Tor." Jade said before giving her wife a kiss. "I love you."
"Love you too baby." The Latina replied. "Now let's make sure these suckers don't enter the Mall."
"Bet I can shoot more Zombies than you."
"It's not a competition Jade! We just got to survive!" Tori snapped. "…But you're on!"
0.47. Eyebrows.
"Vega… What the Hell happened to you?"
"I had Cat to remove my eyebrows."
"I can see that." Jade said. "The question here is, why?"
"So you don't have to go through this alone." Tori replied. "Misery loves company after all."
0.48. Determination.
"Jade isn't evil, Trina!" Tori defended her friend. "She just hasn't had an easy life and just need someone that cares about her… I'm sure there's a good heart underneath all that scariness."
"She stole you blood Tori!" Trina yelled out. "That's pretty evil to me!"
"I never said she was perfect." Tori replied meekly. "She just needs to work out on getting out her anger in less dangerous way."
"I don't understand why you keep trying to be her friend when she had said it in many different ways she's not interested."
"Because… I don't want her to be alone." Tori said firmly. "If she keeps pushing people away sooner or later they won't come back and I know Jade has abandonment issues, I refuse to give up on her when everyone else has!"
"But why?" Her sister pressed the subject. "What has she ever done for you to be so loyal towards her?"
"She and I may not be the best of friends Trina, but we are sort of friends and the way I see it… No one deserves to be alone… And just walking away? I can't do that to a friend."
0.49. Locker.
Jade had a lot of thing in her locker for everyone to see, all the creepy decoration was something she displayed proud, however the one thing that was away from view of her peers was a photo of her and Tori on the night they got together.
"She's my little secret."
0.50. Crushed.
"OMG…" Tori thought, realization coming to her. "I'm so crushing on Jade!"
Meanwhile far away but at the exact same time, Jade was slowly coming up with same conclusion.
"Vega… When the hell did I start crushing on you?"
Well my dear readers, I hope you had a blast reading these scenes, I sure had a blast writing them, it felt quite nostalgic to be honest as I also put references to some of the series episodes.
I guess I need to point out that some of these bits were ideas that I have planned to be separate stories at one point but eventually the will to write them disappeared so in the end I compromised with myself and decided to put them as part of these fifty ideas, so needless to say that some of these events don't take place in the same universe such as the crossovers with Dynasty, Invader Zim, Futurama, The Walking Dead and so on.
Like I said above, this is my 50th Victorious fic and I'm very happy and surprised by that milestone since I never thought this would happen, at least not anytime soon, heh.
Finally; I have a question for you, should I write two more chapters like my original "50 Shades of Jori" or should I leave it as a one-shot?
Invader Johnny Signing Off.