When the party's over
I rewatched Victorious for the first time in years and wanted to make a post-graduation fic. Why? Probably craving the end we didn't get. Hopefully the characters don't feel too OOC, I mean they were designed to fit a kid show but I'm not a kid and neither are the characters so I'm trying to write them as what they are - 17 and 18 year old starving artists. I'm trying to include as much canon as possible, and usng things about what the cast and Dan said about the characters post-show.
Chapter One:
I'm not afraid of moving on and lettin' go
It's just so hard to say goodbye to what I know
This Time - Glee Cast
They all graduate from Hollywood Arts.
Cat by the skin of her teeth, but she walks across the stage with all her friends.
They all spend that day together, along with some of the other random kids from Hollywood Arts and Cat's roommate Sam, at a bonfire at the beach.
They all find themselves a bit away from the others, their squad (and Sam) sitting in a circle.
"Can you believe we're not high school students anymore?" Andre asks. "I mean, you," he says, motioning to Beck "aren't even gonna be a student anymore."
Beck isn't going to college, yet another decision that horrified his parents. But he wanted to be an actor, and he wanted to focus all his time into auditioning and getting into the industry.
Everyone else was going to school. Cat was going to community college while still babysitting with Sam. Andre and Tori were going to go to UCLA, Tori was going to be living on campus while Andre lived at home because he still needed to make sure his grandma was okay. Robbie and Jade would be leaving the west coast however and heading to New York, Robbie going to NYU and Jade heading to Julliard.
She didn't talk to anyone but Beck about why she had chosen Julliard. Not even Cat.
"We have to stay in contact." Tori says. "No matter how big we get, or how busy we get. We have to stay friends."
"No promises." Jade mutters as she brings her drink up to her lips.
"No, we have to." Andre says with a nod. "I mean, life is gonna get crazy. We can all keep each sane."
Jade doesn't agree, but she's outvoted.
So, they agree to keep in touch.
Over the summer, Beck keeps auditioning. He gets a job that films in Vancouver, about a high school student who may or may not be a sociopath.
Jade and Beck break up two weeks later. Neither really talk about why they break up.
Another week later and they're all at the airport saying goodbye to Beck, who's going to Vancouver to film his pilot. Jade isn't there.
And then a week after that, Jade and Robbie are off to New York. Robbie is going to American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He's had dreams of doing something with music, but he knows that people think his ventriloquist act is amazing, and he can really do something with that.
Cat is distraught at the thought of two of the most important people going across the country and leaving her behind. Robbie almost changes his mind, starts looking into community colleges that he can quickly try to get into or jobs he can find, but he's convinced to stick with his original plan of going to New York.
In August, Andre and Tori start at UCLA, taking classes while still living with his grandma. She's getting worse, losing her mind more and more each day. It's not that he ignores this fact, but he can't think of not having her around. So he doesn't.
Tori takes the required classes, while starting to work on her career as a recording artist.
They try to keep in contact with each other.
It's easiest for Tori and Andre. They have classes together, and they work on coursework together. Andre also keeps up with Beck, who's show ends up getting a series order.
Cat spends a lot of time video chatting with Robbie. She's also been making Splashface videos which has gotten a lot of attention from kids, which isn't all that surprising, considering how she acts. Jade also makes sure to keep in contact with her, texting Cat or Sam and making sure the redhead is okay.
They all try to meet up for Thanksgiving, but Jade doesn't bother coming back to LA, and Beck is spending time with family in Canada, and Cat goes to Idaho to visit her brother, so it's just Tori, Andre, and Robbie. And Robbie has always been their friend, but they decide that they'll have more fun just the two of them.
By the New Year, it's hard to say they're a gang of friends. They're just… people who went to high school together.