A/N: I was so focused on the idea for the second half of this chapter that I fell down the stairs and spilled coke everywhere :( My head hurts, Oh well on with the Chapter... Trina and Cat make an appearance and I'm planning on Adding Beck and Andre into the story at some point so those of you who are looking forward to that, I'm promising that you will. Once again thank you for your support on this Chapter, I'm trying to update everyday but I can't promise I'll always be able to that... Luckily for you I've not been sleeping properly so I've had more time to work on this story... Anyway Enough of me talking and possibly boring you? Here it is, Enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious.
Chapter Three: Let's be teens again
"Mom, can I talk to you?" Alex asked as she approached her mother in the living room. Jade had left an hour ago and Alex had just come home from school.
"Of course you can, Alex" Tori said putting the television on mute. Alex sat on the couch and looked at her mother.
"What's up?" Tori asked, concerned.
"Do you still love me?" Alex quietly asked. Tori held her arms out for a hug and Alex accepted the hug reluctantly.
"Of course I do, Alex. You are my daughter! Nothing will change that, just like Jennifer is always going to be Jade's daughter. What we're doing now is simply getting to know everyone, I'm sure you have questions for Jade about your biological family… This situation is hard on all of us but Alex it doesn't change anything" Tori reassured her as she hugged her tightly.
"I look like her, don't I?" Alex asked suddenly as she pulled away. Tori nodded.
"You sure do, you're lucky… You are very pretty" Tori said, smiling. She took a strand of Alex's hair.
"You got her beautiful hair" Tori commented. Alex smiled.
"But do you know what else?" Tori added. Alex shook her head.
"What?" Alex asked.
"There are parts of me in you too… Since I was lucky enough to raise you, you developed parts of my personality too… You are talkative and kind and sweet… when you want to be that is" Tori said, chuckling a little.
"Come on; let's eat out tonight… anywhere in mind?" Tori asked, picking up her handbag and car keys from the wooden coffee table. Alex nodded.
"Can we go to Aunt Trina's?" Alex asked. Tori giggled; "I'll have to call her first, but sure" She said.
Alex had a really good relationship with her Aunt. Trina may have been a bit… annoying during High-School but now she was a bit more bearable. She had two little boys who were six years old and a loving husband, and she was pregnant with a little girl now. Trina's husband was a lawyer and Trina worked as a sales consultant, advising her clients on what they should wear. She still managed the time to go to auditions every now and again and even though she got rejected 9 out of 10 times she still went back for more.
"Hey, there's my little sis and my beautiful niece" Trina greeted as she answered the door. Trina was seven months into her pregnancy and was very big.
"Hey Trina, Alex wanted to come here for dinner" Tori explained as they walked on through. Kyle and Kevin were in Trina's living room playing a game on the X-Box. They had blonde hair like their father, and cute baby faces. They had Trina's determination when it came to certain things like right then they were both determined to win. Alex came and sat in-between the two. She leaned on the sofa and without Kyle realizing it managed to steal the controller away. They were playing a racing game and Alex managed to get Kyle's player from 5th place to first place in a couple of minutes, winning the game without a problem, Alex had a smirk on her face as her two cousins looked at her in amazement.
"And that's how you do it boys" She told them as she walked away happy.
Alex walked over to where Trina and Tori were in the kitchen. Trina was on her land line ordering a Pizza, she rarely cooked but that was because of her bad cooking experience's during her teen years. Trina smiled at her niece as she noticed her sitting next to Tori and taking a grape out of the fruit bowl on the table.
"So, I hear you've been giving your mother a hard time" Trina commented as she ended the phone call, having just ordered a 20-inch Pizza. Alex hung down her head in shame. She knew she'd been difficult lately but she hadn't thought that it could be hurting Tori's feelings.
"Sorry, mom" Alex said, as she turned to face Tori. For some reason when Trina was around it made Alex feel a little bad about whatever bad thing she'd done recently.
"It's okay, Alex" Tori smiled.
"So what's Jade like?" Trina asked Alex. Of course she knew from when she'd known her in high-school and from what Tori had told, her but she wanted to hear what Alex thought of her.
"Um. I'm not really sure…" Alex admitted, she hadn't exactly bothered to talk to jade those two times that she'd met her. Scared that she'd find out that her birth mom was this great woman that she'd missed out on or to find out she was horrible… she didn't want to find out that her mother wasn't a nice person. Trina raised her eyebrow.
"Alex, I know that you don't want things to change between you and Tori. It's been the two of you for so long… but you need to at least try with Jade, you might actually like her… and then theirs Jennifer, it might be nice to talk to Jennifer" Trina said, managing to make her niece think.
Alex thought for a minute before getting up to answer the door that had just been knocked on. It was the Pizza guy when she'd answered and since Trina had paid by card there was, no need to pay him and Alex didn't feel like giving him a tip so she slammed the door.
"Pizza's here!" Alex called carrying it in to the kitchen. The boy's looked up and followed the pizza with their eyes before racing into the kitchen for some pizza; they were both big fans of food.
"Calm down, boy's!" Trina demanded as she opened the pizza and placed three slices on two plates. "Now, eat it nicely!" Trina warned before handing each of them a plate.
The day's till the weekly dinner with Cat's family flew by fast. Jade and Cat had been doing this ever since she'd moved into her current house after living with Cat for a short time after her divorce. Cat lived just two blocks away from where Jade lived and they both took it in turn to host their weekly Friday night dinners. They sometimes Had Beck round for them too but only when he was in town, considering he was a very busy Actor and had to travel a lot.
Jade was hosting tonight and since she'd invited Tori and Alex she was feeling a little nervous. This would be the first time that they would see her house. Jade's house was Victorian styled on the outside and she'd mainly wanted it because of the rumors that it was haunted but when that turned out to be untrue she'd been very disappointed. The inside of it was very modern like, with wooden flooring a kitchen and living room combined. Two bathrooms, one upstairs and one Downstairs. The bedrooms were fairly sized too. Instead of there being one tiny room there was two medium sized rooms and one large one with a balcony over looking the back garden. (Jade's room)
"You came home late last night, that's unlike you" Jade commented as her daughter came downstairs.
"Sorry" Jennifer apologized, hanging her head down in shame.
"You'd better be! I'm going to let you off this time but next time I won't go so easy on you and you'll finally understand what Grandma means when she say's I used to be an Ice Queen!" Jade warned, putting a little bit of fear into her fifteen year old but not too much so that it could count as harsh.
"I'm sorry mommy! I won't do it again" Jennifer promised using a baby voice as she hugged her.
"You're not a baby, Jenn. Have you done your homework?" Jade asked. Jennifer nodded.
"Yeah" She said.
"Okay, Cat's family should be here soon and so will Tori and Alex. Make sure you and Patrick are on your best behavior!" Jade warned.
"Yes, mom!" Jennifer said, walking up stairs to her room.
"Mom" Patrick's voice calls from behind her, she jumps not having noticed him coming into the room.
"Yes?" Jade asks turning to face the thirteen year old.
"When is Charlie going to be here?" He asks eagerly.
"Any minute, make sure you behave when everyone gets here!" Jade said. He nodded.
Charlie, Cat and Robbie's son was a year younger than him and they got on really well. They were best friends and were inseparable but when they were together all hell broke loose as they were very hyperactive.
"Yes mom, I promise" He said batting his eyes, pretending to be an angel. He then ran off for his bedroom upstairs.
Suddenly the doorbell went and Jade walked over to it but before she could get there the doorbell was pressed again several times. She hurried over to answer before it could be rang a forth time. Quickly she opened the door to reveal Robbie holding the baby, Leo who was a year old and Charlie and Miranda teasing each other. Cat's eldest Nina was simply glued to her mobile phone. Cat was holding a bag full of Leo's toys, a bottle of wine and a folded up pushchair.
"Come in" Jade said stepping aside. Miranda and Charlie fought over the door and was eventually beat by Nina who swiftly pushed them aside and strolled over to the cream couch in the living room.
"One at a time!" Robbie shouted sternly to the two who had started to fight over who got to enter first. They quickly stopped at the sound of their fathers loud voice and walked in single file.
Cat walked in and dumped the pushchair in the hall. While Robbie sat down Leo in the living room taking the toys from Cat.
"I bought wine" Cat announced as Jade shut the door and followed Cat into her kitchen. Cat searched for a bottle opener and three glasses.
"Great!" Jade smiled happy for the alcoholic beverage.
"They've been a nightmare today" Robbie complained as the three adults sat in the kitchen watching the kids who were in the living room. "But they're my kids and I love them" He beamed, not wanting to sound like a father who complained all the time.
"Mine too, Patrick's been running all over the place over excited about seeing Charlie and Jennifer's been acting differently lately" Jade told them.
"Yeah, Nina's different lately. Since she's with this new boy. She doesn't seem to be home much anymore" Cat sighed. Looking at her fourteen year old who was silently texting like she'd rather be somewhere else.
"We should take away their phones" Jade joked. Robbie and Cat laughed.
"Nah, because then they'll really think we're old" Cat said.
"We were like them once" Robbie observed, Jade laughed.
"Well, you weren't!" She pointed out with a smirk. Suddenly 'The old Jade' threatened to come out.
"I was too!" Robbie sulked, much like he would have during the 'Hollywood Arts' days. Cat giggled very 'Old Cat like'.
"Look!" She said. "We're acting like our teenage selves" She pointed out with a giggle.
"Let's stop" Jade said, returning back to normal.
"So when is Tori getting here?" Robbie asked, sipping his wine.
"She should be here soon." Jade told him, taking a sip of her own wine.
"Ooh!" Cat exclaimed. Jade raised her eyebrow and Robbie looked on to his wife confused.
"We should play a game for when, Tori gets here" Cat suggested clapping her hands excitedly.
"I'm listening" Jade smirked.
"Well we'll put all the kids in the living room and I'll get Nina to see to little Leo so us "Adults" can be in the kitchen and mess with Tori. We'll act exactly like we would have done back in high-school" Cat explained, mischievously.
"That's a brilliant idea, Cat!" Robbie said giving his wife a high five. Jade smiled in agreement.
"But, Tori's already seen me since high school... so it may not work" Jade pointed out sadly.
"That's what will make it seem odd to her" Cat explained.
A/N: I made this chapter especially long... and I'm planning on the next chapter being very interesting. I hope that you liked it! What do you think of Cat's idea? Don't forget to review as it lets me know that you are still interested and it helps to know what your thoughts are. Thank-you for all your support as usual, I'll update as soon as I can :)