Thank you for the follows, faves, and reviews.
I recommend re-reading the first three chapters if you forgot what happened prior.
Congrats to Invader Johnny for being the first to guess why Tori looked at Jade with the 'BB muff' comment at the end of the last chapter. As mentioned last chapter, you can give me a one-shot idea involving either Jori, Puckentine, or both in a crossover. All I ask, and no offense to you with this, is that there is no gender bend or anything like that. Hope that's okay.
Now, onto the new chapter. This one is set during 'A Film By Dale Squires'. I messed up some of the lines. Some was on purpose, but the truth is that I forgot most of it. I haven't seen the episode in a while. Also, I guess it's good that I didn't, that way I'm not taking direct dialogue from the episode.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'VicTORious' or any characters.
Jade POV
"What are we supposed to do?" Tori asks as she and I, as well as Andre, Cat, Robbie, and Beck, sit in her living room after Dale Squires took the credit for the movie we did while he sat on his ass on the rare times he was actually there.
"I still say we force him to listen to Trina singing until he admits he took the credit and agrees to change it and re-post it, with an apology about him being a dumbass, on line." I say from beside her, Cat on my other side, and the guys on the other couch, Beck thankfully on the far end by the door and my on the end by the kitchen.
"Hey! My voice is not torture!" Trina yells from the kitchen, something white on her face.
"Did you just get a facial?" I ask with a smirk, knowing she'll get the reference.
"WHAT!?" Trina yells as the guys laugh, Cat stares in confusion, and Tori has a slightly disgusted look on her face with a hint of amusement. "How dare you say that to me?" She asks, crossing her arms over her chest. "And this is ranch dressing mixed with mayonnaise. It's going to make me ten times prettier than you." She says smugly as some of the white concoction drips off her face.
"Still thinks it looks like you took part in a gangbang facial video, but if you say so." I say, turning my back to her. "So? Payback on the asshole who stole our movie?" I ask the group, ignoring Beck and Trina.
"I wanna play a game." Cat says when no one says anything.
"What game?" Robbie asks, his crush on Cat shining through with the look in his eyes as he stares at her.
"Does no one care about getting this idiot back?" I ask, looking around the room. "Forget it. I'm looking through your stuff." I tell Tori, standing up and heading up to her room.
"Hey! Wait!" Tori says, following me.
No POV
The next morning, Tori sits by her locker, typing something for a class, when Jade and Andre make their way over to her.
"Check out the BuzzFinger homepage." Jade says, stopping by Tori's feet.
"I already saw the video of the lobster riding a bike." Tori says, not looking up.
"Not that." Jade says, grabbing Tori's laptop, minimizing the document, and bringing up her internet browser. Typing in the BuzzFinger site, she hands the laptop back to it's rightful owner.
"You didn't have to do that, you know?" Tori says, setting the laptop on her lap and looking at the Goth.
"Whatever." Jade says, rolling her eyes. "Read the front page." She says, nodding to the laptop.
"Our videos the most watched video." Tori says after looking over the page for a moment, surprise in her tone and eyes.
"Yeah. And he's promoting it tonight on the Mack Murphy show." Andre says, sitting crosslegged beside Tori, Jade moving to her other side.
"And he keeps taking down my negative comments." Jade says, sliding her back down the lockers, not minding the feel of the different materials and the metal handles digging into her back.
"Wait." Tori says, a small smirk growing on her face. (Jade hides a smirk of her own, knowing Tori only got into doing that because of her recently closeness with the Goth.) "He's promoting it live? No chance of something being removed prior to air?" She asks, looking at her friends.
"Yeah? And?" Andre asks, staring at Tori.
"What? Are you planning on getting some revenge on Squires or something?" Jade asks, a smirk of her own.
"Yep." Tori says, looking at the two, nodding.
"What's the plan?" Andre asks, liking it already.
"I don't know. You're smart and she's mean." Tori says, pointing to Andre then Jade. "Think of something." She says, closing her laptop and putting it in her bag.
A few hours later, the trio, with Cat, sit in Tori's living room as Andre and Jade explain what they thought up. Andre's cousin, Kendra, is an aspiring actress and Jade wrote her a script to follow. The plan is, the four of them will sit together during the show, Kendra sitting a few rows away so as to not look like she's with them, and part way through the interview, she is to stand up, and start her lines, improvising since they all doubt Dale Squires will go along with whatever they have planned. (Jade kept it to herself, not even Andre know, so as to surprise everyone.)
"I like your hair like that." Cat says as they pile into Andre's SUV a couple of hours later.
"Thanks." Jade deadpans as she sits in the back with Tori, Cat up in the passenger seat as Andre drives. When Cat looks back to the front, Jade glances at Tori. "So, do you like my hair this way?" She asks quietly as Cat tells Andre a story about her crazy brother.
"Yeah. It looks really good. It frames your face nicely." Tori says with a small blush, admiring how Jade has some of the hair going around her head like a crown, instead of down and over her shoulders like usual, the simple style looking good with Jade's brunette hair and pale face.
"So, did your cousin have and special rules or whatever to do this?" Jade asks, turning her attention to the driver.
"Yeah. She asked for fifty bucks. Other than that, nothing really. Not that she told me anyway." Andre says as he drives, pulling into the parking lot of the building where the Mack Murphy show is being filmed.
Inside, after Jade and Tori pay twenty bucks each and Cat pays ten, the four teens watch as Andre's cousin beats up the security guards, surprised that they were finally given credit, and how quickly Kendra is knocking out the guards and bouncing Dale's head off the chair.
"Pancakes?" Tori suggests after Cat asks what they should do.
"Pancakes sound nice." "I know a place." Jade and Andre say simultaneously, the four quickly leaving.
"I can't believe he gave us credit." Cat mumbles as Andre drives to a twenty-four hour breakfast place a nearby.
"On live television." Jade says, still surprised by that. "What kind of pancakes to they sell here?" She asks, changing the subject.
"All kinds. Pancakes are their most popular dish, so they have a full pancake menu." Andre says as Cat stares ahead in a daze, mumbling 'I can't believe he gave us credit.' Over and over.
Ten minutes later, the four find themselves in a six person booth, Tori and Jade on one side with Andre and Cat on the other, looking over the pancake menu.
"Hi. May I take your order?" The perky blonde waitress asks, her nametag reading Barbara.
"Stack of chocolate chips pancakes with strawberry syrup and a coffee. Black with two sugars." Jade says, tossing her menu to the waitress.
"Strawberry with maple syrup?" Tori asks, trying to be nice to make up for Jade. "With an orange juice." She adds, gently handing her menu to the waitress.
"Buttermilk with blueberry syrup and a coffee." Andre adds as Cat looks over, handing his menu to the waitress as Tori did.
"Can I get strawberry pancakes with strawberry syrup?" Cat asks like a child.
"Of course." Barbara says, writing down everyone's order.
"And blueberry pancakes with blueberry syrup?" Cat adds when Andre hands Barbara her menu.
"No, Cat. You don't need that much. Just the strawberry." Jade says, glancing at Cat.
"Phooey." Cat says, looking down with a pout.
"Get a move on it Barbie. Get my coffee first." Jade orders, glaring at the blonde waitress when she doesn't immediately walk away.
"Would it kill you to be nice for a minute to the people handling your food?" Tori asks, staring at the Goth.
"Not worth the risk." Jade says, shrugging her shoulders nonchalantly.
That's it for this chapter.
Their friendship is slowly forming. It's strong now, I think, and it'll only get stronger.
Updates will be random since I'm working on 'Hunted (Version 1)' and some one-shots while working on a new 'iCarly' Seddie fic and new chapters for 'The Vega-Marx Secret'. Sorry I'm taking so long with that one, by the way.
Thank you for reading, and please review.
Blessed Be.