To those who don't have the DVDs of 'VicTORious', this chapter is based on 'The Diddly-Bops', the first episode on disk one of season 1 volume 2.
Soon, I don't know when, we'll start to see the Jori romance form. For now, it's a close friendship.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'VicTORious', the characters, or the main plot.
No POV
"Stop feeling me up, and help me put this stupid costume on." Jade growls out as Cat and Tori try, and so far fail, to push her chest into the hamburger costume.
"We're not feeling you up. They're too big for this outfit." Tori says, pushing Jade's breasts in and down, trying to squeeze them into the outfit.
"Oh, bullshit." Jade says, grunting when they finally slip into the outfit. "If you weren't feeling me up, then why were you not trying to push the costume down?" She says with a smirk. "How come you get to be the ice cream?" She asks Tori as the half-Latina slips into her costume and Cat happily puts on the broccoli costume.
"Because it's too big for Cat, and would you wear something pink?" Tori asks, turning around for Jade to zip up the back of the costume.
"I wear pink highlights in my hair." Jade says, tossing Tori the large, soft cherry that ties around Tori's head.
"So you'd be okay with a large scoop of pink ice cream over your chest?" Tori asks smugly, knowing the answer.
"Shut up." Jade says, rolling her eyes. "So, is Andre's song any good?" She asks as they get ready to meet up with the guys for the performance.
"You weren't paying attention when we went over it?" Cat asks, popping up beside her, scaring Tori by the sudden appearance.
"No." Jade says with a deadpan.
"But what if you get confused and don't know where we are in the song?" Cat asks, moving awkwardly in the broccoli costume.
"They're little kids. I doubt they'll care." Jade says, rolling her eyes. "Let's go." She says, walking towards the stage, ignoring Cat's attempt to get her attention, Tori knowing it's not worth questioning and walking behind Jade.
"I hate this." Andre says, fixing his spaghetti hat.
"It's your song." Beck says, fixing his hot dog costume. At least, he thinks it's a hot dog, since there's no bun or anything.
"Don't remind me." Andre says as the girls walk up to them.
"Why is Robbie the pizza?" Tori asks as she, Jade, and Cat catch up to them backstage.
"I called it." Robbie says with a smile.
"Time to go." Beck says with a sigh as Sikowitz starts their introduction.
"Apparently, we're the Diddly-Bops." Tori says, looking at the crowd, faux smile and cheer as Sikowitz shrugs in apology.
A few minutes later, after finishing their song, and Beck telling Sinjin 'No!' to the curly haired teen wanting them to perform another song, Jade chimes in with a 'We did this for money.', ignoring Tori's questioning stare.
"Do you know what it's like to be nice to children?" Tori asks as they all head to the backstage dressing rooms to change out of their outfits.
"No." Jade answers, climbing into the dressing room beside Tori's after making Cat unzip it, wasting no time in removing the hamburger, her breasts slipping out easily.
"But what about your 'Jade With Tots' videos on The Slap?" Cat asks from the room on Tori's opposite side.
"I don't think those count." Tori notes as she tosses the cherry head dress out into the main room from the small gap above the door. "Those are recorded and posted online. If she's too mean, it could hurt her chances at being a director, since she'll eventually have to work with children." She says, removing the ice cream outfit, leaving her in her pink unitard.
"That and Principle Eikner said that if I made another kid cry, I wouldn't be allowed to use the rooms afterhours, even for a class project or something." Jade adds, opening the door and kicking the hamburger outfit into the room, ignoring the crashing sound of it hitting something glass. "Remind me to kill Sikowitz for making us do this." She says, stepping out of the dressing room, her unitard in hand as she's dressed in her regular clothes a couple of minutes later.
"You're not killing Sikowitz." Tori says, stepping out in her jeans and short sleeve shirt. "You look nice with your hair like that." She notes, seeing how Jade kept her hair in its ponytail.
"You don't look too bad yourself." Jade says with a small half smile at seeing Tori's hair in a ponytail as well still.
"I'm hungry now." Cat says, walking out of the dressing room, her broccoli costume in hand.
"There is no way in hell I'm going out there to eat." Jade says, glaring at the general direction of the kids.
"Relax." Tori says, a small blush at Jade saying she doesn't look bad with her hair that way, as she starts walking towards the back door that leads away from the Black Box Theater. "Sikowitz said he left the money in his classroom. We'll head over there, grab the envelope, and head out to eat." She says, setting her ice cream costume on a bench.
"I'm not driving." Jade says, following suit, with Cat behind her.
"Shouldn't we tell the guys?" Cat asks as Tori catches up.
"Tell us what?" Beck asks as the three girls leave the room, leaning up against the wall as he waits for Andre and Robbie.
"You changed fast." Tori notes, looking around for the others. "Are Andre and Robbie still getting ready?" She asks, not seeing them.
"Robbie is. Andre left to talk to Sikowitz about something." Beck answers, raising a curious eyebrow when he sees the slight glare Jade is sending him.
"We're going out to eat." Cat chimes in with a giggle. "I have to pee." She says, sounding more like a child than usual.
"Then go to the bathroom Cat. We'll meet you in Sikowitz's." Jade says, heading towards their favorite teacher's class.
"Wait for Cat?" Tori suggests, following Jade.
"Got it." Beck says, watching the two girls leave. "Well, that was weird." He says, referring to the glare from Jade.
"Got what?" Andre asks, walking up to the Canadian.
"Nothing. What'd you talk to Sikowitz about?" Beck asks, keeping an eye on the door for Cat.
"Asked him if he needed us for anything else, and if not, if it's okay to leave." Andre answers, leaning on the wall beside Beck.
"What'd he say?" Beck asks, glancing at Andre.
"We're good, and we can leave whenever we want. He also said he left the money in his class." Andre answers, glancing down the hall Tori and Jade went down. "Have you noticed anything odd between Tori and Jade?" He asks as they wait.
"What do you mean?" Beck asks, turning to face Andre better.
"Well, when I went over to show Tori the song I came up with a couple nights ago, she and Jade were sitting on one of the couches." Andre says, not knowing if he should be talking about this.
"And?" Beck asks, not getting it. Though it's a little out of character for Jade to be close to Tori, he understands why. Tori was there after the break up, so maybe she's just using Tori as a crutch?
"Well, I walked in like we always do, without knocking." Andre starts, a little hesitant to reveal how he caught the two girls. "They were leaning kinda close, and there wasn't a lot of space between them." He says slowly, not meeting Beck's gaze.
"Hi Andre." Cat says, opening the door, before Beck can say anything.
'What is he insinuating?' Beck asks himself, shaking his head.
"Sup Lil' Red?" Andre asks the girl, glad for the interruption.
"Where's Robbie?" Cat asks, looking around.
"Still not done." Beck says with a sigh.
"What's taking you losers so long?" Jade asks, walking up to them, Tori in tow.
"Waiting for Robbie." Cat answers, bouncing over to the girls. "So, where are we going?" She asks, looking between her four friends.
"I'm thinking Karaoke Dokie, and then Freezy Queen for dessert." Tori answers, looking to the others for confirmation.
"Fine." Jade answers, walking towards the end of the hall. "But Sikowitz is paying." She adds with a smirk as Robbie, dressed in his street clothes like the others, finally makes himself known.
"What's going on?" Robbie asks, following the others after Jade.
"Food." Cat answers with a wide smile.
The next morning, as Tori's getting her books from her locker, Jade walks by with her usual coffee cup in hand. "Here's your theater history book back." She says, handing Tori a black book.
"Why is it black?" Tori asks hesitantly, staring at the book.
"I have black paint." Jade answer simply, sipping her coffee.
"But why is it…" Tori goes to ask before being interrupted by Lane.
"Tori. Jade." The guidance counselor says, walking up to the girls with a young kid beside him.
"Hey." "What?" Tori and Jade says, turning to face the man.
"This is my nephew. He loved your guys' performance, 'Favorite Foods'." Lane says, stopping a few feet in front of them. "She was the ice cream, and she was the hamburger." He explains to his nephew, pointing at Tori then Jade.
"Don't talk about it." Jade says as Tori agrees with 'Yeah, seriously. Don't talk about it.'
"Wait, how did he hear the song? He wasn't even there." Tori asks as Lane's nephew holds out a small book and a pen, asking for their autographs.
"He saw it online. 'Videos for Kiddeos'." Lane says as the two girls sign the book.
"She wrote a bad word." Lane's nephew accuses, pointing at Jade.
"I write what I feel." Jade says, staring at the kid.
"Let's go Devon." Lane says with a sigh, seeing what Jade wrote, and sending her a disappointed look.
"What's it mean?" Devon asks as Tori gives Jade a confused look.
"Just keep walking." Lane says flatly, leading him away from Jade.
"What did you write?" Tori asks cautiously as she returns to her locker.
"You don't wanna know." Jade says simply, leaning against the locker beside Tori's.
A few days later, after Andre freaked out over a record executive backing out of a chance to work with Andre because of the song, Tori and Jade sit in Tori's living room, Andre at the piano showing them the new song.
"Dude, that's amazing." Tori says, walking over to Andre. "How did you turn 'Favorite Food' into that?" She asks, stopping by the piano.
"I just put down my chocolate beverage, and got to work." Andre says with a small smile.
"I'll be in your room." Jade says flatly, walking by them and up the stairs.
"You have to perform that for the record exec." Tori says, leaning over the piano excitedly.
"I don't know." Andre says with a sigh, curious eyes at the stairs and how Tori didn't argue or anything about Jade going into her room.
"Come on. I'll beg him." Tori says, knowing part of Andre's reluctance being the record executive not showing up or liking the song. "I'm a very good begger." She adds on.
"Will you sing backup?" Andre asks, unable to say no to Tori's smile.
"Shoosh yeah." Tori says, standing up. "Hey, where'd Jade go?" She asks, noticing the Goth not there.
"Really?" Andre asks, surprised that Tori didn't notice Jade heading upstairs.
That's it for this. Next chapter will be a time skip, jumping to season two.
Hope you liked this. Thank you for reading, and please review.
Blessed Be.