Title: Who Knew

ChapterOne:Improv

Summary: When Tori Vega stopped talking to her long time best friend Jade West she never expected the heart break she felt, and now that she's found her again she wont let her go.

Rated: T for now, but possibly M later on. I'm not sure.

Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious, unfortunately.

A/N:Glad you guys liked the preface, I hope you like this chapter. Also, this is the only chapter sticking to the episodes. The other will eventually run through a few episodes, but for the most part it won't. Enjoy! Review if you'd be so kind, I love feedback!

Let's just get a few things cleared up.

One; I never really wanted to go to Hollywood Arts, but I need a break from my old school, from the people at my old high school, two; with much 'thanks' to Trina if I went to school I would have failed my science project, three; Trina threatened to murder me in my sleep if I didn't show up.

Hollywood Arts was a school for aspiring actors, singers, dancers and more artsy and creative people, and every year they had this big showcase for students to perform in. Trina got paired up with this Sophomore named Andre for the showcase, and dragged me into it, just because I was also a Sophomore.

On the night of the showcase just before she was supposed to go on, her tongue swelled up like a balloon, preventing her (and saving everyone else) from singing. Andre forced me, and I mean picked me up, carried me behind a changing screen, and then picked me up and set me on the stage, to take Trina's place.

The principal offered me a place at the school after seeing my performance, and after a lot of persuasion, I agreed to attend the school. How different could it be, really? Oh how stupid I was being.

I totally forgot to wash my clothes last night too, so I was stuck wearing these awful white pants, a white shirt with ruffles on the front, a blue deep cut vest and a strange purple cardigan. I felt like a total dork.

Trina approved, she didn't want me to look better then her, even if she wouldn't admit it. I sat at the breakfast table, scooping absently at the now soggy Raisin Bran in my bowl. Trina was ranting about something across the table from me, savagely shoving food into her mouth.

Disgusted I looked away, trying to calm the butterflies raging through my stomach. I was in 10th grade, why was I still so frickin' nervous about going to school? With a sigh I got up and dumped out my cereal, just as Trina was finishing her breakfast.

After we both brushed our teeth and sprayed on some perfume she herded me into her car and drove us to Hollywood Arts. My new school. A school filled with wickedly talented people, except for Trina, I had no clue how or why Trina was there. I felt like I was going to puke.

As soon as we walked in I knew this was nota normal high school, but Trina turned around and tried to tell me it was, I looked around skeptically at the people around us, "Uh this is notjust a high school. These kids are all artsy and creative and talented and I'm just normal."

"It's okay." Trina said in an exaggerated voice, "there's nothing wrong with being average." I simply nodded at her, giving her my 'yeah right' face, "anyway, you're not alone. I got your back."

"Okay.." just as I said it a dark haired girl rushed up to us, yelping Trina's name, talking about some guy getting his hair straightened, Trina freaked and ran off with her. "I'm alone!" I called after her, narrowing my eyes at her retreating back. How was I supposed to get to class now?

I spun, looking for someone to ask for help, and I spotted a girl with flaming red curly hair rushing past me, "hey uhm, can you tell me-." I called her, she stopped and spun.

She cut me off, "oh my god! You're Tori right?" I confirmed it with a nervous smile on my face, "you were so awesome in the big show case!" she babbled, her voice was high pitched and her brown eyes were wide as she talked.

"Awww, thanks!"

She introduced herself as Cat, I stupidly said, 'like the animal' and she freaked out, "what's that supposed to mean?" she backed up looking offended and scared.

"Nothing I-I love cats!"

"Oh me too! They're so cute!" and then she just walked away, leaving me alone again. Great, fantastic. Amazing.Not. I already wanted to go home. The nervous butterflies previously fluttering around in my stomach had multiplied into humming birds that were pecking painfully trying to escape.

The next kid I saw was carrying a puppet, and I didn't want to stop him, but I did before I could stop myself, "hey! Hello! Female…Yes?" he asked, yup.Shouldn'thavestoppedhim,but I asked him where my class was anyways.

His sentence started with "if you head due North" and I knew I shouldn't have asked him, his puppet interrupted him and said I wasn't a pirate, he told the puppet it was none of my business, and the puppet once again cut him off, giving me the directions to the classroom.

With what was probably a scared face I thanked, them? Him?, and then walked away as fast as I could. I found the right classroom after awhile, having spaced out and not really remembered the puppets directions.

I set my bag down by a chair and turned to go spit my gum out when I walked right into some guy behind me who was texting, I spilled his coffee down the front of his shirt, shit, "hey." He said in a calm voice, weird, he was kind of laughing.

"Oh my gosh." I looked down at his ruined shirt wide eyed, the butterflies had turned into bees and were stinging my insides like crazy, trying to sting their way out. But they weren't dying like bees so they must be wasps. Great, I'm allergic to wasps.

"Hey it's cool." He said with a laugh to brush it off, but I still felt bad. I ruined the kid's shirt.

"No it's not. I spilled coffee on your…here." And then I did my awkward Tori thing and started rubbing it with my sleeve to get it out. What the hell was I even thinking? Rubbing made it worse.

He tried to tell me it was okay, but I was in what I liked to call 'awkward autopilot' and I wouldn't listen, my nerves getting the better of me. "You might be making it worse, actually." I looked up at him to reply that I was.

But someone cut me off, someone with a voice that made my heart slam to a stop, "dude!" I looked up my eyes wide, "why you rubbing my boyfriend?" Awkward autopilot switches to awkward, scared, confused, overload of emotions autopilot and I shut down.

"Oh—I—I just, I spilled…coffee on you-your…" my sentence trailed off, my jaw hung open and I was most assuredly staring.

"Get away from him." Familiar burnt apple green eyes met my own and I lost control over my body, the guy gave me a sympathetic look before turning around and walking over to the girl, who was still watching me, resting his hand on her shoulder.

"Relax." He told her, leaning down and kissing her cheek while she glared at me from merely two feet away. She was dressed in black jeans and a black vest that showed her arms and a pair of boots. Her hair was a touch darker then I remembered, and she had thick blue streaks in her bangs to the back of her head. She had a thick black bracelet with Jaded written on it covering a star tattoo on her inner arm that I remember her talking about getting and her left eyebrow was pierced.

But that was her. Oh god. That was Jade West. That was the girl who used to be my world. Ohmygod,IthinkI'mabouttodie. My heart is hammering hard against my ribcage where it dropped and only one other thought not related to Jade runs through my mind. I'mgoingtokillTrina.

Before anyone could say anything another door burst open, somewhere behind me and someone was shouting "Oh my god! There's a huge fire!" people started screaming, but I didn't move. My eyes only widened in shock; that was the homeless man I gave two dollars too, what the heck was going on in the classroom?

"Kidding! Kidding!" he yelled over everyone's panic, Andre (Trina's showcase partner and the reason I was in this mess) who had come in seconds ago was now looking at him like he was bat shit crazy, maybe he was, "just wanted to get your blood pumping, which I did."

He said lets get started and told us to sit, I was half aware of Andre pulling me toward a chair and pushing me to sit down. I might've asked him a question but I wasn't sure. Like I said I was on auto pilot trying to figure one thing out.

Jade was here. Jade was at Hollywood Arts. Jade was in my class. Jadewastheoneglaringdaggersatmefortouchingherboyfriend.It might not look like the same soon to be 8th grader I got mad at a 3 summers ago, her hair was darker brown with chunks of blue in the front instead of on the underside, but those eyes were unique, it was her. I could smell the same perfume she always wore, a scent of amber.

I wasn't sure how long it took me to process this, and how long it took me to stop freaking out about Jade being snuggled up with her boyfriend right behind me, but the teacher called for my attention and eventually I shut my thoughts of and turned to him.

"You're familiar with improv." He stated.

"No…" I deadpanned, trying to shove Jade from my mind as he explained it to me, I nodded when he asked if I understood and then he told Jade to pick her actors. She got out of her chair and moved up to the raised up stage, her eyes scanning the class.

"Cat, Eli, Beck and Tori." Her green orbs landed on me and I wanted to run away, panic struck from my head to my feet. This couldn't be Jade, not Jade, not myJade. Not the Jade I'd been in love with for years. No.

I sat frozen in my seat, turning to Andre for I don't know what, for him to save me? He gestured for me to go up on stage, with a gulp I got to my feet and walked toward the steps. Jade walked up to me after the class decided we were at home and our topic was big news, my eyes were wide with fear, "uh, why don't you go wait in the hall." I didn't like the glint in her eyes as she said this. I obeyed anyways.

"Uh…okay." I clapped my hands together nervously and moved out the door, all too aware of her eyes on my back as I did so, I was hyper aware of everything to with her. I heard Sikowitz, the teacher; shouted action and I wasn't really paying attention until Jade was standing in front of me.

"-to the animal shelter and got us a dog." Jade grabbed the sleeve of my shirt, trying not to make contact, but her fingers lightly brushed my arm anyways, sending chills up my arm and through my body as she pulled me onto the stage.

"Uhhh….yep. I'm the new family dog. Woof." She made an annoyed noise in the back of her throat and demanded that Sikowitz tell me that dogs don't talk or stand on two legs. He tells me to play the part of the dog, landing me on hands and knees going 'woof'.

Cat and Eli rushed over to pet me, and Beck leaned over and asked if the dog could sleep in their room. I almost grinned, Jade narrowed her eyes and her jaw set in anger, "no, honeyit can't."

And suddenly she was bending down to touch my hair, saying that it looked like I had bugs in my fur. I knew that tone of voice. She was going to do somethingto me. I wanted to bolt and run, but I was never afraid of Jade before and I wasn't going to start now.

I should have run though, sucked up my stupid ass pride and sprintedout of the room.

In a sugary sweet voice she said, "Oh, it's okay. I read on the internet that coffee works great for getting rid of fur bugs" as she walked down the stage and took some guys coffee. Here it comes, damn it I should have run. Beck protested, Andre called her name to stop her, but she just simply popped the lid off of the coffee cup and in three steps was standing beside me, pouring the iced coffee down on my hair.

I wanted to cry, but I wouldn't give her the satisfaction. That's what she wanted, she wanted me to cry and run away.

She tipped it fully over, the ice smacked against my skull and anger ran through me. What was Jade's problem? I quickly pretended I was shocked to mask the hurt that was sure to appear on my face, I stood up, narrowing my eyes at her.

She met mine levelly with no hint of regret in them, "what's the prob, dog?" I was sure my hurt was shining through my eyes, but only she would see it because I ducked my head and ran out of the room, over to the steps near the door where Trina and I came in and I pulled out my phone, intent on calling my mother.

No way could I go to school with Jade. No way could I handle her acting like this toward me. What was her problem? It was 3 years ago, surely she's not still mad me for justifiably being mad at her. What did I do? Sure I was rubbing up on her boyfriend, but I spilled coffee on him! I certainly didn't deserve coffee on me for an accident.

Andre had followed me out of the classroom, "hey Whatchu doing?" he asked casually.

"Calling my mom to tell her I wanna go back to my old school." I snapped, dialing her number from memory rather then scrolling through my contacts.

"Why?" he asked.

"'Cause I don't like having black coffee dumped in my hair!"

"Then I'll getchu some cream and sugar, everything'll be chill." He tried, I glared at him, though silently I thought it was funny and if I wasn't so hurt by Jade's actions I might've laughed.

I moved to hit call and he reached over and took my phone before I could, "hey! Give that back!" I reached to snatch it away from his hands but he batted them away effortlessly.

"Nope." He shoved it deep in his pocket, "You're gunna quit this school on your first day just because of one mean girl?" he asked.

No,becausethatmeangirlisJade.I thought but instead answered, "it's not just her, it's just I don't fit in here. This place isn't normal." Before either of us replied puppet boy, who Andre called Robbie, came rushing out to tell us Sikowitz wanted us back in class. Soon after Cat came out to reiterate the statement.

Andre told them both to go back to class and I thought about just running out, I could make my way home without my phone. I'd make Trina get it back for me or something. "Okay, maybe this school isn't normal. But you're not normal either, I've seen what you can do on stage, you're special."

He started walking away but stopped to say one thing, "normal is boring." He tossed me my phone back and then walked away. I pocketed my phone after texting him and asking him to take my bag to Trina and then I walked all the way home.

After I got home I showered and then I sat down on my bed, flipping through pictures of Jade and I from that last summer, a video of me at the showcase was playing on my computer and my mind was at war.

I had talent, and a shot to do something with it. Was I going to let Jade, a girl who probably doesn't even care, or remember, who I am, ruin that? It was the question I spent the rest of the morning and afternoon trying to figure out.

I was in the living room watching the video again after Trina got home from the store, three hours after we were in a screaming match about her not warning me about Jade. To which she defended, "I didn't think you'd care".

She took one look at me and sunk down on the couch beside me, looking at the screen then at me, "you know, you're actually not terrible." After a brief silence due to me pausing the video she spoke again, "you really gunna quit Hollywood Arts?"

"What do you think I should do?" whythehelldidIaskthat?

"Stay."

"Why?"

"So I won't be known as the girl with the lame sister who quit on her first day." She said with a 'duh' tone to her voice. I rolled my eyes; of course she'd say that. She gave my shoulder a light shove and started walking toward the stairs, "and I think you were really good in the big showcase."

I didn't respond to her so she just continued up the stairs, I hit play again.

I would go back, not just because I knew I could do great there. But to show Jade that she wasn't going to win just by dumping iced coffee over my head. I never backed down from her, like hell I would start now.

So why did I feel like I was doing something totally wrong?

The next day I got dressed in a grey shirt, a pair of blue skinny jeans and some gladiator sandals and met Trina downstairs, she just gave me a strange smile and got into the car, no words passed between us. We were running pretty late, so class had already started when I pushed the door to Sikowitz's room open.

The look on Jade's face when I walked in was burning hot anger, I smirked at her and cocked an eyebrow before turning to Sikowitz, "Tori, you're back." I smiled in answer, clasping my hands in front of me "you ever thought about coming in through the window?"

"No…" I trailed off, confused.

"Think about it." He shrugged, rubbing his nose, "now sit, sit." Jade glared at me and Beck smiled, and it almost looked like he was proud of me for coming back, I raised an eyebrow at him before he turned away from me. I took my chair and sat behind Andre, which happened to put me beside Jade, while Sikowitz explained alphabetical improve.

I even offered the lead the next group, a brilliant plan forming in my head, he gestured for me to come up and pick my group, "Okay, Andre, Beck, Cat, and Jade." My eyes landed on hers a grin splayed across my face, she raised an eyebrow at me, "Yeah, you."

She made an 'okay then' gesture and stood up, arms still crossed as they had been when she sat. She walked up to Beck and kissed him hard before shooting me a nasty look, I shrugged it off and Sikowitz told her to kiss her boyfriend on her own time.

She met my eyes, "Oh, I will."

The first letter was P, and so I began, turning to Jade, "Please go take a shower."

"Quit telling me what to do." She snapped, stepping closer.

Beck stepped closer to us, trying to get between us, "Relax, girls. Let's all try to get along."

"Totally!" Cat was buzzed out by Sikowitz.

"Uh, something just bit my toe!" Andre scrambled to find something to say.

What should I say, "Turtle! That turtle just bit his toe!" I blurted out randomly, gesturing toward the invisible creature and Andre's foot.

"Unbelievable that you're even here." The words told me what I had wondered earlier, she remembered me.

"Very immature of you to say that." Beck chastised, giving his girl friend a pointed glare that she ignored.

"What if the turtle bit my toe bone?" Andre spluttered, breaking up the three way glare match between us.

"X-rays are the only way to find out." I came up with, spinning away from Jade.

"You should shut up." Jade hissed, by now the class could tell she was trying to get under my skin, I could tell she was frustrated that I wasn't letting her.

"Zap! I just healed your toe with my magic finger." Beck said with a grin.

"Thanks." Andre replied instantly, Sikowitz sent him offstage.

"Aliens are the ones that can heal toes by finger zapping." I said, turning to Beck.

"By the way," Jade said, and then blew a raspberry at me, how mature of her. I rolled my eyes in response.

"Correct, I am an alien." Beck confirmed, I gasped, Sikowitz mentioned a twist.

"Don't hurt me! Please?" I begged, Jade cut in.

"Even though she's extremely annoying!"

"Fainting...'cause I can't breathe...your Earth's air." Beck fell to the ground dramatically.

"Gosh, it fainted!" I gasp, one hand flying up to my mouth, the other pointing at Beck.

Sikowitz interrupts us, "Excellent! Tori and Jade keep going! The next letter's H!"

"Hey why don't you jump over that cliff over there?" Jade hisses, hands on her hips, narrowing her eyes at me in a way others would deem dangerous. I smiled.

"I think you should." I responded calmly, her nostrils flared in agitation.

"Just where did you come from?" she stepped closer to me.

"Kangaroos."

"Lousy animals, kangaroos. They're awkward and dirty."

"Maybe they've learned from you." I smirk at her, returning the evil look she had given me as the class gasps in shock.

Jades voice reveals her shock and anger too, "No one talks to me like that!"

I crossed my arms over my chest meeting her gaze, "Obviously someone should."

"Please run in front of a bus!" she yelled desperately.

"Quite obnoxious of you to say." I return.

"Really?"

"Sure was."

Jade snorts, "Thanks!" her word is sarcastic with enough poison and bite to put a deadly snake to shame.

"Up your nose I see boogers."

"Very clever."

"Wish you thought of that?"

"X marks the spot I'd like to punch!" she points at me, her voice and hand shaking.

"Your finger smells weird!" I laughed.

"Zero is what you are on a scale from one to ten!" she snapped.

"And back to the letter A!" Sikowitz interrupts, but it falls on deaf ears because I'm already replying to Jade.

"As if I care what you think!" I yell back at her, I can see she's already cracking under the pressure of using the alphabet to insult me.

"Better watch yourself." She warns.

"Can't take it?" I asked sweetly.

"Don't push me!" her voice falters and I can see it in her face, one last button and she was done for. I smiled at her, batting my eye lashes.

"Eat your pants!" I yelled with laughter.

"No you eat your pants!" Jade's eyes go wide, realizing her mistake too late, "Wait!"

Sikowitz buzzes her out. "Sorry Jade! The next letter was-"

"F! I KNOW!" she glares at me and stomps off stage while Beck is beginning to 'wake up'. Inside I'm doing a happy dance, I beat Jade. I beat her at her own game, insulting people. I felt great and now I felt like I'd gotten pay back for the coffee on my head.

"Hey, the alien's moving!" Andre points out, I look down at Beck, hmm, was I really done with the payback? A grin pulled on my face, no, no I wasn't.

"Keep this thing going! G to you Tori!" Sikowitz adds.

"Get up alien!" I say, crouching down to help Beck to his feet.

"Head feels dizzy." The best idea on the planet popped into my head, only one thing could make Jade more angry then she already was, I smirked happily turning it into a smile as I looked up at Beck.

"I know what will make you feel better." Out of the corner of my eye I can see Jade's eyebrows raise and she's looking at me like she knows what I'm about to do.

"Jumping jacks?" Beck inquires, confused.

"Kiss me." I replied; Jade sat forward in her chair, eyes bulging out of her head angrily. She was thinking of ways to kill me no doubt, but I didn't care, right now was just about getting her back for that damn coffee on my head.

"Little weird." Beck says at first, then, "Let's do it." He stepped forward and put his hand on the back of my neck, leaning forward to kiss me; I cupped his cheek and met him half way. I could taste French Vanilla on his lips during the brief kiss.

He tasted like Jade.

When I pulled away I was grinning stupidly, "Man I love this school." I muttered, my eyes meeting Jade's. They were clouded over with obvious anger and I couldn't help but give her a challenging stare back.

Beck leaned toward me, "You're playing with fire Tori." He whispered, concern shinning through his eyes, I just smiled sweetly at him.

"I know exactly whatI'm playing with Beck." I told him under my breath so nobody could hear me, "and sorry about your shirt yesterday. I owe you a new one." I stepped down off of the stage and picked up my bag, just as the bell rang, disappearing out the door.