Disclaimer= I do not own Victorious.

The prom preparations were in full swing. Knowing how focused the students will be in their studies, the Hollywood Arts faculty used some of their entertainment budget on hiring prom experts to give presentations on how to make your prom experience memorable- how to dress, what fragrances to use, limos, etc.

A couple of weeks from Saturday and prom was to arrive. Andre and Robbie were looking at tuxedos for the prom at a discount store. Robbie was flipping through choices like pages in a book, while Andre was slow in his analyzing process.

"Dude what's wrong with you?" Robbie saw that Andre wasn't his usual self. Upon more careful observation, it looked as if Andre hadn't slept a lick. Robbie, putting on his Robarazzi cape, pressed further, telling him if he did air out his deal, that he might "choose a bad tux."

"Tori called me last night,"

"Oh how did that go?"

"Not good, she wanted to know who asked me to prom,"

"Looks like someone is jealous of you having a date." Andre then told Robbie that it was cool that a girl asked a guy out to prom, he did not expect it to be him. He was content with following the routine- a guy asking a girl to prom. Robbie nodded, slowly understanding where Andre was going with his words. Without saying anything else, he knew that if Andre wanted a girl to ask her out to prom, it wasn't the one that he hastily said yes to.

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"Your name is Andre right?"

"Sure is… do I know you?" Andre could've sworn that he had seen the girl somewhere; she looked familiar… like a slightly shorter version of one Tori Vega. It was a good thing that he didn't call her Tori.

"Seems that prom fever has infected everyone,"

"Sure has, that is the only thing on everyone's mind." Andre wanted to leave this girl planted and go find Tori to eat some lunch. The girl kept talking, mentioning her culture and what events such as prom meant to her people.

"I was wondering…" the girl started rubbing her hands a little bit, she started to get nervous. Andre was now stuck, wondering what she was going to say or do. Seeing that the girl was so focused and that her eyes were closed, he made an attempt to get away until… the girl bowed down.

"Please go to the prom with me Andre Harris!"

She bowed down something proper… and she asked me out to prom! I can't tell her that,

"Tell me what?" Tori was waiting patiently for Andre's reply. They had been talking about random things for the past two hours. Tori did not want to be one of those nosy girls during this time if their intended already had a date- she would play the patient game and have Andre eventually ask the questions- what are you getting at? why did you call?

"What are you getting at Tori, why did you call?" Andre started to get an irritated tone in his voice, and by asking a two part question as one, it had Tori off-balance. When put off-balance, Tori did the usual, which was play coy. She was all like, "pshh, you know…"

"No I don't know girl, which why I'm asking you why did you keep me up for the past two hours. You know what you want to ask me Tori, so just say it." Tori made some sheepish excuse that her nana was coming over to visit, that she had to let him go for the night.

"Good night Andre!" Click.

She did not want to let him go during that night…

The men of the HA 7 were set for prom, but the women were still going at it. The men were chill, having taking care of all the before prom essentials, but the women were still hard at work, getting their nails done, the waxing, jewelry and extra accessories.

"So all of us got dates to prom?" Jade, Cat and to everyone's surprise, Trina raised their hands. Tori pouted as she used her hand to phantomly slash through an ugly dress. That action drew a reaction from whom else?

"Golly Tori, you are going to mess up your pretty nails and waxy figurrr!"

"Jade, please don't start with your insults, I'm not in the mood."

"Sorry, what's with you?"

"Is it Andre?" Cat didn't usually chime in with that, but she did, and it lowered Tori even more.

"Noooh, it is not Andre?"

"You were not able to ask him about whom asked him to prom were you?"

"No- and I was two seconds away. No, ONE SECOND!" Cat et al told Tori to lower her voice, otherwise they would all be kicked out. She apologized, and resumed looking for a prom dress.

"Baby sister,"

"I'm not a baby anymore,"

"Well you are acting like one." Trina was now looking for dresses alongside her sister. She looked at Jade and Cat, and they took the hint, going to the other side of the huge warehouse to look at other prom essentials. The Vega sisters were alone shopping, something that they enjoyed doing when time permitted. Trina was not known as the type that gives savvy advice. Her Hollywood Arts peers saw her as snobby, and even her own sister did too- when they were at school. But Tori knew who the real Trina Vega was, as one of her wishes was that she act like her real self around HA and not put up a false front.

"Sorry about that, calling you a baby in front of your friends,"

"Our friends." That made Trina feel good, bringing a droplet of tear down from her eye.

"I know that I don't hang out with you very often since at HA I'm off in my own little world; however, I make sure I look out for my little sister."

"Oh I know that." Trina then begun to explain that the reason Andre has not been acting like his usual self is because a girl asked him out to prom.

"aHA!"

"Tori, your voice shh." Tori put a hand over her mouth and continued to listen to her sister's words of encouragement. Trina also talked about how when boys get asked out, they are not used to it, so they make decisions that they usually end up regretting making.

"That's what happened with Andre. Did some digging around, and this girl's culture has it where the girls do what the boys do in our culture- asking out, paying for stuff, etc. I would not last in a life like that, even if I could afford to." That brought a laugh from both sisters, diffusing the tension and stress Tori had been feeling ever since her talk on the phone with Andre.

"When was the last time you seen Andre?"

"It's been a while actually. Not since we played ping pong at the lounge."

"Geez, that is a long time ago. Anyways, you two can't keep avoiding each other. Just play it cool, like you don't know that he has been asked to prom okay?"

"Got it." After another half hour of searching, and everyone found a dress. Since the warehouse they were at had everything prom related, the girls made the alterations and prepared their ensemble right there. They were ready to have a great time at prom. Cat was on her usual swag:

"Who asked you to prom Trina?"

*LOL, just who did ask Trina out to prom? Next chapter: last minute preparations. Also next chapter: the prom shall commence!*