Tori had watched iCarly almost since it started it was one of the few things she let herself enjoy between the hours of daily training. What began as a half hour of Friday night entertainment quickly turned into a small obsession, if asked it was just watched for laughs, totally not for Carly.

When Tori finally did reach the ranks of the CFC, under the guise of Shelby Marx, she did admit to herself that she may have developed a slight crush on the web hostess. What wasn't there to like, she was funny, kind and very pretty. She knew that what she harboured for the girl was more than likely a 'celebrity lady crush,' according to Trina anyway, and that it would likely fade away like all crushes do, and it did.

Then the most outrageous thing ever, in the history of everything, happened.

iCarly talked about her on their show. Her. She couldn't believe it, immediately she began jumping stupidly about. Well maybe not immediately, it took about 20 seconds for her to remember that Shelby is her, because after being called it constantly for like 18 months she didn't always respond. Suffice to say that the dying crush resurrected it's self just as quickly. Then Ron came about after seeing it too, asking if she would consider an expo match. She felt as though it had to be a dream, but the bruised and battered Gary standing off to the side gave it away, in her dreams it didn't matter how many times she beat him into the ground he was always a picture of health.

And so the exposition match was held and Carly Shay became the only proud owner of the 'Lasting all three minutes in the octagon with Shelby Marx.' Her little stint with iCarly lasted all of about a week and a half, that was probably one of the best times Tori had had in a while. Not counting her feelings for the other girl, just being about to spend time with kids her own age was fantastic. You know, people that wanted to talk about more than fighting techniques or didn't want to pound her face in the next day. It was back to the real world soon enough, she still kept in touch with them in the occasional email, they became less frequent as time passed by, Tori's feelings fading along with them.

Tori really hadn't thought too much on her time as Shelby once she began at Hollywood Arts, but standing in front of the iCarly trio once again certainly brought back some memories. "Oh my god! What are you guys doing her? It's so good to see you again," immediately Tori launched herself at them, enveloping them into a hug.

Pleasantries exchanged, not so pleasant words regarding a certain two-timing boyfriend, revenge planned and explanations told. To see people from her other life again, was an experience she never thought she would have to cross, but one that she will cherish for a long while to come. It also had nothing to do with her long gone crush.

Jade was walking about Kenan's house looking to find her way back to the main room, the maze of a house was making it impossible to achieve.

"...stage name, suppose you could say, made it easier to keep my life private," Jade would have known that voice anywhere, hell all of their school knew that voice.

"So you've really Tori, not Shelby?"

Jade didn't consciously mean to step around the corner, she wanted to stay hidden and find out more, but the shock of hearing that she had been right all this time just had to be backed up by a visual. There Tori stood back facing her and those three kids from the picture opposite her; although Jade isn't a big fan of iCarly recognition should of stuck her earlier than now.

"Dude, what you staring at?" the blonde, Sam she thinks, speaks up, catching a wide-eyed and stock-still Jade standing by the corner. Later on Jade would swear that time slowed as Tori realises that there is a fifth person in the room and turns to face her.

"Jade! I... uh, what are you doing here?" the yelped name and hurried question doing nothing but convincing Jade further.

"You lied," Jade spotted the others doing their best to escape unnoticed, they needn't try so hard. They could have left with an entire brass band on their heels and Jade still wouldn't shift her attention. "So you are Shelby then?"

Tori let out a sigh and plops onto what has to be the most uncomfortable looking couch ever, "What do you want to know?"

"Why did you hide it?"

"Are you kidding? Everyone would of mobbed me if they knew. Actually they did mob me. It just would of been worse. I didn't want to be a celebrity at school, I just wanted to be myself, without people asking me to split a board in half with some appendage."

Jade listened to her short monologue taking in everything she said. "You know I don't think that going to a performing arts school is really going to help with the whole I don't want to be a celebrity thing," that gets a chuckle out of her, and it breaks the tense air that had settled between them; the ring of her mirth warming a deep part within Jade.

Suddenly Tori is on her feet, arm around Jade's neck and they were walking back though the house, "come on, I've got a boyfriend to dump." She was much too chipper now, why was lost on Jade. Releasing her hold on Jade's neck as they came to a split in the corridor, Tori headed down one leaving Jade to take the other path. "Jade, I'm glad you know," then she ducks around another corner leaving Jade staring after her.

Jade was left feeling on top of the world and as much as a part of her wanted to hunt Beck down and tell him she was right, but Tori's words ring through her head and she loses the desire to. At least until Tori got up and started singing along with Carly and a warm smile slid onto Tori's face. The same kind of look Jade used to regularly gave her TV, or at least the person on it.

Jade is quite suddenly thrown off her good mood when she realises Tori has some sort of crush on Carly. Now that bitter resentful part of Jade turns up and all she wants to do is tell everyone that it's Shelby Marx is the one singing into the microphone belting out that final not while standing much too close to the other brunette. While sorely tempted to put her thoughts into action, she doesn't; because tomorrow Tori will still be here and Carly will be gone and that little reminder eases her.

I apologize for the delay in getting this one up, ideally it was meant to be up like two days after the last, but work is a bigger muse killer than I thought it would be. Regardless it got here though. Till next time.