Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious or Big Time Rush. They belong to Dan Schneider and Scott Fellows respectively.
Author's Note: Another update on another story. I'm really loving this story so much. I hope you all are as well. This didn't take long, but I was procrastinating with it. Chapter four should be up within the next few weeks or earlier, so be on the lookout for that. Once I again I didn't proofread, so I apologize in advance for any mistakes. Enjoy.
Walking through the door after a long day of work, Kendall smiles at Jade on the couch asleep.
"Aw," he says as he makes his way down the hall.
He changes his clothes and gets some writing done before deciding to go to his mom's and get his guitar along with some other things.
Walking back into the living room, he spots Jade waking up.
"Hey,"
"Hey," she mumbles. "When did you get back?"
He shrugs. "About forty-five minutes ago."
"Oh,"
"Care to join me?"
"Depends, where are you going?"
"To my mom's, I have to get the rest of my boxes and some other things."
"Sure, I have nothing better to do."
Kendall rolls his eyes. "Then let's get going."
The car ride is silent, Jade not wanting or willing to hold a conversation. The silence begins to bother Kendall, so he decides to turn on the radio to a rock station.
"You like rock music?" Jade asks.
"Yeah, is that surprising?"
"Kinda, I expected you to be more of a country or pop kind of person."
Kendall shrugs. "I like a little bit of everything."
Jade's quiet after that, not speaking for the remainder of the ride.
"Try not to break anything while you're here." he tells her as they make their way to the door.
"No promises." Jade replies, leaning against the house as she waits for Kendall to open the door.
Kendall huffs as he pushes open the door. "Welcome to Casa de la Knight."
Jade steps inside and is immediately bombarded with photos of Kendall and Katie on the walls.
"Is your mom afraid she's gonna forget what you and your sister look like or something?"
Kendall shrugs. "She likes to have photos of us up; it's her way of keeping us close by. It's sweet."
"It's creepy."
"Does your mom have photos of you up on her walls."
"Yes, but not a billion of them. She probably has photos of you in the bathroom."
"Actually..." he trails off.
Jade's eyes widen. "Oh my gosh, she does."
"Baby pictures and there are only two; one of me and one of Katie."
"I have to see this."
Kendall begins to walk down the hall. "Well, come on." he stops once he gets in front of the door and flips on the light.
Jade pushes past him and looks at the wall. "Aw," she coos and smiles.
"Aw? That wasn't exactly the reaction I was expecting."
Jade just simply shrugs. "I like kids."
"That's a shocker."
"Aren't you embarrassed when people come over and use the bathroom and see a naked photo of you on the wall?"
"I used to be, I've gotten used to it." he says and turns around, ready to show Jade his room.
Jade glances at the photo before looking back at Kendall. "Your ass isn't that fat anymore."
"Jade!" he exclaims and turns around, cheeks reddening.
"I was just making an observation. It's more flat now."
"Can you not talk about my ass?"
"Don't be embarrassed."
"Too bad, I am." he tells her and pulls her out the bathroom.
She smiles wickedly, pleased with the fact that she embarrassed him. "What room are you showing me next?"
"Mine." he replies and walks across the hall.
Jade steps into the room and looks around. There are boxes sitting in one of the corners of the room, hats hung on hooks, there are more photos, but what really catches her eye is the guitar.
"You play?"
"Yeah, do you?"
"Not the guitar, I play the piano."
"That's cool, too."
"Are you any good?"
"I think I am, but I guess I don't really know."
"Have you not played for your friends or family?"
"Yeah, but of course they're gonna tell me I'm good."
"Then play for me."
"For you?"
Jade sits down on his bed before lying down. "Yeah, I'm not your friend and I'm sure as hell not apart of your family. I'll tell you if you're good or not."
"Okay, anything you want to hear?"
"Not a song I might know. If you suck, I don't want you ruining a perfectly good song."
Kendall hesitates for a moment before starting to play. Jade lies back on the bed and tries to make out what he's playing. When she doesn't recognize, she decides to just close her eyes and simply enjoy the song. The tune is very relaxing and she can just faintly hear Kendall sing along. She gets so wrapped up into it, she doesn't even realize he's done playing until he speaks.
"What do you think?"
She sits up looks at him. "Not bad."
"Thanks."
She nods and focuses her gaze on a photo behind him. "Girlfriend?"
"Excuse me?"
"Is that your girlfriend in that photo behind you?"
"Oh, yeah. Her name's Jo."
"Dude, don't sound so happy about it." Jade says sarcastically.
"What?"
"You sound like you're not even thrilled that you have a girlfriend."
"Don't get me wrong, Jo's great, we've just been having some issues lately."
"Is she gonna be over a lot? I hope not, I rather you keep your drama away from me."
"She doesn't live here."
"She doesn't?"
"No, she's going to school in New York, so that's where she moved."
"Wow, long distance."
"It's just another reason of why we're always arguing."
"Did you not want her to leave?"
"No, she wanted me to go to school there with her. I applied and I got accepted, but I told her I didn't."
"Lying to your girlfriend, that doesn't seem like you."
"I try not to, but I really didn't want to go to New York."
"Why didn't you just tell her that?"
"That would've made things worse."
"Oh, wait. That's the reason why you didn't want me to answer your phone calls earlier."
Kendall nods and sits next to her. "Yeah, she can be extremely jealous sometimes. I didn't want you to answer and have her wonder why some random girl is answering my phone."
"I may have only known you for a day, but she doesn't seem like the type of girl you would date."
"She really is a nice girl, I know what I'm saying is just making her seem like..."
"A bitch." Jade finishes.
"I wasn't going to say that."
"No, but you were thinking about it."
"Whatever, the point is I do care about my girlfriend."
"If you say so."
Kendall rolls his eyes and stands up. "Come on, I'll show you the rest of the house."
They spend the next ten minutes walking around the house and the outside. Once Kendall has shown Jade the entire Knight household, they go back inside to take a seat on the couch.
"Now what do we do?"
"I still have a few more boxes to pack. Once I get that done, we're going to the store."
"Why?"
"So I can teach you how to make tonight's meal."
"No way."
"Jade, it'll be easy."
"You said that last night and I burned myself."
"That doesn't mean you give up cooking forever."
"I didn't want to cook in the first place."
"What we're making tonight will be really simple." he assures her.
"What is it?"
"Homemade pizza."
"You really get joy out of cooking, don't you?"
"Yeah, so what do you say?"
"Fine, but if I burn myself or slice my finger off or something, I'm never cooking again."
"That's reasonable."
After packing up some more items, Jade helping every now and then, Kendall places the last of the boxes in the truck of his car before getting in.
"What kind of pizza do you want?" he asks her as he puts the car in reverse.
"Anything but plain cheese."
"Okay, we'll settle for pepperoni."
"Fine."
"By the way, I try to eat as many organic things as I can, so I'm going to buy organic sauce."
"Gross, no."
"Have you ever even tried it?"
Jade scoffs. "No and I don't plan on it."
"I'm getting it."
"Fine, then I won't eat."
"Jade," Kendall groans.
"I don't wanna eat some organic crap."
"Just try it."
Jade rolls her eyes and turns on the radio in her attempt to block Kendall out. Kendall lets it be, choosing to bring it back up once they get to the store.
They arrive and grab a basket once tgey walk through the door and make their way to the aisle where the sauce is located.
Jade skims through the different kinds before placing one in the basket. "There, one jar of non-organic marinara. Let's keep it moving."
"Not so fast," Kendall says and grabs her by the arm. "Why can't you just try it."
"Because I said so and let me go!"
"It tastes practically the same."
"I let you talk me into cooking last night, I even let you talk me into eating the spaghetti, but I will not let you think you can force me to do anything else."
"It's sauce! I'm not asking you to jump off a cliff."
"If you keep talking about this damn sauce, I'm going to kick you out."
"You will not."
Jade raises her eyebrows. "Really? What makes you think I won't?"
Kendall smirks. "Because whether you like it or not, you need me. You need someone who will put up with your crap and stand their ground when you say no. You need someone who will still stick around no matter how much you piss them off. Even if you found another roommate, you wouldn't be able to deal with them; you'll scare them off and find another. Let me tell you this, Jade, I'm not scared of you and I'm not leaving. No matter how many times you say it, I'm not going anywhere."
Jade stares at him for a while before looking back at the shelves and grabbing a jar labeled organic and placing it in the baskset. "Fine, have your damn organic sauce." she says before walking out the aisle.
Kendall lets out the breath he was holding. "That went better than expected." he says to himself.
"Come on!" he hears Jade yell.
"I'm coming!" he yells back.
They shop for a little while longer, Jade not arguing when Kendall picks out something that she doesn't want. It surprises Kendall, but he doesn't make a comment about it; he simply smiles to himself before proceeding to where they have to go next.
They get in the car and the ride is like it was on their way to the Knight's house. Jade stares out the window until she feels her phone vibrate in her hand and she smiles a little. Once she reads the message, her smile immediately turns into a frown and she turns off her phone and goes back to looking out the window.
Kendall notices the sad expression on Jade's face, but he can't seem to bring himself to ask what's wrong. He ultimately chooses to not ask and remain quiet for the rest of the ride.
When they get back to the apartment, Jade carries the groceries inside while Kendall places the rest of the boxes and his guitar in his room.
After everything is settled, he tells Jade that he's about to start making the pizza. She follows him in the kitchen and follows the orders he gives her, not arguing once. Once it's in the oven, Jade takes a seat on the couch and Kendall goes into his room to finish writing a song he's been working on.
Twenty minutes later, he places his guitar down so he can go check on the pizza. When he walks into the living room, he's surprised to see Jade on the couch crying.
"Jade?" he asks gently. "Are you okay?"
She sniffs and turns around a little. "I think the pizza's done."
Kendall nods and walks into the kitchen to take the pizza out of the oven. When he walks back into the living room, Jade is crying harder than she was before.
He stands at the door separating the kitchen from the living room before slowly walking over to the couch and taking a seat next to Jade. He hesitantly places his arm around her and pulls her a little closer. Jade scoots closer before crying hysterically into Kendall's shirt.
They remain that way for almost half an hour. Jade crying into Kendall's shirt as he soothingly rubs her back. She sits up after a while and wipes the remaining tears off her cheeks.
"I'm going to go fix myself back up." she tells him, her voice sounding completely wrecked.
He nods his head. "Okay."
She gets up off the couch and begins to walk down the hall. She stops before she gets any further and turns around. "Thanks," she tells him.
Kendall smiles softly. "Anytime."
Kendall's in the kitchen eating when Jade comes walking in looking as if that half hour never happened. She grabs a plate and a slice of pizza before taking a seat next to him.
He's completely surprised by her actions to say the least and can't keep himself from asking, "Are you okay?"
Jade makes a face. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"Just asking."
They eat the rest of the meal in silence, each of them lost in their own thoughts.