Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious or Big Time Rush. They belong to Dan Schneider and Scott Fellows respectively.

Author's Note: Chapter eight here! I intended to have this out earlier than today, but whatever. Here it is. There's a little bit of drama, but nothing too heavy. They've finally started college life! Like I said, it's not extremely descriptive, just a little recap of what their first week was like. You see a little more of them caring about each other and that's basically it. Another easy, breezy chapter. Oh, and I Googled that thing about the banana and water. It said somewhere that coffee isn't the best thing for a hangover, so I went with those instead. Enjoy!

Their first week of college goes by with ease. They end up having one class together, which Jade wasn't thrilled about, but she didn't let that ruin her first week of college life.

Kendall's working on one of his first assignments when Jade comes walking in. He notices her presence, but doesn't say anything.

"Hey!"

"Hey," he responds and continues typing.

"Can you take a brief break?"

"Why?"

"Just do it."

Kendall sighs and saves his work and looks at her. "Talk to me."

"In one of my classes these guys were talking about having a sick party tonight and I was thinking about going."

"A party? It's the first week of school and a party is already being thrown?"

"Hell yeah. What better time to have one? Anyway, I wanted to know if you wanna come?"

"No, thanks."

"Come on, Blondie, live a little."

"I'm not really a party person."

Jade leans against his desk. "Doesn't surprise me, but you can't honestly tell me you want to spend your night here by yourself."

"No, but I don't wanna go with you to a party either."

"Fine," Jade says. "I'll go by myself." she tells him and begins to walk out his room.

"Wait!" he yells after her. "I'll go with you. Not because I want to, but because if you drink, you'll need a designated driver."

"Good enough for me. We're leaving at eight."

Kendall nods. "Okay,"

"You'll thank me for this later." she says and leaves.

Kendall turns back to his laptop to continue writing his paper. "I hope so."

Kendall drives to the address Jade tells him to go and when they arrive the house is already packed.

"Damn," Kendall breathes out.

"This looks like a good time." Jade says and unbuckles her seat belt.

"This looks like a noise complaint."

"Quit being a Negative Nancy; that's my job. Your job is to be my personal driver for the night and not bring down my mood."

"I hope you remember we have work in the morning."

"Yeah, yeah. Shut up and get out of the car." she tells him and opens her door. Kendall does the same and follows her to the house.

Once they're inside, Jade separates from Kendall and goes over to some girl who he assumes Jade met in one of her classes. He stands there and feels awkward doing so, so he decides to go explore.

Walking around, he notices some people from his classes; none of which he can name. He's about to make his way into the kitchen to grab something to drink when a girl, who's already beyond drunk, comes crashing into him.

She glances up at Kendall and slurs, "Sorry,"

He offers a polite smile. "It's okay."

"You...you're cute."

Kendall lets out a little laugh. He's not gonna lie, the girl is really attractive. She's about Jade's height, long dark brown hair, and tan skin; he would totally go for her, but being drunk and disorderly is a huge turn off for him.

"Wanna have some fun?" she asks and takes a swig of the beer she has in her hand.

"No, thanks."

"Okay, then." she says and walks away, her balance slightly off.

He walks into the kitchen and thinks about getting some punch, but changes his mind after the thought of someone might have put something in it crosses his mind. He settles for grabbing a bottle of water out of the refrigerator instead.

"Pansy." someone comments.

He turns around and sees Jade standing with a can of beer in her hand. "Think what you want. Someone has to drive you home."

"You look uncomfortable."

"I don't like parties. Well, parties like this I should say."

"No damage is being done, Blondie. Everyone is here because they want to have fun and loosen up."

"Well, I'm fine standing here by myself with my bottle of water."

"Whatever," she says and walks out the kitchen.

Kendall ends up leaving the comfort of the kitchen when it becomes crowded with drunk people. He opts for sitting on the stairs and playing around on his phone for the time being.

Jade comes stumbling over to him about an hour and a half later and sits beside him. "Whatcha doing?"

"Passing time by. Are you drunk?"

"Noooo." she says with a little laugh.

"Yeah, you are."

"Doesn't matter," she tells him and stands up. "Come dance with me." she begs and pulls him up.

"Jade, I don't wanna dance. You're drunk, we should go home."

Jade wraps her arms around his neck. "Dance with me."

"Okay, now I know for sure you're drunk."

Jade mumbles something unintelligent that Kendall doesn't catch and rests her head on his chest.

"What'd you say?"

"What did you say?"

"Jade."

"Kendall." she mimics.

"Let's go."

Jade starts swaying her body with the music. "Not until you dance with me."

"Jade," he says and looks down at her.

Jade lifts her head up to look at him. "What?"

"We need to go."

Jade stares at him for a moment. "I...we...I want to stay." she whines.

"No. You need to go."

Jade grabs Kendall's hands and places them on her hips. "Dance."

"No."

Jade sticks out her bottom lip. "You're being mean to me."

"Yeah, well, you're mean to me all the time."

"But I love you."

"You say that because you're drunk."

"Nuh-uh. I do love you."

"Whatever you say, Jade." he tells her, becoming aggrivated. He's not mad at Jade for being drunk, he's mad at the fact that she won't budge on leaving.

"Say it back."

"I love you, too. Like I said last weekend, I care about you; that's why I need to get you home."

"Kendall." she whines.

"Please, let's go."

Jade stares at him again. "You're cute."

"And you're delirious."

Jade suddenly kisses him and he's completely taken back. "Do you believe what I say now?" she asks when she pulls away.

Kendall takes his hands off her hips and moves to pick Jade up bridal style. He carries her to the car while Jade kicks and whines about how she doesn't want to leave. He places her in the passenger seat and puts her seat belt on before he gets in the car himself.

The drive home is silent once Jade falls asleep and for a change, Kendall's glad it's quiet. When he pulls into the parking lot, he shuts off the car and walks over to Jade's side. He unbuckles her and picks her up, locking the car in the process. Once they're inside, he carries her to her room and places her on the bed. He removes her shoes for her and pulls back the covers.

He's on his way out the door when Jade turns around in her bed and says, "Stay."

"I'm going to my own room, Jade. Go back to sleep." he says gently.

"Stay here with me."

Kendall sighs and goes, he's not really up for arguing at this point. He kicks off his shoes and takes off his button up to reveal his white t-shirt underneath and lies down on the bed next to her. Jade scoots a little closer and closes her eyes.

"Thank you," she mumbles.

"Yeah," he whispers. "You're welcome."

Jade wakes up with a killer hangover. She thinks for a second it's still early, but realizes her curtains are closed and are keeping the sunlight out. She glances over at the clock and realizes it's past four in the afternoon. Pacing herself, she slowly gets out of bed and walks into her bathroom. After relieving herself and washing her face, she walks into the living room where Kendall is sitting on the couch.

He hears Jade enter the room and turns around. "Hey," he greets.

Jade rubs her temples. "What the hell did I do last night?"

"Apparently you drank beer...a lot of it."

"I realize." she takes a seat on the couch and curls into a ball.

"You're a lot nicer when you're drunk."

"I've been told that before."

"How often do you get drunk?"

"Not a lot. I didn't plan on getting drunk last night, but shit happens."

"Well, you missed work. I covered for you, I just said that you woke up really sick and it wasn't a good idea for you to come in. I also asked Camille to come in and cover your shift."

"Was she pissed?"

"No, she said she could use the extra pay."

"Thanks for saving my ass."

"No problem."

"By the way, why are your shoes and shirt in my room?"

"You asked me to sleep with you."

"I asked you to do what?" she yells and immediately regrets it and groans.

"No, no, no. I didn't mean it that way. I mean you just wanted me to sleep in the same bed with you."

"Oh, that's fine...I guess."

"You did kiss me last night, however."

"I did not."

"Yeah, you did. Completely caught me off guard."

"And what did you do?"

"Nothing. It was just a quick peck on the lips."

"Why did I kiss you?"

"You said I was cute."

Jade scoffs. "I know for sure now that I was drunk."

"Is that your way of calling me ugly?"

"Take it how you want. That's not how I meant it, though."

"You also said you loved me."

Jade stays quiet, burying her face in the couch.

"No comment for that, Madame Drinks-A-Lot?"

"Nope." she says into the cushion.

"Well, then. I'll get you some water and a banana; I hear they're good for a hangover."

"Thanks,"

"Mmm-hmm."

Kendall comes back not too much later with a cup of water and a banana in his hands.

"Your items."

Jade slowly turns around into a normal sitting position and takes the cup and banana. "You really are a good guy, Kendall."

"I'm sorry?"

"Every other time I was hungover, no one cared. You're the only person who's tried to help me—with anything for that matter."

Kendall looks at her and smiles. "Always here to help."

"Not gonna comment on the fact that I called you Kendall?"

"No, though it is appreciated."

The room falls quiet as Jade drinks her water and eats her fruit. After a while, Jade sets her cup down and stands up.

"Feeling better?"

"I think I'm gonna hurl." she says and throws her hand over her mouth and takes off to the bathroom in the hall.

Kendall walks in just as she empties her system into the toilet. He kneels down beside her and pulls her hair back and rubs her back. Once she's finished, she sits back with a groan while Kendall wets a washcloth and hands it to her.

"Thank you." she says and wipes her mouth.

"You're welcome."

"Remind me to never drink ever again."

Kendall nods as he reaches over to flush the toilet. "You've got it."

"I feel like I've been hit by a truck."

"But wouldn't you enjoy that?"

"Not the time, Knight."

"Sorry," he responds sheepishly.

"Well, I slept half the day and I feel like I'm about to die; I guess there's no point of going out."

"Guess not."

Jade slowly gets up and washes her hands before brushing past Kendall. "I need to go brush my teeth. And shower. And probably go back to sleep."

"No offense, but you should probably wash your clothes. You smell like weed."

Jade sniffs her shirt. "That's where that smell is coming from. I knew I smelled something, I just didn't know where and why."

"You smoked weed last night, too?"

"No, I was standing near these guys who were."

"Secondhand smoking. It's practically the same thing."

Jade rolls her eyes and continues to her room. "Not in my book, Blondie."

Kendall leans against the door frame.

"Are you gonna watch me undress or something?" she asks as she turns around.

"No, I just didn't know if you were done with the conversation."

"Well, I am. Leave, please."

"Normally I wouldn't listen to you, but since you said please, I will."

"Ooh, thanks." she responds sarcastically before walking over to the door, pushing Kendall out, and closing the door in his face.

"You're welcome!" he yells and proceeds to walk into the living room.

Jade does exactly what she told Kendall she would; she showered and brushed her teeth and put her clothes in the washing machine before taking an hour long nap. When she wakes up, she goes into the living room to find Kendall strumming his guitar and singing softly to the beat.

"What're you playing?" she asks, surprising him.

"Seriously! Stop doing that!"

"Calm down." she tells him as she takes a seat next to him, picking up the notebook he had in front of him. "Working on a song?"

Kendall takes it away from her. "Yeah. Just finished, actually."

Jade nods her head in response. "Is it that song you played that day at your mom's house?"

"Yeah."

"I liked the way that sounded." she says and takes the guitar from him, placing her fingers in their designated spots. "Didn't it go like this?" she asks as she begins strumming almost perfectly.

Kendall watches her, completely shocked. One, because he didn't expect Jade to remember that's what he was playing; two, he didn't think she would really pick up on playing the guitar that fast; and three, she's really good at it.

Jade stops strumming once she gets to the part she doesn't know how to play. "Is that it?"

"Yeah. That was it. That was perfect. I didn't think you would be that great at playing already."

"I told you I learn fast."

"Yeah, but usually people aren't that great after two lessons."

Jade shrugs and gives him his guitar back. "I guess you're not that bad of a teacher after all."

"And I know now that you actually pay attention to me."

"Don't flatter yourself too much, I also watched some videos on YouTube."

"Doesn't matter. You still learned something from me."

Jade rolls her eyes. "What's the name of this song anyway? I didn't see a title on the top of the page."

"The title's not important. The song was for Jo in the first place."

"If it was for her, why'd you finish it?"

"I don't like to leave a song unfinished."

"Of course you don't."

Kendall sets his guitar down and closes the notebook. "Do you feel like going out now?"

"Where?"

"Camille and I were gonna go have dinner somewhere, you're more than welcome to join."

"You have to start hanging out with more dudes, Knight."

"And you have to start hanging out with more people, period, West."

"I think I'll stay here."

"Come on, Jade. Come have some fun."

"I think I had enough fun in the past 24 hours to last me the rest of the year."

"Very true, but I still want you to come."

Jade turns the TV on. "No,"

"Okay," he responds and grabs his keys, but quickly sets them back down. "Mind if I take your car? I'm running a little low on gas."

"Go ahead." she tells him as she flips through the channels.

"Thanks. I'll be back later."

"Whatever."

"Finally, I thought you would never get here." Camille says as she climbs into the car.

"I'm like five minutes late, Camille."

"Doesn't matter. Late is late." she tells him as she puts on her seat belt. "Why aren't you driving your car?"

"I'm almost out of gas."

"I'm surprised Madame Evil let you drive hers."

"She's not evil." he says and backs out of her driveway.

"Sure seems like it. She's not exactly friendly."

"She's gotten better, though."

"Do you like her?"

"Why does everyone keep asking me that?"

Camille shrugs. "I don't know, it just seems like you do."

"Jade's a roommate. She's not my type and I'm almost positive I'm not hers."

"What is your type? I've only seen you with Jo, so I didn't even know you had a type."

"I like girls who are positive; Jade can be pessimistic. I like girls who are nice to people; Jade, obviously, isn't all that nice. I prefer blondes; she's brunette. And I could go on, but I won't."

"What do you like about her that makes her a friend?"

"She can be fun when she wants to be. I find her interesting and we do have a lot more things in common than you would think."

"And she may have an ugly attitude, but you have to admit she's actually really pretty."

Kendall nods. "I never said she wasn't. I do think she's pretty, especially her eyes."

Camille laughs. "Are you sure you don't wanna date her?"

"Positive. Jade and I are good being whatever it is we are."

"And what are you?"

"Roommates...and I guess friends in some kind of way."

"You two are totally gonna hook up before the school year is out."

"We are not."

"Yeah, you will. I can sense it; I'm good at these kind of things, Kendall."

Kendall sighs. "Jade and I will never hook up." he refrains from mentioning the quick kiss that happened the night before.

"Never say never."

Jade's sitting on the couch watching a movie and eating popcorn when Kendall comes back.

"Hey," he greets and sets her keys down. "I put more gas in your car as a thank you."

"Thanks."

Kendall takes a seat next to her. "What're you watching?"

"I don't know, some sappy love story."

"And you're watching this because...?"

"There's nothing else on and I don't feel like ordering a movie."

He nods his head a grabs a handful of popcorn. "We have a lot of things in common, right?" he asks suddenly.

"I guess so. Why?"

"I told Camille we did, but after thinking about it we only really have about a handful of things in common."

"That you know of."

"Yeah, you're such a closed book." he says through a mouthful of popcorn.

"Yep."

"Camille said you and I will hook up by the end of the school year."

Jade laughs. "That's never gonna happen."

"I know! I told her that."

"I'm way out of your league and you're not my type."

"Okay, that first thing was offensive and you're not exactly my type either."

"Oh, I know your type."

"Do you? Please, enlighten me."

"You like dainty girls who will need you because you like to feel needed. You need a girl who's gonna be in it for the long run. Niceness is key for you, apparently, because you're so nice yourself. Optimism is probably something that you would want, too. She has to practically be a walking Barbie doll."

"She does not have to be a walking Barbie doll."

"But was I right about the rest?" she asks with a smirk.

Kendall rolls his eyes. "Shut up."

"You're the typical guy. Almost any nice blonde will do it for you."

"I like brunettes. They just don't really catch my attention. I just happen to think blondes are cuter."

"Anyone else would be offended by that, but I don't care."

"I wasn't saying you weren't attractive. I actually told Camille that you are pretty."

"Why were you two talking about the way I look?"

"She said you're kinda ugly on the inside, but really pretty on the out. I just agreed with her that you are pretty."

Jade focuses her attention back on the TV without saying anything back to Kendall.

"You could give me a compliment as well, you know?"

Jade looks at him for a moment. "The color of your eyes are pretty. They're not like most green eyes I've seen; they're really light."

Kendall tries to ignore the fact that Jade complimented his eyes just like he did hers earlier. "Thank you." he manages to say. "I like the color of your eyes, too. They seem to change color."

"They do. Sometimes they're blue, sometimes green."

"That's cool."

"Anyways, let's get back to the subject of the type of girls you like."

"Why?"

"Because I feel like you're never gonna go out with any girl ever again because of what that bitch ex-girlfriend did to you."

Kendall chuckles. "You really do care about me."

"That's not the point."

"Then what is the point, Wise One?"

"The point is you need to get back out there in the dating world."

"Jo and I have been broken up for like three weeks."

"And you spent two of them crying over it."

"I didn't cry!"

Jade gives him a look of disbelief. "I highly doubt that."

"Doesn't matter. I'm not good at asking girls out in the first place."

"Then how the hell did you two get together?"

"She asked me out."

Jade laughs. "Come on, Knight. Did she really?"

"Yeah, she did." he replies honestly. "I'm not that confident in asking girls out."

"Why?"

"Before Jo and I got together I used to ask girls out, but they always turned me down."

"I don't know if I really wanna know the reason or not."

"I'll tell you anyway. They turned me down because they're all shallow." he tells her with a sigh. "Apparently, I look weird."

Jade rolls her eyes. "You do not look weird. Trust me, if you did, I would tell you."

"Well, not everyone sees me that way."

"You need to boost your confidence." she says with a smirk. "How about a makeover?"

"Isn't that a girl thing?"

"I'm not gonna put lipstick on you, Blondie. I'm talking haircut and different clothes."

"What's wrong with my hair and clothes?"

"The hair is too much of a bowl cut and you own too much plaid."

"Does it really look that bad?" he asks as he runs his fingers through his hair.

"Just let me cut it and you'll be fine."

"You? I should let you cut my hair?"

Jade shrugs. "I cut mine all the time. You save money that way."

Kendall contemplates it, weighing out the pros and cons of Jade coming near his head with a pair of scissors. "You promise you won't make me look like an idiot?"

"Yes. Are you gonna let me do this?"

He sighs. "I guess so."

Half an hour later, Jade is placing the scissors down on the bathroom counter and taking the towel from around Kendall's neck.

"I still don't see why you didn't wanna watch."

"Because if I did, I wouldn't had let you do this."

Jade walks around and stands in front of him with a pleased smile on her face. "Well, I think I did a good job." she says.

"It doesn't look bad?"

"See for yourself."

Kendall lets out a breath and slowly turns around to look at himself in the mirror. He's pretty damn impressed with what Jade has done. His hair is completely shorter than what he's used to, but he's definitely not complaining.

"I have to admit, you did a good job."

"If there's one thing I know how to do it's use scissors."

"I look different."

"You look your age."

He turns around and leans against the counter. "Why're you doing this?"

"Doing what?"

"Being nice. I know we haven't really been arguing lately, but I'm still surprised you're being this nice to me."

"I don't know. I have to live with you, might as well be nice to you sometimes."

Kendall smiles. "That's sweet...even for you," he sticks his arms out in front of him. "Now give me a hug."

"And we're done here." Jade responds as she walks out the bathroom and down the hall to her room.

Kendall laughs and flips off the bathroom light. He follows her into her room and sits on the edge of her bed.

"I'm not giving you a hug." she tells him.

"That's not why I'm in here."

"Then why are you in here? I've helped you enough for the day."

"I thought about taking you up on your start dating again idea."

"Knight, there's no way in hell I'm going out with you."

"I don't wanna go out with you."

"Are you asking me to set you up?"

Kendall shakes his head. "I just want your opinion on my technique."

"You have a technique?" she asks with a laugh. "You didn't even ask your girlfriend of four years out. You expect me to believe you have a technique?"

"Girls may not had said yes, but look at me," he says as he motions at his body. "I'm adorable."

"Cocky, too."

"I'm not cocky, I was just saying. Will you check it out?"

"Fine, but if I laugh you can't get mad."

"Deal."

After helping Kendall with his flirting technique, Jade is more than ready to kick him out of her room — which she does. Kendall reluctantly leaves and goes across the hall to his bedroom. He begins to look at the clothes in his closet, trying to figure out what he should wear more, when his phone rings. He fishes it out his pocket and answers it without looking at who's calling.

"Hello?"

"Hey," a voice he knows all too well says back.

Kendall nearly drops the phone before responding. "Jo. Um. What's up? Why're you calling?"

"I was stupid."

"You were stupid?"

"It was wrong of me to break up with you that way and without any sort of explanation." she tells him. "You deserve better than that, Kendall. I'm so sorry."

Kendall can hear the sincerity in her voice and can't find it in him to be mad at her. "It's fine. Don't worry about it."

"No, it's not fine. That's why I'm calling you."

"Jo," he sighs beginning to pace around the room. "It's fine, really. Let it go."

"I miss you. I broke up with you because there was this guy, but two days after I ended it I realized he was nothing like you. No one will ever be like you, Kendall. All I want is you."

Jade's walking out of her room when she sees Kendall pacing back and forth in his room. "What's going on?" she asks.

Kendall holds up a finger, silently asking Jade to hold on. "I really don't want to talk about this." he tells Jo.

"I just want to know if we can start over?"

Jade stares at Kendall. "Who is it?" she whispers.

Kendall takes the phone away from his ear and covers the mouthpiece. "Jo. She wants to get back together."

"Are you gonna say yes?"

"I don't know."

"Don't."

"Don't?"

"Don't." she tells him. "She was willing to just throw your relationship away before what makes you think she won't do it again?"

"I can't tell her no."

"Why not?"

"Jo and I may be over, but she holds a special place in my heart."

Jade rolls her eyes and sighs. "If you're gonna be all Hallmark about it, give me the phone."

"Why?"

"If you're not gonna tell her, I will."

"Jade, no. I've got this." he tells her before he puts the phone back to his ear. "Jo?"

"Yeah? Is everything okay?"

"I don't think it's a good idea."

"Kendall," she breathes out. "I know I'm a huge jerk for what I did, but I love you. Please."

"I'm sorry. I can't do it again."

"And you're absolutely sure?"

"I am. Goodbye, Jo." is all he says before hanging up and tossing his phone on his bed.

"Good for you, Blondie."

"Nothing was good about that."

"Why do you want her back?"

"I don't."

"You don't?"

"No. Yes. I don't know." he finishes with a sigh.

"She left you for a random guy."

"You don't think I know that, Jade? I get it! I don't need you to tell me that." he says, becoming annoyed.

"Excuse me for actually giving a damn about you for a change!"

"I'm a big boy, Jade. I don't need you to care about me right now. Right now, I just need you to leave."

"Fine. I don't give one fuck. I'll remember this when you want to actually bitch about it later." she tells him before walking out the room, slamming the door behind her in the process.

Kendall sighs and falls back onto his bed, wondering if he made the right decision.