Disclaimer: "All Victorious characters are property of Dan Schneider and Nickelodeon.

(!) "Andre and Jade text each other the night before about what to bring, and what to expect. The next morning Andre awaits Jade's arrival to his home so they can embark on their trip."

Chapter 2: Heading Out

Friday

29 June 2012 8:30- Night

West Residence

Jade's bedroom was quiet and without any light. She was downstairs having a yelling match with he father on the phone. Her mother stood on the side and listened to the two yell at each other. Jade's mother loved that her daughter wanted to go camping, but that would require a lot of work and knowledge and her father was offering to take her- but with great resistance from Jade.

"I don't you there dad!…because I just don't need you. I just need you to send some ever to collect the motor home over here. I don't care how late it is! Yeah ok, whatever dad."

Jade hung up the phone and went marching back to her room, but her mother wanted to know what was said.

"Does it matter? He said he would bring the motor home by tomorrow morning. He's so worried about me not going with more people. I don't think it's that Andre is a boy that he likes, it's because he knows that he's black. Another racist father from the ignorant ages huh mom."

"Jadelyn wait!" her mother shouted as her daughter walked into her room and slammed the door behind her. She locked it too.

Jade grabbed her phone and began to text with Andre over the matter of a motor home and of camping.

Text Messages

Jade - Just had an argument with my father. Told him to bring a motor home by my house. I don't think he likes the idea of me and you going camping together.

Andre- I get it, he doesn't like handsome guys going out with his daughter! That would explain why he doesn't like Beck all that much.

Jade- Like him? Oh no, he hates Beck. He tells me he reminds him of the frat boys of his college days. Anyway, he's going to Canada and we're going camping.

Andre- I'm actually researching everything we'll need for this camping trip to go without a hitch. Are we using tents? Or is the motor home it.

Jade- I want to go as natural as possible, the motor home is for showers only. I don't want lighters or lighter fluid, charcoal or grills. Bring only the necessary.

Andre- This is sounding fun already.

Jade- And its only going to get better.

Saturday

30 June 2012 7:30- Morning

Harris Residence

Andre had awoken early to collect all his things and to take a shower. He made sure that he had all that he would need. He made a his own sleeping bag from his bed sheets and brought along his pillows. Some optionals he brought were water bottles and juice in a cooler. A folding chair and a first aid kit. He made sure not to wake his grandmother, cousin or little sister. He stepped outside and waited on his front lawn for Jade to come around.

They had texted each other so long last night, Andre had to keep his phone connected to the battery so it wouldn't die. He never knew Jade to know so much about the outdoors, he wondered how she knew the difference between a raven and a crow, how to set up a tent and all the kinds of bugs they should watch out for. The picture of Jade from their texts was different from the one he though he knew from school.

Time went on until it turned eight o clock. Andre waited some more and looked left and right on the street. He was looking out for a motor home Jade told him she would be bringing for travel. He was about to open up his folding chair when he felt the street rumble and shake.

Making a turn right on his street, came a blue and white motor home with stuff tied on the roof. He stepped back when the trailer came to a stop near him. Coming out of the motor home wearing a coonskin hat and aviators along with casual clothes was Jade west. She crossed her arms and took a look at Andre and all his stuff.

She was wearing dark green shorts and a loose fitting white T-shirt. She inspected Andre like she was some kind of scout master checking her young scout. She checked his book bag and duffel bag. Then his rolled up sleeping bag which was fashioned from his bed sheets. She gave him a thumbs up and showed him inside of the motor home.

"Dang Jade, someone could live in here if they wanted to."

"Huh, oh yeah. My old man takes care of it even though he never uses it. You can put your stuff in the bedroom, it's all the way in the back. When you're done come up to the passenger seat and buckle up."

Andre placed his belongings on the bed and or near it. He went over to take a seat on the passenger side and waited for Jade to start the engine and drive off. But Jade didn't start the engine, she pulled out fingerless gloves from under her seat and placed them like something big was about to happen. It was like she was ready to race with some invisible opponent.

"Jade what are you doing?"

"What Andre, I'm in a hurry to get started. Hang on to your seats."

U.S Freeway 101

Jade turned the key on the ignition, and stepped her foot on the gas. The motor home took off quick and soon Jade and Andre were on their way. Andre pulled out a map of the city and looked for Angeles national forest. It was a big area, a really big area on the map. Jade took notice that he clung to the map tightly, she lowered the map and reassured him that her dad's GPS would lead the way.

Andre folded up the map and leaned back on his seat. He watched Jade drive, but as he did he also checked out her beautiful white thighs and that beautiful face of hers. That crush on her never did leave, in fact when he was done singing 365 days with Tori- he was more in love with her than before. But unlike most fellas who would give in to their emotions and go tell the girl they loved about how they felt, he held back from doing that for the sake of the friendship he has with Beck.

He looked over his shoulder and saw how empty it all seemed inside the motor home without the rest of their friends, it was sad and exciting. Sad because it felt incomplete, but exciting because he was going to be alone with his crush.

"What you looking at Andre? you forgot something." she asked him.

"What? No. it just feels…a little hollow in here."

"What, did you want more people to come along. I mean I tried to get anyone to come, except Trina. But everyone had somewhere to go. Thinking about it now, I still don't forgive them. Their gonna miss out."

"Yeah, but…"

"What, are you regretting coming along with me too!?"

"No Jade it's not like that. It's just, I was wondering why no one else wanted to come along. But I don't regret coming along with you Jade, I don't."

"Good…I was this close to turning around and causing a pile up on the freeway. You wanna listen to the radio for a bit Andre?"

"Sure, let's see what they got on right now."

Andre turned the small turning knob of the radio and tried searching for something good to listen to. As he turned, he came across an old song which Jade liked. She told him to leave it there. It a was a song called "Since I Don't Have You" by the Skyliners. Jade smiled lightly and turned her head to tell Andre,

"Such a Haunting Love Song. Don't you think Andre?"

"Yeah, hey how about after this I change it to something more uplifting. Something with a quicker beat. Something that isn't so sad."

"Ok, but only after this song ends…I don't have happiness, and I guess I never will again. When you walked out on me, In walked old misery, And he's been here since then."

(!) "Continued in Next Chapter."