Thanks for the follows, faves, and reviews. This is a double update day to hopefully make up for not only the last being shorter than the others, but for taking so long to update. If you haven't read the last one yet, do so before this since a couple of things mentioned in here happened last chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own 'VicTORious' or any characters.

No POV

Things between Trina and Jade have become, for lack of a better word, a bit stagnant after Jade's step-mother left the apartment a week ago. Though they seem to be on good terms, the lack of anything has caused some boredom and staleness to the roommates' lives.

"Morning Jade." Tori says, her back to the Goth, as she checks her things before closing and locking her apartment door.

"How'd you know it was me and not your annoying sister?" Jade asks, pulling the door closed and checking to make sure the doorknob locked, all without looking at the door.

"Because every Wednesday morning, you leave at 7:30 in the morning for coffee and a muffin at the small little café a couple of blocks away." Tori answers, satisfied with the door and turning to face Jade. "And Trina sleeps in until 9:00 on a regular day, later if she doesn't have classes." She finishes, shrugging her shoulders and waving 'bye' as she heads for the stairs.

"Stalking me, Vega?" Jade asks, easily catching up with the younger half-Latina, a small glare when she sees the middle-aged pervert with his robe open from the waist up, barely covering his manhood.

"No, but it's hard not to catch the routine." Tori counters, looking at Jade as they descend the stairs. "Out of curiosity, where do you go Tuesday nights since you don't have classes and you never work the late shifts?" She asks, catching Jade off guard by knowing about that.

"And how is that not considered 'stalking', knowing I leave Tuesday nights when your sister doesn't even realize it?" Jade asks, hiding her surprise well.

"Because Andre loves watching WWE Smackdown Live, and makes me watch it with him. Why, I don't know, but I think he likes looking at the women, since he tends to tune out everything else." Tori supplies with a casual shrug. "Can't really blame him. The men get kinda boring after a while. At least the women look better."

"Yeah, figures he'd like the Women's Division. And I see you've been checking them out too." Jade adds as they get to the main doors and exit the complex.

"Like I said, hard not too when he insists we watch it since Trina took my t.v. when she moved out, Andre's is a large plasma and in the living room, and there's nothing else to do since you can't focus while he's watching it." Tori comments as they leave. "On the bright side, he ordered me a replica of the Smackdown and Raw Women's titles as Christmas presents for putting up with him and letting him watch the Pay Per Views every month."

"Aww, you have him whipped, buying you big shiny belts." Jade teases, tapping Tori's forehead before heading for her car.

"What? I do not!" Tori says, stopping when Jade gives her a 'whatever' hand gesture. "And they're kinda cool." She mumbles to herself, walking towards the nearby café that sells homemade cookies and muffins, but no coffee.

"The original women's belt is better, by the way!" Jade yells out her window a moment later, making Tori jump.

As the pale actress and tanned singer head for a quick breakfast before classes/work respectively, their roommates are waking up and getting ready for their days. Like the aforementioned roommates, they too leave at roughly the same time. "Hey, Andre. Thanks for fixing my door last week." Trina says, surprising the musician with her kindness.

"No problem. Gave me something to do with my free time when Tori's not there to help me with some songs." Andre says, giving her a small smile. "Classes?" He asks, seeing her messenger bag on her shoulder.

"Yep. Work?" Trina asks him, noticing his lack of bag.

"Nope, off today. Going to the store for groceries. Hoping it'll be less crowded in the morning over the afternoon or evening." Andre answers, showing her the reusable shopping bags Tori makes him use.

"What's open this early?" Trina asks as they make their way downstairs and towards their cars.

"That 'superstore' that sells everything. Food, electronics, alcohol even." Andre shrugs, holding the door open for Trina.

"Alcohol? How do you know this? They don't advertise it and it's not easy to see." Trina asks, raising an eyebrow and giving him a quick 'thank you' for the door.

"Wandered around, found it in the back by customer service." Andre shrugs. "Later, Trina."

"Later." Trina says as they head in different directions once getting to the parking lot. "Oh, tell Tori family pot pie night is this Friday, not Saturday now." She calls out to him, unlocking her car.

"We'll be there at six!" Andre yells back, getting into his car before Trina can comment.

"You're not invited after last time." Trina scoffs, starting her car.

Another short one, but I wanted to write something with Jade and Trina interacting with people other than each other. Is this hinting at any relationships? I won't/can't say about Trina/Andre, but of course Tori/Jade is happening.

Oh, something random: who here has played 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider'? I got it the day after it came out (with the Croft Steelbook edition because I wanted to and I like the soundtrack/extra DLC stuff it came with, because why not and I admit to being a bit of an idiot when it comes to gaming) but haven't played it yet. I've seen screenshots and it looks good, even though I've heard the campaign is kinda short if you don't do sidequests. I'm getting ready to restart the 2013 'Tomb Raider' before playing 'Rise' and 'Shadow', but I'm curious about what anyone who has played it thinks of it and the 2013 reboot series. Personally, though I've only played 'Tomb Raider' and a bit of 'Rise of the Tomb Raider', I like the series and, not really playing any of the others before it, can't compare them.

Sorry for the gaming thing.

Thanks for reading, hope you liked it and review.

Blessed Be.