The ride to the bowling alley is filled with comfortable silence while random songs play in the background from Cat's Pearpod.
"Are you any good at bowling?" Cat asks as the pull into the bowling alley parking lot.
"Decent. I haven't really bowled too much over the last few years. Mainly, I only bowled with Carly and Sam. Well, Carly more than Sam." He says as Cat pulls into a parking space.
"How come?" She asks, shutting off her car and placing her Pearpod in her purse. "Was Sam too competitive?"
"Yep. You have your own ball?" He asks her when she grabs a bowling bag from behind the driver's seat.
"Uh-huh." She says with a smile. "You don't?" She asks with a small frown when she sees he doesn't grab anything other than his bowling shoes.
"No. I did but I let Spencer use it, thinking it was to bowl. Turns out, he made a sculpture with it." He answers, following her to the door. "Are we meeting the others inside?" He asks as the go to open the door.
"Pay attention Benson. We're right behind you." Jade says, scaring him.
"Must you be mean to people?" Tori asks, one arm around Jade's waist, the other holding a bowling bag.
"As I've said in Yerba, yes I must." Jade says with a smile, a bowling bag of her own.
"Am I the only one without a bowling ball of my own?" Freddie asks when the others join, all with bowling balls.
"Apparently." Jade says, pulling Tori forward. "We'll get the lane. Meet you inside."
"You get used to her. Eventually." Tori says in defense to her girlfriend as the two girls enter the bowling alley.
"She's right. It just takes a while." Beck says, laughing slightly. "Ready to go in?"
"Let's go." André says, holding the door open for Cat and Freddie.
"Don't let Jade get to you. I actually think she likes you. Kind of. In a way." Cat says as they near Jade and Tori.
"It's okay. She reminds me of Sam a bit." Freddie says, standing beside Cat.
"Lane 18." Jade says, heading towards the lane. "If you need shes, tell the guy and pay. We'll be at the lane."
"I think she's actually meaner than Jade." Freddie says as he follows Cat and the others to the lane. "Where are the bowling balls?" He asks Cat as the set their stuff down at one of the tables by the lane.
"Over there. They're organized by weight." Cat says, pointing in the direction where the balls are.
"Thanks. I'll be back in a minute." He tells her, heading over to get a ball. Deciding on a 12 pound, blue ball, he heads back to the others. "Where's Robbie and Trina?" He asks when he notices that they haven't showed up.
"Trina has a 'date'." Tori says, setting her purple bowling ball with the others.
"Robbie has to help Sikowitz work on something last minute for school." Beck says, setting his white ball with red leaf by Tori's.
"Is that a Canadian flag bowling ball?" Freddie asks, setting his ball beside it.
"Yep. He's had it since he lived in Canada." Jade says, setting her solid black ball on the other side of Tori's.
"What's on your ball?" Cat asks, setting a sparkly pink ball beside Jade's.
"Scissors." Jade answers, taking her boots off and putting on her bowling shoes.
"No surprise there." Tori says, putting her bowling shoes on as well.
The teens do the same, Andre's black ball with white stripes going in last. After they all put their shoes on, they input their names on the list.
"Let's play teams. Boys versus girls." Jade says, smirking at the guys.
"No. Last time we did that, we lost by over 150 points." Beck says, glaring at Jade.
"That was because Robbie sucks at bowling." Jade says, setting up the teams. "Who knows? Maybe Freddie won't leave you guys with such a gap."
"I get the feeling we don't have a choice." Freddie says, tying his shoes.
"You don't." Tori says, smirking. "Cat, what are you doing?" She asks when she sees the small redhead typing something on the player list.
"I'm giving us team names." She says with a smile. "The girls are Catorade, and the guys are Frandreck."
"Huh?" Everyone says, eyeing her in confusion.
"Cat. Tori. Jade. Catorade. Freddie. André. Beck. Frandreck." She says, explaining the names.
"Why is your name first?" Jade asks, picking up her ball to start.
"It makes more sense than Joriat to me."
"Joriat?" Beck asks, still confused.
"Jade. Tori. Cat." Tori says, understanding it. "I kind of like that one more myself." She whispers to Jade.
"I agree." Jade answers, going to the lane.
The game starts, and not really surprising, the girls are in the lead halfway though the game.
"I'm hungry." Cat says with a whine after she threw her ball, getting a spare.
"I'll take her." Freddie says when Beck goes for his turn. "Anyone want anything?"
With a chorus of no's from the others, the two teens leave to get food.
"Thanks for coming Freddie." Cat says as she picks out slice of pepperoni pizza and bottle of water.
"No problem." He says, paying for her food. "Ready?" He asks as they leave the small food court.
"Yep."
"Benson. You're turn." Jade says, holding Tori on her lap.
"On it." He says, grabbing his ball.
"Why do you call him 'Benson'?" Tori asks, leaning into Jade.
"Because I can't really call you Vega anymore, I don't call anyone else by their last name unless I'm mad at them, and he's the new guy." Jade answers as Freddie throws his ball, getting six pins on his attempt.
"I don't know how to respond to that." Freddie says as he waits for his ball to return.
"Just be lucky she hasn't poured iced coffee on your head." Tori says with a sigh, laughing when Jade hits her arm.
"Who did she do that to?" Freddie asks, grabbing his ball.
"Me." Tori says, groaning.
"Please tell me this was before you two started dating?" Freddie asks, lining up his shot.
"It happened the day I met her, which was close to two years before we had our first date." Tori answers, standing up. "I'll be back. I have to pee." She says, pecking Jade on the lips before rushing off.
"It's all Beck's fault." Jade says simply after Freddie knocks down all but one pin. "He just had to spill his coffee on himself and blame it on Tori."
"What? She bumped into me and spilled the coffee I was holding for you. We've been over this." Beck says, facing his ex-girlfriend.
"Are you blaming my girlfriend?" Jade asks, standing up.
"Uh?" Tori says, re-joining her friends. "What's going on here?"
"You don't want to know." Cat says, giggling.
At the end of the game, the girls cheer while the boys groan.
"We beat you just as bad as last time." Jade says with a triumphant grin as they leave the bowling alley.
"It's not our fault." André says, heading towards Beck's car.
"Yeah, it's Beck's. I thought Robbie was bad, but you're worse." Jade says, breaking off with Tori towards her car.
"It was not." Beck says, stopping at his car.
"Fight nice children." Tori says, getting in between her girlfriend and Beck.
"Have fun guys." Cat says, waving to her friends. "I need to get home. My brother's freaking out again." She says, checking her phone. "Come on Freddie." She says, pulling him away.
"See you guys later." Freddie says, looking over his shoulder.
"Did you have fun?" Cat asks, placing her bag on the backseat before climbing in the driver's seat.
"Yeah, I did." Freddie says with a smile as he enters the passenger side.
On the way to Freddie's apartment, the two make more small talk, getting to know each other some more.
"Ready for your first day of school?" Cat asks, pulling in front of the apartment.
"Yeah. As ready as I can be for a performance arts school when I never acted or anything before. Not including iCarly." He says, opening the door.
"Since your apartment is on my way to school, want me to pick you up on the way?" Cat asks, stopping Freddie from going in too quickly.
"Sure. What time?" He asks, looking at her.
"7:15? We can get there early for your first few days to help you get ready." She says, smiling at him.
"Sure. Talk to you later Cat." He says, climbing in to give her a hug.
"See ya later Freddie." Cat says, returning the hug.
Watching from the window of the apartment, Freddie watches as Cat drives home, a smile on his face.
"How was bowling?" Freddie's mother asks as he enters the apartment.
"It was good. It became boys against girls." He says, sitting beside his mother while she works on some paperwork for the hospital.
"Who won?" She asks, putting some of the papers in a folder.
"The girls." Freddie says, going to stand up again. "I'm gonna put my shoes away and change into some comfy clothes." Freddie says, heading to his room.
"Ready for your first day of school?" She asks, yelling through the closed door of her son's room.
"Yeah. Cat said she'll pick me up since it's on her way." Freddie says, grabbing some sleep shorts and a t-shirt.
"Okay. I'm gonna head to bed early. I have to be at the hospital before sunrise." She yells from the door.
"Okay. If I don't see you before you leave, I love you." He says as he changes.
"I love you too." She says back, heading into her room.
After he changes, Freddie leaves his room, seeing that his mom isn't in the living room. He heads into the kitchen and grabs some pizza and puts in the microwave, heating it up while he checks his phone for messages.
-Hey Freddie. It's Cat. I just want to let you know that you'll need to have a design for your locker. It's a Hollywood Arts tradition. Also, you should make an account on . It's something for Hollywood Arts students.- Cat V.
-Okay. Do I need to make the account before school?- Freddie B.
-No, but it'll help.- Cat V.
"Night Freddie." His mom says, walking into the kitchen as the microwave goes off, letting Freddie know his pizza is warmed.
"Night mom. See you tomorrow." He says, hugging her.
"See you tomorrow." She says, grabbing a bottle of water and heading into her room.
After his mom's door closes, Freddie grabs the pizza slice and sits at the dining room table to eat his pizza, making his account on TheSlap.
After making his account, he finishes his pizza and washes the plate and his hands, heading into the bathroom to brush his teeth. Heading to his room, he gets a message on his phone from TheSlap, someone named HappyCat.
HappyCat-Congrats on your account!
FreddieB-Thanks.
The two teens spend the rest of the night chatting, eventually the others join in as well. By nine, Freddie tells everyone goodnight and he heads to bed, having a private chat with Cat for another half hour before they both go to bed.
And here is the new chapter. The names on TheSlap will be the real ones, at least as well as I know. The info I use will either come from the show, videos on , or the Victorious Wiki.
Has anyone heard about the possibility of a Victorious final episode? I saw on Dan Schneider's twitter that Elizabeth, Ariana, Daniella, and Leon want to go through with it. I haven't heard about Victoria, Avan, or Matt yet though. If this is true and they make a final episode, I'll be upset because I don't have cable anymore and probably won't get it anytime soon. My only hope will be to watch it on youtube after someone posts it, or get it with iTunes.
Just thought I'd mention that.
Thank you for reading and reviewing, as well as favorites and follows.
And thanks to Jeremy Shane for telling me that IMDb isn't reliable. I admit, I tend to be gullible at times.
If any facts are wrong, feel free to inform me.
Blessed Be.