A/N I don't own victorious. I have to say that right?
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"This is so stupid" Jade paces around their living room, glaring at the phone on top of the coffee table. "But you won't do it, 'cause you know I'm right." Beck says pointedly. She stops and looks at him. "Shut up" She continues her route. "You hung out 2 days ago, do you want her to know how lame you are?" "I'm not lame, I'm..." "Desperate?" He offers. She shoots him a glare she wishes was a lethal as it looks. She stops behind the couch.
She sighs. "I had fun, okay." She says quietly. He turns and gives her a condescending smile. "And she did too!" She adds, shoving him off the couch. "Ow! Look, I'm just trying to help. I'm just amazed the Jade West found someone worthy of her attention!" He says, standing and brushing off his pants. "It's not my fault everyone else is so boring." She retorts, rounding the couch and stopping in front of the table. " And yet you spend so much time with me, I must be so special" He says airily, pressing a hand to his chest. "Well I don't come around for your dating advice, so shut it."
"3 days is the rule Jade!" His voices raises as he stands at the other side, facing her. "A rule for straight people!" She yells back, gripping the tables edge. "And look how well were doing!" He wails, gripping his side.
"Don't! Call!" He screams.
"Shut! Up!" She yells the same way.
There's a tense moment of silence before Jades phone erupts between them with an obnoxious ringtone and Tori's name surrounded by exclamation points. Jade smiles instantly but drops it when her best friend filters back into her vision. "Can I answer it?" She asks teasingly. He throws his hands up and storms off towards his room. Jade laughs and answers the phone. "Hello?" "Hi Jade."
"Hey Tori. What's going on?" she says with false casualty. "Me and some friends are going to a concert this weekend, and I was hoping you'd go with me. What do you say?" Jade thinks about Beck and the way his nonchalant attitude affects girls. "I say...what band?" "Oh! Duh..." She chuckles "The front bottoms." Never heard of them. "Then yes. I'll go with you." She hears muffled cheers from a few different voices on Tori's end and she rolls her eyes. "Miss popular, eh?" "Huh?" "What're there, like 10 people with you?" "Oh them. I mean- I have the TV on." She says loudly. One of her friends must disagree because Jade hears more muffled speaking followed by Tori 'quietly' telling them to shut up.
"So should I pick you up again?" She says, drawing Tori's attention back to her. "Yeah that be great! It's a little upstate and the subway isn't ideal. Although you meet new people, but you probably don't like that, and its so dirty..." She rants. "Tori!" "Hmm?" She says dreamily. "What time?!" She laugh/yells. "Oh, pick me up around...8." She laughs and adds "And eh, actually 8 this time, we've got a drive ahead of us." Jade smiles into the receiver. "I can't wait to see you again." She says quietly. "Me too." Tori says. A few moments of silence. "Bye Jade." "Bye monkey." Tori wants to discourage the nickname but the way Jade says it this time is so... Kind. Affectionate. Anything but teasing. When they hang up Jade sits down and stretches, content.
"I can't waaaiit to see you monkey!" Jade grabs a pillow and launches it at Beck, who yelps loudly and retreats to his room again.
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When Jade pulls into the complex's parking lot, she sees Tori surrounded by people. She recognizes two of them from the diner, the funny boy and the red haired girl. She contemplates backing away but swallows her fear. She parks her car and walks over the the large group. "Um, hi." Jade says quietly. Their laughter dies down as they all turn to stare. Jade feels her stomach tighten, but then Tori bounces out of the sea of strangers with a warm smile glued to her face. "Hi!" She yells, throwing her arms around Jades neck. Startled, it takes her a minute to return the embrace. Her arms snake around Tori's waist and the shorter girl smiles into her neck. Jade closes her eyes and buries her nose in her hair. Before she can really enjoy it, its over and Tori is introducing her.
"These are my best friends. Andre" she gestures to the boy from the diner "Cat" a short red haired girl beaming at her "Robbie" tall, skinny, and clearly nervous "And my sister Trina" a girl who vaguely resembles Tori nods. "Guys, this is Jade." Tori says looking up at her proudly, taking one of her hands in both of hers. Jade smiles at her then faces the group. She gives a small wave with her free hand. "Hi" she offers. "Nice to officially meet you" says Andre. "Right!" Yells cat. "I almost followed her to the booth! Tori's only told us that you're a writer. I mean who are you?!" Jade freezes but Tori just laughs. She's holding onto Jades entire arm now she rests her forehead against her shoulder. Jade smiles down at her form and answers "I'm Jade West. I'm 22, and I write for a web show I created with some friends." "What's it called?" Asks Trina. " Ah, you probably haven't heard of it..." She mumbles to the ground. "It's awesome! It's about the zombie apocalypse but we see it from the zombies perspective..." Jade spaces out while Tori talks her up to her friends. She must be doing a good job 'cause they keep throwing Jade impressed looks. She thinks about her life. She's always been the good intentioned loser who crushes on the popular girl. That didn't end so well in highschool, but now here's this beautiful girl, surrounded by friends, and she can't stop staring at Jade.
"She's just...amazing." Tori says smiling up at her, sliding her hands back down. "What's amazing is how cheap these tickets were!" Yells Andre. "Gotta love the indie scene." Says Trina. "Are you pumped!?" Robbie yells directly to Jade, a bit overzealously. She leans back when the words hit her but relaxes again. "Very...'pumped!'" she says. "Then lets hit it!" Andre says, eyeing his watch. They all split up, headed for their respective cars. "So you like them right?" "Well we only talked for like 5 minutes, and most of that was you bragging about how amazing I am. But sure, they're great." Tori laughs and shakes her head. "I mean the band." "Oh. Yeah they're... The best..." She lies terribly. Tori laughs again. "You'll like them." She squeezes her hand before letting go and climbing into the car. 'Doesn't matter' Jade thinks.
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