We see the 'iCarly' gang in this chapter, I mean it this time.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed, followed, and favorited this fic so far. Thanks to everyone for guessing why Shelby thought it was interesting that Sam and Freddie were dating. Not saying this to be rude, but no one got it.
I know I said Wednesdays will be my update days for this, but since I plan on posting two one-shots this week, plus updating 'Roommates', I decided to do it today. Tomorrow will be one of the Halloween one-shot ideas, Thursdays is going to be 'Roommates', and Friday will be the other one-shot.
If I haven't explained it yet, the reason I'm writing two of the ideas instead of one is because two of them tied.
Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'VicTORious', 'iCarly', or their characters.
No POV
Today's the day the 'iCarly' gang stop by for a few days or so. Before leaving for school, Tori and Shelby talked about what Shelby'll do when they get here, since although they know about Shelby, they don't know the secret.
"I'm thinking I can just stay here." Shelby says as Tori ties her shoes on one of the couches, her backpack set beside her.
"What about when they come over to hang out with all of us or something? I mean, we can't always stay somewhere around town when we hang out." Tori says, worried about what could happen when the 'iCarly' gang come over and if they'll find out about the secret.
"Relax. Rod and Juan are trying to get me to start training more. Rod feels that my time away from the gym has weakened me, regardless of me training at Punchy's when you're at school." Shelby says, a small smile on her face.
"How long are you planning on training? You can't be there all day everyday while they're here." Tori asks, leaning up against the back of the couch, waiting for Trina.
"When I'm not at the gym, I'll be jogging and stuff. Don't forget, I need to eat healthy, healthier than I do on occasion here, to keep myself fit." Shelby says, staring at Tori.
"What do you mean, healthier? You eat salad, vegetables, fruit, and stuff like that all the time." Tori asks, confused.
"Yeah, but when you're not home, I tend to eat less healthy food. Anyway, that's not important." Shelby says, waving her arm dismissively. "We'll be fine. I understand why you're so worried about the secret and people finding out, and I appreciate you keeping the secret so well for me, but we'll be fine." She assures her twin. "Besides, I've been thinking." She says a little quiet, staring at the ceiling now.
"About what?" Tori asks, concerned by her sister's tone.
"What if we stop with the secret?" Shelby asks.
Before Tori can respond, Trina walks down the stairs, keys in hand, heading for the door. "Come on. Let's go. Don't want to be late. I hear Sikowitz is posting the cast list for his new play." Trina says, walking out.
"We'll talk later. Go on. Don't want to make Trina wait." Shelby says with a tense smile.
"Yeah. See you later." Tori says, dazed by what Shelby let out, as she stands up and heads out, grabbing her bag on the way. "Are you sure about that?" She asks, turning to face Shelby quickly.
"Yeah. I'm sure." Shelby answers, knowing Tori's talking about not hiding the secret anymore.
Heading out, head filled with thoughts about Shelby and the secret, Tori heads to Trina's car, the eldest Vega sitting in the driver's seat, trying to sing along to the Taylor Swift song, 'Trouble'.
"What took so long?" Trina yells over the music, making no move to turn it down.
"Nothing." Tori says loudly so Trina can hear her.
As Trina drives to Hollywood Arts, Tori keeps her thoughts on what Shelby said. 'Does she really want to start telling people about the secret? I mean, stop keeping the secret?' Tori asks herself as Trina drives.
As soon as she shuts off the engine, Trina quickly gets out of her car and heads into the school. Quickly following suit, Tori leaves the car and closes the door, and with good time, as Trina locks it a second after the door closes.
Walking into the school, Tori makes no motion to acknowledge her friends as she heads to her locker, her thoughts revolving around Shelby's words.
"Tori!" André calls, knocking Tori out of her thoughts.
"Sorry. What'd I miss?" Tori asks, shaking her head and opening her locker, grabbing her morning books.
"Nothing, you were just staring at your locker." André says, staring at her. "Where's your head at, girl?" He asks her, concerned.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it." Tori says, closing her locker.
"You sure? I can tell something's bugging you." André says, leaning against one of the lockers beside hers.
"Don't worry. I'm fine." Tori says, giving him a small smile. "Where are the others?" She asks, changing the subject.
"Beck and Robbie are working on set design for some play Sikowitz set up, don't know what play though. Cat's working on something for her costume design class, and I don't know about Jade." André answers, letting the previous conversation drop, knowing it won't help to push Tori.
"Do you know what Trina would've been talking about when she said that Sikowitz is posting the new cast roster?" Tori asks, happy for the subject change.
"No. He's not doing anything other than the one he asked us to do. Jade turned the idea into him, with details, and the partial script we came up with is gonna be completed by Sikowitz." André answers, leading Tori to Sikowitz's class. "I don't know if the set design stuff Beck and Robbie are doing are for that or not, but who knows with Sikowitz. And I think Cat said the costume design project is for the play, he asked her to get started on the main costumes." He adds as they walk.
"He's already getting costume's ready?" Tori asks, momentarily forgetting about Shelby's news.
"Apparently." André admits, shrugging his shoulders.
"That's good, I guess, that he's not procrastinating." Tori says as they near the door to Sikowitz's class.
"True." André says, opening the door for Tori.
Walking into the class, Tori and André stop at the doorway, staring at the sight in front of them. After a short moment of silence, Tori breaks out in a smile and hugs the newcomer.
"What are you doing here already? I thought you said you'd be here early afternoon?" Tori asks, hugging the brunette girl.
"We left earlier than planned." Carly Shay says, hugging Tori back. "We though we'd surprise you and visit you in school. Sikowitz, I believe his name is, got us a pass for the day." She says when they break the hug.
"What about Spencer? Is he here too?" Tori asks, accepting the hug Freddie offers, and the handshake from Sam.
"Kinda. He's in the art department, subbing for one of the classes. Apparently, this school is well aware of his sculpting." Carly says with a hint of pride for her brother.
"That's awesome. Oh, before I forget, I know you didn't get too much of a chance to meet him at Kenan's party, this is my best friend, André." Tori says, indicating André.
"I'm a big fan of 'iCarly'." Andre says, nodding to the others, experiencing a small feeling of being starstruck.
"You got a twin brother named Harper?" Sam asks as other students start to pile into the class, the students staring at the famous web celebrities.
"No, why?" André asks, confused by the question.
"You look like someone who was on 'iCarly' a couple years ago, just a little older." Sam says, staring at André a bit. "You sure you don't know a Harper?" She asks, leaning close to Freddie.
"Sam, he says he doesn't know Harper, so he doesn't." Carly says with a smile at her best friend. "You got a point though. He does look a lot like him." She adds, nodding in agreement to Sam's inquest.
"Good morning class." Sikowitz says, climbing in through the window.
"The window?" Freddie asks, confused by the teacher's choice of entering his class.
"Being a performer is about making interesting choices." Sikowitz says, quoting himself from Tori's second day of school. "Something I'm sure our guests for the day are aware of." He adds, waving them up to the stage. "Today, we have popular web comedians, Carly Shay, Samantha Puckett, and Fredward Benson, otherwise known, as 'iCarly'." He says, dragging them up when they hesitate.
"Don't touch me." Sam says, pulling out of Sikowitz's grasp.
"Oh no, another Jade." Rex says sarcastically from the doorway, Beck and Robbie behind him, obviously for Robbie, and Cat and Jade behind them, the Goth trying to force her way into the class.
"Move puppet, before I use my scissors." Jade warns, finally pushing through.
"Jade, we talked about you threatening people with scissors." Beck says, chiding Jade.
"It's not a threat if you intend to go through with it." Jade says, irritated, as she takes her usual seats. "What's with 'iCarly' being here? Thought you said we'd be meeting up after school at your house?" She asks Tori as the half-Latina takes the seat in front of her.
"I'm as surprised as you." Tori says, setting her bag down, as André takes the seat beside her.
"RANDOM DANCING!" Cat yells out, dancing around the class.
"Cool it, Lil' Red." André says with an amused smile, stopping her when she gets close.
"So, who wants to see the 'iCarly' team do some improv for all of you?" Sikowitz asks as everyone takes their seats.
"Ooh, ooh. Me, me." Cat says, bouncing in her seat from beside Jade, Beck on the Goth's other side.
"Good enough for me." Sikowitz says, clapping his hands. "Now, are you three familiar with alphabet improv?" He asks the 'iCarly' group, his back to his class.
"No." They all answer, staring at him.
"Okay. Alphabet improv. Each actor must start their line with the next letter in the alphabet. The scene can be anything you want." Sikowitz explains quickly, not really making sense to the three on stage. "Cat, give us a letter." He says, facing the class again, pointing to the energetic redhead.
"P!" Cat calls out with a giggle, ignoring the confused looks she gets from Tori and Jade, the only two that know this is an act.
"P. Carly. We'll start with you." Sikowitz says, pointing to the brunette web show host.
When the bell rings a little over a half hour later, the six teens, plus the three Seattleites, head to their separate classes. Since Tori and Cat had science, Freddie went with them. Sam went with Jade and Beck who had a script writing class, and Carly went with André, who had a songwriting class next. Robbie feeling like the odd man out, just went ahead to his tech theater class, the puppeteer still upset over Tori getting a perfect score in that class.
As the day goes on, Carly and her friends eventually just started hanging out in the art department with Spencer, not wanting fans swarming them or teachers calling them up to perform.
During lunch, the eleven of them, Spencer and Trina joining them, ending up eating in Sikowitz's abandoned class, the drama teacher sipping a coconut on stage, not paying attention to the group in his class.
"So, I hear Sam and Freddie are dating." Jade says with a small smirk at the couple.
"Yeah, and?" Sam asks, eating the ham sandwich Carly made for her.
"Don't be mean, Jade." Tori says, staring at the Goth. "So, are you guys planning on doing an episode of 'iCarly' while you're here?" She asks the three Seattleites, ignoring the slight glare from Jade.
"Doubt it. We don't have any of our tech stuff to do it." Freddie answers, eating the sandwich his mom made for him, one of many she had packed for him, the rest in the fridge at the hotel they're staying at.
"You can use the stuff here. I'm sure Sikowitz could get the okay, and we could help get everything you need, like props or something." André says, sitting a little close to Carly.
"That's a good idea." Spencer says. "It'll be good press for both 'iCarly' and Hollywood Arts, you know? Have some students as guests or something." He says, eating a spaghetti taco he had made the night before.
"Yeah. Sikowitz?" Tori calls, getting the teacher's attention.
"Yes, Toro?" Sikowitz asks, sipping his coconut.
"Think you can talk to Principle Helen about letting them shoot an episode of 'iCarly' in school sometime this week?" Tori asks, ignoring him using the nickname he hasn't called her since the sleepover at his place.
"Sure. I think she'd be okay with that." Sikowitz says with a small smile. "I'll go ask. I'll let you know momentarily." He says with a wider smile, walking out the window.
"Does he ever use a door?" Sam asks, staring at the window Sikowitz just left out of.
"More often than you think." Beck answers, taking a bite of his pizza.
"Can I do random dancing now?" Cat asks the others, her salad already finished.
"No. You just finished eating. If you start dancing around now, you'll get sick." Robbie answers, talking to her as if she were a child.
'If he only knew.' Tori thinks to herself, noting the pout Cat uses against him. "What kind of things do you have in mind for the show?" She asks the 'iCarly' team.
"Well, I don't know. We'll have to go over it tonight." Carly says, looking at her brother and friends, noting the slight glare Sam gives Freddie when Freddie starts a small conversation with Trina, no doubt Trina trying to star in the episode.
"Well, we could do some of the more popular ones?" Freddie suggests after Trina looks away from him, a look of pride in her eyes. "You know? Random Dancing, Random Debate, we could do another Idiot Farmgirl?" He suggests, sipping his water.
"Yeah, but what about them?" Carly asks, indicating Tori and her friends. "How can we work them in?" She asks, taking a bite of the spaghetti taco Spencer made for her.
"Well, how about we perform something? Tori and André could do a song, Jade and I can do a quick scene, where as Cat does a song of her own or with Tori and André, and Robbie can help with the tech stuff?" Beck suggests, purposely leaving out Trina and Rex.
"What about me? I'm the most talented." Trina says, ignoring the protests from everyone not from Seattle.
"If you let her on the show, you'll lose followers. Unless you tell her she's trying to be funny or something." Tori warns Carly as Trina argues with Rex and Jade.
"Got it." Carly says, nodding.
"I am not a grunch." Trina says, angrily, as she stands up, glaring at Rex. "Call me that again, and I'll kick your head off." She warns, walking away.
"So, what do you guys want to do after school?" Tori asks, changing the subject, since she knows Trina will be back in a minute or so to try to convince the 'iCarly' team that she can act and sing.
"How do you guys feel about the 'Saw' franchise?" Jade asks out of the blue, staring at the Seattleites.
"Oh, God." Tori says, rolling her eyes. "Not this again."
Here's the end of this one. Hope it was okay. I'll try to keep the chapters as long as this, if not longer, in the future.
Quick question for all of you. How do you feel about Shelby telling everyone about her family, or at least letting the 'iCarly' group know about the secret? Let me know in a review or PM.
See you all next time.
Blessed Be.