Disclaimer: Victorious and it's characters belong to someone else, not me.
Disclaimer 2: I looked up the name "Jori" and found versions from Hebrew (meaning Descending or down-flowing, popular in English, Germanic, and Hebrew contries) and Nordic (Finnish) (They didn't give me a meaning.) both were variants of other names. It's often a boys name, a variant of Jordan, (or Jorgan, Finnish), but can also be a girls name if desired.
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It was Mister Hanani's fist day at Hollywood arts, and he was anxious to fit in. He'd auditioned immediately as soon as he could, after his family moved here from Europe. This was a whole new world for him, a place where he could use his hobby, guitar, to help him get one of the better educations available.
However, as he approached a table, he once again heard his name mentioned. This group seemed to think he was bad, from the tones in their voices. Feeling dejected at how many people seemed to have already judges him, Jori looked for a place to reflect and maybe speak with the guidance counselor.
"I don't get it, I've only been here for a few hours." He said to no one in particular. A girl was sitting near him, also waiting for Mister Alexander to give her some time. Her presence reminded him that he wasn't alone.
"So, whats bothering you?" She asked.
"I was told that my name, my first name, was very uncommon. Despite that, I checked on line, and found no one by my name attending this school. Yet, everywhere I go, people are talking about me, or at least mentioning my name. They either love me or hate me."
"wait, how do you know?" The girl wondered.
"It's always 'Jori this' or Jori that.' It's like they've already formed opinions on me, and I don't understand why." The boy griped
"Wait, that's your name?" the girl asked.
"Yes, and I don't get it. Why do they hate me? They don't even know me." He huffed.
"Cool accent. Israeli, right?" The girl asked.
"Very good. How'd you know that?" He asked back.
"Oh, you know." She just shrugged. "But I had no idea that was your name, or a name at all. I suspected, given the weird names they use here in Hollywood. But it never once occurred to me that they'd be gossiping about someone on their first day. And I mean gossiping." She sighed, looking straight ahead. "Do you suppose the others are new too?"
"What others?" Jori asked.
"Oh god, there are a couple. Like, there's this guy, names Bade, who I guess is a major rival of yours, or they seem to think he is. Then their this guy, Bori, who's both you guys rival. It's like, the whole school is taking sides, and if you like one guy, then you don't like the others. You can's be on more then one team, so to say. I just don't understand how anyone would judge people like that, liking one person because their not another. There are others, people who seem to be friends with you, or the others, but only certain others." The girl said.
"Not sure how it fits, but have you heard of this girl, jade?" She asked, almost out of the blue.
"From what I get, she's a bully, and either a major faker, or the biggest threat ever to walk into this school. There's no middle ground there." Jori replied.
"Yea, and it seems that people who are friends of most of those oddly named people, no offense, seem to have an opinion about her." The girl smiled. "I'm Mary, by the way."
"Nice to meet you." Jori said.
"Anyways, I've also hear that this girl is sneaky and conniving, a backstabber who'd hurt anyone to get what she wanted." Mary continued. "But that's mostly from people who like this Bori dude. I have noted exceptions, from a small group who also like a guy named Jandre. Really don't get those names."
"My name has a long, respected history." Jori protested. "It's practically a traditional name."
"Yea, whatever." Mary said. "Look, people are just judgmental. Take me for instance. I get here, and absolutely everyone hates me. I don't get it, I'm not a threat. Okay, I am. I play multiple instruments, sing, get straight A's without trying, and probably take on the characteristics of one or more of the most popular kids here, but do it so much better. I just can't help it. Don't know why, but I just do. And people know I'm a threat, and react accordingly. But everyone loves me once they get to know me. And someone, usually someone hot, who everyone wants, falls for me, no matter what."
Jori was starting to think that Mary was a bit stuck up, but she was also the first person not to judge him before meeting him, so he tried to look past her arrogance and enjoy her obvious beauty. 'Girls got a lot of charm and charisma. She'll be everyone's best friend in no time.' he decided.
Just them, Mister Alexander walked out of his office. "Jori Hanani." The counselor called out. "I have your schedule."
"Mister Alexander, As long as I'm here, maybe I could ask.." The nervous student started.
"Call me Lane." The councilor said. "Most people just call me Lane."
'Laid back California.' The boy thought. "Lane, I was wondering..."
"It's not you." Lane said. "Look, I thought about this, and I felt I should tell you, that a lot of the kids here, their into shipping, pairing people up for no good reason, often with no evidence that they would ever get together."
"-" Jori started.
"Okay, there's a bit of evidence for many of these ships, and some are even couples that are already together." Lane continued, talking over the poor boy. "But one of the more popular ships is Beck and Jade, who were a couple, Beck and Tori, who are friends and he often defends her from harassment from Jade, and of course Tori and Jade, cause they have the most chemistry. But Tori and Jade shippers call them Jori."
"Beck and Tori, Bori." Mary said. "Bade is Beck and Jade. I'll bet there's an Andre here as well."
"You must be Mary Sue Persona, right?" Lane asked. "Yea, They say you're the best at whatever you do."
Jori just took his schedule and wandered off. He was happy to have a friend, but not wanting to be dragged into something even weirder then the way everyone used his name.
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Wrote this a while ago, found it recently, and published it. Sucks to discover that your name might have other meanings, right?
Thoughts?
Who got my other reference?
