Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious it belongs to Dan, no cash is made out of this work of fiction since it's simply written for entertainment purposes only so uh yeah, DONT SUE! Kay?
Halloween is fast approaching, and as most of you all know, it's my favourite time of the year, so it just wouldn't be me if I didn't write something up.
This following story is actually a sequel to chapter 39, I will say that won't be scary in the least, if anything I'm using the holiday to make a statement, OK? You can all love or hate it but I feel that by the end of it I may either open some eyes or I might just open Pandora's box.
"Class! Class!" Sam Puckett yells out to her students.
Of course the teenagers didn't pay attention to the blonde woman, instead they were all arguing among themselves who had the best costume.
Finally the former iCarly host had had enough.
"QUIET!"
Everyone finally settled down, some even had the apparent decency to look at their teacher with respect, albeit fearful respect.
"Good" Sam said with a nod "Now, I know all of you are looking forward to the school's Halloween Party"
A very obvious statement considering her pupils and future chefs were wearing several costumes that varied from dark and original, to childish and innocent.
"Trust me, I been to several costumes parties back in my day" She said evenly "So I know the fun that comes with dressing up as your favourite superheroes, monsters and whatnot, now as you all know, today you will present your final meal and I'm going to taste each of the dishes you all prepared, afterwards I'll give you all your grades, remember that the the top three will get a scholarship to France"
Everyone, including Emily and Tony were eager to be among the chosen ones.
"But I do need to remind you that the grades I give you won't meant you won" Sam told her class "Two other judges that have been coming for the past week will make their final appearance in half an hour, I'm only going to taste your food, then you all will have a chance to tell all three of us why you think you deserve to go to France and last but not least you're going to receive an e-mail in a week's time, so to all of you, try your best"
Her class decided to give their dishes the final touches.
"After I taste your cooking I want you to tell me why you choose that particular disguise, you know why?"
Emily raised her hand "Because you're also one of the judges for the best costume?"
"Well... Yeah" Sam said "But also because due to new school policies, I have to make sure there isn't going to be any scary shenanigans due to the recent clown epidemic going on, tonight has to be a good clean fun night, so if I come across someone who plans on wrecking the festivities then he or she will have to change their costumes before tonight and if I catch any of you doing any wrongdoings you can all expect some serious repercussions like oh I dunno... Expulsion... Understood?"
All the students murmured several "Understood"
"Good" She said, "I don't like to repeat myself but now I'm going to eat what you made then give you all your grade, then I want an explanation on your costume"
As the blonde woman made her way to each of the students she proceeded to do as she instructed.
Sam ate a steak first from a girl who was dressed up as Marilyn Monroe.
"Umm... Needs a bit more spice" She noted "But you are getting better Jamie"
"Thank you Miss Puckett" The girl said, giving a bow in gratitude.
"Now what I have said about trying to butter me up?"
"Don't be such a kiss ass?" Jamie replied monotonously.
"Good, now explain your costume"
"I'm a big fan of Marilyn so I thought, why not go as one of the best Hollywood legend to the party?"
"Anything else?"
"I like the dress" Jamie stated "It's very comfortable"
"Ok fine, you get an B-" Sam said "Keep practicing, I think you're gonna go far"
"Oh yay!"
Sam then went towards Emily.
"Ok Donovan, what you have for me?"
The younger blonde smirked confidently at her mentor "I think you'll be impressed with my dish "It's a little something I call "The goat cheese shitake soufflé brûlée croissant mousse with mint-scallions."
"That's quite a long name" Sam stated bluntly "But I'm not here to discuss whatever you decide to call your food, I'm here to eat it"
"Oh see, this is actually one of my originals" Emily replied happily "See, since Halloween in just around the corner, I made the soufflé to look similar to a tombstone"
Emily cuts a piece of her meal with a knife then put it in a plate to give to her teacher "I'm sure you'll love it"
Sam shrugs, she then takes a bite, her student looks at her with (nervous) hope.
The older woman swallowed, she then smacks her lips repeatedly "Well... I'm going to give you points for creativity, but overall? I'm kind of disappointed in you Donovan, I expected better from you"
Emily felt as if she was chocking "Wha... But... But..."
"Here's your grade" Sam says, putting an "A-" on the table.
The blonde looked at her grade as if it was poison "An A-" She snapped "It burns! It burns!"
"That's an ironic thing to say considering she's dressed up as very hot a demon" Anthony said with an eye roll at his girlfriend's drama queen acting towards her final grade.
"Ok West, your turn!" Sam said, getting the boy's attention.
"Yes Sir!" He said with a mock militaristic hand movement.
"You know my number one rule West!" Sam said dangerously low "No jokes around food, now tell me wha you made"
"I call it Soylent Kabob Flambé" Anthony answered quickly "Basically it's bits and pieces of Soylent Green to add flavour to my meal of fish... Meat... Pepperoni and other ingredients that have been burned to perfection to give it the smokiest of taste"
"Well you certainly aren't shy on going all out war on this" Sam said somewhat impressed "But appearances are deceiving, the food may look inviting but what I care about is the taste"
"So, dig in" Anthony smiled proudly "After several nights cooking... And making my parents gain weight... I'm sure you'll be amazed"
"My stomach will be the judge oh that"
Sam got her big fork out of her shirt's pocket, the class stared in awe, they knew from experience that their teacher only got that particular kitchenware when she was in front of a very appetising meal.
Anthony of course saw this was a very good sign.
The blonde woman puts each of the different parts of the dish into her fork, then took a big chunk of it, savouring it slowly which drove the young chef nuts.
After what seemed like hours Sam finally swallow, then burped.
"Very well done West" She said sincerely "I hope you got your recipe written down"
"Here it is!" Anthony said, showing his teacher a card with the ingredients, Sam of course took it.
"Everyone else had their recipes written down, right?"
Her class lifted their arms, showing them their cards.
"Good, I want you to show it to all the judges when you're in front of all of us" Sam said, she then wrote Anthony's grade, which (much to his delight) was an A+.
"YES!"
"Don't sing victory just yet kid" Sam said bluntly "Now as for your costume" The woman looked at him up and down several times "What the heck are you suppose to be?"
"Oh" Anthony looked down at himself, wearing a purple skirt with a pair of dark leggings, he also wore a neutral grey top, a necklace which seemed rather flashy, he also had on a pair of high boots, a long dark wig, make up, earrings and dark nail polish. "Ah see I'm dressed as a combination of my parents, in other words I'm a mix of my two moms"
The class began to laugh.
"Momma's boy!"
"Prick!"
"Loser!"
"SHUT UP!" Sam yelled out at the class, which of course they did "To the three wise guys who had the bright idea of name calling? Yeah you three get detention and are no longer allowed to be a part of the scholarship program"
The three teenagers were about to protest until Sam told them to be quiet again "I will not allow discrimination of any kind in my classroom!" Sam then turned to look at her young pupil "Now Tony, will you care to explain why you chose your parents as your Halloween costume?"
"Gladly" He said "See unlike most of you, I didn't grow up with a father, oh I know he the man is but just because I'm related to Beck Oliver"
The classroom gasped, the knew of the infamous killer.
"Yeah you guys heard right" Tony hissed, almost a perfect imitation of his mother's famous scorn "However, just because he had a hand in my creation, it doesn't make him a parent, I have two moms who found me when I was a day old, they loved me and raised me when the guy who I share 50% of my DNA left me in the trash... Several of you were unaware of who my parents are, you didn't even know I had two moms because you assumed that kids of gay parents aren't raised like kids who have one mom and one dad, well you're wrong, My mom Jade West taught me how to drive, how to write, she played with me baseball when I was growing up despite her hatred for the sport because that's what a parent does, she puts her children's happiness above her own"
Anthony took a deep sigh before going on "And my Mama Tori West doesn't stay far behind, she supported my dream to be a chef, she was the first to love me when they found me and fought with tooth and nails to make sure I was legally her son... They work hard to provide for my sisters and myself the same way I'm sure all of your parents have done for all of you..."
A few murmurs of agreement were heard.
"And you know what else? They didn't have to adopt me, they could have sent me to an orphanage and gone on with their lives but they didn't do that, every day I'm reminded with the fact that even though I'm not related to my parents by blood, it doesn't mean they aren't my parents... You all were born into your families, you all take for granted that little fact, I on the other hand was handed over to two wonderful women who wanted another child, by the good luck of the dice they found me and made me another member of the West family. I'm standing right here in front of you all because of them, if they hadn't stopped by that alley all those years ago, I probably would be dead!"
That heave reality hit everyone in the classroom hard.
"So I'm dressed as a combination of my two moms today to make a statement" He said proudly "Blood doesn't make a family, actions do, the sperm donor who was responsible for my conception left me for dead when the two women who see me as their son loved me and I love them back! So go ahead, call me a prick, I don't care, if anything I have twice the balls some of you bullies have for standing up to what I believe in!"
Emily proudly looked at her boyfriend.
She clapped.
Several other students did as well while the guys who had called him names looked down in shame.
"Well Anthony" Sam said in awe "I can see you feel very strongly about this"
"I do"
"Your parents did a good job raising you and I'm going to make sure that after this that you do get a spot to go to France"
Jade and Tori stared at their son's speech which someone had uploaded to YouTube.
The Half-Latina was crying freely while the forget Goth couldn't help but smirk proudly because indeed her son had quite the set of balls.
"That's my boy"
This is my belief, blood doesn't make a family, I seen and read enough news about how some religious people claim that there is a "gay agenda" I honestly don't know how to react to that, But I do believe that if two guys or two girls want to adopt then it's not because of some "Hidden plan" I believe that they simply desire a family and unfortunately it bites when others are so against it that they try to prevent a child from getting into a home because of that backwater thinking, Anthony was lucky and this chapter was my way of saying that adoption doesn't have to be for just a man and a woman
I mean come on! This is the 21 century damn it! It's time for homophobia to go extinct!
Invader Johnny Signing Off.
