Hey guys! So I know I'm not even close to supposed to be doing this but I CANNOT get this storyline out of my head. So bear with me. I know (from plenty of personal experience) that starting more than one story at a time is just a BAD idea but…oh well. So never fear! I am not, under any circumstances giving up on Friends for the Fight.

Anywho, so here's the deal-io. My Aunt owns her own backyard theatre company and she won a bunch of national awards because the musicals she puts are super bad-ass. So over New Years when she came to visit she asked me to come and live with her for the summer and be in her production of 13. If you don't know what 13 is, it is a Broadway musical that was on Broadway for two years. It was the only show to ever have an entirely teen cast and pit orchestra. Elizabeth Gillies (Jade) and Arianna Grande (Cat) were both in the cast of the show. Anyway, so the point is that I have, in the short time since New Years, downloaded the 13 album off iTunes, learned every word to every song, read the script, and annoyed my sister half to death by constantly singing the songs. Now, I have this (what I think is a) great plot line stuck in my head and I just couldn't help but want to share it with you guys!

I APPOLOGIOZE TO ANYONE WHO HAS ALREADY DONE THIS OR A SIMILAR STORYLINE! I'M NOT TRYING TO STEAL IT FROM YOU! I acknowledge the fact that this plot line might not be completely 100% original, but I don't really mind is you guys don't.

As of right now the whole thing will be in omniscient POV. If you don't know what omniscient point of view is go look it up because I'm not sure how to explain it. Also, I am not necessarily a Cabbie shipper or a Tandre shipper but the story will start out Bade. After that it's gonna get pretty confusing. So hold on tight if you please!

Now that I'm finished with my one full page author's note, on to the story!

If That's What It Is

Chapter One- Reminisce

Jade sat outside at the lunch table, Beck on her right, Andre on her right, Robbie sitting directly across from her, and Cat was mysteriously missing. So was Tori, not that she cared. Beck held her hand under the table while the group silently ate their lunches. After a few minutes a lunch tray slammed down on the table next to Jade before something was shoved in her ear.

"Wanna grow my hair long but all I keep…"

Beck felt Jade's hand being ripped from his, and then she was up singing and dancing with Cat. "…hearing is no you're not ready, not it's not time yet, no it's not right now! Wait until you're older!" None of the boys were remotely surprised by the sudden outburst, being all too accustomed to it, they just stared up at the two friends, grinned at each other, and went back to their lunches.

"No you're not ready, not it's not time yet, no it's not right now! Wait until you're…"

And then there was another voice. Cat and Jade stopped immediately, their arms dropping to their sides and voices swallowed in their throats. Tori stood next to them, a look of confusion on her face. Jade glared at her venomously, ripped the ear bud out of her ear and stalked off. Cat looked down sheepishly, giving Tori a tiny smile before taking Jade's seat. Beck got up and patted Tori's shoulder before following after his more than annoyed girlfriend, leaving Tori confused.

"What did I do?" she asked harmlessly.

"Nothing Tori. Don't worry about it," came Andre's friendly, yet hesitant reply. She just shrugged, and with that the four-some continued on with their lunches.

Beck found Jade at her locker ripping books off the shelves and shoving them in her backpack. He sighed, came up behind his pissed off girlfriend, placed a hand on her hip, and leaned on the locker next to her. "You okay babe?"

Jade forced one final notebook into her bag and huffed hugely before slamming her locker closed so hard it rattled. "Fine," was her simply reply.

"You don't look fine," he said in a teasing tone. "Come on, what the matter?"

She turned her face towards him and Beck could see the sadness in her eyes. Her face looked angry with a set jaw and scowling mouth, but her eyes said it all. "She comes here out of nowhere, randomly in the middle of the semester! She steals every solo and every part right out from under me and Cat. Well, she can't have this. She can't! Okay? She can go ahead and take all of the good parts in the plays, but this is mine. It is the only thing I have ever been proud of in my life and she will not take it from me!"

"But Jade, she didn't know…"

"I don't care if she doesn't know! She can't have it. This is mine and Cat's! Gosh, can't she just leave one thing for us?" With that Jade lashed out and punched her locker. A loud bang! echoed throughout the hallway and Beck looked at her in complete surprise. "Ow…" she whimpered, clutching her hand to her chest as her eyes began to water.

"Okay, okay, calm down." Beck sighed. "Let me see it," He spoke gently and took her hand looking at knuckles. He kissed them gently before taking her hand fully in his. "Well, you're definitely going to have some nasty bruises tomorrow. Remind me never to let you near Tori's face when you're that ticked off, deal?" he teased her, winning a smirk from his girlfriend as she pictured punching the obnoxious half-Latina in the face, giving her a black eye or a broken nose. Or both.

"I make no promises." She leaned in and gave him a chaste kiss as the bell rang, and with that she turned on her heel and went to class, in a slightly better mood now with a picture of Vega holding her broken nose imprinted in her mind.

Beck stood, leaning against her locker, smiling and shaking his head at his girlfriend's pure insanity.

Later that night Cat stood just inside her closet, staring at the poster she had taped to the inside of the door. She looked at Jade, dressed in her blue Lucy dress she had the same look on her face that she always got when she was coming up with some sort of scheme. Then, Cat looked at herself. Her hair was brown then, and a lot longer. She had her excited face on, the one she wore almost always. Smiling sadly at the poster, she closed her closet door and moved over to her speakers. her iPod was still set to the album she had been listening to at lunch. She scrolled through the songs until she reached the one she was looking for. She then picked up the framed picture on her desk. It was identical to the one she knew was sitting on Jade's bedside table. It was her and Jade, along with the entire cast, all wearing their matching 13 T-shirts. Jade had the biggest smile on her face, and Cat couldn't help but wonder why she never smiled like that anymore. She starred down at the picture and walked over to sit on her bed, reminiscing on all of those good times with Jade and all of their friends from the show.

"If you're walking beside me and you wanna be friends you should know I'm depending on you…"

Just then a knock came at her door. "Come in!" she called over her shoulder. She turned to look at the door to see Tori come in. Cat smiled at her friend before she remembered what she was holding. She fumbled with the frame as she tried to shove the photo into the drawer of her nightstand.

"Hey Cat! You're mom let me in. I just came by to pick up your music theory notes. I forgot to get them from you at the end of the day."

"Oh yeah!" exclaimed the redhead. "I totally forgot. Hold on a second, I have them right here." As Cat went over to where her backpack lay on the floor, Tori wandered over to the desk.

Cat filed through her bag until she found her notebook. "Oh, I love this song!" Tori said excitedly before starting to sing. "I am trying to follow. I am trying to lead. I am trying to find what is true. But if you're gonna stand-".

Cat rushed over to where the speakers were and quickly shut off the music, cutting Tori off mid-line.

Tori was starting to get a little frustrated. "Okay, seriously, what's up with that? Why do you guys keep doing that?"

"Doing what? I don't know what you're talking about, Tori," Cat giggled nervously before turning away to brush some invisible dust off of her bookshelf.

"You and Jade. You guys keep turning off the music whenever I start to sing along. What's with that?"

Cat sighed and turned back around to look her friend in the eye. "It's nothing really, Tori. You just shouldn't sing along to that album, okay? It's kind of special for us, Jade especially, and I just don't think it's a good idea. I'm sorry."

Tori caught the hint of remorse in her friend's tone and knew immediately that something was up. "What's going on? Did Jade put you up to this? Is she making you say that, Cat? Because if she is-".

"Jade isn't making me say it. I'm saying it. You just shouldn't do it okay? Sorry Tori," Cat finished weakly.

"You know what? Fine. Whatever, it's not a big deal. It's cool. Thanks for the notes, Cat." With that the brunette grabbed the pink notebook off the bed and stormed out the door, leaving Cat feeling a little guilty.

As she stomped down the Valentines' stairs, Tori promised herself that no matter how much Jade intimidated her; she was going to get her to admit to manipulating Cat, and find out what the big deal was about that album, one way or another.

Alright guys, I know this isn't really a very long chapter, but I'm just getting started. I haven't gotten my whole thought process down yet. But, I promise that the chapters will get longer and I'll try to update on this and Friends for the Fight A.S.A.P.

Also, if you review I will be eternally grateful! I'm feeling a little tiny tad-bit insecure about this story so your reviews will be very much appreciated. Constructive criticism is welcome. Regular criticism, not so much.

Next chapter, things are going to start to get interesting!

Review! Pretty please!

Love, always,

May