'The First Time' is my first time (haha, lame pun, I know) writing Victorious fanfic, so I'm hoping this is in character. I love Bade, and I wrote this after I finally (I know, I know, it was first shown ages ago, but I had to watch it online since in Britain we've only gotten one episode of Season Three so far!) saw 'The Worst Couple'. Enjoy, and remember to R&R!

i.

They first see each other on his first day at Hollywood Arts.

Jade is the first person Beck notices as he walks through the main entrance. Her brown hair has highlights of blue, and she's dressed in black.

Beck thinks she's the prettiest girl he's ever seen.

She turned around at that point, and saw him looking at her.

She glared. He smiled. She glared some more.

He waved. She scowled. He laughed.

Beck Oliver walked away in a daze.

Jade West walked away with a smile on her face.

ii.

They first speak in the Asphalt Cafe, exactly twenty-eight hours and fifty-six minutes later.

"Hey, I'm Beck Oliver. And you?"

"Stop running your hand through your hair. It's annoying."

They don't become friends straight away.

iii.

They first fight after they are paired together for an acting exercise.

"But he's the new kid! He could be shit for all I know!"

"I'm actually quite a good actor."

"Oh, really? Prove it."

Beck then spends ten minutes acting out scenes from various plays, trying to amuse Jade. She only scowls.

That is, until he does a scene from 'High School Musical'.

It's not much, only a small twitch at the corner of her mouth, but it's enough to make Beck smile for the rest of the day.

Jade can't help smirking when she sees him on the way home.

iiii.

They first kiss in class.

It's not a perfect kiss by any description.

They're both eighth graders and inexperienced, trying to act it well but having no life experience to go along with it.

The kiss is full of teeth and tongues, and Beck is pretty sure that Jade bit him, and yet, somehow, it's still perfect.

They sit together at lunch that day.

iiiii.

Their first 'date' is at the mall.

It isn't really a date, of course; they've been partnered in Sikowitz' class again, and they need to buy costumes for a scene they are doing together. They spend two hours searching for the right outfit and even then, Jade still refuses to wear anything but black.

Beck's mom refers to Jade as his girlfriend when she comes to collect them.

Nearly four years later, and he still has the bruises she gave him that night.

iiiiii.

They first cry in front of each other at the movies.

Beck had persuaded Jade that going to see Harry Potter was a good experience, and that she would like it.

She sits, arms crossed, faking boredom for the first hour and a half, refusing even to share popcorn with Beck.

He isn't sure for most of the film that she's even paying attention.

It isn't until, as they're leaving, he notices the tear tracks on her cheeks.

Apparently someone nursed a soft spot for Sirius Black.

iiiiiii.

They first talk, really talk, in Beck's RV.

He had only just moved out of his parents' house, and had been keen to show Jade around.

They had been okay for the first half hour, joking about Beck's fish-tank cleaning skills and Jade's love of scissors.

Somehow, though, their conversation about his parents had turned to her parents, and before he knew what was going on she was sobbing in his arms.

Beck holds her and whispers words of comfort and wishes that there was something, anything, that he could do to make her father love her the way he does.

iiiiiiii.

The first sign that their relationship is more than platonic comes a day later.

They are sitting at lunch with Cat and Andre, when a girl, a random, nameless girl that Beck had only seen once before that day, comes over their table to ask Beck out.

He actually spits out his coffee in shock. As he wipes his mouth, Jade stands up and gives the girl a piece of her mind. Then she sits down and continues eating like nothing had happened.

To this day, Jade still hates Trina Vega.

iiiiiiiii.

They first admit their love for each other at the same time.

They're talking on the phone when suddenly..

"Jade, there's something I want to talk to you about-"

"Look, if this is about that Vega girl-"

"It's not about her-"

"Do you have a thing for older women or someth-"

"Jade, I don't like her, I like-"

"I get it, y'know, I just thought-"

"Jade, I-"

"I just thought that maybe we-"

"Jade, I l-"

"You know how I feel abou-"

"Jade, I lo-"

"You can date her, you just need to know that-"

"I love you."

iiiiiiiiii.

They go out on their first date, their first proper date, a week after that phone call.

It's awkward to say the least, with Jade fidgeting and Beck squirming and neither of them really liking the food that they're eating. She doesn't have great hopes for a second date when they leave, especially when she passes out after puking in the street.

Jade wakes up, an hour later, lying in her bed, with no idea how she got there. She then spent the next three days off school with food poisoning.

When she gets there on that fourth day, she struts straight up to Beck, who had been engaging in a perfectly normal conversation with Andre, and kisses him full on the mouth, mid-sentence.

They break away breathless, neither of them hearing the applause from their fellow students.

Next to this, silently, Robbie passes a crisp twenty dollar bill to a grinning Andre.

He never doubted them.

This is probably going to be a two-parter, so be sure to review! Constructive criticism is always appreciated.