((+_POSITIVE JADE_+)) : ONE : MEETING THE GANG

Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious, nor any of the actors/actresses who portray them

CHAPTER SUMMARY: It's Tori's first day at Hollywood Arts High, and she can't wait to start. Will her opinion change, however, when she meets the sweet but evil Jade West? What about when Tori meets the rest of Jade's friends? ((A/N: my take on how I want Victorious to go, with Jade being the sweet but evil girl that everyone would love to hate))

((+_HOLLYWOOD ARTS HIGH_+)) : SIKOWITZ'S CLASS

"I think you're just making it worse," Beck commented, his tone indifferent but slightly amused.

Tori continued rubbing her arm against the coffee stain on the boy's shirt, feeling more than embarrassed with herself. "Sorry, I'm really sorry," she said, coyly looking up at the handsome young man she'd just met. "I'm Tori Vega, by the way."

"Beck Oliver," he introduced. He really hoped his girlfriend didn't catch the new student rub-

"Um, excuse me," a feminine voice said from the doorway to the classroom. "Why are you rubbing on my boyfriend?" An edge entered her tone, showing she definitely wasn't pleased with the situation.

Tori quickly pulled away from Beck, her expression uncomfortable and sheepish. "I-I just spilled coffee on him and-"

She was cut off by the other teen. "It's fine, but just stop. Okay?"

"Right. Sorry." A nervous laugh escaped. "Again." Tori took that time to really look at her.

Beck's girlfriend was beautiful, with jet-black hair, ice-blue eyes and pale skin. If her lips had been blood-red, she would have made the perfect Snow White; she certainly had the looks to be a princess. She also had great taste in clothes. They were form-fitting and dark; very tempting and edgy, showing off a figure most girls their age would kill for. Including Tori. She also had a lot of jewelry; a few rings, bracelets that jingled when she moved her arms, a couple piercings on her face (which worked for her), and a necklace around her neck. Tori could only assume the girl also had earrings, but her shoulder-length hair blocked it from view.

Beck seemed to brighten upon seeing his girl. "Hey babe," he greeted, moving closer to her form. Leaning down, he pressed his lips to her cheek in an affectionate kiss that she returned with a slight pout. Wrapping an arm around her slim shoulders, he turned back to look at Tori. "This is Tori Vega. She just started attending here. You remember her from the other night, right?"

"Yeah. You performed with our friend Andre," she answered, nodding to herself. "I'm Jade West. Nice to meet you."

The night they were discussing was when Trina's, Tori's older sister's, tongue swelled, so couldn't perform the song for the school's little concert to kick-off the new school year. Seeing as how she couldn't do it, Tori had taken Trina's place, though reluctantly. At first, she'd been nervous and quiet but, once the music started, something had just burst from her. Suddenly, Tori found herself with a scholarship to the famous school for young talents.

"Jadey," came another feminine voice. "There you are, Jadey! I've been looking all over for you." A girlish giggle followed the announcement, and Tori rose a brow when the owner of the innocently sweet voice came into view. The shock of fiery-red hair was the first thing a person would notice; the second being the big brown eyes that glittered with happiness and excitement.

"Cat," Jade greeted, smiling at her best friend. "You know we have the same class together. Did you forget again?"

Cat latched herself onto the darker haired girl, grinning slyly at Beck, who playfully scowled back. The petite young woman had managed to disconnect the couple from their embrace, and Beck obviously had to deal with this type of thing happening often.

Giggling, the red head answered, "Oh yeah. One time, my brother-"

"This is Tori Vega, Cat," Jade interrupted, rolling her eyes at the story about to start. "You remember her from the other night, right?"

"Oh yeah," she replied again, giggling. "Your sister scares me."

"Trina scares a lot of people," Tori stated, embarrassed. "It's nice to meet you, Cat."

Beck stepped forward. "We should take our seats," he said, staring pointedly at his friend's hold on his girlfriend. "Sikowitz will be coming in soon." He took Jade by the arm, pulling her away from a now-pouting Cat and led her to a couple of free chairs.

The two remaining girls sighed, but for different reasons. Tori found Beck to be handsome and the perfect boyfriend; she hoped her first one at this school would be just as great as him. Cat sighed because the same boy had just stolen her bestest friend from her grasp. Ever since Jade started dating Beck, Cat hadn't been spending as much time with her. It was okay, though. Jade was happy, and the redhead could kidnap her later to hang out when she felt neglected.

Humming brightly with that conclusion, she bounced off to find the nearest seat she could find next to Jade.

Not wanting to look like an idiot, Tori went to find her own chair, pouting to herself.

"Hey, I'm Andre Harris," the boy sitting next to Tori introduced, holding his hand out to shake.

Smiling nervously, Tori shook his hand. "Tori Vega," she introduced herself. "Nice to meet you."

"Same here," he replied, smiling. "I was doing the music for that song you sang the other night. It's great to finally meet you, in person. You know, you have a really amazing voice."

She could feel her cheeks heating with the compliment. "Thanks. I didn't know what I was doing, but it was fun. I've never done anything like that before." She waved a hand in a gesture of nerves. "And, the music was really great. You're really good at composing."

"I know," he said, playfully arrogant. "It's my dream to be known for my music. It's why I'm attending here. What is your special talent?"

"Special talent?" she curiously questioned.

"Well, yeah," he answered, shrugging. "Like me, my talent would be in my music. I guess what I mean is, what do you want to be famous for?"

Tori frowned thoughtfully, but couldn't come up with a good answer. "Give me more examples."

"Okay." He rubbed his hands together, glancing around the classroom. "You met Cat Valentine, right? She's a really awesome singer, but she does some acting, too." Looking around again, he pointed to Hollywood Arts' hottest couple. "Beck over there is my best friend. He's not much into singing, but he is an amazing actor. He takes it very seriously.

"Then, of course, you have Jade. Now, she's what you call a triple-threat," Andre commented. "You know what that means, right?"

Tori nodded, a stunned look on her face. "Yeah, it means a person can sing, act, and dance. Jade can do all of that?"

"Oh yeah, chika," Andre nodded. "She can do all that. I haven't worked with her, one-on-one, before but I only hear good things. The real kicker about Jade is that she's really sweet. Like, seriously. She's one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, besides Cat."

"Ah, are we talking about Cat," Robbie Shapiro asked, leaning forward to add himself in their conversation. He was sitting behind Andre, his puppet, Rex, in his lap. Tori had met the nerdy young man when he'd sat down at the beginning of class. Apparently, he was friends with Andre and the others, too. "Isn't she just so cute and happy?"

"And he wonders why no girl will talk to him," Rex commented, chuckling.

"Alphabet Improv!" Sikowitz yelled out, catching everyone's' attention. "Beck and Jade, get up here to show the new girl how it's done."

Beck and Jade walked up, his hand holding onto hers. Tori smiled; the two really were too sweet and cute together. It was no wonder why they were considered the school's hottest couple; based on looks alone, they made a dynamite pair, even individually.

"Start with the letter 'A', and the theme is aliens," their teacher said, grinning. "And begin!"

Tori watched the two do the acting exercise, fascinated. They were funny with their responses, yet stayed on track of the theme. She could see why they were so good- they could come up with the best material at the drop of a hat. It was amazing how the couple already looked like movie stars, at least to Tori they did.

"I know how to cure your mysterious alien sickness," Beck stated, drawing his hands out of his pockets.

Jade gave him a curious look. "Jumping jacks?" she hopefully asked.

"Kiss me," he answered, smirking charmingly.

"Little weird, but okay." Reaching up, she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down until their lips could touch in a kiss so perfectly passionate, Tori and her other classmates shifted uncomfortably. Everyone could see the happy grin on Beck's face as he kissed his girlfriend, his own hands coming up to cup her cheek and waist, pulling her closer.

"Man, I love this class," Beck stated smugly once he released Jade.

Sikowitz clapped loudly, interrupting their acting exercise. "Yes, yes," he said, "I know my class is awesome. Everyone tells me so, especially the guy who gives me coconuts. Now, take your seats. You're steaming up my classroom."

"Coconuts?" Tori questioned Andre, a brow raised.

Andre shrugged. "Sikowitz thinks coconuts give him visions. We don't tend to ask for obvious reasons anymore."

The brunette nodded in understanding. Sikowitz could easily become her favorite teacher, but she wondered if the same could be said if he continued being wonky and whatnot. There was also the fact that he dressed like a hobo. She supposed she could say her teacher was easily the most original individual she had ever met.

She just wasn't sure if that should be taken as a good or bad thing yet.

((+_ASPHALT CAFE_+)) : LUNCH TIME

Tori was surprised when Jade personally asked her if she wanted to sit with her and her friends during lunch. Tori had assumed the other girl wouldn't want anything to do with her, considering she was 'rubbing on' her boyfriend, not to mention Tori had tried flirting with him when they first met. However, Andre had told her that Jade was one of the sweetest people she'd ever meet (besides Cat, but that was a different brand of sweet), so she agreed. What harm could that do, right?

Oh, but the brunette was proved wrong. She should have refused, but she hadn't known this was going to happen. Not by a long shot.

Jade and her group of friends had seemed nice and harmless, but lunch time was when all hell broke loose. Beck and Cat argued on and off over Jade, who calmly sat between the two, eating her burrito lunch. Andre would sing random bursts of music, his keyboard lying on his tray of food. Robbie would try to take Cat's attention away from the couple, while Rex berated Robbie's lack of skill with girls. In fact, Rex was a total flirt at the table; he would call out cat-calls to random girls walking passed their table, or turn his 'compliments' onto the three girls in their group. Beck would hear them, of course, and he would answer with a glare directed at the puppet, then turn it onto Robbie.

Tori was about to get up and sneak away from the chaos, but Jade stopped her by turning her ice-blue eyes onto her.

She smiled, ignoring the way Cat latched onto her arm, no doubt trying to pull her away from Beck, who had his arm wrapped around her waist. "So, how are you liking Hollywood Arts so far? Kind of crazy, right?" she asked.

"You could say that," Tori replied, shifting in her seat. "Is this what happens every day?"

Jade answered, "No. This is a special day." She laughed lightly, running a hand through her hair, exposing colored extensions that were blonde, red, and dark brown. "You're new here, so they pretty much decided to show you what you were getting yourself into. You know, so you won't be surprised."

"Surprised. Right."

((+_HOLLYWOOD ARTS HIGH_+)) : TORI'S LOCKER

"So, what are you planning on doing to your locker?" Robbie asked Tori curiously. The two were waiting for the others to arrive, though Andre wasn't far. His locker was only a few down from Tori's, so the brunette wouldn't have to worry about being alone with the curly haired teen and his puppet for long.

"What are you talking about?" she asked. "What's wrong with my locker now?" She waved a hand at the bare piece of metal that held all her books and other valuables.

Robbie chuckled, like a small child had just told him a naive joke. "You get to decorate it any way you want," he answered. "Like Andre's is a keyboard. Jade's is clear and Beck has scissors attached to his."

"Scissors?" she asked, incredulous.

He shrugged. "He likes them, for whatever reason. I don't ask." He waved his free hand dismissively. "Anyway, you should think of something that appeals to you. I and the others can help come up with ideas, but you want it to be personal to you; something meaningful."

Tori nodded in understanding. "Right. I'll get right on that."

Andre appeared, an amused look on his face. "Uh-oh," he said, "Some guy is talking to Jade. Better text Beck." Like Andre, Jade's locker wasn't far from Tori's; just around the corner, if the brunette remembered correctly.

"So, Jade is talking to another guy?" Tori slowly asked, feeling her way around the situation. "And that means you need to tell Beck? Why?"

Robbie snickered, while Andre got his pear-phone out to text his best friend. Rex answered, his head shifting side-to-side. "You may not think this, but Beck is super possessive of Jade. He doesn't like it when another guy talks to her 'cuz that means they're flirting with her. But, who could blame them, right? Jade has a lot of assets that a man could-"

"Okay, I get it," she interrupted, waving a hand to stop the puppet. "What you're saying is that Beck gets jealous easily?"

"That's putting it lightly, chika," Andre commented, his pear-phone back in his pocket. "If you've met Cat, then you shouldn't be so surprised. Little Red is like Jade's little sister, so they used to spend a lot of time together. Since Jade started dating Beck, Cat feels a little left out."

"And by left out," Rex said, an amused tone entering his voice. "One time, Cat actually kidnapped Jade when she was on her way to Beck's place."

Tori felt her eyes widen. "What?" she spluttered. "Cat did that?"

Andre nodded. "Yeah, it was really funny watching Beck freak out when Jade didn't arrive on time." His gaze traveled to somewhere behind the only female within the trio. "And, speaking of Beck and freaking out." He pointed. "Here he comes."

Tori and Robbie turned, the former's mouth dropping open at the positively dark look on Beck's handsome face. She'd never seen that type of expression on his face before, even though she'd just met him that day.

Beck scowled, but it wasn't aimed at his friends. "Can't talk right now," he muttered, "Gotta find Jade."

The three nodded, but all followed his progress around the corner of lockers. Tori saw Jade leaning against a wall, her arms crossed loosely under her breasts and talking with a handsome young man who looked about their age. However, said young man's gaze kept lowering to the cleavage exposed by Jade's outfit, down to her curvy figure.

"This should be interesting," Andre commented, highly amused.

In the next second, Tori understood what he meant. Beck marched over to his girlfriend, making sure his footsteps were heard by everyone in the hallway. When the unknown guy looked up, his face paled instantly.

"Dude, she isn't interested. Go find some other girl to flirt with, yeah?" Beck practically snarled, eyes angrily narrowed.

The guy made quick work to disappear, and Tori was shocked he hadn't left behind a dust cloud. She was sure she hadn't seen anyone move that fast since a track meet she'd attended at her old school.

Jade, smiling like she'd done nothing wrong, kissed her boyfriend's cheek. "Chill babe," she whispered, giving him an imploring look. "You ready to go? I have to meet Cat in the parking lot."

"Didn't you notice how that guy was all over you?" he asked, outrage coloring his voice. "He was drooling on you! What were you two even talking about, huh? You like making me jealous, don't you?"

His girlfriend rolled her eyes, grabbing onto his hand with one of her own. "Relax. You know I love you, and only you," she replied. Tugging on his hand playfully, she began leading him away with the other three trailing behind them, silently snickering. "Come on, you can drive me home instead. Okay?"

Beck grumbled under his breath, but complied. Jade was sure she'd hear it during the drive, but she didn't mind. Her boyfriend was so cute when he got all growly and jealous. She loved how possessive he could be, especially when she spoke to other guys. Of course, she didn't do it often; she would hate to make Beck question her love for him.

"Does this happen all the time?" Tori whispered to Andre, the most sensible one in her new group of friends.

"Nah, not every day," he answered, "Mostly only when Jade bothers to talk to other guys. She doesn't do it often, which makes Beck's freak outs that much more funny."

The brunette shook her head, wondering what she had gotten herself into.

Well, at least my first day wasn't as bad as I'd thought it would be, she thought, smiling to herself. She had met and befriended a group of people who were far from normal. They were interesting and nothing she'd ever come in contact with before. It was... a nice change.

"Oh yeah," Jade suddenly said, stopping in the parking lot. With a disarming smile, she dropped Beck's hand to walk up to Tori, her cup of ice coffee in hand. "This is for rubbing on my boyfriend." With that small warning, she dumped the whole contents of her cup over Tori's head. The leftover ice was an added bonus, the frozen cubes making the new girl flinch when they hit her. "Don't worry. Just don't hit on him again, then we can avoid all this. Okay?"

... Was it wrong that the entire time Jade was speaking, her tone had remained sweet and kind?

Tori had to rethink her last statement. This wasn't a nice change, at all.

No, Hollywood Arts High was beginning to look like Hell...

And Jade West was Satan.

((+_TO BE CONTINUED_+))

A/N: Thank you for reading the first chapter of Positive Jade! Please review and tell me what you think :3