A/N: I Do Not Own Victorious, just this plot.
"So students, before I let you go, I would like you to remember your dreams. Your goals upon leaving the gates of your beloved school four years ago. Never let those dreams go; instead, go out and make those dreams a reality," the principal concluded her speech.
"Oh My God, how much longer will this ceremony be?" she whispered to the peculiar boy.
"Shh Trina, it's almost over," Sinjin informed her.
"Congratulations to the Class of 2013!" Principal Helen Dubois announced.
"YAHOOO!"
Caps were flying in every direction, hands were flaring in the air and the Hollywood Arts Senior Class of 2013 rejoiced in celebrating their accomplishments. Among the 200 seniors were Sinjin Van Cleef and Trina Vega. Trina actually made it through high school, making a name for herself. She was wild and had the spunk of a diva. And surprisingly, Trina was kept as a series regular in the Spanish TV show, Divertisimo. Sinjin, well he was still awkward, but a very confident young man after that memorable day of standing up to his friends. The lover of random things got an internship at Ripley's Believe it Or Not downtown, so he was still going to be in the area, and he would take tech theatre classes at the junior college.
Trina and Sinjin's friends and families found them on the football field. They spent about 20 minutes taking pictures with everyone. It was a momentous day and differences aside; Jade actually smiled, Trina let Sinjin in some group pictures, and everyone congratulated their two friends for making it through their senior year.
Sikowitz caught up to his favorite group of students and had his share of pictures taken.
"Congratulations again Sinjin, Trina! We will uh… miss your energy at Hollywood Arts. Uh… well… Goodbye now!" Sikowitz turned to everyone else.
"See you kids tomorrow!"
"Bright and early, hippie," Jade saluted.
"What was Sikowitz talking about?" Trina wondered as they walked to their cars.
"We all agreed to be camp counselors for the freshmen camp this summer."
"How come I wasn't asked?"
"You were. But when Sikowitz mentioned we'd be at a real camping ground for a month, you walked away."
"Oh, right. Well have fun at your little camping trip thingy with annoying, untalented freshmen," Trina sarcastically doted.
"You're one to talk," Jade scoffed.
"I heard that," Trina glared.
"Yeah I meant for you to," Jade smirked.
"So who's going to camp?" Trina asked.
"Me, Andre, Beck, Cat, Jade, Robbie and Sinjin."
"Sinjin? Why is he going? He graduated."
"Because unlike you, he wanted to go camping and welcome the new freshmen."
"Well while you all sleep on the dirt, I'll be soaking up the sun," Trina winked and hopped in the van.
That night, Hollywood Arts hosted an end of the year party at the Asphalt café. Jade and Beck hung around the punch fountain, discussing the things they'd do together over the summer and at camp. Even though they had gotten back together for several months now, they lost about eight months of not being together and wanted to make up for all that time lost.
"I wonder if they have a Jacuzzi there."
"Some things never change," Beck laughed.
"Well excuse me for not having such a huge imagination like you when I was little," she defended.
"No imagination? You pretend you're human soup," he reasoned.
"I had a limited imagination," Jade stated.
"And there's no Jacuzzi at a camp, only a lake."
"And who would want to eat cold soup? That's disgusting."
"Then what do you call gazpacho?"
"Tomato juice in a bowl. It's not rocket science. I bet the guy who invented it was too lazy to get a cup so he poured it in a bowl and fooled the world that it was a new creation when really it's just a bowl of juice!"
Beck shook his head "Oi."
"But I guess the lake will do," Jade grunted.
"We don't have to swim in the lake. There's canoes and motor boats and-"
"Wait, boats with motors on them?" she deviously smiled.
"Yeah, and- oh no. What are you thinking?" Beck grew worried.
"Nothing. Just, make sure no freshman girls get in my way while I'm in the water," she winked at him.
Andre and Tori were hanging around the DJ's station requesting song after song, enjoying the music.
"Man this is going to be a great summer, Tor."
"Yeah, I can't wait to work with the new freshmen on music!"
"Yeah and guess what? My uncle-"
"Which one?"
"The real estate agent."
"Ok, go on."
"Well he's moving into a larger office because he's got more clients and he's giving me his old office. Meaning I can set up my recording equipment there."
"So it's like your own little recording studio?!"
"Yup! Want to make a duet CD?"
"Uh yeah!"
"Calm you chizz," he chuckled, "Alright, alright. We've got the whole summer to do that. Plus I heard the camp has a music room so we can even squeeze some time between campfires and workshops."
"Yay this is going to be so fun!"
"Ok so I was thinking we rerecord all the duets we've sung and go from there…"
"Yeah and then we could also write some new ones if we have time…"
Tori and Andre continued to get lost in their world of music as Cat sat on one of the tables nearby enjoying the music and vibe of everyone around.
"Hey there Kitty-Cat," Robbie appeared before her. "Mind if I join ya?"
"Sure," she timidly smiled.
Robbie sat on top of the table as well, checking out the party. It was an awkward position for Cat because they had been sitting on the very table where Robbie kissed her at the CowWow. Cat never really got a chance to talk to Robbie about it because after that night he did the courteous thing and pretended for their sakes that it never happened.
"Isn't this kickback so fun?" he said admiring the people around him.
"Yeah, but it makes me sad that all the seniors are leaving. Like Trina and Sinjin," she pouted.
"Cheer up, kitty-Cat. You've still got us! And Sinjin is going to camp with us, remember?"
"Oh yeah! Yay I'm happy again, thanks Robbie," she hugged him.
Robbie smiled as well, then reality caught up to him and he too realized the awkward position they were in.
"Cat, can I ask you something?" after she let go of his embrace.
"You just did," she giggled.
"Another thing."
"Kk," she said. But before she let him continue, she remembered he said similar words to her before. "Wait, you're not going to kiss me again, are you?"
"No, I was… actually going to talk to you about that," he confessed.
"Oh, well… I'm sorry for running away," Cat sulked her head.
"It's ok, girls usually run away from me," Robbie somberly answered.
"Oh, no Robbie it's not that I wanted to run away," Cat pulled on his arm. "I just, don't want to ruin this thing that we have. You're my best friend," she softly placed her hand on his arm.
He understood.
"Ok," he said to her. "No awkwardness, ok? Nothing will change," he half-smiled.
"Deal!" she said cheerfully.
"And as your best friend, I promise to make this the best summer ever!"
"Best summer ever?!" her eyes grew wide.
"Yeah, starting with camp. We'll have canoe rides, swim in the lake, make s'mores and go on adventures in the trails," he listed.
"Oh my God yay!" she threw her arms in the air.
"Let's spend a lot of time together, as best friends of course," he explained.
"Right," Cat agreed. "Friends."
Later That Night
"Trina!" Tori hollered from her room. "Trina, I need your help!"
Trina sauntered over to her younger sister's bedroom and found the younger Vega attempting to zip up her suitcase.
"Uh, what's going on here?" she pointed out Tori's awkward struggle to straddle her bag down.
"Help me zip this thing up!"
"Ughhh" Trina grunted but reluctantly walked over.
The Vega sisters spent a good ten minutes trying to seal the thing shut, but it just would not zip.
"Tori, what the heck did you bring? You're entire closet?!"
"No, just a month's worth of clothes, and some other stuff…" she stated.
Trina opened the suitcase. She observed Tori's lack of properly folding and packing of non-essential camping items.
"You are not taking your Cuddle Me Cathy doll to camp, Tor," Trina picked up the doll by an arm and tossed it to her sister.
"Why not?! I need her to sleep at night!" Tori defended, hugging her precious doll.
"Well first of all, Jade's going to bunk with you and that girl sleeps with scissors. You do the math. And second, you're going to be a senior. And no senior girl has a doll to sleep with at night. My God, don't you want a boyfriend?" Trina argued.
"Boyfriends?! Who's got a boyfriend and didn't tell me?" Mr. Vega, who originally walked passed Tori's room, stopped at the door after hearing the 'B' word.
"No one, Dad," Tori reassured him.
"Mhm… Better not. Goodnight ladies." He walked to his room.
"But seriously Tori, you better leave your doll at home," Trina told her as they took the rest of her contents out of her zebra suitcase and re packed her belongings. Mrs. Vega passed by a moment later wondering what the girls were doing.
"Hey girls, what's going on in here? And old fashion folding party?" she motioned at the pile of Tori's unfolded clothes.
"Yeah, Tori doesn't know how to fold clothes," Trina bluntly stated.
"Hey!" Tori was offended. "You know, you don't have to fold my clothes if you don't want to. I only need help zipping up."
"Yeah, Trina, why are you helping Tori?" their mother also questioned her courteous behavior.
"Because," Trina stated, "The sooner you get out of here, the sooner I can start having fun. Not having to worry about my annoying little sister bothering my relaxation for a month, that's a vacation," Trina said matter-of-factly.
"So you're really going to just bum around here for a month?" Tori asked.
"Duh. There's a 46-inch TV downstairs, a kitchen full of food, and if I want to, the beach is just a 10-minute drive. And you remember my friend Lindsay?"
"Trina, Lindsay still doesn't like you."
"Well, after I beat up her ex-boyfriend in Karate, she and I are now besties. And she'll be over a lot," Trina informed them.
"Well, I guess that means your father and I will be in Santa Barbara most of the summer then," their mother said.
"Why?" Tori wondered.
"Because we don't want to be left alone with Trina."
Trina at first seemed offended but nodded, "Makes sense," she agreed.
After their mother said goodnight and left, Trina hung around a little while longer to help Tori pack her clothes and finally get the zipper to work.
"So when do start filming for the next season?"
"Rehearsals don't start until August. We're going to film on location in Mexico so I'm leaving in July to get settled you know?"
"That's so early though?"
"I just want to leave already!"
"But don't know want to hang out with friends? Hangout with me?"
"Tori I spent 17 years with you, I think I've seen you enough."
"What about brushing up on some acting? You know, it's not too late to come to camp with us, Tri," her little sister mentioned as Trina made her way to the door.
"Hm, a camp full of nature and bugs, or a house full of food and TV? I choose the latter. But hey if you're bored you can always call me, Tori. Ok?"
"Thanks," Tori smiled.
"Alright, well I'm going to get some beauty rest. Boo bye."
Everyone arrived at the gates of Hollywood Arts at seven the following morning. A charter bus was waiting outside for the 'staff' to ride. Sikowitz said the freshmen would arrive on a separate day, but the staff was required to get to the campsite about three days before the program started.
"The campgrounds await!" Andre motioned for Tori and the others to step in the bus with him.
"Yay!" Tori cheered while stepping in.
"Did someone bring bug spray?" Beck asked stepping in.
"Me!" Sinjin held his can up.
"Of course, because you are a bug," Jade scowled behind him, causing the boy to cower in fear that she would harm him during the two hour ride.
"This is going to be the best summer ever, Robbie!" Cat said to her friend as they were the last two to step inside.
"Sure is, Kitty- Cat. One to remember that's for sure."
A/N: Guess who's back? :) Here's to the final episode of Victorious tonight! I thought I'd give you guys a sneak peak of my idea of a Victorious finale. Aw come on, smile! It may be over on TV, but it'll always be a forever kind of happy in all of us whenever we need a pick me up.
If we're being serious, I'm probably just being peppy and cheerful because it's a subtext of my true internal realization that one of my favorite shows has reached the finish line all too soon. But hey, smile because it happened...
I finished this story about an hour before Victorious aired tonight. After the episode, I added Trina's part about being in Divertisimo. I thought it was better than my original idea for her (or lack thereof). I'm going to spend the rest of tonight adjusting a few things that I liked from this episode to this story. But nevertheless, the story is finished and I PROMISE to post every day at least once a day :)
For those of you who PM'd me this past week, I promise to read them and get back to you tomorrow.
Goodnight kiddos. It's gonna be a long night. Good thing Los Angeles has 24-hour coffee shops ;)