Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious, just this story plot. : )

A.N. So I did tell some of you that read my oneshot 'You Up?' that I did plan on doing more futa, just did not know when I'd have the time. I've been writing this prequel to 'You Up?' in bits and pieces. Sorry that it literally took me forever and a day to start posting this, been having a severe case of the lazies. -_- In this story the gang is still at HA and Tori and Jade are not together yet. Here it goes. : )

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"Five more months you guys! Five more and then it's freedom for three, and then when we get back…we'llbeseniors!" Tori cheered excitedly, only getting a small cheer in return.

The gang had just gotten back form their winter breaks and were now eating their lunch in the school's indoor café since it was raining outside.

"Aww, come on you guys. How can you not be more excited about this?" asked Tori, before taking a swig of her tea.

"It's too early to get excited about summer." answered Andre, getting a mumble of agreement from the rest of their gang.

"Ok, how 'bout this. Five months until Trina graduates!" exclaimed Tori, laughing as that finally got a reaction out of the rest.

"Whoo!" "Amen." "They're going to let her graduate?"

"Oh hardy har har, you guys are going to miss all of this…" posing before she joined their table, "and you know it." said Trina.

They all laughed at the elder Vega, who surprisingly this past year became a little less annoying. The gang got back into their normal convo. Tori was going for another one of her tater pops when a pale hand beat her to it.

"Heeeey! Excuse-moi..." She said as she pulled her lunch tray away from the swiper next to her, "but I do believe that these here tater pops are mine."

"Yeah, but I love tater pops." said Jade as she tried yet again to go for another one, but was swatted away.

"I know me too. That is why I bought them. Go get your own." said Tori.

"You don't wanna share with me?" pouted Jade, puppy eyes and all.

"Huhhh...fiiiine." said Tori moving her tray in-between them.

"Yaaay." said Jade smiling as she stole another tiny potato bite.

Both girls locked eyes and continued to stare warmly at each other before Tori's face suddenly took on a guarded, almost sad, look before she turned away. Jade looked confused before she too turned back to their friends. Cat, Robbie, and Andre looked at them with grins, Beck looked really focused on his food, and Trina was looking at Tori with the same guarded and sad expression that was once on her little sis's face.

"So, you guys hear about that new laser tag/arcade warehouse on Ocean Ave?" asked Andre, squashing the awkward.

"Oh yeah, it's called Delirium right?" asked Robbie.

"Yeah, you guys wanna go this weekend?" He asked, getting pretty much a 'Heck yeah!' from the whole group.

"Yay, lasers!" yelled Cat happily while clapping, getting a laugh from the rest of the gang.

Soon the warning bell sounded, letting them know it was back to the grind they go. As the gang went to go their separate ways in the hallway, Jade stopped Tori.

"Hey we're still studying later, right?" asked the goth.

"Yeah of course. Why? You got something going on?" asked a curious Tori.

"No no, I was just checking...Anyway...Bye." said a nervous Jade, as she walked away.

"Ok, bye?" replied the smiling yet confused half-Latina.

'Why are you being such a spaz West?' thought Jade, rolling her eyes at herself, as she made her way to her writing class.

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Later that afternoon...

The school day was over and Jade West was now in search of her study partner, Tori Vega. She finally remembered that she had told her earlier that she had to practice a few music numbers for her role in a school musical coming up. Walking into the black box, there were kids moving set pieces around, kids practicing some parts, kids on the cat walk and on the floor taking care of technical stuff, and Andre and the band (who were all grunged out) were not in their usual spot up above rather they were on stage behind an also grunge looking Tori. She found the rest of their group hanging with some other kids in the audience seats so she made her way over to sit with them. Jade never fully admitted that she loved to watch the half-Latina perform; watching her overtime become more confident and comfortable in her performances was so...hot.

'My God...you have it so bad. Silence.' thought the goth.

Getting out of her head she finished listening to Cat's story about unicorns or whatever, rather than dealing with her own thoughts. Even then she found herself slipping back into checking out the brunette, while she adjusted her mic stand. She was wearing a gray wife beater (that was enough to drive her crazy right there), with ripped blue jeans, a black belt and black boots, and a red plaid shirt tied around her waist.

"You guys ready for the last one?" asked Tori, checking with Andre and the band.

When they finished everybody showed them love on a great run through. Tori and Andre jumped down from the stage and got extra praise from their gang.

"That was awesome you guys." said Robbie, getting agreement from the rest.

"Mmm, hmm...and may I say, 90's grunge sure does look hot on you Tori." added Rex.

"Rex..." said everybody going in for the scold.

"What? Fine, Andre you look hot too. There now it's balanced." said the puppet, getting a laugh from the rest.

Jade and Tori said their 'see you later's' to their friends and made their way to the changing rooms.

"You know the puppet does have a point. You do look kinda hot." said Jade, putting her own foot in her mouth.

'What fuck is wrong with you? !' she thought, while panicking on the inside.

Tori turned around a little shocked by the statement, but couldn't help but smile at how the pale girl who said the words face turned slightly red.

"Ah, thanks. So, I gotta change real quick and I'll meet you at your car?" said Tori.

"Ye-Yeah, that's cool." agreed Jade, wanting any excuse to get some space between her and the half-Latina at the moment.

She took one last look as she shut the door, only to regret it as she was provided a nice view of beautiful caramel upper body. Jade quickly shut the door and tried to clear her head as she made her way out of the school.

'Awwww...Little Jadey Wadey is in lo-Shut! Up!'

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The girls finally made it to Tori's. Once inside they said 'Hey.' to Mrs. Vega, grabbing some snacks from the kitchen before heading up to Tori's room for some hardcore chem studying. They got settled on Tori's comfy floor seats and laid all of their stuff out around them. Hardcore chemistry lasted almost an hour and then both girls started to lose their already, not pumped about science, focus.

"Ugh, no more chemical reactions." said Tori, throwing her head back and closing her eyes.

"Agreed." said Jade who was now laid out on her back; her head was positioned opposite of Tori's.

Seconds later the tan skinned girl began to feel a finger being ran up and down the bottom of her right foot, causing her to giggle.

"Stop." said Tori, with her eyes still closed and a smile on face.

"Or what?" said Jade, as she continued mess with Tori's feet.

"Stop it." said the tan skinned girl, as she moved her feet away from their attacker.

"Make me." said the raven haired girl, as her offending hands moved to Tori's stomach instead; only to be shocked once her command was answered.

Tori swiftly tackled the goth, in a way that brought no harm to the girl, but allowed her to settle on top of her. Blue-green eyes stared into warm brown. Jade had been shocked at the half-Latina's reaction, but found herself enjoying the random burst of aggression from the tan skinned girl. Both girls felt themselves becoming aroused by their close proximity. Jade hands gripped Tori's waist, as the half-Latina unconsciously began to lower her face to hers. Tori wanted so badly to grind herself into the other girl, but finally came back to reality when she felt her friend in her pants begin to resist against her jeans.

"I have to pee." She said quickly getting off the pale skinned girl.

'Smooth Vega, real smooth.' thought Tori as she quickly made her way to the bathroom across the hall, leaving a confused and slightly sadden Jade West lying on the floor.

She shut the door behind her, once she made it into the bathroom, and then sat on top of the toilet lid.

'What the hell were you thinking? ! Um, that Jade is hot and it was about to go down. No, no. Jade is off limits. Everyone is off limits!...You know your eventually going to give in because we both know what you feel for her goes beyond what you can control.'

Tori let out a frustrated huff, as she threw her head back. After taking time to calm herself and her 'friend' down, she ran some cool water over her face before making her way out to the hall.

Meanwhile, back in the tan girl's room, Jade was left to snoop once again.

'Like Tori would take a chance on me, I know I wouldn't if I was her.' thought the goth, as she sullenly played with one of the half-Latina's stuffed animals.

She huffed and put it down before she began moving around the room, spotting some more of Tori's men trunk underwear sticking out of her underwear drawer. Jade smiled as she pulled out the dark blue undies. One day Cat and her finally had to ask the half-Latina about them and she got really fidgety and said something about how she was kind of a tomboy and liking how they felt or whatever. The goth was still hazy on that, but let it go at the time.

'And I'm supposed to be the freaky one.' She thought with a grin and a shake of the head, as she put the underwear back in the drawer.

As she turned to go back to her seat, she stopped and turned back to the drawer.

'What if...Nahhh...Well she's never changed in front of you, or Cat, or any other girl for that matter.'

Every time they have a play or musical Tori's always hid behind something to change or she left the room. The goth always just thought it was self-consciousness or shyness.

'But what if it's something else entirely?' She thought just as the object of her musings returned.

"Hey." said Tori, awkwardly.

"Hey." answered Jade back just as awkwardly.

"Yeah so um, my mom says dinner is ready." said the tan skinned girl.

"Yeah uh, I think I'm just gonna head home." said Jade, as she started gathering her stuff.

"You sure? There's plenty and I know..." Tori trailed off, not wanted to overstep her bounds with the pale skinned girl.

"Go ahead and say it. You know that I'm most likely going home to an empty house. Well you'd be correct. My father is off on a business trip and my step-monster and little brother are with her family in Napa." said the raven haired girl.

"...Yeah so Spaghetti?" responded Tori, with a warm smile and directing toward the door with her thumbs.

She knew that even though the goth tried to brush off the lack of a family structure in her home as nothing, it bothered her.

Jade could not help but feel something every time the half-Latina tried to comfort her. Most of the time her natural response to warmth would be to snuff it out with cold harshness, but lately she found the tan skinned girl in front of her had always found a way to melt down her walls.

"Spaghetti huh? Will there be meatballs?" asked the goth 'seriously'.

"Well you'll just have to come and see Ms. West." answered Tori.

Jade smiled and sat her things back down before joining the half-Latina, as they walked out of the room.

"I also heard there'd be pie." added Tori as they walked out the room.

"Pie? ! Why, I do declare!" said Jade in her southern accent, getting a laugh from both girls as they headed down the stairs.

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Trina was the last to make it to the kitchen table and when she got there she couldn't believe who she saw sitting with her mom and sister.

"What are you doing here?" She asked in a funky tone, receiving looks from the other two Vegas as she sat down.

"Breathing. You?" answered Jade back smartly.

Trina gave a fake smile in response and then asked, "So when did you and my sis become study buddies?"

"Trina." said Tori, knowing where this was going.

"Why do you care?" asked Jade, looking the older sibling in the face.

"Jade." said Tori, trying to keep the peace.

"Ladies there will be no fighting, besides you'll miss my award winning cooking." said Holly jokingly, as she placed a pot of spaghetti on the table.

Holly and Tori looked at Trina. Holly with a more scolding look and Tori, with a 'Please stop, it's ok' look.

"Fine." said Trina, as if backing down for some reason Jade did not understand.

After that somewhat awkward start to dinner, everything went back to normal. Jade actually really enjoyed the company of the three Vega women; she was told the male of the bunch had a late shift at the precinct.

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With dinner now over and Jade having gathered her things and said her goodbyes to Mrs. Vega and her least favorite Vega Trina, Tori and her now stood next to the goth's metallic lavender 2012 Challenger.

"Thanks for walking me to my car Vega, even though it was like two feet from your house." said Jade teasingly, even though she thought it was a sweet gesture.

"Oh, whatever." said the tan skinned girl, before yawning and stretching her arms up; her t-shirt riding up revealing some of her lovely stomach and the waist band of her white trunks, the view definitely not helping Jade with her out of whack feelings for the other girl. Tori cleared her throat, getting the raven haired girl's attention.

"So, I'll see you tomorrow?" asked Tori.

'Duh, you go to school together...Oh, right.' thought the tan girl.

"Yeah, that'd be a safe bet chica." answered Jade, with a laugh as she got in her car.

The raven haired girl started up the engine and then turned back to Tori, who kind of had a look like she didn't want her to go.

'Yeah, you wish West.'

"Bye." said Jade.

"Bye." replied Tori, with a small wave.

Tori watched as the raven haired girl's car rumbled down the street before disappearing around the corner.

'What are you doing Tori? (sighs mentally) I don't know.' thought the half-Latina, with a shake of the head; sparing one last look in the direction Jade had headed, before she walked back inside her home.

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A.N. Wow, it's been awhile; feels weird posting again, not gonna lie, but I love thinkin' up stories for these two. Anyways, same spiel…If you like? Let me know. Reviews just make one more pumped to post. Chapter 2 is on standby. Thanks so much for reading. : D

Side Note: I have an Elitoria (Elizabeth/Victoria) RPF story published as well, many of you have read it, but if you have not; the story is called 'Everything Will Change' and you can find it on my Archive of Our Own profile, which I posted a link to on my FF. net profile page. If you go check it out and like it, don't be shy to leave a comment; even if you're a guest on the site. Thanks. : )