My first Bori, I hope you guys like it. I'm not use to writing Beck and Tori in-depth so I tried my best at making them in character
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It had begun slowly at first. Barely noticeable to the girl it would effect. With a dull ringing in her ears randomly and with random bouts of dizziness, the girl had always blamed it on not eating enough. Tori had first become really worried about her health one afternoon when she was home alone. Tori had gotten up from doing her homework on the couch the ringing in her ears becoming too hard to pretend it wasn't bothering her.
As soon as she had stood her whole world had tilted and circled like crazy making her fall to the ground. She had screamed out for help. She was sure of it. Her hands came up to her ears. She couldn't hear anything and her eyes darted to the TV she was sure wasn't muted moments before. Her world stopped its horrible tilting motion enough for her to stand. The girl reached out for her phone intent on calling her mother.
She had just found her mother's number when sound entered her world again. The air conditioner, a soft hum from the refrigerator, and the lame TV show she had been using for back ground noise came back to her. The young women shook like mad, frightened by what had happened. She contemplated calling her mother and telling her what had happened, but for some reason it frightened her. Telling her mom something was wrong was admitting something was wrong, and Tori didn't want anything to be wrong with her. So she told no one, and hoped the event was only a onetime thing.
At lunch a few days later Tori sat in pain as her ears ringed loudly and pressure behind her ears made her head hurt. Cat's voice rang out excitedly in the back of her mind as the red head talked a mile a minute.
"Hey Tor, I got a few changes for our performance this weekend. Think we could meet after school and go over it?" Andre asked her. He was sitting across from her beside Cat who he had interrupted her story about her brother and a block of cheese. He frowned when the girl didn't answer him. Instead she continued to play with a fry thoughtfully. He looked at Beck who shrugged. "Are you alright?" Andre asked frowning. The girl barely seemed to notice he had even said anything. They all shared looks.
Robbie moved Rex into her line of vision. "Why are you spacing, cheekbones? Are you thinking about me?" Rex asked and laughed.
Tori blinked at him before using her hand to push him out her face. "I'm fine," They all were looking at her worriedly except for Jade who had an eye brow raised. "I'm a little tired; I'm going to ask Trina to take me home." The girl announced already aware there was no way her sister was going to do that. Her eyes dropped to the table and she very slowly stood. She had to find Trina quick before whatever was wrong with her reared its ugly head again.
"I'll take you home." Beck stood with her. They all noticed how the girl swayed a little.
Before Tori could say anything Jade chimed in, "Of course you will." She growled dangerously. "Little Miss Vega always seems to need help from 'my' boyfriend."
Beck rubbed the back of his neck in frustration. "Come on Jade we're friends and it's obvious something is wrong with her. Trina isn't going to give her ride," He tried to defuse anything before it even started. "You can come too if that makes you feel better."
"I was coming anyway." Jade gave him a 'try me' look and stood.
He only shrugged.
Tori stared blankly trying to get her ears to stop ringing. "I didn't even say I wanted from you guys." She announced weakly.
"So, you're going to ask Trina." They all turned to look to look as the oldest Vega sister flock a new boy who looked frightened.
Tori let out a tired sigh. "Let's go."
Tori sat against Beck's car door her forehead pressed against his window. Jade was in the middle between her and Beck her elbow purposefully poking her in the ribs. "Get your elbow out of my ribs, Jade."
Beck's darkly clad girlfriend turned to her and said something she couldn't hear. Tori's eyes widened she couldn't hear anything again. She quickly looked back out of the window trying desperately to get her hearing back. She caught a glimpse of Beck and Jade in the glass obviously arguing. Usually it would have been welcomed to not hear their arguments, but now it only worried her.
By the time they had reached her house her hearing was back but her world was tilting a little. The girl hesitated, her hand on the handle of Beck's truck.
Beck looked at her worriedly while his girlfriend frowned lightly also. Tori honestly didn't look too good. "Get out, Vega." Jade finally said reaching over her and opening the truck's door.
"Jade," Beck warned. "Are you alright?" He asked Tori who had already gotten out of the car and was walking towards her door.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for the ride." The girl waved brightly before turning and disappearing into her house.
Tori leaned heavily on the wall inside her home gathering herself together before going to bed.
By Friday Tori had gotten really good at hiding her coming and going hearing and random bouts of vertigo. She had decided to tell her parents after her performance with Andre because they might not have let her perform. She was worried about how she would do. Worried that her hearing would go randomly during her performance and she would mess up. Her random deafness was seriously eating at her. Singing, music, and performing had become her life. The only thing that made normal Tori Vega special and she could feel that vanishing from her grasp.
Tori nodded at Andre and he nodded and began the music. Tori bit her lip and looked out into the crowd as the ringing in her ears grew deafening. She began singing anyway and all was going well until she couldn't hear her own voice any more. The girl's voice cracked and she clamped her mouth shut looking at Andre with wide eyes. He had stopped his key board playing and was looking at her worriedly and confused like everyone else. Tori quickly dashed away, embarrassed.
She had no idea if someone was calling after her because her hearing was completely gone now. She literally had almost run all the way home before a truck pulled up beside her.
"Tori," Beck called through his open window, his eyes darting from Tori to the road. He had just arrived at Andre and Tori's performance from dropping Jade off at a horror movie thing. He had been late because of the lip locking that had transpired between them. He was just getting out of his truck when Tori had zoomed by him without any greeting at all. He had called after her but his half Latina friend just continued on. "Tori," he called again pulling over this time and getting out of the car. He jogged after her and caught her arm turning her around. His breath hitched in his throat at his friend's tears falling down her face like a faucet. "Are you alright?"
Tori only shook her head her hair violently shaking around her. Her hands had gone to her ears. "I can't hear you. I can't hear. I can't hear." She repeated over and over again.
Beck was confused. He looked around noticing a group of people had formed outside of a nearby ice cream place. He gently led Tori back to his car and she got in without a word still crying.
"Can you hear me?" He asked once he was back in his seat. Her eyes were locked ahead of her but finally she nodded.
"It's back now." She announced turning to look at him before quickly looking away. "You can't tell anyone Beck, please." The girl pleaded.
Beck frowned he had no idea what was going on. "Look, I have no idea what's going on but it is obviously bothering you." He ran a hand through his hair. "You should tell your parents."
"I will," Tori said quickly. "That's what I was going to do now. I Just… I would appreciate it if you told no one until I find out what's wrong." She looked at Beck hopefully.
Beck hesitated for a moment. "I guess I can handle that, but you have to tell me first." He flashed a small smile. "It's your story to tell. I'm sure your fine."
He then drove her home. Then she told her parents who had then taken her to the hospital. She wasn't fine at all.
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