A/N I wrote this story long,long ago.I couldn't write, as you may've seen. I'm coming back to this story to fix it, as I am ashamed. I tried to fix it,but after a year and a half, the inspiration is gone. Sorry. I think it improved :/

Disclaimer:Disclaimed.

I'm dreamin 'bout the day when you'll wake up and find that what your looking for,has been here the whole time.
-Taylor Swift, You Belong With Me

As cliched as it sounds, I really did fall for my best friend. So did everyone else,of course. What wasn't to fall for?
She was pretty, sweet, and a pretty good singer. Sure, there were lots of people with better voices than her, but Tori Vega had more charisma and charm than anyone I knew.

It was enough to win me over anyways.

It took bravery to ask out a girl like that. I mean, I'm aware that I'm her best friend and all, and in movies, she'd end up returning my feelings. But this movie didn't have an ending yet.

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Me and Robbie Shapiro reached Tori's lit-up locker at the same time. He eyed me in suspicion.

"Hey, Tori!" We said in unison.

"Uh,Hi!" Tori seemed worried, as if she'd been cornered. She had a fearful look in her eye,which I found pretty adorable,like the rest of her. And her hair looks great today..

Focus, Andre.

Tori looked at both of us unsteadily."So, uh, what's up?" She tried to smile, taking off her black hoodie to reveal a striped top and a denim vest, then shoving it in her locker with her books.

"So, uh, Tori," Robbie nervously giggled, then regained his minimal composure. "I was wondering if maybe you wanted to, uh, go out with me on Friday."

Rex laughed before Tori could respond. "Yeah, let's watch this trainwreck happen." He scoffed.

Robbie looked offended."Rex! You're so mean to me!" He shoved the puppet in his large green backpack.
Someone's been hanging around Cat too much, obviously.

Tori eyed him and smiled sheepishly, obviously pitying the poor guy.

"Sorry, Robbie, but I can't. You're sweet though." She kissed him on the cheek to compensate for her vague rejection.

"I will literally pay you fifty dollars to go out with me." He said defiantly.

"Ha! Desperate much,Rob?" Rex snorted from the backpack.

".Rex." Robbie angrily mumbled while searching for a fifty in his wallet.

Tori shoved his wallet towards him. "Keep the money, Robbie. " She closed her locker and walked away, the ultimate diss.

I followed her. "Harsh much?"

"I'm sorry, but-" She looked up and realized it was me, and I was kidding. She smiled,seemingly in relief.

"Oh,hey Andre. Did you want something?" She stopped in her tracks, fumbling for her own wallet to buy a Wahoo Punch at the vending machines.

"Here,I got it." I offered, pulling a couple of bucket from my wallet.

"No, Andre, you don't have to-" Tori stammered, trying to shove her money into the machine before me.

I gently pushed her arms away and slid a one into the slot. "I know I don't have to, I want to."

She smiled at me, and a feeling washed over me,almost paralyzing me as I handed her the drink. It was almost embarassing to have one girl have this much power over me. But apparently, Tori's not "one girl".

"Aw, who's the sweetest?" She asked, giving me a one-armed hug as she popped her soda open.

I wrapped an arm around her, and I felt electricity. Another cliche. But it really did feel amazing.

My only hope was that she felt it too.

"Me!" I laughed, a delayed response to her question.

"Yep!" She laughed, poking me in the stomach.

Thank God I'd been working out. How embarrassing would it have been if she'd poked a bunch of flab?

"Geez,Dre, you're hard!"

I laughed, taking her comment in a way I knew she hadn't meant it. She realized what she'd said and a cute blush rose to her cheeks.

"Not that way, Dre. Way to be mature."

"Yeah. Well, that was a hard way to turn Rob down."

Tori looked down. "Yeah, well. It was getting a little pathetic."

"Yeah, I agree."

"Plus, I always thought he and Cat would make a cute couple."

I nodded. I'd actually had the same thought a few years ago, and when Tori came, it seemed to complete the puzzle. Beck and Jade, Cat and Robbie, me and Tori. No one left out anymore, as I'd been the odd one out before Tori's arrival.

"So, didyou want anything?" She asked for the second or third time.

"Oh,uh, yeah. Tori, do you want to.." I choked on my own words. If Tori had turned down Robbie, what chance did I have? Seriously, if I asked, I'd probably be turned down, and then it'd be awkward and our best friendship would be over, let alone any chances of a romantic relationship.

She looked at me expectantly, taking a sip of soda and peering up at me through her large brown eyes.

"Wanna go get ice cream with me and Cat after school?" I quickly covered and added another person to make the outing more casual.

"Oh, yeah! Sure!" Was it just me, or was there dissapointment in her voice?

The four-chimed bell rang then, and Tori discarded her can in the garbage.

"Well, see you then!" She waved her fingers at me and walked towards her next class.

I was going to get Tori Vega if it killed me, I decided.

I'm a believer, I wouldn't leave her if I tried.
-I'm a Believer, The Monkees.

But first, I needed to convince Cat to get ice cream with me and Tori.

TORI POV

Here we go again, I kinda want to be more than friends
So take it easy on me, I'm afraid you're never satisfied
Here we go again, we're sick like animals, we play pretend
You're just a cannibal and I'm afraid I won't get out alive
No, I won't sleep tonight

Oh, oh, I want some more
Oh, oh, what are you waiting for?
Take a bite of my heart tonight
-Neon Trees, Animal

I walked into Danni's Parlor, a small ice cream shop across the street from Hollywood Arts. It's owned by a portly man,very friendly, and he thrives off us high-schoolers buying from him. I imagine it gets pretty slow otherwise.

Only Andre was there, Cat seemed to have disappeared.

"Cat couldn't make it. I mean, her family called and they needed her."Andre confirmed what I'd already assumed.

"It's fine." I smiled, sort of. It probably came across as this demented face, I dunno. I was still feeling pretty dejected. I really thought Andre was going to ask me out, but he just asked me here. I guess I saw some potential in the fact that Cat wasn't here.

Danni smiled at us "So, what do you kids want today?" He had a slight Italian accent, but it sounded friendly and familiar to me.

"I'll have Mint Chocolate Chip in a cone, and one Cookie Dough in a cup for Tori." He looked over at me in assurance that he ordered correctly. I nodded, kind of surprised he knew my ice-cream order.

Andre leaned over me to get the ice creams and the smell of Old Spice hit my warm notes were familiar and cozy. Electricity soared through me as Andre handed me my foam cup of ice cream.

I just hoped he felt it,too.

Andre,always the gentleman, led me to a small, mosaic-tiled table with matching chairs by a window in the corner of the shoppe.

He pulled out my chair for me, and smiled. It was a cheesy gesture, but cute nontheless. He was pretty effing cute in general.

"Milady?" He joked, gesturing towards the chair. I sat down.

"Why, thank you,sire." I replied in a horrible British accent. We both laughed awkwardly.

We made small talk and laughed at stupid things. I think we both felt something awkward.

"Hey, Tori. Uh.. I'm not sure how to say this, but, I kinda made this whole thing up because I wanted to see you? And, I kinda want you to go out with me?"He raised his pitch at the end of each sentence, causing it to sound like a question. I knew he only did it when he was nervous, I'd always thought it was kinda cute.

I dropped my ice cream in my cup, splashing a few drops of melted Cookie Dough ice cream onto my chin. I wiped it off quickly, hoping he didn't notice.

"Um, yeah. I'd like that." I smiled at my best friend, almost laughing in giddiness.

"Cool." He smiled into his ice cream. The sun poured down on us as we finished the ice cream.