A Place in My Heart

Chapter One

By ilovedoodle

*it gets better by the way.


It wasn't a special day. André was over at Tori's and they were working on a new song. It wasn't for anything in particular; it was just a better way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon than milling around watching TV and stuffing their faces with food because they had nothing better to do.

Tori was treasuring these few hours they were spending together. Since André had got a new girlfriend, Belle, he never seemed to have anytime for his best friend Tori. She almost felt like André was slipping away from her, but tried not to act upset or jealous. That was simply not how she rolled.

The sun shone brightly through the floor to glass window. If you looked outside onto Tori's garden, you would think it was summer, when it was in fact November. It was already chilly outside, not counting the fact that Trina had accidently broken their house's heating. They were both slowly freezing to death.

Tori's parents were food shopping, and Trina was upstairs somewhere doing whatever Trina does.

"Budge over" Tori said, jumping down from the glossy piano top she had been slouched on and sat down on the stool next to him, trying her best not to shiver.

She shoved him off jokingly, which caused him to laugh and pretend to cry whist rolling around on the floor. They continued to shove each other off the stool until they were both breathless on the floor, tears streaming out of their eyes.

This was what Tori loved about her and André's relationship, what she had missed recently. With him she could act stupid, as if they were four again, and always have so much fun. But at the same time, he was so loving and supportive and like a brother to her. She'd often wondered if they would ever be anything over than friends, but most of the time she just pushed this thought out of her mind, as if she was ashamed of going there.

Once they had returned back to normal, Tori asked André to show her the chords for the chorus of the song they had written, "A Place in My Heart". It was all about a boy realising their love for a girl. André had written it, and deep inside Tori hoped it was about her. She mentally kicked herself every time her thoughts wandered to something even close to this though. André had Belle, who just so happened to be a gorgeous model whose father was a millionaire. How could she begin to compete with that?

André sat down, and Tori stood over him, she flung her arms around his broad shoulders in a friendly sort of way. André played the piano with confidence, and she harmonised the notes. Someday, they both hoped they would become famous for their songs.

"Sing it", she asked him, smiling down at his face. Tori didn't know all the words yet, André was in the middle of teaching it her when Tori shoved him off the chair.

"Ok, but just the chorus, and you've got to help!" André replied, placing his fingers on the piano delicately.

"There's a place in my heart for you, too girl. There are wonders I want you to see"

André's voice was smooth and comforting, and he sang with so much emotion that you could tell the lyrics meant something to him. André was a ridiculous romantic, and when he sang girls hearts meted. It had the same effect on Tori.

"I don't think I've ever believed in love before, but when I look at you"

Tori kneeled next to André, and he turned his eyes away from the piano to look into her beautiful hazel eyes. Tori smiled back at him.

"Even though I've never told you this, I can begin to know, that I love you so".

Tori joined in at that part, and she smiled up at him. André tinkled a dramatic bit on the piano, causing Tori to laugh slighty. All of a sudden she felt nervous.

"That was amaz-" Tori was cut off when André's lips slammed against hers. Had he finally realised that she meant more to him than a friend? Tori's heart raced, fluttered, pounded it was this that was amazing.

It was that moment that Trina decided to come down the stairs, singing dreadfully as per usual. She glanced over at the two of them, and froze. Tori pulled away, startled, hoping that Trina hadn't seen what had happened.

Tori had treasured those few moments, and now they were over, she wanted even more. She finally realised that after over a year of friendship, she loved André Harris, her best friend.

"Holy shit" she cursed, then regained her senses. "Ooooh, has Tori got a boyfriend?" she teased, causing Tori's pretty face to turn a deep shade of crimson.

There was silence for a moment "No, you know I have a girlfriend Trina, we were practising a scene for Sikowitz's class. Me and Tori have to pretend to be in love" André said, with that cheeky innocence that Tori loved about him. She felt hurt. André was not just lying to Trina, he was lying to himself.

"Really? It looked pretty real to me?" Trina asked, puzzled. She was so gullible. Tori as still shocked by what had almost happened. What about Belle? Life would be hell if she ever found out. She could turn everyone against her. What was she thinking?!

"Well, we must be good actors then" André winked.

"Hey Tor, I'm going to go now. My Grandma thinks the dishwasher has eaten all her dishes." André laughed nervously, practically running to the door. He didn't look her in the eye, he couldn't, and that's what hurt her most. He was lying; he had told Tori himself that his Grandma had gone away for the weekend with her knitting club.

Trina returned to where she had come from after André left, leaving Tori alone. She curled up on the sofa glumly. Why had that happened? Tori had just shattered her brotherly like relationship with André completely; she would never be able to build that sturdy friendship back up.

A silent tear slid down her face, she was so stupid. There were two things she was certain of though, she was utterly, hopelessly, blindly in love with André Harris, and that them being together was never going to happen.

I love Victorious, and have always wanted to write a FF about it. It's half term, and I'm grounded, so this is what an hour of total utter bordem produced. I was writing a song today (A place in my heart which is used in this) and once I had finished, I realised it described the perfect Tandré moment and then i just got loads of ideas. Once I started writing, I couldn't stop.

I will hopefully carry on with this, as I have loads of ideas. It isn't just going to be an André breaks up with Belle and he and Tori live happily ever after story, because that would be boring. I called this story 'A Place in My Heart' too, because I'm not feeling very inspirational. If you have any better title ideas PLEASE TELL ME! Ok, I'm known for long AN's, so I will go now:).

Go ahead, review, inspire me!