"Beck, just listen to me…you're not listening to me. Beck, please," Tori pleaded chasing after a trashed beck.

"No, Tori, don't you know why everyone treats you so nice? They are intimidated by you. They know you are better than them so they suck up to you," he screamed walking back over to her.

"Beck, that is not true. You're my best friend," she had tears pulling upward peaking at the base of her eyes.

"You think this is what you do to your best friend?" he barked holding his shirt showing rips all over his clothing.

"Beck, honestly Jade set me up, she…."

"TORI, stop blaming other people for your faults." Beck began walking away while Tori fell to her knees crying in the middle of the parking lot. She looked up and made eye contact with Beck before he rolled his eyes and got in his car. Tori stayed in the middle of the parking lot crying and soon a hand rested on her shoulder. She looked up and saw Jade standing in front her smiling.

"I told you to stay away from my boyfriend, Tori," she smiled before walking away.

"Honestly, Jade, I don't like him that way; he is my friend and nothing more."

"Yeah right, Tori, I see the way you look at him. You love him," she smiled satisfied.

"I do not, Jade, he is your boyfriend I would never do anything to make him leave you," Tori started to cry again. Jade stood there silent, for the first time in her life she actually felt sorry for someone other than her. Tori finally got her-self together and ran past Jade and got her in her car and drove home. She listened to the most depressing songs on the way home and when she walked into the house Cat and Andre were sitting in her living room.

"Tori, what happened? Are you ok?" Cat asked walking close to Tori.

"Nothing," she said as she felt more tears uprising.

"Tori, you don't look like the verge of tears when nothing is wrong," Andre chuckled as she turned around and whipped her eyes.

"Just leave me alone, ok?" Tori began crying and ran for the stairs but Cat stopped her and pushed her toward the couch. "Fine, I'll tell you," she said as Cat sat next her resting her head on Tori's shoulder. "It started out with Beck and I at the Karaoke Dokie and we were just hanging out," she said as a flashback drew in front of her eyes.


"I'm actually glad we did this, you needed to get out of the house," Beck laughed as Tori punched his arm in a friendly way.

"Yeah, but you sure, Jade won't mind I mean she hasn't been liking us hanging out, Beck she hates me," she said softly.

"She doesn't…ok she hates you," he said as both of them wailed laughing. Tori looked at the stage and back at Beck and grabbed his hand and both of them ran up the stage and Tori begged him to stay and so finally he agreed.

"Well, well, we have a duet," the annoying MC screamed. "What does the lovely couple want to sing?"

"Whoa, dude we are not a…"

"WHAT was that?" Jade walked in looking at Tori with anger in her eyes. Jade ran up the stairs and got in Tori's face, "I told you to stay back," she hissed as Tori grabbed beck by his sleeve and began to get ready for the song but Jade grabbed Beck's wrist and pulled back ripping his sleeve clean off. His best shirt ruined and his face was blaming Tori.

"Beck, I'm so sorry," Tori started to laugh in shock.

"How would you like if I ripped your shirt?" Beck asked acting a little immature, but instead of grabbing her shirt he pulled her black diamond clean off the chain. She would have let it go if she could let go of her ex-boyfriend but she couldn't she looked at the floor and saw her necklace in pieces on the floor her heart broke.

"Danny gave me that," she chocked.

"I thought you broke up with him, why would you be attached to someone who you broke up with?" Beck snapped as Tori picked up the broken chain and the black diamond.

"I still miss him ok?"

"Tori, I'm…" Beck couldn't finish for Tori's rage finally took over and she began ripping his clothing. When the rage had left her heart and she came back to her senses she looked at Beck and saw how much damage she really did, his long sleeves stopped at his shoulders, the color had ceased to exist, and the whole bottom part of the shirt was hanging on by a thread literally, you could see his stomach which got him kicked out of the club for that night, Tori knowing she went too far shoved her necklace in her pocket and ran after him.


Tori finished her story and threw her face in the pillow closest to her. "Tori, he didn't mean to break that necklace and I thought you were through with Danny?"

"Clearly not Andre if she still has the necklace," Cat said trying not to sound mean but with Tori's mood everything sounded mean to her.

"God, Cat why don't you do something right for once," Tori stood up angrily and ran up the stairs in her room. Behind her she slammed the door and went to bed.


The next morning she woke up and thought everything was just a nightmare until she rested her hand on her chest and felt her necklace was gone. She reached in her pocket and found the black diamond. "It's all true," she whispered placing the necklace on her nightstand. She sat at the edge of her bed and began crying again, for every little thing. The night before, her friends and for some reason her ex.

"Tori, are you ok?" Trina walked in and found her sister upset.

"When did you start caring in someone other than yourself?" Tori said walking past Trina whose mood quickly changed back to her normal prissy self.

"Fine, Tori, like I really care," Trina snapped as Tori continued into the kitchen and began getting her breakfast. She stuffed it down with a big side of depression, grabbed her bag and went to school. She pulled into the parking lot rather quickly and pulled into the spot next to Andre's.

"Andre, where's Cat?"

"I saw her with Beck and Jade by the lunch tables."

"Thanks," she smiled and ran over to the table. "CAT," she screamed as the little red head spun around a wave of red followed her and splashed in her face. "Cat, I am so, so sorry, you did not disserve that," she began apologizing.

"Tori, its ok, but come here I have a surprise for you," she grabbed her friends hand and both girls began walking up the staircase. Before they got their eyes at the balcony Cat stopped her. "But first close your eyes," Cat smiled and looked very innocent. Tori liked a surprise so she closed her eyes and Cat continued her up the stairs. Cat guided her and stopped her and Tori blindingly reached for the balcony. "Ok, the best part, guess," Cat giggled as Tori smiled. Tori's smile grew even bigger when a rose was gently placed on her nose. The aroma filled her head quickly.

"Beck or Andre?" she shrugged.

"Nope."

"Please, tell me it's not Robbie!"

"It's not. Come on Tori really guess," Cat smiled. Tori still couldn't think and Cat was still smiling. "Maybe this will help," she gestured as Tori's lips were met with a soft kiss. When the stranger released Tori melted.

"There is only one person who can kiss me like that," she whispered opening her eyes to see Danny. Mixed emotions flooded her and she felt weak. "How on earth did you…but you…" she was stopped again as he kissed her again. Beck looked up and saw the make out fest going on and for the first time he felt different. As if he was wishing he was the one to be kissed by Tori.

"Beck, are you ok?" Jade asked as he snapped out of his trans. Jade looked up to see what her boyfriend was looking at and saw Tori kissing her ex. She walked up to him and placed her hands on his shoulders and whispered in his ears the most hurtful thing ever. "She doesn't belong here."

"What is your problem?" Beck barked realizing that she had crossed the line. "What has she ever done to us. Any of us and we all treat her like an animal," his own words came back in his mind forcing him to see what he did to her the night before.

"Danny, stop, I can't," Tori pushed him away. Is this finally it, am I really ready to let this go? She thought long and hard and looked down the balcony to see people gathering around Beck. "Yes," she whispered.

"What was that?" Danny grabbed her hands and looked at her. She looked in his eyes and slowly pulled her hands away.

"No, Danny, I broke up with you," she began walking away.

"Tori, get back here," he called treating her like garbage.

"No, I'm free," she said running down the stairs and past the crowd that was forming around beck. Everything was moving too quickly for she had missed what Beck was even saying about her.