For those who have read Gotta Get Thru This: This chapter takes place after Chapter 14 of that story. Overall, this story explores the Bori side of things after the Bade breakup.

For those who haven't read Gotta Get Thru This: This story will contain some mentions of events that occurred in Gotta Get Thru This, but most of it should be easy to understand without confusion.

Enjoy.

Chapter One: Just Calling Cause I Care

It was almost midnight.

Tori Vega had just got off the phone with Andre Harris and was planning on spending the next hour watching reality TV in the den.

It wasn't even the exciting, scandalous kind of reality TV, but the why do they even have a show type.

After sitting through ten minutes of Hardcore Accounting, Tori began thinking about what had happened earlier that night.

It was pretty hard to forget such a thing.

Earlier that night, Tori witnessed Jade West and Beck Oliver breaking up.

It was quite an argument, which ended with Jade walking out.

Beck, however, stayed behind and played cards with the rest of the gang.

I guess he was just trying to get his mind off of Jade.

But it was obvious that it wasn't working.

Tori couldn't help but worry about Beck for the rest of the night.

He was always such a good friend to her and to see him like that…

It just made her feel awful.

Maybe I should call him or something… Just to see if he's alright.

But as she looked at her faulty PearPhone GX, she thought against it.

Had a hard enough time talking to Andre on it. Really don't feel like being nearly electrocuted again.

Tori then remembered that she could just call him on her house phone.

Funny how in this age of cell phones, some people forget that they still have landline house phones.

After dialing Beck's number on the phone, Tori waited anxiously for a response.

Hmm, maybe he's sleeping or doesn't want to be bother-

"Hello?" asked the voice on the other end.

"Beck?"

"This is he. Who is this?"

"It's Tori."

"Oh, hey. What's up?"

Tori didn't know whether or not she had just woken him up or not.

He sounded so groggy.

"Umm, I was just calling to see if you were alright." replied Tori, trying to find the right words, "I didn't wake you up, did I? Cause if I did I can talk later."

"No, it's alright… I wasn't in the mood to sleep anyway."

"Oh, okay." said Tori, once again trying to find something to say, "How are you feeling? You know… about…"

"To be honest, I really don't know." Beck answered, sounding more awake than before, "But at least this headache of mine is gone."

Tori didn't know whether he was referring to Jade as the headache or an actual headache.

"I've been having this massive one all day and Jade definitely wasn't making it any better with her yelling." he continued, "I just couldn't take it anymore. It was just too much."

Guess that answers that.

"So is that why you didn't open the door?"

Beck was silent for a moment and then answered.

"…Yeah…"

Tori could tell that Beck had a bit of uncertainty in his voice.

"You sure? You don't sound too certain."

"Yeah… I'm absolutely sure. If she didn't want to sit down and actually try to fix our problems, then who am I to make her? I'm done trying to reason with her."

Hearing Beck say this, shocked Tori.

It's just that she never expected Beck to actually admit that he was done with trying to fix things with Jade.

"So that's it then? Jade is completely off of your mind?"

"Tori… Jade isn't the kind of girl that you can just forgotten. She leaves a lasting impression, but… as of now, I just have to try to move on."

Tori was quite impressed with how well Beck was taking the breakup. She half expected him to show some of the sadness that he had earlier, but he didn't.

Then again, this was Beck we're talking about.

Cool. Calm. Collected.

It was one of the many things that she had like about him.

But only as a friend… only as a friend…

"Can we please talk about something else?" asked Beck, eager to move on from this discussion.

"Uhh, sure…" started Tori, still watching TV, "Have you ever looked at this show called The Real Groundskeepers of Kentucky?"

"No, I heard about it. Is it any good?"

After insisting that Beck watch the show along with her over the phone, the two spent well over two hours laughing and criticizing the show.

"This is so stupid! They're actually arguing over who gets to cut the mayor's 20 acre yard." laughed Beck, watching the show in his RV, "Although, I would put my money on Jimmy to get the job."

"Jimmy? Please! Randy is better qualified for a huge job like that. The only reason why Jimmy thinks he can do it is because he has that high performance lawnmower." Tori replied, taking a sip of her soda while lying back on the den's sofa.

"You cannot sit there and tell me that experience is better than performance. Plus, Randy is just jealous of Jimmy because he's dating his gold digging ex-wife."

"You leave Suzanne out of this, she did nothing to deserve your hate."

Tori and Beck laughed at this. They never knew they would have so much fun watching such a terrible show.

Tori also thought that it was good to hear Beck laughing.

As long as it keeps his mind off of Jade, then its all good.

Once the reality show ended and the infomercials began, Tori and Beck found themselves talking about random things.

Random talk just until either one of them fell asleep.

Topics ranged from football, to how do birds fly, to saving on life insurance.

The topics were pretty random until Beck asked Tori something that caught her completely off guard.

"Tori, can I ask you a question?"

"You already did." Tori joked.

"Haha, very funny. Can I ask you two questions, then?"

"Sure."

"Why haven't you and Andre consider dating each other?"

Tori was completely stunned when she heard this.

W-w-why is he asking me this? Does he knows something that I don't'?

Not wanting to jump to conclusions, she decided to try and play it off.

"What do you mean?"

"It's just that… the two of you would make a really cute couple." explained Beck, turning off his TV, "You both have a lot of things in common; plus, there's so much chemistry between you two, especially when you guys sing together."

Wow... even Beck saw the possibility of something more happening between Tori and Andre.

Tori was delighted to hear this, but that elated feeling soon vanished when she remembered who Andre really wanted to be with.

*scoffs* If Beck could see that the two of us would make a great couple, then why can't Andre? *sighs* Why can't he just leave Jade alone?

"Tori? Did you hear me?" asked Beck, wondering why she wasn't talking.

Snapping out of her daze, Tori answered, "Yeah, I hear you… but as much as I wish that Andre and I were together… he has his eyes on someone else."

"Really? Who? Do I know them?"

Tori really wanted to yell 'Jade! It's freakin' Jade!', but she knew how Andre felt about Beck finding out that he had a crush on his now ex-girlfriend.

Especially since in the past couple of months it went from a simple crush, to an infatuation, to straight up love!

Andre even went as far as to tell Jade that he had a crush on her.

She didn't kill him. If that's what you're thinking.

She actually told Andre that she too, had a crush on him.

Which further complicated things.

So Tori just decided to lie and say, "I don't think you do. She goes to another school."

"Well, what's her name?"

Immediately, Tori began rattling her brain for a name to use instead of "Jade".

Think! Think! Think! Jade… no, not Jade… why is every existing female name except "Jade" wiped from my mind?!… Jade… Bade… Cade… Kade… Wade… Sade… that's it! Sade! No, wait… Sadie… perfect.

"Her name's Sadie."

"That's a cute name. He really likes this girl?"

With a really heavy sigh, Tori replied, "He's head over heels."

"How do you feel about that?"

Beck could barely make out what sounded like Tori crying softly over the phone.

"Look, if you don't want to talk anymore about this than I understand." he quickly explained, trying to comfort her, "I was just curious. I didn't mean to upset you or anything."

Tori wiped away her tears and said, "It's okay, it feels nice to have someone to talk about this with."

"You sure?"

"I'm positive."

Beck listened attentively to Tori describe how for the past couple of months, Andre has been deeply in love with "Sadie".

Tori explained that although Andre knew that "Sadie" was already dating someone, he just couldn't stop thinking about her.

He wasn't cheating with her or anything like that... Andre just couldn't get that girl off of his mind.

"What's wrong with Sadie anyway?" Beck questioned curiously, "Besides the fact that she was already dating someone."

"What do you mean?" asked Tori, turning off the TV.

"Well, from the way that you've been saying that you wish that Andre wouldn't mess with her, something has to be wrong with her."

There were over 1001 things wrong with "Sadie".

"She rude, stubborn, sinister, sneaky… (a minute later) Has no respect for other people, manipulative, spiteful... (another minute later) She's just… ugh!" Tori explained, describing "Sadie" with disgust.

"Ha ha, she sounds a little like Jade." chuckled Beck.

If only he knew.

"Sadie is just as bad as Jade… but what really gets me is that even though Andre knows all of this… he still wants to be with her." sighed Tori, sounding a little choked up.

"You really like him, don't you?"

She couldn't deny it. She was in love with that boy.

"Yeah, I really do; but everyday that I see him, I'm reminded that it'll never be." she continued, getting off of the sofa and heading back to her room.

"Don't say that. You never know what Andre might do. One day, he might wake up and say 'Sadie isn't the right girl for me, it was Tori all along!'" Beck said, trying to cheer his friend up, "If Sadie is really as you've described her, then I seriously don't see why Andre is going after her instead of you."

"You really think so?" asked Tori, entering her room and lying down on her bed.

"Absolutely! Cause you're a very unique girl, Tori. You're really cute, funny, smart, seriously talented, and you have some of the most adorable cheekbones that anyone has ever seen."

Tori could feel herself blushing slightly.

"Aww! Thanks." she smiled, "I guess you're right."

"No, I am right." continued Beck, getting up from his bed, "Any guy would be lucky to date you. Hopefully, Andre will wise up and leave Sadie alone. He'd be a fool not to."

Hearing this made Tori feel, well… pretty damn good!

She needed to hear something like this and was glad to have someone like Beck to confide in.

Although, Tori originally planned to be the one consoling Beck about his breakup, she was glad that the roles were reversed.

"You know, I didn't expect for you to be the one to cheer me up." she admitted, "I thought I would be doing that for you."

"Well, life's got a way of surprising you." said Beck, pacing casually in his RV, "Maybe you were meant to call me and maybe I was meant to not feel like sleeping. Everything's got a reason for happening."

"Maybe." pondered Tori, as the house phone started beeping, "Ugh, I wish I could keep talking with you, but the battery on this phone is dying."

"Oh, it's okay. I really enjoyed our talk." said Beck, feeling a little disappointed, "I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Okay, bye."

"Bye."

After hanging up, Beck flipped through the pictures on his phone until he stopped on a photo of him and Jade standing in front of a fountain.

It was a picture that he took at the mall almost two years ago.

While Beck was smiling, Jade looked agitated.

He remembered that day very well. Jade was pissed off because he kissed Tori during the Alphabet Game.

He sighed heavily at this memory.

Sometimes her jealously just took a toll on things.

Walking over to his bed and sitting down, he flipped through some more pictures until he came across a photo of him and Tori.

Both of them were smiling and wearing the same dress.

Yeah, I said dress.

It was after Beck had swapped places with Tori in order to do her stunt for her.

He chuckled at the thought of that day.

It didn't matter that he had to wear a dress and wig (even though it did feel quite breezy and freeing), he did it because he cared for Tori.

Hmm. he thought, looking at Tori's pretty smile.

Was he actually developing feelings for her?

He couldn't say for sure.

After all, he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

So maybe it was just his mind trying to find someone else to focus on.

Either that or maybe he was starting to realize that he just might like Tori… more than as a friend.

I need to get some sleep. he thought, turning off his phone and getting under the covers.

As he laid there he thought, I need to move on from Jade. It's over between us.

He turned over to face the window and closed his eyes.

Maybe something could happen with me and Tori. But it's too soon to think about this.

I'll just have to wait and see.