Hey there people Zakumi122 here! This is the sequel to 'Andre's Friends' Named See You Soon.

Summary: They promised they'd see him soon, they just didnt expect it to be this soon.

Words: 4,761.

Thank you guys so much for the awesome reviews on 'Andre's Friends' hope I did you guys justice with this.

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It was a beautiful day in Hollywood, L.A. Jade, Beck, Cat and Robbie were over at Tori's house for a get together. It had been ten years since the group had graduated from Hollywood Arts high school and nine years since they had lay they're best friend to rest. Now there have been a few changes within the group of talented young adults; Jade and Beck married and have two children, Drake West-Oliver and Cindy West-Oliver. Cat and Robbie had finally gotten together after failed marriages. Tori had met a guy named Damien Grant three years ago and has been married to him for a year, but they already have a little girl named Tracy Grant.

The two children were playing outside in Tori and Damien's backyard, at seven years old Drake was the eldest of the two, he had his father's wavy hair and his mother's blue-green eyes. Cindy was turning five in 2 months; she had her mother's natural dark brown, which made her exotic considering she picked up her father's tanned skin tone and dark brown, near black eyes. Tracy had only turned 2 very recently; even at that age everyone could see she had her mother's perfectly placed cheek bones, with her father's deep blonde hair, she wanted to go out and play but Tori being extra protective of her child refused to let her baby play with the older children, keeping in mind that they were raised by Jade.

The group had been sitting in the living room having some tea and talking about their careers; Beck had gotten a huge movie role in a film which has been said to possibly gain the 'movie of the year' award at the Oscars. Jade is a highly respected script writer and director on Broadway. Cat had gotten a record deal with a high profile label. Robbie was a widely known comedian, famous for his funny songs and self-insulting ventriloquist act. Tori had gotten her dream fulfilled, she was a pop artist her songs were constantly on the number one hit singles on the pop charts and if they weren't they were always high on the top ten list. She had been telling the group about a new artist she was going to be working with in a couple of days, when her husband came in and kissed her right cheek softly making her blush. Damien had been an average guy, he had blonde hair, a slim build and dark brown eyes, nothing about him screamed interesting, but he had stolen the biggest pop artist's heart by simply being himself which was more than enough for Tori. She finally found love and appreciated it with all her soul.

"What you guys talking about?" the blonde haired man asked his wife.

"Oh, about the new guy I'm singing that duet with, remember I told you?" she replied in a playful cheeky tone. He mouthed the word 'Oh yeah' nodding slightly which earned a chuckle and kiss from Tori. When she pulled away he stood up and made his way to the doorway, "Where are you going?" she asked slightly disappointed.

"Babe, I wish I could stay but I've gotta finish this design for Gary, love you." He replied walking out. Damien was a graphic and web designer who worked for one of the biggest video game companies in the country.

Drake and Cindy had come back into the house laughing and sitting on the floor next to their parents, "Hey Aunty T, you've got an awesome trampoline out there." Drake said panting from all of the activities him and his sister had just finished. With a slight chuckle Tori acknowledged the complement and told them to go get themselves some juice from the kitchen, the two children walked through the house and into the kitchen for what their aunt had suggested.

Back in the living room Jade was telling them all about how they must be at her house in two days, with their cars. Everyone caught on except for one bubbly red-head, "Why?" she simply asked. Robbie then went in and whispered in her, the rest of the group could see the expressions in Cat's eyes as she finally comprehended the reason. "Oh…yeah, Robbie and I will definitely be there." She replied with a deadpan expression, but nobody caught blame her for trying to not show any emotion, they all did it, although Beck did it best.

Time flew as the group spoke about their different experiences, "Hey I'm going to the kitchen, you guys want anything?" Tori asked as she stood up, they replied with a harmonised cookies and milk, it wasn't planned but they definitely enjoyed doing it. "Need any help?" Jade asked. "Yeah sure." The brunette answered with a smile. A lot had definitely happened since that faithful day, but probably the most shocking thing was the new-found friendship between Jade and Tori, which no one minded at all, but it sort of happened out of the blue.

Drake and his sister had been sitting in the room with the adults listening to their conversations, "Hey daddy?" started little Cindy looking up at her father with her eyes which always seemed to get her anything she wanted. "Yes princess?" The next line shocked everyone, as Cat stood up claiming she needed the bathroom, but it was very clear she had unwanted tears forming. "Um, where'd you hear that name, sweety?" Beck asked still curious about question his daughter had asked, even Drake's eyes gave away his curiousness to the answer Cindy wanted.

In the kitchen Tori and Jade laughed and spoke about the amount of times they had done things to each other in school, mostly Jade spoke as Tori cringed at the painful memories. Walking back into living they found Cat was missing, "Where'd Cat go?" Jade asked in a slightly irritated tone. "The bathroom." the answer she received from Robbie who didn't even bother looking at her. Tori could sense the tension in the room, "What's going on?" she questioned. "Cindy, tell mommy what you just told me." Beck said looking down at his feet. "Well…" the little girl began, "Two weeks ago, I went into you and daddy's room to ask you something Drake said, but then I heard you talking to someone, his name was André or something, so I was just wondering who he is." Jade froze in her place she couldn't believe what her daughter had just said. Looking at everyone she knew they wanted answers, but how do you explain talking to your dead friend without sounding crazy? She saw the looks on their faces getting annoyed so she simply said, "I was praying." "But who is he?" Drake finally said tired of holding back the question. Sighing Beck answered their question, "He's your godfather, well he would've been." Both children looked confused at this statement so Robbie continued with the explanation, "André was our best friend back in high school, he was funny, caring and a very talented musician." "Even better than you, Uncle Rob?" interrupted Drake, "Much better than me, he could play the guitar, piano, the French horn and many, many more instruments." Finished Robbie. The children looked down the same way their mother did when she thought of something. "So what happened? Did he stop being your friend? Are we going to meet him soon?" asked Cindy in an innocent tone. Tori's eyes widened at the question realising that none of their children would ever meet André Harris. Cindy looked around at each adult waiting for them to answer her question, "Of course not sweet heart…" Cat's voice called from the door way, "we're all still very good friends, it's just André got a job playing music and singing with the angles." She finished with a smile. Drake being the elder of the two children understood what Cat had meant by that but his sister was still oblivious to death, she smiled and stated that he had the coolest job ever. This caused all the adults to smile knowing that even though she had not known what they had meant, she still did pose a good point. André definitely had the coolest job ever.

The fieldtrip

It had been a windy and sulky Friday morning when Tori had finally arrived at the West-Oliver residence. Jade had refused to give up her last name claiming that she had worked too hard to make it known and feared and she wasn't just going to throw it away, so Beck offered they hyphenate their names which Jade happily agreed to.

"Vega's here!" Jade exclaimed slightly annoyed, even though legally Tori was now Tori Grant, Jade explained that she'd always be a Vega to her. "You're late!" Jade yelled at the brunette when she entered the household, Beck and the raven haired woman had given all of their friend's spare keys, in case of emergencies.

"I'm sorry." Tori replied, "Tracy was being a handful today it took us a while to get her stay at her day care centre." She explained. "Don't care." Jade simply said, "Now come on, let's go before it starts raining." With all delays aside everyone grabbed an umbrella and rain jacket and made their way out the house towards their cars, Jade and Beck rode together, Cat and Robbie carpooled and Tori followed closely behind in her own motor vehicle.

After a thirty minute drive they had arrived to their destination, they pulled into the parking spaces and found that they were the only ones there. Their fieldtrip wasn't to the park, the movie set or the recording booth they had gone to a place they went to every year on the exact same day, the coldest wettest day of the year, 'André's tears' as the group called it. As they started etching forward, Robbie couldn't help looking up at the dark cement arch they walked under and every year said the words which had been carved into the nearly black arch, "Local Cemetery." He breathed quietly; he suddenly felt a warm hand grab his as he looked to see Cat holding him with a sincere smile, he knew she heard him and gave her a sad smile in return then re-joined the gang who had now pulled ahead. They were walking through head stones trying their best to not read the deceased names. Tori's mind had gone back to the first time she had met André, if he hadn't helped Trina that faithful day, or if he hadn't forced her to sing in the big showcase, or convinced her to stay to stay at H.A after Jade had embarrassed her in front of the entire class, she probably wouldn't be where she is today. Tori's thoughts were interrupted by Beck's back she had walked into, upon further investigation she found why he had stopped; he had been looking at the head stone they all came to visit. Tori felt a tear roll down her cheek as she read the writing on their friend's tombstone;

'Here lies André J. Harris.

Beloved friend, son and brother.

He shall be terribly missed.'

"Hey there buddy" Beck started, "It's been kinda lonely without you, bro. Listen André you are and forever will be my best friend, no one has that title man, you are the only best friend I'll ever have. Love ya bro, missing you like mad, bro." He finished and moved to one side allowing Cat to step through.

"Hey André, um, i-it's Cat here, um Lil Red. I-I r-really miss you A-André, I just wish you c-could back. Oh um, Ro-Robbie and I are finally a couple, remember you t-told me. 'We don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.' Well mine's arrived and I can only thank you for this. *sniff* I-I- Love you André I wish we could see you again." The small red haired girl finished fighting back the tears with all of her strength, that's when Beck opened his arms to her and she ran into him crying into his chest. Beck always saw Cat as his little sister and hated seeing her upset, he realised his brotherly attachment to her when her first marriage ended badly and he was there for her since her real brother abandoned their family and move to Cuba.

Robbie knelt down in front of the tombstone, "André I'm so sorry I was being a jerk to you. You know I remember when those slingshot kids ruined your pearpad 2 and we made a deal to get the pearpad 3 with the slightly bett-" he cut himself off with a chuckle, "I'm sorry, I forgot how much you hated when I mentioned that. Well and we had to spend the entire day and night on the school rooftop until Joe the janitor found us. I really miss you buddy." Robbie then stood up and smiled at the sky, "We will see each other again my friend."

Robbie moved over to one side as Jade took his place at the foot of their friend's grave, "Yo, André how you doing? You better be doing well. Oh Beck forgot to mention, Drake and Cindy asked about you last week Saturday while at Tori's place, don't worry we only told them what they needed to know. *sigh* I miss you Dré." Jade moved so Tori could have her turn.

"André, you were, are and always will be best friend, it's because of you that I am where I am today, you wer- are my northern star, showing me where my destiny lies. You are the person in my life that 'Makes it shine'. I love you, André. I really miss you. I just wish I could see you, just one last time. But until we do meet again, whether in the afterlife in the next life know that you will always be my guardian angel."

Just as Tori finished, the clouds started releasing their rainwater onto the earth and onto the gang, as Jade looked up at the sky and started singing André's favourite song;

'I set out on a narrow way many years ago.

Hoping I would find true love, along the broken road,'

Jade looked to Cat who continued with the song;

'But I've gotten lost a time or two,

Wipe my brow and kept pushing through.

I couldn't see how every sign.

Pointed straight to you.

Tori harmonised and joined Cat in singing the chorus.

Every long lost road, lead me to where you are,

Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars

Pointing me on my way, into my lover's arms.

This much I know it true, that God bless the broken road,

That led me straight to you.'

By the end of the song the entire group had sang each lyric at the top of their lungs as the rain continued to pour warm and soothingly, which Tori, Jade and the others knew meant André was very happy with their performance.

They started walking back to their cars when they all suddenly noticed that the rain had stopped, and the brightest rainbow they had ever seen shining right above their heads. They knew this was a sign for good things to happen very soon.

Recording Day!

Tori had woken up early for some or other reason she just couldn't understand it, Tori was awake at 3am in the freaking morning, she laid her head back on the pillow and closed her eyes and tried to force herself to sleep but to no avail. Sighing, she sat up in her bed carefully not trying to wake Damien from his slumber. So she reached over to the night stand and got her laptop, switching it on and logging into a chat she noticed that Cat, Robbie and Jade were also all online. She sent a mass text to everyone;

Tori: Why you guys up so early?

Jade: Couldn't sleep.

Cat: Me neither.

Robbie: Same here.

Tori: I know right, I just feel like something's off, that something's not right.

Jade: Yeah I know what you mean; it's as if someone's making us aware of something.

Cat: Hey Jade, where's Beck? He isn't online.

Jade: Yeah, he's downstairs in the garage working on his car, he said it'll help take his mind off things.

Robbie: that makes sense. Tori aren't you supposed to be recording a song with some new artist in like 2 hours?

Tori looked over at her bed side table and noticed that Robbie was right, it was already 4 am, and she had to start getting ready in an hour. But she couldn't, her mind refused to allow her body to rest. So instead she said her goodbyes, slowly climbed out of bed and made her way down to her work room. Upon entering she found everything exactly where she had left them; the table. All of her music notes and doodled lyrics were spread out in a very untidy manner. She looked up at the shelf that was placed behind the wooden table, it had pictures of everyone, a few of the entire gang all together on their last day at Hollywood Arts high school, a couple pictures of Beck and Jade's wedding, there were also a few of pictures of Drake and Cindy. There were also some of Cat and Robbie and a few more of Damien, Tracy and even Trina, who was God, knows where. Trina had disappeared but still found the time to send her family letters claiming she was alright and had a 'mission' she had to finish. Everyone was a little worried but the letters reassured them and gave them some, peace of mind. But one picture which had Tori's attention was the one of André and her, after Tori's performance at the big showcase. Looking at the picture she smiled; André had his arm around her shoulder as they both smiled at the camera Lane, the H.A guidance counsellor had taken out. Tori had forgotten how the loss of the dark skinned musician had affected everyone who knew him and not just the group of friends; Sikowitz had been quite saddened by the news and drank more coconut milk because he claimed he could see visions of André. Lane had been affected as well but kept a clenched jaw so he could always be there for everybody. She stood looking at the picture for what felt like an eternity as she turned to see the clock wall reminding her that she had to get ready.

So after showering, eating and writing a note to her husband asking him to drop off Tracy at the day care, Tori got into her car and headed for the recording studio she was scheduled to be at. When she arrived and entered the building she was greeted by her manger, "Tori! I'm so stoked you agreed to this. This artist is amazing and he'll be a big star one day with your help." The manager finished. Tori gave an excited smile as she made her way up to the studio they'll be working in. Her manager opened the door for her to find the mystery duet partner inside.

"Ah right his here." Tori's manager whispered.

Tori couldn't help but notice that this man in the room had the exact same dreads André had and that he had the exact same muscle structure as him. That's when the mystery man turned around, Tori's world stopped as he smiled at her, with He's smile. Could it be? Was it, really him? Had God given him a second chance at life?

"A- André?" the name hurt her throat, she knew it couldn't be true, she had to be dreaming, she just had to. "I-is that really you?" The man made his way over to her looking slightly confused, but then flashed his signature smile which always managed to calm the half Latina girl down. "Nah, I'm sorry I think you got me confused with someone else, my name's Leon, Leon Thomas the third. It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Vega; you're like my favourite artist in the business today." He finished with the exact same smooth Jazz toned voice her best friend had. Tori just simply stared as her manners finally snapped her back, "I'm sorry, you just look so much like my best friend." She finished. Leon smiled then nodded his head, "It happens a lot nowadays. Everyone looks like somebody, for example you look almost exactly the same as Shelby Marx." He said examining the girl closely. Tori smiled at him while fighting back the temptation of running into his arms and telling him how she had missed him so much. She gestured to the sound booth as he simply said, "No, no, no after you white girl." "I'm half Latina." She replied with a smile, knowing exactly what he was going to say next, "Well then after you, muchacha!" he counted with a grin. Tori couldn't help but laugh as she made her way into the booth, with Leon following behind.

After a gruelling 4 hours in the booth, they had finished. As Leon started making his way out the building he heard someone call to him, "Andr- I mean Leon! Wait up!" he turned to see Miss Tori Vega running down the hall towards him. "Hey!" she said, cursing herself for coming up with a better funnier greeting, "Hey, what's up?" he replied smiling. Tori looked down not sure on how to ask him but she had to, she just had to, "Want to come over and meet my family and my friends?" she asked a little too quickly, "Sure that sounds like fun. Lead the way." He said again smiling at her. Tori smiled back as she started walking to her car and Leon walked to his, once getting in Tori sent a mass text to the rest of the group;

'My place, now! No questions, just be there in 10 mins!'

Tori then drove to her house with Leon in the car behind hers. After a 15 minute drive Tori pulled up to the driveway of her home. She got out and noticed Leon pull up not 1 minute later as he shut off the engine and got out of his car. They started making their way to the door as Tori prayed they'd all be inside waiting. She put the key in and turned the handle, upon entering she saw; Beck, Jade, Cat, Robbie, Damien and even Drake and Cindy all waiting for the explanation to her sudden text.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet my duet partner for my new song," she started.

"Really? You called us here for that?" Jade interrupted which earned her a 'be nice' glare from Beck. "As I was saying, my new duet partner, Leon Thomas the third." Tori moved aside so Leon could walk in, every mouth in the room dropped as they stared at the dark man, the resemblance was unbelievable; it was him, it was André, they couldn't deny it, but he died, so how? How is he standing in front of them right now?

Leon noticed the shocked looks on the group of people ahead of him, "Um, hi?" he said awkwardly. He noticed the girl with black hair walking towards him staring at him as if he were some kind of ghost or illusion. She cautiously held his face in her hands and looked into his dark eyes, a sad expression briefly flashed across her face but just as fast as it appeared it disappeared and was replaced with a smile. She backed away from him and extended her arm, "Hey I'm Jade. Don't get used to my kindness." She said with a sly smile. Leon shuddered at her icy tone but accepted her handshake, with a smile. He then turned to look at the others who also smiled at him and proceeded to introduce themselves.

"Hey there," Beck started, "I'm Beck, it's awesome to meet you. Hey you like Nascar?" he tested.

"Well I haven't really seen it but I'll anything once." Leon responded which earned a happy smile from Beck who nodded and moved for Robbie to introduce himself.

"Robbie's the name" he said shaking Leon's hand, "Nice to meet you." He finished.

Then out of nowhere a tiny red haired girl pulled Leon into a huge bear hug, "Sorry, I'm a hugger!" she said in her cheery high pitched tone which no one had heard her use in many years, "I'm Cat!" she giggled. Leon smiled while looking at her with a thoughtful expression, "Mind if I call you Lil' Red?" he asked happily. Cat beamed at him, nobody had called her that name in over nine years. "Not at all, Lil' Red is a perfect nickname." She stated with a tear in her eye.

Jade walked over to Leon also having a small tear forming in her eye as she pushed Drake and Cindy towards him. "These are Beck and mine's kids, Drake West-Oliver and Cindy West-Oliver. I'm so happy you can get to meet them in person." She finished, the statement earned a confused look on Leon's face he was completely lost in all of this, but somewhere deep within him couldn't help but feel as if he had a duty to protect these two kids from any harm, what was this feeling? He didn't know them; he didn't know any of them. But he still felt as if they'll play a huge role in his life. In the 30 minutes he's known them he would take a bullet for any of them at any given moment.

Tori's voice which had been quiet for a while finally made itself known. "Wait! Don't forget little Tracy Grant." She walked over and put her little girl with the elder ones as they stared at their parents in confusion, "Wait Tori, you're married?" Leon asked. Tori smiled at him, "Yeah, he's right here." She motioned for Damien to come forward. The blonde man smiled at Leon and shook his hand offering his friendship. Leon smiled back at the man and shook his hand back, once again the feeling came back, he started having this urge to warn this man he didn't even know, to not hurt the girl he'd just met no more than 5 hours ago. He had to admit Tori was cute, but he could only see her as a sister but he shook off the feeling and turned back to the children who all looked quite confused.

Jade knelt down and told them to all huddle around her so she could tell them a secret, the children agreed and turned their backs to the visitor who felt a little weird about the situation, he could see every now and again the children would sneak a peek at him then back at Jade. When she had finally stood up the children all ran to Leon and embraced him in a huge group hug. Kneeling to their level he returned the hug and started to feel tears roll down his cheeks, but he didn't make a move to wipe them away, somewhere deep in his soul, he knew that this was right and that even though they weren't his, Leon would love these children as long as he lived.

The H.A gang and Damien all stood back watching the scene in front of them, "So what do you think?" Tori asked the others.

"Definitely him, I could feel him in there." Jade said.

"I got my nickname back!" Cat said very excitedly.

"I gotta teach him about drag racing again." Beck stated with a slight smile.

"He gets to meet Rex again." Robbie said happily.

"Hey Jade, what did you say to the kids? They seemed to take a liking to Leon really fast." Tori asked curiously.

Jade smiled at the Latina then looked back at the scene in front of them, their kids very happily telling 'Leon' about anything that popped into their brains. She told them the truth; she told them what they had been asking about for the past two weeks and what they had been thinking about for the past four. A tear slowly crept down her pale cheek as she turned to Tori and smiled happily, "I told them that they're godfather came back because he missed them."

She watched the children playing with Le- I mean André as she thought to herself, 'and he came back because we missed him.'

A/N Okay guys the song that was mentioned there is "Rascal Flatts - God bless the broken road" Check it out, totally amazing song! So you guys love it? Hate it? Ending could be better? Let me know and I promise to make my next story to your liking until then,

your friend

Zakumi122.