prologue:
Tori vega's mother and step-father used to travel a lot and were living in Tennessee. Her step-father was going on tour with his band .so when tori wanted to start high school, she decided to move to LA with her father and start school at Hollywood arts.
Tori's P.O.V
I was sitting at the airport in LA waiting for my dad to arrive. I caught a flash of Chocolate-brown hair and smiled. It was my dad. He waved at me and yelled, "Tori!" I ran straight to him and hugged him tightly.
"Hey, Dad., wanna get going?" I asked. He nodded and helped me with my bags. The ride there was pretty silent until my dad decided to break the silence.
"I noticed that your hair got pretty long," He said. I smiled at him and played with my hair a bit.
"Yeah. Mom said that I should try growing it over the summer… so I agreed," I said. He smiled.
"How's your mom?" He asked. I shrugged and smiled weakly.
He smiled and pulled into a driveway of a small, but beautiful two-story house. "This is nice," I commented.
"Well, I guess that's what being the chief of police does for you," He said. I smiled and walked out of the car. We took my bags out of the car. We carried my bags to my new room and I smiled. It was Mint Green, My favorite color.
"You remembered," I said. He kissed the top of my head.
"Anything for my little girl," He said. I smiled a bit.
"Dad, I'm not exactly little anymore," I said. He smiled.
"I know. But I'm afraid of losing you." He said. I smiled and kissed his cheek.
"You won't. I should probably get some sleep. It's late and I don't want to wake up late for my first day tomorrow," I said. We exchanged good-nights and I changed then jumped into bed.
I woke up extra early… well, not exactly. It was 7:00 and school started in 30 minutes. I jumped out of bed and showered. I dressed in some casual blue denim jeans and a casual light blue graphic tee with the words, 'I'm New And Hot!' written on it. I grabbed my iPod and put on my favorite blue sneakers and ran downstairs where my dad was waiting for me. "What took you so long?" He asked. I smiled.
"Hey, it takes most girls 2 hours to get ready, I only took 20 minutes!" I replied. He smiled and shook his head. I followed him to his police cruiser, jumped in and we drove off to my newest school, Hollywood Arts
My dad parked on the other side of the school. "Bye, Dad," I said. He waved to me and I kissed him on the cheek and ran into the school. I was walking in the halls when someone stopped in front of me. I looked up and saw a tall, blonde boy smiling at me.
"Hi. I'm assuming you're new. I'm Ryan, the head and eyes of this school. I help everyone around on their first day," He said. I smiled and shook his willing hand.
"I'm Tori Vega." I said. Mitchell smiled at me.
"Right. Your first class, Tori?" He asked. I smiled.
"Phys Ed," I replied. He smirked.
"That's mine too! Let's go!" He dragged me off to our first class.
During gym, we were playing volleyball, which I tried talking the coach out of making me do. I heard someone yell "heads up!" and then two volleyballs flew at me at the exact same time.
I blocked my head just in time for time for the volleyballs to miss hitting my head. Two people ran over to me. "Sorry!" They said. I looked and saw a brunette and blonde. I smiled.
"No problem," I said. They both smiled.
"You're the new girl… Tori?" The girl said. I nodded.
"Ya, I just moved here yesterday" I said. The boy smirked.
"I thought people from Tennessee were supposed to have an accent," He said. I smiled sheepishly.
"Maybe that's why my mom and step-dad didn't want me," I said jokingly. They laughed.
"You're pretty funny, Tori. I'm Sean and this is Emily," The boy said. I smiled.
"Thanks and nice to meet you," I said. Emily pulled me back to the volleyball match.
At lunch, Emily and Ryan dragged me off to a table. We sat down and started a casual talk when another girl sat at the table. "Hey! Tori this is Kayla," Emily said. I waved.
"Hey. What's my new girl up to?" Ryan said as he sat beside me. I smiled then Sean ran up to me.
"You mean my girl," He said. He kissed my cheek and pulled Ryan's chair from underneath him, making Ryan run after him.
"Looks like you're the new eye-candy," Kayla said. Emily nodded in agreement. I smiled then looked to the windows of the lunchroom. I pointed to the window in the lunchroom.
"Who are they?" I asked. Emily and Kayla looked in the direction I was pointing.
"Those are the Oliver kids. Only 2 of them are actually related, And some are dating each other." The first two walked in holding hands.
"Who are they?" I asked. Emily pointed to the first couple.
"That's Nate and Jade. Nate is very loud and misfit and Jade is moody and mean like her brother. They're totally weird though… like if they're hiding something." Another coupled walked in and as if Jenny was reading my mind she said, "Those are Robbie and Cat. Robbie is the pasty one that looks like he's constipating and Cat is extremely weird… she's always happy," Emily said. I saw one last guy walked in.
"Who's that?" I asked as a really hot guy with midnight black hair and a hard look one his face walked in.
"That's Beck Oliver, The single one. Don't go getting any thoughts because he won't date anyone… apparently every girl in school isn't good enough for him" Kayla said. I nodded and saw him smirk and sit at the same table as he 'family'. Somehow, he noticed me staring and looked at me. I quickly looked away and he went back to listening to his family.
I got a drive home from my newest friend, and the football jock, Andre Harris. When I walked into my house and saw my dad by the stove. "Whatcha making, Pops?" I asked. He turned and smiled at me.
"Only my daughters' favorite," He said. I smiled and jumped up and down.
"Spaghetti and meatballs?" He nodded. "Gosh! I love you so much! Anything you want to surprise me with before I wash up for dinner?" I asked as I hugged him. He nodded.
"Just make sure you're ready… it's for after dinner though," He said. I pouted but ran upstairs.
Just as my dad said, he kept his word. I walked downstairs and he called me out. "Yeah, Dad? Where's the sup-" I saw two familiar faces and ran to tackle them with a hug.
"Wow, there Tori. Your strength has certainly grown," The youngest one said. I slapped his arm.
"Shut-up, Mason! Can't believe my first piece of family is here to visit me!" I said. I smiled and hugged my paralyzed uncle. "Hey Uncle Jack," I said. He hugged me back.
"Well we heard our little Tori was moving here and brought you a gift," He said. Jason put his hands over my eyes and guided me to the garage.
"What's-" My eyes widened. There was a Silvery-Green Convertible sitting in my garage. "No way! Thanks!" I hugged my family. We spent the rest of evening laughing and talking until they left. I kissed my dad good-night and ran to my bedroom. That night, I dreamt about nothing but the face of Beck
Oliver.
The next day, I drove my new car to school. I jumped out and walked over to my friends. "Nice car, Tori," They complemented. I nodded and thanked them all, heading off to my morning classes.
It was officially time for my first time in science class, so I walked in with Emily. She introduced me to the teacher, who handed me a textbook and told me to sit next to… Beck Oliver. I walked over and sat down. As soon as my butt hit the chair, Beck took a deep breath and looked away from me, covering his nose. I smelled my t-shirt and hair and found nothing wrong. The rest of class went on like this until the last few seconds when Beck stood up and started walking. Class-
Beck was only one thing on my mind, and that was how he knew the bell was going to ring.
I walked into the office to talk to the principal about my classes, when I overheard Jack talking to the secretary. "Can't I just change classes?" He demanded. The woman frowned.
"No, Oliver. We've been over this three times this year!" She yelled at him. Jack looked back at me and hit the desk. He glared at me then the teacher.
"I guess I'll have to endure it." He walked out. I looked at door and walked through it too.
I was in the parking lot, leaning against my car, listening to my music, when I noticed a car driving out of place. I braced myself for the impact to crush me, but it never came. I looked up and saw Beck, his hand pressed up against the Ford that almost crushed me. He looked at me, before jumping over my car. I looked over to the Oliver family, which was giving weird looks, as they jumped into their cars and drove off quickly. "I'm so sorry, Tori. I wasn't watching where I was going," Sean said poking his head out the window. I noticed that a whole crowd of people were surrounding me, dialing 911 and asking if I was okay. I just nodded.
At the hospital, my father was distracted talking to Sean about his driving and license. The doctor walked over to me. He smiled at me. "Am I alright, Doctor…?" I trailed off looking for a name. He laughed a little.
"Ross Oliver." I looked a bit shocked. This was Beck's dad. "Nothing's wrong with you, but you have a little bump that I want you to ice when you get home," He said. "You're lucky that someone saved you just in time." With that he walked out. My father came to check up on me. I nodded at everything he said and told him I needed to use the bathroom.
On my way to the bathroom, I overheard Doctor Oliver's voice, along with Jade's and Beck's. "This can make our secret come out!" Jade yelled, although it sounded like a whisper to me.
"What was I supposed to do? Watch her die?" Beck said. Jade huffed.
"No! But you couldn't just have pushed her out of the way?" Jade asked. Beck snickered.
"Jade's got a-" I shuffled a bit and they turned their heads to me. I blinked.
"Can I talk to you for a second?" I asked Beck. He nodded and walked over to me.
"What?" He asked. I shrugged.
"How did you do it?" I asked. He smirked.
"Do what?" He replied. I wanted to slap that smirk off his face.
"You know what I'm talking about, Beck. You stopped the car with your hand," I said. He laughed softly.
"Ever heard of being strong?" He said. Now I was pissed.
"Yes. But people-" Beck laughed softly.
"If you have nothing to say or proof that I actually stopped that car, then this was a useless conversation." With that, Beck walked off grabbing Jade's forearm and dragging her off.
I went home in my car, my dad just arriving a minute behind me. I smiled at him. "Going to bed, Dad," I announced. He looked at me and smiled.
"Okay," He said. I ran upstairs, changed for bed and completely wiped out.
At 3 in the morning, I woke up, sensing a strange presence. I thought that I saw Beck in the corner of my room, but when I rubbed my eyes, he was gone. Great! Now, I'm seeing things! I screamed in my head. I went back to bed… and. Didn't wake up again until 7AM.
The next day, I rushed to science in the afternoon to confront Beck about his problem. But he was a no show. I waited the whole week for him to show up and until Friday. I was picking up an apple when it fell from my grasp. I saw someone hit it with the bottom of their black and green Converse, before catching it. I looked up and saw Beck. "Thanks," I said, taking the apple from his hand.
"I wanted to say sorry for what happened on Monday," He said. I nodded.
"You're forgiven," I said. He smirked at me and walked off, not even saying bye. I sighed and walked over to my friends.
"What did he say?" Kayla demanded. Emily had the same look in her eyes as Kayla. It was an ecstatic look.
"He just apologized and walked away… not even a good-bye from him," I said. They pouted sadly. "Why are you two so sad?" I asked.
"'Cause… you're the first girl he's ever talked to… and got a reply out of him!" Kayla said. I shook my head.
"He must be a jerk then…" I mumbled trailing off. Emily and Kayla smiled.
"Oh… he is."
That was chapter one! Does remind anyone of anything? Anyways! Review!