AN: So this is my first Victorious fanfiction. Ever since I started watching the show, I thought Beck and Tori were sooo cute together. Anyway, this is how I thought Tori and Beck's exchange in his trailer (in the Jade Dumps Beck episode) should have gone. I know it's not incredibly romantic and epic, but I tried to stay true to the characters (they don't know they want to fall in love…yet ;). Anyway, I'd like to continue the story, I'm loving it so far, so we'll see if I can sit down long enough for me to continue.
"So…you're probably wondering why I'm here, like, 'Hey, Tori's here, wuttup with that?'" Tori imitated, smiling her perfect 100watt smile.
"That's how I talk?" Beck asked, laughing at her ridiculousness.
"No, that's just my generic boy voice."
"Ah," he replied, taking a bite of apple. "I like it, do more." It felt good to laugh again. Even though Jade only broke up with him a couple of days ago, he was finding it harder to laugh and be himself without her. Stranger too was that Tori, Cat, and André sat with Jade at lunch…why? Anyway, hearing little Tori-isms definitely brought his mood higher than it had been all week.
"Okay." She smiled brightly. "Um…Hey man, why don't you get back together with Jade, you know what I'm sayin'? Yeah!" Tori moved her arms around, trying to act like a tough guy. Beck deflated a bit. Was that really all she came over here for?
"I should get back together with Jade?" He tested her, sitting up.
"Uh-huh."
"Why?" He asked honestly. The more he thought about Jade and their relationship, the more confusing things became.
"Cause…she's…you know…awesome?" Tori tried to reason.
Beck huffed. "Guess what?" he stood up and walked towards her.
"What?" She asked, sounding uneasy.
"I'm glad Jade and I broke up," he said lightly, throwing his hands up carelessly.
"Why?" she sounded hurt, as if he was talking about her. 'Why'? Why was she taking Jade's side? Beck had always kind of thought…ever since that time she asked him to kiss her…
"Because I can't remember the last time she did one nice thing for me." He reasoned.
"Oh, c'mon. Didn't you just have a birthday? She didn't get you anything?" Well at least she remembered his birthday, and didn't pull something together at the last minute. Tori put her hand on her little hip as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing. Sometimes Tori could be so oblivious.
Beck walked closer to make his point. When he was about a foot away from her, he stopped. He had never really noticed how big and brown her eyes are, they made her seem so innocent and sparkly. Well, he had noticed that one other time, when they played that game in Sickowitz's class…
"She got me a can of lemonade." He said simply.
Tori looked at him incredulously with raised eyebrows. "A can?" Jade certainly was not making this easy.
Beck nodded as if she was finally getting it. Tori shook her head. There was a point she was trying to prove, here.
"Look, you guys have been together for two years, how can you just decide you don't want to be with her anymore?" Tori cried.
"Exactly. We've been together for two years." Beck explained calmly. "And it's taken me two years to realize that Jade's not gonna change."
It's taken you two years to realize that? I only needed twenty minutes. Tori scrunched her eyes and shoved that thought out of her mind. "But still, Beck—"
"Why are you defending her? I thought that…" Beck burst, catching himself at the last phrase.
"You thought that what?" Tori asked nervously.
"I thought that…you hated Jade." Beck finished, sounding relieved. Was that what he originally meant to say? Tori felt her cheeks redden when she thought of what he might have started to say. She could see why he'd suspect she had feelings for him. But she was here for Jade, not romance.
"I don't hate Jade, she hates me. That's why I'm here, to get her to stop hating me—"
"So you didn't come here because you wanted us back together." He interrupted. He stepped closer to Tori. She stepped back, trying not to inhale his cologne – it made it so much harder to be here for Jade with Beck less than a foot away from her face, looking her dead in the eyes with his persuasive dark ones. They were so deep…
"Why do you care why I'm here?" She asked honestly.
"Because I wanna know if you agree with her." Beck stated, raising his eyebrows. She could tell he was determined to get the information out of her. Not without a fight. Here's where Sickowitz's acting classes come in handy.
"Would I be here helping her if I didn't agree with her?"
"I dunno, would you?" He said, stepping closer. Tori didn't move away this time.
"I…of course," Tori murmured, sounding more unsure.
"Tell me what you think, Tori."
"I…" Get a grip, Tori! Jade would never forgive you if you and Beck… "You know what I think, Beck."
"Do I? Be honest with me, Tori." Beck stared straight through her.
Tori opened her mouth but couldn't make any sound come out.
"Tori…" He whispered. Beck closed his eyes and leaned towards her.
"Dude!" Tori pulled away just before his lips could touch hers. "You can't do this, Beck, you love Jade, remember?"
"Jade's not my girlfriend anymore, Tori." Beck said, sounding exasperated, running his hands through his hair. Tori put her hands on her hips and closed her eyes so she wouldn't picture herself running her fingers through his hair.
"But, you guys love each other!" She determined herself to plant her feet on Beck's carpet.
"I love Jade the way I love Cat. I still care about her, I just don't know if we should date anymore." Tori tried furiously to ignore the observation that he didn't include her with how he felt about Cat and Jade.
"Well, Jade still really cares about you." Tori concluded, putting her hands on her hips.
"Maybe I really care about someone else." Beck tucked a strand of Tori's hair behind her ear.
Tori could feel her heartbeat increase rapidly. She had no idea how to feel. Even if she and Beck did turn into something, it couldn't be now. Not when she tried to help Jade. She saw Beck lean forward again.
"Gotta go!" She piped in a high pitched voice. She scrambled out the door as fast as she could and left Beck alone in his trailer, burying his face in his hands.
Tori Vega:
AHHHH! I don't know how to feel! Am I a terrible person?
Mood: conflicted 0_o
"What did he say?" Jade demanded, somehow sounding both desperate and threatening. Tori gulped. She'd been so anxious for this moment all day, she was sure she could feel her stomach eating itself at this point.
"Well…he still needs some time to…think."
Jade glared at her. "What did he say?" She said flatly.
Remembering when she broke down at her house, Tori pulled Jade into the janitor's closet. The second the door clicked closed, Jade howled with despair and burst into tears again.
"I knew it! He doesn't want me anymore!" she choked. "Why wouldn't he want me?" she cried, looking up at Tori.
Not wanting to make her more upset, Tori simply muttered "You got me,"
"I mean, look at me! I'm hot! And popular!"
Tori sighed. "Well, maybe he wants something more than hotness and popularity."
Jade stopped crying and looked up at her, stone faced. "What do you mean?"
"Maybe he wants to have a girlfriend that's nice and actually shows that she cares about him." Tori explained, trying to give her some hints that she can't win Beck back if she's her unpleasant self.
"What, like you?" Jade asked. A second later, her eyes widened with rage. "You didn't…you…you made Beck…Beck…what did you do, Tori?" she emphasized the last question.
Tori tried to swallow the lump in her throat. "What? I didn't do anything!" Tori cried. She felt her voice shake.
"Yes you did," Jade laughing angrily. "You stole my boyfriend!" She said much louder.
Tori yelped and squeezed out of the closet just before Jade could smack her.
Tori Vega:
Nothing happened, Jade! Please don't kill me!
Mood: terrified 0.0