Hello to everyone who is reading this! I'm truly sorry I haven't posted in a while... I've been busy. I'm so glad you guys liked the first chapter! I had to rewrite part of the second chapter, which was rather unfortunate, but I hope I can deliver to you some humor to the day! ^.^ Honestly, I am not a fan of this chapter for various reasons... You will find out when you read. Just a warning, haters will hate. There is a little bit of Bori in this, but please bear with me!
Anything bold, italicized, and put in quotations are said by Future Beck.
Remember, this is AU, so Hollywood Arts has been changed to a somewhat normal high school called, "Hollywood High School" the reasoning behind it, will be revealed some time in the story. This chapter is a bit choppy, but you have to bear with me... I'm just trying to fill you guys in on what is going on in the school. I'll try to make it better in the next chapter. (I'm not really good at writing fluff. I think my style of writing is angst. But I need to try out new styles.)
Disclaimer: I don't own "How I Met Your Mother," "Victorious," and "Romeo and Juliet."
25 YEARS AGO
"It was like something from an old movie, where the sailor sees the girl across the crowded dance floor, turns to his buddy and says, "See that girl? I'm gonna marry her someday."
So we were in the halls of Hollywood High one day and a new girl came in through the door. Maybe it was the way she ran her hand through her hair as she fixed her bag.
"Hey André, see that girl?" I asked him enthusiastically.
"Oh yeah. She's like a 9.5…" he said in a bored tone.
"She's going to be my future wife." I announced proudly.
"Do you even know her name?" André asked with an arched eyebrow.
I sighed and shook my head in defeat.
"Well, go say 'hi.'" André urged. Before hearing my protests, he gave me a nudge towards her and before I could run away, I found myself in front of a beautiful set of brown eyes.
"Hi! I'm Tori Vega. I'm new here. You are…?" I couldn't help but stare at her perfectly aligned, pearly white teeth.
"Uh… uh… I think I'm… B-b-b-eck." I answered. Smooth. I thought sarcastically.
Tori laughed.
"For an entire year, our life was pretty much the same."
"Hey boyfriend!" Tori exclaimed, getting on to my lap, one day in the cafeteria. It had been a week since our first year anniversary. We were now the "it" couple of Hollywood High. Of course, we've had our ups and downs but our relationship has managed to survive.
"Hey girlfriend!" I answered and kissed her on the lips.
"Sinjin! Shut up and go to hell!" I heard someone yell.
"Want to smell my hair?" Sinjin asked in a creepy tone. Even I was grossed out, even though I was 50 feet away.
I turned around to see the most cold-hearted human being to ever roam this planet, Jade West. She was cutting Sinjin's hair and the whole cafeteria heard him scream. I took a free hand and ran it through my hair, hoping I wasn't next in the hands of this merciless maniac.
She smirked in satisfaction and sat with the red headed girl sipping her juice. I watched as the two polar opposites sat together sharing stories of their day. The red head, Cat, took out a Wonder Bread sandwich out of her plastic sandwich container with her name clearly labeled in neat printing, while Jade angrily stabbed her salad and fed herself with a black fork, which I felt bad for.
"Beck, babe! Will you get me some water?" Tori interrupted my train of thought causing me to bounce back to reality. I noticed the tinge of annoyance in her voice and immediately got up to get the water.
I walked to the vending machine nearest to where Jade was sitting with Cat and watched as she watched me attentively getting the water.
"…So mommy told unicorns aren't real! Then, she said to eat my PB & J with apple juice and…" Cat babbled as if anyone was interested.
The bell to last block rang and Jade got out of the cafeteria in a hurried manner.
I arrived in Silkowitz's class and took a seat next to Tori.
"Does anyone have any coconuts? They give me visions, you know." Silkowitz greeted us. He pouted with disappointment when we shook our heads.
"Fine. Act as if you're an old senior citizen with a wedgie." Silkowitz ordered us.
"Auditions for Romeo and Juliet are after-school!" Silkowitz shouted just before the final bell rang.
"Ready to get the lead role, babe?" I asked Tori.
"Oh yeah! We'll be perfect for the roles!" Tori replied excitedly. We kissed and I noticed out of the corner of my eye Silkowitz making a face.
School ended right after Silkowitz's class. Tori and I walked together over to the auditorium for the auditions and I've never seen Tori so excited in my life.
"Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still,
Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will!
Where shall we dine? O me! What fray was here?
Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.
Here's much to do with hate, but more with love.
Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O any thing, of nothing first create!
O heavy lightness! serious vanity!
Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,
sick health!
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this.
Dost thou not laugh?" I said, looking at Tori from time to time. When the judges droned, "Next," Tori strutted up to the stage and gave then me a nervous smile. I just grinned, and let her know I believe in her.
"Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.
I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat of life:
I'll call them back again to comfort me:
Nurse! What should she do here?
My dismal scene I needs must act alone.
Come, vial.
What if this mixture do not work at all?
Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?
No, no: this shall forbid it: lie thou there." Tori articulated the last of her words and I was sure she'd get the part. I gave her a thumbs up and we walked out of the school hand in hand.
The next day in school, I noticed an upset Tori standing next to a gloating Trina.
"Trina, how did you get a part in the play?" I heard Tori ask in disbelief.
"Tori… You should know this by now! I'm prettier and have more talent than you!" Trina bragged in her whiny voice.
Tori began to sob as I sat next to her.
"What's wrong, baby?" I asked Tori with a puzzled look.
She drew a deep breath before saying, "Beck, you're Romeo, I'm No-Liet."
"No-Liet?" I inquired with a puzzled look on my face.
"You got the part of Romeo and I didn't get the part of Juliet." Tori snapped. I was shocked at the edge in her voice and by the fact that she didn't get the role she had been dying for.
"You have to kiss… Jade." Tori squeaked before crying on my shoulder.
