Tori was sitting in the middle of the stage, legs crossed while Beck rummaged around in the prop room for something comfortable to sleep with.

"Find anything yet?" Tori yelled, pulling her hair into a quick bun at the top of her head.

A few minutes later and Beck came out from the back, two pillows and one blanket in hand. "This was all I could find" He said, tossing her a pillow and coming to sit next to her on the dusty auditorium floor.

Tori sighed heavily. "I guess this is better than nothing..." She said, hugging the pillow to her chest.

They were both in quiet for a while. The silence becoming awkward. It wasn't like they hadn't ever been alone together, but this time felt...different, somehow. Finally Tori spoke up.

"Hey! I know. Since were stuck here for the night, let's play 20 questions she suggested. Beck just shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head in agreement.

"Great. I'll go first I guess" she said, tapping her fingers on the hardwood floor, thinking. Finally she looked at Beck, smiling.

"Why, do you always do that hand raking thing through your hair thing?" She asked. Beck looked at her, surprise and amusment in his eyes.

He shrugged. "I don't know, I didn't know I did that so much" He laughed.

"Well, you do. Once, Robbie and I counted ten times in ONE day" She joked, playfully bumping his shoulder with hers. Beck laughed loudly.

"Alright Vega...Why the hell are you so nice to Jade? She's such a...well frankly. She's a bitch to you" He asked. Now it was Tori's turn to laugh loudly.

"I guess it's because I know that somewhere, deep down, she likes me...At least I hope she does..." Tori finished, worry crossing her face. Beck playfully bumped Tori's shoudler.

"I honestly don't think so...but if you want to think that, who am I to stop you?" He joked.

"Very funny!" Tori said, a mocking smile on her lips as she glanced at Beck and realized that he had suddenly turned serious. Beck held her gaze as they stared at each other for what felt like hours.

"But seriously, why are you so nice to everyone?" He asked, his question coming out as more of a whisper as he held her gaze in his.

She shrugged. "I don't know. I guess it's because it takes more energy to hate someone than it does to accept them and be cordial." She explained. They stared at each other for a really long time, a million thoughts running through her mind, as she stared into Beck's chocolate brown eyes.

Finally she looked away. "Uh...Why...Why Jade?" Tori asked, glancing at Beck who had looked away, running his fingers through his hair for the millionth time that night.

"You don't know her like I do. She may have this hard exterior but once you get to know her, to REALLY know her? you realize how sweet and caring and just an amazing person she is" He finished.

Tori snorted. "Sweet? Caring?...Is this the same Jade that goes to Hollywood arts? The same Jade that's hated me from the second I started going here?" Tori asked.

"She's only mean to you because she's jelous. She's jelous that you seem to always get the leads and that you come off as little miss perfect..." He explained with a sigh. At Beck's explanation, Tori turned her head and looked straight at him, Surprise all over her face.

"Really? She's jelous? I find that hard to believe..." Tori said, shocked. Beck only nodded his head.

"It's true. I can see it, everytime she looks at you, She may look tough, but Jade is really just as insecure as any other girl" He explained.

To Tori it felt as if Beck had moved closer to her than he was before. They looked at eachother for a long time, Shock and surprise written all over her face, Sadness in Becks. Finally Beck spoke up, his voice barely above a whisper.

"Why. haven't you or aren't you dating anyone?" He asked. Tori shrugged, looking down and picking at the imaginary lint on her pants,

"I guess. I guess it's because, after getting hurt the last time, I'm cautious with me heart, and I'm just waiting for the right guy to come along and prove to me that not all guys's are the same..." She said, looking back at Beck, Trailing off her last sentence as they stared at eachother.

"Why do you wear your hair up?" He asked, reaching up and pulling out her hair, her hair falling across her chest, framing her face.

"Because I...HEY! wait! that was more than one question..." she began before she was cut off by Beck's lips crashing onto hers. His lips were soft as they explored hers, Their kiss felt like magic, as soon as their lips touched it was like nothing she has ever experienced before. Instinctivly she wrapped her arms around his neck, her fingers playing in his hair. Slowly he laid her on the floor, deepining the kiss.

Beck broke the kiss, staring down at her, his face inches from her's. "Tori Vega, you are beautiful" He exclaimed, breathless. Tori smiled, kissing him again, with more passion than before.

...

Tori was the first to wake up, yawning and lifting her head from where she was sleeping on becks chest, the blanket strewn across both their bodies. She smiled to herself, remembering last night, and the kiss that they shared. She really liked him, alot and realized that her feelings for Beck had always been there, from day one, it just took her longer than most to realize it.

Tori was so happy and excited that she was brought crashing back down to reality by the thoughts of Jade.

"Jade..." Tori groaned loudly, instantly feeling like shit.

No matter how crappy Jade had ever been to her, she didn't deserve this kind of pain. With sadness in her heart and tears threatning to spill out, she got up and walked away from Beck, knowing that they could never be, and that Jade could never find out about them, No matter how much it killed her to walk away...

Chapter 3 coming tomorrow! thanks for the reviews guys! It's greatly appreciated!

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