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Chapter 2

All I knew is that for the first time in my life I was looking forward to going to school on a Monday. I just woke up and had a big smile on my face. I was smiling a lot lately and I guess I knew the reason why. Tori Vega. I really got it bad. I've never had a crush on anyone before but if this was it, I didn't want those feelings to go away. Ever. Having Tori in mind, I jumped out of bed and searched for some cute clothes that I could wear. I wanted to look good today.

*buzz* *buzz* A message from an unknown number showed up on the display of my Pearphone.

-unknown

Hey Cat!
This is Tori. I asked André for your number. I hope that's not a problem?
Anyway, I wanted to know if maybe we could meet at HA around 7:30 for a short tour through the school? :)

My heart just made a tiny jump right there.

-me

Heyhey!
No, not at all! I'm glad you got my number :)
Yeah sure. meet me in front of the school?

I hit send and a few seconds later my mobile buzzed again.

-unknown

will do :D c ya!

Since I didn't have a driving license I normally walked to school, which was okay 'cause I only lived like 10 minutes away from it and it was way more pleasant than getting stuck in morning traffic. Today was a nice day. Sun was shining, no clouds to be seen in the sky and according to the weather forecast it was going to stay like this the whole week long. Yay! When I arrived Tori was already sitting on the stairs in front of the entrance. She was looking a bit lost, clearly searching for someone. The moment I realized that this 'someone' was me I sped up my pace.

"Tori!" I called, still a couple of steps away from her. She turned into my direction and her face lit up immediately.

"Hey!" There it was again: her charming smile that made my breath hitch.

"H-Hey." I said almost voiceless. Clearing my throat, I continued. "Ready for a Hollywood Arts tour à la Cat?" I wiggled my eyebrows.

The first thing I showed her was the Asphalt Café. "So... this is where we usually have our lunch." I said making an expansive gesture.

"This is kinda awesome. Didn't have such a place at my old school." Tori said walking around the location.

"Oh and over there is the Grub Truck. You can buy French fries, sandwiches, sushi and a lot of other things but if you want coffee you should go around the corner. There's a Jet Brew and the drinks there are way better than the stuff Festus sells here. By the way, Festus is the guy that owns the Grub Truck."

"Thanks for the tip. I think I owe you a coffee for this. We could grab one during lunch-time, if you don't have anything planned?" She wasn't looking at me when she asked, might be because of this that it came off hesitant and shy. Was she asking for what I thought she was asking for? 'Cause it sounded like a lunchtime date. Probably just wishful thinking on my part.

"I have something planned now." I flashed her a smile. Date or no date, I wouldn't miss a chance on spending more time with the beautiful Latina. "Well, come on! There's a lot more to show you."

The bell rang the second I finished telling Tori about our locker-rule.

"Shoot! I didn't show you were your classes are..." I said apologetic.

"Hey. It's okay. You really helped me with this." Tori tried to cheer me up. "I think I can manage to find my way around here way better now. Thanks to you."

"Well, it was my pleasure. What's your first class?" I asked, trying to at least not make her late for her first lesson at HA.

"Uhm... wait a second." She was browsing through her bag until she pulled out a sheet of paper.

"Can I take a look at that?"

"Sure"

1. Script-writing
2. Make-Up
3. English
4. Stage Design and Special Effects 1
-Lunch-
5. Accents
6. Improvisation

"Okay, your first class is over there." I pointed in the right direction "I can come and get you for Make-Up because it's also my second lesson. As for the rest, don't worry. I won't get you lost."

"Thank you, Cat." Tori gave me a long hug before she left for Script-writing. I stood in the hallway looking after her.

"Good morning, Cat!" Beck said making me jump. I turned around and he took me into his arms. "Sorry for scaring you." He laughed and I giggled. Beck was always so sweet to me. We've been friends since I joined Hollywood Arts. He was the first person that sat with me during lunchtime and I was the only girl he was allowed to hug and cuddle because Jade knew I wasn't interested in him.

"Hey Beck. You're late." I chided him. "School has started 5 minutes ago."

"Oh and why are you not in class yet?" He smiled.

"'Cause my first period is German and Mr Astei is always 10 minutes late." I told him.

"Well, I better hurry then." He said with a grin and ran his hand through my hair.

German class was dragging on. I didn't really concentrate, which was not typical at all for me. At least any other day I tried. Even though it usually doesn't help when I'm trying because my thoughts tend to go their own way and that made it hard to stay focused on what was happening in class.

However, today was different. I didn't want to listen to my teacher. Not even when he was making fun of some student in a language, they didn't understand at all. I only knew that he frequently did that because I was pretty much the one person in the room that was capable of having a conversation in German. I had to admit that Mr Astei had a couple of good jokes every ones in a while, but he couldn't quite catch my attention in this lesson.

All I could think of was how I wanted this lesson to be over so I could walk out of the room and down the hall to where I knew Tori would be waiting for me.

Finally, the bell rang and I jumped off my seat, which got everyone staring at me in confusion but I didn't mind, I just hurried to get to the beautiful Latina.

"So? How was your very first Hollywood Arts lesson?" I wanted to know on our way to Make-up.

"It was fine, actually pretty interesting. Script-writing is kinda like English but instead of learning about someone else's work we learn how to write great things ourselves. I don't know if I'm gonna be any good at it, though." Tori worried.

"You know it'd be alright, if you're not. Here at HA it's classic to be like really remarkable at one specific art and totally average at the rest." I explained to her. "Only a couple of students are notable at more than one or two subjects and practically nobody is outstanding at everything. The only thing that counts is that you pass."

"From what I've seen, your speciality is singing." She smiled obviously remembering my little performance after the Big Showcase.

"Yes, singing. But also acting and I'm really good at Make-up." I added when we entered the classroom that looked like a big beauty salon.

"Th-this is our classroom?" Tori asked baffled. Her expression made me laugh.

"Yeah, this is it." I answered truthfully. "The woman over there is our teacher, Senora Estirado. Come on, I'll introduce you." I took Tori's hand and guided her to the tall dark-haired young woman.

"Senora Estirado." I said and waited for her to look up from the magazine she was reading. When she noticed who had said her name she smiled.

"Caterina, how can I help you?" The woman said with a strong accent.

"This is Tori Vega. Tori is new at our school and I thought I'd introduce her to you."

"Ah, Ms Vega. I've heard of you." Senora Estirado shook Tori's hand.

"How come?" Tori wondered clearly confused.

"It is not every day that someone is allowed, and above that, asked to join this school without having to audition first." She explained with a friendly smile on her face.

"Oh..." was all Tori managed to get out.

"Even in a school with extraordinary people you're special." I giggled. Tori was cute when her cheeks were red like that. I liked that I could make her blush.

"Caterina, I trust you to show our new student the basics of Make-up?" Senora Estirado requested.

"Sure thing." I cheered and dragged Tori to an unoccupied seat and sat her down. "First rule of Make-up class: Nothing is impossible. On the one hand this means you can make anybody look beautiful. Not that you would need much help." I winked, which made her blush again. "And on the other hand it means that you can make any beautiful person look like a monster. To sum that up, you can give somebody a whole new appearance with a little help of Make-up art."

"I looked ridiculous!" Tori laughed on our way to Jet Brew during lunchtime.

"I told you I can make you look like that." I remembered her smiling.

"I know, i know. Still didn't expect that." She smiled back.

"I'll have the Vanilla Latte and whatever she wants." Tori ordered.

"I'll take the Caramel Hot Chocolate." I said and added a "thanks" directed to Tori.

"I told you that I owe you something." She told me again while paying our drinks.

We spent most of our lunch break talking about our weekends. Tori was mostly busy driving her sister to various auditions.

"Why did you have to drive her? Doesn't she have a license?"

"Yes, she does. But according to her she had to spare her voice." She rolled her eyes.

"What does driving have to do with her voice?" I asked perplexed.

"I don't know!" Tori threw her arms in the air and made a frustrated sound.

"What about your parents?"

"My Dad's a cop and mostly works over the weekend and my Mum only came back yesterday evening. She was at my Grandma's for the weekend."

"Your Dad's a cop?" I was curious about that. "How's that like? Does he scare off all your potential lovers?" That made her laugh.

"No, not really."

By now we were standing in front of Tori's next class, but lunchtime wasn't over yet.

"Do you want me to come and get you for Improvisation?" I offered.

"I'll be waiting for you." She gave me one of her charming smiles that made my heart melt, turned around and walked into the classroom.

She was waiting for me just like she said and we walked to our last lesson of the day.

When we entered the room Beck waved at us to sit with him.

"Hey!" I hugged him.

"Hey Kitten." He greeted me with my nickname.

"You're Cat's boyfriend?" Tori asked cautiously. We must've seemed a little too close. Beck and me laughed and shook our heads no.

"Cat's like my baby sis. My name's Beck." He introduced himself with a smile.

"I'm Tori." She said smiling back.

"And I am Jade. Beck's girlfriend." Jade said in her usual rude intonation.

"Hello Jade." Tori said still in her friendly voice.

"Don't you hello me like you weren't just hitting on my man." Jade growled.

"Jade..." I tried to interrupt her and Tori tried to speak up but Jade kept talking.

"I know he's handsome, possibly the best looking guy in this school but to make this very clear" Jade hissed "Beck is mine."

Jade seemed to want to go on but then Tori raised her hands and said something that made my heart rate speed up.

"Calm down, alright? I'm not interested in Beck. You don't have to worry about me. He's not really my type. Or rather gender. I'm gay."

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