It had lasted maybe a few seconds, but Tori were sure it was the best kiss she had ever had. Beck was the perfect guy; the dark fluffy hair, the big brown eyes, the tanned skin. But what really got her was his personality, his unending loyalty to his friends and his skill; he was a brilliant actor and when he sang Tori felt her heart beating out of her chest.
The two of them stood quietly, minds ticking over about what just happened. Beck had dreamt of that moment ever since Tori's second day when they kissed during Alphabet Improv, he knew it was just a stage kiss but it felt like more. They'd had even more stage kisses since then, it seemed every time they got into pairs for a romance acting exercise, they were always together. Beck promised himself on the day of their graduation he would ask Sikowitz why he always put them together.
Tori searched through her mind for something to say, she began to wish that her mind would work like Google, she could just type in 'things to say to Beck after we've kissed' and some suggestions would come up. Kissing is an odd word she thought, "it should be called 'face battling'" she said and with incredible speed she covered her mouth with her hand, did I really just say that out loud? Beck started to chuckle, "what's face battling?" Tori was horrified, her cheeks were turning red, "I was just thinking to myself that 'kissing' is a weird word," she laughed quietly before continuing "instead we should call it something like 'face battling'" Tori hid her face in her hands, this is so embarrassing she thought. Tori pulled her hands away from her head and looked up at Beck, he was smiling like a kid on Christmas morning. He lifted his hand and cupped Tori's cheek with it "I, Beckett Oliver, challenge you, Victoria Vega, to a face battle." She felt her cheeks heat up again, she thought Beck was joking but his face was serious, and only a few centimetres away. Her eyes met his and she was drawn in by them. They leaned in closer as Tori whispered "Challenge accepted."Their mouths met, lips moving against each other, Beck's arm wrapped around Tori's waist as hers travelled to his neck. In the distance Tori's phone made a beeping sound but they ignored it, giving all their attention to each other. Beck opened his mouth, giving Tori's tongue access. After a while they pulled away, out of breath. They rested their foreheads against each other, not breaking eye contact.
"We should, um, decide what we're gonna do for this project." Tori said before picking up her bag and sitting back on Beck's couch. "Sure" Beck breathed before sitting down next to her as Tori pulled out a notepad, her phone fell to the floor but, she didn't reach to pick it up. "So I was thinking" she began, "we could do our performance as if it was Romeo and Juliet the play?"
"Yeah that's a good idea" Beck agreed "why don't we have a look at the lyrics and try to maybe work from that"
"So, you can be Romeo and I will be Juliet" Tori suggested
"Damn, I wanted to be Juliet" Beck chuckled and Tori punched him lightly in the arm. Beck grabbed his laptop and pulled up the song lyrics.
"A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like 'you and me babe how about it?'
Juliet says 'hey it's Romeo, you nearly gimme me a heart attack'
He's underneath the window she's singing 'hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it?'"
Tori reads through the lyrics, "it should be quite easy to just use what the characters say in the song as lines for us" Beck nodded in agreement
"'Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?'
Come up on different streets they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
'And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
When you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin yeah
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him
Juliet when we made love you used to cry "
They read the line at the same time, 'when we made love', both of them felt their cheeks heat up and their heart beats quicken. Awkward, Tori thought, but didn't say anything she just kept reading.
"You said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die
And there's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?
I can't do the talk like they talk on tv
And I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love with you
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat, the bad company
And all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you any time
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above and I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong Juliet?'
A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like 'you and me babe how about it?'
'You and me babe, how about it?'"
When they finished reading, Tori caught sight of the time on Beck's laptop, 9.15pm. What had they been doing for 6 hours? She thought. "I em, best get going. Can I use your bathroom?" Beck nodded and pointed to the door. At the sink Tori saw her reflection in the mirror, her hair was a mess. As she turned out the door she saw all the hair products on a little shelf in the shower. I knew his wasn't like that naturally, he laughed to herself.
Tori collected her bag from in front of the couch and made her way to the door of the RV. Beck stood up and followed her, "So I'll see you tomorrow, at school" Tori nodded, as Beck pulled her into a hug and planted a soft kiss on her cheek "Bye, Tor" her heart fluttered in her chest. She walked away from the RV and out onto the street, the sky was still light and her house wasn't far away.
Tori remember about hearing her phone go off earlier, the little beeping sound it made when she got a text. She rummaged around in her bag as walking up the sidewalk, after about a minute of searching she came up empty handed, thinking maybe I left it at Beck's… a sudden dull pain interrupted her thoughts, her head filled with the sensation. Tori fell to the ground with a thud.
Beck had sat back down on his couch, when he heard music playing, Make It Shine was playing from somewhere in his room, he didn't recall ever playing it before so, where could it be coming from? He thought, he traced the sound the floor in front of his couch, Tori's PearPhone laid on the floor, screen lit with the words 'Mom calling'. Tori left her phone, great now I have a reason to catch up with her! Beck picked up the phone as the ringing stopped, and headed to the door, practically running up the street when he saw what seemed to be someone laid on the sidewalk. He jogged the few meters between and his stomach fell like a rock when he saw the long brown hair splayed out, and the thin frame of Tori. He shoved her phone into his back pocket and bent down to her. Her face angelic and calm, like she had just gone for a nap. Beck saw the red mark growing on her forehead, stretching from her left temple and along her eyebrow. His mind raced as he thought about what would have happened to her if he hadn't come to return her phone. Beck hooked one arm under her knees and the other around her back, lifting her up to him and off of the ground, with his hand he kept hold of her bag so it wouldn't fall to the floor. Without thinking he carried her back to his RV and laid her down on his bed. He's read somewhere that if someone got concussion you shouldn't let them go to sleep. He put his hands on her shoulders, gently shaking her "Tori, Tori, wake up please…"
So there's chapter 3! What do you think? please review and let me know:)
