Updating once again! :D I would've updated sooner but I've had Driver's Ed all weekend (9AM-4PM) but I am here now and I hoped you all liked it. Here's the third chapter to "Being Rehabilitated."

ENJOI!


Tori had looked all over Hollywood Arts by the time she made it to her friends who sat at their usual lunch table in the Asphalt Café. She sighed and lazily dropped her bag on the ground next to her and sat down, slumping forward on to the table. Her friends looked at each other in confusion and worry, wondering what has had their dear friend in a funk since this morning. They silently did "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to choose who would ask her what's wrong. Robbie lost so he tapped her shoulder nervously.

"T-Tori?" asked the nerd with a soft stutter. The brunette groaned and slowly lifted her head up and looked at the ventriloquist.

"Yes, Robbie?"

"What's wrong, if you don't mind me asking?"

"What's with the sad funk, Cheekbones?" questioned Rex randomly.

"Tasia came to school today and she was supposed to stay home cause she broke the bathroom mirror this morning and she broke down so my mom made her stay home. Then she missed two periods and now no one can find her," said Tori in exasperation. "I've looked everywhere."

Beck grabbed his backpack and slung it over his shoulder with a sigh, "Come on, Tori, let's go find her." To anyone else, it would appear that Beckett Oliver just wanted to help his friend but he really wanted to find Tasia himself. There was something about her that intrigued him like when Jade used to intrigue him but it was different than Jade and he couldn't name it. He wanted to find out what it was.

Tori reluctantly got up and followed the actor back into school to find her depressed little sister.


Beck was still searching for Tasia when the end-of-lunch bell rang and Tori had left him a few minutes before that. He was roaming the halls and checking every hiding spot that he knew of. He checked all of the places that Jade used to flee to, even some of Cat's hiding spots from when she would randomly get offended and run off. He was running out of places to search when he heard the music coming from the Blackbox Theatre.

"…Listen to all of this glass shatter

It pierced my ears and made them bleed…"

Beck tried to open the door but, alas, the person inside had locked it. He immediately assumed that it was Tori's sister. He pressed his ear to the door and listened closely to the way her voice carried the somber notes.

"…Now sounds so beautiful

'Cause you're beautiful…"

He quickly texted Tori that he had found her in the theatre then pocketed his cell before knocking gently on the door three times. "Tasia?" The music stopped at the sound of his knocks at the door and he could slightly hear her scrambling to gather her things for her escape. "Tasia Vega? My name is Beck Oliver. I'm a friend of Tori's."

From inside, Tasia silently crept closer to the door, trying to decipher whether or not the man was friend or foe. He said that he was a friend of her sister but how did she know that she could trust him? Tasia has never met any of her sister's friends. How did she know if he was telling the truth? She remained silent.

"Tasia, do you mind coming out? Your sister and I have been looking for you since lunch. She's worried about you. Just unlock the door, I promise to not come in." Beck listened for the little click of the lock but heard nothing except for her shuffling feet on the other side of the door. He dug through his bag for something that might make her come out. Ah! He found it. "No one has seen you for a while. I bet you're hungry since you probably missed lunch. I have a granola bar here. I'm just going to leave it outside the door and go down the hall so you don't feel threatened, okay? But I'll be back once I hear the door close again. You can trust me, Tasia." With that, he placed the granola bar outside the door and walked down the hall.

Tasia quietly opened the door when she lost the sound of his footsteps and she poked her head out, searching for Beck. She spotted him down the hall at a vending machine when she saw Tori approach him and he stopped her from coming towards the theatre. So he keeps his word, Tasia thought to herself. She spotted the granola bar by the door and she quickly grabbed it then retreated back into the theatre, letting the door shut behind her.

Beck and Tori both heard the door of the theatre quietly shut and Tori almost ran to catch the door but Beck stopped her. She looked at him with a bit of shock and confusion. Tasia was her sister and she wanted to see if she was okay, why the hell was Beck stopping her?

"What?" she asked, seeing Beck's pleading eyes to not go after her.

"Don't go, Tori. Let me talk to Tasia."

The middle Vega was genuinely confused now. Why did Beck want to talk to Tasia? "Why, Beck?"

"Put yourself in her shoes, Tori. I don't think I would want to talk to any family if I had done what she did this morning. Just let me talk to her and calm her down. I don't think she wants your pity."

"I am not pitying her! Beck, she's my sister and I'm going to talk to her if I want." Tori said this as she stormed to the door and banged on it with her fists, frustrated with Tasia. "Tasia, it's me, Tori. Open this door. I just want to talk to you! Let me in." Tori was greeted with the click of the lock and then silence from the inside. She quickly went for the handle and rattled it. "You locked it?! TASIA!"

"…Where's Beck?" asked Tasia from inside, surprising both Tori and Beck. "H-he promised to be back when the door closed and now it's closed so…go, Tori."

Tori was shocked, confused, and hurt all at the same time. How did Beck get Tasia's trust? Why didn't Tasia want to talk to her, her own sister? Her flesh and blood? Tori Vega would be lying if she said that she wasn't jealous of Beck right at this moment. She had tried to get Tasia to open up to her and Beck had done it in the matter of five minutes? How was that even possible?

"O-okay, I'll go get him, Tas'."

Beck approached his friend and rubbed her shoulder in sympathy. He was silently apologizing to her when he gently took her into his arms for a comforting hug. He squeezed her gently, reassuring her that Tasia would be okay after she talked to him. Tori stepped back a little and gave the male her best menacing look, hoping that he understood that she would hurt him if he tried anything with Tasia. He nodded in promise not to even touch her.

Tori took one last glance at the door one last time before sighing and walking off. Once she was out of sight, Beck approached the door once more. He tapped three times like he had done before and waited for her response. "Tasia, it's Beck. Your sister left, it's okay."

Tasia shuffled closer to the door and sat against it, leaning her head back. "Beck, right?"

He slid down the brick wall across from the door and sat down with his legs extended. He could be here for a while. "Yeah, Beck Oliver. You're Tasia, Tori Vega's sister. It's nice to, sort of, meet you."

"You too. So what do you want from me? Why are you being nice? Is it because I'm your friend's little sister?"

"No, I just want to get to know you. Consider this your great Hollywood Arts welcome. Tell me about yourself."

Tasia chewed her lip lightly, fiddling with her hands in her lap. "Where do I start?"

"Start from the beginning."


That's it for now! I hope you liked this chapter so far. Comment and Review!

Tasia's song: "Beauty Through Broken Glass" by Eyes Set To Kill

-alice