Chapter 3
-6 months ago- March 24 2015
"Hey babe, is Tori out of our way yet? My parents aren't here ~Selena" read Tori. The notification popped up on Andre's phone while he was in the gas station. Sitting in the car with the message now playing with her mind, curious and irritated, Tori battled with the thought of going through his phone to read through their conversation or waiting until he came back to ask him about it.
The thought of what happened when Trina talked her into rummaging through Ryder's phone cautioned her not to do it. "Pong!" the second notification sounded. "What's taking u so long to answer, you know I don't like waiting" the message from Selena read. Now angry, Tori tossed his phone back in the driver's seat, impatiently waiting for Andre. She couldn't resist the temptation, after 30 seconds of contemplating she picked up the phone eagerly, typed in his password, and searched for the conversation. The chat was fairly barren.
Selena: don't forget what you told me yesterday, anything's possible ?
2:00pm~today
Selena: Hey babe, is Tori out of our way yet?
7:32pm~today
Selena: What's taking you so long to answer, you know I don't like waiting
7:35pm~today
Tori read. Those were the only messages in the chat as if Andre had deleted the conversation prior. Tori was getting more and more frustrated as she thought about it all. Memories of Andre's past resurfaced and she began to think that maybe the thought of him cheating on her wouldn't be so farfetched. "He's played games with North Ridge girls before" she thought to herself. Yet his footsteps approaching the car snapped her out of thought as she tossed the phone back in his seat.
"How hard is it for a guy to get a pack of purple skittles around here" says Andre as he opens the car door to go inside. Tori didn't answer, as she blankly looked at him and redirected her attention forward. Andre didn't notice and continued, "like seriously there's always the red and blue kind, where's the love?"
Tori chuckled and muttered "I'm sure u have more than enough of that". He questioned obliviously "what was that Tor?". After remaining silent for a while she softly responded "nothing."
Taking the radio's music into consideration, the car ride to school was fairly silent. The full moon jam was tonight, and they had to perform a song together upon Lane's request. When they arrived Andre said " I'm sooo ready for this, the new guitar I got ..". " Who is Selena?"
Tori cut him off. A bit shocked and confused he asked "what? What do mean?".
"Who ..is...Selena ?" Tori said expressing her irritation. He sighed, faced forward with his eyes closed and asked "You went through my phone didn't you?"
"Can you just answer the question!" A frustrated Tori responded. Sighing again he continued "look, its not what you think it is..she's just a girl that likes me and won't leave me alone." Tori rolled her eyes as she heard his reasoning and said " and you like her don't you? Because that is the only logical reason as to why you didn't say anything about her, or why you've deleted the conversations you had with her, or why she's blowing your phone up with messages, or why she even knows my name, like what the hell Andre?!"
Andre ran his hand through his locks overwhelmed. "Tori.." he started. Fed up she opened the car door and said "forget it... I don't even wanna know" while walking out.
Andre angrily punched the car wheel, giving in to his temper, knowing that if he went after her it would've only made things worse.
On his way to the mingle area, Sinjin came to him asking about the set up for their performance. "Do you and Tori want the green or purple gobos" he questioned. Andre was so out of it as he saw Tori in the distance talking to Jade. He was always mesmerized by her. "Andre!" Sinjin snapped him out of his trans. "Both, just give us both". he answered still staring. Neither of them would back out of a performance because of personal issues. If anything they always saw singing as a release for them.
"Sorry to interrupt this hollow conversation y'all are having but, what did you do Andre? " inserts Robbie. "Oooo, dramaa" sings Sinjin. "Go away Sinjin, and I didn't do anything...it's just a misunderstanding." Andre responded.
"You're on in 10" say Sinjin as he leaves the boys. "Well clearly a serious one if Tori had the power to pull Cat away from a very steamy conversation we were having, if I do say so myself of course." Robbie explained.
"She thinks that I'm cheating on her" Andre confessed. "What!? Are you ? I mean were you? With who ?" Robbie questioned frantically. "Noo, I'm not...at least I don't think so. I don't know Rob...Selena.." he answered. "Selena!? Oh wow, you're officially crazy." Robbie stopped him. "It's not like that ...if anything it's her." said the musician. "You know Selena. She doesn't give up..you knew this Andre. How'd you get caught up with her?" Shapiro continued.
"I don't know...when I was at the team's pre-season party she was there, and I guess it kicked off from there. She made it seemed like she just wanted to be friends though." Andre explained. "The player being played, how cliche" Robbie said as he shook his head at his friend. "I'm not a player." he responded. "Orr, did the skilled player like the thought of being played and allowed it to happen but wasn't expecting it to go this far?" Robbie continued to ponder and imply. "I'm not a player!" Andre said getting angry "and you know how I feel about Tori, I'd never want to hurt her like that". Sighing Robbie responded "yeah, I get it...but Andre you've got to admit that u messed with girls before so there is a possibility that u subconsciously relapsed. You're right, I know you'd never hurt Tori intentionally but even if we blame it on karma, clearly this time you messed up."
"What part of 10 minutes don't you get Andre, we've gotta get u hooked up" said Sinjin in a hurry. "We'll finish this later" said Andre as he handed Robbie the cup he was drinking out of and went with Sinjin.
Robbie shrugged his shoulders after looking at it, took a sip and walked in the opposite direction.
"Ladies and gentlemen give it up for Tori and Andre. They'll be performing a cover of "You and I" by One Direction." announced Lane.
The performance was a bit more emotional than intended. Mainly comprising of Tori and Andre standing on the opposite sides of the stage, singing about each other but never making intentional eye contact. Although Andre did try to look at her directly several times, but Tori was still frustrated and hurt as expected. She expressed this through the performance.
When they were done with the performance, Tori walked pass Andre without saying a word. Though Jade, offered to give her a ride home, Tori refused and insisted that she left with Andre.
"That makes no sense" the blue eyed girl blatantly said to her friend. "Jade's right Tori" agreed Cat. Tori responded dryly " I came with him after all, and it's not like I can't stand to be around him."
"Well, if you say so...I guess I'll message you when you get home" concluded Jade
When Tori went to the car Andre was already there waiting, leaning on the hood while on his phone. She walked straight pass him and went inside. He sighed and followed suit. The first half of the ride was silent. Extremely silent. Andre was battling with himself questioning if he should say something first as they sat at the red light.
" I don't like her." he said, and waited on a response from her. Yet she didn't budge, she continued to look out her window silently. " I never told her i did." he continued trying to get some sort of response from her. Yet she gave off nothing. He continued "She's just extremely possessive and really wants me for some reason. I know I should've said something to you, but I thought I could handle it on my own, and I deleted the conversations because she kept sending me nude photos of herself and I didn't want them sitting there so openly. I know how it looks, but seriously Tori its just .."
"It's over Andre." Tori said solemnly interrupting his rant, still looking through the window. "What?..what's over?" He questioned. "All of this, the situation and everything that comes with it..I'm over it, all of it." she expressed monotonously. He didn't say anything. She then continued " I'll never really know what happened between you and her, the only thing that I have to base my response off of is what you're saying and what I saw, and to be honest that's not even enough. As much as I'd love to believe you completely, a part of me just can't. The truth is, if you told me about whatever was going on between the two of you before any of this happened, all of this could've been avoided. The fact that you kept this hidden is a problem within itself for me. A problem of trust. And honestly, I can't be with someone I can't trust completely. So when I say its over, I mean all of it, today, the problem...and us."
Andre sat there quietly, his grip clenched the wheel even tighter as she said the last two words. He finally said " ok. I get it. I guess we should've never messed with this relationship thing. As much as we promised each other that it wouldn't affect the friendship, I think it's pretty clear that it will...and I don't want that. I never wanted that." Tori's eyes started to get full, yet he couldn't see it because she returned her gaze to the window. He did feel the change in atmosphere though, the change between them, the change in her.
"I don't regret it...being with you. And I don't want you to regret it either, because it meant something to me. It still does. But, even the things we love come to an end for one reason or the other. We just have to be mature enough to accept it."
Those were the last words she spoke to him until about a week later.
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A taste of what happened before. There's more to come. Thanks for the positive reviews.
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