A new chapter, yaaay!

I don't know how I feel about it. I was enjoying writing it at the beginning but I got distracted and couldn't get the same enthusiasm I had.

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Beck walked to same halls, didn't look at anyone and ignored the whispers people did when he passed by them. Except today felt out of the norm for him; he wasn't looking forward to today at all. When he woke up he felt out of place with his body, he actually felt guilty and nervousness.

School went by fast; it usually did because Beck never cared to pay attention. He was always ahead of everyone else anyways. Instead of staggering his way to the library his feet dragged him to Tori's locker.

As he cornered the hall he saw her pack her book bag, she seemed relaxed, looking at her wrist watch before grabbing her keys out of her book bag. Beck frowned and before he can agree with his feet, they were already moving forward. He stopped in front of her, frown upon his face, he was sure she can read confusion written all over. He didn't like this, he never let anyone read him but here stood a 5'4 girl, with an unreadable face.

Tori noticed him as she closed her locker door, she tried not to let her shock show but she knew she was failing miserably. She frowned for a second before she took a look at him and studied him. He actually looked confused as he stared at her face then back to her keys. She raised an eyebrow as she cleared her throat, clearly uncomfortable under his intense stare.

"Now you decided to show up?" Tori said, annoyed that he just stood their without saying anything.

"I had something to do yesterday; it was kind of an emergency." Beck said in a deep rasp, he let his body relax. He leaned his shoulder towards the cool locker hoping it would seep through his thick layers and cool his hot skin.

"So is graduating. But that's not going to happen if you keep showing up whenever you want to. I'm only here to help you, and you're not taking any of it." Tori said as she walked passed him.

His instincts told him to grab her arm before she got away. She spun around and she looked at her arm like it was on fire. She could tell Beck was feeling the same way. The tension was thick around them.

"What?" Tori said breaking the intense stare between the two.

"Where are you going?" Beck asked.

"Home."

"You can't."

"Why the hell not? It's not like you actually show up and we get things done." Tori said bitterly.

Beck was almost winced at her words, she was giving up. Just like his mother did seven years ago, just like his friends did when he was hurting and wanted to be alone, just like his father did when he slipped into a depression and turned into an abusive alcoholic. He shouldn't feel like this, he knew it was going to happen sooner or later. As he stared at Tori, he almost wanted it to be different with her. He wanted her to stay.

"Fine. Sorry, I wasted so much of your time." Beck said as his old glare came back.

He let go of her arm and turned on his heel. Tori stood there, mouth agape, blinking fiercely. She turned her back to the lockers and let her body drop on top of them. Her shoulders shook as she felt moisture surround her eyes. She looked at the direction Beck took off and stared until her phone snapped her out of her trance.

She cleared her throat as she picked up, "Hello? Yeah, I'll be home soon. Love you too. Bye."

She sighed as she shuffled her book bag higher on her shoulder. As she walked outside her heart raced as she expected to hear the roar of the old beat up car driven by the guy who coldly walked out of her life.

She looked around, waiting for it but when it never came, she sighed. She climbed into her car and started her journey home. Once she walked in, she saw her parents too bust on their own phones to even notice her entrance.

She climbed the stairs and started on her homework, replying back to the text messages she received from her friends asking where she had been. She thought back to how she was acting and they were right, ever since she found out she had to tutor the school's most talked about guy in school, she didn't think twice.

Now she couldn't get him out of her mind, it's been a couple days, she was not expecting to act this way towards a guy she didn't even know. She sighed as she looked him up on Facebook or Twitter. She wasn't surprised when shed didn't find him. She sighed as she grabbed her keys from her dresser and jogged downstairs.

"I'll be back for dinner." She called out. She heard a small 'okay' but it sounded distracted.

She didn't know where she was going, but she didn't care. She wanted to get her mind of off him. Tori stopped as she saw her old childhood playground. The same one her parents would bring Tirina and her for a nice family picnic, before the infidelity began.

She smiled when she saw a guy around her age push a small girl on the swing set. Her heart stopped as she realized the old worn out biker jacket was similar to one guy she knew, the same one she couldn't help but keep her mind off of.

She parked her car and locked it before walking towards them. She tried to be as quiet as she could but she stepped on a small twig, breaking in half under her foot.

Tori stood still as she smiled shyly at Beck's glare. The small girl looked at her brother and back at Tori. Instead of continuing their game of stare, Tori turned her attention to Isabella.

"Hi." Tori said as she walked closer and took the empty swing next to her, "what's your name?"

Isabella looked back at Beck silently asking permission to talk to this stranger; Beck was too confused to use his words so he only offered her a weak nod.

"Isabella." She said, swinging her legs back and forth.

Tori noticed how closed Isabella was and how much she looked like Beck. At first she thought Isabella was Beck's and the thought almost made her sick to her core.

"I'm Tori. You have a very pretty name." Tori said offering the little girl a hand and a warm smile. She tried not to pay too much attention to Beck's intense stare.

"Thank you." Isabella said warming up to Tori, "do you know my brother Beck?"

Tori visibly relaxed at the word brother, she chuckled lightly as she nodded her head, "something like that. I'm helping him out on his homework."

Isabella frowned lightly, "but Beck is the smartest person I know, why would you be-"

"That's enough Bells," Beck interrupted her in a very soft tone. It almost threw Tori off the swing, she never heard him talk like that, never saw him more relaxed. He was like a new person.

"Can I go play on the play ground?" Isabella asked. They were other kids around her age laughing and screaming and she was itching to join the fun. Beck looked down at his sister almost embarrassed that she told Tori something about himself. He was good at being closed off to everyone; he was never good at opening himself up.

"Sure but we have to go soon."

"Awe!" Isabella pouted childishly.

Beck smiled and shook his head, "go."

Isabella instantly grinned as she introduced herself to the kids and soon joined them in a game of tag.

Tori never took her eyes off of Beck, almost as is she was seeing a before and after picture. She just couldn't wrap her mind around that Beck wasn't dark and mysterious. He had a weakness, like every person does.