"Hey mom, I'm home" Tori yelled as she walked in the door of the big house. She set her keys and purse on the table, and walked to the kitchen.

"Hey sweetie how was the mall?" Her mom asked walking into the kitchen right behind Tori.

"It was a lot of fun! I didn't end up buying anything. We just walked around looking at stuff"

"Sounds like fun" her mom said as she sat down at the marble breakfast counter. Tori poured her mom, and herself a nice warm cup of coffee and sat down. "Your boyfriend Joey called tonight asking where you were. He is excited to see you tomorrow"

"Oh? You let him know I was at the mall with Mia and Chloe, right?"

She nodded and then took a sip of her coffee "Funny thing is though... Mia and Chloe weren't at the mall, nor did they know where you were"

Tori tried not to make eye contact with her mother, and continued sipping her coffee

"Where were you today, Tori?"

"Well" She began, setting her coffee on the counter "I was down at Beach Treats . I decided to spend the day there instead."

"Why couldn't you have just said that in the first place? I was worried about you sweetie"

"Please don't be mad mom. I just needed some time by myself this afternoon. I wanted to go somewhere alone where no one would find me"

"Well you succeeded. Next time though please let me know where you're going, ok?" She smiled giving Tori a side hug. "You better head to bed now it's getting late, and we have a busy day tomorrow"

"What time are we heading to Florida tomorrow?"

"We need to leave here around 5 AM to catch the plane. I bet you can't wait to see Joey!"

"I am really excited it's been way too long!" Tori smiled thinking of what she was going to tell Liam. Joey and Tori went way back. They had been dating since Tori was a Freshman and Joey a Sophomore. They had broken up right before he left for college, but had gotten back together a few months ago. Tori loved Joey, he was everything she desired, but so was Liam.