A/N: I added some Cade goodness in that last chapter, and this chapter may have some Jori. Hope you enjoy! Oh, and I decided to try writing from Tori's point of view.
Chapter Eight: Vegas Part Two
Tori POV
Andre and I stood outside the hotel room, talking. It was about 3 AM.
All of the sudden, I leaned in and kissed him. I don't know why. But I did.
I instantly regretted it, for Jade opened the door and saw us.
I broke away, turning towards Jade, my mouth open in shock.
"J….J-Jade, i…" I began, trying to find words.
Jade just put up her hand and stormed off.
"Great!" yelled Andre, running after her. I started to follow, but he stopped me.
"No," he said.
I woke with a jerk.
I opened my eyes slowly to see light coming in through the windows of the hotel room.
I looked around slowly, seeing who else was awake. The only other person I saw awake was Jade. She was sitting upright in bed, playing around with her phone.
"Morning Vega," she said, not bothering to look up from her phone.
"Hey," I said weakly, my voice coming out distorted. I sounded sick.
"Whoa, talk again," Jade said, looking at me in the eyes.
"Hi Jade," I said, clearing my throat.
"K, that's better. Your voice was all weird and sickish for a little while," said Jade, returning to whatever she was doing.
I stared at her in disbelief.
"What?" she asked, looking up at me like I was crazy.
"Since when does Jade West care about Tori Vega?" I asked, heading into the bathroom to brush out my hair a little bit.
"Um, I don't know, try the day we started to get to know each other," said Jade in a casual tone.
"Yeah, funny way of showing it," I said, brushing through my brunette hair.
"Well," Jade said as I walked back into the main room, "now you know that I don't hate you."
I chuckled softly as I laid back down on my pull out couch, getting out my own phone and checking Twitter.
After finding nothing interesting there, just some of Jade's deranged tweets, I put my phone away and just laid there.
"So what are we doing today?" I asked Jade, shutting my eyes so I could just listen to her.
"Probably going to go to the beach today. That's what Cat wanted to do anyhow, and I don't know what else we can do instead quite yet," she said.
Even though its Christmas time, it's still nice in Vegas and Los Angeles.
"Works for me," I said.
We kept talking for a little while, and we were the only ones awake still.
Suddenly, the sleeping redhead next to Jade started to stir.
With a yawn, she sat up.
"What time is it?" she asked. I grabbed my phone and checked it, seeing that it was 10:30 AM.
"10:30," said another familiar voice.
I looked over to see Sikowitz awake. Beck was also awake.
"How long have you been awake?" I asked.
"I've been up for about two seconds," said Sikowitz, rubbing at his eyes.
I looked at Beck, who just smiled.
"Beckett…." I warned. I only used his full name when I was mad (ish).
"You girls had a nice civil conversation," he said, that playful grin on his face still.
"Eavesdropper," mumbled Jade, looking up at him. She had a slight smile playing at her lips though.
"You jerk," I said, but I too was smiling.
Beck just sat there and smiled.
"So, how long have you liked Beck, Tori?" said yet ANOTHER voice.
"Robbie, you and Beck are such eavesdroppers!" I cried. But I was sort of glad Beck knew now.
"I don't know…." I said nervously.
"Well, considering you kissed him on the first day of school…" said Jade. She was smiling though. She had long past forgiven me for that.
I felt my cheeks turning red.
"Okay," said Beck. That's all he said.
I looked at him confusedly.
"Okay what?" I asked him.
"You like me. I like you. Let's go out," he said, like it was the simplest thing in the world.
"Um….sure?" I said, sounding like a complete babbling idiot because I was so shocked.
Beck just smiled his cool guy smile.
"So…everyone awake now?" asked Cat.
Everyone was awake except…Andre.
"Shh," said Jade, an evil smile playing at her lips. I knew that smile and it was dangerous. I smiled too.
Jade stood up and tiptoed over to Andre.
She whispered in his ear.
"Andre…" she said, in a sort of seductive sounding voice. Teasing would be a good way to put it.
Andre stirred slightly. Cat started giggling.
"Annnnddreeeeee," Jade said, dragging out his name.
When he started to wake up, she got right up in his face so that the first thing he would see was her.
When Andre opened his eyes, the look on his face was PRICELESS.
He screamed and jumped up out of bed.
All of us started laughing really hard. Soon enough, there were tears of laughter filling my eyes.
"That was HILARIOUS!" Jade said through her laughter. She literally had tears streaming down her cheeks.
About five minutes later we finally calmed down.
"Oh gosh that was funny….so, are we going to breakfast now?" I asked after I was able to talk again.
"Yes Jade, that was absolutely hilarious," Andre begin in a dull tone. "And sure, let's go. I'm starving."
We all got out of bed and got dressed and stuff. We put on our bathing suits underneath our clothes so that we could go straight to the beach after we ate. About a half an hour later, we headed out of the hotel to a nearby breakfast restaurant called Cosmo's.
Eating at Cosmo's
"This French toast is so good!" Cat said excitedly, then sipped her chocolate milk.
"You have GOT to try their scrambled eggs!" said Andre. I smiled.
"So after this we are going to the beach right?" asked Robbie through a mouthful of pancakes.
"Yep," said Jade.
"What are we doing for the rest of the week?" I asked, finishing up my bacon strips.
"Well…I know Sikowitz wanted to hit the casino, so tomorrow night we can find somewhere to go while he's there," said Beck.
"Isn't there like an Under 21 club or something around here?" asked Sikowitz.
"I believe so. I heard that it's a fun place," said Andre. He finished up the last of his scrambled eggs.
We discussed our plans for the rest of the week. Today was going to be the beach and the movies. They were showing a special last time viewing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 3D in a nearby theatre, and we, being the Potterheads we are, couldn't let the chance slip by. Tomorrow we would go to lunch at Olive Garden and tour a movie set, which they were filming the next scary movie on. Cat would probably get scared, but we'd take care of her. We might do some other little things too, then we will head to the Under 21 club. Wednesday we would go to the national sing off which just so happened to be being held right here in Vegas. We might go to some of the little shops around here. Thursday we would go first thing to the Cupcake and Ice Cream shop for Cat, since she had heard something about it while watching TV for a few minutes before we left. We would find some other things to do. Friday we would go to laser tag and probably play over and over for the entire day. Friday was going to be fun…and the rest of the time, we would figure out.
We finally finished eating a little while after we figured everything out. Sikowitz paid for the meal, and we hopped into the van that we had rented (we walked to the car rental place before we came here) and headed off to the beach.
At the Beach
Jade POV
Cat was bouncing up and down the whole way there, and the second that the van came to a full stop, she threw open the door (with strength that I didn't know the kid had) and ran out to the beach, running around on the sand.
The sight of her running around like that was both hilarious and adorable. All of us burst into uncontrollable laughter as we walked up to Cat.
Cat took of her t-shirt and her jean shorts, revealing a pink bikini. The rest of us (minus Sikowitz; he simply wore a t-shirt and swim trunks and lay down on a towel and drank coconut milk) took off our clothes that we wore over our swimsuits and headed towards the water.
I put a foot cautiously in the water. It was slightly cold.
"Come on don't be chicken," said Beck. I gave him my famous glare.
I started to step into the water, doing my best to suppress the cold chill that ran through my body. Once I was ankle deep, someone shoved me from behind, and I fell completely into the cold but oh-so-good feeling water.
I came up sputtering and coughing.
"BECKETT OLIVER!" I cried, seeing that it was him. The others had come into the water and we were all swimming farther from the shore.
"Yes, Jadelynn West?" he asked calmly and naturally. I wanted to strangle him about then.
I started to say something, but I saw Tori coming up behind Beck. She put a finger to her lips, signaling for me to be quiet. I smiled.
"Good one Beck," I said.
He smiled. That must have been Tori's cue or something, because she jumped on his back and pushed him under.
I high fived Tori as Beck came up.
"Good one ladies, good one," he said smiling at me and Tori.
The three of us swam over to the other 3. Cat and Robbie were splashing each other, while Andre was just relaxing. He ducked under the water. I expected him to come up but he didn't.
"Andre?" I said, freaking out a little. I swam out towards where he had been as fast as my body would let me.
On my way there, something grabbed me around the ankle and I screamed. Andre came up in front of me.
"Revenge is sweet," said Andre. I slapped his arm playfully.
I noticed something. Andre and I were together, Tori and Beck were together, and Cat and Robbie were together. We all looked like we were having a lot of fun.
I thought about something for a moment. Tori and Beck sort of seemed MEANT for each other. They were always getting along quite well, and they never fought. Sometimes Tori had been the first to know things rather than me. I had noticed that Beck seemed to enjoy being around Tori.
I smiled at them. Tori was on Beck's back, and Beck was swimming around and carrying her. They both smiled widely.
I looked over at Cat and Robbie. Cat was talking to Robbie, and Robbie was just listening. His smile grew wider and wider as she spoke, as did Cat's. I wondered what they were talking about.
Cat POV
Robbie and I swam in the water, smiling and laughing. I was splashing him and he was splashing me back. The salt water burned my eyes a little bit but after a while it got better.
After a while, our arms got tired and we had to stop. I looked around. Beck and Tori were being all romance-y, and Andre and Jade were still talking to each other, and they looked like they might be talking romance-y too. I didn't like being the odd one out, so I did the same with Robbie.
"Robbie?" I asked.
"Yeah?" he asked, coming closer to me.
I saw him there and realized that I liked him. I mean, I knew I did before, but not in the way that I do now.
I decided to tell him. What could go wrong?
"Robbie, I like you," I said plainly.
Robbie laughed.
"I know, otherwise you wouldn't be talking to me," he said.
"I like you as more than a friend," I said, my confidence never leaving my voice.
Robbie just looked at me, and I could feel my heart beating really fast. That always happens when I'm nervous. Once in 3rd grade, I had to sing a song all by myself, and I was really sick right before I had to go onstage. But then Jade came up and told me to pretend that I was just singing with her. Then everything was ok.
"I like you too Cat," he said, now smiling.
"I think I liked you like this before. But I don't know. I always felt these weird little things in my tummy when I was around you and little stuff like that. I couldn't tell what it was though. And I loved sitting next to you on the plane, and I felt safe with your arm around me…" I said, going on and on. Robbie's smile got wider, and seeing that made my own widen too.
"…and I was just wondering…will you be my boyfriend?" I finally said.
Robbie didn't say anything and his smile faltered.
The longer we were quiet, the more I felt like I was going to cry.
A tear slid down my cheek as we continued to be silent.
"Do you like me Robbie?" I asked. Robbie shook his head no.
"Do you think I'm pretty?" I asked next, trying to keep my cool. Robbie again shook his head.
"If I left right now and never talked to again, would you cry?" I asked, even though I knew the answer. Again, Robbie shook his head.
Not being able to take it anymore, I swam quickly away from him.
Suddenly he grabbed my arm.
Tearfully, I turned back to him.
"Cat, I don't like you I love you. You're not pretty, you're absolutely beautiful. If you swim any further away from me, I won't cry, I'll die, Cat. Please be my girlfriend?" Robbie said.
I was speechless.
At the same time, Robbie and I both leaned in and we kissed.
Jade POV
cat started to swim away from Robbie, her face a deep red. It looked like she was crying.
"I am going to kill Robbie if he made her cry," I said, swimming towards the two of them.
"Jade, wait," Andre said, pointing to them.
They were talking now. After Robbie stopped talking, Cat's mouth was open slightly.
All the sudden, they both leaned in and kissed.
A wide smile came across my face at the sight of them.
"Well would you look at that," said a familiar voice from behind me.
I turned to see Beck and Tori, Tori in Beck's arms, smiles on both of their faces.
A slight pang of sadness came across me as I saw the two happy couples around me.
"Who knows Jade," began Tori. I looked over at her.
"Maybe you and Andre will hook up," she said.
I smiled at her, and glanced back at Andre.
"Time will tell, wont it?" he said. That's all he said.
At the Harry Potter Movie
Tori POV
"7 tickets for the special Harry Potter showing," I said, pulling out some money. Sikowitz stepped in front of me.
"I told you I would get it!" I said to Sikowitz.
"I'm not having you pay for 7 people," he replied, getting the tickets.
"Tori," Jade said, calling me over to her.
"Here," she said, handing me a blue Icee Freeze. I thanked her.
We headed into the theatre.
-x-
We watched the movie, enjoying every minute of it. I hadn't cried once yet.
Suddenly, the part of the movie where Snape dies came up.
Jade POV
The part of the movie where Snape gets killed came up. I looked down, doing my best to block it out so I didn't cry.
Unfortunately, I failed miserably.
By the time it got to the part where Harry is watching Snape's memories, I was legitly crying. Like. A. Child.
Cat, who was sitting next to me, was shaking. She had tears running down her cheeks.
Tori, who was sitting on my other side, was doing the same. I looked over at her.
"So," she whispered, "the Jade West has a heart and cries?"
I laughed quietly under my breath and punched her arm.
Cat grabbed my hand, and tori and I turned to her. Her huge eyes were full of tears.
"It's just a movie Cat," I told her, but I knew 100 percent that for many people it was NOT just a movie.
We finished the movie in silence, and by the end, there were tears on all of our faces. Not Sikowitz's though because he had fallen asleep. But even Beck/Andre/Robbie were crying.
"I love that movie so much," said Robbie. We all smiled and laughed.
"Can we go get candy?" asked Cat suddenly, out of the blue. She was smiling as wide as ever as though she had not been upset literally two minutes before.
I couldn't help but smile at that. She was SO bipolar, but sometimes that was a good thing.
The rest of us smiled and stood up to stretch. I wiped off the remaining tears.
"Candy it is then," said Sikowitz, which caused Cat to squeal with delight.
We got up and headed out of the theater, keeping our Harry Potter glasses shaped 3D glasses.
Back at the Hotel, 11:00 PM
Tori POV
We walked into the hotel room at 11 at night, exhausted. We had a very good time today. We went obviously to breakfast, the beach, the movies, and a local candy store. We also went to a bookstore and bought the whole Harry Potter movie and book set for Hollywood Arts, went to a go-cart track, and got a nice dinner.
We all immediately changed into pajamas and flopped down into our beds.
"Night," I said, knowing that when I closed my eyes, it would not be long until I was out cold.
"Goodnight," everyone replied back. I closed my eyes and allowed sleep to overcome me.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, I felt someone lay down next to me. I didn't even have to ask who it was. Beck draped his arm around my stomach and pulled the covers over us.
"I love you Tori," said Beck, whispering it into my ear. I could feel him smile.
I turned and kissed him softly.
"I love you too," I said, smiling. I turned back facing the room and closed my eyes.
Cat POV
While Jade was taking a quick shower, I laid down in bed. I was really really tired.
While I had my eyes shut, just listening to the music that Andre had turned on, I felt the side of the bed next to me cave in but I still heard the shower on. Confused, I turned and looked at the person next to me.
"Hey," said Robbie, smiling. I smiled back and kissed him.
"Mind if I sleep here tonight?" he asked.
I smiled and nodded. Robbie put his arms around me and held me close to him, which made me feel safe.
"Goodnight Robbie," I said, as he pulled the covers up over us.
"Goodnight Cat," Robbie replied, holding onto me tightly.
I smiled and closed my eyes, and soon fell asleep.
Jade POV
When I came out of the shower, I was slightly shocked to see everyone but Andre asleep. And I was even more shocked to see that the sleeping arrangements had changed.
"Um…" I said, looking at Andre.
"Looks like you're lying with me. Unless you would prefer the floor," Andre said. I smiled at him.
I crawled into bed next to him, and he hesitantly draped an arm over me. he pulled the covers up over us, noticing my cold skin.
"Goodnight Jade," he said. I smiled.
"Goodnight Andre," I said. I closed my eyes.
I am not sure if I had dreamt this or if I was hearing someone else in the room or what, but I could almost swear that before I fell asleep next to Andre, someone said 3 quiet words.
"I love you."
A/N: So, that's that. I apologize if this way too long or way too boring or something. But, I hope you liked it all the same! I really appreciate the people who are sticking out and reading this story, though it is probably the most boring story in the world. It means a lot. Special shoutout to I'm Right Here 13. She is awesome and she has helped and supported me throughout this whole story. THANK YOU!
