AN: Hey guys no Beck or Tori sorry but there is Andre and Tori! As best friends of course, and a little bit of my personal favorite…Maddie.

Tori's POV

I swiped at the tears on my cheeks furiously. Stop it Tori! You haven't cried over any man in four years, you are not starting now! I cursed at myself as the tears continued to flow heavily down my cheek. I'm not crying because I'm sad he kicked me out, or wants nothing to do with me; I winced. I'm crying because of my own stupidity…yes, it was stupid of me to let him kiss me…again! I proceeded to walk back to my classroom but nothing I said convinced my eyes to stop crying.

"Why are you betraying me?" I asked them aloud, "What did I ever do to you?"

"Well for starters, we still haven't gone to Starbucks like you promised we would," A warm voice said behind me.

A small smile appeared on my lips as I turned into Andre's arms. He hugged me tightly to him and I felt safe.

"What's wrong Tor? Who's ass do I have to kick?" he asked.

I laugh half-heartedly. "Talk about de ja vu." He smiled at me, both of us remembering the last time I had cried in his arms in this very hall.

"You know I'm always here for you, girl."

"I was talking to Beck—" Andre's entire body instantly became tense, "nothing happened…" I lied.

Andre tilted my head up and forced me to look him in the eyes. "Come on, don't lie to me, Tori."

I rolled my eyes as I knocked his hands off my face. I glanced around and then dragged Andre to the janitors closet so we could talk privately without fear of interruption. "We just kissed…that's all. I stopped it each time before it could get too far."

"Each time? How many times have you and Beck kissed?"

"I don't know…twice, maybe…not that many times…" I defended.

"And how many times have you two been alone?" He asked suspiciously.

'Twice," I mumbled, but he heard me anyway.

"Tori!" He reprimanded, "That's not a good track record. That's two out of two. That's100% bad!"

"I know! Okay? I know! I can't help it! Every time he comes within an inch of me my mind goes senseless! All I can think about is his lips on mine, his hands running down my body, his…" I blushed.

"Yeah I got it… I told him to stay away from you too…dude promised." He said angrily.

"What?" I shrieked.

Andre's eyes widen and then he gave me the same look Maddie gives me when she's lying about eating a cookie before dinner, "nothing."

"Andre Harris, you tell me right now what you said to Beck!" I said in my best Mother voice.

"Nothing," Andre all but whined.

"Andre, tell me the truth."

Andre sighed and rolled his eyes. "Nothing, I just told him to stay away from you, he said he couldn't because you were friends, but he basically promised to keep his hands off you."

"Yeah well, I learned that's one of those promises he doesn't know how to keep. Or at least has an excuse ready for why he breaks it," I said sardonically.

"So, you were crying because he kissed you?" He asked.

"Don't try to change the subject! I can't believe you told him to stay away from me. I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself!"

"Now who's trying to change the subject?"

I let out an annoyed sigh. "Look, Andre, just don't do anything stupid like last time."

"What do you mea—"

"You know exactly what I mean! When you punched Beck four years ago you couldn't use your right hand for two weeks! Or play the keyboard for four" I scolded.

"I know, I promise not to hurt my hand this time."

"That's not what I meant, Andre! You're a teacher now; you can't set a bad example for the students by punching someone! Especially another teacher, you could get fired—"

"Okay, okay, calm down Tori. I promise not to punch Beck."

"Thank you." I smiled and hugged him once again.

"Now you have to tell me why you were crying?"

"It's nothing."

"Tori, nothing that makes you cry is nothing."

I smiled up at my best friend. "Thanks, it's just, ya know after we…kissed I stopped him. And I told him I hated him. He said he would do anything to make me not hate him…even tell Jade about us in high school. He just didn't want to stay away from me…" I didn't notice the tears rolling down my cheeks once again until Andre brushed them off my cheeks.

"And that made you cry?" Andre asked bemused.

"No…not exactly." Actually my heart fluttered rapidly and I almost danced and sang…or kissed him again I wasn't sure which. "I told him I'd never forgive him for choosing Jade over Maddie, and then he got confused!"

"What?" Andre asked outraged.

"Yeah I know, I'm still confused, then he started shouting at me about how I couldn't take Maddie away from him because he was her father…and that—that…he wan—wanted noth—nothing to—to do—do with m—me." I sobbed into my hands. Andre pulled me into another fierce hug.

"Shh, Tori, it's okay," he soothed into my hair.

I sniffled and then let go of him with a laugh. "Could this be anymore high school?" I asked, whipping at my eyes.

"Same friend, same boy trouble, same janitors closet." He smirked.

"I got to get Maddie home," I said, checking the time. "Thanks for listening Andre."

"Always girl, you know that." Andre smiled. I gave him another quick hug before walking towards my classroom.

"Tori! Oh my God, are you okay?" Trina asked concern etched on her face.

"Yeah," I answered in a tone that sounded false to my own ears.

"Do you want me to—"

"I'm fine, I'm just gonna take Maddie home, can you take care of the rest of the day? All that's left is ten more minutes of nap time and then free time before their parents pick them up, please?"

"Yeah, of course, Tori." Trina smiled and gave me a hug, "Don't worry I'll do such a fantastic job they'll beg me to become their son or daughter's teacher."

I half laughed half sobbed. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it."

I walked over to Maddie's area and picked her up carefully so to not wake her. Her eyes flew open as we made our way to my Corolla. "Mommy?" she asked, sleepily rubbing her eyes.

"Yeah, Love Bug?" I asked trying to control my voice, but it still came out thick.

She frowned and looked at me intently. "Mommy, is you okay?"

"Yeah baby. Mommy's good."

Maddie cocked her head to the side in an expression that made her look exactly like Beck. My heart squeezed and I suppressed a tear from escaping. "Are you hurt, Mommy? I can kiss your boo-boo and make it all bett'r. Just like you do to my boo-boos."

I smiled watery. "Sure, you can give me a kiss right here." I pointed to my cheek.

Maddie placed a loud wet kiss there. "All bett'r!" she exclaimed causing me to break into a large grin.

"Thanks Love Bug. Mommy's all better now, thanks to you."

"Rweally?" she asked eyes widened.

"Really." Maddie clapped her hands as I placed her into her car seat. "Ready to go home?" I asked. Maddie nodded her head. I started the engine and made my way home. Maddie promptly fell asleep as she did every time she was in a car. What was I going to do if Beck sued for custody of Maddie? If I had to I would show the court the saved text messages from the first time I told Beck about her, but would that be enough?