Hi, Another short chapter-I think there all be short and the relationship a slow burner-but don't quote me on that I don't know x
Disclaimer-nothing is mine.
Next Chapter-Beck's Big Break-Andre worries about Tori and Beck's relationship, Tori just worries about Beck
Ayden
Chapter 10-Wifi in the Sky
In which a plane ride, a class project and a baby are not a good combination.
Tori's Point of View
We went on holiday together as a family. The first time since I had come back and the first time I had gone with Ayden.
For the most part Ayden was fine. He was asleep for most of the Airport check ins and the woman at the security seemed to take one look at him and understand there was no way in hell I was letting him go.
Whilst on the plane Ayden was quiet. The roaring of the plane set his little ears to pop like popping candy and his face screwed up to hide the pain it was causing him before he started screaming.
I walked him up and down the length of the plane ride until he fell asleep again and then sat him down in the seat next to him. And for the most part that was that.
The holiday was great, the whole holiday was nothing but more sun, sea, sand and some relaxation but for the most part I missed LA. I missed the sprawling city and the sitting down on my bed with my son tucked in next to him reading him bedtime stories.
And when after the week away we came back it was much the same. I had managed to work a little bit on the project with Beck and Cat but I had still no idea whether or not it had been completed or even if they had come up with an idea.
"Andre!" I said smiling once the Wi-Fi was connected and Andre smiled back "Hey Tori" he said gently "Where's that boy of yours? I wanna see him"
I turned the screen to Ayden who was blearily peered through it before waving when he saw who it was in the blurry picture. "Fandre" he cried and Andre grinned waving back "He looks well" he said turning to me and I nodded "He's enjoyed the sun" I said smoothing back his hair and passing him his duck for him to chew on.
"Shall we get started?"
It took a while I confess. We had to contend with Cat being…well Cat, Jade, Beck and another lovers tiff which was eventually over an eight year old and Robbie being…well Robbie. And then there was the phenomena that was my sister and her compulsive need for attention and fame, a rumour concerning Perez Hilton and a bratty four year old in the front seat determined to make our plane ride as uncomfortable and irritating as possible.
So yeah safe to say when we got into the air I was already praying for the plane to land back at LAX.
I had just fed Ayden his bottle when the crises came to an end. "So" I said to Andre who had fed off the later catastrophe involving what I suspected to be his grandmother and an oven timer.
"When are you landing?" he asked and I blinked tucking in the blanket around Ayden who was now curled onto my lap "In about two hours" I said wincing as Trini's loud shriek echoed down the plane. "I think Perez Hilton is on board and I think Trini is in the process of murdering him"
"Good" Andre said shortly and I bit my lip to hide the smile. "I wish you and Ayden were here already" I blinked at him more shocked than I was willing to admit, because of course that was what friends did-they cared for each other.
"I miss you" he said finally and I grinned unsure why it made me feel so happy. "Well I miss all you guys as well" I hugged Ayden close to me and he snuffled in his sleep.
"Everything's different without you here you know?" Andre continued his expression drifting off into the distance "I miss you and the little guy, sometimes I know how we got by without you before-how the group ever existed with just me, Robbie, Cat, Beck and Jade"
"Thanks" I said still confused about what this had to do with anything.
Ayden snuffled and I looked down through my lashes my hair covering my face for the briefest of seconds and I heard what could have been a choked off sound from Andre, however when I looked up his face was perfectly blank and my son was still asleep.
"You look…well" Andre supplied and I choked back a laugh. I had been on a plane for nearly six hours with a twenty month old baby and my sister (who deserved a separate mention) and I knew I did not look fine, I knew my hair was scraggly and I was tired (a permeant fixture for a long time) and I was pale in the florescent cabin lights.
"I don't, I won't resemble anything near well until I get home have a shower and stick this one in bed and finally be able to get some sleep, and that's before I finish all this project due in tomorrow-providing of course the jet lag doesn't kill me beforehand"
"Let me finish it and print it off then" Andre offered eyes wide "You get some sleep and if needs be we can postpone preforming till the day after tomorrow"
"Ugh" I said feeling the flight tilt downwards to indicate landing "Sometimes I think I'm in love with you"
I didn't bother looking up from sitting Ayden back in his seat and therefore I missed Andre's reaction to whatever I had said. "Ugh Tori" he said his voice at least three octaves higher but I was more preoccupied with the evil looks the Air Hostesses were giving me "I gotta go" I said not looking up.
"I'll see you when I land"
And with that I disconnected the laptop and the Skype call.
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