Disclaimer: Yah, sooo, noooooo. I do NOT own this. Like... not even a little bit. Like... NO.

"Beck... hey, Beck!"

Beck turned, furrowing his eyebrows, trying to see who it was hissing his name. He squinted, "Tori?"

Tori put a finger to her lips, gesturing him over. Beck paused, looking to the exit of the school before shrugging and walking towards Tori. As Beck drew close, Tori grabbed the front of his shirt, dragging him around the corner and pushing him against the locker. "Shhh!"

Beck smoothed out his shirt, looking bemused. "I didn't even say-"

"Shhh!"

He closed his eyes briefly, hanging his head. "Okay, what is it?"

"You're dating Jade." Tori stated, pointing at Beck, her eyes darting around. Tori had the suspicion that saying Jade's name summoned her from the underworld. In fact, when Cat had slept over once, Tori had been dared to say Jade's name three times while looking into a mirror. She hadn't done it... just in case.

Beck stared at the brunette, waiting for her to continue. "Yeah. And she's gonna kill me if I don't meet her in the parking lot."

"Right. So." Tori nodded, crossing her arms. She uncrossed them. "So."

Beck raised an eyebrow. "So...? Tori, you dragged me around here and shoved me against a locker. Obviously there's something bothering you. You can tell me."

Tori shifted uncomfortably, crossing her arms again. "Okay... it's not so much that it's bothering me, it's more... okay, so it is bothering me..." She sighed, putting a hand to her head. Dealing with awkward situations was not Tori's forte... but creating them? She was a pro. "When... when Cat and Jade did that... the play last year, the one where they... they, uh.. kissed... I mean... was there... did something...?" She gestured vaguely, hoping Beck would catch on.

He stared at her blankly. "Did something...?"

"Happen! Did something happen?"

Beck's eyebrows furrowed, "Tori, I don't know what you're... oh." He blinked. "Actually... there was something. Jade mentioned it once... what was it?" He muttered to himself.

Tori tried not to explode. She was so close to finding out the truth, and Beck was just stammering his way through it. She needed to know now! She'd never wanted to know something this bad, ever since she'd found out that there was maybe something that possibly happened between Cat and Jade last year a few hours ago. "What was it?" She hissed after Beck kept stalling, stroking his chin.

Beck blinked at her, taken aback. "Why do you want to know so much? You weren't even here?"

"Jade didn't tell you?" That surprised Tori... she thought that would've been the first thing that the dark-haired girl did. Jade said she wasn't going to tell anyone, but Tori had naturally assumed that she would've told at least Beck. It... it didn't make sense... or else it made perfect sense... Tori hadn't figured it out yet. She'd never been very good at solving mysteries. She always lost at Clue. Even to Trina, and Trina hadn't even been playing, had just had a random guess... Tori couldn't even watch crime shows anymore... the suspense killed her, and she was always wrong about who the killer was. It made her wonder about her instincts in real life...

"Tell me what?"

Tori snapped back, trying to think of something. "Uh... that I'm doing a project for... history club... on the... history... of my friends..." That's another thing Tori wasn't good at; lying.

"We have a history club?" Beck looked at her doubtfully.

"Not here... I go to one outside of school..." Yeah, 'cause that's so much more believable.

"How is it history?"

"Wh-what?"

"Your friends' past? How is it history?"

Why did Beck have to keep asking questions? "It's... amateur history... we're starting off small. You know... history of pets, friends, stuff like that."

There was an awkward silence, Tori nodding her head and hoping that that was enough to convince Beck. Eventually, he shrugged. "Okay. Cool, I guess."

"...So? Do you remember what happened?" Tori burst out impatiently, Beck staring at her. "Uh... I'm just really passionate about this club.. woo! History!" Tori cheered weakly, forcing a smile. For an actress, she didn't think she was doing a very good job.

"Oh, well-" Beck began,

"There you are!" Tori didn't even look. It was bad enough hearing that voice, let alone seeing who it was. She knew anyway. It was the same person who always ruined everything. Well... everything for Tori, anyway. "What are you doing here with Vega? You were supposed to meet me in the parking lot ten minutes ago!"

Beck shrugged, running a hand through his hair and pushing himself off the lockers. "Sorry babe, Tori wanted to ask me something for her history club."

Jade raised a studded eyebrow, smirking at Tori. "History club?"

Beck nodded. "Yeah. Actually maybe you could help her with it... she wanted to know-"

"Oh wow, look at the time, I've gotta go! Bye!" Tori checked her wrist, despite the fact she wasn't wearing a watch, waving a hasty goodbye and almost running out of the hall. She slowed after she got outside, sighing. She was so close... Beck had almost told her, but then Jade had to come along. She had good timing, if nothing else. Tori froze. What if... what if Beck told Jade about what she asked? What if Jade told Cat? Tori felt like her head was spinning, no.. like everything was spinning around and around and out of control, and there were all these secrets where before there hadn't been any. Tori was an honest person, for the most part. Sure, she lied sometimes, but it was only to protect people... or herself, but there were just too many lies now. Well... not lies exactly, but there was too much that could go catastrophically wrong. Tori smiled wryly, cat-astrophically. Of course, that's what it always came back to; Cat. She just... wished things could be simple, she wished that... that finding out that she felt this way about Cat could've happened some other way. A way where she wouldn't have known what it was like to kiss Cat, a way where she could've had time to deal with it, where she could've asked Cat and things could've happened naturally, not this way where she wasn't sure if it was just the kissing or whether it was Cat, and either way, if she said something, it'd be awkward and she'd have to keep kissing Cat and-

Tori took a deep breath. She was getting a headache. So this was what it was like to be in Cat's head... her thoughts always buzzing and turning around. No wonder Cat was so distracted all the time, she had a million voices screaming at her. Enough. Enough of this sneaking around. Tori didn't like it... it seemed dishonest to Cat. She just... didn't want Cat to be mad at her; Cat was so sensitive. But Tori couldn't handle this... suspense, this wanting to know. She'd just ask Cat, and she'd try to be as gentle as possible. And if Cat didn't tell her, then... she'd drop it. She respected Cat, and it wasn't fair to go behind her back and try and find out that something that might be a secret, or might be nothing at all. She'd just... she'd ask Cat, and that would be the end of that. Of course, she'd still have her little crush on Cat to deal with, but one thing at a time.

Tori pulled out her phone. Okay, so she'd just call Cat and... wait, what was she doing? She was being such a... a drama queen. Oh god, she was being Trina. Tori put her phone away, shuddering. She'd just go home and do her homework, work on her music, and... and the play. She could write something for the play. Tori shivered for a different reason now, remembering the scene that she and Cat had rehearsed today. She could still feel how soft Cat's skin was, still feel Cat's hands, joined behind her neck. Still taste Cat's- ugh. Stop it. Tori shook her head. Homework. Vegetables. Trina.

She just had to get home and stop thinking about... about Cat. Tori hung her head. She already knew that was going to be impossible, but she had to at least pretend she was trying, right? She just needed some time to sort her brain out, to break free of this rushed cycle. She was running from thing to thing, trying to distract herself... it was driving her crazy. She was exhausted. She just needed to... relax, and sleep. She'd have a bubblebath, assuming Trina hadn't used all the bubblebath soap again. She'd light some candles, put on some Enya... she'd be a cliché, but dammit, everyone said it worked to relax people, so that was what she was going to do. She had to, before she burst.

A/N: OMG I'm so lax. I know, I know. But here! Merry belated Christmas or early Happy New Years. Or, if it's your birthday, happy birthday! I'd sing, but... this is text, not an audio media.

On a lighter note, I actually figured out what I'm going to do with this fic. I mean... I knew, but now I have the ending. YAY! WOO! Yeah...

So, review OR I WILL TOTALLY GIVE AWAY SPOILERS AND JUST RUIN EVERYTHING.

Oh, and they all turn out to be ghosts at the end. :P