Tori walked out of her dorm, her heels clacking on the hard floor. As he hair blew with the cold wind, though Christmas had already passed, it was still really cold. She couldn't wait until spring, when she would finally be able to wear dressed and one layer of clothing. She looked ahead, and saw a car pulling over.

"You're right on time." She said, getting inside his car. "And I must say I held a water bottle for over an hour today, and I didn't spill it on anyone." He grinned, glancing at her before taking off.

"We'll see about that at the end of the night." He told her. "I was thinking, you have a gig tomorrow, don't you?"

She smiled, thinking how amazing it was that he had kept that in his mind. "Yes, they're setting up the stage on the central park."

"And what time are you going to sing?"

"At three, right after my friend Cat, the one-"

"With the drunk boyfriend?" Beck said, jokingly, and Tori giggled. It was like that every time she was around him, she just felt giddy and bubbly and... Everything she didn't feel with Danny. It was good to be with a guy that made her feel good, like she wasn't stepping on a minefield with every word she said.

"The drunk scientist." Tori shook her head, thinking about how ridiculous the entire Robbie situation had been, and yet how perfect it fit for them. "Anyways, I'm singing only a song, and if you want to see it you'll have to come."

"I'll be right in the front." Tori kissed him on the cheek, before going back to her seat, and leaving her hand on his shoulder. Every year, Helen hosted an event for her best vocal students, where producers and such would come to find new talents. Tori had been waiting for that opportunity since she got her acceptance letter, it was the only reason she was even going to college. Since she knew that to find a job or make it in the music business she didn't a degree, but a chance to be in Helen's class was just as good as getting a thumbs up from Simon Cowell on The X-Factor.

He parked the car, and they got inside Troy's building. Beck and Tori walked in the party, hand in hand. And it was just like every other apartment party, a lot of booze, background music and people that had just met each other, but acted like they were best friends. Though Beck didn't plan on making any friends that day, he just wanted to be with her. "You made it!" He heard as soon as he walked in.

"Moose?" Beck said, surprised to see him, but not because he was there, but because he was alone, and without a beer in his hand. "This is Tori, Tori this is my roommate, Moose." Tori smiled, and Moose tapped Beck in the arm.

"So you're the girl he's been drooling over?" He asked her, and Beck shook his head, and eyed his friend so he would stop speaking. But before Moose even got his signal he got distracted by something else. A petit brunette girl approached them, with a beer on each hand.

"Here you go Moosy." She said, and he grabbed one, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks Brook." He said, giving her a kiss on the cheek and wrapping his arm around her shoulder, and leaning closer to Beck his friend. "She's Canadian!" He whispered in Beck's ear, a little too excited, before walking past them. Beck rolled his eyes, before turning back to his own date.

"So, who's the owner of the place?" Tori asked.

"Right, we should talk to Troy." He held her hand tighter, as they walked between the groups of people, until getting all the way across the apartment. Where Beck knew Troy would be, since he kept a small mini fridge with all the really good booze, just for him and his close friends. But instead of talking to his friend, Tori was the one who spoke.

"Jade?" She said, and two faces looked at her. "What are you guys doing here?" She asked her, and Jade shook her head looking down, before raising an eyebrow, and looking back at her friend.

"I'm the one who should be asking you!" She said, before pulling André out of the group of friends, knowing that he would change the subjects.

"Hey!" André said, while Jade stood awkwardly behind him. "Tori and Beck?" He said, surprised, when noticing they were holding hands.

Tori frowned, looking up at the boy beside her. "How do you two know each other?"

"This helped me with the soundtrack for this film project I did." André shook his head, humble. "He totally saved my ass on that, I can't ever choose the proper music."

"Well that's what I'm here for!" André answered. "Plus, the video by itself was already amazing."

"What was it about?" Tori asked them.

"It was about this d-"

His sentence was suddenly cut out by a loud siren, as the sprinklers on the ceiling went off. "FIRE!" Someone yelled out the hall, and everyone began to scream, rushing out through the back and front door. Beck held Tori closer, and they went out the hall and down the stairs along with a mass of people.

"You okay?" He finally asked her, when they got out of the building. They were all soaking wet, and Tori shivered more and more by the second.

"Yeah, I just need to get warm!" She told him, looking around to spot her two friends, who like them, were standing in the middle of the crowd like they had just taken a shower with their clothes on.

"We should go." He told her, tilting his head towards the parking lot, before they rushed to his car.

Tori took out her key, her fingertips were starting to hurt, and her teeth chattered as she unlocked the door as quickly as possible. She rushed in, holding the door for him as she jumped up and down. "Th-there are to-tow-towels on th-the..." She began saying, still shivering.

"Got it." He said, picking them up from the top shelf, and wrapping a couple of them around her, along with his arm. "You're crazy cold." He said, resting his chin on her head, as her temperature began to go back to normal. "How do you survive through the winter?" She chuckled, resting her wet hair on his chest. Thinking that it was impossible for them to meet up without something ruining or at least getting his clothes dirty.

"I gather a lot of food and hibernate." She told him, feeling his hand run down her hair, untangling it. "I just need a hot shower." She told him, taking a step back, and handing him one of the towels. "Care to join?" She asked, walking towards the bathroom, as he followed.


Beck walked towards the central park, carrying a smile on his face. The sun was shining, the grass was green and he hadn't feel as great as he did in ages. For all he cared, that was the best he had ever felt in his life. He couldn't think about anything except for Tori. Even the smallest thing reminded him of her, and after the night they had spent together, he didn't want to stop thinking about her.

He walked on the grass, going through the crowd of people that were already forming. He could see the judges chairs right at the back, and most of them were already there. He wanted to go backstage, and give her a kiss before she performed, but Helen wasn't allowing anyone except for her crew and the students in there.

He finally got to the front, but the stage was empty. He took out his phone, and saw the notification for a new email.

"Dear Friend,

I woke up a while ago, and today's is going to be a pretty crazy day for me. I'm going to perform on Helen's show case! So if you watch, you'll know I'm one of the many girls that are going to be there... Though I might be only in the crew, or doing backing vocals, so you'll never know. But if you do go, you're probably going to end up seeing me at some point. How crazy is that?

Well not crazier than the party I went last night. It was an apartment party, that seemed to be really cool until there was a fire. A fire that even turned out to be real, some guy let his cigarette fall down and burned down his carpet. That was all the damage, but it was enough for the sprinklers to go off and create a huge mess.

Well that's pretty much it, I'll talk to you later, love,

Me."

Beck looked around, scanning through the crowd as if he was going to find her. Even though he didn't know what she looked like, he felt like if he saw her, he would feel something different, like a signal that she was the one. But nothing happened, girls and girls went by and he didn't feel anything. Not even a single familiar face, since he had probably seen the girl before.

He ran his fingers through his hair, as the first student walked on stage. He went back to his phone, and began typing.

"Dear Friend,

I've been thinking, and I feel like I know you, and like you know me better than everyone else. Like... I don't even know how to put it words, because it's an odd feeling that I don't even understand myself. But I know one thing...

I want to meet you. Maybe it's time for it. Love,

Me."

He pressed send, and paying attention to the crew members, and everyone that he spotted backstage, to see if the were looking at their phones, but still got nothing. "Next up is Tori Vega."

He looked up, as she walked on stage, and he instantly smiled, clapping along with everyone else. Getting the amazing feeling from before back, and putting the thoughts about his anonymous friend away, to be able to watch and enjoy the most amazing girl he had ever actually met, in person, with all he could. The music started to play, and as she began to sing he shook his head, not believing that she had actually chosen that song.

"Love of my life, you've hurt me
You've broken my heart,
And now you leave me.
Love of my life, can't you see?..."


A/N: Hello everyone! Hoped you liked this, if you did please review! Do it for Beck and Tori huh? And also, I would love it if you checked out my new stories (yes, plural!) Brazil and Is Somebody Out There. Please give them a chance, it would mean the world! Love,

- Kiribati