Author's Note: Wazzup. moving and in the new house right now, but no internet yet so I need to wait until I get to my current home to update.

Tori POV

I was with Beck and the gang at my kitchen table when my parents bursted through the door.

"Oh, Tori!" MY mom said as she hugged me tightly.

"Tori, are you okay, nothing happened or anything that needs-" I knew what she was going to say.

"No, mom, nothing like that." Her hand was on my cheek, but before she could say anything, my dad beat her to it.

"what happened to your face?" he asked only semi-concerned. Also, after my mom knew I wasn't raped she went on with her business. I looked at my friends and they were in shock that they weren't kicked out or anything or that they weren't concerned annymore.

I was so fed up, with everything.

"I was smacked in the face with a studded belt" I said as a matter of factly. My parents looked at me funny.

"Hey, guys, can you wait outside and give us a minute?" My mom said.

"Or you could leave." My dad said.

"No, you are not leaving, and you can all go upstairs and wait, Please?" I asked and stated. I hated how my dad barely cared and my mom was so airheaded it was unbearable anymore.

My mom sat in the kitchen with a bottle of water and my dad looked at me both furiously and confused.

"I can't believe you were so irresponsible to let this happen to you, Victoria." My dad wiped his face with his hand and sat with my mom.

"What?" I asked in disbelief.

Well I knew one thing for sure was that they had forgot my birthday again.

"How could you let this happen to you. I thought you were smarter than that."

I was in denial for a second that my dad would even say that. on my birthday. and my mom just sat there and let it all happen.

That was so like her.

She always stayed out of the fights me and my dad had.

"I couldn't do anything about it, dad. how could you blame this on me?" I asked angrily.

"Well, you weren't in shcool, young lady. If you were, then this disturbance in our special day wouldn't have happened!" He screamed as he walked towards me.

"Oh, so what about this day was so special that I ruined." I asked really interested in what he was about to say.

"Me and your mother were going to take Trina and go to Hawaii for 2 weeks, and we were going to announce it today." He said smugly.

"Oh, so what about me? were you going to leave me here for the time being or what?"

"Well..." he said, obviously trying to think of an excuse to cover his ass.

"You didn't think of me did you? When were you going to leave?" I asked, feeling my eyes burn.

"Tonight, actually."

"And when were you going to tell me? Tonight, after you left me?" I was tearing up now.

"Well, we were hoping-"

"You do this every year." I said, interrupting him, getting me into a whole new heap of trouble.

"Do what?" I asked partly out of curiousity, and mostly because he didn't knew what to say.

"go on a family trip, without me by the way, at this time of year." I asked and now the tears were flowing down my cheeks. What is so significant about this time of year?"

"It is the best time for vacationing."

"Right after summer vacation?"

"Uh.." no answer. Like always.

"That's what I thought."

"Stop, please.."My mom said.

"We wouldn't be having this conversation if SHE wouldn't have been so irresponsible-"

"She? So I'm not your daughter anymore." I was crying terribly now.

I heard him mutter, "You never were."

I was shocked.

He never went that far before.

I was crying hysterically as I went up into the hallway to see Beck at the top of the steps. I pushed past him and went into the bathroom.

BECK POV

I heard the fight. All of it. Even the part where he disowned Tori as his daughter.

I knew my parents and I fought, but they were never near this bad.

I didn't have enough time to run into the room when she came up the steps crying hysterically. I tried to reach out for her but she pushed me away and went straight to her bathroom.

Of course I followed her.

I went to knock on her door when It flew open and she had her toothbrush and...Something in a bag.

"Tor, are you okay?"

That was all I could get out before she walked away from me like I was never there.

"Tori!" I sort of yelled which made her turn towards me.

I immediately regretted it.

Hey eyes were puffy and red, and she almost looked like she just took drugs, but then you could tell she didn't by the tear stains down her face. she was crying, no doubt about it.

She looked at me, then walked into her room.

"Tori" Cat screamed and hugged her tightly. She grimaced lightly because she was still probably still sore from today.

"Tori, are you okay, we couldn't help but catch bits and pieces of the conversation." Andre said.

"Yeah, what happened? "Robbie asked.

Bad call, Rob.

"Robbie!" Everyone but Tori screamed, making Tori snap out of it and go to her closet.

"Well..."she started after she stopped crying.

"Tor, you don't have to-"

"He blamed me for what happened today and is going to Hawaii for 2 weeks with everyone but me and disowned me as a daughter!" she spat as she grabbed another bag like the one from the bathroom and then another from under her matress, then two more from her dresser. By the time she was done scavanging for her bags, she had 10 of them.

I couldn't help but ask.

"Tor, what's in those bags of yours?" I asked.

"My ticket to freedom." was all she said.

"Wait, does Tori have drugs?" Robbie asked Andre, reaching for a bag to see, but then Tori ripped it away from him, but brought it closer to me. If she was doing drugs I wanted to know.

I ripped the bag in her hand from her clutches and dumped the contents on her bed.

The bags were full of money!

"Tor..." I began to say, but I didn't know what to say.

"Why did you just do that?"She asked. she had no emotion in her, though. Just emptiness.

"I-uh-I" I studdered.

"Just forget it." She said as she packed the money back up and shoved it in her bookbag. Her large bookbag.

"What are you doing, Tori?" Cat asked.

"What does it look like?" she said a slightly harsh tone.

"What's that supposed to mean!" She screamed and ran out.

Tori looked a bit guilty of hurting Cat, but then she seemed to get over it.

"Uh, Tor, don't you think that you were a bit too harsh on Cat?" I asked which earned me a glare, but not like any of the one's Jade gave me before. This one wasn't filled with anger and hate. This one was filled with despair, understanding, and anger, but also of love and a whole lot of other emotions.

I loved the way she looked at me right now, if that even makes sense.

"And I thought that you weren't invited on the the vacation-"Robbie started to say before Andre punched his arm. "Ow" he said.

"I realize that, Robbie." Tori said calmly.

"Well then..." I started.

"What." She part said and part asked me.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Figure it out." She said and I realized that she had packed the bookbag with clothes and her phone and phone charger.

"You're running away?" I asked in shock.

"Yeah, well, not really. I think I should have enough money for a hotel for a few nights until I can get everything situated, But yeah, basically. "She replied as she tried to walk out of the room.

I didn't let her.

I stepped into the doorway and didn't let her through.

"Beck, move." Her voice cracked.

"No. You are not walking away from your problems." I stated.

"Please, "she tried to move me, but when I didn't budge she sunk to the floor and leaned against her wall. She did not cry, though. She was cried out.

I would be, too.

TORI POV

I had no tears left to cry. All I wanted to do was leave. Not my friends or school, but my family here. It is obvious they don't care anymore. Maybe they never did.

"Look, Tor, you can't leave us. Just like you can't leave your problems." Beck started to say, but I spoke my mind.

"What about you? You couldn't follow your parents' rules, so you moved out." I stated cooly.

"Well, yeah, but-" he started.

"She is right, you know." Andre called out.

"But I only moved to the parking lot."

"True." Andre and Robbie said and quieted down again.

"You can't leave. You have school, and friends here." I thought of all of my friends, and of all of the people I have known since I came to HA and then I remembered.

"Ryder." I said.

"what?"

"I was supposed to have a date with him tonight." I shrugged it off, though.

"Don't worry about him, Tor, if it wasn't for him..." I knew what he was about to say.

"If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have passed the alley and I wouldn't have been attacked. I know." I finished.

"Yeah, So stay. Here." Beck said.

"Are you completely crazy? I am not staying under the same roof as them, even if it is only for a few days. As long as I have a little escape from my family. I can stay at a motel for a few nights-" I tried to say, and I meant it, but I wasn't expecting what fluent, cool words came out of his mouth.

"My RV has a couch. I'll sleep there and you can have the bed." Was he asking me to stay there for a few nights instead of a motel?

"What? You want me to stay there. With you. Instead of a motel." I clarified.

"Well, it would save you the money..."Andre said.

"Yes, it would. Thank you, Andre." Beck said and they both laughed lightly. I didn't.

It was tempting.

"I don't know..." I trailed off.

"C'mon, Tor, you always said that you needed money for college. Don't waste it on a motel or something." What he didn't know was that I had much more money in a bank account. I had plenty. But I know for a fact that I didn't earn nearly that much at the cafe. I always wondered where that money came from. I didn't want to touch it though until I knew where it came from.

I finally gave in.

"Okay, but only until I get everything figured out."

"I can deal with that." He said with a smirk. It was a sexy smirk. Was he flirting with me? Maybe. Was I falling for it? No way. We are friends and nothing more. Well...

"Thanks." I gave him a half hearted hug but he returned it with a whole hearted one.

Awkward.

"Alright, let me grab a few more things and I'll be ready." I said as I grabbed another bag, a duffel bag, actually, and started packing a few more pairs of clothes in it.

"Ok, I'll take your other one down to my car." he said as he grabbed my book bag and started out with Andre and Robbie.

I let him go.

I heard and watched them at Beck's car through my window after I finished packing my stuff. I turned around and there he was.

My "father."

"Victoria, where do you think you are going?" He asked in a stern voice.

"Out." was all I responded with.

"I saw that boy walking out with your book bag." He stated.

"And?" I was not gonna let him scare me anymore.

"And YOU are not going anywhere with that boy, or the others either. " he clarified.

"You can't tell me who my friends are! And you sure as hell can't tell me wh-" I was in the middle of talking when he slapped my face on the side of the belt welt.

We were both shocked.

I was holding my cheek when I looked up at him and saw my mom and Trina at the doorway.

"Dad!" Trina yelled as she ran over to me and hugged me.

"David, what did you just do?" my mom said while taking her time walking over to me to check my face.

"Tori..." he apologetically stated.

"The policemen here are great. They don't let men hit little girls, now do they, Daddy?" I asked while grabbing my bag with all of my stuff in it and backed out of my room.

I ran downstairs when I heard: "Victoria! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-"

That was all I heard before I was out of the house.

I slammed the door and ran to Beck's car. Before he could get out to open the door for me, I was already in.

"Drive. Now."

"Huh?" He was clearly confused when I saw the house door fly open out of the corner of my eye.

My dad was racing to the car.

"Now!" I yelled as he started the car and drove out.

We were at a red light when he happened to look over.

"What the..." he said as he turned my abused cheek to his face for him to study.

"What the hell happened in there, Tor?" he asked with hints of anger, disgust, pity, concern, and many more.

"Nothing important," I stated as I ripped my chin from his grasp.

"Well, it didn't sound nor look like nothing." Beck said.

I ignored him. I wasn't in the mood to talk at the moment. Then I realized...

"You heard?" I asked curiously. was it that loud?

"Some. I heard that your dad didn't like the idea of you hanging around with me and then I heard you saying that he was in no position to decide who your friends were. then I heard it stop. I heard you talking, of course, but no words."

"What did you see?" I questioned. He didn't have to know everything, so if he told me what he knew, I could control how he thought of it.

"Not much. I saw you and him in your room, arguing, and then I couldn't see. The next time I saw you was when you were in my car."

"Well, what do you think happened?" I asked innocently.

"Seriously?"

"Yes."

"I think you two's conversation had gotten heated and he went off on you. I mean, he is a policeman after all. He couldn't have done anything major like...wait. did that welt have finger marks?" He asked accusingly. He knew something was up.

I explained everything that happened.

"He hit me, straight across the face. Mom and Trina saw." I went into a small fit of hysteric laughter. "The policeman here are great. They don't let men hit little girls, now do they Daddy?" I mimicked myself, instantly back in the situation again. I just don't understand how I didn't see that he would have swung sooner.

"I can't believe what happened." he said.

"You can't believe what happened? What about me? Huh? That on top of everything else, and you can't believe what happened. HA." I spat as we pulled in.

"Calm down, Cheekbones. We can work this out." He said as he opened my car door and helped me out.

"Thanks." I said.

"For what?" he asked. Was he that stupid?

"For everything, from donating blood, to giving me a place to crash tonight, to just...being a good best friend to me." I said as I started to smile. It hurt my cheek, but I didn't care. It felt like a while since the last time I flashed my smile.

"Well, that's what friends are for, right?" He flashed me a flirty, sexy grin as we walked into his RV.

Author's Note: internet has been off. moving. ya. and for those of you who wished me good luck at volleyball thank you. I killed it:) well at least I think so. Tryouts next week. wish luck for those. I will post this chapter and another chapter so when you see the update know I put two chapters up and not just one. Thanks for the support. Lurve you all!