1 week later
"no Ryder I can't do that song" says Tori
"why not" says Ryder
"because the subject surrounded by politics, I'd end my career if I published that song, people would hate me" says Tori
"you risked your career to save Lizzie's job, how is this any different" says Ryder
"because it just is ok, you can go ahead and make it a solo but I will not publish it under by brand" says Tori
"that sounds like you don't care about Hailey, her story needs to be heard" says Ryder
"I do care about Hailey, she's an amazing dancer but after Lizzie and the protests it sparked I can't risk everything just to make her story known, people are being arrested for peaceful protests demanding corporate changes, they aren't killing anyone or burning down anything, I can't put a target on my head, not this time, last time my fans ignored me for months to start the protests, after everything I went through as a child then to be raped twice last summer, I need people to stand behind me, after Lizzie, I told my fans I would stay out of political stuff, you're free to use the equipment to make a song but you can't link it to me ok" says Tori
"why are you absolutely scared that you are going to lose your fans, look what your action did for pear, African Americans are finally being treated fairly" says Ryder
"I was the target of aggressive racism as a kid Ryder, people made fun of me when I told them I was half Latina, they made jokes like what happened to the other half, someone gave me lice and I bleached my hair and the racism stopped, I'd like nothing more than for all humanity to be treated fairly but I can't go back to being a target, it was a really dark time, I had considered killing myself, that's how bad it was Ryder" says Tori
"ok I'm sorry I didn't know it was that bad" says Ryder
"not many people do, that's kinda the point, I'd rather people not remember it and not bring it up, like I said it was a really dark time, if people bring it up now I don't think anyone could stop me from ending it all, so please make it a solo and produce that song but it hurts my heart too much to be a part of it" says Tori
"ok I will, by any chance could I have the code to the basement studio because I don't"says Ryder
"twenty two eighty eight, in other words CATV" says Tori
"you really do love Cat don't you" says Ryder
"so much ya, I don't think it's possible to love someone more, sure we have our fights but cat is the most caring person in the world, she always finds the bright side of things, she never fails to make me laugh even when she's a bit depressed herself she always finds a way to lighten the mood" says Tori
"you know I still have feelings for you right, that part wasn't a lie last year" says Ryder
"of course you'd bring that up, look if I was going to have a kid it'd have been yours without a doubt, but I'm not, Bella is a handful as it is, it takes everyone in this house to keep her contained, she's actually a distant relative of mine, apparently I had some Canadian family, but they're all gone now, they were killed because they did the right thing, Bella is all that's left, Cat says she reminds her a lot of me, she has the signature Vega dimples and cheekbones and her eyes oh my God they could calm me down from just about anything" says Tori
"I know she came to see Abby two days ago because she wanted to be drawn as a present for you, oh my God those eyes, I swear she could see my soul" says Ryder
"ya she's really taken to Abigail, it's insane the pictures she brings me, it's always abstract art" says Tori
"ya she calls it abtat art, she likes the way Abby draws her hair, she had it in a fountain pony yesterday and Abby literally drew a fountain instead of hair, Bella laughed for hours, say what you want about Abby being too young for me but she knows how to make kids laugh, I find it adorable" says Ryder
"I'd never say Abby is too young for you, why who says that" says Tori
"my parents, Robbie, Trina, Anne Gray, I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle loving Abby" says Ryder
"ok I'll level with you, I was angry that you brought up the fact that I'm scared to lose my fans but Abby clearly loves you, also when it comes to Trina when she targets you like that she's showing trust, a bad way to show it ya but that's how she welcomes people, you hurt me last year and she wants to pay you back for it, I can't do anything about Robbie but I'll talk to Anne about it ok, seriously go spend time with Abby" says Tori
"ok but she's suspicious that I bedded Abby already, I'd never do that, I'm not that person anymore, when we do it's her choice not mine, Anne doesn't believe me, all those years around this family growing up and I can't be trusted, it hurts" says Ryder
With Anne
"Tori it's not that I don't believe him, she's my youngest daughter, He's a strong guy, he's not the same boy I knew growing up" says Anne
"that's not what Abby says, last year he tried to use me to get a good grade in school, trust me I know when he's lying, he isn't, he went with Abby to save Hailey, it was his insistence that they go to the hospital to get Hailey checked out, to make sure she didn't need further care, Abby wanted to bring her right back to the house to hide her, look he also saved her from being raped at that protest, Frank made him promise to keep her safe" says Tori
"you trust him" asks Anne
"I have my issues with Ryder but he cares a lot about Abby, besides Lizzie would tell me if they had made love" says Tori
"how do you figure Lizzie would know" asks Anne
"because the first day Abby was up all night texting Lizzie, I've seen the texts, she does want him to make love to her so badly but she understands that you don't trust him with her alone like that, after all she's tried to tell you about her feelings for him and all you did was tell her he can't be trusted, you stereotyped Ryder in a way that scares Abby, I've seen the bedroom, she literally has it split in two, divided by a bedsheet hanging from the ceiling and she wraps herself in rope, I understand your fears Anne but in the end you have to trust that you raised her right" says Tori
"how would you have handled it" says Anne
"I'd have taught her about restraint and to know when the time is right to have sex, she's almost of age and you have her wound so tight that she's afraid of the man she loves, Lizzie's tried to calm her down and Abby's first response is always but mom said this or mom said that" says Tori
"how can you trust Ryder so easy if he used you" says Anne
"I was raped twice last summer, drugged and restrained, he found out it was his friend who did it both times and acted interested so he could get a copy of the video they took, he immediately turned it over to the cops and the people were arrested, he did so without me even knowing, he's really trying to be the person Abby wants him to be so bad, I told him straight that all he had to do to earn my trust back was show me the evidence so I could have turned it over, but out of respect so I didn't have to see what they did to me he did it without my knowledge and even in the paper about the arrest it says the evidence was turned over by an anonymous source" says Tori
"how do you know he doesn't have a copy of the video still" says Anne
"oh I know he does but I watched him turn it over to Cat so she could keep it from prying eyes, he may still have a copy himself, he's not into watching someone he knows get raped by like six people, if he does I know he'd tell me if he watched it, I want him to have a memory of the good deed he did to help me, besides he came across a doctored one online of Cat and he told her about it and then he reported it to the authorities" says Tori
"to what lengths would Ryder go to to protect Abby" says Anne
"the guy that attempted to rape Abby was actually inside her, Ryder pulled him off, broke his ankles and pointed a gun to his head until the authorities arrived, everyone there had video of the attack and attempted rape and Ryder saving her, Abby is somewhat of a legend at those protests and people were just hoping to get an autograph or something and wanted video evidence in case an attack happened, it has been known to happen so everyone comes prepared, however because that guy was in her Ryder won't get the chance to be her first and he's actually quite depressed about it" says Tori
"so why did he ignore her for four years then" Asks Anne
"he just didn't get that vibe from her, not all guys can tell every subtle thing we do to show them we like them, he thought she was interested in someone else because she suddenly stopped texting him, so he looked elsewhere, his parents went so far as to make him date someone else because he wouldn't stop talking about her, they apparently thought it was super creepy that he fell for a long time friend, but that's just how it goes sometimes" says Tori
"they made him date someone else, that's not fair to him, I assume that also means Abby can't be his first" says Anne
"you can't judge them, you made your own daughter so afraid of the man she loves that she wraps herself in rope when she gets in bed, also he insists he hasn't done it with anyone else, Abby refuses to believe him, again because you made her afraid of him, you put all these ideas in her head that she's not able to truly be herself around him, she's always second guessing his actions, he can be all cutesy and feed her or make her breakfast and her first response is what did you put in it, you made her so scared of him that she just assumes he's going to rape her when he does something nice for her" says Tori
"I was just scared, I didn't mean to scare her like that, there are some real creeps out there, including her uncle Chris, he raped Hailey last year then had no problem letting that clown have his fun this year, it scared me that she was so in love with Ryder that she'd draw him naked, I jumped to conclusions, you try thinking straight when Bella is Abby's age and full of hormones" says Anne
"you need to make it right" says Tori
"I will" says Anne
2 hours later
"but mom you said yourself that Ryder could be a creep" says Abigail
"I was wrong, when you're a parent you try doing everything perfectly when you have a brother in law like Chris, I only wanted you to be aware of the creeps, Chris did a lot of bad things to Hailey and her sisters, you drew Ryder naked and I got scared that he'd already done it, I made a mistake Hun, Tori made me realize just how scared I'd made you, I never meant to scare you like that, that the guy you love would rape you in your sleep, I only wanted you to be aware of that possibility, Chris's wife make that mistake, I didn't want you to make the same mistake, I'm truly sorry Abigail" says Anne
"so if he and I did make love you'd really be ok with it" questions Abby
"now slow down there, I never said that………., fine if you did decide to go that route you'd need to be on the pill and he'd have to wear protection, though I beg you to wait till you're eighteen" says Anne
"you'd really make me wait a whole month mom come on, also the drawing is a mere approximation, I've never seen him fully naked, the best I've gotten are some glimpses when he's in the shower, even then it's too steamy to really see anything, the most I can make out is his arms, hair and his feet, he says my drawing is accurate but I don't believe him, my drawings are always overdone, I have a big imagination, you know that, I had like six imaginary friends not even six years ago mom, I never imagined Ryder actually liked me, I thought he was too hot and popular to like me" says Abby
"I have to ask that you wait, as your mother I want you to weigh the risk of people making the same assumptions I made over knowing what it feels like" says Anne
"I know what it feels like mom, I was almost raped, he was inside me before Ryder saved me" says Abigail
"ok I understand but it's different with the one you love, I don't want you to feel like you have to" says Anne
"ok fine I understand mom I'll wait" says Abigail
"you don't have to listen to me you know, you don't live under my roof anymore, you live under Tori's, just because I ask you to do something does not mean you have to listen to me" says Anne
"is this some sort of test mom, because it really feels like a test" says Abigail
"no test, if you do start having sex I beg that you do use protection" says Anne
"of course I would momma, I don't want children yet" says Abigail
With Jade
"Tori he said he doesn't love me, that it might just have been the idea of seeing me naked, I feel so used" cries Jade
"I know for a fact he's lying Jade, he doesn't feel he deserves you is the problem, he's trying to force you to hate him so you'll move on" says Tori
"but I don't want anyone else, I wanted him, I've always wanted him, I was just too scared to say it, I've known of him since I was two at the earliest, I was kind of a stalker back then, always curious about him but never letting him see me, it was always him, I started drawing his name at three, his name was everywhere in my art from my early childhood" says Jade
"wow you had a childhood crush on him, does he know that" says Tori
"I've told him but he just considered it a story to explain why I fell for him, when I was ten I started my mean streak and forced my parents to lock it all away, they put it in storage which have since lost because the company went under and all the items that weren't claimed were sold off, my parents didn't know about it till after that point when they went to find an old record and found the building was gone, my parents had maybe three grand worth of records along with most of my childhood memories in that storage room, basically everything with Robbie's name on it because I was upset that he didn't talk much with me until high school, so I have nothing to show for my obsession over him, absolutely nothing, I didn't know what happy was until he kissed me that first time" says Jade
"so why beck at all then" asks Tori intrigued
"my parents thought it would be a good idea, I admit he's hot but not exactly my dream guy, my parents thought it would cool me out, make me less angry, all it did was make it worse, my temper tripled, I was forced to hide my feelings for Robbie, I used the whole getting kicked out of school thing to get close to him, I haven't been to work in three days, I'm on the verge of getting fired" says Jade
"ok ok I'll talk to him ok" says Tori
"no you won't, he's made his choice, he's chosen to kill everything good in me, I was finally myself and now I'm scared I'll be angry Jade again, I liked the dresses and the dates, I liked how he let me role play in bed, no other guy will let me do that" says Jade
"Cat has claws you know, she's not afraid to use them, she has ways to force him back here, also I heard his dad recently bought a bunch of art with his name on it, I have a feeling Robbie is about to get his butt kicked" says Tori
"you think it's my art" asks Jade
"I do, he said it had Jade W written up in the top right corner" says Tori
"it's my art then, I always signed my work in the top right corner, only in high school did that change, I highly doubt it will change anything though" says Jade