The next day
"can't people just leave me alone for once" screams Tori
"whoa that's a burst of anger" says Beck
"ya well apparently someone made a poll asking if Tori Vega marrying before she's twenty-five is a bad thing, ninety percent of people said yes, I can't deal with it, I got married in secret for a reason" says Tori
"it's from a Florida guy who's obsessed with you Tori, who has repeatedly posted that you are his girl and that your world views match his, so of course people with the same ideas would vote, he treats you like a sexual object and you've never met him, don't listen to him" says Beck
"do you think it was a mistake to marry Cat so early" says Tori
"what matters is if you think it was a mistake, also no I don't think it was too early, maybe a smidge on the secretive side but I don't think I've seen cat more happy" says Beck
"I do think it was too soon, I made a mistake" says Tori
"no you don't Tori, I know you, besides if people think your available will mean people will hit on you regardless but if they know your relationship status won't change they'll be less likely to try and turn you onto them" says Beck
"so by marrying Cat I saved my sanity because if I hadn't people would be hitting on me……." Asks Tori
"oh people will still try but it might go from I actually have a chance flirting to oh I'm just doing this for fun flirting" says Beck
"ok thanks for making me feel better, what do you think about Jade getting married in just over a weeks time" Says Tori
"that was supposed to be her and I walking down that isle, of course I'm upset but if she really loves Robbie that way why should I be angry, love is love" says Beck
"still haven't found the right girl huh" says Tori playfully
"her name is Hannah she was a new student this year, she's super cute but despite flirting with me just wants to be friends, I don't know what to do" says Beck
"I'm having a barbeque today here at the house, why don't you invite her over, if it makes you feel better tell her it was genuinely my idea you know because it actually was, the name sounds awfully familiar" says Tori
"she's Latina like you, her last name is Jules" says Beck
"wait Hannah Jules….." says Tori shocked
"ya why" says Beck
"she's a relative of mine, my great uncle's grand daughter or something, only met her once" says Tori
"I'll invite her over then, she's not a huge George gray fan so she'd be safe here" says Beck
Lunchtime barbeque
"oh my God Tori it's been years" says Hannah
"indeed it has so why haven't you grown much, you're still seven inches shorter than me" says Tori
"you know the Vega side of the family got the height genes, I definitely remember Trina being all I'm the superior sister type, man how things change huh" says Hannah
"indeed, did you ever imagine I'd be married to a girl" says Tori
"actually no, anyway on that topic, Beck seems like a hot guy, is he single" says Hannah
"why haven't you asked him that question" says Tori
"you remember Harold Jules, my father, well he's of the opinion I shouldn't date till I'm like thirty, but beck is just so darn cute, I really need to get away from my dad, sure I'm talented and can play multiple instruments but he wants me to follow a specific career path" says Hannah
"you still a virgin huh" asks Tori
"Could you be any louder there cousin, look I really do like beck but I've never asked someone out before and been successful, I'm afraid that if I do it wrong they're going to laugh at me, there's nothing more hurtful than being laughed at when you at" says Hannah
"I'm going to call beck over, you don't move an inch, Beck come here for a moment" says Tori
"oh I swear you're going to end me one day" says Hannah as beck walks over
"yes Tori" says Beck already acutely aware of what's going on
"say Hannah liked you and wanted to move in right away to get away from her controlling father, what would be your reply, please be honest here" says Tori
"honestly I'd be surprised but I'd welcome her with open arms" says Beck
"and why would that be" says Tori as Hannah seems scared
"because I like her, love her actually would be more accurate" says Beck as Hannah faints
"well I saw that coming, at least she fell backwards onto the air mattress we have out for these barbeques" says Tori
"wait so she for real does like me" says Beck confused
"yes, I mean she's a year your junior but I'm six months older than Cat so it's not that far a stretch, her father already had her whole life planned out, from playing at the national conservatory to being a country legend, every detail and someone like you doesn't play into his ideas for her future" says Tori
"how tall is she for seventeen, she looks almost twelve" says Beck
"four foot ten according to her texts, her eighteenth birthday is tomorrow actually, her side of the family has always been short, she's actually still growing, when I first met her four years ago she was four foot five, she said her doctor figures she's got at least three more years of growing, she said he estimates she will be five foot four by next year" says Tori
"you saying she hasn't had her growth spurt yet" says Beck
"nope, her mom is four foot five and her father is four foot nine, so she's actually taller than them already" says Tori as Hannah wakes up
"Victoria did Beck actually say he loved me, I wasn't dreaming right" says Hannah
"no I wasn't, you're incredibly beautiful Hannah, I don't know how guys can stand to laugh at you" says Beck
"it's usually because of my height, I need you to kiss me to know it's real" says Hannah as Beck kisses her on the lips
"was that enough of a sign Hannah, you can bring your stuff after the barbeque ok" says Beck
"all I really need is my clothes and my hair stuff, and maybe my laptop if my dad will let me take it, he likes to say he owns my stuff, even my clothes because he bought it all" says Hannah
"I'll talk to him ok, I'll buy you new clothes if I have to cousin but your music is important and you will be bringing your laptop no question about it" says Tori
After barbeque at Jules household
"what are you doing here Tori" says Harold
"look hotshot I'm a superstar now, millions of people love my music, is that the life you want for Hannah" says Tori
"yes of course" says Harold blindly
"good I'm taking all her stuff and she's moving to my house and since you agreed and I recorded it if you so much as try and call the cops on me for abducting your daughter I'll sue your ass off understood" says Tori
"now hold on now, I never consented to her leaving this house" says Harold
"you want her to be popular with her music well this is how it's done, you know I know you raped her last week right, I may not be in touch with her often but she called me scared to the bone, so unless you want me to have you arrested for raping your daughter she is coming with me and all her stuff too" says Tori
"ok fine" says Harold as Hannah's stuff is finished loading into a van
"ok dad come get him" says Tori as David walks in and cuffs Harold
"you promised" says Harold
"rapists don't get to choose, you took her innocence away, I'm disgusted even being related to you, you took the choice away from her, you controlled her life down to the minute" says Tori
Back at home
"well Hannah I got your stuff, it wasn't even a problem" says Tori
"how'd you get him to agree" says Hannah
"he raped you, I gave him a choice and he took the easy path like a coward" says Tori
"but the news said he was arrested" says Hannah
"yes, the moment you called me scared I knew something was up, you never call, always text, after you ended the call I called the police with a rape tip, an investigation was started immediately" says Tori
"what are you CIA" asks Hannah seriously
"so you had me invite her over so she'd be safe, are we sure you aren't military" says Beck
"no I'm not CIA though not for lack of trying and no beck I'm not military either, I do right by family, Cat's extended family is just too blind to see it, Harold did Hannah wrong and he knew it, once he knew I recorded him giving consent to have you shadow me and my music he realized he was done" says Tori
"so what I'm ok to live here with beck, we had our first kiss while you were gone because I thought you'd fail" says Hannah
"it was more a make out session Hannah, Tori never fails once she has her mind set on a goal" says Beck
"yes Hannah you're ok to live here, the furniture won't be able to be up in the top bedroom with you but everything else can, Trina gave up one bedroom for you so all your clothes can be in a room with your small bed" says Tori
"ok fine but what about the virgin comment" says Hannah
"I had to scare you a bit didn't I, also unless beck is ok with you sleeping with him I'd recommend you sleep in that bed" says Tori
"why wouldn't I be ok with it" says Beck confused again
"because my dad ripped up all my pj's because I like to sleep naked, there's just something about the sheets against my body that's soothing" says Hannah
"so if I cuddled you in bed it could be taken the wrong way, Tori's right you should sleep in your own bed" says Beck ashamed
"I'm smarter than I look Beck, this whole school year I've wanted to cuddle with you but if my height is a problem then maybe Andre will be willing to look past it" says Hannah as she storms off
"I bring her here for you and all you do is offend her" scoffs Tori
"I'm sorry it wasn't my intention, it's just people will think I had sex with a twelve year old, I didn't mean to hurt her feelings like that" says Beck
"no they won't, she graduated on the honors roll" says Tori
"I still have a year's worth of school left, how did she graduate already" says Beck
"her IQ is above one fifty is all I know, her favorite classes were science, math and computer science" says Tori
"I made a huge mistake, why did she even bother coming to Hollywood arts" says Beck
"she went to find someone who could sweep her off her feet, she's not anywhere close to the Hollywood arts district, she lived in Anaheim on the east side of the city" says Tori
"I thought you only met her once, how do you have all this information about her" says Beck
"all it takes is one meeting to swap phone numbers numb nuts, so how are you going to fix this" says Tori
"I don't know if I can, she's pretty and very sweet but the whole sleeping naked thing freaks me out a bit" says Beck
"ya well both cat and I slept naked before we got together, we only learned that two weeks in to our relationship, if you want her to wear something to bed you are going to have to buy her something, a lot of her clothes have rips in them because of her dad, she'd buy new clothes and he wouldn't let her wear them unless they had rips in them, the only time he even let her wear underwear was at school dude" says Tori
"I'm gonna need some money then, I don't get paid for a week" says Beck
"here's a hundred dollars, chose wisely, I know she's not Andre's type and he will shut her down flat" says Tori
With Andre
"do you like me André" asks Hannah
"no now go away, you're Beck's type anyway, go talk to him" says Andre slamming his door
With Tori
"it would seem nobody likes me here Tori" says Hannah
"Beck does, it's just the sleeping naked thing has him scared, he's afraid that because of your small stature that people will think he's a pedophile" says Tori
"so my height is an issue then" says Hannah
"I sent him to the clothing store with a hundred dollars, I wanted to see how he'd do, what size are you anyway" says Tori
"a girls medium, I'm a pint sized girl" says Hannah
"he's probably gonna get a woman's small" says Tori
"that's ok I like baggy clothes, I only wear my size when I'm trying to find someone to love me, they show off my curves" says Hannah
1 hour later
"she probably doesn't want to see me so I'll just leave them on the table" says Beck as he walks up the stairs to his room
"why did he not show me what he got" says Hannah walking up to the bag
"I think he did an amazing job, take a look" says Tori as Hannah opens the bag
"oh my God he got my fashion perfectly, from the pj's to the dress, omg I'm gonna cry" says Hannah
"here's the key to his room, go give him a hug" says Tori handing Hannah a key
"oh my God thank you" says Hannah as she runs to put on the outfit
With Beck
"knock knock" says Hannah
"come in" says Beck as Hannah slowly enters
"I can't believe you got my fashion down pat, pretty please be my boyfriend" says Hannah
"look I'm sorry about earlier Hannah, I can imagine a lot of things that would be easier with you being shorter but I was scared about what other people would think of me because of your height" says Beck
"so you really don't have an issue with me being pint sized" says Hannah
"not in the slightest" says Beck
"so will you be my boyfriend" says Hannah
"yes, on the condition that you wear pj's for the first little while if you decide to sleep in my bed" says Beck
"I mean the pj's aren't Wendy's heaven soft but they're… oh who am I kidding they're not soft at all but the design is definitely me, I'll try but unless you let me put a sheet between me and the pj's I'll probably have them off by morning but I'll at least have a pair of underwear that will remain on" says Hannah
"if the pajamas are uncomfortable then the underwear is fine henna Hannah" says Beck
"you know I've had henna tats for years and not a single person thought of that nickname till you" says Hannah smiling
"how could you afford it" says Beck
"the only thing my dad ever did right was give me an allowance, fifty dollars a week, he was always terrible with money, there were some days where he forgot to pay the bills so the internet and power were never a given, often times I'd have to go to a friend's house just so I could get a meal that wasn't dry cereal because my dad absolutely hated milk, often I'd go a night without food because my dad was drinking and my friends were away, never learned to cook, my mom divorced my dad when I was two and lost the custody battle, never knew her name or what she looked like, only her voice, can you imagine never knowing who you mom was, I have no idea where to look or what to even do if I do ever find her, for all I know she's dead" says Hannah crying
"you don't need to be afraid Hannah" says Beck
"why not" asks Hannah
"because Tori found her before lunch, she's going to be here for Jade's wedding, special request" says Beck
"what's her name" asks Hannah
"Julia Cortez, just about the cutest little ballerina I've ever seen" says Beck
"wait she's here, or was" Asks Hannah as Julia walks in slowly
"turn around" says Beck as Hannah slowly turns around
"oh my God it's my banana, when Tori told me that you were alive I didn't believe her" says Julia
"y-you are my mom, why didn't you protect me" says Hannah
"it was hard to protect myself from him, I tried to protect you once I was safe, I took him to court for custody and lost, he openly lied to the court, told them that I was not mentally able to take care of you, I tried baby" says Julia
"well you didn't try hard enough mother, he raped me, not just once but six years worth of pain and suffering, because you didn't try hard enough" says Hannah angry
"see Beck I told you this wouldn't work, why did I let you convince me this would work, she didn't need me then and she doesn't need me now" says Julia
"so what you're just gonna leave again mother, never in a million years did I think my mom was a coward but clearly it runs in the family because I'm stupid and a coward" says Hannah