New Years eve
"hey Tori is there any chance you can get me a job, the record label I was with let me go over the support I gave you stating misconduct and misrepresentation of the company values" says Andre
"not sure there is anything I can do Andre" says Tori
"why not, does my friendship mean nothing to you" asks Andre
"I can't risk it, I wish I could" says Tori as her arm slams into the pillow on her lap
"why not" asks Andre
"your old boss and her boss are feuding and she can't risk losing her job as an artist over a possibility of being caught in a trap" says Cat
"that plus I have my first stream tonight and I need to focus, the most involved I can be is giving you his email" says Tori
"trust me I hate them, they wanted me to ruin your career by faking naked pics and 'leaking' them, told me it was company policy and I refused to harm your career, besides you have to prepare for half a million people waiting to see you on their computers" says Andre as Cat shakes her head no
"h-h-half a million people….. I can't cancel it now can I" asks Tori as she starts clenching her teeth
"no unfortunately not babe" says Cat
"ok I messed up by freaking her out so I need to fix it, Tori this is your dream, to sing, having Tourette's doesn't change that, these fans look up to you because of your tics, they don't see someone who's disabled, they see someone who is overcoming challenges, realizing you're gay, then having to deal with tics, they were never this bad but I've seen some of these tics before in you" says Andre
"really" asks Tori
"yes, we'd write music and without you realizing it you would do the splits or start tapping your feet, it happened when you'd get really into the song we were writing so I thought maybe you had autism and that was just you stimming, had I thought it might have been Tourettes I'd have said something" says Andre
"oh my god that actually makes so much sense, so I've always had it then and it wasn't caused by my identity as a straight Tori shattering" asks Tori
"most likely ya babe, I'm no scientist but puberty might have held it back from getting bad, I think my mom called that kind of thing hormonal jail, where a condition that affects the body like Tourettes does gets frozen in time so you don't develop any damaging tics while your body is developing, the problem is your body is now almost done which could mean the Tourettes was let out of jail" says Ashley
"ok the stream starts in ten minutes, can you get me a drink Andre, you know my fav drink" says Tori
"I'm gonna assume the non-alcoholic one" asks Andre
"yes, this first stream is me introducing myself to my fans, I don't think it'd be right to let them see me drunk, I'm an extreme lightweight so it doesn't take much" says Tori
10 minutes later
"ok welcome everyone, word of warning my tics have word triggers so if I happen to read one of them I'm not gonna have a fun time, Ash will put them in the chat so you can see what not to write but I won't see them, so anyway my girlfriends will choose random questions from you guys so ask away" says Tori
"ok the first one is what is your favorite food" says Cat
"ooo, definitely sushi but it has to be done right" says Tori
"ok next question is… where can we send fan mail or gift packages" says Ashley
"good one, I will have an address to give to you guys soon, with my tics I can't exactly drive myself to the post office every day or at all so I'm trying to find a friend who can receive them at their house close by so I can just walk over" says Tori
"ok next question… do your tics scare you" says Cat
"some do some don't, I'm not ready to explain my tics either" says Tori
"ok next question… will you ever do a meet up like Rebecca does" says Ashley
"I'm thinking about it, I don't travel well when I'm awake, if I were to do a meet up it'd either have to be close to my home or I'd have to be asleep in the car to get there, no planes period, though boats aren't out of the equation it's just getting to the boat that would be a problem for me, anyway next question" says Tori
"next question says…. Have you proposed to Ash and Cat yet… ummmm" says Cat
"my future is uncertain guys I'd rather just live in the now with them" says Tori as the power goes out
"welp so much for a stream" says Ashley as Jade runs in
"what happened, why did the power go out" asks Jade
"why you scared of the dark Jade" asks Cat kinda scared herself
"no but I know you are" says Jade
"eep" says Cat as Tori's phone goes off
"gonna tell people my power went out, the notification sound is triggering me" say Tori as she starts blinking fast
"are you ok Tori" asks Cat
"yeah i…" says Tori as she lapses into an absent seizure
"ok Ash hold her steady, she's gonna fall, we've gotta find a notification sound that doesn't set this off" says Cat as Ash sits on Tori's lap, wrapping Tori's hands around her
"wait so this is like a tic" asks Andre
"yes and no, absent seizures don't really need a trigger however when her notifications roll in like that, repeating the sound over and over it causes her to tic in a way that sets it off reliably, something to do with an overload of brain activity, basically shutting her body down except for breathing and keeping her heart beating" says Cat as she shuts Tori's phone off
"why shut her phone off" asks Jade
"because the notifications were still rolling in and it resets her timer, these seizures generally only last ten to fifteen minutes, now we're looking at fifteen minimum, she comes in and out of them but not long enough to speak" says Cat
"so it's generally ten to fifteen minutes of coming in and out of seizures, that's not good for her body" says Jade
"get Andre Henry's email and get him out of her for now, she needs patience and attention and answering questions isn't helping" says Ashley
"ok ok fine" says Jade as she ushers Andre out of there
20 minutes later
"ugh my head hurts" says Tori
"yeah twenty minutes of seizure will do that babe, you feel up enough to ask your fans to send in questions on twiper and we can answer them in a video not a stream" says Cat
"sounds good, did anyone figure out why the power went out or was a still seizing when it came back on" asks Tori
"nah it's still out, Sam always kept some gas here for the generator that she got a permit for to wire into the lights here" says Cat as Sam and Carly walk in
"actually Cat it's wired up to two plugs, they won't let me do it to the new apartment so any chance Carly and I can stay here till it turns on again" says Sam
"yeah stay here, it's ok, you look a little shook Carly are you ok" asks Tori
"she had a nightmare last night and isn't talking about it, I've asked several times and all she does is cry" says Sam
"You have a nightmare about Sam again Carly or do you feel you're missing something" asks Tori
"I….. no on the second thing" says Carly nervously
"Carly you need to tell me this kind of thing, I'm not going anywhere, I'm not gonna cheat on you EVER" says Sam
"I can't help it Sam, I've wanted this for so long my brain can't help but spaz out" says Carly
"plus you must believe Spencer is dead" says Sam
"I mean he has to be right, it's been way too long" exclaims Carly
"more than likely without his little sisters support he went and made mistakes, some of which he had to run away from" says Tori
"so do you know where he is, is he alive" asks Carly
"all I know is he is alive and in police custody for some reason, I do not know where" says Tori
"do you know why" asks Carly
"drugs or something, my dad says he'll probably get three to four years in prison, I can tell my dad to send a message if you have one for him" says Tori
"tell him I said he needs to come clean, he was my role model, having him serve prison time is better than me thinking he's dead" says Carly
With David
"I just got a text from Tori, she says Carly says 'he needs to come clean, he was my role model, having him serve time is better than thinking he's dead" says David
"Carly's alive…, I don't do drugs but the reason I had it on me was because I was walking by this shady area of San Diego on my way to get my daily blueberry shake and I heard a girl ask for dope and coke, I stepped in and took them away from her" says Spencer
"any reason why you stepped in this time but not any time before" asks David
"this girl looked like Carly but a few years younger, like not even out of middle school, I looked her in the eye and told this girl that this wasn't how you dealt with problems, she made me carry her all the way to Mrs. Bensons apartment where Mrs. Benson after Freddie moved out became a drug rehab foster parent, then I got a text from my dad saying Carly was gonna be landing back in Cali within the hour so I booked to to LA as I know she prefers LAX over the San Diego airport which is when you guys arrested me" says Spencer
"ok then explain how you missed two months rent by the time she got there and Mrs. Benson had to save all your guy's stuff" asks David
"I'd had a hard time finding work, my depression came back after Carly left with our dad, my family owns a really successful hotel chain so it's not like I didn't have the money to pay rent but I'd wanted to show my dad I could be a responsible adult and not rely on family money to survive, clearly I was wrong as nobody in that two months even tried looking at my resume, also Carly's autistic" says Spencer
"ok I'm gonna talk to the prosecutor and see if we can work something out since you don't have a rap sheet" says David as he leaves Spencer and heads to the prosecutor in another room
"I can tell he's not lying, if I were a judge I'd give him house arrest for two years with the ankle monitor just to be sure" says Dean
"how, I couldn't tell" says David
"that girl he saved was my niece, I only got custody of her last month and she hasn't stopped talking about him, my sister's husband was very physically abusive to my niece, my niece ever got his name but she said he explained what was gonna happen, she mentions Mrs. Benson specifically, trust me she delivered on his promise, I'd never seen her smile before" says Dean
"call the judge then and come to an agreement" says David
3 hours later as David walks in to Cat's house
"SPENCER!" squeals Carly
"Carly you're ok" says Spencer exhaling a sigh of relief
"the judge has ordered him on house arrest for two years because while he may not have taken drugs they were still on him, the only place he's allowed under the decision is your apartment Carly or here at Cat's" says David
"that's fine, Sam has a job as a cashier so she makes some good money" says Carly
"but she has a record" says Spencer unsure of how he'll get a job with a record
"yes and the store knows that, they agreed to request she wear a wrist camera or a camera on her uniform, the manager also makes her count her till every hour, Sam suggested that just so they knew she was being honest, she's turning over a new leaf, she knows she needs to earn the trust and not to expect it" says Carly
"yeah it's annoying but I'd rather they know I'm not stealing money than to be wrongly accused, I can't bear to make Carly deal with her fear alone anymore" says Sam as she kisses Carly
"aww, she's wanted your love for so long Sam, I'm happy for you guys" says Spencer
"dad do you know why the power is still out or how it happened" asks Tori
"lightning struck the main power plant here and they're struggling to keep the power on in the places that absolutely need it, the police have been sent to guard the power plants as the electric gates don't work and the people trying to get it up and running again are vulnerable to attack" says David
"our apartment is freezing and none of the heaters worked even before this, I've tried calling maintenance but they won't do anything" says Sam
"what do they say" asks David
"it's fine on our end so you must be lying" says Sam
"do you want to charge them" asks David
"I can't afford to sue them, I've spent enough money on space heaters just to keep the rooms warm" says Sam
"it's a human rights violation Sam to deny someone access to heat, there are pro-bono lawyers that would gladly take the case, if you can't sue them I will, it's part of the plan for the money I'm making with my music, help people and victims get justice for their problems like rape and stuff as well as human rights situations where in your case Sam a landlords refusal to help in situations like yours" says Tori
"when Carly and I first moved in I'd just had enough money for first and last, we had to do umm things to stay warm until I could afford to buy the heaters" says Sam
"that's it I'm calling my lawyer right now, she said if I ever needed help with my cause to give her a call" says Tori
"cause?" asks Sam
"yes, as a Casa Blanca artist we are asked to find a cause to spend our money on if we have one, Rebecca the amputee singer Henry mentioned uses her money to help vehicle accident victims with their hospital bills and get back on their feet, Bree helps the homeless, it helps ground us so we don't feel entitled to our money and become snobby and look down on those who aren't as talented as us" says Tori