A/N: I'm back. I'm going to be focused on wrapping up "Family Dinner" before I finish this, so don't be surprised if I update that before this one.

The bell to dismiss class rang. "Alright class, that's it. Hope you all have a great weekend."

Sikowitz went over to the board and started erasing as his students grabbed there things and left the room. Beck got out of his chair, putting his phone in his pocket. However, while his classmates headed towards the hall, Beck walked up to Sikowitz. Andre, Robbie, Cat, and Jade stayed in the room too. Standing by the door, they watched as their friend approached their teacher. Robbie seemed to be the only one who bothered to pretend not to be watching Beck. He made a big show of putting his stuff away in his backpack. When he ran out of things to put away, he shoved Rex in his bag head first. When Robbie put on his backpack, it appeared as if a small child's legs were sticking out of it. The rest were intently focused on their friend. Beck stood behind Sikowitz for a moment. Sikowitz didn't seem to notice. "Um Sikowitz."

"Yes Beck," said Sikowitz, still erasing the board. "Is this about the assignment? Because I know you guys can handle it."

"Well I'd disagree, but this isn't about the assignment," said Beck.

"Then what's it about?" said Sikowitz.

"This is about Tori," said Beck.

"What about Tori?" said Sikowitz. Despite his nonchalant tone, Sikowitz seemed to be shaken by Beck's question. The eraser almost slipped from his hand. He proceeded to erase a section of the board that he'd already erased. "Something came up and she had to leave. That's all."

"Okay," said Beck. "But what came up?"

"Nothing that you need to know about," said Sikowitz. At this point, the board was completely erased, but Sikowitz continued to run the eraser over it.

"But I'm her friend," said Beck. "What's so bad that I can't-"

"Beck!" said Sikowitz, turning away from the board to face his student. He leaned in close to Beck, forcing the teen to move backwards. Sikowitz's eyes met Beck's. He put his hand on his student's shoulder. "Look, I know you're concerned about your friend, just as I'm concerned about my students. But, you have to realize that sometimes there are things you don't need to know about. Understand?"

"Understood," said Beck.

"Good," said Sikowitz. He took his hands off of Beck's shoulder.

"I'll just get going," said Beck as he walked away from his teacher. "Better work on that assignment."

"Trust me," said Sikowitz. "It's better this way."

"Yeah, yeah, I get it." Beck rubbed his shoulder as he walked away. He turned to his friends, who were already bolting from the classroom. When Beck got outside, he could see they were walking away from the classroom at a very quick pace. Beck caught up with them as they walked through the halls. He was breathing hard and had to stop briefly to collect himself. "That's the first time I've been scared of Sikowitz."

"You can say that again," said Andre.

"Something's going on," said Beck.

"Really?" said Jade. "What was your first clue?"

"I mean what could be so bad that he won't tell us about it?" said Beck.

"Well, first we got to figure out what happened to Tori," said Andre. "What could make her just disappear?"

"I've got a few ideas," said Jade with a smirk on her face.

"Oh please tell us," said Beck. "I'm sure you've given this a lot of thought."

"Oh," said Cat. "My brother got to leave school early so he could go to a special hospital. Maybe Tori went there?"

"I don't think that's what happened," said Beck.

"Are you sure?" said Cat. "I can ask my brother if he's seen her there."

"Hey Cat," said Robbie, pulling his phone out of his pocket. "Do you want to see the picture of the goat wearing sunglasses?"

"I love animals with sunglasses!" Cat was bouncing up and down. Robbie held out his phone for Cat, who enthusiastically grabbed it and stared at the screen. She was so excited, she'd almost knocked Robbie over when she took the phone from him. Robbie got behind her and pointed to the news story. Her face lit up as Robbie pulled up the article. "Ha ha. Goats don't normally dress like that."

"So, back to Tori," said Andre. "Has anyone tried texting her?"

"I did," said Beck. "She hasn't responded yet."

"You texted her?" said Jade. "When?"

"During class," said Beck. "I asked her why she wasn't in class."

"And when were you going to tell me about it?" said Jade.

"I told you right now," said Beck. "What's the big deal?"

"I just don't see why you had to be the one to text Tori," said Jade. "Like maybe I wanted to text Tori?"

"We want to find out where she is," said Beck. "Not scare her away."

"Uh, what are you implying?" said Jade.

"I think you know what I'm implying," said Beck.

"Maybe you should text her again?" said Andre. "Maybe she'll respond this time."

"I think we all should text her," said Jade.

"Hey guys," said Cat. "You might want to see this."

"Not now," said Beck. "We'll look at the goat later."

"You know, Tori's my friend too," said Jade. "I want to know what's going on with her just as much as you."

"I'm sure you do," said Beck.

"We don't have time for this," said Andre. "Tori might be in big trouble. Can you two just stop fighting."

"Hey, you guys really need to see this," said Cat, holding up the phone.

"Later," said Beck. "Maybe we should text Trina and see if she-"

"Uh guys," said Robbie. "Cat's right. You should see this."

"What is it?" said Andre.

"Here." Cat handed the phone to Beck.

Beck took the phone. "What is it?"

"It's a news story that we just saw," said Robbie. "It's about...well maybe you should read it for yourselves."

Beck looked at the phone. Jade and Andre got behind him, reading the story over his shoulder. Beck's eyes widened as he read the story. "Oh boy."

Tori sat on her couch, staring at the wall. Trina was on the phone. "Okay grandma. Thanks for the help. It's nice to talk to you."

When Trina put down the phone, Tori jumped. She turned to her sister. "What'd she say?"

"She says Mom hasn't arrived yet," said Trina. "She told me she'll call us when she show up."

Tori groaned and took a deep breath. She reached for the phone. "We need to try to call them again."

"We can't," said Trina, taking the phone and holding it out of reach from Tori. "Tori, Tori, we can't. She's still on the plane."

"They have Wi-Fi on the plane," said Tori. "We can contact her using video chat. I'll get my laptop."

Tori went to get up from the couch, but Trina got up first and shoved her down. "No! Tori, you need to take a deep breath and calm down."

"How can I be calm at a time like this?" said Tori.

"Take a deep breath," said Trina, who proceeded to pick up the remote and turn on the television. "Maybe watch some TV to take your mind off things. Oh look, there's reruns of Drake and Josh."

"I don't want to watch Drake and Josh," said Tori. "I want to talk to Mom!"

"You will when her plane lands!" said Trina. She placed her arm on Tori's chest and held her sister down. "Until then you need to relax."

"How can you off all people be so calm?" said Tori, who was trying to get out from Trina's arm. "Earlier today you were freaking out because you didn't get your delivery."

"Because people need me to be a rock in times like this," said Trina.

"Yeah no," said Tori. "I want to talk to Mom."

"Not until the plane lands!" said Trina. At that moment, the doorbell rang. The Vega sisters froze. "Who's that?"

"I don't know," said Tori.

"Did you invite someone over?" said Trina.

"No," said Tori.

"Okay," said Trina. "I'll check the door. You stay here."

"Okay." Tori curled up in a ball, burying her head under a pillow.

Trina made her way to the door. When she reached the door, she quickly turned around to face Tori, who was peaking out from under her pillow. Tori ducked back under the pillow as her sister glared at her. Trina turned back to the door and peaked in the door hole. "Hey, it's Beck."

Tori tossed the pillow aside. "Beck? What's he doing here?"

"I don't know." Trina opened the door. "Hey Beck. Oh and he brought your friends."

Trina stood aside to let Beck in through the door. He was followed by Jade, Andre, Robbie, and Cat. "Hey Tori, we figured we'd stop by and see how you're doing."

"I know, it was kind of weird that I left school early," said Tori. "But guys, you shouldn't be here."

"We know," said Andre.

"You know?" said Tori. "Did Sikowitz tell?"

"No," said Beck. "There was a story about it online. We know Crazy Ponnie broke out."

Tori's head sunk. "I should've known it'd get out. Look, I really appreciate the gesture, but you shouldn't be here. It's not safe."

"All the more reason to be here," said Beck.

"We're not going to be scared off by some maniac," said Andre.

"You don't know who you're up against," said Tori.

"We know you and Trina were able to fight her off," said Andre. "So we should be more than enough to stop her."

"Yeah," said Robbie. "And you've got police protection, right?"

Tori bit her lip. "Not really?"

"What do you mean not really?" said Robbie.

Tori sighed. "They don't think she going to come after me."

"Why not?" said Robbie.

Tori rolled her eyes. "Well she has some family in Nevada, she was last seen on the highway, headed towards Nevada, and they found a tourist guide to Nevada in her cell."

"Sounds like she's going to Nevada," said Cat.

"Well that's what the police seem to think," said Tori.

"What about your parents?" said Beck.

"They're both out of town," said Tori.

"Yeah," said Trina. "Mom went to visit family. I tried calling, but she hasn't even landed yet. Dad's away at a police conference. The department told him about what happened and he's coming home, but his flight doesn't leave until tomorrow."

"So you guys are all alone?" said Jade. "Anyone could just sneak in here."

"Thanks Jade," said Tori. "I hadn't thought of that before."

Beck glared at Jade, but then turned to Tori. "Well you don't have to be alone. We'll stay here."

"You will?" said Tori.

"Yeah," said Andre. "We don't have any plans."

"And we can work on Sikowitz's assignment," said Robbie.

"We won't let her..." Cat looked at the television. "Oh I love this episode."

"This is crazy," said Tori. "So what, are you guys are going to stay with me all night?"

"Of course not," said Beck.

"Call us if you make it through the night," said Jade.

"The thing is, you two aren't going to going to stay here," said Beck.

"What?" said Tori.

"What?" said Trina.

"What?" said Jade.

"Think about it, this is the first place Ponnie's going to go if she comes after you," said Beck. "You should-"

"You should stay with me," said Jade. "I'm staying with my Mom this weekend and I'm sure she'll let you and Trina stay with us."

Tori's eyes widened. Beck also looked confused. "Wait what? You want us to stay with you?"

"Yes," said Jade. "Do you have a problem with me?"

"No," said Tori. "I'm just confused why you want us to stay with you."

"Same here," said Andre.

Jade sighed. "Because you're my friend and because it makes the most sense."

"How so?" said Tori.

"Well she's not going to having any trouble breaking into Beck's trailer," said Jade.

"Fair point," said Beck.

Jade pointed towards Cat and Robbie. "And you don't want those guys looking after you."

"Fair point," said Robbie.

Cat sat on the couch, laughing. "They're trying to put the sushi away, but it's coming in too fast."

"What about me?" said Andre. "Why can't Tori and Trina stay with me?"

"Because Ponnie won't be expecting Tori to be staying with me," said Jade.

Tori looked at Jade for a moment. "Yeah, that makes sense."

"It's not a bad idea," said Beck.

"So it's settled then," said Jade. "The Vegas will stay with me tonight."

Tori sighed. "Looking forward to it."