"Shut up," Beck chuckles, "I'm not that bad." We walk into the restaurant, laughing brightly, and Lizzie and Parker wave to us from a table at the back. Beck shakes his head and beckons the waiter, slipping him a twenty to seat us by the window. Our agent has insisted we're seen out together tonight and we need to be where photographers can get good pictures. Another waiter goes to Parker and Lizzie and guides them to us, and I apologise, explaining quietly.

"So," Beck says, "How long have you two been together?"

"About six months," Lizzie replies, "I broke up with my boyfriend about a year ago and Parker was there to pick up the pieces as usual."

"What about you two?" Parker asks suspiciously, "There's so much in the press; we never know what to believe."

"Why don't you just get all of your questions out of the way now?" Beck laughs, "Might make for a much easier evening. We'll start – we've been going out for about nine and a half months."

"How long have you known each other?" Lizzie asks, "The magazine said you've been friends for years."

"Four years?" I guess, frowning at Beck, who nods.

"Yeah, four," he replies, "We first met when Tori started going to Hollywood Arts and we've been friends ever since."

"Did you really start hooking up while you still had a girlfriend?" Parker asks, folding his arms.

"My girlfriend and I were never the most stable couple," Beck replies honestly, "We broke up and got back together a lot, and one of the times we broke up, I got really drunk and slept with Tori. It was just a mistake, a drunken mistake, and we agreed to put it behind us. Then we got cast in Romeo and Juliet, started getting closer and I broke up with Jade again. We fought about the bedroom scene for the film, that's why she dumped me, and then when we filmed it, something changed. We both totally freaked out, Tori cried, and when I went round to talk to her about it, we got carried away and slept together again. That's when I ended my relationship with Jade for good and I got together with Tori. I did not cheat on Jade, do you understand?"

"I understand," Lizzie nods, "Did you cheat on Tori?"

"No," I say sharply, "That was his cousin. That magazine published lies, which is why we're suing them."

"I honestly don't give a crap what they publish about me," Beck says, "but when they start screwing with Tori or with my relationship, and hurt the people I love, then I have a problem."

"Okay," Parker nods, "I can totally understand that."

"Well you better get used to it too," I advise, "because if this movie is half the success it should be, every teen in America is gonna know your name."

"And the Oscar goes to…Tori Vega!" I burst into tears, hug Beck tightly and walk up onto the stage as the whole room gets to their feet. I lift my dress – champagne, tight to the waist and then loose and flowing - so I can get up the stairs and take the Oscar from Anna Kendrick who smiles kindly.

I turn to the podium and say, "Wow. I actually can't believe this is happening. Okay, um…We're very lucky as women in this day and age, to have the power of choice. We have the right to vote, we have the right to choose who to marry and we have the right to choose who to love. Juliet didn't have that power, and even though she's fictional, millions of girls in her time went through the same thing. Women fought so that we would be allowed to choose, but unfortunately around the world, the fight has to continue. Therefore, tonight I want to share this award with all the women who don't have the right to choose in the hope that one day…they will."

Once again, the room gets to their feet, cheering me loudly, and I blush, glancing at Beck who nods proudly. "Thank you," I say as the applause died down, "to the Academy, to the entire cast and crew of the film, and to my family and friends. Beck, I love you. Have a good evening, everyone, thank you very much."

I return to my seat about fifteen minutes later, as Jennifer Lawrence walks onto the stage to announce the winner of Best Actor. They show clips as Beck whispers, "That was a really good speech, Victoria, well done."

"Thank you," I reply, "Good luck." I kiss him on the cheek and then turn back to the stage where Jennifer slits open the envelope

"And the Oscar goes to…Beck Oliver!"

Beck shakes his head disbelievingly. "No way," he laughs, as the room gets to their feet, cheering him. I hug him tightly, and shove him up towards the stage, applauding proudly.

"Wow," he says, "I literally cannot believe this is happening right now. I'm afraid I haven't got a profound message like Tor, but I do have some people I want to say thank you to. All the other nominees, you are such an inspiration to me and you all deserved this. Max, thank you for giving me this opportunity, it really does mean the world. Thank you to the rest of the cast and crew as well for making the experience so enjoyable. Thank you to my family and to my friends, especially to Sikowitz who taught me so much, and a final thank you to Tori for keeping me straight. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I love you. Good night, everybody, enjoy your evening!"

I am in tears as I cheer for him, and Max hands me a tissue, laughing. He's in high spirits after taking the Best Director Oscar, and Darryl and Jane, who are sitting across from me, are beaming because they both won as well. Overall this has been a very successful night for the 'Romeo and Juliet' cast and only one thing would top it off. However, I'm not particularly bothered anymore – Max and Beck both got the recognition they deserved and that's what mattered to me.

"Tori," someone says at my shoulder and I turn around, raising an eyebrow. Leonardo DiCaprio is leaning forwards in his seat and he grins. "Congratulations, Miss Vega," he says, "You deserved that. Won't you pass on my congratulations to Beck as well, and I'll see you both at my party tonight?"

"Yes," I say, blushing furiously, "Thank you, sir, it really does mean the world. Your version of 'Romeo and Juliet' is still my favourite in the world – I watch it every weekend."

"And now yours is mine," he says, inclining his head gracefully, "Well done."

I nod my thanks and turn back around, almost bursting into tears of excitement. Beck appears a few moments later and Matthew McConaughey walks out to present the award for Best Film. We watch clips of all the films and then he opens the envelope, pulls out the card and announces, "And the Oscar goes to…'Romeo and Juliet'!" I actually do burst into tears now, jumping up and hugging Beck and Max, before running up to the stage, holding hands with Jane who is crying as well.

"Wow," Max says, "I literally cannot believe this. This is unreal. Thank you so much. Whoa."

"Alright," Kyle laughs, taking the mic, "I think Max needs a minute to get his head round this, so I'll just say now on behalf of the cast that we could not have done this without him. He is a brilliant director and an even more wonderful man and I'm sure we are all so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with him."

"Thank you," Max says, "I couldn't have done this without every single one of the cast and crew. They are some of the hardest working people I have ever had the pleasure to meet and work with and they made this film a million times better than I ever thought it could be. 'Romeo and Juliet' is a beautiful story – its messages are eternal and I'm glad that I had the opportunity to share it with a new generation. Thank you very much to the Academy and to everyone here tonight – you are all exceptional and the industry wouldn't exist without every single one of you. Enjoy the rest of your evening, good night!"

We all run backstage, still hugging each other and Beck finds me, kissing me deeply. "I am so proud of you," he whispers, "I love you so much. More than I can say."

"I love you too," I reply, eyes still brimming, "Congratulations. Oh, and Leonardo DiCaprio wanted me to pass along his congratulations too."

"Shut up," Beck gasps, "Oh my God, Tori, I can't believe this is happening to us. People I've looked up to my entire life, congratulating me. This is actually insane."

"I know, I know," I agree excitedly, "And I said to him, like oh my god, thank you so much, your version is like my favourite ever, and cool as a cucumber he just goes 'And now yours is mine'. Can you believe it?! Leonardo DiCaprio likes our movie!"

"He's not the only one!" Anna Kendrick appears at our side and hugs us both, continuing, "Congratulations, both of you! Tori, I didn't get a chance to say earlier, but your speech was outstanding! So moving, so inspiring, just the right balance between impressive and cheesy. Really well done on that, I know how hard it is to give speeches at award shows like this but you handled it like a pro!"

"Thank you, Anna," I say, "Really nice to meet you! I loved you in 'Into the Woods'! I wish I could do a movie like that!"

"Well I'm happy you weren't around when they were casting it," she teases, "You would have pulled it right out from under me!"

"No!" I laugh, "You were so good in that film! And you got to work with Chris Pine, I am so jealous! Is he as gorgeous in real life?"

"Absolutely," she nods seriously, "And such a beautiful voice, it's just breath-taking. He'll be at Leo's tonight, you know? I'll introduce you if you like."

"Wow," I say, glancing at Beck, who smirks, "That would be awesome, thanks Anna!"

"And Beck," Anna says, "How's 'Virals' going?"

"Very well, thanks," he says, "I'd say we're about halfway through but we're right on schedule. We're hoping this one will be well-received because all the fans of the books want us to make all 5."

"Well I second that," she says, "When I heard you were making it, I read the whole series and I loved it. So well-written!"

"That's what I said," I say excitedly, "He hadn't even heard of them until he got that part, but now he's as big a fan as we are!"

"Well we'll have to have a proper chat about them sometime," she says, "Discuss our theories for that mysterious ending of 'Terminal'! We'll have to get the whole cast together."

"No way," I reply, and Anna raises an eyebrow.

"Oh, Tori's being very strict," Beck laughs, "She won't let any of the other cast members read the books until after we've finished filming the relevant book, and they don't even get the full scripts."

"Why are you allowed?" Anna asks.

"Because my character development is very important," he explains, "I'm the one who betrays the group and everything so I sort of need to know what's coming. Nobody else does, and this one reckons it'll be easier for them to act as if they don't know what's coming if they actually don't know what's coming."

"We'll see how this one plays out," I shrug, "If it helps that they don't know that Hannah's actually evil."

"Does Hannah know?" Anna asks and we exchange a look.

"Yes, she does," I reply, "but we only told her last week."

"Oh wow," Anna says, "Was she surprised?"

"Oh totally," Beck laughs, "She almost cried, I swear, because she'd obviously fallen in love with this character and she had no idea what she was really like."

"Oh bless her," Anna says, "Right, well I think hundreds of people are probably clamouring to speak to you, so I'll let you go, but we'll definitely have to exchange numbers at the party. See you later." She kisses us both on the cheek and then hurries away. Behind us, reporters are clamouring and Beck leans down, kisses me gently, and whispers, "If we get separated, I'll come find you. Congratulations, baby. I love you millions."

"Ugnnhh," I groan, rolling over and falling out of bed, "Jesus Christ, my head."

"Up you get," Beck laughs, helping me back up, "Come here." He pulls me into his side and kisses the top of my head. "How much do you remember?"

"Very little," I reply honestly, "How much stupid shit did I do this time?"

"You actually didn't do much," he says, "at Leo's party; you were fine, chatting perfectly happily to any number of celebrities. But André, Cat and Jade broke into our house while we were out to get ready for our surprise party, which started at 1 and didn't finish until about 7. I reckon the house will be trashed when we get downstairs, I don't even know if they went home."

"Oh wow, that was nice of them!" I say fondly, "Were they really excited?"

"Yeah, definitely," he says, "Very proud. André made a speech – he cried."

"Bless him," I say, "Wow, I can't believe they did that for us, it's so sweet."

"How are you feeling? You won an Oscar last night," he says, "Are you buzzing as much as I am?"

"Yes," I admit, looking down to the end of the bed, where the two statuettes are standing proudly, "It's crazy."

"You deserve it," Beck says, "I'm so proud of you."

"You too," I smile, kissing him gently, "Right, shall we go and see the state of our house?"

"Okay," he says, "You might wanna get dressed first, we don't know what's down there."

"Good point," I say, pulling on a pair of black and white checked pyjama bottoms and a black vest, "Beck what time is it?"

"Almost four o'clock," he says, frowning, "It's lucky we told Jackson we weren't working today otherwise we would be in big trouble."

"I'm not working tomorrow either," I say, dragging him out of our room and down the stairs.

"What?" he says, "Why?"

"I have a meeting about a new film," I begin, but my voice trails off as I see the state of our living room. There are empty bottles everywhere, streamers and banners trailing from the ceiling, and there in the centre of the room, Cat, André and Jade unconscious on our couches with Robbie on the floor by their feet.

"Hey!" Beck shouts and they all wake with a start.

"Come on, man, you know better than to wake someone who's asleep," André groans, rolling off the couch and landing nimbly on his feet, "What happened?"

"You tell me," I laugh, running forwards and kissing his cheek, "You're the one who threw this party."

"Well you won an Oscar," he says, hugging me round the waist, "What was I supposed to do?"

"It was an awesome night," Jade smiles, "Did you two enjoy it?"

"So much," Beck grins, "I'm feeling it now though."

"Yeah, me too," Cat cringes, "Did we sleep all day?"

"Almost," I reply, "It's 4 o'clock."

"I'm starving," Robbie says.

"Nobody cares," Jade says and I laugh.

"Me too, Robbie," I reply, "Shall I order pizza?"

"Yes please," Robbie grins.

"Is everybody staying?" Beck asks, pulling the app up on his phone.

"I've got nothing else to do," Cat shrugs, "Let's have pizza!"

"The morning after the night before, Beck Oliver and Tori Vega sure had a late one yesterday. The stars, fresh off their Academy Award wins, partied until one o'clock in the morning with Leonardo DiCaprio, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine and Liam Hemsworth. They arrived at the venue together – Vega was glowing in a Victoria Beckham design – and spent the evening chatting with top Hollywood performers. They were kept busy all evening as our sources suggest that everyone at the party wanted to congratulate them both on becoming the youngest Academy Award winners ever.

When the couple left the party, they returned to their house in the Hills, where their friends and family were waiting to continue the celebrations. Actresses Cat Valentine and Jade West and singer Andre Harris were among the guests who greeted Vega and Oliver and neighbours of the couple claim that the party went on until well past dawn.

However, the couple haven't got much of a rest awaiting them now that awards season is over – Oliver is in the midst of filming YA blockbuster 'Virals', while Vega is reportedly meeting the casting directors of 'Wicked' and a big-budget movie about Marilyn Monroe, as well as continuing her work as expert advisor on 'Virals'."