Chapter 4 Here's To Us
Andre grinned lazily as he awoke feeling, her cuddled into his chest. He stretched and grabbed his phone, seeing the time, he sighed, it was only 5:45 he still had time to rest, he laid back down before springing up as Tori flung up and out the door towards the bathroom. He quickly got up and followed as she threw up, before resting her head on the toilet.
"I'm gonna go get you some water baby" he said his tone husky from just waking up, his eyes narrowed at the shiver he caught. Going down and getting her some water, he went back upstairs and found her brushing her teeth, he placed the water down and wrapped his arms around her, pressing a kiss to her neck. "Bambi gave you one hell of a wake up call"
"You're daughter is hell bent on being like her daddy a night crawler" she groaned, Andre laughed and pumped a fist into the air.
"Damn straight!" he cried out "she woke up as soon her daddy did" he said rubbing her stomach "daddy's little girl" he murmured, Tori smiled, before turning to him.
"Thank you"she said suddenly, Andre raised an eyebrow at her "thank you for loving me, thank you for being my best friend, thank you for taking care of someone else's child as if it was your own when you don't have too, and just thank you for coming into my life Andre Harris" she said, Andre stood there shocked staring at her.
"You amazing, sweet, beautiful, woman" he murmured "I love you, never thank me for that, and I want a future with you, Victoria Vega, I can't see my life without you and I wouldn't dare try to, you are everything and so is our daughter" he said pressing their foreheads together "you are my queen and she" he paused placing a firm but gentle hand on the baby bump "is my princess, or prince in case you're wrong" he said smiling cheekily, Tori laughed as tear coursed down her face as she hugged him to her.
"You're amazing you know that"
"We're pretty amazing people" he said, Tori sighed and cuddled into him, but her mind was racing as they went back to bed Andre closed his eyes his hand behind his head. After a brief moment he sighed and spoke.
"Stop it" he said gently
"What" Tori asked confused, Andre didn't open his eyes
"Whatever you're worrying about. Just stop." Tori sat up and looked at him
"How do you know I'm worried? You don't even have your eyes open" she said grinning wearily, Andre smirked at her and pulled her as close as he could.
"When have I ever needed to see you with my eyes to know what's going on with you?" he asked gently, Tori laughed lightly and looked up him.
"Never, you always seemed to just know" she said, he opened his eyes and looked into the brown eyes.
"Exactly, because I know you" he said "get some rest T, whatever it is on your mind we'll talk later" he said, she rolled her eyes and cuddled into him once more drifting asleep.
-Line Break-
Andre breathed deeply, hearing Trina yelling at someone, he felt Tori shift and reached over checking his phone for the time. Seeing it was about 6:30 in the morning he sighed, running a hand through his dreads as Tori sat up and unlocked his phone reading a text from Cat he replied swiftly and nudged Tori's face towards him.
"Hi" she breathed, he smiled and kissed her, the kiss grew more passionate, he grinned running his tongue over her lip, growling when she didn't open. He felt the smirk in her kiss before flipping them over and squeezing her waist making her gasp, he smiled in triumph before teasing her tongue with his. As the door bust open to reveal Trina, they broke away Tori blushing.
"You're mother's downstairs" she said calmly a smirk on her face as she looked at them. Tori frowned as Andre moved off her.
"I'll go talk to her, you don't need the stress go get ready for school, oh and we're stopping at Ihop before school" he said as she nodded, Andre headed downstairs seeing Holly Finnigan sitting there.
"Ms. Finnigan" he called she stood and looked at him in shock.
"Andre, what are you doing here?"
"Staying here till David comes back; may I ask what you are doing here?" Andre knew the whole story; 6 months ago this woman had ran off with her husband's partner, 3 months later she had sent the divorce papers and the papers signing full custody of Tori and Trina over to David. The man though distraught had accepted it, signing the paperwork. Andre had come over when the girls had gotten the news and had taken care of Tori, while Trina had left. David had come home and found the two curled up on the couch sleeping, the next day he had a long and he did mean long talk with Andre, to protect Tori in every way possible, and be there for here when David couldn't. Andre didn't even hesitate when he told the man he would do everything to always protect her, he had told David the truth, that he was in love with Tori and would never fail to protect her. It was partly for this reason, Andre was so angered by what had happened to Tori, and so ready to take Steven down.
"I'm here to see Tori, since Trina practically told me to go to hell"
"Tori doesn't want to see you, I believe you need to leave" he said shortly, the woman glared at him.
"Look I don't know who you think you are-"
"I think I'm Tori's boyfriend, I think David put me in charge of her safety while he's away on a work convention in New York and since her mother walked out of her life 6 months ago, so I think I have a say in whether or not you see my girlfriend or not, especially-" he cut off, the woman didn't need to know that little detail yet.
"Especially what?" Holly asked, Andre didn't say anything
"You need to go, I don't want you here when I come back down" he said firmly "if you are I'll be calling the precinct" he said turning to walk up the stairs; distinctly he heard the door shut.
"Is she gone?" Andre looked up the stairs at the landing Tori stood wearing his sweatpants that we're two big for her and hung lowly on her waist, and a white tank
"She is, I'm going to get ready" he said, kissing her cheek "give me fifteen minutes" he said, going past her.
Fifteen minutes he found her lying on the couch singing a gentle lullaby to the baby.
"Constant as the stars above
Always know that you are loved
And my love shining in you
Will help you make your dreams come true
Will help your dreams come true"
She looked up as she felt a hand lay over hers and smiled at Andre.
"Ready?" he asked her, she nodded and stood up Andre grabbed their book bags and led her out.
As they arrived at the Ihop, Andre hand securely on her, she beamed as she seen everyone sitting.
"Morning, guys" they said
"Hiii Tori, hi Andre"
"Hey Little Red"
"Hey Cat" they slid in Tori in between Sam and Andre
"Did you guys order?"
"Not yet, we we're waiting for Tori we didn't wanna order something that could make her sick" Cat said sweetly, Tori smiled
"Thanks guys but its fine honestly, only eggs have been making me sick and that's when I eat them" she said, they nodded, when the waitress came up, her eyes locked onto Andre, as she took everyone's else order positively purred at him.
"And what can I get you?" Andre never looked at her leaning over to see his girlfriend's order.
"You sure?"
"Yes, I'm hungry" she said, Andre grinned crookedly at her and nodded, turning to the waitress.
"Hey can I get two blueberry lemonade's a plate of cinna- no, too sweet, you almost got me too" Tori pouted as he caught on, before telling him to strawberry and bananas "better, the strawberry and banana pancakes and a blt and then a cheesecake pancakes"
"Sausage or bacon"
"Sausage for both plates and on one please no eggs"
"I'll let the chef know" she seemed to pout when he nodded and turned his attention back to Tori, as she walked off everyone started laughing, when Andre turned to them confused.
"What?" he asked
"She was flirting with you" Beck said "but like every day for the past year and a half your attention was only on Tori" he said, Andre glared at him for the last part of the statement as Tori grinned
"Oh please" Andre said, Tori brought his face towards his and kissed him gently.
"It's true baby, but I'm so glad your attention was only on me"
"It always is" he said, she leaned on him, when the waitress came back she brought back their food and gave Tori hers with disdain, and slid Andre his happily.
"Don't you think that's an awfully a lot for you miss" she said to Tori smiling in false sweetness.
"No, it's not its fine for someone who eating for two" Andre said glowering at the girl, when Tori suddenly looked self-conscious of her food
"You can go as you can see, our friend doesn't want you" Jade said glaring at the waitress who left in a huff.
"Don't deny yourself what you want Vega, your pregnant you need to eat whatever odd cravings you get okay" Jade said, as Andre put the plate back in front of her after she shoved it away.
"She's right baby, it's okay don't worry to eat baby, hell you know I love a girl who can eat as well as she can cook" he teased, Tori grinned at him wearily and slowly picked up her plate and began to eat happily.
As they ate and talked, Tori looked around happily and began to sing.
Tori:
"Oooooooh
Here's to the Mondays
Watching all the cars on the freeway
I ain't got a thing to do
Can I sit here next to you?
And oh oh ohhh"
she looked flirtatiously next to Andre who grinned, Cat started singing next as she giggled and the boys, Carly and Sam did the instrumental
Cat:
"Yeah, I kinda wish I got paid
'Cause my card got maxed out yesterday
Could you give me a shot?
And I'll work with what I got
Not a dollar in my pocket but I rock it like I ain't broke.
You know?"
Chorus: (All)
Oooooooh
Here's to us uh-oh
Here's to us
Ooooooooooh
Here's to us uh-oh
Here's to never winning first place
Here's to crying on your birthday
Here's to every single heartbreak
Here's to us
Here's to us
Jade:
Here's to the mistakes
Somehow they always drop you in the right place
So, let's go another round
Till the sky is falling down
And we'll laugh at all the shakers and movers
Now who's the loser?
What a joke.
Chorus: (All)
Oooooooooooooh
Here's to us uh-oh
Here's to us
Oooooooooooooh
Here's to us uh-oh
Here's to never winning first place come on
Here's to crying on your birthday
Here's to every single heartbreak
Here's to us
Here's to us
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Sam:
I'm a player, I'm a hater
But I swear you would never know
Cause I got a smile on
I'm an ex-con
That just got off parole
Could've been a contender, a pretender
Like Brando Play the role
But I'm not so what? And that's just how it goes.
Tori:
Yeah
Chorus: (all)
Oooooooooooooh
Here's to us uh-oh
Here's to us
Oooooooooooooh
Here's to us uh-oh
Here's to never winning first place
Here's to crying on your birthday
Here's to all the bad first dates
Here's to every single heartbreak
Here's to raining on your own parade
Here's to showing up anyway
Here's to us
Here's to us
Here's to
Here's to the Mondays
The restaurant broke out into applause as they finished the song all laughing and leaning on each other. The owner came over and grinned.
"Hello, that was simply marvelous; your check is on the house today" he said happily, the teens stared at him in shock.
"Really?"
"Of course, we haven't a group of talented kids like that in here for a while, you kids are welcome here no problem" he said, they thanked him as they stood.
"Come on, we got class soon" Jade said, saying goodbye they walked out and headed to school. As they reached they found Lane with Sikowitz waiting for them.
"Morning" they said, the gang spoke all smiling
"So today you've been given classes off to help set up for everything for Friday"
"Andre I know your set was particular so we need your help to do it" Lane said, Andre nodded and kissed Tori's cheek "for the rest of you, I don't know what you're planning just make sure no one gets hurt"
"I promise I won't hurt anyone" Cat and Tori said, both nodded and walked away, Andre following with a smirk on his face.
"Shall we go?" Carly teased, the nodded and headed off all grinning deviously.
-Line Break-
"Dude, Andre's set look crazy amazing, you guys should see it" Andre slapped Robbie upside the head and glared at Robbie, Freddie and Beck chuckled at him
"Tori isn't gonna see it until Friday, but it is a good set" Freddie said smiling gently, the girls grinned "are you guys done"
"Yeah, we manage to recreate the entire box to look like a closet but the side while we can't see the audience can see, so Steven will never know he's on stage, so Sikowitz told him he's going to be rehearsing Friday night when he really"
"He's performing, so won't he see everyone"
"Nope, he's been told to come at 8:30 that's when we're going to be there, and after the scene it'll the sides will drop and you can perform" Jade said, the boys nodded approvingly.
"Hey can we have a movie night tonight" Cat said smiling,
"Sure, my place tonight at 8"
"Yeah" they began to leave and Andre swept Tori into his arms, kissing her swiftly, making her squeak and then relax into the kiss, she squirmed as she felt a heat in her stomach, with a gasp she pushed him away.
"So not the place for that or the time" she said, he chuckled and nodded
"You right, after all I still have to ask you to be my girlfriend" he said grinning and walking away, leaving her shell shock and then chasing after him.
Neither seeing Sherry in the corner glaring at them, before walking away.
Andre looked at Tori, as he ran a hand through her hair, she was getting more and more tired as the days go and the baby grew as each day passed. But he was happy, then he thought about it, they hadn't made an appointment for the baby yet. He grabbed his phone and dialed a number.
"Hello, I'd like to make a prenatal appointment for Victoria Vega" he said, she looked up at him her head tilted "she's three months in already I believe her last visit was actually when she found out" he said he listened as she watched him "Saturday at 2 would work" he said "oh I'm the baby's father" he said "alright, thank you" he said once more "you too" he hung up.
"Did you just make my appointment for the baby"
"Yes, your OBGYN said she'll see you next Saturday at 2, with me"
"Why do you know my doctor?" she asked, Andre just smiled and shrugged, "Andre" she said poking him
"You dragged me to her last year when your mother started you on Birth Control, I had her card" he said, Tori thought and remembered, how shy he had been when he had went with her to the doctor for her birth control for the first time.
"Oh okay, so I'm gonna start cooking, wanna help?" she asked, Andre grinned and nodded
"What we making baby doll?" he said standing up with her.
"Lasagna" she said, Andre beamed, she was making his favorite dish, and he followed her into the kitchen and then stopped watched her, suddenly finding himself daydreaming
-Daydream-
He was watching her lean down wearing a pair of shorts and his shirts as a young girl around 4 years old ran in and attached himself to his leg.
"Hi daddy, I missed you today, did you have a good day? Me and mommy did we went to the park and then Aunty Jade and Uncle Beck came and played with me"
"Alessia, you're rambling, take a breath and go set the table for mommy" Tori said smiling as she came over, the little girl beamed and skipped over "hi daddy" she said reaching up and kissing him. He caught the glint of an engagement ring on her finger.
"hi mommy" he murmured his hands on her waist, "Beck and Jade came over"
"Yes, you missed them since you we're called in today" she teased, Andre chuckled "how was work"
"Good, the song is a hit baby girl" he said, he looked behind her to see their daughter setting the table with her step stool and smiled "she's becomes more and more like you every day that passes" Tori smiled and turned to see their daughter, she was a carbon copy of Tori, brown hair and brown eyes that glittered
"Maybe, but she's like her daddy on that piano, she's always was Daddy's little princess right Andre?" she said "Andre? ANDRE"
-End Daydream-
"…Dre" Tori called, blinking he grinned sheepishly at Tori.
"Sorry T, got lost in a day dream real quick, come on I'll help you, shall I get the ground beef out"
"Yeah, sure" she said still eyeing him in confusion, before going to get the pasta out, wondering what the hell had distracted him.
-Line Break-
After a few movies and the sudden decision to have one giant sleepover the group sat and laid all over the living room floor together, when Jade spoke up.
"Andre I have a question and please don't get offended by it"
"Jade" Beck warned, Andre waved him off and looked at Jade, who made a face as if trying to see how to word her question.
"Why are you so willing to take care of this kid, and I get that you love Tori I do, but I feel like there's something else there" she said, the room got quiet as he looked at her, Tori sighed, she had known it would come up, if anything she had been wondering the same thing and had talked to the girls about it before, while the boys had been working on the set.
"You are partially right, one I know Tori inside and out she would have never had an abortion, and honestly from the moment I suspected it, I knew I'd be a father to this child, because I love Tori, there's was no chance in hell I was giving her up because she got pregnant by some asshole who forced himself on her and it goes against her morals to have an abortion, but for the next reason why I am choosing to love this child and not do everything to make her get rid of it or give it up because I've seen what it does to that child, my sister was a product of a rape" he said,Tori''s eyes snapped to him as he clutched her hand tightly "my parents treated her different, horribly actually as if she was disgusting, or she didn't belong they isolated her from me multiple times, they degraded her and my mother always had this hatred of her you could see it so clearly, and my father just alwasy looked at filled with rage and disgust i guess she looked like her father, so when I was 10 I came home from a piano recital and found her body in the floor of her room, her wrist slit open, and a note, saying she didn't ask to be born she didn't ask for my mother to be raped she didn't ask to be kept or hated if anything all she asked was to be loved, and they couldn't do that or have the decency to give her away to a family that would have loved her, and that she was sorry for causing them so much pain, they didn't even care, they had the funeral but after it was like they never had a daughter to begin with, their lives moved on like normal until they died when I was 15" Tori clutch his hand as he began crying almost calmly, but he wasn't the only one "I made a promise that day, I'd never do that to my child no matter how they were conceived, if the person I love ever got attack and pregnant I'd love them and that child with everything in me, and treat that child like it's mine to the end" he said his eyes meeting Tori "so when I say this is my child no matter what anybody ask, or says I mean it Victoria, she is my child no matter, she'll be daddy's little princess that will have her mother's looks and voice" he said gently rubbing her stomach
"And her daddy's musician skills" Tori said, Andre smiled thinking of his daydream and nodded "I love you so much Andre Deon Harris"
"I love you to Victoria Samantha Vega" he paused "future Harris" he said, she laughed as her tears fell and he hugged her close to him.
AN: Sooooo I held off a bit in this because I simply wanted to make it longer, and as promised LamarLaver the explanation behind Andre's willingness to take care of this child, I hope you understand why I kept the scene in it now. I hope you all enjoy the chapter, I kind of cried crying this especially the ending.
The Next Chapter: The Showcase Get's Pushed Back and Steven finds out something he shouldn't.
And I Own Nothing.. *huffs*