Thanx WhiteChocolateAngel
Welcome to Teairra's Room. Tori and Andre are done being naïve, but someone else's relationship takes a drastic turn, and it puts Andre in the wrong state of mind. So if you've been waiting for drama, here it comes.
*Try to sing along with the Karaoke*
5ive
Teairra's Room
Tori and Andre sat in her living room Sunday evening. They were watching a movie, but after spreading out on the couch and lying across Andre, Tori soon found herself asleep. Andre killed time by playing in her hair and giving her mustaches with his finger.
When she finally woke he lifted her off the couch and carried her to her family's piano. "Let's work on this song" he told her. Wiping sleepy boogers from her eyes she stretched and nodded. "How was your sleep?" Andre asked. "Ah— it wa guuuuuud—" she croaked. Andre laughed. "What is so funny" she asked. "That sounded nasty!" Tori gasped. "We can write a song on how gross you sound when you yawn and talk at the same time."
Tori reached out and pinched Andre's nose. "We can wite a song on how gwoss yuu soun' wen yu yawn and talk at the same timeeeee…." she said in her mocking voice, dangling Andre's nose. "OUCH!" Andre cried. Tori laughed then sat down on his lap.
"How did we write all of our other songs?" she asked. Andre rubbed his nose and shook his head. "I don't know… I can't seem to think right now" he said, looking down at his nose. Tori took his hands in hers and kissed him on the tip of his nose. "Sorry about that…" she began, staring at him with puppy eyes.
"Don't look at me like that" he spat. "Do you know how I feel when I see you stare at me with those pretty brown eyes?" he said. "How Andre?" she asked. Andre stuck his tongue out at her and made a fart noise.
"Ew… that was so lame Andre" she said, poking him. "And you know, I really thought you were going to say something sweet…" She pouted. "Come on now Tor, you know I was just kidding." She gave him a heartbroken smile. He looked down at the piano and played a chord.
As I look in your eyes, I know…
He began singing. Tori stopped pouting after realization hit. Andre was making a song about her.
(Another chord) I don't want to beee the one looking for love
(Another chord) 'cause I'd burn out the sunnn for you.
(Another chord) and I can't wait for you to put your love…
On mee on mee on meee…
On mee on mee on meee…
"Andre, that was…" she began. "Enough to make you smile, right?" he cut across. Tori smiled, then began laughing. "Of course." She wanted to close her eyes and kiss him, but she was afraid to cross that border in their relationship again. She didn't know if they were actually in a relationship, and was too scared and confused to bring it up.
"So um… the song… do you have any ideas?" she asked. Andre shook his head. "Naw not really, I haven't really thought about it" he replied. "So what, do you want to make fun song? Or maybe, a love song?" she asked. Andre scratched his head. "A love song would be nice" he said finally. Tori smiled. "Okay great. So… a love song" she said. Andre nodded his head. "Love…love love love song" she sang. They shared a laugh.
"That's not really how we've ever written a song" he admitted. "Yea, it should be more… in the moment. That's us" she said. "Yea, how about we come back to this whenever we're feeling in love" he replied. I think I am. She thought. "Yea, let's do that" she agreed. Andre lifted her off the piano and carried her to the couch.
"You're not that strong, I'm like, ninety pounds" she said. Andre growled and tossed her onto the couch. "Arg!" she let out a distress that made her sound like a pirate. Andre laughed, but before he knew it she was already at him with a pillow. He took off for the staircase and she followed. He closed her bedroom door and hid behind it.
Tori pushed to the door open and stuck her head in slowly as if she was on a secret ops mission. "Andre?" she called, stepping in, defeated. Andre surged from behind the door. She turned on the spot but wasn't quick enough to keep him from picking her up. He held her above his head and tickled her ribs with his thumbs. "Stop! Stop! P-Please Andre!" she begged and squirmed. Andre carried her around the room in this manner, but Tori's flailing body overpowered him eventually.
He stumbled into her bed and they fell over. On her bed they lay, Tori landed on top of Andre. "That…was…mean!" she said, catching her breath, but she soon joined Andre's laughter. "That was funny…" he siad. Their laughter trailed off and they merely looked at one another smiling. "Your back is cold" Andre said. His hands found themselves tracing the grooves in her back underneath her shirt. "No it's not… you're just trying to be slick!" she proclaimed.
"What are you talking about Vega?" he asked sarcastically. She scooted up his chest so that his hands fell to the small of her back, and eventually they spread across her butt. She was in his face now, nose to nose. Andre caught whim of her banana and strawberry lotion and took in a deep breath through his nose. Tori looked at her nose with both eyes so that she would look crazy to him. Then she broke into a flirty giggle. "Don't ever do that again! You look funny" Andre admitted. She did it again. He laughed with her. "You have really big hands!" she told him. Andre lifted his hands to look at them. "You think so?" he asked. "Yea… I could feel them all over me."
Andre's hands fell back to her waist, and he began playing in her hair.
"Andre?" she asked after a moment of silence and smiling. "Yea" he replied. "What are we?" she asked. He stopped playing in her hair and started fidgeting with the bottom of her shirt. "What do you mean?" he asked. Tori waited a moment, and then shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure—" she began. "I mean… we're friends—" "Yea, best friends" Andre corrected.
"Right. But um… I think… that there may be more to it…than just best friends" she said. Andre nodded. "Um…you mean like…" he began. "Our kiss" she said. Andre smiled. "Yea… it was nice. Do you think we're going to do it again?" he asked. She smiled too. "Yea that's what I've been trying to figure out" she replied. "What did it mean to you?" she added. Andre crooked his neck and grinned. "What did it mean to you?" he replied.
"No loser, I asked you first" she said. Andre stammered. He didn't know what to say. In a carefree world he would have told her that the kiss was what he'd always wanted; he'd always wanted Tori. But in reality he hadn't admitted that to himself yet, so how could he admit it to her.
Andre sat there contemplating his response. "Don't worry about it" Tori said, looking away. "Why not?" Andre asked, confused. "It's just… I don't know. Kind of took me away, I guess" she explained. Andre looked at her skeptically. "Let's just cross that bridge when we get there" she added. "Okay Tor… we'll cross that bridge when we get there."
Andre let Tori go so that they could get up from her bed. "Tori's wants to kiss me!" Andre sang. Tori gasped. Andre laughed and made a kissy face. Tori thumped him on the forehead. "OUCH!" Tori stood on tip toe and kissed him on the cheek. "Let's go!" she said laughing, and she grabbed his hand and led him back downstairs.
An hour or so passed before Andre was called home.
"That was my folks; they want me to go babysit my grandma" he explained as he hung up his phone. Tori pouted. "Alright…" She got up and walked him to the door. "Today was fun" he admitted. "When is it never fun?" she asked, laughing. Andre grabbed her by the waist and pulled her to him. He squeezed her into a gentle hug. He kissed her on the neck at the point where her hair started. The second he did it was the second he regretted it; it made him just as nervous as it made her shudder.
She was quick to return the gesture, but fought against it. Her hands were to either side of his face as she looked up into his eyes. "I'll see tomorrow" she whispered. "I'll call you tonight" he replied. She whispered, "Okay."
Tori and Andre's relationship brought about livelier spirits amongst their friends and the people around them. Their best friends wanted nothing more for the two to accept their companionship, while others were simply merry to see them happy.
Lunch was different. No one had the time to pay Jade's sarcasm any attention anymore; no one but Beck, the one person she barely had sarcasm for. Robbie and Cat spent that time making plans for themselves, and Rex, and Tori and Andre spent lunch playing in one another's food.
"What is wrong with you people?" Jade blurted out. It was Wednesday; two days of lovey dubby lunch passed, and she had grown irritated. They all looked at her. "You two" she began with Cat and Robbie. "You two have stopped being completely annoying… and that thing hasn't spoken in days" she said, acknowledging Rex. "I'm in my zone!" Rex explained.
"And you two…" she said, looking at Tori and Andre. "You hate mashed potatoes, why are you playing in Andre's?" Things got awkward. "Things just got weird!" Rex said after a minute of silence. Tori sighed at Andre and dropped his fork back into his tray. "Did I miss something?" Jade continued. Tori folded her arms. "I think you're just bitter because you can't seem to put anyone down anymore" She replied. "Yea, stop being such a spaz!" said Rex. Jade thumped him. "Chick's crazy man" Rex said to Robbie.
"If I wanted to hurt your feelings, I could Tori" Jade said, leaning across the table. Beck grabbed her arm, making sit back down. Tori rolled her eyes and looked away.
TORI VEGA: grrr….
MOOD: Agitated
Thursday wasn't any better. Jade took any chance she could to pick at Tori and Andre's affection, while ignoring her own. She'd even thrown Cat and Robbie in the mix several times. It got to the point where no one would say or do anything while she was around, and whenever she spoke, she was ignored.
Friday they all met up for lunch again, preparing for another day of aggravation. "Where's Jade?" Cat asked when Beck sat down at the table alone. "She's at home. She didn't come to school today." They breathed a sigh of relief. "I know…I know…" Beck began. "She can be a bit much to deal with." "I don't see how you do it Beck" said Robbie. "He doesn't" said Rex. They all looked at Rex. "What do you mean?" asked Cat. "Come on Beck, we all know Jade's crazy. That's why you're seeing that Sierra girl!" Sierra was a student at Hollywood Arts. She drew a lot of attention, because of her looks mostly, but she was a great dancer.
They all looked at Beck. "I am not seeing Sierra…we're just friends, Rex." "Come on man…you can be honest with me" Rex replied. They all laughed. "Okay whatever. I'm just helping her with her showcase audition" Beck explained to them. "Yea, I'd be glad if she show..cased me, a lot of things" said Rex.
Andre, Beck, and Robbie laughed. Tori frowned at Andre. He stopped laughing and looked away. "Bad Rex" he said.
"You guys, Jade can't find out about this, alright? She'd flip" said Beck. "Found out about what?" said Jade. They all looked up to see her standing right behind Beck. "Woa…um hey Jade. I thought you were sick at home?" Beck said as he turned to face her. "I lied, I was getting this" she said, pointing to her left eyebrow. Beck looked up to see another piercing through it. "Ohhh…"
"So what's the big secret, Beck?" she continued. "Uh ohh…" Rex whispered. Beck shot him daggers. Beck stood and decided the truth was best way to go, plus he hadn't really done anything.
"I've been helping Sierra with her showcase audition" Jade grinned angrily, nodded, and left. "Jade!" Beck called. He bid his friends goodbye and followed his crabby girlfriend.
"I hope they break up!" said Rex. "Rex!" Robbie cried. "Come on, who doesn't?" the puppet replied. "Jade is really overreacting" said Andre. Tori nodded. "You think they're going to make it?" Andre asked. She shrugged her shoulders. "Iono." "If they break up we're probably not going to see Jade that much" said Andre. Tori made an expression that asked, "Why?" "You know how she is" he began. "She's not going to want to have anything to do with Beck" Andre explained.
"Yea you're right. That does happen a lot though. Say if you and I got together and broke up over something like that…things wouldn't be the same" Tori sighed. Andre thought he was reading in between the lines when he thought about what she was saying. He was thinking that Tori was scared to start a relationship with him over the fear of breaking up, and the more he thought about it, the more skeptical he grew about entering a relationship himself.
After school that day, Andre walked Tori to her car. He opened her door, and before she hopped in he wrapped her up in a snugly teddy bear hug. "What are you doing this weekend?" Andre asked her. Their noses were maybe half an inch apart, but all the while they were in their own world, oblivious to their surroundings.
"Everyone wanted to go to Karaoke Dokie Saturday" she said. "That's cool" he replied. Andre knew what he was doing. Every time either of them spoke, the tips of their lips would touch. "You want to go together?" she suggested. He smiled and nodded. "Yea." Andre pecked Tori and gave her another hug. Their emotions collided, filling the air around them. A grin began to grow on her face. She thought best to leave before it got any wider and tore her face off. She got in her car and he watched as she drove away.
Andre picked Tori up Saturday evening and together they left for Sunset Boulevard. Karaoke Dokie was a place for people to sing, eat, and dance. Andre parked the car and he and Tori got out. "There are a lot of cars out here" Tori said as Andre grabbed her hand and led her to the building's entrance.
The door to the Karaoke Dokie opened, slapping them in the face in with the music. "There's Cat" Andre saw the red head dancing and walked Tori over to greet her. "Oh hey you guys!" Cat greeted them bubbly. "Where's everyone else?" Tori asked. Cat grabbed both of their hands and led them to the rest of their friends. "Hi you guys" said Robbie as they sat down. "What's up dog…dogette" said Rex. Andre and Tori settled in, greeting everyone and laughing amongst themselves.
"Great, the puppy dog couple" said Jade. "Hi… Jade" said Tori. Jade rolled her eyes. Tori smiled and looked at Andre. She rolled her eyes and pretended to growl. Andre laughed, and she was quick to join in.
The music was nice. At the time Dynamite was playing, and someone was failing at covering it on the Karaoke machine.
An hour passed, and the couples separated. Cat and Robbie…and Rex were dancing on the floor. Cat was a really nice dancer, making Robbie and Rex look a little out of place and awkward. Actually, Rex was doing pretty well…
Jade and Beck hadn't argued in a minutes, and decided to share a bite to eat. Andre and Tori were sitting, listening to the Karaoke disasters. "You should get up there and show them how to do karaoke, the right way" Andre insisted. Tori blushed and shook her head. "I'm not going up there!" she said laughing. "Is little Tori Vega scared?" Tori gave Andre the stink face. "Of course I'm not scared!" "Then get up there and sing something, shake something." That tickled Tori. "Okay…I'll go if you come" she said laughing. Andre took her hand, and when the Karaoke singer finished he led her to the stage.
"What do you want to sing?" the DJ asked. Tori looked at Andre. He shrugged his shoulders. "July… by Jhene Aiko" Tori told him. "Okay… July it is" said the DJ.
The music started, and Tori closed her eyes before singing.
Tori: woahhhh, woahhhh, ohhhh,
ahhh, mhmm, ahhh, ohhh,
woah woah woahh ahhhh
You had to change up the gameeee
ohhhhh the weather is not the sameeee
now there's only cloudy daysssss
I cant stand the rainnnn, in Julyyyy
oooh Julyyy
There were fireworks exploding (exploding)
but now it's getting colder
the leafs are turning colors
whyyy oh whyyy
it's just not our seasonnnnn
the one and only reasonnnn
baby oh baby oh
when summer turn into falllll
Andre: uhh, this verse starts as my snipers hit their marks
and ya guards fall down from a rifle to the heart
like clap clap… let em fall slow
I know you had you fears you can let them all go
and most women are motivated so I act accordingly
but this is so refreshing that it means a little more to me
dedicating time when I really can't afford to be
I provide protection if you open up the door for me
couple stares, couple texts, couple dates
couple "I think that we're ready's"
couple "I think we should wait's"
are we acting like a couple, I'm just trying to get it straight
cause I'm over here convinced that it's too early for mistakes
A: You are my, you are my, you are my girllll
T: I was your girl
A: Shoulda made, shoulda made, shoulda made you my worlddd
T: I was your world
A: Shoulda did everything to make you happy babyyy
T: Can't wait for, can't wait for, can't wait for spring timeeee
and I will turn into a butterflyy
I will spread my wings and flyyy flyyy flyyy fly
Flyyy flyyy flyyy fly
A: You're tooo fly I admittt
The song trailed off and Tori and Andre hugged. "Good job Tor!" he said in her ear. The audience applauded. Andre looked down at Tori. "I think we're about to cross our bridge" he admitted. She beamed at him. "Really?" she asked with sparkly eyes. He nodded. "Our first kiss as a couple" she said, smiling. Andre laughed. "Yea" he replied. "KISS! KISS! KISS! KISS! KISS!" The audience sang. Andre wrapped his arm around Tori's waist and with his free hand he caressed her cheek. She closed her eyes and he went for it. The second their lips touched, she pulled away.
Their heads snapped towards the food court, where Jade and Beck were screaming and lashing out at one another. "You're such a liar!" she screamed. "Well can you blame me? Huh Jade?" "What's going on?" Andre asked. He looked at Tori. "Let's go find out" she replied. They hopped off stage and made their way to Jade and Beck; a crowd had already begun to surround them. Robbie and Cat were both there, trying to separate them.
"All of this time, you said we couldn't work on our scene, you were with Sierra?" said Jade. "You've been acting crazy lately, and to be honest you've been ticking me off for a while now!" Beck replied. "And I didn't lie, I told you we were just dancing!" he added.
"Read the text message again, Beck!" said Jade, slamming a cell phone on the table they'd been eating on. Beck took the phone, apparently his, and put it into his pocket. "It said I miss you sweetie, can't wait to go back to our ROOM! What does our ROOM mean, Beck?" she asked. "She's talking about Teairra's Room" Beck began.
"What?" said Jade. "Who's Teairra?" "Teairra's Room is a dance club on the harbor. We go there for rehearsals!" "What's wrong with your house?" Jade asked. "So you'd rather Sierra come over my house? Really Jade?" "Ugh!" Jade pushed a chair over and stormed away. BEck, Cat, and Robbie followed her.
She found the closest door, entered it, and slammed the door. She forgot to lock it. "Come on…" Tori said, and she grabbed Andre's hand and led him after their friends.
The room Jade had intended on locking herself in was nothing more than a supply room. It was kind of big, and there was one dark purple light that hung from the ceiling. There were chairs amongst chairs inside, and a single couch in which Cat and Robbie sat. Tori and Andre waited at the door.
Jade was furious. "Who told you to follow me?" she said through her sobs. "No one… I told myself to" said Beck. He reached for her hand, but she pulled away. "I can't believe you, we've been together for seven years Beck!" she screamed. "You're overreacting" he said calmly. "And what, you'd rather dance with Sierra than act out a stupid scene with me?" she continued. Beck shook his head. "It's not like that…" "That's what you said about you seeing her!" she screamed.
"It's not like that, it's not like that!" she mocked. "It's like something Beck! Either you'd rather be with her, or you're seeing her. Which one is it?" "It's neither!" he screamed back. "You're a liar! What kind of man are you?" "I'd rather be with anyone besides you!" Beck admitted. He was angry, now, but he surely didn't mean to say that. That was how he honestly felt, but he was willing to work things out with Jade, no matter the cost.
Jade's hand flew to her mouth as she cried, "Oh my God!" "How could you say something like that?" "Easy! Simply Jade, you're just not a nice person. I'm tired…of defending you, and worrying if I'm offending you. You think Cat is off, but I'd rather be with her than you. People hate being around you. I break my neck to make you happy, but you never are. I bet you can't remember the last nice thing you've done for me…" Jade said nothing. Her tears had seized but she was refusing to look at anyone in the room.
"But I can… the last nice thing you did for me Jade, was yelling at me without hitting me" he finished. Jade shrugged her shoulders. "Well if that's really how you feel… it's done Beck." "What are you talking about?" he asked. "Maybe we just need a break…some time away from each other. Do what you have to do with Sierra. I don't care."
"You don't mean that Jade. Look…what I said was mean, but it's hard sometimes. Everyone knows a break is just that stage in between being together and breaking up." Jade shrugged her shoulders again. "Well, we're just going to have to break up" she replied. Beck was taken aback, and within the few seconds it took for him to digest what she'd said, she'd already made it to the door.
"Get out of my way!" she spat at Tori. "No… you need to go and talk to B—" "Mind your BUSINESS!" she screamed. Tori put her hands up, offended and defeated. Andre grabbed Tori by the waist and pulled her out of Jade's way.
"Oh yea" Jade began, stopping as she opened the door. "You two might as well stop now. This stupid thing you have going on, that's what it is, STUPID." Tori stared at Jade, boiling on the inside. Right now, insulting her relationship with Andre was like punching Tori's grandmother.
"You're going to end up just like me and him" she said, looking over at Beck. "What, you think just 'cause you two think you like each other, it's going to be fine? No! No happy ending! You're going off to different colleges in a few months… you won't even see each other." "Jade—" Andre began.
"Consider it a warning. You're not going to make it. So end it now…before you hate each other." Jade slammed the door.
Andre and Tori looked at each other.
"Wow!" said Rex. Beck apologized to his friends before leaving. Cat and Robbie followed, leaving Tori and Andre alone. They stood there in silence for nearly five minutes, digesting and contemplating the advice they'd just received. Tori finally broke the silence by looking at Andre…the worry in her eyes spoke a thousand words to him.
"Maybe we rushed into this" he said after another short pause. Tori swallowed hard and looked away. That is not what she wanted to hear. In her fairytale worry-free world, she was expecting Andre to somehow convince her that what Jade had said meant absolutely nothing to their relationship, and that he was willing to love her through the thick of it all.
In reality, she was just as scared as he was. She didn't let the worry show on her face. It was easy, because she wasn't going to look at him for nothing. "Really?" she uttered. The lump forming in her throat made it very hard to speak
"Yea" he replied. That word struck her hard in the heart; she squeezed her eyes hard and shut to keep from crying. "Okay" she choked. "You okay?" Andre asked, scared to touch her. He took her hands in his. She looked up at him and smiled. "Yea… I'm fine" she lied. "I don't want us ending up like that" he explained. "Yea, I agree" she lied again. "Maybe one day" he added. Tori chuckled, but not from happiness.
She was laughing at the cliché. "Yea" she said finally. She removed her hands from his and headed for the door. "I'm ready to go home, if you don't mind" she said holding the door until he reached it. "Y-Yea…no problem."
TORI VEGA: What just happened?
MOOD: Lost for words.
Tears.. Exaggeration.. Arguments.. Insecurities.. Reasons.. Reactions.. Anticipation..
~ Teairra's Room
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