Chapter Two- Tori Has a Plan

The doorbell rang and I dashed up to get it. There was a delivery boy with the Chinese food that had just been ordered. He handed me the food as I handed him the money. I closed the door with my foot and set the food on the table. Tori walked out of the bathroom brushing her hair. She, Blake and the rest of his team had arrived earlier that day. Then at noon there was a competition. I wanted to go, but couldn't because I had a photo shoot for the cover of my new CD.

"I'm starved. The food at the race grounds is expensive." Tori said sitting in a chair

"So I take it you haven't eaten anything in like eight hours." I said handing Tori some chopsticks. She took them and then started eagerly eating the rice. That answered my question.

After dinner I was painting Tori's toenails, blue of course.

"So how are you and Blake?" I asked

"We're fine." Tori said showing a promise ring on her finger

"Nice." I said

"Have you talked or seen Trent?"

"I've seen him, but no contact was made."

"That's a shame. You two were made for each other."

"I think he's engaged."

"You think he's engaged? Wouldn't that involve some contact?"

"Well, I saw him at this café and he was with this girl and she had an engagement ring on."

"You were spying on him."

"I was not!"

"Fine, think what you want. Have you made an effort to talk to him?"

"He called me last night."

"Did you answer?"

"No."

"Did he leave a message?"

"Yes."

"What did he say?"

"I don't know I deleted it." I said quietly and Tori stared at me

"Why? Why are you so scared to face him?"

"I have no idea." I said slumping down into the couch. Tori barely nodded as we switched places so she could paint my toenails yellow. When we were done we decided to watch a move, but we both fell asleep in the middle.

The next day Tor and I met Blake at his hotel before going down to Navy Pier. There we saw a local show and then went on a boat ride. I loved going on boat rides. Everything seemed so simple and was so beautiful. We talked the entire time. You could tell that every time Blake looked at Tori or whenever Tori looked at Blake how much they loved each other. On our way back we stopped by my manager's office. Blake and Tori were coming to my concert tonight and they needed tickets and backstage passes.

Back at my apartment I threw on yellow leggings with a black jean skirt over them and a black t-shirt with a yellow tank top over that. Tori came out of the bathroom in blue jeans, a white t-shirt, and a blue hoodie. She threw on her backstage pass and we walked out of the apartment building and down the block to the café. The limo was waiting outside with tons of paparazzi. We snuck in the back door and as we stepped on foot out the door the cameras started to go off. By the time I got to the limo I was half blind. I liked singing in front of people and all, but the cameras and the crazy fans I could live without. After about a twenty minute ride to the arena I was singing at Tori and I got and was greeted by thousands of screaming fans. At the door there was a long line of people who were saying they knew me and said that they should be let in. The bouncer looked really annoyed with one girl who just refused to leave.

Tori apparently saw Trent in that line. She walked up to the bouncer and said that he was with us. I stared at her in shock. Trent barely nodded at me. I could not believe she just did that. I want to hide and I wanted to scream, but none of that could be done in front of all the screaming people and flashing cameras. As quickly as I could without making it look like I was running away I ran backstage. Blake was already there waiting for us. When he saw Trent come in behind Tori he gave me a questioning look. I shrugged. I still had no idea what Tori was up to, but I knew she was up to something. Blake glanced at Tori who smiled.

"How much time till your needed?" Tori asked turning to me

"About three hours. Why?" I asked suspicious

"Good." She said grabbing mine and Trent's arm and pushing us into the nearest empty room. "You two need to talk." I glared at her, but she just smiled. She closed the door and I could hear her barricading it with something. I turned to Trent who was leaning against the wall staring at the ceiling.

Trent looked at me and opened his mouth to speak. Suddenly I was too scared of what he was going to say next and started banging on the door and yelling at Tori to let us out. Trent put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me away from the door. Last time I checked he was across the room. When did he sneak up on me?

"Why are you so scared of me?" he stared at me waiting for an answer. The only problem was I didn't know the answer. I wanted to know but I didn't know. I shrugged and he looked at me annoyed. He stared straight into my eyes. I tried not to stare back, but I couldn't stop. That's when I snapped. Suddenly my legs could no longer hold my weight. I fell to the floor and started crying. He knelt down next and started rubbing my back. I pushed his hands away.

"How? How could you just forget about me?" I asked

"What do you mean?"

"You and her."

"Who?"

"That girl at the café. Who is she?"

"That was you. You ran out so fast I couldn't tell."

"Who is she?!"

"That's my cousin."

"Your cousin!" I asked looking up "Isn't she your fiancée?"

"No, why would you think that."

"The engagement ring."

"She engaged, but not to me." Trent said helping me stand up

Slowly he wiped away some of the tears that were still going down my cheeks. Suddenly Tori barged in. She grabbed me and pulled me out and into my dressing room. I noticed that she had mascara, eye liner, and eye shadow laid out. Apparently she had known that I was crying. She helped me reapply my make-up before I had to go meet the tech guy to do a sound check. After the sound check my make-up artist helped me out and the I went onto stage and started with Freak You Out. As soon as I walked off the stage after the last song Tori hugged me.

"That was so awesome!" she squealed

"Thanks. Is Trent still here?" I asked

"No, he said he had to run." Tori said and I was half relived that he was gone and half not. Luckily tonight there was no after party so Tori and I could go straight to my apartment. Suddenly I was exhausted.

Around midnight Tori and I were sprawled on the floor reading magazines and eating leftover Chinese food. I never realized how much I loved Chinese food. There was an awkward silence in the air. The only thing you could hear was the flipping of the pages.

"So what did Trent say?" Tori asked breaking the silence

"He's not engaged. It was his engaged cousin."

"Interesting. Do you think you're going to get back together?"

"I doubt it. I think it's been too long. We just don't have the connection we used to you know?" I explained and Tori nodded before changing the subject to how awesome and expensive Amanda Bynes's dress was in one picture.