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Everything in Tori's life was perfect. She had a boyfriend she was madly in love with. She was on summer break and didn't have to be back at school for another month! And everything was good. Even Jade was ok with their relationship! She felt like for once she had everything she had always wanted and it felt great! But tonight her boyfriend met her parents. Particularly her cop/dad. She knew Beck was nervous and frankly he had every right to be. Jake Vega was fiercely overprotective of his daughter. And somehow she had to convince him to let her go on a road trip this summer. They were only driving to Texas to audition for a movie that would begin shooting next summer (it would be good for their careers.) and she knew her parents couldn't get the time off to go with them.
She couldn't think about it too long because right at 7pm the door rang. She rushed to answer it. Beck stood their handsome as ever but with a slightly frightened expression on his face.
"Don't worry!" she said giving him a quick hug. "They are going to love you! Because I love you!"
"Do you think?" he asked running a hand through his hair.
"Absolutely. Follow me." She led him into her family's patio her father was grilling burgers and dogs. Her mother was setting the table and Trina was looking at herself in the mirror.
"You must be Beck!" Mrs. Vega said running up and giving him a warm hug.
"Yes, Mrs. Vega it's so nice to meet you Tori's told me so much about you he smiled at her."
"Oh that's very sweet dear but please call me Tina." She smiled at him. "and this is my husband Jake." Tori's dad came over and threw his arm around his wife and shook Beck's hand.
"It's a pleasure" he said. "Ah! And the burgers are almost done why don't you guys have a seat."
The dinner went famously well and when they were on dessert is when Tori and Beck decided to ask. Beck reminded himself not to wet himself. Then he reminded himself that Tori's dad had a gun somewhere in the house and went over the exits in the back yard.
"Mom, Dad" Tori started. They looked at her as if to say "Yes?"
"Well you see ever since I started at Hollywood arts I relized how much I love acting and singing" Tori said.
"And she is amazingly talented and everyone thinks she has a real shot at making it in the big t time." Beck added.
"And the same can be said for Beck. He has stared in every play since he started at Hollywood Arts."
"And Tori has as well. She starred in Uptown Downtown and two other plays-well I guess you already know that." Beck laughed. Tori's parents nodded.
"Kids, we get it you are both talented. What are you trying to get at?" Tina asked.
"Well there is an audition for a movie. It would begin shooting next summer but the auditions are next week." Beck said.
"That's great! I'm sure you both will get the parts you want. What is the story about?" Jake asked.
"It is a coming of age story about a misunderstood boy who falls in love." Tori said.
"The only catch is the audition is in Texas and we only found out about the auditions like two days ago and I know you wouldn't be able to get the time off work so I was wondering if you would be ok with Beck and I taking a road trip down together. Once we got their we would stay with Becks aunt and uncle in El Paso." Tori said.
Before Jake could stand up and say hell no are you taking my daughter on a road trip Tina dragged him into the kitchen to talk. Beck and Tori stayed on the front porch sweating and it had nothing to do with the hot summer sun.
"I don't like the idea of it Tina" Jake said.
"It doesn't exactly sound great to me either. But I think we need to let them go!" Tina replied.
"Why is that?"
"Do you remember when you wanted me to go with you to your beach house spring break and my parents said no?" She asked.
"Yes." He stated not getting what she meant.
"Well what did we do when they said no?" She asked.
"We went to a motel instead so they couldn't find us and we-oh!" he said.
"Look my point is that if we say no we run the chance of them going even further out of rebellion. But if we say yes we can call them every night and every day and make sure they are at least safe."
Jake looked as if he just got shot in the foot before he said "FINE" exasperated.
They went back out onto the deck to find two nervous looking teenagers.
"It's ok with us." Jake said Tori and Beck smiled at each other both simultaneously wanting to jump up and hug and kiss but not wanting them to change their minds.
"But we have rules! I want you guys to call us every day and every night. If we call you answer. If you miss once that's fine but you call back within 10 minutes so keep your phones on at all times! If you don't once we will come find you and drag you back kicking and screaming. Have we made ourselves clear?" Tina asked.
"Cristal!" Tori said "Thank you thank you thank you!"
AN: sorry this is a short chapter but I have to do some research on how long it takes to get to El Paso from Hollywood. Stay tuned for tons of fun!