Hey there guys thanks for all of the reviews and support. Here's chapter two and Im not quite sure how I feel about it. I hope you guys like it.
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In His Shadow
Chapter Two- Missing Someone Hurts
Beck stared down at his phone, he was waiting for a phone call and the wait was killing him. Just so he had something to do he opened his locker and arranged the books from tallest to shortest. He looked down at his phone again, nothing. He raised the volume all the way up and started playing Bubble Burst just to keep his mind off of the phone call he was waiting for. He heard a locker door slam shut and looked up from his game to see who joined him in the otherwise empty hallway. Tori caught sight of him and started toward him, she was no longer wearing the red top she had been wearing in Sikowitz's class instead she was wearing a light grey tank top. There was a visible stain on the front of her shirt.
"Hey Beck." She said cheerfully.
"Tori Vega, what are you doing out of class?" he asked quitting his game and focusing all of his attention on her. "And why is there a coffee stain on your shirt?"
"Ryder spilled his coffee all over me, it was an accident really we bumped into each other. Andre's going to give me his sweatshirt to wear, I just have to wait for him to get out of class." Tori said looking down the hallway expectantly.
"Tori I really don't think that it was an accident." Beck said pulling his extra shirt off of the hook and handing it to her. She quirked her eyebrows at him, he shrugged and said, "It's warm outside, you'll overheat in a sweatshirt."
"Right thanks, why do you have an extra shirt in there anyway?" Tori asked texting Andre that she no longer needed his sweatshirt.
"Oh you know, you never know when you'll be in dire need of a shirt." Beck said with a shrug.
"Maybe I should put an extra set of clothes in my locker." Tori said pulling Beck's dark grey t-shirt on. "So what are you doing out of class Beckett?"
"Well if you must know I'm waiting for an important phone call Victoria." Beck said looking down at his phone for the umpteenth time. "I auditioned for this movie, they're supposed to call me today and tell me if I got the part or not."
"Oh wow what movie?" Tori asked her brown eyes widening with excitement.
"It's called Paired and its based off of the book by Ellie Conway. Its set in an almost perfect dystopian future where everything from your free time to the number of children you can have is controlled. According to Cassie, the main character, it's the way things should be. Ever since Cassie was a little girl she's dreamed about her Pairing Banquet where the Society will pair her with her eventual mate. She's paired with her best friend Xavier and is very happy about it but her happiness is short-lived when she discovers that there's another boy that she could have been Paired with under different circumstances. Her grandfather dies the next day and it is this and her confusion that lead her to start to doubt the Society." Beck said glancing at his phone again. "I auditioned for Ky, the other boy that Cassie could have been Paired with."
"Oh my gosh Beck this is a..." The phone rang and both Tori and Beck stared at it. "Answer it!"
Beck nodded and answered the phone. Tori watched him walk back and forth as he talked to whoever was on the other end of the phone. She tried to read his emotions but Beck was an expert at keeping his emotions in check. He thanked the person and turned to an expectant Tori.
"Well did you get the part?" Tori asked anxiously.
"I got the part." Beck said picking Tori up and spinning her around. He set her down, put his hands on her shoulders, and said, "I'm going to be a main character in a movie series."
Tori screamed and threw her arms around his neck and wound her legs around his waist, "You're going to be a movie star!"
"I am." He said.
"Woo!" Tori said untangling herself from him. "We have to celebrate!"
"You up for an early lunch?" Beck said closing his locker and picking up Tori's bag.
Tori was brought out of her thoughts by a rubber ball hitting her face, she looked up at Sikowitz he was standing on the stage the new kid Jack stood by his side. They were both waiting for Tori to snap out of her daze. With a nervous laugh Tori stood from her seat and joined Jack on the stage. Sikowitz told them that they were to play Piper and Nate, best friends who secretly love each other and are dealing with Nate's decision to join the army.
"Piper listen to me, please." Jack's character Nate said in pleading tone.
"Why Nate, so you can tell me what you already told me?" Tori said pulling away as he reached for her. "You're going to go and there's nothing I can do to stop you."
"Piper," Jack said grabbing hold of Tori's wrist and turning her so that she was facing him. He brought his thumb underneath her chin and tilted her head up so that she was looking into his sky blue eyes. Softly he said, "Tell me what's really bothering you."
"I'm scared Be-Nate." Tori said quietly. "What if you don't come back?"
"I'm coming back Pipes, after all I have someone to come back to." Jack said using his thumb to brush the tears Tori didn't know she was sheading.
"What if you come back and you're not the same?" Tori sobbed.
"Piper..." Jack started.
Tori threw her arms around his neck and said, "You're my best friend and I can't live knowing that there's a chance you won't come back."
"This is something I have to do Piper." Jack said wrapping his arms around Tori and running his hands through her hair. Tori nodded into his chest and tried to calm herself down. "I will do everything I can to come back to you because I love you Piper."
"I love you too B-Nate and I don't want to have regrets. I'm ready," Tori said pulling away. She looked at a very confused Jack. "Ask me again."
The confusion on Jack's face disappeared and he dropped down to one knee. "Piper Macbeth, will you be my girlfriend?"
"Yes." Tori said.
The bell rang and before anyone could say anything Tori grabbed her stuff and walked out of the Blackbox Theater. She walked into the bathroom and splashed water onto her face. The scene they were performing hit too close to home, the only difference was that Piper got the guy before he left and Tori let just him go. Missing him hurt much more than she ever thought it could.
"Get a hold of yourself Tori." She said to her reflection.
Beck's phone vibrated for the fifth time, he excused himself from the table making up some excuse about having to use the restroom. He had five text messages from Robbie, Rex, Cat, Jade, and Andre. Robbie's message had a link to a video on The Slap. Rex asked him if he watched the video and if he agreed that Tori was whack. Cat's message said that Tori was starting to worry her. Jade's message said to answer the damn phone more often. Andre's said to call him.
Beck watched the video, it was of Tori and some blond guy performing a rather emotional scene. He had always been able to tell when Tori was acting and watching the video he could tell that the tears she was sheading and the emotion behind her words were real. She would pause before saying the male character's name as if trying to remember what it was. He caught a couple of times when she'd start saying his name. He watched as she practically ran out of the theater in tears.
His phone started to ring, he smiled as he heard Tori's voice sing the chorus to Make it in America, she had set it as his ringtone the day he found out he got the part because according to her he was making it in America. Andre's picture flashed repeatedly and after a couple of seconds he answered the phone.
"And the big movie star finally answers the phone." Andre said in a joking manner. Beck could hear Jade in the background yelling curses at him. "Easy girl, he probably knows he's been neglecting his best friends."
Hearing Andre say it out loud made his stomach churn with guilt. "Hey man what's with the group effort to get me to answer the phone."
"Vega misses you and at first seeing her so sad brought me joy but now I can't take it, it no longer brings me joy." Jade growled into the phone. "Do something about it!"
"I told you I'd handle this." Andre said.
"Too bad!" Jade yelled hanging up the phone.
A couple minutes after his not so enlightening phone call with Jade and Andre his phone vibrated. It was a text from Andre.
Andre: Call Tori or better yet go visit her when u have time.
Beck: I will.
He meant it he was going to go see Tori right after he finished dinner with his co-stars and the director.
Well there it was so please review and tell me what you thought. Thanks to all of those who reviewed last time it made me want to give you this chapter as quickly as possible. Please review and I'll see you guys next chapter. (: