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In His Shadow

Chapter 4- Worries and Doubts

When it came down to it Tori found that she couldn't do it, she couldn't tell Beck how she felt about him. It wasn't hurting Jade that was stopping her anymore, Jade in her typical Jade fashion had given them permission to date. Though she never specifically said "Tori you can date Beck," or "Beck you can date Tori." She did however imply that they could date each other when one day over lunch she bluntly said to Beck, "I'm over you so you can date whoever you want and I mean whoever," she had glanced in Tori's direction before standing up and walking away. Two weeks later Andre came by Tori's house saying that he felt wonky again, his feelings for Jade had returned as they were working on another song together. Tori tried her best to console him like she had last time but this time they came to the conclusion that Andre had real feelings for Jade. At the end of the week the two of them shocked the school by announcing that they were dating, well Jade told every girl in school to back off because Andre was her boyfriend now.

"What are you thinking about?" Beck asked bringing Tori out of her reverie. She blinked a couple of times and focused on what was happening on the screen. "You weren't paying attention to the movie so don't try to play it off as if you were."

"Okay you caught me I wasn't paying attention, I was thinking about the day that Andre and Jade announced that they were dating." Tori said stretching her legs out and reaching for the bag of white chocolate pretzels. "It was unforgettable to say the least."

"Yeah it was." Beck said wondering why on Earth Tori would be thinking about that, he let himself think for a second that Tori may be jealous, that she may have feelings for her best friend. When he spoke next it was tight and controlled, "Didn't you slam your locker door close on your sweater out of shock?"

"Yeah and it ripped, but Cat fixed it and it looks as good as new." Tori said with a smile as she reached for her bottle of pink lemonade. She pointed to the screen and asked, "So which one's your favorite and please don't say Scarlett Johansson's character."

"Why?" Beck asked.

"Because all the guys that I've talked to say that she's their favorite." Tori said pulling at a loose thread of the black comforter they were sitting on top of.

"Oh well I wasn't going to say her, I was going to say Hulk." Beck said pointing to the screen just as said character was smashing his way through the ship. "Look at that what other character can cause that much destruction and still be considered a hero, its awesome. Which one's your favorite?"

"Captain America." Tori said without hesitation. "We have to stay until all of the credits are over, Andre said that when he, Robbie, and Rex went they left before the credits were over and missed the extra scene."

"Why did they miss it?" Beck asked as Tori pushed the snacks off to one side.

"Robbie really had to go to the bathroom, apparently he has a small bladder." Tori said lying down on her stomach. "For days Rex wouldn't stop blaming him for missing the ending scenes. Hand me the blue blanket please."

"What are you going to do, take a nap?" Beck laughed reaching behind him for Tori's blue blanket. He extended it out and draped it over Tori.

"I'm going to get comfortable, you should too." She said patting the spot beside her.

He lay down beside her but politely declined her offer to share the blanket. His phone vibrated, he fished it out of his pocket. He had two messages from his co-star Tyler Perry asking why he left in the middle of dinner so quickly. He typed a quick response about having to help a friend out and put his phone away.

"Do you have to go?" Tori asked.

"Nah, I'm all yours tonight. That was just Tyler wondering why I ran out on dinner." Beck said.

Tori smiled at him, she hoped that the lack of proper lighting could hide her blush. "Can you introduce me to Tyler one day? I loved him in The Final Dance."

"Yeah, he's been wanting to meet you." Beck said throwing an arm around her and pulling her closer to him. "He saw you perform at the Platinum Music Awards and loves listening to your songs."

"Tyler Perry, movie star Tyler Perry likes my songs." Tori said unable to believe that her celebrity crush liked her music and wanted to meet her, well her former celebrity crush.

"Why do you sound so surprised, you're awesome and people have noticed." He smiled at her and she smiled back.

"You're pretty awesome yourself Beck." Tori said. He pressed his lips to her temple as a thank you

They stopped their conversation and focused on what was going on in the movie. Throughout the movie Tori tried to figure out why if she had been ready to tell Beck her feelings before the movie she couldn't tell him now. It finally hit her as they picked up their trash and blankets at the end of the movie, she had been ready to date her friend Beck not movie star Beck. She had made the decision earlier that they could only be friends, her reasoning was that it wouldn't work out between them with him being famous and her not being famous. There was also that small voice in her head that told her that Beck probably didn't have feelings for her, sure they had almost kissed twice but the voice just said that it was just the situation and the heat of the moment. She hated that voice.

"Yo Tori are you going to get in or are you just going to stand there getting your socks dirty?" Beck asked holding the door open for her. She stared at him blankly and started for the truck slowly. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." She said snapping out of her daze and climbing into her seat.

"Tori, something's up with you today I can tell." He said looking down at her with concerned eyes. "You know I'm here for you if you're going through something you can't deal with alone."

"I know Beck, but really its nothing." She said with just about the fakest smile Beck had ever seen Tori make.

Tori fell asleep just as they made it onto the freeway, Beck sighed they were stuck in traffic and he had no one to talk to. He couldn't understand why there was so much traffic at this late hour but he shrugged it off as something that came with living in the Los Angeles area. He had agreed to go to the drive-in with the best hot dogs which happened to be the furthest one from where they lived but he hadn't minded until now, traffic really sucked. He looked over at Tori she looked comfortable despite being asleep in a car, her hood was up, her head was leaning against the window, and his black blanket was draped over her. He was worried about her she was clearly hurt over something and he hated seeing the hurt in her eyes.

After nearly an hour of being stuck in traffic he pulled into the Vega driveway. He looked at the clock, it was past one in the morning. With a yawn he looked over at Tori again, she was fast asleep and looked like she was going to wake up anytime soon. He got out of the truck and walked up to the front door, he took the extra key from under the potted plant and unlocked the front door before returning to the truck for Tori. He would have knocked and had her dad carry her to her bedroom but her parents were out of town and Trina wouldn't have opened the door even if he had knocked. He scooped her up blanket and all and carried her all the way up the stairs to her bedroom. He took off her glasses and laid them on the bedside table. Without thinking he pressed his lips to her forehead and smiled at the smile that broke across her face.

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