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In His Shadow

Chapter 14-Silent Promise

Tori sat cross-legged on Beck's bed looking at all of the pictures he took on his mall tour across America. She was waiting for him to finish getting ready for their lunch date. He told her that he merely rolled out of bed and left for the airport and was in desperate need of a warm relaxing shower. She started humming the song she and Andre had been working on and laughed at some of the pictures someone, most likely Tyler or Isabelle, had taken of Beck. When she was done looking at the pictures she closed his computer and answered a text from Trina.

Trina: Pick me up some mascara and lip gloss.

Tori: Maybe...if you'd ask instead of demanded.

Trina: I'll get them myself then!

Tori: That's okay with me :P

"What's with the face?" Beck asked as he walked over to where she sat. He was dressed in a simple light grey t-shirt and black jeans. He had on his array of what Cat called 'man jewelry' and despite having just gotten out of the shower his hair was dry.

"My sister's a bit of a diva." Tori sighed.

"A bit?" Beck asked arching an eyebrow.

"Okay Trina's a diva." Tori said closing her eyes as Beck pressed his lips to her forehead. "What was that for?"

"Do I need a reason?"

"Why answer a question with a question?"

"Why not?" Beck laughed.

Tori smiled at him and watched as he put on a black beanie. Tori gasped, "Oh my gosh, you're hiding your insanely amazing hair."

"Only for you."

"Aw I feel special." Tori said bringing her hands over her heart. She stood up and fixed his beanie for him, she grabbed his sunglasses from the bedside table and handed them to him. "Not much of a disguise but it'll do."

They went to the best burger joint around and sat outside enjoying the sunshine. After a few minutes of conversation their number was called and Beck got up to go get their food. He handed Tori her burger, shake, and fries, they talked in between bites about her play and the mall tour. Beck was amazed that Tori wasn't bothered over what happened when he hung out with Tyler, she merely laughed and made a joke about it being because of his amazing hair.

"Maybe if we got Jade to take her scissors to your hair like she did with Cat that time Cat waxed her eyebrows then you would be free of this problem." Tori said jokingly.

"Did you just suggest cutting off my hair?" Beck asked in a disbelieving tone.

"Yes." Tori laughed.

"The draft wouldn't feel nice." Beck shrugged. "Plus you love my hair too much to actually have Jade do that."

"So true."

They finished their lunch and headed off to the mall so Tori could pick out a dress for the premiere the following week. She modeled tons of dresses for him and he told her she looked good in every single one, she told him that he was no help. She stepped out of the dressing room and he had to stop his mouth from dropping, she was wearing strapless dark blue dress that fell just above her knees. It was a simple dress and on anyone other than Tori it would have looked just that simple but there was something about Tori that just made that dress shine.

"I don't know, I like it but doesn't it look a little plain especially for the red carpet?" Tori asked twirling around. "What do you think?"

"It's perfect." Beck said standing up and joining her at the mirror. "I'm pretty sure you'll turn heads if you wear that."

"You're just saying that because you're my boyfriend." Tori said playfully smacking him in the chest.

"No I'm serious." Beck said wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her to him. He looked down into her warm brown eyes and whispered, "Get the dress it was meant for you."

"Okay." Tori sighed loving the tingles she got when Beck's warm breath hit her face.

Beck gave her a quick peck on the lips before releasing her so she could change out of the dress. She paid for her dress and then Beck discovered the horror of shoe shopping. There were so many types of shoes for girls and in so many different colors too, he suggested that she go for a simple black heel. She accepted his suggestion and went on to try dozens of black heels at several store before she finally found the perfect one, to Beck it looked the same as some she tried on at some of the other store but he wasn't going to say anything.

"Shopping is tiring." Beck sighed as they sat in the food court sharing some frozen yogurt. "Why are there so many shoes for girls."

"Because we like variety unlike you guys." Tori said taking a spoonful of the yogurt.

"Its so much more convenient to have one pair of multi-occaision shoes." Beck said.

"You don't even have shoes...you have boots." Tori said using the spoon to point to Beck's black boots.

"I have some Converse at home." Beck said.

"They're still in the box."

"Don't judge."

Beck watched Tori wiggle her nose as she stared at her textbook, without her realizing he snapped a picture of her. He joined her on his bed and looked over her shoulders at what she was studying. He stared at it in disgust and pressed his lips to her temple and wished her luck. She closed her book and shoved it away, she rolled onto her side and started tickling him. She must have remembered that he liked being tickled, he tickled her back and soon she had tears in her eyes from laughing too much.

"Say it." Beck said.

"No." Tori said as he tickled her.

"Say it."

"No, stop it, stop it." She said in between laughs.

"Say it."

"Okay, okay, I give up you win." He stopped tickling her and lay down beside her. She took his hand and laced her fingers through his. "My jaw and stomach hurt from laughing so much."

"Yeah mine too." Beck said.

"Hey Beck."

"Yeah Tori."

"Thanks for going out with me today."

"Anytime sweetheart."

"Can I ask you something?" Tori said releasing her hand and rolling onto her side, he did the same.

"You just did." He said tucking a stray strand of her hair behind her ear. "You can ask something else if you'd like."

"Okay, are you going to be forced to pretend date some celebrity?" She asked quietly.

"Where would you get that idea?" Beck said.

"Jade." Tori sighed.

"Of course. I'm not going to lie to you Tori my publicist wants me and Isabelle to 'date' after the premiere of the movie." Beck said bringing her into his arms. "She said it would be good for my image and for the movie if the two lead actors get together."

"I see, so we'll spend even less time together."

Beck told her not to think about it because right then and there they were together and that's all that mattered, they'd deal with his insane publicist and her ridiculously crazy ideas later. He wasn't going to fire her but she wasn't going to let her run his personal life, if she quit on her own terms then he was okay with it. The first thing he had to do was tell the world and Tori that he loved her, he was in no way going to even pretend to date someone other than Tori. It was about time he stood up for himself, he didn't before because he didn't want to get blackballed in Hollywood but he could careless about that if it meant losing Tori. His eyes met Tori's and he hadn't realized that she'd been watching him think. He smirked at her before silently promising that everything between them was going to be okay, he sealed his promise with a very long and very slow passion filled kiss.

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