Alright, so to anybody who is actually following this story at all... I am easing into it quite slowly. I'm just trying to explain background situations before I launch straight into the plot of the story. Review please and let me know what you think!

Tori's POV

I barricaded myself in my room and lay on my bed in the dark as the beautiful but depressing voice of Taylor Swift crept through my earphones. I was in one of those moods where you're just generally unhappy for no reason – you know the one, don't lie. The one where all you want to do is eat ice cream and curl up and cry. Don't deny it; it's called being a teenage girl.

I suppose I did have a sort-of reason, but I've never fallen so hard for a guy that I become depressed. Normally I run whilst I have the chance and refuse to have my heart broken, which is probably the reason I haven't had a proper boyfriend in so long. This time, I swore to myself it was going to be different. I promised that I would give my date on Friday a chance to change my permanent single status, and also to prove that all boys weren't absolute players. I sometimes envied Jade so much – I mean, she's such a horrible person and yet she's got a sturdy and really nice boyfriend. It's annoying.

Beck Oliver was nothing more than a friend in both of our eyes, yet somehow in Jade's we're supposed to be in the middle of a heated affair that has lasted since I first came to Hollywood Arts. She gets so infuriated with the both of us for no reason – her name suits her well as she often becomes jade with jealousy as she watches our completely innocent acting. I think Sikowitz purposely selects Beck and I to perform love scenes just to irritate Jade, which amuses me. She just needs to RELAX.

Anyway the date on Friday night with Kane went really, really well. We chatted, flirted, joked, and he seemed to really like me. However it was now Monday night and he still hadn't called. He said he would. Why hadn't he? Is anybody really that busy?

He still hadn't phoned on Tuesday morning. I trudged downstairs, grabbing a cereal bar as Trina impatiently beeped her horn and yelled that she was, 'God Damn leaving if I didn't get my butt out of the house.'

"I'm coming!" I snapped angrily as I clambered into the car and slammed the door shut.

"If you're not going to be nice to me then you can always walk…"

Oh she is such a hypocrite. I considered walking actually, but there were a couple of grey clouds in the sky and I didn't fancy taking my chances. We drove in silence. Well, I say 'we'. Trina was belting out Beyoncé songs so loud that passers-by just stopped and stared.

"People are watching me!" Trina screamed triumphantly. "Am I that good?"

My responses were monosyllabic, but she took no notice and continued. Typical Trina – she can be so selfish sometimes that she doesn't even notice when I'm not myself. She still hadn't asked me what was wrong by the time I'd gotten to school, so I stormed to my locker, coffee in one hand, books and bag in the other.

"Woah, watch it, we almost had a repeat of your first day."

I'd accidently collided with someone, but luckily my coffee remained inside the takeaway cup. I looked to see Beck gathering my belongings from the floor and standing up. He narrowed his eyes at me.

"What's up?"

Do you see? I'd been around him for two seconds and he already knew something was up. Trina hadn't noticed in the whole twenty minutes we'd spent together this morning.

"Nothing," I lied, beginning to walk off. Beck followed me, still carrying my books.

"Errr, Tori," Beck stood in front of me to stop me taking any further steps. "I know something's up, and I also know that you're not one to keep secrets. So shoot, you may as well tell me sooner rather than later."

I opened my mouth to tell him as I heard a sharp, "Vega! Beck! What is going on?"

Jade. She stomped through the hallway over to the two of us. Beck and I looked at each other, both equally confused as to what had displeased her this time. We were only talking.

Beck was the first to clock on. He looked down, then looked at me and then to Jade. He was carrying my books.

"This isn't what it looks like," Beck began. "She dropped them and I picked them up. You're just jumping to conclusions again."

She let out a long, irritated sign and then flounced off, signalling Beck to follow. He shrugged at me as he left, but then turned and said, "This isn't over, I'll speak to you later."

Why oh why aren't more people like Beck? There must be more than one decent boy out there, so why can't I find him? It was a real shame – I'd really liked Kane. He was blonde with sleepy grey eyes and a perfect mouth. He was taller than me, a good build and he gave me butterflies every time he opened his mouth to speak. It had been a long time since I'd felt like that. I really thought he liked me. I was wrong.

'Get a grip, Tori,' I told myself. Boys have never really been an issue in my life, so why start now?