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Beck's POV

"Beck? BECK listen to me, this is important," Robbie's voice at the other end of the phone began to alarm me. "I'm telling you this because I have to tell somebody so, well, yesterday I, er, I saw something I probably shouldn't have done."

"Like what?"

"Well it was… no, look it's best if we meet up so I can explain properly. Can I swing by your RV now?"

I accepted, wondering what Robbie could have seen. Surely it wasn't my grasp on Tori's hand at lunch yesterday? No, no, no. My brain began overthinking on its own right up until the point when Robbie burst through my door. He hadn't brought Rex with him, strangely, and he looked as though he hadn't slept much. I got him a glass of water and he sat on my bed as he gulped the whole of it. Finally he wiped his mouth and looked at me.

"What's going on, Robbie?" I asked, concerned.

"So last night I was taking a walk through the park and, well, I saw something."

I breathed out quietly, relieved that this had nothing to do with Tori and me. "Yes, you said that on the phone. What did you see?"

"Kane."

So maybe it was about Tori.

"He was all up in Tori's face; he had her tightly round both wrists and was raging. He was hurting her because she kept screaming and telling him to let go of her. He was yelling something about her being far too close to me and Andre and you for his liking and wanted her to not speak to us anymore. She told him he was crazy and there was no way on this earth she would do that. He looked so mad. He raised his hand to her, but then he lowered it, his face still bright red in anger. Eventually he shoved Tori hard in the stomach and she toppled over as he spat on the ground next to her and walked off. She waited on the floor until she knew he'd gone, brushed herself off and ran off in the opposite direction."

I listened silently to his whole story. Then I was the one that got angry, "Why didn't you go over to her, Robbie? Why didn't you stop Kane?"

"Oh please," he frowned. "You don't think I wanted to? There's nothing I wanted to do more than help my friend, but Kane's pretty fit and I'm, well, not. It's tore me apart all night that I didn't help her, Beck, don't make me feel any more guilty."

Beck softened, fully aware of what guilt could do to a person.

"I don't know what I should do," Robbie continued. "Do I tell Tori what I saw? She's quite a proud person and I think she'd be embarrassed, especially as she's been telling us all her relationship is going great."

I thought for a small second.

"Leave Tori to me," I told him. "Everything's going to be fine."

That was the last thing I was certain of though. After I calmed Robbie down, I called round Tori's house. Mrs Vega answered the door before I'd even knocked.

"Oh hi, Mrs Vega, is Tori about?"

"Yes… it's Beck isn't it? I'm just on my way out, love, but she's up in her room. See if you can cheer her up; I've not gotten a response out of her all day!"

With that, she closed the front door behind her and I made my way upstairs. Hanging off one of the doors was a sign that said, 'Do not disturb, making myself look more beautiful if it's possible.' I took a safe guess that that was Trina's room, and another room was left slightly open. As I walked passed I noticed that it was definitely an adult's room. The only other door was shut tight. I knocked on. No answer. I knocked on again. Still no answer. I knocked a final time.

"Trina, go away!" I heard Tori shout. I pushed the door open slowly and popped my head inside.

"Can I stay considering I'm not Trina?" I asked. She didn't smile but she nodded and so I shut the door behind me. She was wearing sweat pants and a baggy top and she still managed to look great. I perched on the end of her bed and she scrunched her legs up under her chin. Tori's room was much like her personality – bright and vibrant and colourful. She, however, was not at this moment. I cleared my throat.

"What are you doing here, Beck?" Tori asked before I could speak. Her voice was small and I could tell she'd been crying.

"We have to sort this out."

"I tried to sort this out but you weren't having any of it!"

"Not, not us," I shook my head. "Well, yes that definitely needs sorting out, but there's something else that's more important." I grabbed her arms and rolled her sleeves up before she had time to object. There were lots of blue bruises all the way around her wrists. Her eyes brimmed with tears but she didn't care. They fell like a waterfall.

"They're not even the worst ones," she informed me, turning around and pulling her top up ever so slightly. A mixture of several grazes, cuts and bruises covered her lower back. I widened my eyes in disbelief, reaching boiling point.

"Where the hell is Kane?" I spat, absolutely fuming. Tori shook violently and grabbed my arm to stop me from going anywhere.

"Please, Beck, don't. I really need you right now, but I don't need you starting fights with anybody."

She was sobbing so hard. She froze when I threw both of my arms around her, clearly worried about what I was going to do next. I kissed the top of her head.

"Tori, it's bad enough seeing you emotionally hurt… but physically hurt? That really is too far, and you don't know how much I want to kill Kane right now."

"I don't want that," she whispered. "I don't want him but he's calling me constantly and he sent me this text."

'You disgust me. All you want to do is run around flirting with Andre and Beck and Robbie and make me angry. What I did to you last night was your own fault; you brought it on yourself. When you're ready to apologize to me I'll be ready to forgive you. But you need to know that you can't mess me around, so if you don't stop talking to your "friends", I'll just have to make you see sense.'

I was about to explode with fury.

"Tori, he's threatening you. He can't do that."

"I know. I want to end it but… I'm terrified. I can't do it to his face; I don't know what he's going to do to me."

She bawled into my chest, shaking with obvious fear. I held onto her tight, sudden thoughts crashing into my mind like a ton of bricks. All I wanted to do was keep Tori safe. I tried to recall a time when I'd made it my goal to protect Jade. Strangely, I couldn't think of one.