Tori's POV
"I've heard she did it so he wouldn't break up with her"
"I heard she did it, because she's pregnant"
I walk past another group of girls staring me, and rush inside the bathroom, locking myself into a stall. We didn't even had lunch time yet, and the day has already been hell. People are doing exactly what I was afraid they'd do, pointing, staring and spreading the worse rumors.
How did they find out? It couldn't have been Trina... It's one thing to call my friends, thinking they'd already know but, the whole school? She wouldn't dare to do that, basically ruin my life... as if it wasn't already ruined before.
"Did you see Tori Vega today?" I stop breathing hearing my name again, do they even know I'm here?
"I did, she's in my vocals class" I don't recognize they're voices, who's in my vocals class...
"I had drama with her delicious boyfriend, Beck..."
"...I know right, he's so hot" they both sight, and it's just pathetic. And I still don't know who those girls are, or why they're wasting they're time talking about Beck and I "I mean, he's dating the most messed up girl in school"
"He must dig the crazy ones" they laugh, and they're amusement at my cost actually burns. How the hell do they know?! "I heard she took all this pills, and he jerked off watching her die" ok this is for a fact, the worst thing I've ever heard in my life.
"That's a total lie Makayla" at least one of them is a total dumbass "what really happened is that she didn't get the lead in this play, and she went full on crazy so she took all of her Mom's anti-depressants"
I hear the door opening and another person comes in, there's no one I'm going out there again. I'm never leaving this stall... How can people come up with these things, and believe them?
"Tori Vega, who would've thought the shining star of the school is a real fuck up"
I dig my face into my palms trying to not make a sound, but it's almost impossible to keep quiet when you're sobbing and shaking like I am.
"You two ass faces, out!" Jade yells, where did she come from? I can hear Makayla and the other girl complaining and the door bursts open "YOU CAN USE THE BATHROOM WHEN YOU STOP BEING SO DUMB!" she yells, and I don't know why but it just makes me cry even more. "what is this annoying sound?!" I cover up my mouth with my hands, and sit down on the shut toilet taking my feet off the ground, the last thing I want is for Jade to walk in on me while I'm having a panic attack, this day is bad enough. "Vega?"
"Just pretend I'm not here" I stop hearing her footsteps for a second, I think she's going...OH GOD "Jade!" She kicked the door to the stall open, grabbed my arms and pulled me outside. "Leave me alone!" I cry and she slaps my face, what the actual fuck.
"Pull yourself together!" she yells, still holding on to my arms "You can cry, you can do whatever you want but not in school when those girls are saying the creepiest shit about you!" she lets me go, and I take a few steps back leaning against the wall "and not the good kind of creepy"
"Sorry I have depression!" I yell at her, I can't just pull myself together, it's not like I'm bummed out for Christ's sake!
"I'm not saying you have to be happy, damn it Vega!" She rolls her eyes, and leans on the sink "You are a decent actress, you can fake, I don't care if you cry and yell and do whatever you want at home but in school, you act and you let those girls know you're better than them, it won't take you too much effort to do so"
"I don't think I can convince them with puffy eyes and with my mascara all over my face" she takes out some scissors from her pocket and sits down on the counter cutting up all the paper towels she can find "Do you have make up with you, I could fix it"
"I'm not going to give you my make up" she puts the scissors down and grabs her phone "but I know who will" I can hear the noise the Pearphone makes when the message has been sent, and she goes back to cutting up the paper.
"Mom?!" Robbie bursts into the bathroom, and when he sees that it's just me and jade he puts his hand over his chest, trying to catch his breath "Jade! Why did you say my Mom was here to talk to Helen?!"
"Give me your make up"
He frowns, resting his hands on his hips "Make up? I don't have ma-"
"Just give it to me!" he takes out all of the things he has in his pocket...he really does carry make up around. "C'mon Vega!" I walk up to her and she proceeds to wipe out my make up and apply Robbie's. Jade acts all tough, but we all know in the end she does have a soft spot. And she's right, I just need to get in to character, Tori Vega, happy and not screwed up. Even if it means to die inside, when I'm not around those assholes. "Robbie out!"
"My make up!" she grunts and he runs off, leaving it all behind. I put all of his things in my purse, I'll give it back to him later.
"Now, you" what does she mean? "GO!" I walk out of the bathroom without looking behind, that's the effect her screaming makes. For a second there I almost forgot my every move was being watched, just so that people can pick up something weird I do, and create even worse rumors. Amazing.
"Rumor has it, she slit her wrists" I hear someone saying, and stop behind a wall. Oh my god, how...
"That's so not true, she's an actress! She wouldn't be dumb enough to do something that might leave a scar" Act, Tori, just act, they're not talking about you...they're talking about that other girl that also happened to slit her wrists...
"right, because the only dumb part of trying to kill herself was the scar?"
"urgh, we all know she didn't actually wanted to end her life, she did to get attention from Beck Oliver, it's obvious"
I can't be here right now this is more that I thought it'd be...God I have to go home "Tori!" I bump in to Sikowitz, and he takes off a sip of his coconut juice, I'm not in the mood for this "you're just the girl I was looking for"
"I am?"
"Yes! I'm directing this play called 'onions and oranges', it's about a girl, Orange, and she moves to the..."
"Sorry I can't do the play" I run from him, I don't want to answer his many 'why's' and stand there while her tries to convince me, and hear more of those girls talking about me. And I'm just about to drop the Tori Vega act and burst into tears.
I get out of school, and since I came with Beck I have to walk. Walk home, to my Mom... It'll only make things worse.
Beck's POV
I get out of my car and pick up the take out food. I get my keys, and get in my RV, that's completely dark, except for my Laptop on my bed, that reveals a curled up Tori on the corner, with her eyes locked on it. She didn't even make it through half of the day, if people are pointing and whispering to my face, saying the weirdest shit, I don't even want to think about what she heard. "I brought lunch"
"Consuela let me in. I'm watching Grey's Anatomy" I sit down by her side, not daring to turn on the lights. I know how she likes it dark, even if it makes it harder to find the food.
"do you want to talk about it?" I put the food on the bed, and she takes a fry.
"It is so addictive, I've already watched half the first season" she grabs one of the sandwiches I brought, and starts to unwrap the package without breaking away from the screen. She's avoiding the problem in front of me, but her eyes give her up. Unfortunately I've seen them like that lots of times before, and I can tell she's devastated. Just when I thought things were starting to look up, why can't she get a break? "Oh no, Richard was having an affair with Elis?!"
"Tor..."
"Meredith saw them, Beck this is bad" she glances at me quickly, to see if I'm going to try and make her talk. I won't, if she needs time I'll give her time.
"Who's Meredith?" I ask, to get her talking, and she begins to explain everything from the show. It's the opposite of what I like, but the setting of the show is really familiar "where's the show set?"
"Seattle" that's right! "Have you ever been?"
"a thousand times, it's like two hours away from Vancou..." she sights, fuck I just mentioned the one thing I wasn't supposed to. Way to go Beck "So, Meredith is Richard's daughter?"
she nods, and leans her head on my shoulder "No, Meredith is Eli's..."
I shut the Laptop, one season and two episodes later, I think I know more about Meredith's life than my own. She lies down and throws the food packages on the corner, and I follow, taking her hand and staring at the ceiling. "Sikowitz asked me to audition today"
"are you?"
"I can't" she sits up, and rest her hand on my chest, looking down at me. Now that the Laptop lights are off, I can't even see her face "I can't perform in front of all those people, not now that they know"
"I guess that saying that they always say, that the truth will free you, isn't always true"
She lies back down, and I lay on my side, touching her nose with mine "we don't even know who 'they' is, they had to be wrong at some point" I put my arm over her, resting my hand on the back of her neck "I just wish it wasn't this time"
We both sit up as the lights turn on, and my father walks in "Oh my bad! the lights were out so I thought..."
"It's fine Mr. Oliver" she says, rubbing her eyes and opening up a smile, that even thought it's I know it's fake, it's beautiful "I should be heading home anyways" she pops out of bed, and my Dad goes over to my fridge, I don't really know why.
"Let me drive you home" I say, opening the door for her, and she heads out.
"Beck, wait" I look behind, and my Dad is eating my leftovers "I want you back home before midnight"
"since when?" he puts the plate down, he acts like he's my younger brother, as if his goal was to try and get in my nerves.
"since I am your father, it's a school night, and I don't like that girl or that girl's family" I breathe in, not lose my temper, and look straight at him before banging the door shut.
Tori's POV
He stays silent the whole drive, there's something wrong. And for one I don't think it has to do with me "Talk to me" he parks at my drive way, and keeps staring at the window. "I know something's up, spill"
"It's no big deal"
"if it's no big deal you shouldn't have trouble telling me about it" he looks at me and runs his fingers through his hair... I love it when he does that.
"My Dad is weird about us" I had that one coming, the guy never looks at me, only at my wrists. Even before the Christmas, that one day we met, I always got a bad vibe from him "but I don't care about what he thinks so don't worry, he can't do anything about it"
"It's cool" I sit back, plus 'suicidal' is not what a Dad wants in his son's girlfriend "if I was your Dad I wouldn't like me too"
"It's not that..." I interrupt him, giving him a kiss.
"It's fine, honest" he brings his hand to my face and pulls me towards him, and he kisses me briefly "I have to go"
"I love you" I kiss him again, and get out of the car, stopping at my front door.
"I love you more" I go inside, and my Mom claps her hands and squeaks seeing me.
"Hi honey! I'm so glad you're home early" she puts on her heels, and walks over to me with a small box "open it!"
I unwrap the thing, wow... "Those are really big diamonds" the earrings are made from three of four diamonds I don't feel like counting, and they're pretty heavy. I know I'll never wear them, but at least these might be good to get Trina to do something I want for them, like maybe never moving in to the same city as I live again.
"I knew you'd love them" she gives me a kiss on the cheek "I have a date, but you can order anything you want" I nod and she walks to the door as I make my way to the kitchen "Oh, damn!" I look, back to see she's walking towards me, what now? "Hey baby, do you have a condom?"
"a what?!" She did not just ask me for that... Please tell me she was trying to say kingdom, not condom.
"Help out a friend here, I know you have one" I stand there in shock, she is actually saying these words "You don't expect me to believe you're not having sex with that hot boyfriend of yours? C'mon sweetie you're responsible, you must have at least a pack of them with you"
"You're not my friend, you're my Mom!" I say, and she rolls her eyes "I'm going to go to my room, watch the third season of Grey's Anatomy, and pretend you never asked me for a condom ok?" I tap her in the shoulder, and leave the earrings in the counter. "Have a nice evening"
I go upstairs before she can even think of another thing to say. To bad my Dad's the one who's moving to Chattanooga, it'd be much better to live with him.
A/N: Hello everyone! I hope you liked this one, please leave a review! Love all of you,
- Kiribati