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Tori's Perspective-
"So, uh," I frown as Andre pads his way closer, my locker closing behind me, "Where's Jade?"
His dark eyes narrow at me as a smirk crawls along his mouth. "How did you know before I got a chance to get my water from my locker?" I roll my eyes as he chuckles victoriously, getting the gist of my constant glances towards the locker and clock. "But no, she's not going to be here today. She messaged me on TheSlap that she's getting her new phone today, getting a checkup and just needs a bit of a rest. Don't blame her but, well...yeah."
'Shit,' my thoughts groan.
"Now why do you ask?" he tilts his head, the braids left stranded from the rest that were tied following along.
"I just need to talk to her and I think it's way over due. In person," I answer just as the bell rings. He nods slowly, furrowing his brows before twisting around. "What?"
"Nothing, just thought I heard my name," he brushes it off, "But come on, we best get to class." And so we dart off towards the direction of our individual classes, not intending to speak to each other until lunch. Or whenever we bump into each other.
I sigh once I get into first period, looking at the clock. I just need to get this day to pass just so I can tell Beck... And yet it's dragging so slowly.
But, as soon as the clock ticked that class by, I found myself in seventh period in almost a blink of an eye. I frown once I get home, realizing that my date with Beck was only a few minutes away. I groan tiredly, as it was a harder day with work, before sitting myself on the couch. I get around some before the dinner, adjusting my makeup and hair before I hear the doorbell ring. This is just going way too quickly in all honesty.
-(:)-
"So that was a good dinner right?" he grins to me, his strides matching my own as we stroll down the side walk. I nod honestly. It was a good dinner, not fancy-smancy but it had a good conversation. You know, cluttered with regular stuff that you would see with two people eating at a restaurant. It didn't feel like a date to me, however. That might've just been my nerves, just wanting me to get the whole damn thing over with. Just the number of times I had opened my mouth to say something and then realizing it wasn't a good time explained everything. I felt like a fish through out it.
With my hands in my pockets, I stride down the street. Beck looks around quietly, not making any efforts to have a conversation. "Beck?" I ask quietly, my throat knotting.
"Yeah Tori?" I frown, a bicycle passing us quickly on the side of the path.
His steps make their way beside mine before I halt. He turns facing me with intent eyes. "I- uh...need to tell you something," I mutter, looking up. He nods slowly, waiting for me to speak when I hear a sudden screech, startling us both. I dart my attention down the road as a car skids, nearly flipping once it hits the curb. However, the front smashes into a stop sign, fulfilling it's purpose.
"Oh my God! We have to go help them!" Beck snaps out of his trance, bolting down the sidewalk as I follow. My eyes shift to the other side, the bicyclist cradling a scratched knee while the bike is in pieces in the middle of the road.
Hold on... Hold-on. Did I just get interrupted by an accident while trying to dump Beck? What the hell? How does this happen?
I blink rapidly, finding myself slurring words into a phone as an operator converses back. "-Yeah," I don't remember ever picking up the phone or talking but whatever, "And so I was talking to my boyfriend and I see a car skid across the road and as I was going down there was the bike trashed in the middle of the intersection with the dude riding it on the side with a scratched knee..." I take a deep breath, my gaze flickering towards Beck who helps the other guy from his car.
"And what about the person who was driving the car? Is he hurt?" the woman asks softly.
I nod slowly, watching as he limps away with a bloodied leg. "His leg isn't well but other than that, he just looks shaken up... My boyfriend is helping him out," I hiss, my tongue tingling in irritation. He was about to not be my boyfriend... And then this happens.
"Now where did you say you where?"
I don't know, maybe I was talking to Beck and about to dump him... And while I wanted to just scream the answer, I glance over at him as he helped calm the man down, watching his leg carefully. "Uh, down near the park entrance at Willow's Bilavard."
-(:)-
"-and then he went and tried to cut my hair while I was sleeping! I don't know how he was going to do that but Jade had already made me bald so there was that, but maybe he wanted to cut my eyebrow hairs like Jade's-"
Cat's babble fills Beck's truck as he gives a quiet grin, Robbie and Rex yawning on the side in the back seat. In all honesty, to a normal person these stories would be really interesting - and borderline insane - and yet here we are, everybody aside from Beck not really entertained.
"Well I looked at my brother and said that he should go to his room and just sleep because I was already tired-"
I huff quietly, my consciousness battling with my internal thoughts. On one hand, I really do need to dump him. I mean, I don't really like him so I suppose I need to but then again... I glance off to Cat whose story kind of subsided, her dark eyes flickering around the now quiet car while Robbie glances over at her, Rex waving his arms. Should I really do it in front of them? It would be extremely awkward and just plain rude, I suppose.
I twist back around, almost wishing Cat would just continue talking just to fill the void that is my sanity. I swear I left it somewhere and now I can't get it back.
I furrow my brows, glancing down at my phone to know how on earth Cat and Robbie were able to be with Beck and I on our date.
Beck- So do you want to go and catch a movie?
Tori- Sure!
Cat- Ooo!
Cat- What movie?! :D
Robbie- Yeah, sure.
Rex- It better be that comedy where the boy has to run from all of the girls.
Rex- It'll give puppet boy here a chance to fantasize.
Robbie- Rex! I thought you hated that word!
Cat- Maybe that'll be a good movie
Tori- How did you guys get in this?
Rex- But I'm a puppet so I'm allowed to say it.
Beck- Yeah, how did you guys get to it?
Robbie- That doesn't make sense Rex.
Tori- Stop including your conversation with Rex! His butt is literally swallowing your hand!
Cat- That sounds gross
Beck- Hey! How did you guys get in on the movie?!
Cat- This is a group chat... Plz can we join? :'(
Oh Jesus, just reading through that makes my head spin...
I flick my attention towards the movie theatre in front of us, the rest climbing out of the car while I hastily follow, Beck almost locking me in the car. His eyes are towards his phone with a small grin across his face. I don't bother to actually ask him about it as Cat spots the fountain. "Tori? Could we flip a coin in?"
"Uh, sure Cat," I grin, walking towards her as Robbie hangs around Beck, attempting to get a 'man-to-man' conversation out of him. And, as I look around, the Canadian still is looking at his phone. Who the hell is he texting?
"Tori! Coin! Coin! Coin!" Cat yanks me from my thoughts.
"Oh, right," I hand her my last quarter, "Are you sure you don't have money?"
"I have dollars but I don't think they'll work," she mutters pointedly, flipping the coin in the water. She giggles as we saunter off, the boys already striding towards the entrance.
I turn to Cat who grins at everything. "What d'you wish for?"
"You don't wanna know..." she murmurs bashfully, her cheeks flushing a bit. I raise an eyebrow, not really wanting to know. We wait in the line as Beck finally puts his phone away, all of our eyes wandering towards the desserts.
"So who were you texting?" I ask calmly, Cat and Robbie both discussing whether or not they want an Icee or a soda.
"Just a friend," he shrugs nonchalantly.
"A friend I know?" I ask smoothly, the ventriloquist beginning to argue with Rex while Cat waits quietly for the line to move up.
"I said it's just a friend," Beck mutters, stepping forward as the people in front of us do the same. Cat's chocolate eyes flicker towards mine, sincere concern written across her face. She hadn't missed the terse tone between us nor his quick answers. We order our meals rather quickly - Beck and I only getting a small bag of popcorn each and a sprite while Cat a plain soda and red vines while Robbie balances his huge Icee and some other candies. The theatre, number twenty-seven I believe, was just around a few corners in this huge theatre.
"I-I have to go to the bathroom, Tori can you come with me?" Cat squeaks, squirming a bit. I nod, seeing how much she had been moving around for the past few minutes.
"Care to hold these?" I glance at Beck who solemnly nods, gathering the things while his eyes become glued yet again to his phone. The redhead snatches my hand frantically before bolting towards the bathroom. "Did you have to go that badly?" I wheeze as we stride in. I glance up once I receive no answer, Cat merely leaning against the seat, giving me the most serious look on her face that I've ever seen.
"No," she nearly deadpans, "What's up with you two though?"
"Uh, who?"
"You two haven't really spoken much and whenever you do for the past few days it's a bit awkward-"
"Wait, who?" Does she mean Jade, Andre or Beck? Well, it may be Beck but-
"Beck," she turns around from her pacing, staring as if it's the most obvious thing. Which I do suppose that answer would be the most obvious seeing as she's asking this after we spoke about him texting his 'friend.'
I grin, however, feeling my body just act again. "Yeah, it's fine Cat. Don't worry. Come on, we'll have to catch up before the movie starts." She nods, bringing a smile to her face; Cat was looking forward to the movie after all. And so we walk out, side by side, towards the doors until she get's distracted by the guy cleaning up the floor.
-(:)-
I'm very lucky that Beck doesn't live that far away. Honestly, the furthest person from our group is Robbie and he's about ten minutes away by car. Not all that bad. In my fist I have the key that Beck had given me, which I find a bit ironic seeing that the only time I'm using it is to return it. Not that I'm going to break into his RV unless he barricaded the door and isn't allowing me to dump him. Okay, that kind of sounds a bit ridiculous but that's how I'm going to do it. Face to face, not face to screen to face...that would seem a bit wrong, honestly.
A bitter smile crosses my lips once I see his house - or his parents' house - in view. I cross the street once looking both ways before checking my phone at the curb.
Tori- Beck, we need to talk. So I'm coming over.
There was no reply. I furrow my brows, crossing the grass slowly as I see the RV's light on. Well, the lamp light by the window. My steps stop a few strides from his door as I glance over it; there's not much noise out here. It's quiet...though I faintly hear- 'Fuck no,' my thoughts seethe. I cross the blades of grass easily, my hand gripping the door; it's not even closed all the way. So I rip it open before storming in, my eyes immediately glaring at the now frozen scene.
Jessica lets out a short scream, hurling herself under the sheets while Beck does the same, eyes wide and staring. I glance over the floor with mismatched clothes tossed carelessly about, my blood boiling over. My glare flickers over to blue eyes as she stares back, unable to say a word. That's a first.
"Tori?" he breaks the silence; even the damn fish are watching.
"Too busy to look at my text?" I snap, canines flashing. My hand shakes as I feel the key dig into my skin. There were several CD's out on his shelf, tools scattered along the desk beside the door. His arm fumbles for his phone, his free hand desperately trying to cover himself as much as he could. Jessica, meanwhile, freezes under my cold, silent stare in the corner with most of the sheets pulled to her chest. Beck drops his phone after looking at it, dark eyes resting on me.
"What did you, uh, wa-" I silence him as I chuck the keys to the wall, my actions snapping my thoughts in half. "What? Y-you were going to dump me?" His eyes suddenly turn fierce, "Why? Why were-"
"I didn't like you!" I spit violently, cutting him off. I feel fire rush within my limbs, "Okay? It wasn't your fault until you started fucking her!" My finger points accusingly at Jessica who remains silent. "How long has it been exactly? I doubt this is the first time-"
"Maybe it hasn't!" he snarls, "Maybe if you would show how much you care-"
"By having sex with you?" I roar, making his shouts squeak. He's never seen me furious until now. I feel my heart hammer in my ears. "Guess what? Why would I want to right when we started Beck? Huh?"
"B-because you liked me?" he growls, attempting to retain his control over the situation. He had none to begin with, he's wasting his time.
"THAT'S NOT HOW IT FUCKING WORKS," I bellow, startling him, "You can't just go about and be such a fucking moron!"
"Excuse me?" he snaps, feeling the argument sink in, not allowing any rational thought. "I've been trying my hardest to be a good boyfriend and you don't let me in! God, why can't I just have a happy relationship for once?"
"Well, if you did this to Jade too, maybe because you keep fucking it up!" I throw my hands up in the air as I see her try to go for her phone with shaking hands. "Don't you dare touch that you rotten whore," I hiss, venom dripping my words. She flicks her gaze towards me, dropping it immediately with no hesitation. I see the same, intimidated fear that I had struck on the poor freshmen a few days ago. Of course, she deserves it.
"Don't talk to her like that!"
"You just cheated on me!" I snap back. "We're done, Beck, alright?" I begin to step out, however he didn't sound done.
"Wait, get back here!" he growls, turning my attention. "What I want to know is why, why wasn't it working out? Huh? What was I doing so wrong that you just have to leave me? I took you to good dates, right? I gave you your first time-"
"No..." I whisper, my voice cracking, "You didn't and that's why."
"What?"
My eyes switch up to his, my lips pursing. "You weren't my first...and I shouldn't have ever said yes. I need to be with them because, god, I haven't been able to let go."
"So- so you've been cheating on me?" he snaps.
"What?" I feel my expression stricken. "No, I just don't feel anything towards you and it wasn't your fault until-"
"THAT'S WHAT JADE SAID TO ME BEFORE SHE ARGUED LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTER!" Beck snarls, his voice raising. His gaze runs over me, staring at my dark converse, black jeans and grey shirt. "And you're doing the exact same as that bitch did-"
"Don't you dare call her a bitch," I say lowly, "Did you cheat on her?" His mouth opens and closes as he shifts uncomfortably. It's an answer on its own. "My god Beck, and I thought you were an honest guy!"
"What the hell is wrong with you? I've been trying to be an honest boyfriend!" his voice cracks, dark eyes piercing straight at me, "You're just like Jade."
"Then let me show you more," my voice comes out gravelly as I snatch a hammer from the side table and smash it against the CD's, 'Birthday Gift,' shattering all over the black box it was placed so long ago. I drop it to the floor before I strangle the lamp from the stand, quickly unplugging it and sending the light towards the other side of the room in one, swift motion. I'm out of there before I hear a scream as the lamp crashes against the wall.
I blink and I'm crossing the lawn. I blink and the gate swings behind me, crashing against the wall as my vision blurs. I blink and I feel a smile stretch across my face. I blink and- you get the idea.
I don't know what to think, honestly. Has he really been going behind my back the whole time? Or was it just a few? Not as good but... I'm not with him anymore but I feel like shit. I feel like shit but I don't know if I would've felt worse if he didn't cheat. I have a reason to want to punch his nose in but then again, I don't want to. I can't deal with this anymore. I-
I snarl as I feel my body smack against the ground, my world spinning around me. Perhaps I should just let all these emotions run through when I get home and not run into a pole. I pick myself up and dust myself off before glowering at it, kicking it harshly.
'Stupid pole,' my thoughts hum quietly.
-(:)-
My feet feel raw as I nimble my way towards the front door, lazily twisting the handle. My mind buzzes and it's strange because I don't know what it's out of. Am I happy that dating him is over? Yeah, I suppose... Did he hurt me for lying? Yeah, that too. But which one's stronger? That, I don't know. I merely shut the door behind me and slide my back down it, folding my knees in front of my chest.
"Tori?" my dad's head pokes out from the couch, "You alright kiddo?"
I shake my head as a response, murmuring, "He cheated on me." My dad rushes over, barely catching it, before sitting beside me. I don't feel any tears swell up, or anything. I just feel like shit.
"You alright?" he repeats, shaving off the nickname. It's been a strange week once again. The days have gone by so quickly and I feel almost tired but light at the same time. I don't know whether or not to celebrate and yet my body acts for me as I try to catch up. I nod briefly, giving a soft smile.
"I think so..."
Like the last few chapters, I feel 'eh' with this one. Oh well... I have the next one almost done so, there's that!
Anyway, hope you enjoyed!
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PS- Do you ever have those moments when your cat is grooming himself and you scream 'Penguin' because he looks like an orange penguin? No? Okay...