Welcome to the fifth chapter.
Thank you to Somebody knows for the review - weirdly enough this is the exact chapter I'll change things up a little so this isn't a Beck chapter per se but about both of them at the same time.
I hope everyone will enjoy reading!
They stay in the water for a long time, play with the ball and actually have a full on water fight somewhere in between before clouds start to darken the sky and it's suddenly gets way colder.
"I bet it's late enough to eat anyway," Robbie says as they dry themselves.
"I could eat," Andre nods and Tori asks: "Will we go to the hut and eat there?"
They have thought about that before coming here as well, have pretty much agreed on that. There is still food left but they also have a lot of more time and one big, warm meal sounds great, especially after raving through the water the whole morning.
Tori still wants to make sure but the others want to eat their as well. They just all want to change before, so they first return to their tents and get all inside.
"Too bad about the weather," Tori says as she gets out again, back in warm clothes.
Robbie and Andre look for their wallets in their car.
"Right?" Robbie asks and puts a little money in one of his pockets. "It looks like it's about to rain."
"Let's just hope it won't rain the rest of the day and over night. Then we will have a problem," Andre says and Tori shrugs: "If it's really bad, we could all sleep in the car."
It wouldn't be ideal and nobody could actually lie down with all of them in there but it would probably beat getting all wet and cold outside.
Robbie still doesn't seem satisfied with the solution but doesn't say anything more about it because that's when Cat also comes out of the tent, smiling brightly: "Ready! We can go."
"We still have to wait for Beck and Jade," Tori reminds her while she catches her own money out of the car.
Andre and Robbie look around confused.
"They are already changed," Robbie says and Andre nods: "They were just here."
And otherwise, the car also wouldn't be open. After all, Beck has had the car key the whole time. That's now lying on top of the car.
"Maybe, they've forgotten something at the lake," Cat suggests, squinting in the direction.
Robbie sighs. "I'll go look."
He goes on and Cat goes over to the tent to look if they for some reason have gone back in.
But they left the car key. Tori can't imagine them not doing that on purpose; possibly they've gotten their own money out and have already gone on ahead to the hut, expecting them to lock the car again and follow them. Tori wouldn't understand why they wouldn't tell Andre and Robbie when they were around but... whatever... As long as they haven't disappeared somewhere to make out or possibly go further... Tori wouldn't know how to handle catching them in that act anywhere. And they do have to look for them because something bad also very well could have happened.
"I'll go look if they've gone on ahead," she therefore says to Andre who nods to let her know he has heard.
She doesn't have to take many steps into the woods when she already sees them.
Jade is leaning with her back against one of the nearest trees next to the path. Beck is standing right in front of her, extremely close. One of her hands is in his neck, he has one of his put against the tree to support himself, while he leans into her.
So, they did go away to make out without the others around.
Tori slightly rolls her eyes and wants to draw attention to herself – until now they haven't noticed that someone is standing only a few feets away from them.
But then she hears Beck's voice: "We should definitely take our kids camping one day."
And... Yes, she is curious. After she has learned a little more about their relationship since yesterday evening, she is interested in what else she doesn't know or realize about them. And she has never ever heard them talk while they thought they were alone. Of course, she also shouldn't eavesdrop but they have to know that someone can easily come by and hear them. And it isn't like she's hiding or something.
"You can take them on your own," Jade answers, pulls him a little closer and they share a kiss.
Beck smiles. "Oh, come on. You're having fun."
"Ugh," Jade just makes and even Tori knows that that is a pretty clear Yes in this case.
Beck watches Jade closely as he suggests, with an innocent voice: "Maybe, we'll get married on a camp site like this."
"Yeah, now you've done it," Jade instantly says. "Just for that joke, I won't marry you anymore."
"Who said it was a joke?" Beck replies and Tori is sure to see Jade roll her eyes, but then, they share another kiss.
And Tori thinks about what Jade has just said. She claimed she won't get married to him anymore. Anymore. As in: Of course they will marry each other. And that's obvious for both of them.
Tori nearly takes a step back. She has never thought about that. And yeah, maybe she also always thinks a little about a possible marriage when she dates a new guy, imagines how it would be if it would work out but that hasn't ever be serious. And she has never ever talked to a guy about that. She is only 18 after all. And possibly never has dated a boy long enough.
There of course also was this one boy who actually talked about marriage but that creeped her out more than anything else. They just dated for three weeks until he started with that. But he also claimed he loved Tori after their very first date which she had considered cute back then.
And she has joked a little with guys like Steven about a possible future together, about children.
This is different and Tori knows it.
Their lips have broken apart again and Beck teases with a grin: "I take that just as seriously as the ten kids we will have."
Jade snorts lightly. "If you give birth to them, you can have that many."
"But just imagine ten little Becks and Jades," he goes on, obviously still teasing.
Jade raises her eyebrows. "I think three annoying little Becks at best, added to you, will be enough."
Beck smiles and steals Jade another kiss. "Maybe, all of them will be little Jades."
And Tori has no idea how Jade does it but somehow she sounds extremely confident and yet ironic at the same time: "Then we would be in luck." It's as if Jade is sure both of them know that three kids like her wouldn't be luck at all – and Tori can't argue with her there – but like she also will forever pretend that it would be.
Beck, on the other hand, doesn't seem to think that little Jades would be bad at all, instead he says with an absolute sincere voice: "We would be in luck."
Tori sees the pure smile in Jade's face that's so rare, before they kiss again.
And as Tori stands there, watching them, she realizes that these two actually plan their future together. She remembers the last few weeks when all of them have talked about their careers and college and when Jade also mentioned something about Broadway and the look she and Beck shared and... She comprehends that these two do talk about this stuff because they want to stay together after school, possibly forever.
And they want to make it work. They want to marry each other and have children together, maybe even three apparently. It definitely sounded like they have talked about this before, and Jade didn't just give some random number when she talked about the 'three little Becks at best'.
Of course, Tori has known that they love each other. But she has to be honest: She has never thought about them planning their future, talking about it, trying to fit their dreams together.
She only now understands that they do.