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They have stopped singing for a while but then have picked it up again. It's just too tempting with all of them there and being able to sing quite well – and all of them having fun doing so.

But they also reminisce. As they start to sing all the songs from the musicals and shows they've done, they also talk about them, about what they loved and hated about it, what possibly happened without all of them there.

Tori can't believe what she missed going on behind the scenes from time to time. But also what she missed while she didn't attend Hollywood Arts yet. She loves the songs the others sing from that period of time.

But now, they've gotten to Uptown, Downtown where Tori – as the lead of the whole play – also had the lead on many of the songs.

The others join in though, whenever they can, and they just finished one of the fun songs when Andre asks laughing: "How long did it take you guys to learn the choreograhy to that song again?"

He of course isn't talking to Cat who hasn't been in that musical at all but also has to laugh at that.

Tori defends herself and the others: "Well, that was a tough one. It's easy for you to talk."

Though everyone knows that some of the music has been tricky too but Andre has mastered it easily.

Andre shrugs with a grin and doesn't say anything about how tough the music was. And of course Tori is right that at least he didn't have to learn the choreography.

That's when Jade speaks up: "I'm still angry that Carson did that musical. It could've been much better with a better director."

Jade absolutely hates that teacher. Well, she hates most teachers and probably most people.

"Sophia Michelle did like what we did with it though," Andre reasons and Tori has to smile because of the memories: "But that was an accident."

"And since that he considers it good luck to not have any understudies," Jade says with a roll of her eyes. "What an idiot."

And of course, that's a little stupid. Yes, it worked out just fine with Uptown, Downtown but it very well could have happened that nobody would have liked Tori with that makeup on. Not to mention that someone could get sick any time and the show just couldn't happen then.

"I like him," Cat states happily and that earns her another eye roll by Jade.

Robbie shortly looks at her too, before he confesses: "To be honest: I also think he is awful at directing. How often did he let us do that one scene again without being able to tell us what we need to change?"

He directs that question to Jade, who answers: "Ugh. I don't know." But she obvisouly does know what Robbie is talking about and is annoyed by the mere memory.

Tori also remembers but Cat is already starting to talk about other teachers who have questionable ways of teaching them art.

Tori doesn't listen to her though, because he sees how Beck looks at Jade and she sits close enough to hear him say in a way that sounds familiar: "It's ok that you don't know."

Jade turns to him, her expression changing on the spot, turning somewhat lost and afraid. "But you deserve an answer."

"I can wait," Beck answers softly. "For you I would wait a thousand years."

And of course, Tori remembers by now. These are lines out of the play though both do them a little different now.

She shortly looks over to the others who are in a conversation about their teachers. It's not that unusual that they are with the whole group but two or even three conversations are going on at the same time. Usually, it's only for a couple of minutes at best and then their conversations morph into one again. It happens from time to time. That's probably just how talking works in a group of six.

"But that's so many," she hears Jade say, slightly taken aback.

She looks back to see Beck getting closer to Jade, deeply looking into her eyes like he wants to make sure she knows he's saying the truth as he replies with the next line: "I know I'm poor. I know I don't have much to offer but... I do love you."

"Cause I'm beautiful?"

"I don't love you because you're beautiful. You're beautiful because I love you."

For a moment they just look at each other and Tori knows that that's the point where the music would come in for the next song, instead they both break into a small smile before their lips meet.

Tori waits until they break apart again and seem to want to join back into the others' conversation, then: "That's out of the play."

Beck smiles and luckily doesn't appear to be angry or embarrassed that Tori listened to them. "It is."

"Those were my lines," Tori says, looking at Jade. She knows that Jade has suggested back then that she could be the lead after Tori hadn't been able to get the makeup off in time. She always believed she just suggested that because she was a little bitter that she hadn't been cast as the lead but Tori instead. She never thought that Jade would have been able to do it because she would have known the lines – at least some of them obvisouly.

"Those were my lines," Jade mimics her with that awful voice that makes Tori defend herself this time around: "I don't talk like that."

Beck is the one to explain a little as usual: "We helped each other rehearse. We always do. And if you just say the lines often enough you know them all, even if they aren't your own and you don't have to learn them. Which is good because we can rehearse spontaneously in the car then, without the books. Like on our way to school or stuff."

Tori is surprised that she hasn't known that until now though she and Beck were the leads in Uptown, Downtown together. She did get that Beck was off book very quickly. She never asked if he rehearsed some more times with anyone, let alone with Jade – who was also off book quite quickly, now that she thinks about it.

Anyway...

"We did that play years ago," Tori continues because it does make sense that Jade knew the lines for Beck's dialogue by heart directly after them rehearsing together. But both of them still knowing the lines now? Yes, Tori also recognized them but that's all that she would be able to do.

"Well, they're good lines," Beck says, shrugging. "They're fun to repeat every now and then."

Jade slightly shakes her head: "I love Sophia Michelle but the lines are quite cheesy."

Beck just smiles and Tori also notices that yet, she still does know them by heart and still recited them with Beck without hesitation just now.

Tori thinks it's extremely beautiful. All of this. That they share this with each other. That they rehearse for all their plays together and are both off book for all the dialogues, one has to know by heart. She can imagine them just now, still lying in bed together and one of them randomly giving the other a line to check if they still know theirs to be prepared for the play.

And she knows how much both of them love acting and... she wishes she could share her love for something like that. Just live her passion together again and again.

She can even imagine them doing stuff like they did just now every now and then. Reciting their lines from plays years ago. For example when one of them says one of the sentences in the exact same tone of voice by accident about something else, when the situation is similiar or if a random common line is said while they reminisce like this.

Of course they still know the lines then.

Tori has to smile and it's that moment that Andre suddenly pulls her out of her thoughts: "Want to sing Finally Falling?"

Apparently, the others have come back around to the musical and Tori of course nods and gets right into it.

But she has to say that she is incredibly happy that she has just learned something else about Jade and Beck and their relationship. Something about how they help each other out with their acting, how they share their passion with each other.