Welcome to this chapter! There's only one more to come. Unbelievable. And it's more of a summary of everything else, I think. I hope I will also get that done over the next week. :)
Thank you to mnj2327, Zilvelyn (Jade definitely has a point ;)), Sombody knows (I also think they take care of each other equally and Jade absolutely makes Beck that relaxed) and Axel0913 for the lovely reviews.
Have fun with this chap!

Cat is the first to go to bed. It's already Sunday when she does.

They agree on getting up at 10am the next day though Jade obviously isn't happy about that. But it makes the most sense with them still wanting to eat something in peace, then having to put down their tents, clean up the place after themselves and drive back to LA in time for all of them still being able to do their homework for Monday.

So, that's what they agree on before Cat skips into her tent. Robbie is the next to go, only minutes after. Tori has seen him nearly falling asleep on his log already but it seems he hasn't wanted to be the first one to go to bed.

Andre and Tori both follow an hour later and Beck and Jade promise them to put out the fire when they will finally also go to sleep.

Tori is about to fall asleep, in her warm and comfy sleeping bag, thinking with a smile about the good weekend they had, when she hears something that could have been a car door, closed as quietly as possible.

She opens up her eyes before she knows it. Is someone about to steal their car? Or has Beck, who is the one to have the key, just needed something out of it?

She looks over to Cat who is fast asleep, then gets up on her knees with her sleeping back, opens up her tent quietly and peeks out.

The fire is still lit. It can't be a thief then because Jade and Beck would have seen him. She totally could have seen through the tent that the fire is still burning but she hasn't even thought about that.

Beck is just sitting down again on one of the logs. Not the same as Jade sits on this time, after they have sat together all weekend. But he is still sitting close to her, both at the far end of each their logs, facing each other, their knees nearly touching.

Jade spreads the blanket back over Beck as well, trying to cover as much of both of them as possible, before Beck settles Robbie's guitar in his lap.

That has to be why he really was at the car. They put the instruments away a long while ago when the small family which is also on their camp site, went into their tent. They know they can get loud while making music, especially with all six of them, and they haven't wanted to risk it that much to just start jamming again. Which they still nearly did but the risk would have been higher with the instruments right there.

In restrospect, Tori isn't sure if their talking and laughing was much quieter than their music would have been but the family never complained, so it's fine either way.

Beck starts strumming the guitar gently and Tori recognizes the song almost immediately: Everytime We Touch by Cascada, though not the version she is most used to but a slowed-down one.

And then, Beck starts to sing the first verse, extremely soft, and there isn't a second they're not looking into each other's eyes, both with a small and yet so deeply happy smile.

Jade joins in with him for the first chorus, just as soft, both singing in perfect harmony.

It's so beautiful that it nearly hurts Tori.

She realizes that she has rarely heard both of them sing together. In group situations at best like earlier today but also in some musicals. They have never had a duet though and Tori wonders why not one of their teachers have ever forced one upon them.

And yes, Tori has once heard only the two of them sing together, at the Full Moon Jam after they have gotten back together. Spontaneously, they had begun to sing something but they never made it to the first chorus, but were making out before again already. A teacher had to usher them offstage in the end.

Tori has also thought their voices matched well back then but hasn't put any more thought into it.

Now, she realizes they were able to do a duet back then and are also able to now because they do this sometimes. They actually sing together, just for them. They probably did this song before.

And there is art that you have to share. Tori knows Beck and Jade both love to act and love to share it. They also both love writing things and sharing that. Beck never really expresses himself with singing though. He does sing if a role he really likes requires it but Tori knows that he avoids it. Jade is more of a singer, loves to express herself in that way as well.

And Tori knows about expressing. She hasn't known for quite some time but when she has been to her first annual showcase at Hollywood Arts, she has understood it. When she has gotten onto that stage for the perfomance that eventually got her into Hollywood Arts, she was uncertain at first until... something happened and she exploded and her heart kind of found its true love. She loves singing and she always feels like she has to get it out there, like she has to reach as many people as possible with it.

She guesses that that's kind of how most artists feel. She knows that that's how Jade and Beck feel with acting and writing, how Jade feels with singing herself. But Beck doesn't feel like that about his singing. They don't feel like that with their dancing. And they don't feel like that with their joined singing though it's beautiful and kind of perfect and hurts Tori in all the best ways.

Jade touches Beck's knee very lightly with her hand right before the next verse begins and maybe that's a signal, at least Jade goes into the second verse on her own. And it sounds so raw that Tori knows she means every word of it as she looks directly into Beck's eyes.

Beck joins back in into the chorus and they sing it another time with him singing the actual lyrics while she tops it with some more harmonies on lesser words, using apparently only the most important words.

Tori feels like she is invading into a very private moment. But she can't pull back, close up the tent and go to sleep. She knows she won't really hear any of the song anymore if she lies back down now with a closed tent and without seeing them and their lips moving. She wants to hear more of this, doesn't want to miss one word or note.

And then they come to an end and after the last note is sung, they already draw together, their lips meeting. It looks as if they were supposed to just shortly peck each other but both seem to decide differently as soon as they touch, pull each other closer, Jade about to get up and into Beck's lap where the guitar is still sitting.

That's enough invading, Tori decides, and finally does close the tent.

Cat is still asleep as she lies down back next to her.

Through her eyelids she sees the fire going out, not long after. Soon, she falls asleep.