Disclaimer: I own the OC's Victorious belongs to Dan, simple as that.

Author Notes: In here we get to see a bit of a revelation on Anthony's sad, sad past, so rest assure Jade and Tori take the news with a grain of salt.


Tori looked down on the crib, her sleeping son as a calm as he could be, free from the worries of the world, a cruel world that had not been kind to him since the moment he was born.

The woman frowned, she and Jade had legally adopted him only two months ago, Tori often wondered what if Jade hadnt parked their car so far away from their restaurant?

Would they had found him in some other way?

Someone else would have?

Or if no one ever died, could have he died?

The last thought set a chill down her spine.

So she thanked her wife every day for deciding to save money on the parking lot, otherwise Anthony would not be her.

He would not be a part of their family.

"My baby boy" She cooed soothingly as she gently caressed his bald head.

"Tori?"

The tanned woman turned around, her wife standing in front of their son's door "What are you doing?"

"I just put him down for his nap" She whispered with a smile "Come on in"

Jade raised an eyebrow but complied, silently walking towards the crib, Anthony was a light sleeper and just about any sound could wake him up, so both women were very keen on tiptoeing whenever he was sleeping.

The pale woman made it to the crib without a hitch.

Tori gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"What's that for?"

"What? Do I need a reason to kiss my wife? She asked mockingly.

"I guess not"

"I thought so"

Tori then continued to observe her sleeping son.

"Penny for your thoughts Tor?"

The half-Latina sighed dejectedly, her hand making her way towards Jade's, slowly they intertwined their fingers.

"You ever wondered about the future Jade?"

The former Goth gave her a quizzical look "That's sort of random Tor... But to answer your question.. Yeah sometimes, I often picture our old age"

"And?... How do you see us?"

Jade smirked "After our kids leave the nest, we get to have fun in every room in the house"

Tori's face became as red as a tomatoe "I mean aside from that... Like when we're sixty"

The pale woman snacked her lips "Well... Promise not to laugh but I sort of pictured us spending our golden years driving across the country"

"Aww really?"

"Yup, just you and me, seeing the United States before we turn into worm chow"

"You started so romantic only to end disturbingly" Tori said with a frown "I should be used to that"

"After nearly twenty years together? Yeah you should have"

"It's still a nice way to spend our retiring years" Tori mussed "Where did the idea come from?"

"It's just something I always wanted to do, every summer since I was a kid I wanted to drive all over the country, when... When my mom was alive she used to tell me about these little adventures she had when she was a kid! when her parents took her to different places across the U.S. and I... I sort of wanted to experience that but never got the chance to since my dad was always working and now well.. It hardly seems like the right time to do it due to our jobs and the kids so I figured I would get to do it with you... But only when we're with a limitless amout of free time in our hands."

Tori smiled at her wife "I make this promise to you baby, someday we will take that ride trip"

"I'll take your word on that"

Tori kissed her on the lips, an action which Jade return in kind.

After several minutes, they parted and Tori rested her head on the crook of her wife's neck.

Jade looked down on the younger woman and then to their sleeping son.

"Somehow I get the feel your question about the future wasn't exactly directed at us"

Tori meet her wife's green eyes "I just worry too much about him" She admitted "About how things will be with Anthony"

Jade shrugged "Well raising a boy isn't gonna be easy, we never had experience with..."

"That's not what I meant" She interrupted "I don't worry if we are gonna raise him properly because I know we will"

"Then?" Jade asked "What's the problem?"

The tanned woman got lose from her wife's embrance and once again stared down at the sleeping baby.

"I worry about the questions he will ask"

"Questions?"

Tori nodded "About where he came from"

"Oh"

"I just know the time will come when he comes to us wanting to know about himself, why he doesn't have a dad? why was he abandoned? Where did he come from? Who are his real parents? And... And it scares me because I don't have any answers to give him"

Once again she lovingly caressed his head "I'm scared of how will he react..."

Jade gave her a one arm hug, joining her alongside the crib.

"I am not looming forward to that day either Tor, but wether we like it or not he has to ask us, it's natural for him to want to know of his roots"

"I know"

"Which is why I hired a private detective"

"HUH?"

"You heard me" Jade said "We owe it to our son to find about his biological parents, he has a right to know, if he doesn't he will spend the rest of his life wondering and that's no way to live"

"How come you didn't tell me about this before?" Tori asked "When did you hire the detective?"

"Last month and to answer your question, I didn't tell you because there was a chance that there would be no results and I didn't want to give you false hope, this sort of things take months even years to solve, plus the detective had literally nothing to go on, aside from what little information we could provide so there was little chance of anything"

"But?" Tori questioned "I know there's a but there somehere Jade...Any luck?"

Jade lowered her head, not daring to look at her wife's eyes.

"Baby?"

"He did found something"

"What?"

"Come to the living room" Jade requested "I'll show you the file he just delivered"

Tori complied and in less than sixty seconds both women were sitting on the couch, a bright folder right in front of them, resting on the small coffee table.

"I already read it" Jade admitted slowly "I wasn't sure what was in there but... Now I wish I hadn't hired that damn detective"

"Jade" Tori said worriedly "What is in there?"

"The name of Anthony's father"

Tori's gasped. "How... How did he found him?"

"On a hunch, the detective asked me to give him a DNA sample of Anthony, he wanted to test a theory that maybe his father was a convict... Turns out, he was right"

Tori's face turned white "So he abandoned him just to get a clean get away?!"

"That's the way things look like Tor"

"Is that why you wished you hadn't read the file?"

"No" Jade admitted "It's something else... You can look for yourself but I warn you baby, once you know, you can't go back"

"I have to know" Tori said firmly "I have to know whose the monster that nearly left our son to die"

"Then here" The Thespian handed her the file "And whatever happens just remember that Anthony is our son now not his"

Tori's hands were shacking, she slowly opened the file and then her blood turned cold, on the paper, way bellow was one name, a name she never thought she would hear again.

"Beck Oliver"


Well what do you guys think of this latest piece of work? I bet many of you were surprised HUH?

I had been toying with this little plot bunny that Jade and Tori's adoptive son was actually Beck's biological kid ever since the first chapter and it felt good to finally write the idea down for your reading pleasure.

I left the name of the mother a mystery for now because I want to write a big dramatic scene between Anthony and his parents.

Now I know there are s bunch of legal and DNA complications in real life when it comes to solving mysteries but for the sake of the story I decided to simplify it so things could move along when I write chapters with a teen Anthony and the relationship he has with his adoptive rents.

Anyways, your thoughts?

And as always I'm accepting idea for this parenthood saga, heh.

Invader Johnny Signing Off.