Disclaimer: I only own the OC's Victorious belongs to Dan, simple as that.
Author Notes: Wow two chapters on the same week, I guess it can be for the reason that so many of you were surprised at the revelation of Beck being Anthony's biology father and it was quite the response indeed so I developed two more ideas that will follow on that particular storyline.
Here's the first one which takes place when Anthony is around five years old.
"Good night Vega"
Tori yawned "Its's West" She mumbled tiredly to the phone "Why do you insist on annoying me on that?
"Your hot when your annoyed" Her wife replied "Plus it amuses me."
"Keep it up and I might just divorce you for my amusement"
"Oh Tori why do you have to ruin the game?" Jade asked "That's just cruel."
The tanned woman chuckled "Relax you big baby, I would never even think of divorcing you, I love you too much"
"You better" She mocked warned her "Well I can hear you are too tired to keep talking baby."
"I am" Tori confirmed with a yawn "It's been a long day and I just managed to get some time to myself by taking a long relaxing bath before going to bed"
"The kids been a handful again haven't day?
"It's like they know they can get away with anything while your not here" Tori muttered "I swear Danielle drove the new car after I told her not to but I have no clue if she did or not, then Tawny made a mess in the kitchen trying to make brownies just so she could cheer me up"
"She can't cook" Jade commented "She really takes after you."
"HEY!"
"I'm just teasing Tor" The Thespian joked "And what about Anthony? What adventures has our little munchkin gotten himself into?"
"He somehow managed to get a bat in the house" Tori answered as she pulled back the covers to her and Jade's bed.
"Where he get a bat?" The Thespian asked puzzled "Last I checked he wasn't interested in playing the game"
"Not the toy" She corrected "Rather the blood sucking animal"
"WHAT?"
"You heard me" Tori muttered, tiredly putting a hand over her blood-shot eyes "He found it in some cave and brought it home, he hid it in the attic and I nearly wazzed my pants when it flew by my head"
"He really wants a pet doesn't he?" Jade asked rhetorically.
"Guess so."
"But are you ok?"
"After I called pest control and took like sixty showers? Yeah I was" Tori confirmed "Then I had to have a long talk with our son, he just doesn't understand that some animals aren't meant to be kept as pets"
"You're telling me" Jade said "How many animals has he brought home?"
"Let's see" The brunette muttered "He brought a snake, a raccoon, a rat, a skunk, a snail that he ended up eating, a pigeon that pooped in your coffee, a frog, a very slimy frog I might add, that container of cockroaches he somehow got from some weirdo on the park and his latest find... The bat... I swear it's like it's his job to give me a heart attack, I already married you, I don't need another person in my life to give me night terrors"
"Very true" Jade admitted "But you aren't the only one who get's to be at the end of the animals he brings home, that damn snake and freaking skunk were the worst"
"I never seen you run so fast" Tori teased "Maybe I should get a snake to get you out of bed"
"Don't even joke about that Tor" The pale woman warned darkly "I dunno what was worse, finding that snake in the garage or that stupid skunk stinking up my car!"
"I swear you and I are going to have grey hair before his next birthday!"
"If he makes it to his next birthday."
"What was that?" Tori asked.
"I said he somehow inherited your love for animals" Jade lied smoothly.
"But did it had to be the wrong type of animals?"
"Just... Try to relax, maybe you can take the kids to your dad's house tomorrow and get the afternoon to yourself" Jade suggested "You sound like you need some alone time."
"What I need is some alone time with my wife" The Half-Latina corrected "I miss you."
"I miss you too baby, but don't worry I'll be back in a week"
"I know, still... China?! This is the farthest we ever been apart... And to tell you the truth? I hate it, I don't like that you are on the other side of the planet filming a movie that should have ended two weeks ago!"
She glanced over at Jade's side of the bed, cold and empty.
The Thespian had been in China on a filming project for the past few months and due to problems with the actors, equipment and constant fights with the producers the movie still wasn't done, needless to say that neither woman was happy.
Years of dating and eventual marriage obviously led them to share the same bed, so they began to miss certain such as the other's touch since it was an eternal source of comfort for them both.
Needless to say; being thousands of miles apart made it difficult for either of them to get a full night's sleep.
"There's nothing I can do Tor" Jade sighed "I'll get back as soon as possible, in the mean time try to get some sleep... I have to get back to work but I'll call you when I'm done"
"How about you call me tomorrow instead?" Tori suggested "Time difference remember?"
"Oh right" Jade yawned "Guess I need to sleep too, sleep well Tor, I love you."
"Love you too, bye"
"Bye."
click.
click.
Tori began to get comfortable after she hanged up, closing her eyes putting her head in the softness of her pillows.
No sooner than the brunette had done that, she heard a meek voice.
"Mama?"
Tori raised herself up onto her elbows; seeing her son's silhouette standing on her doorway. "Anthony, it's after twelve" She yawned. "What's wrong?"
"I had that bad dream again" He replied fearfully "The big scary man came back."
Tori frowned. She knew that dream, Anthony had had it several times in the past few months, he didn't know it but from the way he described "the scary man" both his mothers had the inkling that he was referring to his father in those dreams.
They didn't know how it was possible seeing as the last time Anthony saw Beck was when he was just a newborn so he shouldn't be able to remember him, much less describe the man, it was the sort of thing that couldn't be explained and it scared them both since it could mean a number of things.
Lingering memories in the boy's subconscious.
Or simply coincidental nightmares.
There was however a third more disturbing conclusion.
Premonitions of Beck's return.
"Come here," she said, patting Jade's side of the bed. "Want to sleep here tonight?"
"Um," Anthony said. "Well…" He didn't want to look like a baby in front of his mama, his hero.
"My little man can protect me" Tori whispered with a sad, knowing smile. "I'm bit scared of the dark, so how about you keep me company?"
Her son nodded eagerly. "Okay!"
Tori watched as he quickly scrambled under the covers of the bed, not long after she puts an arm around him. "Now just close your eyes and sleep will soon come"
"But what if the scary man comes back?"
"Then I'll be here when you wake up."
"Night Mama."
It wasn't long until Tony felled asleep but Tori remained wide awake; watching her son's calm breathing.
She sighed. "Why the nightmares?"
Tori slowly hugged her sleeping child but didn't plan on letting go any time soon, she just held him in her arms protectively like any mother would, despite learning that he shared Beck's DNA her love for her son never wavered.
"I don't know what the nightmares mean" She hissed mentally "But if Beck ever sets foot in my house I'll hurt him, he's not getting near Anthony if I have anything to say about it, he's my son and he can't have him!"
"Night, sweetie." Tori said, kissing the top of his head "Don't you worry. I'm here... Always."
If the ending didn't make you go "Aww" then there's something terribly wrong with you.
This was a bit of an odd chapter since I started with the idea of a comical aura only to end it on a bit of a bittersweet note.
I bet many of you wonder why I made Tori, Anthony's hero rather than Jade? The answer is simple, the way I see it if it wasn't for Tori taking him in so quickly he wouldn't be a part of the West family so I figured that at such a young age he would idolise Tori for rescuing him from the streets.
The nightmares Anthony has are quite significant so you can all hope for an answer to those dreams to come eventually.
The part about the animals Anthony brought home which I think was rather funny was meant to be a sort of foreshadowing of Foxy eventually becoming a part of the West family, for those of you who read my fic "Down in the Dumps" you know who Foxy is.
On Monday I'll be posting again with this third idea so keep your eyes open for that.
Anyways, what were your thoughts on this?
And as always I'll be accepting ideas for this parenthood saga, heh.
Invader Johnny Signing Off.
