Warning: This chapter contains sexual content. And a bit more than slight this time. You have been warned! Please take note that the rating has gone up to M.

Final Project

XIX.

It was sometime in the middle of the night, possibly closer to morning right before dawn breaks. Beck laid in his bed, the most beautiful girl lying in his arms. He absently traced his fingers up and down her bare back, loving how smooth her skin felt. Tori was breathing softly, letting him know that she was in a deep sleep…the thing he wished he was doing.

But he couldn't get his mind off of everything that happened that night/morning. He was just beginning to give up on trying to chase after her when she out of the blue pounced on him…literally. Something inside of him wanted answers…What made her change her mind? Did she already break up with Andre? Was she planning to? Did she want to be with him forever or just for the rest of this week?

Sadly, he couldn't answer any of those questions on his own. He knew things had gotten a bit tense between the two of them after she said they had to stop their affair, so was she just trying to "fix" things during their last eight days together?

Beck hated that things had to be so complicated between them…which was one reason why he couldn't go through with having sex with her…

He thought back to hours before and wondered how he was able to maintain control of the situation…

Having just found out that she was a virgin, he didn't want to go fast with her. He wanted her to relish and enjoy every single second of her night…of their night. Passion had almost gotten the better of him when he had her pinned against the wall…every fiber inside of him wanted to just take her right there…unexpectedly and hard. He truly wanted to just be inside her. He wanted to hold her legs up as his body weight held the rest of her body up as they melted into the wall. He wanted to hear her scream her ecstasy and moan his name…

But of course, that's the kind of thing that happens in movies. The leading male character doesn't suddenly get told that the girl he was having these fantasies about is a virgin. A virgin that tells him that she's been waiting for her first time to be with him!

But he still had to wonder…how much of her really wanted right then to be her first time? This brought him back to all his prior questions that desperately needed answers.

But it was hard to think when this gorgeous girl underneath him was squirming and gasping and moaning. His hands were traveling down her sides, but when his right hand traveled to the inside of her thigh, he already saw that Tori was close to losing it. She gripped tightly onto his arms as his fingers rubbed lightly on the outside of her panties, causing her to buck her hips upward and close her eyes tightly as she bit her bottom lip to prevent from being too loud.

Beck knew he was going to be doing most of the touching and caressing, but he was perfectly okay with that. He wanted to make sure she was as comfortable as possible.

And he truly thought…and knew…that both of them were loving the emotions that ignited inside of themselves. When he unbuttoned her top, he loved the taste of her skin when he kissed down her chest to each breast, his hot breath meeting her hot skin as her chest rose and fell heavily with excitement.

Tori tugged at his shirt, helping him pull it over his head so they could have more skin contact. He saw the passion explode in her eyes when her hands journeyed over his bare chest and stomach, and in turn, his passion erupted that caused him to flawlessly reach behind her and unhook her bra. His mouth met her nipples as his fingers found their way inside of her panties to touch her in a place she never let anyone else touch before.

To feel her wiggle beneath him; to feel her fingers tangle in and pull at his hair; to hear her moans that came from deep within her throat; and to hear her gasping breaths when he sensed that she was near what was most likely her very first orgasm…all of this was enough to practically send him reeling with his own, and he was starting to become very uncomfortable in his boxers.

Somehow along the way, Tori managed to undo his belt and jeans, and slide them down as far as she could reach, but Beck had yet to kick them all the way off.

Beck watched her as her head tossed back and her mouth gaped open in a muted yell as time stood still for a moment, before her body involuntarily lurched forward and the most pleasing sound escaped from her lips, and Beck was sure that he'd never loved his name quite so much.

He smiled down at her as her eyes slowly fluttered open when she began to come back down from her flight, and he thought it was the most adorable thing when she blushed and smiled shyly. She brought her hands to the back of his head and lowered his lips to hers to a slow, recovering kiss.

And when she slowly pulled away, their hot lips sticking together for an extra second, Beck couldn't believe himself when he said: "I think that's as far as we should go tonight."

She looked at him in confusion and shock, "Why? Did I do something wrong?"

He laughed softly at her concern, staring deep into her dark eyes, "Tori, you didn't do anything wrong…you're perfect. I just…don't want our first time to be tainted."

She looked even more confused, "Tainted?"

Sighing, he adjusted himself so he wasn't on his knees, but it was probably the worst idea he had. He ended up putting his weight on her again, which caused him to be positioned right where he was trying to avoid. And he could feel her thighs tense with excitement again when she felt him press against her, and he even felt his own eyes roll in the back of his head at the glorious sensation of being so close to being one with her.

Beck breathed in a shaky breath, "If we're gonna be together…we have plenty of time for this. But maybe we should settle a few things first before we…"

And he could see the disappointment in her eyes, and he was pretty much in the same boat at her. He ran his hand over her forehead to push back some of her hair that matted to her sweaty skin, "But don't think it's 'cause I don't love you enough, Tor. I think we should stop because of how much I love you. I didn't bring any protection to Japan with me…didn't think I'd need it. And I don't want to ruin your career just because of one night."

Though he still saw some disappointment written on her face, there was also some relief. She laughed softly, "I thought guys were the ones that just went with it and girls were the ones that worried about that stuff."

Beck gave a small smirk, "Yeah, well, some guys are stupid. But I don't want to be stupid with you, Tor. I want this to last and…I don't want you to hate me."

"I could never hate you!" She responded very quickly, fear now in her eyes at the fact that he would even think that.

He rolled off of her, not being able to think completely straight when he just kept feeling her heat calling to him, "Good. Then please understand why I think we should stop…"

Propping herself up on her elbow, she looked down at him, her hair cascading over her right shoulder that made her look like some sort of goddess, "I understand, it's just…" Her fingers started to touch his chest and stomach again, trailing down to below his bellybutton. Her eyes met his and he could see the slight uncertainty in them. Her voice dropped to almost a whisper, "Can I touch you?"

Before he could even answer, he felt her fingers brush against him as she enclosed her fingers.

"Oh, God…" The words left his mouth in a moan, his eyes closing shut. Her lips touched the bare skin on his shoulder blade and though he could sense her hesitation and shyness, just knowing that it was Tori touching him was almost more than he could stand.

This brought him back to the current moment, where he was holding her in his arms and wishing he was sleeping. Why was he feeling so worried? He couldn't explain it, but the feeling of having her so close beside him yet with the insecurity of not knowing whether he could call her his or not, was completely tormenting him.

Maybe I should just go with it…maybe I'm overthinking this.

"Beck?" She said his name in a small, tired voice, her eyes barely opening as she lifted her head off his chest to look at him, "You up?"

He ran his hand through her hair before gently pushing her head back down to his shoulder, "Not really. Go back to sleep, Sweetie."

Snuggling into him more, she didn't have to be told twice as her arm wrapped around his chest and she squeezed him close to her. He returned the squeeze, kissing her forehead before closing his eyes and sighing inwardly.

What I wouldn't give to be able to stay here…

The next day, Tori and Beck decided to go to the beach, since they had yet to go to one since they've been there. They were able to get ahold of Shiori to ask her to point them in the right direction, so over the phone, she told the taxi driver to take them to Isshiiki Beach. They were both pretty happy to see that it was a beautiful beach that wasn't too crowded. There were a couple guys there that spoke some English, and they were offering different packages for them, such as parasailing, water jetting, and surfing. There weren't a whole lot of waves that day, so Beck and Tori decided to try parasailing.

Floating high above the water together was an amazing experience and it allowed their minds to escape with their bodies for awhile. Friday stayed nice all day, so they ended up staying at the beach all day. When the sun was beginning to sink lower in the sky, Beck suggested they start thinking about heading back.

"How about we just stay at the beach hotel tonight?" Tori asked, pointing to the one-story hotel that looked more like a big beach house, "You know, just to get away."

Beck smirked at her, "We're all the way in Japan and you're looking for a place to get away?"

She laughed and hit his arm playfully, "You know what I mean. Different surroundings…no laptops…"

"Let's do it," Beck agreed suddenly, not even wanting to go into that conversation. When he walked over to Tori's room earlier that morning, he couldn't help but notice that her laptop was turned off. He didn't want to ask her about it, but it made him think about his own laptop. He left it unplugged for a few days, and was pretty sure that whoever called the night before made his computer use the last of its energy before it died. And he just didn't care.

They checked into the hotel, but then went right back out to the beach to watch the sunset over the water. And it was just so damn perfect that they both wondered if the moment was even real.

But they both knew…that the main reason it was perfect was because it was only the two of them. Literally. They were both too scared to bring up anyone else's name in fear that it would strike an undesirable conversation. Beck was too afraid to ask Tori what she planned on doing in the long run and Tori was too afraid to say that she had no idea what she was doing.

So yes. Perfect except for the fear of the unknown.

There was a small hut between the beach and the hotel that sold drinks and a little bit of food, so they sat out by the tiki torches for awhile, discussing how they were probably going to end up at Club Dragon again the next night.

Once they got inside the hotel room, Beck gave Tori his shirt to wear to bed since it would be a lot more comfortable than her tighter shirt. And then there they were: Beck was sitting on the bed against the wall as Tori sat cross-legged in the middle of bed, wearing only her panties and his shirt, flipping through channels with no real intent on finding anything.

He looked at her from the back-side angle, the glow from the TV illuminating and shadowing all the right parts of her.

"We should probably start thinking about what we're gonna do for our performance when we get back to Hollywood Arts," Beck said randomly.

Tori continued to channel surf, "We can do that. But you wanna do it tomorrow? I'm too tired to talk about school."

"Sure," he agreed, not really wanting to discuss it right then anyway, but was mostly using it as a conversation starter, "Isn't it weird that we only have a week left of high school once we get back?"

"Heh…yeah, it's gonna be weird not seeing all the weirdness in those halls anymore…"

And though it was a bit more premature than he had intended, Beck couldn't help but ask: "So do you plan on breaking up wi—."

"Don't," Tori cut him off gently, her head turning slightly to the side. Her hair fell over her shoulder, and though she wasn't looking at him, more like at the bed, he could see that she was not at all prepared to talk about this.

He sighed and leaned his head against the wall. He didn't want to push her, just because he didn't want them to end up in an argument. He did have to remind himself that Tori was most definitely not Jade and probably wouldn't snap at him, but just the idea of getting Tori upset really put a damper on things.

When she heard him sigh, she sighed also. She dropped the remote and turned to face him, her legs still crossed, "I'm sorry, Beck, I just…want to stay like this for a little longer."

He stared deep into her eyes for a moment, "I'm really not sure what that means, Tor."

Sighing again, she pushed herself onto her knees and crawled toward him, her one leg going in between his as her other leg stayed on the outside, "It's like you said before…let's just stay here."

She raised her butt off her legs so she was standing tall on her knees, looking down at him as she leaned forward, her hair cascading down on either side of her face. It acted as a shield to guard them from the outside world, and when she leaned down to kiss him, Beck entered that state of mind where he was perfectly happy to be in that bubble, as long as Tori was there with him.

"There ain't no reason you and me should be alone Tonight, yeah baby! Tonight, yeah baby! I got a reason you're who should take me home tonight…"

It was the next night, Saturday, and they agreed to go with Shiori back to Club Dragon. And just like the week before, the club was packed and crazy, and Shiori sang a lot of the songs until she called Tori up on stage again.

"I need a man who thinks it's right when it's so wrong Tonight, yeah baby! Tonight, yeah baby! Right on the limits where we know we both belong tonight…"

Of course, Beck had to give her that slight push to go up on stage again, but Tori never regretted it once she was up there. She was wearing skin tight jeans and high heeled boots like she did the week before, but this time, her shirt was a sparkling blue that only had one sleeve while her other shoulder remained bare.

"It's hard to feel the rush…to push the dan-ger-ous! I'm gonna run right to…to the edge with you, where we can both fall over in love!"

Beck was again right next to the stage as Tori performed, his hair dripping sweat from all the heavy dancing they had done throughout the night. But the way he looked when he was flushed pushed her over the edge to sing with an even greater powerfulness as she allowed the lyrics to be her exact words to Beck.

"I'm on the edge…of glory! And I'm hangin' on a moment of truth. Out on the edge…of glory! And I'm hanging on a moment with you…"

The two of them were definitely hanging in a moment, just like Beck first proposed way back when they first tried to decide how they were going to handle their situation. She thought it like it was so far back…but it was only…what? A week ago? A whole week with Beck and it already felt like an eternity. Or maybe it only felt like a few seconds. Her whole concept of time went out the window after her and Beck kissed the night of the festival, and her whole world was starting to seem surreal. Like a dream; a dream she didn't want to wake up from.

"Another shot before we kiss the other side Tonight, yeah baby! Tonight, yeah baby! I'm on the edge of something final we call life tonight…"

And when she got done singing and jumped off stage into Beck's arms, she loved how they could just kiss and not have to worry about anything or anyone.

"Tori Vega!" she heard Shiori yell into the microphone to again let everyone know her name, and she became lost in the moment of the crowd screaming all around her, but her heart and mind were only on the boy she was kissing.

Due to this, she didn't even consider that Shiori was practically famous now that she made that album. So of course, amongst the crowd were a bunch of paparazzi folk. And what do they do best? Take pictures, of course. And since Tori Vega seemed like a close friend of Shiori Takahashi, and even did a duet with her on her album, the paparazzi did not look over the talented American girl and her kawaii boyfriend.

The lights were already so crazy in the large dance room that telling a flashing camera from the strobe lights was nearly impossible.

But seriously…who did they know that would check out Japanese headlines anyway?

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Hola! So were you expecting this chapter or what? I changed the rating on this story...bumped it up to M JUST in case. I mean, the scene was THAT intense, but ya know. Can't be too safe, I suppose. Oh, and I'm truly sorry for those of you that really did want them to "go all the way." Some people have just been pointing out to me that maybe it wasn't the right time, and after thinking it over for a few days, I kinda agree. Plus, why WOULD Beck bring condoms to Japan? It's not like him hooking up with Tori was pre-meditated. So...no safe sex=no sex at all. Stay safe, kiddies.

Also, I had a pretty hard time writing this chapter for some reason. I think I'm really trying to push their final week together with them doing stuff and having fun and all that, because I want a few more fluffy chapters before they head back to CA and the real drama starts. So like I said before, if you guys have any ideas, please don't hesitate to throw them out there. I used a couple readers' suggestions in this chapter, so...hope you guys are happy!