Shadows / Beck Oliver

✧Chapter 46 - Tori Goes Platinum (Pt. 2)

Almost 16.000 words again...

Get ready!

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~Third Person's P.O.V.~

Tori is currently typing away on her computer in the living room while Trina is walking around the kitchen. Thalia is in her room, playing on her phone as she texts her friends. She just got the text that Beck's gonna be here soon but she's not worried too much about that. She's also talking with Gustavo and Kelly about recording the new song for the bonus track.

Trina loudly drops a large platter, filled with mayonnaise on the dining table and sighs happily. The sound of the glass hitting the wooden surface, grabs Tori's attention who turns to look at Trina with a raised eyebrow.

"What is that?" Tori asks in confusion.

"A bowl of mayonnaise." Trina answers obviously.

"For what?" Tori continues.

Letting out a loud sigh and rolling her eyes in annoyance, she explains boredly, "I read online that soaking your face in mayonnaise for ten minutes a day makes a girl prettier."

Without waiting for another question, Trina closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and drops her face. Her entire face falls into the mayonnaise and she holds her ponytail back, making sure her hair doesn't fall down too. She only had a minute of soaking her face before the doorbell rings.

"Tori, it's Beck!" A sound come from the other side of the door.

"Beck!" Trina gasps out in panic as she pulls her face out. "Ohh..." She quickly wipes the mayo from her eyes and stands up from her seat. Just as she runs, heading to the stairs, Tori had opened the door and Beck walks in. "Oh! Hey, Beck... I didn't know you were coming over." She tries to act naturally.

Chuckling at her, Beck raises an eyebrow and points at his face, "You got a little something..."

"I'll be right back!" Trina exclaims before hurriedly running up the stairs.

"What do you want?" Tori groans, plopping back down on the couch.

Beck raises an eyebrow as he takes off his jacket. "Y'know," He starts, "for a girl who's about to open the Platinum Music Awards, in front of, like, a billion people, you don't look too happy." He states, taking a seat beside her.

Glancing at him for a moment, Tori contemplates her answers for a moment. She looks over her shoulder to make sure none of her sisters are there and then looking down at her hands, "I'm not." She sighs out.

Beck looks at her in surprise, Thalia was right, the closer to the show, Tori's possibly gonna be honest. Composing himself, he clears his throat before asking, "Why?"

"Because I don't wanna be-" Tori tries to say but stops at the reminder of the agreement, "Because I just wish that I could tell everyone-" She stops again with a sad whine, slumping back into her seat.

"That it's all an act?" Beck slowly suggests, continuing at Tori's surprised look, "That those people are making you dress and act like a jerk?"

"How did you know?!" Tori gasps in surprise.

"Because, you're Tori." Beck shrugs, "You wouldn't act like that unless someone was making you. Plus, Lizzie's been hellbent on it."

"Oh my God, you have no idea how happy I am that I can talk to someone about this." Tori sighs in relief, "But I didn't tell you!" She quickly adds, "I never told you, I was faking. You guessed it!"

"Okay." Beck smiles tightly, giving her a thumbs-up.

"And you can't tell Lia either!" Tori points at him.