Disclaimer: If I owned Victorious, it wouldn't be over right now. So obviously I don't.
Tori's POV
I sighed heavily and threw my notebook down. "Andre, I give up. I'm never gonna get it." I was so stressed out about my last two final exams. It was the end of May and in just a few days, I would be done with junior year and then a few months later, I would be a senior. I couldn't wait for senior year!
"Tori, come on, just focus," he said with a smile. "You can do it."
"No, I can't," I told him. "I've never been good with chemistry and now I've got to take a final test on it? That's just crap." I ran my hand through my hair. "I don't even care anymore. I'll just fail."
"Hey, everyone has to go through it; you're not the only one." He picked up my review from the coffee table. "Want me to quiz you some more?"
"No way," I said. "Let's just take a break." I got up and went in the kitchen and grabbed a water bottle from the fridge. I unscrewed it and took a small sip. I screwed it back on and turned around. Andre was standing just a few feet away from me. I gasped and jumped back. "Andre…you scared me," I put my hand over my heart.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." he said and backed up. "I'll just back up a little."
I slowly smiled. "You know…I actually like it when you're that close."
"Oh…you mean like this?" He stepped closer to me and put his arms around my waist. "Is this better?" he whispered.
I gulped. My heart was beating widely in my chest. "Yeah…it's better," I looked up at him and our eyes were connected. I smiled and said, "Hi Andre,"
He smirked and said, "Hey Tori," Then he tucked hair behind my ear. He leaned in and when he was inches from my lips, he whispered, "Am I too close?"
I shook my head. "Not close enough," I pressed my lips to his and kissed him. It was like fireworks went off in my stomach. I always imagined what it would be like to kiss Andre since I'd liked him from day one, but imagining is nothing compared to the actual feeling.
Our lungs were screaming for air, so we reluctantly pulled apart a few moments later. We caught our breath and both said, "Whoa," Then we went in to kiss some more.
"Finally!" I heard someone exclaim ten seconds into this kiss.
Andre and I immediately pulled apart and looked at where the voice was coming from. I saw Trina standing at the bottom of the stairs. I groaned and said, "Trina, what do you want?"
"Oh, nothing, nothing," she said with a smile. "I'm just saying finally, because it's about time you and Andre got together. Everyone knows you guys are perfect for each other!"
"Would you just get out of here, Trina?" I exclaimed. "Give me and Andre some privacy."
"Oh, I'll give you guys some privacy." she said with a wink and walked out.
I sighed in aggravation and looked back at Andre. He was smiling at me. "I'm sorry. My sister can be…annoying."
"Yeah, I'm aware of that." he said with a giggle. "Well, listen; um…it's getting late. I need to head on home. We've both got tests tomorrow and we need sleep."
"It's not that late." I grabbed my phone from my back pocket and looked at the time. It was almost ten. Where did the time go? I sighed. "Okay, maybe it is," I put my phone back in my pocket and looked up at Andre. "But I don't want you to leave."
"Tori…" he said slowly and leaned in and kissed me again. When we pulled apart, he said, "Just ten more hours and we'll see each other at school. It'll get here before you know it."
I looked down and crossed my arms.
"Hey, don't be pouty," he said and then smiled. "Just go get some sleep and tomorrow will get here before you know it. Okay?" When I didn't say anything, he loudly said, "Okay?"
"Fine," I said still pouty. "But I'm walking you outside."
"I can live with that." he said and we walked through the living room and out the door. We'd been so busy with studying that we didn't even know that it had started to rain. It was pouring down rain.
We stood on the porch not moving at first. "What the heck?" I said. "Since when did it start raining?"
"I don't know," said Andre looking up at the sky. "I didn't even know it was supposed to rain."
I sighed. "I guess I can go get us some umbrellas."
I started to walk towards the door, but Andre grabbed my hand. "Where do you think you're going?"
"I don't wanna get wet." I told him.
He smirked. "What? Is Tori Vega afraid of a little water?"
I smiled and crossed my arms. "Oh, is that how you're gonna be?"
"Yep," he said. "Hey, I have an idea." He grabbed my hand again and pulled me out into the rain.
"Andre, what are you doing?" I screeched. "It's cold out here!"
"Oh, man up," he said jokingly. Once we reached his car, he turned to me and put his hands around my waist. "I'm sorry, but…there's something I've always wanted to do." He slowly leaned in and kissed me passionately in a way that took my breath away. I wrapped my arms around his neck and instantly kissed him back.
When we pulled apart, I said, "Have you always wanted to kiss me or kiss a girl in the rain?"
"Both," he said and moved his hands from around my waist and put them on my cheeks. He brushed my now wet hair behind my ears. "My God, you're so beautiful, baby,"
My heart fluttered at hearing him call me baby. I'd heard him call his other girlfriends that and I always got a tad bit jealous hearing it. I couldn't believe he was saying it to me. I smiled and said, "Thanks,"
"Okay, get inside," he whispered. "I can tell you're freezing right now."
"I'm not cold." I lied. My teeth were chattering and I was shivering.
"You're shivering, Tori; I know you're cold." he said. He leaned in to give a kiss on my forehead. "Get inside and get warmed up."
I smiled up at him and then ran back to the front door to try and avoid getting wet. Oh who am I kidding? I was already soaked. "See you in ten hours!" I yelled out to him.
"Can't wait," he said.
I laughed and went back in my house.
I put my back against the door and stood there in a daydream. I probably would have stood there forever had it not been for my mom coming in the living room. "Tori, it's late; you need to get in bed." She eyed me up and down. "And dry off before you freeze to the bone."
"Mhmm," I mumbled. "I'm gonna take a quick shower and then I'll get in bed." I usually showered in the mornings, but since I was soaking wet and freezing cold, I decided to shower that night.
She giggled. "Goodnight, Tori," She turned and went back to her and my dad's bedroom.
I headed up the stairs and went to the bathroom to take a quick shower. Once I was out, I came back downstairs and glanced at my chemistry review for a few minutes, attempting to understand it some more, but it was no use. I figured I knew enough of it to at least pass, so I put it in my notebook and went upstairs to go to bed.
I felt someone's hand gripped around my upper arm. Whoever had a grip on me was also shaking me. Confused, I opened my eyes and saw a creepy stranger at my bedside. My brain was screaming "Stranger danger!" Noticing his appearance, one word came to mind: pedophile. I gasped and shrunk closer into my bed. My heart immediately picked up speed. "Who are you?" I quickly asked.
"You don't need to know." he whispered angrily. "Get up right now."
"But…why are you in my house and in my room?" I asked nervously. "And how did you get in?" I had a million more questions swimming around in my head, but I only had the courage to ask those few.
"Just shut up!"
I let out a squeak. "What do you want?"
"You," he said and pulled a knife out from behind him. He put it up to my throat and I caught my breath. "You're gonna get up and come with me. Understand?"
"My dad's a cop." I said shakily. "You can't be here right now. He'll…he'll catch you and…it won't be good for you."
"Listen to me…I don't care what your dad does for a living," he said in a low voice. "He could be the President of the United States for all I care and I would still be here. If you don't come with me and do exactly as I say, I will kill you and your whole family right now." He touched my throat with his knife, but it didn't cut me. "Don't think I won't, because believe me…I'll do it. Get up…and come with me right now."
My heart was beating so widely that I thought it would explode. I was frozen in terror and didn't know what to do. I had two options: I could refuse to go with him, but then he would kill me and my family or I could go with him, but just thinking about what he probably wanted to do with me was horrifying. Either way, I was screwed. I didn't know if he was bluffing or not, but I didn't wanna take any chances.
I obviously wanted to refuse to go with him, but his knife was right up to my throat. If I made one wrong move, he would bear down. I didn't have a choice. I sighed shakily and said, "Okay,"
"Good," he said and took the knife away from my throat. I let out a sigh of relief. "Now get up,"
I gulped and climbed out of bed, but he stayed right at my side. As soon as I was up, he put his arm around me and held me in a tight grip. "Stay at my side," He put the knife up to my throat. "Or else,"
I moaned and nodded.
"Get your shoes," he whispered. I looked to my left and saw my Ugg boots and he let me put on my boots, but he stayed right behind me the whole time. As I was pulling my left boot on, I thought about what was happening. I was about to get kidnapped. Oh, my God. I felt like I was in some kind of horror movie.
As soon as my shoes were on, I stood up and he wrapped his arm around me in a tight grip again. I couldn't believe this was happening to me. "Okay, now we're gonna go downstairs and head outside. Don't say a word once we're outside, understand?"
I slightly nodded. "Yes,"
He kept his arm around me as we walked through the house. My dad has told me and Trina many times that if a person gets you into their car that you're basically screwed, but if you can do everything in your power to stop them before you get out there then you have a much better chance of getting to safety. I thought about doing something to him like hitting him in the crotch or elbowing him in the face or anything to stop him from taking me, but I was so terrified that I was having trouble just seeing straight. Plus, his knife was right against my back and if he moved it an inch inward, it would stab me.
When we got to the front door, he said, "Open it,"
It took me forever to get the lock to come undone since I was so shaky. I had never been so terrified in all my life. I wanted so much for my dad to come in and save me from this creepy man. I'd heard one too many stories from my dad about men who kidnap girls, do awful things to them, and then kill them. Those stories were interesting before, but now that I was the girl that was being kidnapped, it wasn't so interesting.
It was absolutely, completely one hundred percent terrifying.
I'm baaaaaack! Haha :) I'm actually posting this sooner than I originally planned, because like always, two of my friends pestered me into doing it. I know I say that a lot, but it's true…that's why I update half the time.
Any-who, as you can tell, this story is going to get very intense. I won't say how long Tori is with this guy, but it's long enough that she does go through an immense amount of pain. Seriously, the things she goes through is just…it's bad.
Until next chapter…byeeee! :)
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