And the final chapter is here! So we shall all be happy and be merry because everything turned out right. I finally found the prodigal chapter, and now it's here! Thanks guys for everything! I mean everything. So enough ranting and emotions.. Here's what you guys have been waiting for so long.

Disclaimer: No. Victorious isn't mine and I hate that it's ending soon. Life sucks and my childhood is over.

Chapter 18:

Tori: It all happened as a blur when the police arrived. I felt the sudden cold chill up my spine as I saw the policemen take Sgrodis to the police mobile. Of course, my dad was one of the detectives who came to our rescue and he was obviously worried sick. While my father was talking to me and scolding me on how he and my mom was worried, I couldn't help but look at the man who did all of this. The man who planted revenge on us by burning a warehouse down to the ground possibly killing two of his allies and a hero. Sgrodis stared at all of us as he slowly enters the police mobile. When he got in, he turned to us and smiled. I shuddered as the car went away disappearing in the woods.

"Detective Vega." An M.E. called my dad forcing me to let him go. But his arms were replaced with new ones as Beck wrapped his around me.

"Beck, you should go to a hospital. You look awful. I'm surprised you're even alive." I said facing him but I was still locked in his embrace.

"You're my life, Tori. As long as you're around, I can live forever if I want to." He said giving me a kiss on the forehead. I blushed a little at what he said. I could feel the butterflies in my stomach going crazy and I could feel the tingles in my toes. I stared into his mesmerizing chocolate brown eyes. No matter how many times I stare, I always get lost. It's like everything was gone. Everything becomes a blur.

I stood on tiptoes as we both slowly leaned in. Our eyes shifted from the lips and back to our eyes. Our faces were centimetres apart. We leaned closer… "Ehem." My dad let out a fake cough as me and Beck parted. We let out fake coughs of our own adding awkwardness to the situation.

"Beck, right?" My dad asked him making Beck stand straight.

"That's me." Beck answered in a cool but respectful manner. He even managed to let out a nervous laugh.

"Go with the Medical team. You have to get yourself checked." My dad said shifting his eyes from Beck to me.

"Yes, sir." He said with his head down. "Hey, I love you." He whispered as he gave me a kiss on the cheek and left. I tried hard not to grin so I just smiled.

"So… Should I have my gun ready or…?" My dad said in a joking yet protective manner.

"Dad… Seriously? I think I'm old enough to handle things on my own." I said hugging him. "And no, guns are not needed." I added making him chuckle.

"I'm glad you're safe." My dad said hugging me tighter than ever before.

"It's over dad. It's finally over."

Five Months Later…

It's been five months ever since that tragic day and I have to say, a lot has changed.

For starters, Jade and André has finally hit it off. Well not exactly. They have this not-so-open relationship. I don't know whose idea it was but what they were supposedly agreeing on, is not happening.

"André! Don't you dare walk out on me!" Jade screams were once again heard around the school for the very first time in weeks.

"What Jade?" André said stopping in his locker.

"Who was that girl?" Jade asked angrily.

"Oh her? She's Lorraine. She's hot, huh?" André said giving Lorraine a flirty wave. Jade growled at him. "Whoa. What is your problem?" André asked with his hands up making Jade angrier.

"Why are you flirting with her?! I am your girlfriend!" Jade shouted as André began trembling.

"We're in an 'open' relationship Jade." André reasoned as Jade gave him an evil smirk.

"Oh really? Than I'm gonna make out with other guys." Jade was about to walk away when André grabbed her.

"Oh no you don't." Andre said as they started making out.

So see what I mean? Anyway, another change is Cat and Robbie. They haven't exactly dated yet but they would eventually get there. I mean Robbie throwing Rex away for Cat is enough proof, right? Yes. It is true. Rex is gone. Too bad, I think I'll miss Robbie's alter ego. I mean Rex. Cat has been going through therapy. I can't imagine how hard it is for her. She experienced more trauma than any of us. Since therapy she has been less ditzy but she was still very random. I don't think any therapy will take it from her. Besides, we will accept her however ditzy she is.

And it goes down to this. Beck Oliver and me. Ever since that day everything has changed between us. No, we haven't changed our personalities. What changed is our relationship and it changed in a good way. Beck has been more caring and romantic and he's everything I've ever dreamed of. He's perfect. Sometimes, I find it ironic how I always believed that if I ever have a boyfriend in our circle of friends, Beck would be the absolutely last person I'd pick yet here he is. The guy I used to think was a blur has never been any clearer. The boy, who I always thought was right for Jade, was actually the boy who was right for me. He always was.

We were sitting together, side by side, by the stage where we held the Farewell party just a few hours ago. The stage that was filled with equipment and confetti was now filled with six people circled together, talking about stuff and bidding their temporary farewells for the summer.

"We've been here for two hours. It's 1 am. No one plans on going home?" André said as Jade put her head on his shoulder.

"I don't wanna go home. I'll just miss you guys." Cat said with a yawn.

"Well someone looks tired." Robbie teased and Cat gave him a playful punch.

"I'm not tired. I'm bored." Cat said firmly.

"Yeah but we have nowhere to go." Beck told her.

"We can't stay here forever." Jade said as everyone nodded.

"Wait, what date is it?" I said realizing something.

"It's the 24th. It was just an hour ago." Beck answered, looking at me with a confused face. I smiled at all of them giving me confused faces. Only Cat was the one who knew what I was thinking. We both stood up excitedly.

"Come on. We know where we could go." I smiled at Cat as we lead them to the local cemetery near Sherwood High. Me and Cat stood by Danny's grave, hand in hand.

ToriVega: Off to a not so far off place with the others. Welcome summer!

Mood: Reminiscy ;)

"Hi Danny!" Cat said cheerily as if he was really there.

"It's been five months now." I said with a smile as I felt Beck's arm crept up my shoulders. I smiled at him as he kissed me on the forehead.

"Hey man. The gang's all here." Beck said with that million dollar smile of his. Jade, André and Robbie waved as if Danny was really there with us.

"We miss you." Cat said letting go of my hand and slinging her arm to Robbie's waist.

"We miss our hero." I said softly as silent tears fell down my cheeks. As soon as Beck saw my tears he hugged me tightly and rubbed my back whispering soothing words in my ears.

"I miss making Tori jealous." Jade said slyly as we all chuckled at her gesture. Jade never gets tired of it and I wouldn't want her to. By three, we all left. Jade and I stayed behind as the others were having fun. After five months we decided to have a heart to heart talk.

"I never got to thank you properly. You know, for saving my life." I said putting my hands deep in my pockets.

"I didn't save your life, Vega." Jade said with a smirk.

"Well at least you tried to." I said with a confident smile. Jade chuckled.

"I didn't do anything, Vega. Always remember that." Jade pointed out her smirk still in her face.

"Fine." Pause. "Still, thanks."

"You know when I look back at what happened in the past, I can't help but think to myself: 'How can you be that stupid?'" Jade said after a moment of temporary silence. I raised my eyebrow in confusion. "The first time we met I instantly hated you. I turned your life into a living hell and all you ever gave me was the exact opposite of what I give you every day."

"You call that stupid?" I scoffed. "Please."

"I mean it, Tori. When me and Beck broke up for the first time, you were there to fix us up. When I needed someone to sponsor my play, you found one for me. When me and Beck broke up again, you forced him to get back together with me…"

"It failed."

"Yeah it did. But still. When I pummeled you to the ground, you stopped Sikowitz into getting me into trouble yet I still wanted to hurt you. You gave me nothing but kindness and I returned hatred. That's why it's stupid." Jade sighed. She pulled her sweater and crossed her arms as we walked.

"Jade, there's a reason why they called it past." I said as I put my arm on her shoulder and she did the same.

"You know what they say. There's a reason why it's called present. It's because it's a gift." Jade said as she smiled at me.

"Ow!" Beck screamed as he laughed with Cat, André, and Robbie. I couldn't help but smile. I was smiling at everything about him. His eyes, his smile, his laugh, the way he talks, everything about him. I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have him. How lucky I am to have loved him and how lucky I am for him to love me back.

"You should promise me one thing, Vega." Jade said snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Anything."

"Promise me you'll take care of him." Jade said as her eyes pointed to Beck. He was goofing around with André as Robbie and Cat was hysterically laughing. "If you hurt him I am gonna kill you so hard you wish you were never born." Jade said with mixture of precaution, danger, and concern. I sighed and smiled at her.

"I promise. But you have to take care of André too." I said as she grinned at me.

"Or what, Vega?" She said and I didn't say anything. She chuckled. "I promise." As she said that she pulled me in for a hug. Yes, she was the one to pull in. And no, I didn't forced her, or flinch.

"Hey, are you trying to smother her?" Robbie said noticing that we were far behind.

"Tori? No… You? Maybe." Jade said and Robbie backed away. We all walked back to each other's respective rides home and went our separate ways, for now.

The next morning, I was by my piano with my packed things at the couch. Me and Beck are planning a road trip which my parents already allowed. It was hard convincing them considering Trina's negativity and jealousy but it's Trina so they didn't actually used her clamors and complaints. It was seven in the morning and Dad and Mom were somewhere doing last-minutes stuff. Trina was jogging around town and me, I was here waiting for Beck to come and pick me up.

After a while, I got bored and started playing some tunes on my piano. But there was this one song in my mind that I kept on playing until finally, I started singing.

"Suddenly my choice is clear. I knew when only you and I were standing here…" I sang as the memories passed through my mind. I was playing the piano and was about to sing the next line when…

"And beautiful is all I see…" Beck's voice crept from behind. I smiled at him but continued playing. He walked closer and in a blink of an eye, he's sitting right beside me.

"It's only you I know it's true, it has to be." We sang in perfect harmony. Suddenly, I felt his hand on my chin and as he turned my face to his our lips met. It was one of those kisses that made the butterflies in my stomach fly in chaos, heat my cheeks up and tingles my toes. It was one of those kisses that I wish time would just stop right there and we could stay this way, forever.

Beck broke the kiss and I groaned. He chuckled at me and kissed me in the cheek. "So ready to go?"

I nodded and said: "We should wait 'til the others come home."

"Let's get your things in the car." He said as we stood up with excitement.

Me and Beck put my things at the back of his car and after a few minutes, Trina and my parents were home.

"Call us as soon as you're on your way back." Mom told me for like the hundredth time.

"It's so unfair. Why does she have to go with the super-hot guy while I get stuck here with you guys." Trina whined for the millionth time.

"Trina get over it. When you get a boyfriend and a decent attitude, I'll allow you to as many dates as you want." Dad told her and my mom nodded in agreement.

"Whatever. Make sure you bring souvenirs baby sister." Trina said as she gave me a hug. As I waved good bye Beck started the car and drove. I didn't realize it but I think I fell asleep, cause when I woke up it was already one in the afternoon.

"Hey, you had a good nap?" Beck said as he touched my arm while his eyes were still on the road.

"Yeah. Are we lost?" I said looking around me.

"Nope. I parked the car for a while because I wanted to watch you sleep." Beck said with a sly smile.

"You are so biased, you know that?" I said playfully punching him in the arm.

ToriVega: Oh great. Beck took pictures of me while sleeping. How convenient..

Mood: Wazzed :(

Comments:

BeckOliver: Atleast I didn't post it.

ToriVega: Stop commenting while driving!

BeckOliver: Fine.

RobbieShapiro: Can I see it?

ToriVega: What? NO!

"So why exactly are we on the road again?" He asked knowing the answer very well.

"Because we wanted to spend time together, alone and forget about all of what's happened and start our lives fresh." I said firmly.

"You know you really are something Tori." Beck said as he smiled at me.

"Well so are you Beck Oliver." I said leaning over kissing him on the cheek. When I sat back down, I looked at the scenery we were passing through. Los Angeles has always been such a beauty.

"Tori, I have a confession to make." Beck said as he pulled over.

"Can't you drive while confessing?" I said in a joking manner but he looked serious so I decided to take it seriously. "What? What is it?"

"When I was at the warehouse, dying. I saw my life flash before my eyes."

"I know how it feels, Beck. I saw my life flash before my eyes too when I almost fell onto the fire."

"No. The thing is I only saw one thing…" He said holding my hands. I raised my eyebrow in confusion and looked into his eyes. "I saw you." He said as he touched my cheek and was about to lean in before I stopped him with my finger.

"I have something to confess too." Beck raised his eyebrow in response. "Remember when I ran out of Andre's house during the dare game?" Beck nodded. "At that time when I was in the park, I realized something. All those times I thought that what I realized was I was starting to fall in love with you. And now I know that I was wrong." I said looking down.

"Huh?" Beck asked in confusion.

"I didn't realize that I was starting to fall in love with you. I realized that I have always fallen in love with you." I said as he smiled at me and we both leaned in for a kiss. It was a long and passionate one. It had a meaning, a sort of message that we wanted to send to one another. It clearly said one thing: That our life can never be planned. It's unexpected. We just have to live our life the way we could and live it together, forever.