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Chapter 1

And this is something you don't know
Truth is I don't know myself
But alls I know when I'm with you
I don't want nobody else

"I need your help." Those were the words that got them into this situation. They were now hiding in a very small cramp closet, praying to whatever God that was above to not be discovered.

But truth be told, he loved this thrill he was feeling. His life was far from ordinary when he met Tori Vega but ever since she appeared in his life it definitely got more interesting.

He knew he should have said no but one of the hardest things is saying no to that girl. But now as he evaluates the moment, his arms around her waist and her back pressed against him, yeah he is glad he said yes. She has her hands on his, her fingers playing with his.

They were waiting for their chance to escape the closet and run as fast as they could out of the room. "I can't believe you talked me into this," he whispered, his lips hovering right around her ear. He felt the slight shiver she tried to hide and smirked realizing that he caused it.

"Well you didn't need much talking into," she whispered back, "I mean we've been in worse situations before. Remember Yerba?"

"Don't remind me." Worst vacation ever, he never thought he would be in prison ever but somehow that ended up happening thanks to Tori. "Yeah well that happened because of you too."

She chuckled, nervously. "Yeah well we got out of that situation and we will get out this, without getting caught."

He wanted to believe her, he really did but he is doubtful.

The school day had just ended, it was fairly normal day well as normal as it gets in this school. He was just getting some books out that he needed for his homework when she appeared beside him.

"I need your help," Were the first words out of her mouth. She was smiling at him, with a hopeful look in her eyes and he knew he was putty in her hands.

"With what muchacha?" He asked shutting his locker, looking over at her.

"You don't need to watch your grandmother tonight?" He shook his head, a devious smile appeared on her face and he was certain whatever she had planned would not be safe. "I need you to go with me somewhere tonight."

At this point, he could have said no and she probably wouldn't have held it against him but knowing Tori she would just coax him into helping her out. "Alright, anyone else going?"

She placed a hand on his shoulder, pulled him closer towards her. "Do not tell anyone that we are doing anything tonight," She whispered, her tone of voice was serious and that surprised him. "I mean it, no one."

"What exactly will we be doing?" He asked, curious to why she didn't want anyone else knowing.

"I'll tell you when you pick me up at seven, no earlier no later. Got it?" She said patting his shoulder and stepping back. "I've got to go, Trina's waiting for me."

With that she scurried away, giving him no chance to comment or respond back.

He shows up at her house at exactly seven, he drove around the neighborhood for bit after he realized he was early and didn't want to anger Tori for being early. He sat in his idle car, as he awaited for her to exit her home.

She had sent him a text five minutes ago saying she'll be right out but here he was still waiting. At least he had music to listen to as he chilled in his car.

Thankfully he didn't have to wait any longer as the car door opened and Tori slipped in. "Sorry I took longer than I thought I would. Trina wouldn't stop asking where I was going and why she couldn't come with. So annoying." He noticed that she's a bit more dressed up than usual. She had on a black blazer, a red dress and some 'fuck me' heels on. Yeah he called them that because now he wants to do just that to Tori Vega.

He reeled in his thoughts before he could get in any trouble. "How did you get away?" He asked, putting the car into drive and began pulling out of the driveway.

"I told her I was going to Jade's," Tori said tugging on the seat belt to put it on. "She knows she's not welcomed there, ever."

He chuckled, proud of Tori's smart thinking. He definitely wouldn't want Trina following them. "Good thinking, now tell me where am I going?"

"We are going to the Beverly Wilshire," she told him, taking out her phone. "We have reservations."

Thankful that they are at a red light he looks over at her, shocked. "We have reservations in a hotel? That hotel costs a lot, it is one of the best and you rented a room for us? For what?"

"Well we are spending the night there," He was stunned. The whole night? In a hotel room. He liked it though his mind is thinking of something she probably wasn't thinking of. Unless she wanted to surprise him cause if that's the case she definitely has.

"We are spending the night there," he repeated the words as he began to drive again. "Now Tori as much as I enjoy the idea of spending the night with you, you need to wine and dine a brother before trying to get me into bed with you. I'm not that type of guy but for you, I might just be."

"André," she chastised, lightly hitting his arm. "Not like that, though trust me I've wondered how amazing you must be in bed. I've heard of how wonderfully experienced you are in the bedroom, though you're only seventeen. But I get it, once you have a girlfriend you do get lots of practice with them."

"Oh, so you've heard of me," One thing he learned in life is that women talk, so when things like how good in bed he is gets said, it spreads like wild-fire that means he gets more attention from the female population. Yet lately the only person he wanted attention from is in his car at the moment. "We can put your curiosity to rest the moment you say so."

He just gave her an open invitation for her to have her way with him and she says nothing. "Or not," he added breaking the silence in the car. "Sorry didn't mean to make things awkward."

"No," she said, "Sorry, I just kind of wanted that for a while. Oh gosh I just never thought that this is how this talk would go."

So Tori Vega actually wants him. He is celebrating on the inside but the smile on his face seems to put Tori at ease. "I didn't think I would admit to wanting you in a car drive towards a hotel, that you still haven't told me why we are going there."

"Well we can talk about our feelings later, we do have the hotel room for the night," she said and that's when he realizes that Tori just want more than just a lay with him in bed. "We are going there to spy on my mother."

"What?" He sputtered out. "Your mother? Why?"

"I think she's having an affair," She admitted, her tone of voice serious. He holds out his right hand, deciding to drive with one hand being the right decision now as she slips her hand in his. Their fingers intertwined, he gives her hand a slight squeeze. He's her best friend, he knows that just saying that out loud is one of the hardest things she has done in a long while.

He doesn't question it because he knows she has her reasons to believe it. Plus he doesn't want her have to recount the moments that she had to piece together to come to that conclusion. "With who?"

"Remember when Crazy Ponnie was being all stalkerish with me?" He nodded, to the day he still hates that he hadn't believed her from the start. But he is glad that Ponnie is now in some asylum, so she wouldn't harm Tori again. "Well that's when I learned about Gary, the officer who was there. He talked about mom so fondly and mom just a few hours before did the same. I found it odd but didn't think anything of it, until well.."

At that moment he wished he could pull over to hug her but he knows they are just a few minutes away from the hotel and Tori wouldn't want him stopping. So he just squeezed her hand a bit, she sighed. "Things have changed around the house," She sounded defeated and that bothered him because she shouldn't be feeling like that. Although they were both about to turn eighteen and he knows that she is a strong young woman he really just wishes that her parents hadn't made it so obvious that something was wrong. "My parents are fighting a lot more, mom is going out more always with "friends", she's happier even though her and dad fight so yeah I think she's having an affair."

"Wow that sucks baby," He responded as he turns on the hotel's street. "I hope we can prove you wrong, by why the Wilshire?"

He was now glad that he decided to drive his Camaro instead of the more run down car he usually only drove his grandmother around in.

"I saw the confirmation for the suite she booked when she left the laptop opened last week, when she thought she was home alone," She said, eyeing the hotel as he came to a stop in front of it. One of the valet guys prominently opened her door for her, holding her hand as she stepped out. Another opened his door for him as he stepped out, handing him a ticket.

"Luggage?" The young man asked, looking between the two of them.

"No," He responded, the guy nodded before sliding into the car and driving towards the parking lot.

"So you book us a hotel room with your credit card? So we can have full access to the hotel to spy on her?" He asked, joining her on the sidewalk. She links their arms and smiles nodding. "Genius."

"Yes, so the thing is this credit card is linked to her so when she gets the statement, she can't ask me about this charge or she'll be smart enough not to ask and just pay the bill," she said as they walked through the hotel door held open by the doorman. "The card is for emergencies. I usually only use it for clothes and food but shelter for one night is an emergency, right?"

"Baby, you're playing with fire," he said as they walked towards the front desk. They stood behind an older couple in the short line. He hoped that the check in process won't take too long. "But I will be here to soothe your wounds."

"Hm," she smirked at him, "We'll see."

"So are we having dinner in the room?" He asked, curious cause he was getting hungry. The snack he had after school was just a snack and now he regrets not eating anything before leaving his house. "Or do we have reservations in one of these restaurants?"

"I've made reservations at The Blvd for us," He realized why she had dressed up a bit for her stay at the hotel. She wanted to blend in a bit better in the crowd. He was glad that he chose to wear a pair of his dark wash jeans, a blue button down and a black blazer. He was looking good and the way Tori was eyeing him, he can definitely say he's right.

"Good, cause a brother is starving," He said rubbing his stomach causing Tori to laugh. He loved seeing his girl laugh, especially with a serious night like this he wanted to make her smile and laugh every moment possible.

He smiled as the line moved up a bit. The older woman in front of them looked back with a smile. "Well aren't you two a good-looking couple, your babies will beautiful." She said which caused both Tori and him to look at the woman in shock.

The guy standing next to the woman shook his head then looked back to them. "Sorry for her, she doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut." He then looked over at the woman, playfully glaring at her. "Ella, look the two are good-looking but really young, they shouldn't even be thinking about babies or how theirs will look like."

"We would have gorgeous babies," Tori said out loud, shocking him because really has she thought about this before.

"I agree hun, I'm Ella like this fool said," Ella held out her hand for Tori to shake, which she did. "This fool standing next to me is Henry, my husband of thirty-eight years. We have some gorgeous babies ourselves, though they are all grown up."

"I'm Tori," Tori responded before pointing at him, "This lovely guy next to me is André, my date for the evening."

Yeah, he was her date for the evening but he was going to make certain that he was her boyfriend before the night ended.

"Oh you two aren't together?" Ella asked baffled. "But you are staying overnight."

So this woman was old-fashioned because not everyone who stays in a hotel are in a relationship. Her husband clearly was thinking the same thing cause he just shook his head.

"We are staying overnight because we have an early business function in the area and we didn't want to travel." André responded quickly and Ella nods in approval.

"That's very smart thinking, your babies will be smart and beautiful." She told him and Henry just smirked at them as if he knew something they didn't.

"Why are you guys in town?" Tori asked, hoping to divert the conversation away from their stay.

"Visiting our youngest, who just moved to this city to see if he makes it in the show business," Henry responded. "He believes he can and we support him. He's just getting roles as extras for now but soon he'll get there. Do you guys have any talents or are you just normal folks like us?"

"Not normal," Tori said, smiling at André before looking at Henry. "André is a musical prodigy, plays almost every instrument very well may I add and has a beautiful vocal voice. I can sing really well too."

"Really well she says," André said chiming in, "She's even performed on the Platinum Music Awards."

"I knew you looked familiar," Henry said. "Our granddaughter Jenna made us watch it when we visited our other son Daniel. You have a great voice."

"Thank you," Tori responded, blushing. André smirked proud of his girl getting the attention and praise she deserves.

So distracted with their conversation, they had made it to the front of the line as Ella and Henry moved towards the concierge bidding them both a good night.

"They were nice," Tori said placing her arm under his, leaning her head against his shoulder. "We should go up to the room before making our reservations that are in thirty more minutes."

He agreed as they walk up to the desk as soon as they beckoned by the concierge.

"Welcome to the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, I'm Layla. How may I help you this evening?"

"Hi, I'm Tori Vega and I've booked a room here," Tori said pulling out her wallet from her purse.

"I need to see the credit card this room was booked with and a state ID." The concierge stated, smiling at them both but she kept her eyes on André longer. Tori nodded stiffly.

"Here," Tori said handing over the card and ID to the girl who smiled checking the information and then making a few clicks with her mouse.

"Well here you go, reservation is for one night." Layla said handing the cards back to Tori. "Check out time is by 12 pm."

"Okay," Tori said, placing the cards back into her wallet. "Room service is twenty-four hours, correct?"

"That's correct," Layla said, handing over two room keys. "Two guests, two keys."

"Good," Tori said handing one key over to André. "I have a question. My mom was supposed to check in a few hours ago but she doesn't respond back when I call her phone and I just want to make sure she made it okay. Do you mind checking?"

"Your mother wouldn't be Holly Vega?" Layla asked, without checking the computer. "I'm not suppose to give out information about guests staying in the hotel but I remember her checking in about an hour ago."

"Yeah, she is," Tori responded stunned at Layla's precise response. "Thank you, how did you remember her name with such ease?"

"I'm good with names," Layla responded smiling.

"Well thank you," Tori said before turning to André. "Come on let's freshen up before making our dinner reservations. Thanks Layla."

"You're welcome. If I see her do you want me to tell her you asked for her?" Layla asked.

"No, I'll just see her later in the night, she's bound to respond to my messages soon. She's probably just taking a shower but thank you," Tori said before grabbing Andre's hand and walking over to the elevators.

"Now, you are sneaky one Miss Vega," He said whispering as they stopped in front of the elevators. He pressed the up button. "Getting that information was smart."

"Thank you, I try." She said as the elevator doors open, they stepped in with two other guys. Tori showed the elevator guy their hotel key and he nodded, pressing the fifth floor button for them.

The elevator ride was a quick one thankfully. "Dinner is on me tonight," André said as they walked down the corridor down towards their room.

"No," Tori protested, as they stopped in front of their room. "We are here because of me and plus making my mom pay for our dinner is no big deal."

"Well I want to pay," He said, opening the door to their room, allowing her to go in first. "It's no big deal. It'll be a small dent in my bank account, my parents don't even notice what I do with my money anymore. So just let me do this."

His parent's barely noticed him anymore. Being the only child to a divorced couple can have it benefits and some downfalls as well. Both of his parents were always busy, one being a highly acclaimed neurosurgeon and the other a writer of highly sought after romance novels. Having parents with a busy schedules he tends to get shuffled back and forth between households but he lives with his mom most of the time.

His mom's career is more stable than his dad's seeing as he flies out a lot to do high risk surgeries, conferences and to attend seminars. His grandmother, who is legally mentally disabled, used to take care of him a lot when his parents were too busy. So now that she needs someone he was happy to be there for her.

"Are you sure?" She asked, as he closed the door behind him. "You don't have to."

"I don't but I want to," He stated as he walked up to her. "You know I'll do anything for you girl."

"I know," She said pulling him to her. "Thank you."

He placed a kiss on her forehead before looking around the room. "Not a bad room Tori."

"Yeah, well we deserve the best," She said as she sat on the bed.

"What if I had said no?" He asked as he sat on the seat across from the bed.

"I would have convinced Jade to spy with me," André nodded, knowing Jade would be the most willingly to go along with and the most understanding of why Tori was doing this. "But I knew you wouldn't say no."

"So sure of yourself?" He asked.

"No, I was sure of your love for me." She softly responded back.

"Glad you have no doubt about it because neither do I," He admitted. Tori knows him, better than anyone else, but saying that just made him completely nervous. He's told her that he's loved her before but not like that, not with everything they've admitted to a few minutes ago in the car ride over here adding on to.

She clears her throat. He know she's not ready for the conversation right now, maybe later. "We should get going, plus my mom has reservations at around the same time as us so that's a plus. We get to confirm who the guy is," she said, standing up grabbing her purse.

"Yeah, let's go." He said, happy that they'll finally see who Holly is with tonight and hopefully it really isn't an affair like Tori believes. He knew at this point he was lying to himself and he wonders how can Tori be so strong at this moment, when she's just about to confirm something that can potentially ruin her home life.

"Come on," she said, grabbing hold of his hand, pulling him towards the room's door to leave. "I want you fed and ready if I have a breakdown later on in the night and need some comforting."

"My arms are ready for cuddling anytime with you," He smirked at her and she just shook her head. "You know I'm here for you."

"I know," She said, squeezing his hand then reaching out with her other hand pressing the down elevator button. "Thanks."

He lifted their intertwined hands up to his mouth, softly pressing a kiss hand on her hand. She let out a soft audible gasp as the elevator doors open. "Anytime," he said.

They stepped into the elevator. "Main floor," Tori said to the elevator guy who just nodded pressing the M button. He noticed how tense Tori was during the short elevator ride and that confirmed for him, how scared she was of finding out the truth.

"Are you okay?" He asked, as they stepped out of the elevator.

"I will be once I find out the truth," she said, smiling at him as he guided them towards the restaurant's entrance. He stopped suddenly noticing the one person who shouldn't see them there, Holly Vega.

"Why you stopped?" Tori asked, following Andre's line of vision. "Oh shit."

She grabbed hold of him and turned him around, "We'll just wait here while she goes in. I was not expecting her to be outside when we got here. Why is she alone? I wanted her to be full on into dinner when we got seated."

"Okay," he agreed with her because what else can they do now. "I heard their dinner menu is good."

"Yeah, I hope so too." She said distracted as she continues to spy on her mom. "You're paying for it so you should be paying for a great meal."

"Exactly," he agreed, smiling down at his girl before kissing her head. She smiled up at him and that smile warmed his insides. He will never admit that out loud but Tori Vega had him under her spell.

"The coast is clear," She said stepping around him. "She went in and now's our turn."

"This is going to be a long night," He said as he followed her into the restaurant.

A/N: You guys don't even know how long I've been waiting to get the inspiration to write this story. Ever since I saw Crazy Ponnie, this idea has been on the back of my mind. This originally started as a one shot story but as I kept typing I realized that this would be more than a short one shot. Now it's become a multi-chapter story. Hope you enjoyed it guys, let me know what you think. If you liked it or not? Hope to update soon. Take care til next time lovely people.