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Chapter 5

Signal the sirens, rally the troops
Ladies and gentlemen,
It's the moment of truth

"Are you going to invite me in or have me standing out here all night?" Gary asked.

Tori groaned, annoyed. "Really dislike this guy," Tori whispered. "He is supposed to be my dad's partner, friend but look at what he's doing."

He nodded, though he knew that she wouldn't see it in the dark closet. "Jackass," Andre muttered.

"Yeah," Tori said.

"Um, yeah come in," Holly sputtered out.

"Now why does it sound like she wasn't expecting Gary," Andre said, hoping that his words would bring some comfort to Tori.

"You think?" Tori asked. "Well she did sound a bit surprised when she said his name," he said.

"I really wish we could see what was going on instead of just hearing," Tori said.

"Yeah," he agreed, as he heard the hotel room slam shut. "Holly, I was hoping that we could talk," Gary said.

"Gary, what are you even doing here?" Holly demanded. "He'll be here soon and you aren't suppose to be here."

"I'm here fighting for the woman I love," Gary said.

Tori gasped at that admission. "Is my mom seeing someone else?" Tori asked. "Great, how many men did she cheat on my dad with?"

"Well," Andre began but he couldn't find the right words.

"Gary, we talked about this before," Holly began then paused, she sighed. "What we had, it's over. I made my decision and I had hoped you would respect that."

"Respect what?" Gary inquired. "That you want to throw away everything we had worked on the past few months. We have great chemistry, we work well together. I love you and you love me."

"No, Gary what happened it should have never even began," Holly explained. "You and I should have been just friends from the beginning, which it did start out like that. Which is something great relationships start from, a good friendship."

"Exactly, great relationship something we could be," Gary interrupted her.

"No," Holly hissed. "Gary what you and I had, was great really I love you. I can't deny that, as much as I want to just forget it, I developed real feelings for you over the past few months. They've been great months, our talks, the dinners, everything was good but-"

"But nothing," Gary said. "You know everything I'll do for you, you enjoy my company as much as I do yours. What is bullshit you wanting to throw everything we had these past few months."

"And I'm suppose to throw away a relationship of over twenty-three years because you gave me a few months of happiness, that's crap," Holly stated.

Tori squeezed his hand tightly at that revelation. "She's still with dad," Tori rejoiced. "She wants to be with my dad."

"Yeah. Exactly, I gave you happiness not David," Gary sounded agitated, which made Andre beam with pride at Holly's stance on saving her marriage.

"Oh go to hell, David has given me the most wonderful twenty-three years of my life. We have two beautiful girls together, that's my husband and I love him," Holly explained, angrily. "I was in the wrong. I shouldn't have let you text me, I shouldn't have continued all those conversations. He was hurt by this whole situation. This wonderful man who has done nothing but love me and our daughters unconditionally, well maybe not so much Trina but you know it's Trina. But yeah, I chose David. Respect that."

"I respect that you had a long marriage. You love him, I get that. How can you not love the father of your children, the man you spent most of your life with but how can you expect me to just let you go?" Gary asked. "You're the best thing that's happened to me in years. You are stunningly gorgeous. When I met you years ago just after I became David's partner on the force, all I thought at that moment was wow, David is lucky. I envied him for having you. He spoke about you and your family with such love, that I couldn't help but want that. But I never could, I could never find the right woman. No one, I mean no one I was with I fell for and then you and I began to talk and I felt like yes this was right."

"You felt like it was right?" Holly asked. "From the start? I felt disgusted at myself for letting you text me those things, I felt good when you called me beautiful and you said all those kind words. But I knew it wasn't right because you weren't him. I shouldn't have continued on but I did and I regret it. Do you know how hard it was to tell him what was going on between you and I?"

"I know he didn't take it well," Gary interrupted. "I had a black eye for a week because of it."

"You deserved it," Tori and Andre muttered at the same time, causing them both to grin.

"You're lucky he didn't send you to the hospital," Holly sighed. "Gary, what are you doing here? I'm not the one for you, I'm sorry that I led you on but David will always be the one for me. I can't see a day without waking up next to him. When I told him everything, he left me and the girls. He left and that broke me."

"He left?" Andre asked. "I didn't know that," Tori stated. "I didn't know he left."

"How do you not notice your father's absence?" Andre questioned.

"I don't know," Tori groaned. "He was away for some training thing, for a few weeks. Maybe that's it."

"Good job Tor," Andre mused, which in turn she hit him for. "Bastard," she grunted.

"Holly," Gary began but Holly cut him off. "Don't, Gary just accept the fact that we can't be. I'm the not the one for you, you can still find whoever is right for you out there. I'm just not her. I'm sorry because I know I'm hurting you but I can't be with you, I'm not in love with you."

"You think it's David that you want but you are just scared because he's been there, he has always been there for you and the girls. He can't even leave you, he came back to you even though you cheated. But Holly I am certain I can be that person. He's a sense of security for you and come on, why do you even want to go back to a man who is pathetic enough that can forgive you that easily for hurting him. That's not a strong man, that's a-"

"Shut up," Holly snapped. "You aggravate me so much. You are nothing like David, you aren't better than David. I wouldn't be better with you, I would be worse off. He is a strong man, a great husband and an incredible father. He forgave but he hasn't forgotten you dimwit. He loves me much more than you ever could. The time he was away from our home, you know he asked for space and I gave it to him. He was so hurt, distraught with everything but he loved me and our girls so much that he would call or text me each day just to make sure we were okay.

"I hurt him," Holly cried. "And he still loves me enough to forgive me. So I mean it when it Gary, when I say it's David, it'll always be David."

"I don't like seeing you cry," Gary stated.

"I can't help it," Holly sniffled. "Sometimes I just think wow, how can I have done this to the man I love. The love of my life, how can I be so unfaithful to him."

"I just, I figured I would give this one last shot. I mean I get it, sorry for troubling you this evening," Gary said. "I'll just leave now before he arrives."

"That would be best, I couldn't handle another confrontation," Holly said. "Come on, he should be here soon."

"So your mom chose your dad," Andre smiled at the new discovered information. "I'm glad."

"No, my dad decided to still be with my mom," Tori proudly stated. "Sometimes the love you have for someone can help you forgive something so painful."

"Yeah," Andre agreed, pulling Tori towards him. "Love is a powerful force."

"Goodbye Holly," Gary said. Tori began to pull away from Andre's hold.

"Where are you going?" Andre questioned, trying to keep his hold on her.

"I need to watch as she closes the door behind the bastard who almost destroyed my family," Tori pulled away and walked towards the door.

"What!" he made a grab for her but he missed in the dark. "You'll be revealing that we are here."

"Don't worry about that, they both aren't paying attention to the closet door opening," she said as she slowly pushed the closet door open.

As his eyes adjusted to the light streaming in through the small gap, he realized he wanted to see Mrs. Vega close the door behind that jackass as well.

"I want to see this too," he whispered as he walked towards the door.

"Hover over," she whispered, as he peaked out. "Great view of the drama," he said, as he watched on.

"Bye Gary," Holly said, opening the door. "Have a nice life."

"Yes Gary, have a nice life," David said as he walked through the doorway. "Away from me and my family."

"Dad," Tori whispered, Andre placed a hand on Tori's shoulder giving her a comforting squeeze.

"David, I-" Holly began but David just waved it off. He gently pried Holly's hand away from the door handle and closed the door.

"Don't bother," David said, with a smile. "I get it. He was just leaving and I'm staying, forever."

David pointedly looked at Gary, smirking. "David, great to see you," Gary said. "I was just having a conversation with your wife over the past few months."

"Must be a great chat that she's telling you to leave and to have a nice life," David quipped.

Gary glared at David. "Well I'm a guy who knows when to walk away. I mean you forgave her for cheating on you, I don't think I could ever be that guy but hey you are confident enough that you would allow that to happen. I wish you the best and that the next time she cheats on you'll have the balls to walk away."

David took a step towards Gary but Holly stepped forward blocking his path. "No," she told David poking him in the chest. "You are better than this," she said before turning to face Gary. "You, you are pathetic fool."

"You fell for this pathetic fool," Gary smirked at the pair. "You wanted this, you wanted a life away from him with me. So I'm the fool who fell for you, for your words."

Holly glared at him. "Gary, from the start I told you I couldn't promise you anything," she said. "Our conversations were innocent until it got to a point that those conversations should have never gotten to."

"Well too late," Gary said. "You turned out to be just a woman who was seeking attention. You got it, you loved it but what? Did you get discovered? Is that what made you 'confess' it all to this dumbass?"

"Honestly it was Tori," Holly answered. "Trina didn't notice. David kind of got that there was a distance but yeah it was all Tori."

"Look at that muchacha you helped your mom tell your dad the truth without even realizing it," Andre whispered as Tori smiled at him.

"Tori?" David questioned. "She knew?"

"No," Holly quickly stated. "Well maybe, yes. Not that I told her or that she discovered us but she would give me these looks. Whenever I was texting Gary or just when I make these comments and it was like the wheels in her head were turning. She probably did figure it out. That's what I thought, wow my daughter knows I'm having an affair and she isn't saying anything about it."

"Maybe she approved," Gary stated.

"Never," Tori hissed. "Tor, calm down," Andre said.

"You wish," David glared at him. "Tori doesn't care for you. A little while back she even asked if I really trusted you and I told her yes. She didn't say anything after that but she gave me a weird look, followed by a reassuring smile. Now I get it, she was just trying to look out for her old man and she probably did figure you out Holly."

"Great, my daughter probably thinks I'm a slut," Holly whined.

"You sure acted like one," Gary coughed.

Before Holly could even try to attempt to block David, he had walked around her and punched Gary. "Go Mr. Vega," Andre cheered while Tori winced at the action. "No dad," she said.

"Great punch David, who knew you actually had the strength to hit like a man," Gary said touching the left side of his face. "You clearly weren't man enough for your wife."

David punched him once more. "David!" Holly exclaimed. "Stop it!"

"Keep them coming Dave," Gary mused him on. "Maybe you'll do some damage. I mean really I don't get why Holly says you are a great man, a father when you can't even provide them with happiness."

"Bastard," David said before punching Gary once more. "Come at me, say what you want but guess what? You could have said what you said to her all these past months, all those dates meant nothing because at the end of the day she still picked to be with me. Me, not you."

"I think she's just doing it for the girls and not because of you," Gary spat out. "You took her back but you know what? Before that she thought it was over with you. She asked me for time because she couldn't be with me but she was with me until that point, when she told you the truth. So I think she's pities you and you'll get it when she lets the next guy fuck her."

"Asshole," David leered at him. "Watch your mouth. You are talking about my wife."

"She sure wasn't acting like it til a couple weeks ago. She sure wanted to be under me and not-" David didn't let him finish, as he punched his face once more.

"You are going to need a plastic surgeon when I'm done with you," David said, delivering another punch to Gary's stomach. "You are going to regret your words."

He punched Gary's face once more, the force throwing Gary off his feet and he fell to the floor. David delivered a kick to Gary's stomach area.

"David just stop it," Holly begged as David kicked Gary once more.

"He deserves this and much more," David grunted before turning away from the guy. "But you are right, I'll stop."

"You are pathetic," Gary said as he attempted to get up from the floor. "Hit me like you want to."

"I hit you the way I want to, you'll end up in the hospital," David stated.

"Ha," Gary smirked. "Well I should get going. This has been fun."

"Yes," Holly exhaled. "Leave, you don't belong here. How did you even know to come here?"

"I overheard David talking to Rogers about his plans for the evening so I decided to come here myself. To talk some sense into you Holly," Gary smiled at her. "You'll realize soon that you want me and not him."

"Never," Holly glared at him.

"I'll be seeing you soon Holly," Gary said as he slowly walked towards the door.

"Just get out," David said.

"David," Gary said turning back to face him. "What?" David asked.

"When she's with you, just remember she'll be thinking of how it would have been like with me," Before David could respond, Gary punched him.

"No!" Holly yelled as that was the catalyst that started a full out brawl between the two. Punches were being thrown with full force and Holly stood by watching as these two men went at it. She yelled at them to stop but there was no stopping by the two.

Before Andre could react Tori was running out of the closet, shocking Holly. "Tori!" she yelled out. "What are you doing here? Where did you come from?"

"Closet," Tori pointed towards the door that Andre stepped out of. He sheepishly smiled at Holly as he gave her a quick wave.

"Dad stop it!" Tori yelled, hoping that her voice would stop him. David delivered one last blow to Gary's nose after hearing Tori's voice.

"Babygirl," David said, stepping towards Tori. "What are you doing here?"

"Visiting," Tori said, giving him her best innocent smile.

"You were hiding in the closet," Holly stated. "How did you even get in the room? How did you know I was going to be in the hotel tonight?"

Andre joined Tori's side. "Well I have my ways. I found out a couple weeks back that you would be here tonight and well, I was curious," Tori said. "I mean I figured it was Gary that you were having an affair with but I just wanted to confirm it."

"Tori," Holly began but Tori just held up her hand. "I don't want to hear it mom," Tori said. "I heard enough."

"Great it's a little family reunion," Gary said, as he slowly got up from the floor. "If you don't mind, I'll freshen up in the bathroom before leaving."

Tori glared at him as he walked into the bathroom. "Bastard," Tori muttered.

"Heard that sweetheart," Gary said.

"Ignore him," Holly said, waving Gary off. "Now what are you two doing here?"

Andre and Tori shared a look before Tori turned to face her parents. She attempted to look as innocent as possible.

"Like I said before I saw that you were going to be here and I wanted to know once and for all what was going on," Tori confessed. "I mean I thought it was Gary, just to find out you were having an affair with Gary but you ended it because you really just want to be with dad. But yeah all this information is a bit overwhelming, plus seeing your dad beat up the jerk who almost broke up your family is a great sight. Good job dad."

"Thanks," Her dad grunted as he plopped himself down on the bed.

"Lucky punches," Gary called out but everyone just ignored him.

"Oh honey, I didn't want you to find out about Gary," Holly walked over to Tori but Tori took a step away from her reach. "Tori, I-"

Tori shook her head at her mother. "Mom, I'm happy that you want to be with dad now but I'm angry and hurt by all of this," Tori looked over at her dad. "I just learned so much tonight that I had been hoping for months wasn't true."

Holly reached out trying to comfort her distraught daughter but Tori moved away from her touch. "Tori, I never meant to hurt you but-"

"Don't," Tori cut her off. "But you did, you hurt me. You hurt dad and thank goodness Trina is oblivious to all of this because she would have been hurt too. Jeesh, mom what were you thinking? Were you even thinking at all? Were his words that good that they got you in his bed? Because fuck this mom, fuck this whole situation. You are a-"

"Tori, that's enough," David bellowed. "You respect your mother."

"Tor," Andre said as he moved towards her. He knew that look in her eyes, she was about to breakdown. He wanted to be by her side just in case she broke down. "You are saying a lot of things right now that you don't mean."

"No I mean them," Tori glared up at her mother. "I mean every single word and that's what hurts because I never thought I would say anything remotely close to what I've said and want to say to her and really mean them."

"Tori Anne Vega," David yelled, her scowl disappeared as she turned to face him and was met with a disappointed look. "You shut your mouth now or you're grounded."

"Fine," Tori looked back at her mother. "Dad might have forgiven you but I'm sure forgetting is a hard task and just know that I won't forgive you so easily."

"Alright, young lady you are asking for it," David warned but Holly held up her hand towards him, signalling him to stop.

Holly sighed. "I know Tori," Tears flowed freely from Holly's eyes. "Take all the time you need, I gave your dad time and I give you all the time you'll possibly need."

Tori scoffed. "For the past few months I've been angry at you but I kept it all inside because I couldn't actually accuse you of anything and I kept just saying it's all in my head. But to find out that I was right and you were willing to hurt someone just like that is so fucking frustrating and-"

"Stop cursing," David commanded.

"It was frustrating to see it all and not have anyone else see it," Tori ranted. "Were you two even going to tell Trina and I or was it going to be just a big secret?"

"We decided to not share anything with you girls," David spoke up. "We decided it was best to not worry you two and plus you wouldn't have any resentment against your mother."

"Too late for that," Andre said and David glared at him. "Not helping got it."

"I'm truly sorry Tori," Holly said.

Tori nodded. "I know you are," she responded.

"Lovely family chat but I'm not needed," Gary said walking out of the bathroom.

There was a chorus of agreements with the statement. "Leave," Holly said walking over to the door and opening it.

"Fine," Gary said. "Happily, remember to call me when this whole charade crumbles and David finally gets the balls to leave you."

"Goodbye Gary," Holly gritted her teeth irritated, she gladly slammed the door shut after he stepped out of the room.

"Glad he's gone," Andre said as he took a seat on the bed next to David.

"Now," David turned to face Andre. "You two," Andre sheepishly smiled at his future father-in-law. "How did you two get in here?"

"Talked the girl downstairs to giving me the key to the room," Andre explained quicker than Tori could possibly even think to open her mouth.

"Andre!" She glared at him. "I told her I was Holly's daughter and well Andre flirted and we got the key."

"I'm Holly now?" Holly questioned.

Tori sneered at her mother. "Well you are a couple of things that if said out loud could get me kicked out of my home so really lets not get into it."

"Now you might be mad at me but you have no right to-" Holly snapped at Tori.

"Shut up!" Tori yelled, surprising everyone in the room. This was not the Tori they all knew, she was always so respectful and kind.

"Alright Tor," Andre said getting up. "Time to go. You need to cool off. You are acting like a gank towards your mother and you need to respect her."

"Respect someone that didn't respect herself or her family, now that's rich," Tori scoffed at Andre, who walked up to her.

"Alright baby," he tried to look into her eyes but she averted her gaze down to the floor. "Tori look at me," he tilted her chin up to face him. The look in her eyes broke his heart, tears welled up in her eyes and he felt his chest tighten. "Stop it."

She didn't say anything but a few tears escaped her eyes. He wiped away those few stray tears. "Okay so you are hurt and we all get that but you need to stop it. You want to hurt her, don't you?" She hesitated but nodded. "I know you do and you know it'll get you nowhere but grounded and that's not fair to you or to me."

Tori let out a shaky laugh. "Why not you?"

He looked over at Mr and Mrs. Vega who was were both look expectantly at the pair than back at Tori. "If you get grounded," Andre started but was cut off by David. "Which she is," David added. "Two weeks."

"Dad!" Tori protested.

"David no. One weekend," Holly said.

"See Tor, you got yourself grounded," Andre said and Tori just rolled her eyes at him. "This weekend or next?"

"Next," Holly said before David could respond.

"Alright," Andre responded. "I can work with that."

"With what?" David questioned, confused.

"Clearly there have been some developments with their relationship," Holly said, taking a seat on the bed next to her husband.

"Sort of," Andre responded. "Working on that."

"Good," Holly smiled at the pair. "So you lied Tori?"

"Hmm," Tori looked over at her mother. "What are you talking about?"

"About needing me tonight, when you texted. You didn't need me to come home," Holly voice cracked a bit.

"Well I wasn't home, I was at the bar when I sent you the text," Tori responded. "I just wanted to see what you did and you didn't do anything but text me back. I kind of wanted to see if I was more important than whatever what was going to happen tonight. Kind of realized I wasn't."

"What?! No!" Holly got off the bed quickly, making her way over to Tori. Andre moved away from Tori to give Holly some space. "After that text I was going to tell your dad when he got here that we needed to leave that you needed me. I'm sorry that you felt like I was choosing some guy over you, even if it was your dad, I would pick you over him any day."

"Hey!" David said.

Tori shook her head at her mothers words. "You are lying," she cried. "You are a liar."

"Tori," Knowing that he really should just let Tori calm down away from her mother, Andre stepped towards her. "Alright with your permission Mr. and Mrs. Vega, I think it's time to take Tori out of here. To get her calm and collected, so she can grasp the idea of how her words are hurtful and she needs to shut it before she's grounded til graduation."

"Take her," David responded.

Andre nodded. "We'll be upstairs," Andre spoke as he grabbed Tori's hand. "We are just one flight up, 502 if you need us."

"You two have a hotel room?" Holly questioned.

"Yeah, I booked it seeing as I had to spy on you to get the truth out," Tori said.

"Alright snarky, let's go," Andre said. "Don't worry Mr. and Mrs. Vega no funny business. We'll just be sleeping, I'll even be sleeping on the floor."

David gave him a wary look but nodded. "You better, don't forget I'm a cop and well I know where you live."

"Yes sir," Andre said pulling Tori towards the door.

"Goodnight daddy," Tori said.

"Goodnight Tori," her dad responded and then cleared his throat.

David looked over at his upset wife. "Tori stop," David stated and Andre froze as they reached the door. "Say goodnight to your mother as well."

Tori grunted but complied. "Goodnight mother," she said before opening the hotel room door and stomping out of the room. She dragged Andre out with her, who tried to wave goodbye as he was pulled out the door.

He knew Tori could hear Mrs. Vega crying as they walked towards the stairwell and he wondered what has gotten into this girl that she's blatantly disregarding her mother with such ease.

She doesn't stop until they get to their hotel room. "Open it," she demanded and he glared at her. She had her own key why was she being so rude.

But he doesn't protest, he opened the door with his own key. "Your highness," he said, as he held the door open for her.

She throws her clutch across the room surprising him. "What the hell?" he questioned closing the door.

He watched the clutch hit the wall and fall down to the ground. "What's wrong with you?" he demanded.

"I don't know," Tori cried out before her legs gave out and she fell to the floor crying.

He rushed over to her, collecting her in his arms. "I've got you," he whispered.

A/N: Well that's a side to Tori we didn't expect now did we? Hope you enjoyed this and there is more to come. Thanks to those that have added this story to their favs list or story alerts list or will do so, it means a lot. And thank you to those that review they really do encourage me to keep on writing, all of you do and I'll try my best to update soon.