Hey guys! I'm sorry about that long delay! It's just that when I came back from camp, I sort of lost inspiration for any of my fics, so I put them all on hiatus or deleted them. But I watched a Beck/Jade video on YouTube today, and I got re-inspired. So here's the next chapter. Hope I don't disappoint! Read and review, please. (:

Tori tossed and turned every night for the next week. Every time she closed her eyes and attempted to sleep, she would remember that she and Andre were no longer a couple. They were on a break, whatever that meant. Did that mean they could date other people? She didn't understand the whole concept. But every single time she thought about it, her eyes would open once again, and she would be much too worried and upset to sleep.

It became apparent that she was getting worse and worse as every day went by. Trina and Cat had both moved out, so now she was alone with her parents in that big house, and she felt more lonely than ever. She didn't have anyone to talk to late at night. She used to walk over to Trina's room and wake her up if something was bothering her. They would talk through it, even though Trina gave the worst advice in the world, but somehow, it made Tori feel better. Now, with Trina and Cat gone, she only had herself. Her parents were hardly ever at home.

Tori stopped eating as much, simply because every time she tried to, she started feeling sick and suddenly didn't want anything. Her lack of sleep made her sluggish in everything that she did every day for the next week. She had to meet up with Andre for rehearsals, and she couldn't even look at him the whole time they were rehearsing. She would stand on one side of the stage, and he would stand on the other, and they would ignore each other for the most part, unless there was a problem with the song that needed to be fixed. At the moment, they didn't have any major shows to do together, but Trina had begged them to play at her housewarming party that Friday night. She thought that more people would show up if they knew Andre would be there. So, currently, they were only rehearsing for that.

Tori and Andre got to Trina and Cat's apartment early that Friday to set up, while Trina rushed in and out of her bedroom asking everyone's opinions on different outfits that she tried on. Jade told her that she hated every single one of them, but Trina always scowled at her and turned to everyone else, who really didn't seem to care what she was wearing.

"You guys!" Trina exclaimed after the tenth outfit. "There's a movie producer coming here tonight, and he said I could possibly get the lead in the new movie he's working on. I need to make a good first impression!" She growled something under her breath and then stomped back into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her.

Tori sighed as everyone else began chatting as if nothing had just happened. She glanced over at Andre, who was hooking up the microphones right in front of the huge window with the the beautiful view of Hollywood. She didn't want to sing tonight. She was feeling terrible, and she hadn't had any sleep in an entire week. Her face was paler than it usually was, and there were dark circles under her eyes that she just couldn't cover up, no matter how much make-up she put on over it. Her brown eyes weren't jumping with excitement as they usually were. She looked no better than a corpse, and she wondered how she had ever become famous. She didn't look like a star, and she didn't feel like a star. She wasn't a star. She was fooling herself. It took much more than talent to be famous.

"You ready?" Andre asked from beside her, and she jumped. She hadn't realized that he had been so close to her. He looked up from the wires that he was messing with, a small smile playing on his lips.

"Yeah," Tori answered quietly, trying to return a smile. She thought he loved her. How could he be pretending that nothing had happened? It had only been a week. "Yeah, what are we singing first again?"

"Well, I think we're going to start on covers, and then we can move into my original stuff, if that's okay," Andre replied, but he didn't wait for her opinion on what was going down for the night. He turned away from her and started to play her keyboard loudly so that everyone had to shout over it if they wanted to be heard.

Tori sighed again and sat down on the speaker that Andre had already set up. She didn't speak to him again until people started knocking on the door and entering the apartment, more excited to see Andre and his new music partner than to see Trina's new apartment. Half of the people that showed up didn't even know who Trina and Cat were, but Trina didn't care. She just liked looking popular.

"We're still singing that song for Beck, right?" she asked, as Andre was about to walk up to the microphone and announce the first song.

Andre turned around to look at her, obviously confused about what she was talking about, and then a look of realization passed over his face. "Yeah, of course. We'll throw it in there somewhere. He's pushing this marriage thing a little bit much, don't you think? I mean, what's the point of getting married? It's stupid."

Tori rolled her eyes and stepped up to her microphone. She knew that he was only saying that because he was bitter, but why was he saying it to her? He must actually be mad at her. She was at least glad that she was getting some sort of reaction out of him. She would rather him be mad at her than for him to ignore her. He announced his presence, introduced Tori, and then after lots of applause from the guests at the party, Andre started in on their first song. It was Auburn's "Perfect Two", a song that they were supposed to duet together, but Tori ended up singing the whole thing by herself. They really should have thought their set list through a little more before they got to the party.

Robbie approached Cat nervously, hoping that none of his friends were paying any attention to them. It didn't seem like they were. Tori was completely lost in the song, although she did send a few glances in Andre's direction. It didn't matter if Andre saw anything. Jade and Beck were in the corner of the room talking, and Trina was laughing about something that her movie producer friend had just said. Since no one was paying attention, he thought that it would be safe.

"Hey, Cat? You wanna dance with me?" he asked, glancing around again just in case.

Cat giggled and stood up on her tiptoes to kiss him. When Robbie tried to stop her, she only pulled him closer. "No one's looking," she said, and that was good enough for him. If she didn't care, neither did he. "Hey, Robbie? You're the apple to my pie." She giggled again and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Robbie smiled at her and rested his forehead against hers. "And you're the smoke to my high."

Cat returned the smile and wondered if maybe she needed to tell him that she loved him. She did, after all. She had never felt like this around any other boy. She wanted to be with him forever, or as long as he wanted to be with her. She didn't care, just as long as he was around. What better time could there be to tell him? Now would be perfect. "I love you," she whispered against his lips.

Robbie's eyes widened as he moved away from her, not sure if he had heard her correctly. "Um…what?" he asked, his voice shaking just as much as the rest of his body was.

Cat frowned. "I said I love you." Her eyes weren't bright and exuberant like they usually were. She looked a little hurt at his reaction, but then she reminded herself that perhaps he seriously didn't hear what she had said.

"Hmm…" Robbie said, looking down at the ground and around the room, pretty much anywhere that wasn't at Cat. He couldn't think of anything to say to her. Sure, he loved her, but didn't that mean that he was committing himself to her? Robbie had never been in a real relationship before. He didn't know how they worked. He had been afraid of girls ever since he had been turned down for the first time, and he had grown to be afraid of commitment. "Um…thank you," he said, before awkwardly walking away and leaving Cat in a state of utter confusion.

After a couple more songs, Tori and Andre decided to take a break for just a minute or so. As Tori walked to the edge of the makeshift stage to grab her water bottle, a woman about the same age as her approached her with a tiny smile on her face. Tori lowered her water bottle from her mouth and waved to the girl, but then she noticed that this woman looked a lot like Chelsea. She didn't think it was actually Chelsea, though. She had heard on the entertainment news that Chelsea had pretty much disappeared off the map. But this girl looked almost exactly like her. She had the caramel-colored skin and the dark, wavy hair with the beautiful eyes and the perfect body. Tori almost dropped her bottle as she realized the resemblance, but then the girl spoke. It wasn't Chelsea.

"Hi, I'm Hayley," she said, her plumped pink lips parting to show off a beautiful white smile. "I just wanted to tell you that you and Andre sound absolutely amazing together. And don't take this the wrong way, but aren't you the girl whose name he said at his wedding instead of Chelsea's?"

Tori spit out her water all over the stage and laughed. She had almost forgotten that that was the reason Andre wasn't married now. It was so distressful just a mere two months ago, and now it was kind of humorous. "Yes, that's me. It was a simple mistake, though. He really loved Chelsea, not me." The words hurt as they came out of her mouth, but she pushed back the pain and put on a smile.

"Really?" Hayley questioned, her smile turning a little mischievous. "So you guys aren't involved with each other or anything?"

Tori knew where this was leading to. Hayley was interested in Andre. "Um…no, we're not. We just broke up, actually. He's single."

"You think I'd have a shot?" Hayley asked. She looked like she was about to jump out of her own skin she was so excited.

Tori shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe-" She was interrupted by Andre tapping her on the shoulder and gesturing for her to come back to the stage. Hayley waved to him, and he waved back with a smile. Tori felt sick to her stomach. He wasn't seriously moving on after one week, was he?

"This song was requested by my best friend, Beck Oliver," Andre said into the microphone as he began playing a soft, slow tune.

Jade looked over at Beck in confusion, wondering why he would have requested any song. He got up from the couch, dragging Jade with him, and she continued watching Andre with interest. She recognized the tune, but she couldn't remember what song it was.

Forever can never be long enough for me

Feel like I've had long enough with you

Forget the world now, we won't let them see

But there's one thing left to do

Now that the weight has lifted,

Love has surely shifted my way

Marry me

Jade knew exactly what song it was. It was by Train. She had always liked the song, even though it didn't seem like something she would like. As she looked over at Beck to ask him what was going on, she saw that he was down on one knee, that beautiful engagement ring in his hands and a hopeful glint in his eyes. Jade hadn't fully comprehended the song, but as Andre continued singing the chorus, she knew. This was the first proposal plan that she hadn't caught on to before it had happened. Everyone around them was looking in their direction, some people looking almost as hopeful as Beck, and some of the girls whispering angrily as if they expected him to be with someone better.

"Will you marry me?" Beck asked, when she didn't say anything for a long moment. "Please?"

Jade honestly had not seen this coming. A small smile formed on her lips, and she almost felt like crying, but not quite. "I didn't ruin it this time."

"I know," Beck said. "I was surprised that this actually worked. So…?"

Jade glanced up at the stage and saw that Tori was looking over at them as well as she sang back-up. She smiled and gave Jade a thumbs-up, and then Jade looked back at Beck. "Fine, I will. But it's only because you won't leave me alone."

Beck smiled wider than he ever had before as he got up from the floor and placed the ring on her finger before pulling her into a kiss. A few people around them clapped, while some of the girls were still upset. "Jade, you're crying," Beck said as soon as he let go of her.

Jade frowned and reached up to wipe away the tears that were now falling down her cheeks. "No, I'm not. It's allergies. Shut up," she said, hitting him and turning to walk away, but he engulfed her in a hug before she could move too far.

"And now, I think the moment calls for this song," Tori said into the microphone. She looked at Andre, who was looking back at her in confusion, but then he understood. He started playing a more upbeat tune, and then Tori began to sing.

It's always been about me, myself, and I

I thought relationships were nothing but a waste of time

I never wanted to be anybody's other half

I was happy saying I had a love that wouldn't last

That was the only way I knew 'til I met you

You make me wanna say

I do, I do, I do-

"Vega!" Jade exclaimed, looking at her in disgust. "You're ruining the moment."

"Sorry!" Tori called back to her happily. She knew Jade wasn't actually mad at her. "We'll take another break because I'm kind of hungry, and I wanna congratulate my friends." She walked off stage and headed to the back of the room where Beck and Jade were. Cat and Robbie followed closely after her, but Andre was nowhere to be seen. As they all said their congratulations to them, Tori looked around the incredibly crowded room for Andre. Why hadn't he come over to talk to Beck and Jade? Beck was supposed to be his best friend.

And then she spotted him. He was just in front of the stage talking to that Hayley girl. A small pain throbbed in her chest as she watched Hayley throw her head back in laughter and playfully hit Andre. It wasn't jealousy, she told herself. She was not jealous. They were on a break, whatever that meant. They were not a couple. She couldn't care if another girl was interested in him. He wasn't hers; he could do what he wanted to do. She took a deep breath and tried to pretend they weren't there, and eventually, she turned back to all of her friends with a fake smile and continued to share her dwindling excitement in the engagement.

Eventually, Jade got tired of everyone and told them to go away, so Tori walked back over to the stage. As she took a sip from her water bottle and looked out the window at the stars that she could barely see in the sky, she spotted two people walking on the sidewalk hand-in-hand. She bent down and squinted her eyes a little, and she realized that it was Andre and Hayley. She was leading him down the street, away from Trina's apartment building, and he was letting her take him when he knew he had a show to finish. As Tori rose up again and looked around the room, which was still crowded, she knew that there would be no more live music for the night. Andre was gone.