The Outcasts: Origins

Chapter 2; The Writer and The Musician

Zack and Tori climb in through Tori's bedroom window. Zack makes sure his girlfriend is on steady feet before pulling himself in through the window. Once Zack has his feet on the ground, he slides the window shut before Tori wraps her arms around him. Zack presses his lips against Tori's forehead gently. She giggles and looks up at Zack and speaks. "We could've used the front door, my dad knew we'd be home late.". "I know, but climbing in a bedroom window is such an iconic trope of teenage romance.". Tori giggles at her boyfriend's remark. "You and your writing tropes."

The two fall onto Tori's bed and embrace each other. "Stay the night?" Tori asks with wide puppy eyes. Zack kisses her cheek. "My parents would kill me.". Zack sits up but Tori grabs the sleeve of his orange hoodie. "Please?" she begs, somehow making her eyes even wider than they already were. Zack looks away, giggling. "Must resist...adorable...cuteness..." he says in a fake strained voice. Tori grabs him and pulls him down into a tight hug, both of them giggling like little children.

After a while of cuddling, Zack sits up again. He gently rubs his hand across the small red marks that Tori left on his neck. He looks around Tor's room. He looks at the mountain of plushies next to her dark purple wardrobe. There's a desk on the other side of the wardrobe, with bookshelves filed with books and notebooks above it. On the desk is a keyboard, not a speck of dust on it, with a pair of headphones and a music book next to it.

Tori sits up and notices her boyfriend staring at the keyboard. She chuckles before getting up and walking over to it. She picks up the keyboard and headphones and then walks back over to the bed. She sits down next to Zack and pushes back her hair, running her hand through the brown as it fades into pink. She puts the headphones on before plugging them into the keyboard. She taps a few keys and nods to herself before removing the headphones and handing them to Zack.

Zack, confused, takes the headphones from Tori and puts them on, pushing back the brown spikes of his hair. Tori then taps a few keys, Zack hearing the notes through the headphones. Tori stops and looks at Zack. Zack gives her a thumbs up and then Tori continues to play, beautiful strings of notes hit Zack's ears to create a soft melody. Zack smiles softly and rests his head on Tori's shoulder as she continues to play the keyboard for only Zack to hear.