Butterflies 🦋 Beck Oliver

0.5 Tori Pass The Bird Scene

On my way to lunch, I see all of my new friends around Tori's locker.

"Ciao." I greet them with a blinding smile.

"Oh, Hey. Did you pass the Bird Scene?" Andre ask me.

"Yep." I responded, popping the p.

Tori groaned. "How did you pass but I didn't?"

I really wanted to tell her but the look Beck gave me was a warning.

I sighed and looked at Tori's dejected face. Putting my hand on her shoulder, I give her advice.

"Go for it again, Tori. Don't give up, you got it."

She looks at me then slightly smiles.

I glance at her locker. "So what's this?"

On her locker was a white board with a cup of dry erase markers.

Tori seemed to brighten up slightly. "This is my locker decoration. It's there so that people can write messages on them."

"I don't think that's such a good idea." Andre advises her.

Tori, again, looks dejected. "Why not?"

"Because people.." I start but pause when Jade walks to her locker and put 'Loser' on it.

"...can do that." Beck finished for me.

Tori whines, takes the dry erase board off her locker then storms away.

I shrug then walk towards where lunch is held.

Beck follows me and speaks.

"Hey, you know, that coffee date never happened."

I nod and smile at him.

"How about, instead of a coffee date, it's a lunch date?" I suggest.

Beck smiled a little brighter.

"I'd like that."

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On my lunch date with Beck, we laughed and shared funny stories from when we were little. I taught him more Italian and he told me that he was originally from Canada.

"I would love to visit there actually." I say.

Beck raises an eyebrow. "Why?"

"Think about it like this, when have you ever heard anything political, socially, or earth damaging about Canada. They are always neutral in wars, and the people are exceptionally nice. I had a friend back in Italy who studied abroad in Canada. She told me all about the people and the sites and the cities. It sounds magnifico." I gush.

Beck smiles at me as I rant. When I'm finished, he surprises me.

He leans over and caresses my cheek, letting his hand linger on my jawline.

"I will be going back some time during the holidays, care to come with me?"

I gasp. "Beck, I can't just leave my family for the holidays."

Beck thinks for a minute then smiles. "Okay, how about during Spring Break? It's technically not a holiday." He points out.

I smile brightly at him. "I'll ask my parents."

We continue on through lunch, only to realize that we have dance class in 5 minutes.

"Oh mio Dio! We are going to be so late!" I yell and rush to get my bag as Beck rushes to get his, and we're running towards our Hip Hop class, laughing the entire way.
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After dance class, we go back to Sikowits class to see Tori perform the bird scene for the third time.

She. Killed. It!

She had a real bird, a costume and everything!

She just totally screwed up when she asked for  approval.

I sigh disappointed as does Sikowitz.

"Listen, Tori-" He starts only to get cut off my Tori.

"You know what, I don't care what you think. I worked hard for this! I made this costume, I downloaded the stupid prairie I even trained the cockatoo bird to come and fly on command-" as if planned, the said cockatoo flew into the window"-not now!" Tori yells at the bird.

He flies right back out and I hold back a laugh.

"The scene I did was good. And I don't care what you have to say about it." Tori finally finished.

I looked towards Beck as he was sitting beside me with his arm around the back of my chair. He raises an eyebrow and does an expression as if to say, "well then."

"You...." Sikowitz trailed off,"...passed!"

"What?" Tori ask confused.

"Tori, the element of a true actor is to not ask for anyone's approval. It's great because he or she says that it's great. Believe in your own confidence." Sikowitz explains. He claps his hand and turns to the rest of the class.

"Now, act like your all old people stepping on broken glass!"

Getting up with the rest of the class, I yell out complaints while pretending to wince every time I put my foot on the floor. While doing so, I see Beck wink at me while acting. I grin back.

Yea, I think I'm gonna love it here.
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