Behind The Scenes

Wifi in the Sky

Tori pauses as she sees Beck requesting to chat with her. She figures that Jade probably left and now Beck's being the nice guy he is and wants to finish the project with her, except that when Beck pops up on her screen, Jade is in the background. Wearing a towel.

"Hey, Tori. Do you still need help with the script?"

"Um, yeah." Tori can't rip her eyes from Jade's form.

Beck seems to notice her staring past him because he turns around. "Hey, babe, you're on camera."

Jade barely spares a glance towards the computer. "Whatever."

"So where are you?" Beck asks as he tries to draw Tori's attention back to him.

Tori tries to refocus on Beck. "Right, um, the mom just got sucked into the closet."

"Okay, so what if she ends up in Orge city?"

The next time Tori looks back over to where Jade had been, she finds the spot empty. At least she'll be able to focus now. "I like that."

Tori is starting to feel like they're getting into a good rhythm when Jade appears back on screen with wet hair and black pjs. She curls up and places her head on Beck's thigh. Her eyes flutter shut and one hand curls under his thigh as if he's an actual pillow.

"Tori?" Beck wants to call Tori out, but he also doesn't want to make Jade uncomfortable. She obviously just needs to be with someone right now and pointing out that Tori is watching them like they're a zoo exhibit will only make her feel like she can't be here. "Tori."

"Uh-huh." Beck rolls his eyes as Tori's eyes follow his hand as he runs his fingers through Jade's hair. It took six months for him and Jade to work out how this was supposed to work. He always wanted to know why she was upset and would get frustrated when she said nothing. Then she would get tired of arguing with him and just go home, leaving them in an uncomfortable silence the next day. He knew that it was creating a divide between them, so one day he just didn't ask. And she stayed all night watching movies with him and eating popcorn. Sure, she was a little quiet, but she was also feeding him popcorn and cuddling with him and trying to hide her smile when he whispered all the things he loved about them, as a couple, in her ear. "What page are we on?"

"Um, 9. Just one left." Beck sighs in relief. He doesn't think he can play nice with Tori too much longer.

"Great, so how about they all wake up and it was a dream?" It's the worst ending to a script he can possibly think of, but it will probably eat up a page and Tori can type it up without him. "You don't need me for that, right?"

Tori's mouth hangs open at Beck's abruptness. It kind of feels like he's annoyed with her, but she's never known Beck to be annoyed. "Um, yeah. I can do-" Beck's already left the chat before she can finish.