Every Beat of your Heart Makes a Song in Mine (A Victorious Story)

Chapter One

Tori Vega wiped the rest of her stage makeup off of her face, trying to see if there was any that she missed.

Cat Valentine was right beside her in the dressing room, digging through her makeup bag.

"Hey, Tori, have you seen my compact mirror?" Cat asked, dumping all her makeup supplies out onto the table to look through the contents to find her mirror.

Looking over at her friend, Tori asked, "didn't you lose it five minutes ago, too?"

Cat nodded. "It was in the bathroom last time, but I already checked there." She replied in a bit of a pouty tone.

Tori smiled. "Go ask Jade if she's seen it, or try checking the outer pockets of your bag." She advised, before looking back at her reflection and scrubbing the face wipe at a stubborn bit of face paint. Tonight had been the final night of Sikowitz's most recent show, "The Show Must go On." Tori had played the role of a science teacher who turned into a zombie, which may sound strange at first, but Tori was actually proud of Sikowitz for coming up with it, it was one of his simpler plot points in the story.

Cat opened the outer pocket of her makeup bag, sliding her compact out of the inside slot.

"Oh, there it is!!!" Cat said with that innocent, child-like giggle of hers. "Thanks, Tori! I thought I lost it!!"

"Even if you did, they're not that expensive at the Dollar Store." Tori pointed out, before helping Cat pack up the rest of her stuff back into her bag.

"Have a bit of trouble getting the last of that stage makeup off?" Cat asked, noticing some places where Tori's face paint had stained her face a bit.

Tori laughed. "Yeah, I think so. The rest should come off when I shower tonight, though."

Cat nodded, picking up a tube of lipstick. "Hey, my Barbie girl lipstick!! I thought I lost this when I was seven!!!" She exclaimed, taking off the cap to reveal a rather dried out tube of pastel pink lipstick. "Aww, what happened to it?" Cat asked, disappointed that it was unusable.

Tori giggled. "Maybe nine years was a year too many." She joked, taking an eyeshadow palette and placing it into the bag.

A knock came at the door, not unusual after the final performances. "Come in!" Cat called, at the same time that Tori said, "It's open!!!"

The door opened to reveal Robbie, Rex, and Andre, still in costume.

"Y'all totally killed it, tonight." Andre said, hugging Tori and Cat as they ran up to him. "You made a Sikowitz story actually enjoyable to watch!!!"

"My favorite part was the scene when Jade told Cat to shut up. She should do that more often." Rex said.

Tori turned back to her friend. "Don't listen to him, Cat. You were awesome." Cat gave Tori a friendly smile as a reply, and then went back to organizing her makeup.

"By the way, Tori. Robbie, Rex and I are headed to Karaoke Dokie after we change out of our costumes. You and Little Red wanna join?" Andre asked.

"Thanks, guys. But Cat, Jade, Beck and I are working on a skit for Sikowitz's class on Monday. We're gonna hit Freezie Queen and then all go over to Beck's trailer to work on it."

"No hard feelings." Andre replied with a shrug. "You'll be missing out, though. I hear Hayley and Tara may be trying to get revenge on you all tonight."

Tori laughed. "Jade will be nice to me for once before those two jerks win anything without the help of Daddy." She said. "Speaking of which, Cat and I really should be going. I'm pretty sure Beck and Jade are already in the car waiting, and it wouldn't surprise me if Jade had Beck leave without us if we don't get there, soon."