Hi :)

The last time I updated this story I was just about to enter my senior year of high school. I am now a sophomore in college.

I would have an excuse for why I didn't update but I don't. I simply grew up. Many of the things I used to write about didn't seem right for me to write anymore. I only returned to write this fan fiction because during the quarantine, I've had a lot of free time to write. I figured I'd at least finish this chapter and not leave everyone on a cliffhanger.

Enjoy loves ❤️
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February 7, 2016

Tori adjusted the hoodie's collar around her neck and sighed. It was too early and too cold to be doing these things when she could be home cuddled into her blankets.

"The things I do for Ally. Jesus Christ." She grumbled to herself as she showed the security guard her ID. Today was the day of Zendaya's music video shoot for her song, Something New. Ally had asked her early that morning, while she was still in her sleepy oblivion, if she could go and she agreed. Ten minutes of mentally cursing and a very angry shower later, Tori had driven herself down to the lot. Ally, of course, had caught a ride with her best friend.

Why was Ally constantly throwing her in as a third wheel? Not only was it annoying but it was like a smack to the face. Tori hated being nice.

"Zendaya is on Lot 20, 4C." The emotionless security guard stated without batting an eyelash.

Tori nodded before looking at the man. He had the same look on her face as she did. Like he didn't want to be there one bit. The curly haired blonde patted the man's shoulder, "I feel ya bro. We're gonna make it through."

The man scuffed before responding, "Not by making $7.50 an hour."

"Damn ! $7.50 an hour-" Tori held back her tongue, knowing full and well that she used to work three jobs that gave her below that in pay, "You just have a good day. Obama's in office. We'll be good."

"Amen to that." The men and Tori both nodded at one another and went on about their ways. Tori had always wanted to have music videos for songs she had written. But sadly, the blonde girl could not do everything at once. Restaurant first, music when the time comes.

Tori adjusted her hood on her head and made her way onto the set. She had to blink her hazel eyes harshly at the sudden change of scenery. It was bright on the set. Strangely the set was set up like a set.

"Hehe, setseption." Tori chuckled to herself as she tried to find her way to a comfortable spot. Normani must have had a different vision than she expected.

A beat with a soft piano played in the background making Tori's head nod. Her eyes wandered around to catch catering leaving the last of their food out. Hmm, breakfast time it is. The girl's head bopped alongside to the beat as she grabbed a plate.

The smooth vocals sang alongside the beat playing making Tori raise an eyebrow, "Zendaya sounds a lot more different than I expected. She must have gone through some things."

"Gone through what ?"

The sudden voice made Tori flinch in fear, nearly dropping the plate. Thankfully, her prior sports skills kicked in, making her tuck the plate deep into her chest. Tori turned to see a gorgeous curly haired light skin female. The beauty bit her full pink lip to try and stop herself from laughing.

A gigantic pink blush spread across Tori's peach face, "I- uhh- Zendaya !" She laughed nervously and pointed to the speakers across the set, "Her vocals have really changed since the last time I heard her ! She sounds amazing !"

"Her vocals must have changed, because they sound just like mine," The girl's British accent made Tori melt, alongside her pearly white smile, "Thank you though. I appreciate it."

Now the blonde girl scrunched her eyebrows, "You- that's you ? This isn't Zendaya's set ? This isn't for Something New ? Set 24C ?"

"No this is for my song, She Don't with TyDolla$ign. I'm Ella," The Brit mindlessly flipped her hair and pointed in the direction Tori came from, "You're looking for Lot 20, Set 4C. After the twentieth lot, there's a split between companies."

Tori's eyes widened at her mistake. She giggled nervously and rubbed the back of her neck, "Hehe, sorry. I thought he said 24C. He should have probably specified that," She put the plate back on the table and nodded her head in apology, "I even tried to eat your food, I'm so sorry. I feel like such an idiot."

Once again, Ella smiled at the ridiculous girl. She was one of the most interesting things on set. She couldn't leave just yet, "No need to apologize, it's fine. Matter of fact, why don't you stay for breakfast ?"

A bright smile spread its way across Tori's face, "You want me to stay ? After I invaded your set ?"

"I mean well, you're the most interesting thing on this set right now. Ty won't be coming in until later and everyone here is invested in their work. You seem like fun. Would you mind staying for breakfast love?" The curly haired light skin playfully invited, not without a curtsy of her off-the-shoulder sweater, causing both girls to laugh.

"Well I'd love to... love." Tori mimicked, but not without an epic fail of a curtsy with her oversized hoodie. The two laughed as they grabbed breakfast and made their way to sit and have small talk.

And for the first time that day, Tori seemed to have her mind off of Ally.

~~~

"Cut ! I think we got what we needed !" Normani shouted excitedly as they finished their last and final scene. Everyone cheered happily after the long hours of filming finally being done, Ally cheering the loudest. Her best friend was living out her dream and she felt elated at the fact that she was there to support her.

Although, Ally wished she could have Tori there too. Her presence made everything complete. She appreciated her company yet for some reason, she wasn't there.

"Ally did you see ?? I actually made my first music video !" Normani cheered as she ran into the small girl, crashing into a tight hug.

Ally giggled and spun around with her friend, "Look at you! You're prospering! I'm so proud of you Mani!" She playfully placed kisses all over her best friend's face, making her giggle.

Although she felt nothing but happiness for her friend, apart of her began to worry. Tori had missed all of it. She invited her yet she never showed up. It was so unlike the blonde. She was usually so supportive of people and their craft.

"You okay Ally?" Normani questioned, seeing her friend's face falter a bit.

The Mexican girl shook her head and smiled, "Come on! You deserve to be taken out. You did amazing."

"Taken out? Am I hearing ice cream in the near future?" Normani's face perked up childishly making Ally nod. The brown girl squealed happily to herself, "Say no more. Lemme get my stuff together and make sure my intern gets this situated!"

Normani zoomed off at a practically comical speed towards the back, rambling a quick goodbye to Zendaya in the process. Ally chuckled at her best friend, "And your intern better get paid extra for this!"

"Yeah! Yeah! See you in the parking lot!"

~~~

Twenty minutes had passed as Ally had scrolled through her timeline in the parking lot. Of course there was the hustling and bustling of the cars but overall, everything was calm.

Everything except her thoughts.

As much as she wanted to forget about Tori, her mind couldn't. Her heart hurt a bit at the thought of Tori bailing. It had to be something important, right? Maybe Selena called her in for something last minute. Or maybe she got a flat tire? Maybe Alessia needed someone to drive her to the hospital for an asthma attack because her inhaler expired??

"Jesus Christ Ally, calm down." She muttered to herself. Irrational wasn't even the word to describe her thought process. All she knew was that deep down in her heart, she didn't want Tori to not care about her.

Tori had been acting awfully strange ever since Normani came into town. She had assumed it was because Tori was a shy awkward cutie, but now it started to concern her. Last night Tori had stormed off late at night without telling anyone. This morning she wasn't up early like she usually was. Now she didn't send a text, call, or let anyone know where she was.

Ally's foot began to tap the pavement below her as her thumbnail naturally made its way between her tweet. Her anxiety always gets the best of her whenever situations like this happen. Did Tori think she hated her? She had absolutely no reason to hate Tori. If anything she liked that girl the most out of everyone in DC.

Tori had been nice to her since the minute they met. With her glimmering hazels eyes, her pink lips that curved into a hypnotizing smile, the dimples that hugged her cheeks. Her kind soul that always wanted to make Ally happy. It was ridiculous how much of an angel Tori was.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong?" A silky voice cut right into Ally's ears making her gasp. She turned to see Normani with her Louis Vuitton backpack and a worried gaze.

The shorter girl sighed, her foot continuing to tap anxiously, "I'm worried about Tori. She never showed up."

"Hey don't worry about it. Things happen. Did you try calling her?"

Ally shook her head, "I don't want to seem annoying."

Normani scrunched her brow, "But didn't you say you were worried?"

"Yeah so?"

"So why didn't you-"

The Mexican girl turned to her friend, a pout sporting her lips, "Look, now's not the time to remind me that I'm a dumbass Mani."

Half a snicker left Normani's plump lips before she fake coughed, trying to cover up her laugh, "No, no, you're right. I'm sorry. Look, maybe we can call an Uber and go home since you're anxious. Maybe Tori'll be home?"

Ally nodded, "Yeah you're right. Let me call one," She sighed and opened her phone. This was okay. They would go home and relax, then talk to Tori, "Should I call an UberX or an UberPool?"

"Well now you don't need to call any."

Ally's face scrunched up in confusion, "What'd you mean? Girl I'm not walking home."

"No, I mean you don't have to call anything. Isn't that Tori's car?"

The Mexican girl spun around so quick, her head would've flown off if it weren't attached. Low and behold, there sat Tori's car. The same corny knick-knacks sat on the dash. If Tori's car was here, where was Tori?

Ally's eyes began to dart around the parking lot, locking gaze upon anything that remotely resembled Tori. Her search finally halted when her eyes met with Tori's side profile.

Except, she wasn't alone.

~~~

Tori and Ella laughed as they strolled off the lot together. The curly haired blonde had a blast! The day was filled with nothing but good music, a great artist, and an even greater director. The director was such a nice person that he even asked for Tori's input on a lot of shots. The day had gone by so fast that it didn't even feel like Tori had spent hours on set. Even though Ella and Ty had many more hours to go, they were lucky enough to get a thirty minute break.

Tori laughed as she threw her head, "You have got to be kidding Ella! You guys do not call it that."

"I don't know why you're laughing! I'm being one hundred percent serious!" The British girl smiled unbelievably at Tori, "You guys don't call these ice lollys?"

"No man! What the hell is an ice lolly? These are called popsicles here."

"Well no wonder the intern looked confused. It took him five minutes before I had to go grab them myself." Ella rolled her eyes playfully before licking the last bit of her frozen treat and tossing it in the trashcan as they passed by.

Tori laughed once again, "You'll get used to it if you're gonna be here for a minute. You said your EP was called what again?"

"Time! It comes out next week actually."

"Oh shit really??" Ella nodded making Tori smile, "I can't wait for it. If the rest of it sounds like She Don't, then count me in!"

Ella smiled, her contagious energy only making Tori smile back. The two had surprisingly grown close for the short amount of time they were together. Once Ella invited Tori to eat with her, the conversation kept rolling. They had a lot more in common then they thought. They were both singers, hard workers, loved R&B, and evidentally seemed to be a little on the gay side (even though that wasn't discussed, it was just obvious).

"You bet it's gonna be like that. A lot of my songs are gonna be produced by Mustard and he knows just what he's doing. I even have some songs that'll be on my next EP ready." Ella gloated proudly. Her career was finally beginning to kick off. All those days of covers could be put to rest for a minute. Now she could start to sing her own songs and be recognized.

The curly haired blonde's face lit up. She had never met someone with such a drive like she had. Of course she had an album done in 2015 but she never released it because she didn't feel the public would like it like she did. Ella on the other hand was dropping tracks left and right because she wanted to. It was beyond admirable.

Tori's dimpled dug into her cheeks with her smile, "You have to let me hear it sometime."

"Of course! As long as you let me hear yours."

Tori rubbed the back of her neck, "Ion know bout all that now."

The British girl playfully pushed Tori causing both of them to laugh. Their laughter didn't last long before the sound of footsteps approaching the pair, made them both slowly come to a stop.

Tori looked up to see none other than Ally walking up with Normani hot on her tail. The sight would've been adorable to Tori if it weren't in the present context. It all started to melt down when she realized:

She had forgot about Ally.

'Play it cool Tori. Play it cool.' She frantically thought to herself. Dorkily, she put a hand on her hip and gave a two finger salute, "Hey Ally! Didn't see you OOMF-"

The older girl was instantly shut up with a bear tight hug. Ally's tiny body clutching around her waist. Little did Tori notice, Ally lightly pushed Ella out of the way to do so.

'Hmm. What's her problem?' Ella questioned to herself. She was used to girl's being this way towards her over their boyfriends. But with a girl? This was new.

"Tori you scared the life out of me! You never showed up to the music video," Ally lifted her head from Tori's chest to stare her in her eyes, "What happened?"

The close proximity of the twos faces made Tori blush, "Oh-uh I got lost and ended up at Ella's part of town."

"Ella? As in Ella Mai??" Normani pondered, a small smile itching on her face. The girl turned to see none other than the light skin singer beside Tori, "OH MY GOD!"

"OH MY GOD!" Ella screamed back.

Both girls pointed at each other, saying simultaneously, "I love your work!"

Normani's face lit like a candle at the compliment. The Texan squealed to herself before seeing Ally shooting a look at her. Instantly Normani stopped, fiddling with her fingers like a child in trouble.

"You could've just texted me Tori. You had me worried sick." Ally pulled herself back in for a hug, making Tori grin.

"Don't worry Ally. I'm okay," She patted the smaller girl's head tenderly, "I honestly had a good day, so all was well. I even made a new friend out of it."

Ally opened her eyes to meet Ella's look. The Mexican girl raised a brow, making Ella raise one back. Instantly, the girl released herself from Tori's, ready to see what was up. Thankfully, Normani grabbed Ally, pulling her back before anything else could be said.

"Well if we could just have your keys Tori, we'll wait for you in the car. It's been a long day and both Ally and my feet hurt. Right Ally?" Normani interjected.

Ally kept her strong gaze with Ella, "My feet are just fine. I just can't stand no bi-"

"THE KEYS please Tori!" Normani cut her off before anything else could be said.

Tori's eyebrows raised confusedly before nonetheless, tossing Normani the keys. The brown skin girl thanked her before dragging Ally's tiny body with her. Ally didn't want to leave, especially Tori with such a pretty girl. She was a practical magnet for attractive people, and the girl was too oblivious to even realize it. Not only did it scare Ally that Tori's niceness could easily be taken advantage of but it also scared her. The idea of Tori being taken away from her by a girl she met a couple hours ago was terrifying.

That Ella girl surely was pretty, was in the entertainment industry, and kept Tori smiling. The idea of Ally trying to compete against her was laughable. How was she going to compete with someone like that? Sure she was the daughter of a very wealthy and respected man but that was her father. Take away the family title and what did she have? Followers on Instagram? It was pathetic.

Normani unlocked the doors to the car, making sure Ally sat in the back, so she could, quote, "Not be in arm's reach of Tori when she came back in the car,". As she gazed out of the window, she couldn't help but keep her eyes on Ella.

Not only out of admiration, but jealousy too.

"Well I guess I should be going now," Tori smiled sadly, not ready to leave her friend, "Plus you have to get back on set soon."

Ella nodded, "Yeah you're right. But before you go, I need to send you my newest song. I just wish I had your number so I could."

"Aww damn, that's right. You don't have it," Tori innocently answered. There was a brief paused before Tori realized what was implied, "Oh wait, shit! Sorry, sorry, you need my number."

The British girl began to giggle at Tori's frantic nature. It was cute seeing her be flustered. Tori was adorable, that was for sure. No wonder that girl was so protective over Tori.

Both girls exchanged phones to get each other's number. As contacts were locked in, they handed each other back their respective phones, Ella's hand lingering on Tori's for just a little longer than usual.

"I'd love to hear from you again." Ella's voice dropped to a suggestive tone.

Tori's face turned bright pink at the notion. Ella's tattooed hand over hers was extremely attractive alongside her British accent, "O-Of course."

See, Ella wasn't even planning on talking to Tori in that manner. She honestly saw her as a friend ever since they first had a conversation. But ever since Ally saw her as a threat, nothing but the thought of pissing Ally off flooded her mind. Nobody wanted to take it to that level but since Ally thought it'd be okay, Ella was more than ready to play that game. She didn't even swing that way but now she surely would. You think she's gonna steal your girl? Well Ella will now.

Ella beamed and reached her hands out for a hug, Tori gladly accepting. They molded together in a sweet hug, the two even rocking back and forth for a bit. Both woman pulled away, not before Ella placed a tender kiss upon Tori's cheek.

The light skin girl smirked and turned away, waving behind her, "Call me sometime love."

"Wi-Will do!" Tori's face couldn't have gotten any hotter as the blush never ceased to spread. The curly haired blonde girl didn't even realize she was smiling until Normani asked her what had her all giddy.

"Oh nothing," She responded, "Just happy."

~~~

Tori smiled to herself as she flopped down on her bed. Although yesterday wasn't the best day, today surely made up for it. She made some new clients, got put onto some great music, and made a new friend all in the span of a couple hours. Plus her new friend was beautiful. Her flirting with her definitely was something she didn't expect. She thought her and Ella were having a platonic relationship but who knows now?

"Hey Tori." A voice called out. The curly haired woman looked up to see Ally in one of her t-shirts and sleeping shorts, standing in the doorway. It made a sugary sweet smile spread across Tori's face.

Tori turned her head towards Ally, "Hey sunshine! What's up?"

Ally pushed a strand of hair behind her ear, trying to hide her small blush at the nickname, "I just wanted to-" The sound of a text tone cut Ally off. Tori grabbed her phone to check quickly. Rather than put the phone down and bring her attention back to Ally, she smiled at her phone, letting a little nasal exhale laugh slip out.

"Give me a second Ally. Ella's hilarious." Tori quickly began typing back a response.

"Actually, forget it. I'll tell you in the morning."

Without removing her eyes from the phone, Tori responded, "Alright, goodnight Ally."

Ally gently closed the door before sighing. That hurt. More than she'd like to admit. She shouldn't be hurt by some tea and crumpets bitch but surely enough, she was. And she hated it.

~~~

Tori rolled her eyes at the groupchat. They had been messaging back and forth ever since she'd come back in the house. The three friends were on their other sides dying for the details of her day, or particularly, her new friend.

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
Alessia Face 😂:
Tori Tor 😜:

Alessia Face 😂:
Lemme get this straight. You missed Normani's music video and ended up in another music video lot??

Tori Tor 😜:
Yup pretty much lol

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
And all I did was watch anime all day wtf

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
well slap my ass n call me sally. You seem to have had a good day miss ma'am

Tori Tori 😜:
I really hope I never hear you say that again

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
Shut up you love it 😘😘

Alessia Face 😂:
So what else happened today?

Tori Tor 😜:
Well I also met someone too. It was her music video actually

Alessia Face 😂:
Oh?

Alessia Face 😂:
👀

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
👀

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
👀

Tori Tor 😜:
👀
Tsunami Mami 🌊:
Now Victoria, don't play 🔫

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
Is she a famous artist we know?

Tori Tor 😜:
Doubt it. I didn't even know who she was when we first met

Alessia Face 😂:
Who is she?

Alessia Face 😂:
What kinda music does she make?

Alessia Face 😂:
What does she look like?

Alessia Face 😂:
Was she pretty?

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
Are you high rn?

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
Do you ever get nervous?

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
Are you single?

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
I heard you fucked your girl, is it true?

Tori Tor 😜:
Y'all are beyond annoying 😂😂

Alessia Face 😂:
I hate you guys stfu 💀💀💀💀💀

Tori was ready to respond before she received another text. She left the group chat to see it was a message from Ella. She smiled know the girl was probably saying something dumb once again.

Ella 💕💕:
so when am i getting a picture of you for your contact pic??

Tori rolled her eyes but nonetheless went digging in her photos for a sufficient picture.

Tori 🎵❣️:
Here's one of me from college lol hope that works

Tori 🎵❣️:

Tori hit send and went back to her friend group chat, seeing them already go crazy without her responses.

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
She probably talking to her bitches rn smh

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
Stop calling women bitches

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
Shut up bitch

Alessia Face 😂:
Come on Tori the suspense is killing me 😭😭

Alessia Face 😂:
You could at least send a picture

Coincidentally in the same moment, Ella replied to her text, making her jump back to that conversation.

Ella 💕💕:
you look like a frat boy hahaha

Ella 💕💕:
add a lil cap into that fit and you got my heart 😩❤️

Tori 🎵❣️:
Shut up 😂 you couldn't handle college Tori anyway. Send your contact too loser

Ella 💕💕:
Fine hold on

Ella 💕💕:

Tori's eyes widened at the sudden image. Not only was Ella effortless beautiful but she was also a tease. The small poking of the lips, the natural hair, the look at the camera. All of it I was on purpose

Tori 🎵❣️:
😳
Ella 💕💕:
good 😳 or bad 😳? I just took it so idk

Tori 🎵❣️:
😳😳

Tori forwarded the image to her friends to instantly be spammed with messages.

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
GOD DAMN

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
TORI STOP PLAYING

Alessia Face 😂:
FKDKDKDKDKSKSKSK

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
i just nut myself

Alessia Face 😂:
TORI SHE IS BEAUTIFUL

Tori Tor 😜:
IKR SHE JUST SENT THIS PICTURE

Tori Tor 😜:
SHE SAID SHE JUST TOOK IT AND SENT IT

Tori Tor 😜:
DO YOU KNOW HOW FINE YOU HAVE TO BE TO CONFIDENTLY DO THAT

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
i just nut myself again

Alessia Face 😂:
omg I think I'm in love

Tori Tor 😜:
Somebody PLEASE explain to me how I managed to meet someone so beautiful and talented???

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
You really met this girl today?

Tori Tor 😜:
Yes sir

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
*Usher voice* Put that on everything

Tori Tor 😜:
I put that on my business

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
this bitch dead serious

Alessia Face 😂:
And she makes music??

Alessia Face 😂:
I want her IG and I want it NOW

Tori Tor 😜:
@ellamai

Not even a mere minute later, the flood of messages came back in once again.

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
GOD DAMN TORI HOW DO YOU FIND ALL THE FINE WOMEN

Alessia Face 😂:

Alessia Face 😂:
JDKSKDKDKDKDNDKEKDK

Alessia Face 😂:
I'M IN LOVE

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
YOU AIN'T SAY SHE HAD AN ACCENT

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
WHERE SHE FROM???

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
MY NIGGA SHE FROM OVER THE WATER I'M IN LOVE 😍😍

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
NIGGA OVER WHAT WATER

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
THERE'S WATER EVERYWHERE

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
THAT COULD BE OVER THE POTOMAC RIVER FOR ALL IK

Tori Tor 😜:
She's from England 🇬🇧

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
Dumbass

Alessia Face 😂:

Alessia Face 😂:
I'm sorry, are we gonna ignore how beautiful she is??

Alessia Face 😂:
I want her to, as the youth say, top me

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
ALESSIA

Tori Tor 😜:
LMAOOOOOOO

Sir Chancelor 👑3️⃣:
Maaaaaaan, she's so fine she got Alessia acting up

Tsunami Mami 🌊:
Alessia dawg you gonna hop off my girl 😡

Alessia Face 😂:
Stfu you were just thirsting over Normani yesterday

Alessia Face 😂:
EYE don't wanna hear it 😑

Tori laughed hysterically at her friend's messiness. She hit her home button and let herself linger over to Instagram. Her thumb scrolled past many pictures before settling on one that made her heart swell.

allybrookeofficial
Candid by @normani 😘😘 she did a FANTASTIC JOB today on set for a special someone's music video ❤️
#30DaysWithAlly #Day8

A small smile danced its way onto Tori's face. No matter what it was, Ally somehow managed to make Tori smile.

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A) All the friends go to Ella's EP listening party

B) A scandalous Ally and Tori work chapter 👀