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victoire 'tori' shipman, 22. “I define being the best as competing against the best there is out there and beating them.”

[cliffsaito]

"Oh my god, I know. Her singles have been crazy, and that song she just played with Robert Smith. I think she's so cool." As much as he was a music snob, Cliff could still recognize when a pop girl had it. Pop wasn't what he wanted to play but he wasn't above it - he loved it actually, when it was done right. He smiled back at Tori, grin growing as her's did until he broke into a laugh. "What other big albums are you looking forward to?"

[vicshipman]

Vic leaned down to press a quick kiss to her boyfriend's forehead, finding it the cutest thing when he exhibited the fact that he had the best musical prowess of anyone she knew. "Pick me up at midnight when it drops?" The blonde suggested. "We'll drive around Rosewood to the new album, I'll get us food. Maybe we can get one of Teddy's special brownies... I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate." Tori bit down on her lower lip as she thought of the answer to his question. "There's so many cool ones coming. Like just July, Madonna. Ariana Grande. Tyla. Flo. Like how am I suppose to keep up?"

[cliffsaito]

"Is that right?" He was teasing her, not believing she wasn't the slightest bit worried otherwise she wouldn't have brought it up it all, but he saw they could laugh about how ridiculous it was now. "Oh fuck yeah. She's so good. Let me think." His eyes fluttered shut a second while Tori played with his hair, giving some serious consideration to what song he wanted to be edited to. "There's just so many directions you could take, y'know. Like if I'm getting the souped up sports car treatment then Slayyyter probably. Crank- no, I'm Actually Kinda Famous. For when I blow up," he joked. "Or maybe there's some Ethel in there, for the yearners."

[vicshipman]

"Yes. Yes, that is right." Vic let him know, already shaking off any shadows of a doubt that'd been cast by his twin sisters words. Not that there were any to really begin with. If her boyfriend ended up being music's newest heart throb, well... she would happily handle the responsibilities that came with dating such a hot commodity. And hopefully, she wouldn't be hated too badly by his fans. Or maybe she wouldn't be hated at all. That was the goal. "Oh, I hope you know that Olivia is probably going to stay on repeat come Friday." She said with a small laugh, knowing Cliff wouldn't mind one bit. He truly had the best taste in music out of anyone she'd ever met. "I can so see that for you." The blonde told her boyfriend, the smile on her face only growing as he spoke of his future in certainty. Vic knew that the band and he were just a matter of steps away from having a breakthrough single.

[cliffsaito]

"My sister?" It started making sense then, that Moxie got into Tor's head for her own entertainment, or just to stir the pot, he didn't know, and he cracked a smile as he looked up at Tori. "You're stressed about some made up scenario Moxie came up with?" He raised his brows, teasing. Even if they were laughing about it, and she insisted his hypothetical groupies weren't something she actually worried about, it clearly bothered her enough to bring it up. Fame as a concept wasn't something he was really after, he just wanted to make music. "Yeah what if. I'm still your boyfriend. A tiktok edit's not gonna change that. If you see one though... send me it."

[vicshipman]

"Yeah..." Vic said with a sigh as she knew that Moxie was just trying to mess with her and in part, her brother. "I'm not stressed." The blonde quickly replied with a shake of her head. "I'm the furthest thing from stressed, actually." Vic doubled down, a smile fighting its way onto her features. It was such a ridiculous concern, because she knew Cliff and her were more than okay. In fact, the last couple of months had been nothing short of perfect. "You are." The smile on her face bright as he let her know that he was her boyfriend. "No, I know it's not." She nodded, running her fingers through the front of his hair playfully. ''Wait, if you were to get an edit... what's the song? The song matters." Vic asked Cliff. "You're so getting Drop Dead from Olivia if I was in charge."

[cliffsaito]

It was hard to keep his eyes open, his head in Tori's lap and the sun hitting them just right. Winters in Rosewood made Cliff appreciate the summer months more than he ever did living in California, whose perfect weather he'd taken for granted. The west coast didn't have his girlfriend though, who he enjoyed every season with but especially the warmer ones, when they could lay out in the yard together, content to do nothing else but be in each other's company.

Cliff's brows knit together as he looked at her, wondering if he'd heard that right, a brief second of confused silence between them. "What?," he laughed. "I don't think so." Teddy and Benny had their followings from before he even entered the equation, but it seemed like a lot of their fan base left with Penny Lane. "I'm just the new guy in the band that used to have Penny Lane, I don't think anyone cares about me like that. Why are you asking?"

[vicshipman]

"I know, I know." Vic laughed alongside him. "It's a crazy question." She could feel the heat run straight to her face. "I'm asking cause of your sister..." The blonde admitted which in itself was enough of a reason for her to know that she shouldn't have. If Moxie loved one thing, it was to cause mayhem. "Okay, so she brought it up when the girls and me were out having shots and it kind of has been eating at me since then. Not that I'm nervous or worried, it's not that. I promise." Vic began to explain, as she was more than confident with what Cliff and she had. "I just started to think, like what if you started getting tiktok edits, getting stopped for pictures and such. Like, I should start getting ready for my boyfriend to be the publics boyfriend because no shade to Penny Lane, but you're the really hot new guy in the band she use to be a part of."

[vicshipman]

Tori and Cliff were enjoying one of those perfect 10/10 weather summer days together. One of those days were there was really no rush to do a thing. A day where sitting out in the yard, just existing was actually more than okay. And they'd definitely both earned such a day, given their active schedules as of late. Him actively making his dreams true and she coming to end of her colligate career.

So that's how they found themselves out in front of his front yard, Cliff's head on her lap as she played with his impeccable head of hair. But there was a certain thought that continued to circle her mind and she hated Moxie for putting it in there. Isis, Moxie and herself had found themselves downing shots recently and Cliff's band had come up. And his sister happened to joke about soon enough, Cliff would find himself with groupies. And well, while Isis and even Moxie were quick to remind her it was just a joke.... she couldn't help but wonder.

"Hey... so I just have to ask this and you're going to think I'm totally crazy..." She looked down at him with a twist of her lips as she knew how ridiculous the question was. "you wouldn't happen to have groupies already, would you?" ( @cliffsaito )

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[cliffsaito]

Cliff didn't take for granted how quickly Vic forgave him, even after the long winter they went no contact. She was his easily his favorite person, someone he could share anything with, and he wouldn't make the same mistake twice of keeping anything from her. "Yeah. Yeah, I mean I'm not just gonna eat a bunch of apples by themselves, that'd be nuts. Not when there's cider and doughnuts around." He learned forward a little as she spoke of her Swiftie past. "Dare I say it... pop bible? Or could it be. Obviously the pop bible is Thriller or Rumors."

[vicshipman]

"Dare we say it." Vic closed her eyes, before nodding in agreement. "It's just too good. Talk about a perfect pop record but of course, nothing tops Thriller or Rumors. But I would put 1989 in the top... fifty, right?" She asked Cliff, as she respected his opinion on that matter very much. While she was an enjoyer of all things music, it went hand in hand with her craft– music was her boyfriend's life. "Actually, aside from Thriller and Rumors, what's your third? Off of the top of your head."

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[cliffsaito]

"I'm free," he said with no nonsense this time or fake checking of his calendar. As much as he played around Tori had to know if she just said the word he'd come running. "Oh thank you, you'd do that for me? I'm thinking four or five apple limit, that seems reasonable." He chuckled to himself and smiled back at her. "See I didn't even know you were a Swiftie," he teased, "Makes sense. And that album has Clean so it's automatically the best."

[vicshipman]

The biggest grin found itself on Vic's face as he let her know he was free. To say that she was happy with where Cliff and her relationship was would be an understatement, he was nothing short of her perfect person. To be able to say that he was her boyfriend was something she still hadn't gotten use to, just ask his sister as she was surely sick of hearing all about how happy she was. "I would definitely do that for you." She nodded. "But does that also include things where apple is an ingredient? Like, apple cider or doughnuts?" She asked her boyfriend. "Oh, that was quite an era for me." Vic said, with a shake of her head as they didn't need to discuss that. "Clean, Style, New Romantics. Like, I'm not in my Swiftie era anymore but I will always be a 1989 truther."

[cliffsaito]

"Is there?" Brows raised with intrigue, he took a long thoughtful sip of his own drink. "Okay, yeah. We should go. I hope I don't apple myself out, you ever do that? Not with apples necessarily, but, you know. Everything in moderation. I'll do it with songs even."

[vicshipman]

"Uh huh." She said with a nod of her head, her lips only growing poutier as he really seemed to contemplate if he wanted to spend the day apple picking with her. Although once he spoke again, she got the answer that she suspected she'd get. "I should be free this weekend, if you are?" Vic said with a nonchalant shrug. Sure, Cliff might have been her boyfriend but she never wanted to come off as pushy. Just a slight nudger. "Oh, I'll definitely make sure you don't apple yourself out." A small giggle leaving her. "Yeah, for sure. You didn't meet me during my Swiftie era and with good reason, I wore my 1989 album out to the point where I literally gave my parents Stockholm syndrome."

[cliffsaito]

Seeing as he wasn't about to start anything, Cliff raised his hands in a show of innocence. "I'm not shaming you for anything, I was going to say that looks good," he chuckled, and gladly reached for her cup as she offered him a sip. "Mhm, thank you." He slid the drink back her way. "I'm more of a cold brew guy myself. Or anything with apple, like an apple cinnamon situation."

[vicshipman]

"Well, good cause I wasn't going to accept it anyways." Vic told Cliff. A small semblance of a smile working at her lips as he took a sip of her cup and it only grew as he spoke of how good it's contents were. "You're so welcome." The blonde tapped at her chin as he spoke of his favorite flavors of fall was. "You know, there is a whole apple picking farm just about 30ish minutes from here... if you'd like to go? I promise there's gonna be all the cinnamon apple goodies you'd want. Plus, I wouldn't mind taking cute pictures of you reaching for apples."