Jade: DUDE WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?
Me: Lolwut?

Jade: Stealing Victorious are we now?
Me: No no, the only things I stole are the cookies…

Jade: HMMM?

Me: OH right! Hey guys, I don't own Victorious! As much as I wish I did…

Jade: There's a good girl. *gives cookie*

Me: :D

Prologue

Nine-year-old Jadelyn West sat at the foot of her bed, tears streaming down her face. She tried not to cry, but she just couldn't help it. 'Mom wouldn't want you to cry,' she told herself, thinking of her mother who had died that morning. 'She would want you to be happy but…' she sighed, fresh tears spilling faster from her eyes. 'But I just can't be happy!'

Suddenly, Jade heard the door open and close. She ran out of her room, down the steps, to the front door and saw her dad there. He looked… different. He was drunk. "Dad!" she said through sobs. She ran forward to hug him saying, "Dad I-," but she was interrupted as her dad lifted his hand and slapped her hard across the cheek. She fell to the ground with a loud thud.

She looked up in confusion and saw her father's expression filled with hatred. "Jadelyn, you should never have been born! Now go to your room!" Jade was too shocked to do anything. "Jade," her dad said, "I told you to GO TO YOUR ROOM! You'd better do it now, unless you want me to beat you to death."

Jade's eyes widened and she pushed herself up, sprinting to her room, fear pulsating through her. She dove under her bed covers and hid there, her heart pounding. The fear had been enough to chase away her crying, and now she just lay there, staring into the darkness. Oh how she wished her mother was with her…

'It'll be fine,' Jade told herself, 'Daddy was just upset about mom dying. He doesn't really blame you. He still loves you.' But little did Jade know, that one slap would lead to so many more, and so many worse things.

Chapter 1

"Jadey!" Cat said as Jade walked into Hollywood Arts. "WHAT?" Jade snapped at Cat, her eyes narrowed. Cat brushed off Jade's tone of voice and said, "There's a new guy here!" Jade rolled her eyes. "And I should be interested because?" Cat shrugged and said, "I just thought I should tell you. I mean he is kind of cute." Jade rolled her eyes and was going to put a book and some papers in her locker when a boy ran into her.

"HEY WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GO-," she looked up and saw a boy with a surprised look on his face. He had tan skin and (hot) flowing hair… He was cute… not just cute, hot. "…ing…" Jade finished softly. She then felt heat flooding to her cheeks as she blushed and she said, "I'm so sorry, I should've been paying attention to where I was going! Are you ok?" The boy smiled, "I'm fine, don't worry about it, it was my fault anyways. Here…" he said, kneeling down and gathering up the papers she dropped. He stood up and handed them to her. "Thanks…" Jade said softly.

The boy smiled. "You're new here, aren't you?" Jade asked, regaining her composure. The boy nodded. "My name's Beckett… but I hate my name. You can call me Beck." Jade smiled and said, "I'm Jade, and I hate my name too! I mean my real name. Jade's just what everyone calls me… and if they don't call me that they know that they can only hope they'll get to a hospital on time-," she broke off, noticing Beck's sudden scared expression and she said quickly, "My real name's Jadelyn, but please call me Jade."

Beck nodded and said, "Hey, do you know where Sikowitz's class is?" Jade nodded. "I have it for first period, too," she said. Giving a slight smile- well, it was more of a smirk since she's JADE WEST- she led him to Sikowitz's class. They walked in and sat down in the only two available seats. Jade sat on the end and Beck sat by her and next to Robbie and Rex. "Hi." Robbie said softly, "I'm Robbie." Rex said, "Yo, new guy. You DON'T wanna be friends with Robbie here, he's a total nerd." Beck stared in confusion at the puppet and felt even more weirded out when Robbie said, "Shut up Rex!"

Jade leaned over and said, "Beck, Rex has a mind of his own… sort of." Beck nodded and said to Rex and Robbie, "I'm Beck…" Then he sat back in his seat, noticing Sikowitz walk in.

The rest of the class was uneventful and afterwards Jade and Beck realized they had the exact same schedule. "So," Jade said, "would you like me to show you around for the rest of the day…?" 'Why are you being so nice?' Jade thought, but she shook the thought off. There was something about Beck that was… different. Maybe it was just that Beck didn't act scared around her, or something more. Whatever it was, Jade liked it.

Their next classes were even more uneventful as the first, and soon the day was over. Jade and Beck stood by their lockers talking and Andre and Cat, whom Beck had met at lunch, walked over. "Hey Beck, Jade," Andre said, "you guys wanna come over tonight for a movie night? Cat's really excited. I told her she could pick the movie." Beck and Jade both nodded and Jade said, "Wait… what movie is Cat picking?" Cat smiled and said, "We're going to watch My Little Pony!" (1)

Jade sighed loudly and said, "Really Cat? Can't we watch The Scissoring?" Cat said, "No… Jade you made me watch that one last time and I couldn't sleep for a week." Jade looked at Cat who appeared to be on the verge of tears and she sighed, "Oh alright. My Little Pony it is." If it had been any other person wanting to watch My Little Pony at this age, Jade would have spazzed out at them. But since it was Cat, and NOBODY could stand to see Cat cry, Jade agreed to it.

Andre said, "Great, so my place, 7:00 tonight, okay?" Everyone nodded. Cat and Andre said their goodbyes and left. Jade turned to Beck and said, "See you at seven then?" Beck nodded and said with a smile, "It was really nice meeting you. You know, I expected most of the girls here to be… preps and girly-girls, but you're cool. You're different. I like that in a girl." Jade forced back a blush and said, "Oh, well, thanks." Beck nodded and said, "Bye Jade." Jade said softly, "Bye Beck."

After that they both walked away, Beck feeling… different, because he'd never felt like this about a girl before, despite all the girls he'd flirted with, and Jade feeling like she was floating on air.

So, you like? You hate? Suggestions? Review! REVIEW I TELL YOU! If you have ideas for chapter 2, better send em in quick, I'm typing Chapter 2 AS WE SPEAK! It might even be up before this has posted, I dunno.

(1)My Little Pony- Naw, I don't own it. Though I am a fan of MLP: FiM

THIS WILL BE EPIC, I TELL YOU.

All good books start out boring. Ever read Harry Potter? Yeah. It takes like THE WHOLE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THE BOOK before it gets good.

Same with The Hunger Games. Great book, but the training seems to go on and on and on before the Hunger Games actually start.

I promise it'll get better guys!

Yours Truly,

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