A/N: Oh hey there!

Wow. So this is what I dreamed last night...somewhat. I don't even know. Just tell me if you like it.

Jade anxiously paced back and forth across the foyer of Beck's house, biting her lip. Beck was sprawled out on the couch opposite her, the epitome of peace and calm. If only she could be so relaxed.

"Babe, would you calm down?" Beck asked her, slightly concerned.

"I'll calm down when they call already!" Jade shot back, before turning on her heel and continuing to pace.

Beck simply shrugged and turned his attention back to his phone. After almost nine years together, he knew better than to argue with Jade. Anyone who did had no idea what was coming to them. He had found that out the hard way, back when they were only kids in high school. Now they were both Hollywood Arts graduates, with houses and jobs of their own, and she still hadn't changed a bit.

After five minutes of no change, Beck spoke again. "I have a philosophy," he announced, "that the more you pace, the longer it'll take for them to call."

"Do not. Start with me," Jade growled.

Beck smiled and left her alone. Although he wouldn't voice it out loud, he actually didn't blame his girlfriend for being so anxious. A few weeks prior, both he and Jade had auditioned for a movie series that was said to be the next Harry Potter franchise. They had both been told afterwards that they would know the outcome of the cast in a few weeks.

A shrill ringing noise broke into Beck's train of thought. Jade whipped around. "Who's phone is that?" she demanded.

"Mine." Beck flipped it open. "Hello?"

Jade waited impatiently while he spoke with the casting director. "Thank you so much," he eventually signed off, and hung up before standing up and walked over to Jade.

"Well?"

Beck looked into her eyes for a moment before breaking out into a huge smile. "I got the part!"

Jade gasped. "For all the movies?"

"Yes!" Beck laughed. "I can't believe it!"

"Congrats, babe," Jade told him. "This is seriously gonna be amazing for you. Finally, your career can take off!"

"And you'll be right there beside me," Beck told her, elbowing her in the side. "As soon as you get that call yourself."

As if on cue, Jade's phone rang. She suddenly felt more nervous than she had even been before, even when her self-written play back in high school was a disaster and opening night was hours away.

Beck rubbed her arm gently as she answered, and waited for her to finish with the casting director as well. But when she hung up and turned around to face him, he knew immediately that the verdict wasn't the same.

"You okay?" he asked her cautiously.

In reply, Jade clenched her jaw tight and threw her phone to the ground. A loud clattering noise broke the silence as she turned away from him, yanked the front door open and stomped outside.

Beck suppressed a sigh and followed her. Seven years of experience had his back there.

"Jade?" he called after her. "You wanna talk about this?"

After chasing her down the sidewalk for a minute, she abruptly swung around and faced him again. "You didn't tell me SHE was auditioning, too," Jade told him bitterly.

Beck's tan features were immediately traced with confusion. "Who was auditioning?"

"TORI VEGA!" Jade screeched, before running off again.

Oh, no.

Beck honestly had had no idea that Tori was auditioning for the movie as well. To his amusement and Jade's dismay, in the six years that they had broken away from their high school lives, she had not been able to rid herself of the brunette that was constantly innocently posing a threat. Tori was incredibly successful, having gone straight from graduation to the big stage. Her name was in lights everywhere, on the tv, on the computer, in magazines everywhere Jade looked. And it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to know that Tori had auditioned for this movie opposite Jade, and won the role. As Beck's love interest.

Beck dutifully followed Jade yet again, this time catching her as she finished the loop around his neighborhood, approaching his house again.

"Jade!" he called, grabbing her arm.

"WHAT!" she yelled back.

Beck knew she had been crying.

He pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry."

Jade leaned against his shoulder, tired from her journey around the neighborhood and all the weeks of anticipation of this call leading to nothing but heartbreak and failure. Again.

Beck held her close. "I didn't know she was auditioning," he told her softly.

"I...I know," Jade admitted, taking a shaky breath. "God, this sucks."

/

After going back to Beck's place and watching Nightmare on Elm Street (the one movie that Beck knew could make Jade feel better in ANY situation), Jade fell asleep on the couch with his arm around her, resting on his chest.

As she slept, Beck studied his girlfriend and felt a rush of guilt, empathy and sadness for her. They had been dating for almost nine years, and seven of them had been haunted by a girl she had hoped to never see again. And not haunted in the way she would like.

Although she had never said it, Beck knew this movie role meant a lot to Jade. To have it snatched away from her with ease by someone she couldn't stand must be really painful. Plus, this certain someone was the love interest to one of the few people in her life that she trusted. To her, it probably felt like Sikowitz's class all over again.

Being careful not to wake her, Beck reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring. The engagement ring he had bought for Jade the day before. To be honest, he hadn't really thought about proposing before he saw it. All it took was one casual stroll by in the mall, and he was sold. Literally.

The ring was a striking black diamond, that caught the moonlight as Beck held it up to admire it. It was so not a typical engagement ring, yet so...Jade. He knew she wouldn't wear anything that wasn't as dark and bold. It was the only black ring in the showcase at the store. Next to rows and rows of clear crystals and jewels of all sorts, it stood out like...his girlfriend in a sea of other wannabe actresses. Like the first day she caught his eye.

Beck gently slipped the ring on Jade's left ring finger. Then he closed his eyes and leaned up against her, preparing for the sunlight hours to come.

/

Beck woke up later to see Jade curiously staring at the diamond that was on her finger. "What is this...?" she asked suspiciously.

Beck smiled and took her hand. "When I said you'd be right beside me on that movie, I meant it," he told her. "You won't be a part of the cast. But you'll be on that set as Mrs. Oliver. If, Jade West, you'd do me the honor of being my wife. I've loved you for almost ten years, and I'm more than ready to love you for a million more. Will you marry me?"

Jade looked up at him, for once at a loss for words. "Yes," she finally stammered out. "Yes. I will marry you!"

Jade laughed and threw her arms around him. "YES!"

It seemed to be the only word she knew.

In return, Beck picked her up and carried her to the door. "Well then, my new fiancee," he told her grinning. "We should be going now."

"Going where?" she asked.

"To set," Beck replied. "Today is the read-through for the movie. And before these love scenes are shot, Tori Vega needs to know that my wife will be there watching every one."

Jade kissed him in response to that. Beck knew deep down that he had made her happier than any movie role ever could. And to make Jade happy, one has to have lots of experience. Nine years, to be almost exact.

Sooo. How was that? Basically that's my dream all fluffed out. All that I really remember was Jade getting upset about something, then Beck going after her and proposing. But I wanted to write about it regardless. Review?