Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious but I own this story. This is dedicated to all my friends (you know who you are) who know me for me and who are my friends though good and bad. Thank you :-D. Oh and to all my friends (and I have a few) who say I inspired and encouraged them I may have inspired and encouraged you all but you inspired and encouraged me too.
"Come on Jade," Beck said gently, "You can do this. Just think of me. Now roll out there and knock them alive"
Beck would never say knock them dead because he was afraid Jade really would. She was ready for her big speech. She thought of Beck the whole time.
"I find it very sad that we live in such a judgmental world. I can never reveal to a person who I truly am. Everyone has their opinions of me. But if they knew I was an adult with the heart of a child they wouldn't know what to make of me. Why should it matter how old I am? Why should it matter that I have a disability? Why should it matter that I am in a wheelchair and can never walk? Why should I feel guilty… about getting out there and doing what is right. The reason I don't tell people information about myself is simple. I'm not ashamed. I'm not shy. I'm not embarrassed to be who I am. I don't tell anyone who I am because I don't want them to see me as anything but what they need me to be. If they are having an adult problem then I am an adult. If they are scared because things in their life are falling apart I am in their shoes because I have been in their shoes. I will lift them up. I will hold them close and I will not let them fall. Some think I'm an angel. Some think I'm a saint. Some think I'm a liar. I am none of those things. A liar gives you erroneous information. I never give you any information about myself for over the phone or through letters or emails… or talking well I can be whoever I want to be. Nobody has to see this," she showed her wheelchair. Nobody has to see my scars. Maybe you have scars too… that are not so easily seen. Maybe you don't. I don't know. What I do know is there is one man who saw through my curtain. He saw me as me. He loved me for me."
Jade looked over in Beck's direction and he smiled encouragingly at her.
"My friend I will never tell you all you may want to know about me… but you already know it. I have seen true proof that you know who I am and you are still my friend. You are not ashamed of the fact that I have those scars or that I don't fit the mode of the typical average person. You see me as me and you are the one that can slip through that curtain. Some come into our lives for a season. Other people come into our lives for a reason. Still others come into our lives for a lifetime. You may be a season. You may be a reason. You may be a lifetime. But you will always be a lifetime to me for if your near or far apart you are written in my heart."
At that the audience thundered with applause.