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This takes place after the stairs scene fades out

He is the balm to her burn. Jade cannot remember when she first realized she loved Beck because there was never a time she didn't love him. He was her best friend. He was the only one who could break through her tough shell. Beck was the ying to her yang. He was the soft spot in her life. He was the balm to her burn.

Jade's eyes filled with tears as she sat on the steps. He didn't love her anymore. He probably hadn't in awhile. He hadn't loved her since Vega came along. Fingering a lighter she had in her bag she held it to her skin whining for only a second and releasing in the pain. It made her forget for a minute that Beck didn't love her anymore. She just couldn't deal with that fact or the fact that things had changed.

"Is Jade crying," Tori whispered to Beck sounding almost amused.

"Jade?"

There it was. That was the gentle voice she loved.

"Jade what's the matter?"

"You don't love me anymore," she sobbed.

"WHERE did you get that ridiculous idea from," he asked her.

"You haven't loved me since Vega came along," Jade said sobbing hysterically now

Beck pulled her into his arms.

"Jade," Beck said, "Tori is my friend. You are my life!"

"Then why did you say what you said a few minutes ago. Why do you always take her side?"

"There are no sides," he said tenderly.

"You either get mad at me or ignore me whenever I'm not nice to Vega," Jade said, "You never used to get mad at me but you have six times so far. I HATE IT when you do that. I hate it when you ignore me. I hate the fact that she's going to steal you from me-"

"Jade," Tori said, "I'm not going to steal Beck from you. We are just friends. I promise that's all we are"

"THEN WHY DID YOU KISS HIM ON YOUR SECOND DAY OF HOLLYWOOD ARTS?"

"That was wrong of me," Tori said, "I may play innocent but I have a bit of an anger streak and I bet he saw that"

"Right. Jade I wasn't trying to upset you. I just don't want you and Tori to fight. I've seen Tori's revenge style on her second day there and I saw how upset you got about it. I was protecting you"

Jade sniffled but said "I believe you"

She did believe him. He was the balm to her burn. It was like him to protect her. That was a thing Beck would do.

"But then why did you get mad at me? She wasn't even there when that happened"

"That was just me being stupid," he said, "I don't know why I got mad at you when I did. But it's not like you've never gotten mad at me"

"It's different though," Beck said, "You are the balm to my burn"

"Well you're the air to my lungs," Beck said "and I promise you I will never forget that again"