AN - Another story that was handwritten first then placed on here. As of right now this should have three chapters but it might get longer later. Please Review, I love to know what people think about this idea. Finally I own nothing please support the official release.
"I have a secret to share with you, I can't die. Nothing romantic like vampires, no god like powers and I'm not a grim reaper or anything I just can't die. I received this curse, and yes this is a curse, when I was twenty three and because of my features I can easily pass for anywhere between sixteen to twenty five on my best days. Aside from not being to die it seems I can't get sick and I can't age, I know this because it's been over a hundred years since I was cursed by a second rate magician if you can believe that. At first I didn't believe him but forty six attempts later I was hard pressed not to believe. Every few decades I go back to school because what else is there to do? I try to stay away from people; relationships are hard when you can out live the other person. I was pretty good at keeping people at an arm's length at least I was until a night in 2010, but I'm getting ahead of myself. I had moved to LA and gotten a small townhouse for myself, and decided to try something new this school year to get into a school for talented kids. There was no one left from his family and no real reason to go to Hollywood Arts aside from it was something new to try. Normally the fact that I have no parents anymore would have brought red flags in the office however as I have learned, money talks and I had enough of it. Flashing a bit of cash at the dean I earned a spot in the freshman class and discovered that I actually had a talent for acting. I guess pretending to be a normal person for so long worked in my favor. Final note is that I can actually give away my curse but that meant willingly cursing another person with immortality and then killing myself. That was a step I couldn't willingly take, it was just too scary, maybe one day though."
Some nights Robbie would just walk, he had a car but found it more exhilarating to just to wander around. There was no fear of getting attacked by animals or people since he couldn't die so he'd just walk and think. One of those nights he found himself winding along the broken lines in the middle of a freeway; it was so late at night that even this abandoned stretch of road was even emptier. A short distance away there was this bend where he was going to step off the road and continue towards a local pool hall however a car came tearing around that turn and slammed into Robbie sending him flying off into a ditch on the side of the road as the car slammed on its breaks. Smoke rose from the Robbie indentation in the car, for a moment the area was completely silent. Then the driver's side door flew open just as Robbie got back up to the top of the road and out spilled a girl from the car like oil onto the road. Any anger that Robbie was holding onto fell through his fingers like water as watched the young woman stand up and walk to the busted up front of the car cursing up a storm.
"Damnit my dad is going to kill me," she shouted running her fingers along the dent, "Hope I murdered Bambi's mother to cause a dent like this." She muttered before looking up and spotting Robbie. To him she was amazing with jet, black hair cascading over her shoulders and smoldering green eyes, dressed in a black dress with long, torn stockings, she was definitely bringing the Goth look back in a good way. "Did you see what I hit?" She asked however since he still couldn't speak he just nodded. "Well spit it out, did you at least record it for the slap?"
"No," he finally got out and she smirked in a way that made his heart skip a beat.
"Not a mute then, come over here I won't bite….much." She was really quite amazing of course that might have just been the shock causing her to be so friendly after the wreck. Waving him over he turned and ran her finger across the metal that wasn't sharp and once he arrived next to her she mentioned, "No blood, that's strange I must have hit that bastard going sixty at least. Name's Jade, Jade West."
"Robbie Shapiro"
"Never heard of you, where do you go to school?"
"Out of state but transferring into Hollywood Arts in a few months."
"Small world, so am I," she said flashing him a smile before asking a very smart questions, "What are you doing out here?" she asked not seeing a car of any sort.
"Walking to clear my mind"
"Yeah I was trying to do that too, only I speed when I do, did you see what I hit?" Robbie started to say that it was him but shut up quickly, just nodding.
"It must have gotten tossed like a rag doll, want me to look at it?" he asked towards the car trying to change the subject. Now Jade didn't want to judge Robbie but he didn't look like he could unhook her bra let alone fix a car. However she wanted to give him a chance, at the car not her bra, not…no not her bra, there was this connection she felt with him that she didn't even feel with her boyfriend, hell she almost forgot she had one until her phone started to scream. Instead of looking shocked Robbie smiled and asked.
"Scissoring Two?" and her stomach flipped, no one usually guessed that right.
"Sorry it's my boyfriend," she said and she was surprised and a little happy that his reaction was that for a split second his eyes darkened. Turning she spoke quickly into the phone, walking away a few steps as Robbie went to the car. Opening the hood, which was easy since the impact with his body broke the latch he looked inside.
"I think it's just cosmetic damage, it should be able to be driven still," he called out.
"Who is that?" Robbie heard a small voice from her phone as she walked over to him.
"That's Robbie, a good Samaritan who pulled over to see if I was okay. He'll be joining us at Hollywood Arts next year. There's no reason to come get me. Alright, you too." Flipping the phone shut as Robbie pushed the hood close. Searching his pockets he found a bit of wire which he used to fix it so that it would remain shut while she drove. "You sure that I can still drive it?"
"Yeah, looks like you got lucky, missing everything important." They were both quiet for a moment in the glow of Jade's head lights as Jade thought about how lucky she had been to meet Robbie and Robbie was considering the connection he was feeling. "Guess I should get going."
"Do you need a ride?" Jade blurted out, stumbling over her words as she spoke then mentally yelling at herself for acting like a bubbly teenager.
"Nah that's okay I can walk," he started to say but a crack of lightning flashed across the sky and it started to pour. Being immortal and indestructible meant no sick days for Robbie but Jade looked stubborn, unmoving unless he said yes so he moved to the passenger's side and climbed in. Climbing in second, triumphantly Jade ran her fingers through her hair splashing water onto the backseat. Starting up the car Jade drove for a bit before she sneezed and despite years, decades of hiding himself, his true self, he decided that she was the one to tell.
"I don't get sick; you shouldn't have been stubborn and just gotten into the car."
"Sorry?"
"We could have stood there all night due to your stubbornness and the only sick one would have been you." This actually angered Jade now as anger flashed in her eyes spiking up the green in them.
"Shut up or I'll kick you out," she threatened pressing down on the gas a little more bringing them back up to sixty again snarling and Robbie just grinned. "You don't know anything about me Shapiro, any nice thoughts I had about you just forget it." Thinking back to that day he would never be able to say why exactly he did it but without dropping his smile Robbie opened the door and just fell out. Slamming on her breaks for the second time that night Jade was too shocked to scream as she saw Robbie bounce and skid across the road before coming to a stop. Jumping out of the car she ran towards him, tears in her eyes that she had made him do that. She wanted to have that mean girl persona at the new school but maybe if it meant someone would be so scared that they would kill themselves. Freezing a few steps away she watched in horror and disbelief as Robbie rose without looking hurt at all. She expected blood, bones, torn flesh, his cute face disfigured. His clothes were a bit torn up but his skin was fine, as he walked up to her. She tried to speak but couldn't and it was there in the pouring rain when someone finally learned Robbie's secret, but more importantly for the first time in several decades, Robbie had a friend.
Two hours later Jade sat on her couch with a bowl of chicken soup steaming in her lap, a blanket around her shoulders and an ice pack on her head. After giving her a quick run through with a promise of a better explanation later. Upon arriving home Robbie explained to her father about hitting the deer and how since he was new friends with Jade and, honestly said, he wanted bonus points with her dad which Mr. West laughed at, he'd return it to perfect condition no charge. After that Mr. West left for an overnight shift at work and Robbie took his spot next to Jade as she sipped the soup.
""I was cursed with immortality over a hundred years ago and I learned everything I could so not to be bored to death, thus the ability to fix your car. I also spent some time making money, enough to be well off and not worry about things." Robbie explained as promised.
"Why do you think about it as a curse?" she asked through the sniffles.
"I had to watch my mother and sister grow old without me, I attended both of their funerals while I remained the same. That's why you're my first friend and only confidant in a long time."
"Jeez Shapiro you're going to make me blush," teased Jade earning a dark stare from Robbie.
"Please call me Robbie."
"Fine, Robbie, sorry, ah-choo."
"I've tried a lot of things, standing in the rain naked, standing in a freezer, fire, knives, guns, drowning. I can't heal per-say I just can't get hurt or sick and yeah it was thrilling at first but give it a few decades, it wore thin. I could always give it to someone else but I couldn't have that weigh on my conscience, for one I'd be cursing someone else and two, without the power I'd have to die. It's not turn to dust die like in the movies but after explaining the basics to me the man who cursed me told me that there's sort of this shadow hanging over him, whispering that there was only one freedom from the curse. Then he shot himself."
"Gruesome," Jade muttered, "Why school?"
"Life gets boring when you've learned everything you could so I attend school for the social interaction but I keep people at a distance. I have friends at school but never outside of school."
"I'm one of the popular mean girls at school, I want to be feared and respected for my voice and acting talents," Jade said proudly, as proudly as she could with an ice pack on her head.
"Sure but don't expect me to be one of those sniveling kids who are afraid of you, I know better." Robbie said and Jade smirked as she punched his arm which he faked being hurt tumbling to the floor causing her to laugh then cough.
In the weeks before school Robbie ended up meeting Beck and instead of hate at first sight the paid become friends, more than just because he was Jade's friend but because the duo just drew close. Soon after school started and despite Jade's best attempts at being that mean girl the group grew by two and Jade become the popular Goth girl, Beck was the handsome actor and Robbie the quiet but cute and intelligent one. The new members of the group were the musically talented Andre Harris and the ever energetic Cat Valentine. For the first year at high school everything was fine, the hung outside of school but the only one he was close to was Jade. They told Beck and the others it was because Robbie's parents died and Jade's father was filling that void happily enough. It wasn't a complete lie as Mr. West and Robbie were becoming closer as well since Robbie took care of Jade and her car. Since Mr. West was a business man there were days when Jade was off with Beck that Robbie would teach Mr. West about mechanical things to better taken care of the cars. With raising a daughter on his own and the crazy hours he worked Mr. West was glad to have some sort of friend in Robbie. Beck was a nice kid and all but there was something special with Robbie, he trusted Robbie to protect Jade from anything even if he didn't know why.
For once in a long time Robbie didn't focus on his curse nor the future, instead really just living in the now. Things were great with plays, concerts, everything except when a girl got the nerve to ask Robbie out. He'd politely decline saying that he was more interested in studies than with dates at this point in time adding in that he promised his departed mother that he'd get through school with straight A's. That got him some sympathy awes from the girls.
Everything was going great for Jade as well; if she and Beck ever fought Robbie was there as well. Letting her taking out any anger or aggression on him because it never hurt him, normally he just held her though and that was enough. In middle school she and Beck were the IT couple but in high school he was way more laid back even in their relationship. There were way more pretty girls at Hollywood Arts who flirted with Beck and worse he'd never tell them he was taken until Jade already got mad. Things only got worse when Trina Vega's little sister transferred in.
Standing against her locker Jade verbally growled at the sight of Beck and Victoria "Tori" Vega together, she laughing at something he said.
"Calm down Jade," Robbie said from where he was standing, "Lane volunteered Beck to show Tori around."
"Should have said no, but look at them all comfy cozy over there, it makes me so infuriated," snarled Jade.
"Because he's yours or because she's playing with him?" Robbie asked causing Jade to freeze thinking about it as Robbie reached out and squeezed her hand before walking away, leaving her with her thoughts until the bell rand and she went off to class. At the end of the day Jade caught Tori outside and cornered her.
"What did Beck tell you?" she asked not hiding the snarl in her tone causing Tori to flush and meep.
"That you two are dating, I swear my flirtiness is just how I am, I wasn't trying to be a home wrecker or anything, see?" she said and robotically turned to the closest guy in the courtyard very poorly and awkwardly flirting with the guy, unfortunately for her that guy just happened to be Robbie. The thought of Robbie and Tori together caused something inside Jade to snap and she saw red. Tearing Robbie away from Tori she screeched no before storming off dragging Robbie along with her. Once at the car she let the anger drain out of her body and her breathing to return to normal.
"If my hand could break I'd need to see a doctor by now," Robbie mused as Jade turned red from embarrassment before letting go of his hand. Lately her feelings had been confusing her, seeing Tori with Robbie tore at something deeper than when she had seen Tori and Beck together. As if reading her mind Robbie spoke.
"I love Tori, but only how I like Cat. I think we could all become good class friends however you're something more special to me Jade. You are the only person I trust with my secrets, with my life, I will never ever leave you Jade." Once he finished he hugged her from behind. Feeling herself melt into his arms she closed her eyes to enjoy it until she heard Beck coming up behind them. Spinning while still holding onto her Robbie caught Beck's eyes and smiled.
"She got all huffy seeing you and Tori together and since I'm her official unofficial punching bag I figure this would be safer for me." Nodding believing him Beck looked at Jade.
"Jade you know I love you, Tori is just a friend." Pulling away from Robbie Jade went right into Beck's face.
"Friend? You've known her for six hours and you're already best friends?" Beck held up his hands in defense.
"She's friends with Andre and so are we; she'll be around us more." Jade frowned and turned away only to be hugged from behind by Beck and she found it nice but wrong. Looking up she saw Robbie wave goodbye and both she and Beck mouthed the words 'Thank you' for two completely different reasons.
Jade had a feeling the perfect world she had built up last year was going to come crashing down and it did, starting the next day when not only did Tori get her lead part but she also got to kiss her male lead which ended up being Robbie. That night during their weekly horror movie night Robbie kept telling her that it was only a stage kiss even teasing her by asking if she wanted to read lines with him and practice the kiss. Laughing as she turned beet red Robbie tossed a copy of the script onto her lap as he received a pillow to the face, feigning as if she hit him with a brick. As he 'twitched' on the ground Jade flipped through the pages muttered something about over dramatic crap that Sikowitz was into. Two best friends liking each other when one day she loses her dog, played by Cat, and he comforts her, in a moment of weakness they kiss.
"It's like a soap opera for tweens. I mean who gets that emotional over a dog, but at least we will all be able to see Tori fail in front of everyone." Robbie sat down next to her and reached for some chips on the table.
"Where would you go, to reach that level of emotion?" he asked but when Jade went quiet he continued, "Instead of a dog dying you think of something else that brings you to that emotional place. That's what Sikowitz is really looking for, at least I think so." Closing her eyes Jade thought about her dark place, when she was sitting on the couch watching the news that a drunk driver plowed into a café window killing three. Watching her father, covered in blood, screaming for help as he tried to push the car off her mother himself, opening her eyes she looked at Robbie with her eyes swimming in tears, threatening to break free but holding it back for now.
"David I'm sorry, I didn't know where to go." Understanding the words he picked up the script and followed along.
"Hush, Tracey what's going on, what happened?" Robbie continued watching the true actress in Jade come out, it was obvious why she got into Hollywood Arts, she was acting better than most people he saw in real movies. Taking a deep breath along with her he saw the tears break the corners of her eyes.
"I was out on my new bike, it was red and from a garage sale but my dad, he painted it up nice so it looked almost new. Cherry red, my favorite and mom was showing me how to ride without using my hands. Molly was barking and jumping around us and we were all so happy. The road was so clear, it was a Sunday so most of our neighbors must have been at church or something. Suddenly this black car came around the bend going so fast. Molly was there one second, then she….she….she" She couldn't finish as the tears were now streaming down her face and she dropped her head openly sobbing. Reaching out Robbie took hold of her chin and lifted her so their eyes met, so mesmerized with her words that he wasn't playing along with the script anymore. She made him feel her sorrow through her words and actions and wanted to do anything to bring her up from the sadness. Her emerald eyes met his and he closed his own eyes leaning down and kissing her on the lips.
Keeping her eyes open out of surprise Jade saw the raw emotion in Robbie's eyes and movements telling herself it was 'just a stage kiss'. Every fiber in her body was screaming that it wasn't just a stage kiss as she tried to force herself not to look too much into this as he gently pulled away. Biting his lip he looked into her dazed eyes.
"Wow," he muttered, she too felt the wow factor, "That's amazing acting." Those three words and she felt she was riding down the hill of a high roller coaster and the tears for real started to come out until he moved closer and the world froze again. "I just feel empowered by your character and want to do anything," they were inches apart now, "to make you happy." Closing her own eyes she closed the gap and starting kissing him as well. It felt amazing but a crash caused them to jump apart and look up to see Beck standing there with real emotion in his eyes as well, rage and betrayal. On the ground there were Black Roses, his way of an 'I'm sorry' for flirting with Tori, gift. Rising Jade started to tell him about the play but the laid back Beck was gone and in his place was an angry beast that rushed and tackled Robbie. They collided with a loud thud causing Robbie to crash down, his head smashing into the base of a Gothic, sturdy iron lamp that lit up the room. The force caused it to rock back and forth casting strange shadows about the wall. The blow would have knocked anyone else our but Robbie's head bounced off it as if it was a pillow. Getting in a few good blows it looked like Beck was winning until Robbie got his legs up and shoved Beck back onto the couch. The force caused Robbie to slide back as well hitting the tilted forward base with his shoulder causing the heavy lamp to fall down and impale Robbie. To add to it a light bulb shattered and without really thinking about it Robbie grabbed the broken bits. There was a spark and a small explosion as the lights went out after electrocuting Robbie.
When Robbie mentioned that he didn't feel anything when hurt he meant pain wise. When shot it felt like he was being nudged by the bullet, impaled felt like someone continuously pushing him without letting up. Being electrocuted was like being tickled when you weren't ticklish. Using the darkness as cover he pulled the lamp from his body and tossed it aside, pulling the cord out so the lamp stopped shocking him. Beck stumbled around with his hands out groping for Jade, calling out for her as well. Crawling away from the voice Robbie went into the kitchen and felt for the circuit breaker box and flipped the switch causing the rest of the lights in the house to come back on. Beck was closer to Jade but she hadn't moved just started at the lamp on the floor.
"Jade are you okay?" Beck asked as she slowly turned to face him.
"What the fuck was that Beckette?" Beck winced not at the use of the swear word but of his full name.
"I don't know hon, I saw you two kissing and," but Jade cut him off.
"One, no pet names, two look at where he fell Beckette, you could have killed him."
"No, I wouldn't have."
"Get out."
"Jade please."
"Get out."
"If I leave now I'm never coming back, we're through." Beck threatened not meaning it but still willing to saw anything. With that she walked right up to him and at first he thought she was going to hug him but she stopped.
"Then we're through, get out." Slowly Beck backed up, hoping that she would change her mind, tell him to stay but soon he was gone, she didn't move until they heard his car pull away. Coming up to her Robbie asked quietly if she was okay. He expected more tears and braced for it and he was half right as she turned to face him, half right because the tears weren't for Beck but for him.
"He could have killed you," she sobbed and Robbie stroked her hair.
"I can't die remember?"
"Yeah but if you could, you'd be dead," tears flowering as held embraced her continuing to stroke her hair.
"You can't think like that, if we did than he wouldn't have because you would have been the one to do it with your car when you hit that deer." Trying to fight it and failing Jade giggled. "There, there don't worry about things you can't control. I'm protected and I will never leave you."
"I think we're through for good, Beck and I."
"I know, I was there." Robbie said with a smile.
"I think I want to move on, do you think that we could?" she asked looking at him hopefully.
"Tough Jade West being soft like this? I think I can feel a chill." Robbie teased getting punched in the gut from her and faking doubling over as she jumped on top of him to prove she was tough, "We should wait a bit otherwise Beck would feel justified."
"I didn't break up with him because of his reaction to the stage kiss, I did it because of that anger I've never seen before."
"He wouldn't have let me die Jade, he would have stopped if I started to bleed."
"Are you saying I should forgive him?"
"Yeah, but that doesn't meant take him back. As much as I want to push it away Jade I've been feeling something special when I'm with you. I was okay seeing you with Beck but at the same time it tore me up inside. I wanted to be the one to hold you, protect you. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love you Jade and that scares me because I know you're going to die one day and I won't". Shutting him up with a kiss Jade pulled away and looked him in the eyes.
"Stop, just stop thinking about the future and just focus on the now." Nodding Robbie held her close and closed his eyes.
