Disclaimer: I dopn't own Vicitrious
"Jade," Beck said, "We need to talk. Now I love you but I cannot let what you did to Tori go unpunished. I know that I didn't go along with Tori's plan because that would have hurt you but I'm going to institute a mini-breakup. We'll still live together at the RV and we'll still talk but no romance. There will be no hugging, kissing, holding hands or anything else for a week"
It was obvious that Jade was upset. She accepted the 'punishment' with dignity but within the first day Beck could see that Jade was not the same girl he knew and loved. She spent half the day staring out the window and hardly ate dinner. The second day wasn't much better. Beck could see that Jade was becoming like a zombie.
He tried to reach her. He had to call her name 4 times before she answered him. If he would tell her something she would just do it without a word. Beck was getting frantic. He didn't realize how badly this would affect her.
He tried to hold strong but that night she woke up having a panic attack. She was struggling to breathe even though physically she was fine.
"Jade," he said gently, "baby calm down… look at me"
She couldn't so he gently lifted her chin to face him.
"Baby," he told her, "You're just having a panic attack"
She couldn't talk but she nodded. Those panic attacks were horrible. She only had a panic attack once before. Feeling Beck's hands on her shoulders calmed her down a little bit. He was applying gentle pressure and it appeared to be working.
He stroked her hair and pulled her into his lap so her head was against his shoulder. She melted in his embrace. She felt like someone who had broken a part of her and it had just healed. He stroked her hand and messaged her arms before finally pulling her in for a kiss. At the moment she felt like she could breathe a whole lot easier.
He was crying at this point.
"I am so sorry Jade," he told her, "I thought you needed this mini-breakup. I thought it would give you some time to think things through and realize that… I didn't realize how hard this would be on you. I didn't realize that at some point I had stopped communicating. I don't even know why I stopped doing that.
Beck did know why he stopped communicating. He had gone through some time times himself, just like Jade did at an earlier time. He didn't want to tell her about it because he didn't want to upset her but it was all too much. He needed some time to collect himself. That's a story for another time.
