Warning to everyone reading this. There are several things you need to know. First of all don't tell me Beck is out of character or that he would never do what he's doing in this story. I AM WELL AWARE OF THAT. It is an AU story. Beck is going to be very out of character. There will be times in the story where you are going to hate him. There will also be times in the story where you are going to love him. Jade is out of character too. She would never put up with him treating her the way he does in this story. She listened to him in reality because she doesn't want to argue with him and because she wanted to show him that she trusts him. She loves him but she would never allow him to treat her the way he did in the story. Beck DOES love Jade in this story. He does not mean to hurt her and he honestly thinks he is doing what's best for her. That is how most abusive behavior starts out. So without any more talk let me start the story. Just one more note before I do. I don't own Victorious. That is just slandered to put in there.

Beck never started out with the intention of hurting Jade. There was no doubt that he loved her. He just needed her to be nice to Tori and nothing else had worked. He thought maybe if he gave her a smacking she would wake up and start being nice to Tori. If nothing else she wouldn't be mean to Tori anymore. He thought about it for awhile and the next time she was mean to Tor he went ahead and gave her a smacking. He made sure that it was as hard and painful as possible in hopes of her being deterred from her behavior. It worked and he found she responded to physical force. That's what he did to get her to do what she 'needed to do'. It was what was 'best for her. It wasn't as if he was harsh with her.

Cat came and sat next to Jade at lunch the next day. Jade was unusually quiet. Cat had heard the latest incident between Beck and Jade and she was very concerned.

"Jade," Cat said softly, "How long has this been going on?"

"Seven months," Jade said, "I love Beck but I hate the person he's become"

"It's not working," Cat said, "You can't continue to be abused"

"He isn't abusing me exactly," Jade said, "He cares enough to want me to be a better person"

"Bull," Cat said, "That's no way to help you become a better person. Beck has a serious problem and he needs help!"

They say everyone who has a serious problem has an AHA moment. That was Beck's AHA moment. He really thought he was doing the right thing. He made excuses. He would say 'she needs this' or 'it's in her best interest' or 'well she had to learn a lesson'. In his mind he was doing a good thing. He didn't realize until he listened in on the conversation between Cat and Jade

"Look Cat I got what I deserved," Jade said, "I didn't listen when he told me to sit down and shut up. You saw that"

"Jade newsflash," Cat said, "That's a b u s i v e abusive. He doesn't have the right to hurt you or to put you down. I'm sorry but telling you to sit down and shut up is putting you down. He has problems and he needs help"

He wasn't abusive. He did it for her own good. Sure he smacked her every few days but she had it coming. She was disobeying him. She was not doing what he said. She was talking back. She was doing things that were harmful to her or their relationship.

"I do the wrong things sometimes,"

"So what? You're human. Everyone does the wrong thing sometimes. That doesn't give him the right to physically hurt you. For that matter he doesn't have the right to ignore you and humiliate you in front of other people. He is dead wrong. He is so wrong he's not right. He's as wrong as Tara and Halley"

Okay so he did humiliate her and yell at her sometimes. He did criticize her and put her down. But he didn't treat her so badly she was embarrassed for her friends and family to see. Okay so he did ignore her opinions sometimes but that was because they were stupid. It was her own fault anyway. If she hasn't made that comment that she made or done this or done that he wouldn't have had to put her in her place. She needed to know right from wrong. It was like the time that he broke something very special to her to teach her a lesson.

"Beck loves me," Jade told Cat

"There's no doubt in my mind that he loves you," Cat said, "But he's out of control. He has this attitude that he should get what he wants when he wants it. He doesn't accept no for an answer. He punishes you if you don't do what he wants when he wants. He's a control freak lately. He is out of control. You need to leave"

"I can't," Jade said.

Beck had tears in his eyes. He didn't want to lose Jade but he didn't want to hurt her either. He had to get help for this problem. He was an abuser. It was time he got help for his problem. He would go to Abusers Anonymous. He walked over to the table where Cat and Jade were sitting at.

"Beck," Jade asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"Cause," Beck said, "Jade I realize I have been hurting you and there is no way I can make up for it but I want it to stop right now. I'm out of control and I was out of control the first time I smacked you"