Hello. :)
This story will have three chapters. This one has three different perspectives. The next two are both just following Beck's train of thought.
It's kind of a different spin on Tori Fixes Beck And Jade. Like... What if Andre would have said yes to asking Jade out when Tori asked him? It hasn't got all that much drama in it, is mainly Bade and a little one-sided Jandre.
MaryLeboneFirst gave me the idea for this. She had a little bit of another scenario in her head but with it, she inspired me to this, and therefore this is for her - in hope you like it.
Now, everyone: Have fun reading. The other two chapters will follow soon. :)
Tori couldn't understand why Beck still let his life be dominated by Jade but that's how it was. And it was true that Jade was scary, so maybe Beck was right in not wanting to date a girl she had accused him before of flirting with or whatever.
But if Jade was dating another person herself, she wouldn't care, would she? If she would date around, she couldn't be angry with Beck for dating around as well.
Tori liked Beck. She considered him and Andre her best friends and therefore wanted him to be happy. For that, she knew, she had to find Jade a date.
But Beck had been right. Noone at their school would ever ask Jade out because everyone was terrified of her.
So, the first step was to make her seem less terrifying, so more guys would ask her out and she would eventually go out on a date with one of them.
If some guy could prove to the others' that Jade could be dated...
Andre. Andre once had had a crush on Jade. Tori was sure he was long over it by now but he was still a good friend of Jade's and obviously liked to hang out with her – and he was more liked by Jade herself than Robbie and also less terrified of her than Robbie.
Andre should ask her! And Andre was a great guy, so why shouldn't she say yes to him, at least for one date. And with her otherwise never being asked out...
It was the only idea she had, therefore she went to Andre and told him all about Beck and Meredith and about Jade needing to date, so that she wouldn't care about Beck dating.
"I thought... Maybe you could ask her out?" she finally ended.
Andre looked up to the stage where Jade was testing the acoustic that very moment.
"Please?" Tori added.
Andre shrugged: "Sure. If Beck's ok with me dating her."
Tori clapped her hands together excitedly. "Yes. Why wouldn't he? It just has to be one date, so other guys..."
She paused for a moment, then: "Wait. What? Do you actually want to ask her out? Like, for real?"
"No," Andre answered, his eyes widening, looking at her unsure, then to the stage and back again. "I mean... Possibly. I don't know if it's appropriate. But since Beck and her broke up, I have thought about it."
"Really?" Tori asked. She hadn't heard anything about that before.
Andre looked a little bit flustered. "Yeah. She is a great girl. But I don't know. I guess it's not cool as Beck's friend."
"No, no, no," Tori hurried to say. She would have to think about this later, but until then... nothing had to change about her plan to make Beck happy. "You should totally ask her out. Especially if you like her. Beck will be fine. He wants to go out with Meredith anyway."
"I don't know," Andre repeated himself, looked to Jade again who was just now screming at Sinjin and his friends. "But maybe I will ask Beck before if it's really cool with him."
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Andre had thought for a while that he was totally over Jade but he had now known for some time that that wasn't the case. He really liked Jade.
But singing 365 Days for her, even if it had been a long time ago by now, had made it easy for him to just life with these feelings. After all, it also wasn't like he was in love with Jade. She was just a really good friend, he was attracted to her and he could imagine more.
But there was Beck who was one of his best friends and you couldn't hook up with your best friend's girl, even after they broke up, could you? At least not without your best friend's permission.
But he also was afraid of asking her out because of Jade herself. Not because of her attitude (although he sometimes still considered her terrifying and knew that he never wanted to be her enemy) but because he didn't know how she felt. Nobody knew and maybe she would laugh him out of the room if he asked her out on a date.
But... well... first, the problem with Beck. Maybe Beck would tell him, he couldn't ask her and he wouldn't have to think about the second problem any longer.
They had to do a project together for their science class and met today in Beck's RV for it. Andre used the chance, after having been motivated the rest of the day by Tori.
"By the way," Andre said as casually as he could manage when they decided to take a short break from their work. "Tori told me about Meredith and... Jade and everything."
Beck just looked at him and Andre carried on: "She thinks that Jade won't get jealous if she is dating as well. Do you think that could work?"
Beck shrugged. "I guess so. But noone will ask her out, so it's moot."
Andre swallowed hard. Maybe, he shouldn't do it. Beck was a laid back guy but what if this would be a total no-go for him and he would get angry at Andre. He wasn't angry often but Andre had never liked it when he had been.
Also... He would follow through if Beck would give his ok and then their was the chance of a cruel rejection by Jade which he also didn't want.
On the other hand... What if Jade would want to go out with him? What if they actually would... fall in love?
He had to ask.
"I actually could imagine asking her out," he said and he saw Beck stopping in his tracks while he was about to drink out of his glas. "If you would let me. She is your ex-girlfriend and I don't want it to be weird or anything."
Beck looked at him for a few heart beats, then: "No, sure. We have been broken up for months now and if you want to, you should totally ask her out."
"You are ok with it?"
"I'm fine."
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He wasn't. The thought of Andre and Jade dating kept Beck up at night, just like it had kept him up back when he found out Moose and Jade had made out.
This was different though. She had just made out with Moose because of that stupid competition between her, Cat and Tori. That's at least what Beck told himself. (And he still hadn't texted Moose since.)
If she would agree to date Andre... that would be a whole different story.
Or it wouldn't. He and Jade were broken up, for months now, just like he had told Andre. Jade was free to date whomever and Andre was also free to do whatever he wanted to and... there was no reason why Beck was supposed to feel bad about it.
Yet, when he saw Tori and Andre exchange glances at the end of Sikowitz' class the next day and Andre seeming extremely nervous, he felt a bubbling anger inside of him.
Sikowitz was the first out of the room today when the bell rang. Beck slowly grabbed his back and watched Tori winking at Andre before grabbing Cat and telling her she had to show her something amazing. Well... Cat would be the one to wait up for Jade.
Robbie hurried after them and Beck slowly followed the others out but didn't miss Andre's voice: "Jade? Do you have a sec?"
Beck didn't look back but he stayed right behind the door as soon as he had left. The last three students came by but Jade and Andre didn't, so obviously she had stayed.
"I just wanted to ask you..." Beck heard Andres voice, quiet unsure. "Uhm... Do you know about that new horror movie?"
"The fourth sin?" Jade's voice carried out the room.
"Yeah," Andre answered and then, quickly, as if he would loose the courage to do it otherwise: "Would you want to go see it with me?"
Beck's heart pounded so loud in his chests he was afraid he would miss the answer but he did hear it though he wished afterwards, he hadn't: "Yeah, sure. I'm free tonight."
"I'll pick you up," Andre said and Beck could hear the relief in his voice. He wouldn't be relieved too long. Not when Beck would go in and kill him.
Stop! No. This wasn't his place. If they wanted to date, that was fine. Jade wasn't his girlfriend anymore. And he had been the one who had wanted to date another girl which was why Tori set this up. He should be happy. Right?
But he swallowed hard and realized, both his hands were formed to fists. What was happening to him?
He hurried away before Andre and Jade could get out of the classroom and see him.