Jade traced the outline of her young face on the picture, her hair had been curled ever so slightly and her smile is wide and you could see her whole face. She turned to Beck who was sitting on an old chair that was her grandfathers. He held up a photo album that was yellowing with age.
"What is this?" He asked. Jade put the photo in her jean pocket and walked over to Beck. The photo album was large and looked fragile. Jade leaned in.
"I don't know, it's probably my grandpa's or something." Jade said calmly, she turned away and began to go through more boxes that had been forgotten in the attic or her house. Jades mother had sent her and Beck up to look for old stuff to give away to charity. "It looks old enough."
"Are you ok?" Beck got up from the chair and walked over to Jade, the old boards creaking under his weight. Jade didn't turn around. She pushed a stray piece of hair back.
"I don't want to talk about it," Jade said solemnly and looked behind her, Beck was upon her, his breath was hot on her neck, is was sweet. "Ew your breath is all disgusting."
"I'm sorry about my disgusting breath." Beck leaned back and Jade stood up from her kneeling over the boxes. The boards continued to creak loudly. "Is that why you're mad? About my breath?"
"Yes, your breath makes me want to kill myself." Jade teased and turned to face him. She got closer and put her hand into his. Beck grabbed Jade other's hand. He leaned in and smiled sweetly.
"Well then I'll never breathe again," Beck said this like it was a total fact and that they weren't kidding around. Jade bit her lip and put her arms around Becks neck.
"That might be nice."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Beck asked and held Jade arms length apart as if he was her father and making sure that her outfit was acceptable for a young girl. Jade leaned in, she made sure her smile was full of secrets.
"What do you think?" She pulled away and sat in the chair Beck just sat in. It was still warm. She began to trace the photo again.
"I think you're gorgeous." Beck said and also sat in the chair, their body's squeezed together in the old chair. He kissed her forehead. Jade waved him away.
"I thought you weren't going to breathe." Jade looked away from Beck who was flabbergasted. Beck grabbed Jade's shoulders and made her look at him. Jade looked into his eyes which were warm.
"What is the matter?"
"That you're going to spend three weeks at Tori's fucking lake house." Jade looked at him, she tried to hide her jealousy and pain. "I have no idea what you're going to do!"
Beck blinked several times. Surprised she actually told him. "You don't trust me?"
"I trust you, but not that slut Tori." Jade held Becks hand, their fingers began to lace around each other. Jade looked down at smiling innocent Jade. She tried not to break down.
"We'll then I won't go." Beck declared. Jade looked at him and bit her lip. All summer they hadn't done much but be with each other. And at time's she even got bored with Beck.
"No." Jade kissed him. "Go, have fun."
"No." Beck kissed her. "Come with me." Jade blinked. She smiled.
"You're inviting me to Tori's house?" Beck nodded. Jade blinked again and tried not to scream. Beck noticed how tense Jade suddenly got. "But Tori won't let me come."
"Yes she will." Beck put his arm around her. The chair felt like home to Jade. She felt safe in the chair.
"Beck?" Jade asked and turned to him. Beck to turned his head to meet her eyes. He noticed how full of life her eyes were, honest happiness. This was rare even for him to see and took it in.
"Yes."
"If you laugh I will punch you in the balls, but can this be our chair?" Jade asked and looked at the arm of the chair, noticing how faded red it was. Beck laughed. Jade glared at him, she turned her hands into a fist and raised it. But then Beck said.
"Well if it's our chair what will we name it?" Beck asked and patted the chair. Jade rested her head in his shoulder, she put her hand on his knee and he put his on top.
"I think we should name is Rosie."
"Why Rosie?" Beck asked. Jade looked at the chair closely.
"Because its red." Jade said, her eyes were back to normal.
But Beck would keep that image in his head forever.
Jade sat in the kitchen, she was sitting across from her mother and her father wasn't home. Jade looked just like her mother which she hated. Her mother was one of those young mothers.
"What did you and Beck find?" Her mother asked and cut another piece of her steak. Jade had only nibbled on the salad. Her mother plopped the piece of steak into her mouth.
"Our chair." I said, my mother smiled. Jade cut a piece of meat, she just looked at it. After 30 seconds she put it in her mouth.
"Which one? There's so much crap I want to throw out up there."
"Its red, grandpa's." Jade cut another piece of meat.
"Lovely!" Her mother clapped her hands together "your grandfather would read you stories in that chair. It was so adorable." Her mother giggled "back when you would smile."
"I'm going to finish my meal upstairs." She grabbed her plate and made her way up to the attic. The boards creaked like they did earlier. Jade sat in the red chair, her plate was radiating heat in her lap. Jade ate all her food.
When she looked down she saw that it was empty. Angry she threw the plate across the room. It smashed as it hit the wall. She had no regrets about breaking the plate.
Jade felt the rage that commonly consumed her fill her up now. She hardly ever got mad at her mother. They weren't close but her mother understood her easily. She felt like she only had Beck.
Jade looked at her desk, she went to her computer. Jade logged onto the slap. She was going to vlog. Vlogging made her feel good.
Jade looked into the camera "hey everybody. I'm just here to say that for the next few weeks I'm not going to be online. I know you all will miss me and Beck but that's too fucking bad, huh?" Jade moved the computer some more "AGH! THIS WEBCAM IS A PIECE OF SHIT!"
She squinted into the camera. Pickles appeared. Jade slammed her fists on the keyboard "WORK YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" Jade gasped when the pickles disappeared "so that's it. I'm going with Beck to Tori's. Oh yeah Tori I'm going to your beach house with everyone! Keeping a eye on my boyfriend you big slut!"
