Hope you enjoy it!
This is loosely based on the movie, The Descendants, if you haven't seen it yet, I suggest you do!
Also, I love Jade's character so much, that I feel like this would be the perfect storyline for her. Let me know what you think!
I own nothing.
Hawaii. It was a good place to live; tropical, sunny all the time, hot… and just all around amazing.
There was literally nowhere else better than Hawaii to live. In America it was the vacation spot, tourists were there all year round. You couldn't imagine a better place to live then there.
Right?
Well, to Jade West… it wasn't so… tropical and nice. Not since the accident.
And now, she was staring at the hospital bed where her mother lay, unresponsive; a damn vegetable.
She couldn't say anything to her; she literally didn't have the willpower or the need to. Not since their fight winter break when she'd come back from boarding school on a different island. Her parents had sent her there because they couldn't deal with her. She was too out of control. She had a drinking problem. She had major emotional issues. Whatever it was, they pointed it out.
She glared at her mother, her eyes narrowing as her father and her younger sister watched her. Her eyes filled with angry tears, one slipping down her cheek, she hastily and quickly wiped it away.
Pissed off. Hurt. Angry. Upset. Depressed. Sad. She was all of any negative emotion you could pretty much feel. And to her, even feeling them was a challenge.
"I hate you." She said, her voice raspy. "I hate you for making me just like you. And for lying to me… for making believe you were a hero, when you weren't." She paused, staring at her mother's frail, thin, pale, lifeless body. "I don't want to end up like you, mom. I don't and I never will. I hate you."
"Okay, Jade… that's enough." Her father stated, pulling her away, but she fought against him.
"No! Dad… I have one more thing to say to her." She glared at him, her blue eyes narrowed as he finally gave in.
"Fine." He said, "Do what you want."
She stared at her mother again, her eyes going over to her younger sister for a split second before she finally spoke, "I'm going to be Alex's role model, because it's pretty damn obvious you never gave a damn to begin with." And with that, she walked out of the room, pushing past her father, listening as her sister let out a very audible gasp.
Her father came out, an angry expression on his face. "You can't speak to your mother like that!"
"I don't care!" She shouted, "I don't give a damn dad!"
"Language." He warned, reminding her not to say another word, but she just shook her head, motioning with her hands that she didn't c are.
"I have to go." She finally said, getting her things and preparing to leave.
"Where are you going to go?" Her father asked her as she walked away.
"Don't know, don't care. I'll see you whenever I bother coming home." And with that she was gone, pushing through the doors of the hospital, she walked out into the bright sun, tears threatening to spill over her eyes.
She kept on walking until she reached her favorite hang out when she was in middle school. Taking a deep breath, she walked in, opening the doors; she saw many, many familiar faces.
But instead of acknowledging any of them, she just walked in, and abruptly sat down at a table, brushing her fingers through her dark hair. She bit her lip to stop the tears from spilling over, running her fingers through her hair over and over again.
"Hey." She looked up, wiping her eyes quickly, and saw a boy standing above her. "Are you okay?" He asked her, "I saw you come in here… pissed off and sad."
She looked away about a second after looking at him and shook her head, "No offense, but you wouldn't get it." She told him and he nodded, understandingly.
"I might not… but I do want to help." That was when she decided to look at him—really look at him—and discovered he was someone she knew.
"Beck?"
He blinked at her, "Do I know you?"
"Y-yeah." She stammered, "I-it's me… Jade." She said, "I uhm, left in eighth grade… my parents shipped me off to boarding school."
He was quiet for a few minutes, before recognition passed over his features. "I remember you! We dated for like ten months and then you had to leave… right?" She nodded.
"Yeah, that's me." She replied, "Oh my god, I can't believe it… how are you?"
"I've been alright, how about you?"
She opened her mouth to say something in an upbeat attitude, but found she couldn't, so instead of lying she just decided to tell him the truth. "I'm not doing so well… I uhm, just got back about two days ago."
"Oh really?" She nodded, and looked down. "Yeah."
"What's wrong?"
"I…." She trailed off. "I really don't want to talk about it." She finally said, and then straightened herself up. "I can't believe this place still exists though. I'm pleasantly surprised."
"Pleasantly?"
"Fine, very surprised. Happy?"
He nodded, and then looked above her head for a moment, before turning his attention back to her. "I was just gonna order a shake, do you… maybe want to come sit with me and my friends?" He asked her and she looked at him, thinking it over for a few minutes, before she finally nodded.
"Sure, I'd like that."
After he'd ordered two chocolate milkshakes—one for her and one for him—they walked over to his table where she saw four other people. Three were familiar, one wasn't.
"Hey, guys, you remember, Jade right?" He asked as he sat down next to a short girl with red hair. "She left for boarding school in eighth grade."
"Oh yeah!" The kid with curly hair and glasses spoke. "I remember you had an amazing singing voice… Jade West, right?" She nodded. "I'm Robbie."
"Yeah, I remember you." She said, "We were good friends…" She turned to the boy next to him, "Andre right? You hung out with Beck like all the time." He smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, girl. How you been?" She shrugged.
"Not good." And that was all she offered to say before turning to the girl next to him. "Tori?"
"That's my name, don't wear it out." She smiled and Jade smiled back at her. "I can't believe it's you. I haven't seen you in forever, especially since you cut off like all means of contact with us."
"Well, yeah. They're kinda strict about that at my boarding school." Jade admitted, playing with her fingers. "It sucked so much."
"Well, what brings you back to Hawaii?" Robbie asked her, "in the middle of the school year?"
"My dad pulled me out…" She trailed off. "Uh, family problems." She said, truthfully, thinking back to when her father picked her up.
"Jade!" Her father called to her, her sister behind him. She was laughing with her friend, Claudia who was as drunk as she was, if not more. They were swinging golf clubs around, laughing when she suddenly stopped and noticed he was there.
"Dad?" She laughed, putting a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Wow. What are you doing here?"
"It's about your mother." She rolled her eyes, but luckily since it was dark and there was hardly any light, he couldn't see it. "You have to come home… you have to see her."
She narrowed her eyes, pointing the golf club at him, she angrily snapped, "Fuck mom." And with that, she threw her golf club as far as she could, using most of her strength. She then turned to him and he sighed, looking down.
"Jade!" Alex cried, "You have to! Mom's really bad!"
"I don't care!" She shouted back at her. "Just leave me here! You haven't bothered to come see me in like six months, so really. Leaving me here shouldn't be such a big damn deal to you anymore."
"No." Her father spoke firmly. "You are to come home with us. Whether or not you want to, she's still your mother."
She shook her head, crossing her arms over her chest; she decided to just give in. "Fine, whatever."
She blinked out of the memory and then turned to Beck, behind him, she saw the very tan girl with red hair, talking to Robbie.
"Hey." She addressed her, causing the girl to turn towards her and smile. "I'm sorry, I don't remember you."
"That's because she just moved here." Tori said, "I think at the start of the school year, or in the summer, something like that."
"The summer." She giggled, putting a strand of her hair behind her. But just as quickly, her mood changed to something much more serious. "I'm Ariana, but you can just call me Cat. I'm an old friend of Beck's."
"Oh." Jade said, looking at Beck for an explanation.
He just shrugged, "We grew up together. Our parents were best friends."
"Were?" Jade blinked, confused.
'Later.' Beck mouthed to her.
"Okay." She shrugged, "That's cool."
"Yeah, so… we're going to this party on the beach tonight, are you in?" Tori asked her.
She thought about it for a moment, she was trying to get over a drinking issue, and she knew her father would want her to spend time with him and Alex. She knew it'd make him so, so "happy" if she were to join them, but then again, a party with all her old friends? She couldn't pass that up.
So she smiled at her, "Sure, Tori. I'll go."
And her father got pissed off at her, then fine. So be it.
"I'll be there."
Good? Bad? Should I continue?