I don't own Victorous. Just the idea
Beck sighed. Jade was in the middle of another one of her rants again. This time she was going on and on and on about how he always sided with Tori and how dare he ignore her and not consider her feelings and how he never listens. Looking down at the book in his hands that Sikowitz gave him awhile back he suddenly remembered K. K stood for knowing. Jade needed to know that she was heard. She needed to know that she was understood and she needed to know that he loved her. He hadn't been doing a very good job of showing that lately. Quickly he walked over to her and sat down next to her putting an arm around her and waited until she had calmed down to talk.
"You've been going through a difficult time lately," he began, "and you feel unheard and like nobody cares. I've haven't been doing such a great job of making you feel secure lately because I've been irritated. I said something that made you feel like I don't put you first or even on the list which I definitely should not have said and I am sorry that I said that.
Jade looked at him. She was amazed. He really got it.
"Yes," she said, "That's exactly it. I feel like I can't do anything right anymore."
"Jade," Beck said, "I can understand where those feelings are coming from. I hope you know that isn't true"
"If it's not true then why is all of this happening," Jade asked
He started to explain but then stopped.
"You're feeling confused as to why all this is happening," he said. It was a statement not a question.
"Exactly"
"I guess I had unrealistic expectations of you. I was expecting you to be extraordinary but sometimes I forget that you are extraordinary. When you fight with Tori for example or start being moody I sometimes feel like you are doing it just to be bitchy but I need to start putting myself in your shoes. I mean if my brother died the way that your sister died this summer and I felt like I was losing you to someone who in my mind was better then me and you said the same thing to me that I said to you this morning and all this stuff was happening to me that is happening to you I think I would be on the verge of losing my cool the way that you were on the verge of losing your cool. I didn't look at it the way you were seeing it. I was looking it as you were expecting me to play favorites and treat you special-"
"Is there something wrong with that even," she asked him with a slight smirk.
He refused to let himself be brought into an argument, especially when she was right. What was wrong with that?
"You are special," he told her ending it there. He wasn't going to add a but into that. Instead he said, "I will try to be more aware of that in the future. You also feel like I don't care or understand how you're feeling sometimes"
"Well like this afternoon for example. I was clearly anxious. You saw that I was anxious and yet you didn't even bother to acknowledge the fact that I was anxious."
Beck ran a hand through his hair.
"Yeah," he said, "I probably should have done that."
"Another example would be a few days ago," Jade said, "You didn't take the time to ask me why I was acting the way I was or why I didn't listen to you. You just... well you know what you did. I mean yes you apologized and I appreciate that you apologized but there could have been a lot of problems because of how you handled that situation."
"You felt like I didn't handle the situation correctly," Beck clarified. "and that I was completely out of line by being so impulsive"
"Maybe not completely," Jade said, "But at least 75%"
"All of this can be resolved," Beck said
"I know," Jade replied, "But that doesn't mean it should have happened in the first place."
"I wish I could change my mistakes," Beck said, "But I don't think it's possible to do that right now. Believe me if I could I would"
"You can't," Jade said, "But you can avoid it in the future"
"I will," he promised, "and for the record I DON'T think Tori is better then you. I love you not Tori"
Jade sighed in relief.
"I really thought I was losing you," she said, "after the incident when I made fun of Tori"
"Sometimes it's hard for me to understand how you're feeling," Beck said, "I wish that I could"
"Beck I wasn't even making fun of her," Jade said, "I was empathizing with her"
"How? You said she must be feeling stupid"
"I said she must really be feeling like shit," Jade said
"Okay how is that any better," Beck asked.
"I was letting her know I understand how she was feeling," Jade said.
"I know I've been a bit insensitive lately," Beck said, "but I promise I'll make it up to you"
"You will," she asked, "How?"
"Um... it's a surprise," he said, "Meanwhile how about we go get a cup of coffee?"
Jade grinned
"I'd love that," she told him
He put an arm around her and then they went out for coffee. As they were leaving something dropped to the floor.
