André's POV
I walked down the hallways of my amazing high school, Hollywood Arts. It was silent, and no one was in sight. The students were in the classrooms and I felt relaxed for the first time that day. Now, normally I'd never skip classes, because I really, really appreciate this school. I would probably die or fail if I had to go to a normal high school. But today, I just really felt the need to not have maths, one of our "normal" courses. Who needs maths when you have your music?
As I walked by the janitors closet I heard a strange sound. I stopped right at the door and listened carefully. The sound was gone... No, wait. There it was. Sobbing. Or crying. Strange. I couldn't decide whether or not to walk on and ignore the sounds, but something told me that I couldn't just leave someone sad, crying in the janitors closet. I carefully opened the door. The lights were off, I couldn't tell who it was or where that person was sitting.
"You OK in there?" I asked. The sobbing stopped.
"Wh-who's there?" a small trembling female voice asked. I turned on the lights to see who the mystery girl was. I was shocked by the sight. On the floor, against the wall, sat Jade, black make-up running down her cheeks, her eyes red and puffed. She just looked at me with a surprised expression on her pretty face. When the surprise over seeing me had subsided she instantly looked away, wiping her face.
I had never seen Jade cry and it was obvious that she wished that it had remained that way, but it hadn't. I had seen the tears, I couldn't just ignore it. She didn't say anything. I cleared my throat.
"What's wrong Jade?" I asked giving her a worried look.
"Nothing. I'm fine. Go away." she replied, trying to sound as her usual indifferent self. She failed.
"No, Jade. You're obviously not fine. What's wrong?" I tried again. She looked down. I could see tears form in her eyes again. She probably wasn't going to tell me. I mean she only ever opened up to Beck... Back when they were still together that is.
"Just... Nobody... Nobody will ever love me..." she broke down at the last part of her sentence, now crying loudly with her face buried in her hands. The situation was starting to freak me out. Jade never acted like this. It was like watching a totally different person in Jade's body.
"It's not true Jade..." I said while patting her shoulder, trying to comfort her. This was a very strange situation.
"Yes, it's true! Nobody will ever love me because I, I, I'm really mean, and... I'm a... a gank! The only person in the whole world who ever loved me was Beck and, and... And now I'm not even sure... If he really did..." She was sobbing loudly, tears falling down her cheeks, staining them with her make-up. What she said was wrong. I knew Beck had loved her, and he wasn't the only one. I remembered the song I wrote for her. I sat down next to her.
"You know, Jade, it's really not true what you're saying, that nobody will ever love you..."
"Don't say that just to make me feel better. Please. I don't need that." She cut me off.
"Jade..."
"I mean it! Just shut up!" Her sobs continued. She wiped the tears off her face.
"Jade. Just listen..." I didn't know exactly what I was going to say. "Ehm... Do you remember the song I wrote, 365 Days? The song I performed with Tori..."
"Yeah, so?" She just looked at me with tears still running down her cheeks. I sighed.
"I will try everything
To make you come closer to me
Jade 'til you believe
It's not just a phase
How can I get it through
You're the one I can't lose
I'll try 365 days, 365 ways
To get to you
To get to you, you, you, you Jade..."
I sang the song with the lyrics I had written to begin with. The lyrics which contained her name, and not the word "baby".
She had stopped crying but looked at me with a confused and slightly annoyed expression, probably annoyed by her confusion.
"Eh... Why did you just sing that replacing the "baby's" with my name?"
"I replaced your name with baby back when I wrote it." I said looking down. Then I looked up. "I wrote this song about you. Because I was in love with you."