Before Beck Oliver and Jade West reunited there were missed opportunities that could have resulted in a reunion: times when they couldn't stand the separation, when they couldn't fight their feelings, when complicated plans were hatched, and times when their friends wanted to help them heal their hearts. In the end they did get back together all it took were three simple words.

Chapter 1

Moving on is Hard to Do

Jade's Heart In Her Hands

Jade was seeing the world through a veil of tears. She tried to be strong. She never wanted to be the girl that cried over a boy. But it wasn't any boy. It was Beck Oliver and he was the only boy she had ever crushed on, held, held hands with, cried in front of, made love to, and loved. Since she was old enough to really like a boy or date he had been that boy. She was fourteen when they met and she was now seventeen and she felt like a divorced woman. Everything reminded her of Beck. She was reminded of him when she watched their favorite tv show, the shirt she pulled out of her closet to wear this morning she had worn on their last date, and even coffee left him on her mind. Her other half was missing. It was replaced with regret. She never should have given him an ultimatum. She had pushed him away. It had been four days since their relationship imploded and she couldn't stand one more minute of separation. It was 12:33am on Tuesday morning. Jade wanted to call him so she stared at his phone number but she didn't know what she would say if he answered. She grabbed her car keys and made her way to his house. If she could just stand in front of him maybe the words would just pour out or the action would just be enough to draw them back together. She parked her car a few houses down to remain unseen by his parents. She was so close but she never got out of the car. She felt paralyzed. She was supposed to be strong. But her mind was overloaded with fear. What if he rejected her? After all, he didn't go after her, was it because he didn't want her anymore? Jade felt miserable and she felt like trying to pull off the "I'm fine. I broke up with him." look was about as difficult as climbing Mt. Everest. Beck had looked fine at school yesterday. She saw him talking to their friends as if nothing had happened. If she had to face his rejection she would lose it. She could be vulnerable in front of him if he was by her side. But if they were apart her pride would not let her stand in front of him with her heart in her hands. That is why she was always the one to break up with him. She had to do the breaking up and rejecting. In the moment it made her feel in control but after it made her feel lost. She sat in her car for eleven minutes and then she drove back home. Pride had won. Her heart had lost.

Beck's Desperate Hour

Beck Oliver was feeling: pathetic, desperate, jealous, and panicky. Beck Oliver was feeling more emotions at once than he had ever felt before. It was all because of a status update. The status update was from a certain blue eyed girl, Jade West, and she was certainly the only person that could evoke such strong and uncharacteristic emotions from him. Jade's status update stated that she had a date tonight. How did Beck come upon this knowledge? Beck Oliver was cyber stalking his ex girlfriend. His transparent locker was now a sham. It started off harmless enough, or so Beck thought. It was a Saturday night. He was online doing a homework assignment that was due next Friday. Beck had never done homework on a Saturday night nor as a procrastinator did he ever complete an assignment ahead of time. A few days before a notification popped up that he had a message from Andre. The next thing he knew he was clicking on his ex (that really stings) girlfriend's page, he had done that a lot lately, since the night of the breakup. Tonight Beck once again clicked on Jade's profile and the words stared him in the face, "I have a date tonight. I hope it doesn't make Beck jealous." Beck's cell was in his hands and his eyes were focused on a very familiar number, Jade's. In addition to cyber stalking Jade he had also formed a habit of staring at her number but he couldn't muster the courage to call her. He desperately wanted to beg her to come back to him but Beck Oliver didn't beg. He wanted to apologize but the fight leading to their break up was prevalent in his mind. Beck and Jade fighting was common but their fight that night was abnormally brutal and it had been preceded by a rough patch and lack of connection in their relationship. Beck feared that nothing would change in their relationship if they reunited so he tried to bury his urge to go after her.

Suddenly his phone was ringing, it was Robbie. Beck felt disappointed to be seeing Robbie's number pop up, but not just for the usual reasons that paired Robbie with disappointment. Beck had been wishing it was Jade calling him. It turned out that Robbie needed to help Cat but since he's Robbie he called Beck to help him help Cat. Beck was spending his Saturday night with Robbie and he had feeling that this might become a tradition.

Long story short Jade was there. Beck confronted Jade on why she was there with Cat and not on her date. Their fight never really got off of the ground as Cat distracted them all. Afterwards, clarity reached Beck as he tried to fall asleep that night. He determined that he was truly pathetic. If he hadn't been freaking out he would have known that Jade didn't really have a date that night. It was a classic Jade move: do or say something that would test Beck or set him off. Beck acknowledged that he fell right into her trap. So why didn't he feel any better? He didn't feel any better because just the thought of Jade going on a date with someone else drove him into being a pathetic, desperate, jealous, and panicky person. Beck reasoned with himself that he felt these things because the break up was still so fresh. The sight of scissors and the smell of coffee was enough to remind him of her. If in adamant objects could still remind him of his past love of course the thought of her moving on was painful. It was obvious to Beck now that he was still in love with her and he still wanted to be with her. As he lay in the dark he stared at her number. If only he could call her. He could tell her how much he still loved her and that he regretted not opening the door. He couldn't find the courage.

The next morning Beck decided that he would go to Jade. A plea in person from him would certainly help his case. Jade appreciated action. He could tell her in person all the things he wanted to say. Jade was at her locker when Beck walked over. The boy spent the short walk giving himself a pep talk mentally. It was now or never, he thought to himself. Then, Cat walked over to Jade and was animatedly talking to her. Jade rolled her eyes in classic Jade manner and she even smiled at Cat's story. Jade seemed alright as she and Cat walked off stopping to look at play sign-up sheets. Beck's feet stopped walking. He couldn't find the courage. If she wasn't making any moves toward a reconciliation than he didn't want to risk it. She walked out on him and put the door there after he told her he didn't want to break up. So, Beck didn't make any moves towards reconciliation either and he spent another night trying to find sleep while thinking of her.

Thanks for reading. This story has five chapters all together. The chapters explore missed opportunities that Beck and Jade didn't take that would have led to them reuniting until the one chance they finally took, which did led to them getting back together. They are all written so I will update regularly. I've had the idea for this story since Beck and Jade broke up, so it felt really good to get it all out! Please review. I would love to improve as a writer so I would love to hear what you did or didn't like and any advice on characterzations, plot, grammar,ect...