Hi everyone. Thanks for opening this and welcome to my new multi-chapter fic. It's in a completely different world to Just In Case! Stay with me.. Chapter 1 is kind of an introduction. It's a Bade story and its gonna get pretty angsty very quickly! I hope you like it :)

(I'm trying out a new writing style! I hope it works.. let me know how I can improve, likes/dislikes, anything!)

Disclaimer : I don't own victorious.


The thing with Beck and Jade was that at first glance you couldn't see it. The couple would argue, snap and roll their eyes at each other. Most people after first meeting them wondered why on earth they stayed together. But if you got to know them, you would realise that Beck and Jade were the perfect fit. They were in love. You could tell from the way they looked at each other, from their need to be touching at least a little bit. Or when in the middle of an argument Jade would benignly lean onto Beck's chest as if to say 'i'm still here' and for a brief moment they would silently hold each before continuing to argue. You could feel it from just being near them... They were soul mates.

During the final performance of Uptown Downtown, Jade watched from the wings. She couldn't understand why watching the scene where Beck's character confessed his love for Tori's character hurt so much. She knew it was only acting but her heart broke at just the thought of Tori holding Beck. She still felt vulnerable after her and Beck's break up a few weeks previous. She had never been so close to losing him before and despite the break up lasting less than a week, it had left her feeling scared and insecure and she just couldn't mute the part of her that was terrified he didn't feel as deeply for her as she felt for him.

'Okay.. Whats wrong? You've been quiet the whole ride home' Beck demanded as he up pulled into Jades driveway later that night. Jade scoffed and raised an eyebrow at Beck who stared into her eyes insistently. Jade contemplated admitting how she felt. She was scared but she couldn't find a reasonable explanation why. She was Jade West.. she'd never felt like this before.

After a whole minute of silence Beck sighed and realising he wasn't getting any deeper into the mind of Jade West tonight, pulled her silently onto his lap. He wrapped his arms around her waist and Jade all but melted under his touch as he placed a soft kiss on her temple.

'Tell me that you love me' Jade nervously blurted out, surprising the fluffy haired guy.

'Magic word?' Beck coaxed teasingly, his hands caressing her waist.

'Please' Jade added urgently. Beck couldn't help but notice her angst about this and suddenly he didn't feel like teasing her anymore.

'I love you' Beck assured, his lips lingering next to her ear and the vibrations of his hot breath sending shivers down her spine. He said each world slowly and clearly wanting her to know he meant it. Jade let out a deep sigh of relief. She hadn't realised how badly she needed to hear that until the words came out of his mouth and gradually the aching sad feeling in her chest began to dissipate.

Jade pulled Beck's face closer to her own. Ice blue met chocolate brown and it was Beck who finally gave in, pressing his lips on hers in a heated but loving kiss. Jade, feeling complete in Beck's embrace felt her doubts fluttering away and she moaned 'I love you' back in between kisses. She knew as long as they loved each other, they would make it.

Almost a half hour later and Jade finally got out of Beck's car and made her way into her house. Upon opening the front door her eyes immediately fell to a sticky note her parents had left in the hallway.

Jade,
Your Mother and I have left for Vancouver for an important conference. We won't be back for at least 2 weeks.
Bye, Dad.

Jade couldn't say she was upset to learn that her parents would be gone for so long. This wasn't the first time they had left her and honestly Jade was grateful to have the house to herself. Her parents were the type who constantly fought. Shouting, crying, screaming. It often got too much for Jade who never dared say anything to her judgmental and intimidatingly strict parents. She would just let the anger build up inside her all too often letting it out on her friends at school.

Feeling tired after a long evening of her emotions rollercoastering she quickly showered and got dressed for bed, but after tossing and turning for an hour she gave up on attempting to sleep. Her head was still swirling with thoughts from this evening.

Taking advantage of the fact her parents were away and she wouldn't be disturbing anyones sleep she slipped out of bed and crept downstairs to the music room. The grand piano took centre piece there. Dusty and barely used, Jade sat down and pressed her fingers down lightly on the keys. She wasn't the best at piano in her school by far, but she had been playing for as long as she could remember and it came quite naturally to her. However Jade was a writer, in fact she was the best songwriter in her year at Hollywood Arts, but she mostly kept her talent to herself.

Jade realised she needed to get her feelings out of her head so she could clear her mind and music was her best outlet. She closed her eyes and began to play the grand instrument all the time letting her mind become absorbed with her thoughts.

Tell me that you love me
And tell me that I take your breath away
And maybe if you take one more than I would know for sure
There's nothing left to say
Tell me that you love me anyway

It was 5am by the time she finally finished the song. She was extremely tired and knew the song wasn't the best she'd ever written; In fact she wasn't even sure she liked it all that much. But writing it had calmed her and that was good enough for now. She named the song Tell Me That You Love Me... directly quoting what she'd asked Beck last night and recorded a demo before dragging herself back upstairs to her bedroom, this time falling asleep easily.

On Monday, Jade put the song directly into the Hollywood Arts song archive. She knew by now that she wouldn't ever want to sing it. Actually she wasn't sure she wanted anyone else to sing it either. Tell me that you love me was really personal, expressing her feelings. But knowing she would surely get an easy A for the song, Jade handed it in anyway. There were hundreds of songs in the archive and Jade told herself there was zero chance anyone would find it.. But she was wrong.


:)