New chapter already? Yes!

I wrote this while half asleep at midnight, so please forgive any spelling/grammar mistakes!

Enjoy! :)


They made it downstairs and out of the house just as the second earthquake began to hit. Cat whimpered in fear as the ground began to shake once again. Beck cursed under his breath as he looked around, "It's not safe out here, there's too many things that could fall on us, and we don't have enough time to run," he sighed.

"Mr Gibbons said he had a hurricane shelter. Maybe we could hide in there?" Cat suggested. Beck knew that it wasn't the safest place, but safer than out here where anything could fall on them. He nodded and let Cat lead the way to the entrance to the hurricane shelter. As he and Robbie walked quickly behind the small redhead, he looked down at Jade who was still unconscious. She was breathing, he had noticed. At least that's a start.

Cat lead them to the back of the house and down into the shelter just as the ground began to shake more violently. She closed the entrance behind them and the shelter became dark. Beck found a light-switch and tried it. As if by magic, the lights came on. It was a small room with boxes lying around everywhere. There was a fridge and a freezer in the corner that Beck hoped had food inside them. There were also piles of sheets and blankets, and a few spare mattresses that they were thankful for.

"Okay, get down on the ground and wait for it to pass. We'll be safer in here so don't worry," Beck called as they got down onto the carpeted floor. Robbie and Cat curled up in one corner with Cooper, while Beck took the opposite corner and held Jade tightly in his arms.

In the shelter, this earthquake wasn't as bad. They felt safer in this little room underground. They could hear things crashing and falling outside, and they were thankful that they had decided to move into the shelter. The shaking wasn't as bad either, they felt a few tremors, but that was about it.

During the earthquake, Jade had finally started to regain consciousness. Beck almost jumped in fright as he looked down and found her bright blue eyes gazing up at him, still slightly hazy from losing consciousness earlier on. She shifted in his arms and suddenly screamed in pain, making Cat jump from the other corner of the room.

Beck hushed Jade and held her still, waiting for the quake to finish before tending to her properly. "It hurts," Jade whimpered, grasping at his ripped denim jacket. He softly kissed her forehead and held her tightly to his body.

Moments later, the quake finished. Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief as it fell silent once again. "Robbie, help me get one of the mattresses down and get Jade on it. Cat, go get some of the blankets," Beck ordered, gently laying Jade on the floor as he started to pull one of the large mattresses down and onto the floor.

Cat stretched on her tiptoes to reach the blankets and pulled them down from the shelf. Beck and Robbie pulled the mattress to the corner beside Jade and Cat lay down a few of the blankets on it. Beck carefully lifted Jade and set her down on the mattress before Cat lay a blanket over her. Beck kneeled beside her, "Jade, where does it hurt the most?" he asked, eager to stop her pain immediately.

Jade managed to roll her eyes, "You're not a doctor, Beckett," she retorted, but then groaned. Beck gave her the look and she caved, "My stomach," she admitted. Beck looked down and winced as he saw her black dress deeply stained from her blood. Just as he was about to take her dress off, he remembered Robbie was there. Ex-girlfriend or not, there was no chance in hell that he would let Robbie see Jade with no clothes.

"Cat, help Jade undress and cover her with a blanket," he said before pulling Robbie away to the other side of the room. They began to search the fridge and the freezer, and were elated when they found food and drinks stored inside. Beck spun around when Jade screamed in pain. She was on her knees, gripping a blanket to her chest as Cat got her dress off. Cat whispered an apology and then looked at her back, her eyes widening.

"Beck…" she called, not taking her eyes off her back. Beck made his way over to them and investigated what Cat was so shocked at. But then he saw Jade's back. It was completely bruised from the ceiling collapsing on top of her. Her beautiful pale skin was marred by various shades of purples, blues, and yellows.

Jade was gasping for breath from the effort of staying upright whilst in so much pain. Cat helped her lie back down and covered her bare body with the warm blanket. "I'll go see if there's a first aid box somewhere," Cat said, rubbing Jade's shoulder before getting up. Beck lifted the blanket from Jade's body and took a look at her stomach. It was completely cut up. There were even pieces of glass sticking out.

He looked up at Jade and their eyes met. He could see the pain in her eyes and he took her hand, pressing a kiss to it. She didn't yell at him, perhaps because she was in too much pain to do so. Their gaze broke as Cat returned with a large green first aid box and handed it to Beck. He thanked her and told her to go and sit with Robbie while he helped Jade.

Beck opened the first aid box and found what he needed; tweezers. Jade's eyes widened, "Beckett Oliver, you are not, I repeat are not, picking bits of glass out of my stomach with a pair of stupid tweezers," she argued, momentarily forgetting about the stabbing pain in her stomach. Beck ignored her and pulled back the blankets, praying to God that Robbie wasn't looking, and leaned down to find the offending bits of glass.

Jade screamed as he pulled the biggest piece from her abdomen, cursing him to hell and back. She gripped his leg and sunk her nails into it. It didn't faze him. He went in for the second largest piece, and continued until there were several pieces of bloodied glass lying on the floor beside him. As he cleaned her stomach with some anti-bacterial wipes, she cursed him to hell and back again. It still didn't faze him. He just wanted to make sure she would be okay for however long they were going to be in here. Finally, he wrapped a load of bandages around her waist to try to stop the bleeding.

"I hate you," she breathed once he was finished.

He shrugged, "Don't care, at least you wont get an infection now," he reasoned, pulling the blanket back over her body. She rolled her eyes but said nothing.

Beck pushed the first aid box aside and took off his denim jacket and then his over-shirt, placing them around Jade's shoulders. She frowned, "Why are you being nice to me? We're not dating anymore," she reminded him.

He looked into her eyes, "Because I am. Deal with it," he told her firmly, not letting her argue. He examined her face and frowned at all the cuts and bruises on her beautiful clear skin. Jade averted her eyes from his as his fingers brushed against one of the scrapes on her cheeks. Her eyes looked to Beck's chest and she stifled a small smile.

He was still wearing their promise ring necklace. Even now. Jade didn't know what to think. Was there still hope for them? Maybe.