THE LOST TREASURE: PART II

I am BAAAACK! So how was the first one? Well, who cares, just review it if you like it.

"Jade, you still like Beck, don't you?" Cat asked slowly.

"Of course I do, Cat!" Jade said, getting annoyed. She deserved to be annoyed, how could Cat be so stupid?

"Okay, okay, don't get mad!" Cat said, pouting.

For the first time ever, Jade felt this unusual guiltiness. She felt guilty for being mean to both Cat Valentine and Tori Vega. Who am I kidding, she thought, no one gives a damn about me. Why should I care about them?

Cat stared at Jade. She looked different—sadder, more tired. She didn't look really healthy.

"Listen, Jade," she said, "it's Sikowitz's class now, so if you're coming…"

"I am," Jade said, "just give me some time."

"Kay-kay," Cat said and walked away.

Now Jade was all alone. She felt alone, too. What if Beck didn't want her back at all? What if she was just in love with a person who didn't care about her at all?

She pulled out her red PearPhone and started a new message. This is what it said:

'Hi, Beck. I was just wondering if you'd like to meet me at Nozu this Saturday. Will you? I want to talk to you about some things. I know we broke up and all that, but anyway. Please?'

She stared at the text message. It wasn't like her. When Beck had been hers, she'd been capable of writing all kinds of silly threats and rude words in her texts to Beck. She just couldn't hit 'Send'. Blinking once, she switched off her phone and went to class.

She was late. She entered and took a seat at the back of the class. Sikowitz looked at her. "Hello, Jade!" he grinned.

"Yeah, what?" Jade sneered in return. "If you're expecting me to give you a coconut, well, I'm sorry. Why don't you ask the class pet, a.k.a. Tori?"

"Hey!" Tori protested.

"Hahaha," Cat laughed. " 'Tori' rhymes with 'sorry'. Hahaha!"

Jade glared at Cat, but inside she was laughing. Cat could go from super-serious to super-stupid in seconds.

Jade glanced across the class at Beck. She wanted him back desperately now. It is impossible to be close to something when that thing keeps slipping through your fingers; always out of reach.

Beck kept on flirting with this girl who sat behind him. She was known as a 'shrugger', but clearly Beck doesn't think she is just a shrugger. Her name was, what, Daphne? Dani? Something strange like that. Then again, it wasn't a nice name, whatever it was. Jade was a much better name.

Soon class was over. Tori started walking out the door, but then she saw Jade. Jade kept fiddling with the rings on her hand, and saying words which Tori never dared to use.

Jade finally noticed Tori and looked up. Tori smiled awkwardly. "Hi, um, Jade," she swallowed. "Listen, you're acting really weird today."

"Go away, Vega," Jade snapped. She didn't need Tori meddling in her business.

"But why are you acting like this?" Tori asked, sitting down next to Jade.

"I said 'go away'," Jade said, glaring at Tori.

"N-not until you tell me why you're acting this way," Tori argued.

"It doesn't matter, Tori!" Jade yelled. "Why can't you just leave me alone?"

"Fine," Tori said, getting up. "Don't tell me. I'll just leave."

She walked out of the door. Jade sat in silence for a few minutes and looked at the minutes ticking by. She would probably be late for her next class, but she didn't care. She looked at her arms. The 'Jade West + Beck Oliver = True Love' tattoo was the only one she had really wanted to get.

And no one knew this about her, but every single piercing she had got was for one special moment shared with Beck. The piercing on top of her right eyebrow was the one she got after they watched The Scissoring together. The one beneath her eyebrow was the one she got the day after they went ice skating together. But the one on her nose—that was the one she loved the most. She got that after their first date together. She still remembered it.

How old were they? Fourteen? Fifteen? They were perfect for each other at that moment. Jade took Beck for granted. Who knew that it would turn out this way?

She got up and walked out of the door. No one cared. Why should she?

Soon after she shut the door, she saw Beck. He was next to his locker, kissing that girl. Whatever her name was. Jade was absolutely livid now. She ran to the girls' washroom and got into a stall. She told herself not to cry, that this was the most stupid thing to cry about. She breathed in and out slowly. She had no idea what to do. What had she done? She shouldn't have broken up with beck in the first place. Tori and Cat weren't there for her—she was completely alone this time.

She wiped her face with some toilet paper and walked out.

Several hours later, she was sitting at home and studying a play for Sikowitz's class. It was called The Lunar Rainforest. For the first time in days, she was not thinking about Beck. She was thinking about Jonah and Jeremiah, two twelve-year-old boys who had journeyed into a magical land.

She was thinking about the mermaid princess Penelope who had tricked them into falling through a dark, magical portal. Her favorite part was the part in which Læla, the evil girl monster bit off part of Jeremiah's leg. It was hilarious for her.

Suddenly, her phone started ringing. It was Cat.

"Hi, Jade!"

"Look, Cat, I'm seriously busy," Jade said rudely. "If you could stop bothering me…"

"Jade, listen to me," Cat said. "We are having a party tomorrow at Tori's place. Will you come?"

Jade was annoyed with everyone and everything in her life (except for her scissors and coffee) at that moment. Cat knew that, but she still expected her to come to a party?

"Cat!" she screamed. She couldn't stop herself: she started crying. "How can you expect me to come to a party at this point in my life? You know how I feel, Cat. You know what I'm going through."

"Jade?" Cat asked. "Are you crying?"

"Yes, I am crying, you stupid Cat!" she yelled. She was about to hang up when Cat said something she'd never expected Cat to say.

"But I'm doing this for you," she said quietly. "The party was planned to cheer you up. I just want you to be happy, not closed-up and hurt. Tori knows what you're sad about. She's the one who wanted to invite you over for a party."

Jade was silent for a few seconds. She couldn't believe that Cat had done this for her. She stopped crying and wiped her eyes. "Does Beck know?" she mumbled.

"What?" Cat asked.

"I asked you if Beck knows," Jade said a little louder.

"He doesn't know why we're having a party," Cat said. "We just told him that it's a get-together. Don't worry, he doesn't know how you feel either."

"All right," she said. "I'll be there."

"Kay-kay," Cat said. "Bye."

"Wait," Jade said. She had almost forgotten something.

"What is it?" Cat asked.

"Who all are coming? Do they all know?" Jade asked.

"Know about what?" Cat asked.

"You know, Cat," Jade sighed impatiently. "About…Beck. And me."

"Well," Cat began, "I'll be there with Tori, Robbie's coming, André's coming and Beck's coming. But only Tori and I know about how you feel."

"Are you sure Beck's girlfriend isn't coming?" Jade asked, annoyed. She hated the sight of that girl. "Beck has a girlfriend?" Cat asked, surprised.

"Yeah, that girl—Daphne, Dani…whatever her name is," Jade said. She hated the name as well.

"Really, Jade," Cat said. "I'm pretty sure I know who's coming and who's not coming. Besides, Beck's not told us anything, so we've assumed that he's going to be alone."

Jade smiled. It was fine with her as long as Beck was alone.

"Thank you, Cat," she said awkwardly. "Thank you."

"No problem, Jade," Cat giggled. "Oh! Did you know that cars run on petroleum?"

"Um…" Jade began, but she was cut off by Cat.

"Hahahahaha!" she laughed. "I thought that cars used rose water as fuel! Hahahahaha!"

"Okay, Cat," Jade said. "Now shut up." She smiled wickedly as she hung up. Cat was a ridiculous person and sometimes it was fun to be mean to her.

Jade stared at herself in the mirror. She had to wash her face and finish the play. She had a lot to do. She had to do everything before it was too late.

Oooooooooooooooooookay! So that was the second chapter! Please tell me what you think :)

P.S. You know that play Jade was studying? The one about Jeremiah and Jonah? Well, that was a story I had written called The Lunar Rainforest. It was about Jeremiah and Jonah (as you have just read), two brothers who walk through a door with a 'No Entry' sign on it. They walk into the Lunar Rainforest, where they basically meet Penelope the mermaid, Læla the girl monster and others. I hope you liked that. I spent hours working on it lol. xD But anyway, I'll be writing about the party later!

~Christinax899