Thanks everyone for all the reviews/alerts/favorites on chapter 1! This chapter was written by Emma.
It started with a cup of iced coffee. And the brunette Jade poured it on. Beck needed to teach Jade a lesson. So he did something that hurt her more than his fist ever could. And it worked. At least, at the moment, it did. So he kept going. He would usually punish her by ignoring her, and reward her with attention. No kisses for the rest of the day. I'm not even gonna talk to you for the rest of the day if you do that. Go sit on the steps. But the little things couldn't work forever. Sometimes it turned physical. He would grab her arm so hard she got a red mark on her skin.
Jade rubbed her stinging cheek. She wasn't even surprised that he had hit her. Some part of her knew this was coming. And some part of her believed she deserved it. Beck was still standing over her, fists clenched at his side, breathing hard. It took a minute for him to register what he had done, but when he did, he knelt down in front of Jade. "I didn't mean...I'm sorry...I shouldn't have done that." Jade was too shocked to respond, so she just let him help her up.
"Jade...it won't happen again. I promise. I'm so sorry. I just got angry."
She shook her head. "I get it," she snapped. "It's not all your fault. I shouldn't have gotten so upset."
Beck wrapped her into a hug and rested his chin on her head. She pretended she didn't notice the pain when her cheek rubbed up against his flannel shirt. He finally broke the silence, still holding her. "Cat and I didn't do anything. I promise you."
"I know," she replied softly. He kissed her forehead. She felt herself pulling away from him. "What's wrong?" He asked.
You just hit me. You're not yourself. I don't wanna be here. "Nothing," she said. "I think I'm gonna go over to Cat's house. I have to talk to her."
He sighed. "Alright. Come back here tonight."
He didn't phrase it as a question, but an order. She just nodded and walked out the door. Cat's house wasn't too far away. She was going to kill her. For being with Beck in the middle of the night, and for causing her to get punched in the face by her boyfriend, the one person she was supposed to trust.
She didn't even knock on the front door. She never did. She just walked straight to Cat's room, where she found the little redhead curled up on her bed, hugging a giant pig stuffed animal. She stood up when she saw Jade.
"Hi, Jade! Are you mad at me? Please don't be mad at me. I didn't mean to make you sad."
Jade was about to yell and scream and swear at the girl, and then suddenly she stopped. An image came into her brain of Beck's fist colliding with her cheek. She stopped herself. Beck had every right to hit her. Cat would never do anything with him, and Jade knew it. She was just acting jealous because she could. She deserved it. Didn't she? Yeah, she did.
"Jade?" Cat brought her back to earth. Suddenly Jade saw the bruise on her cheek. Her eyes widened. "He does it to you too?" Cat scrunched her eyebrows in confusion.
"Your cheek. He does it to you?"
"Who? My brother? Oh, he tried building this rock launcher thing today, and on accident he aimed it at me. It really hurt! But...I don't get what you mean. My brother launched a rock at you?"
"What? Oh. No. Never mind. Forget I said anything."
"Are you okay, Jadey? You seem sad about something."
"I'm fine! I told you, forget it! I gotta get back to the RV anyway."
"Well...okay."
She'd have to remember to pick up some makeup from the drugstore on the way home. No matter what, no one could find about this. It was just a onetime thing, and it was her fault anyways. She and Beck could work this out on their own.
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