How Far Is Too Far?
How far is Sikowitz willing to go to scare Beck? A small scare is understandable but this is getting out of hand. Sure most normal people would know better than to let Beck risk his life…but who said Sikowitz is normal?
Yes it is very creepy for a teacher to do this but I see Sikowitz as a creepy person who doesn't quite understand boundaries making this ok to him. He sees himself as funny and sometimes he is but he gets so into character that he crosses the line without realizing it. Anyway from here on out it's from the group's point of view. We know the secrets they don't.
"Jade, Beck, Tori, André. On stage!" Sikowitz called as the class filled in the room. The students he called hurried to the stage, ready to begin the lesson.
"Place?" the insane teacher said as he kicked his bare feet up on the back of Robbie's chair.
"Airplane" a random student in the back replied, hopeful he was creative enough.
"Subject?" Sikowitz continued, accepting of what he thought was a rather bland place.
"Mid flight annoyances," Cat suggested before launching into a long story about how the last time she was on a plane she found a smushed blueberry muffin in the pocket of the seat in front of her and dared her brother to eat it.
"Ok…Go!" Sikowitz called as the group finished setting up two rows of chairs.
"Ma'am will you please shut that baby up?" Jade turned around and screeched at Tori.
"Honey, I'm sure she can't help it," Beck replied to Jade before turning to address Tori, "I'm sorry about my wife's rudeness but she's afraid of flying. Would it be possible to quiet that baby?"
"I am not afraid of-" Jade began but cut off whimpering as she imitated turbulence and André, who was playing the role of the baby, began to cry loudly.
"I'm sorry but the turbulence woke him up from his nap. He's just a little fussy," Tori smiled at Beck before cooing at André as if trying to sooth him.
"If you don't shut that baby up, I will come back there and shut it up myself," Jade hollered again getting up out of her seat.
"Wow…what a great mother you would be," Tori said sarcastically as she continued to waggle her fingers in André's face and hummed softly.
"For your information I would be a great mother because I wouldn't let my brat ruin other people's experiences eating out or flying. I would be able to keep the thing quiet," Jade barked as Tori stood up and moved out into the aisle area of the plane.
"Now Sweetheart…let's not turn this into a matter of homeland security. Just sit back down and I'll have the flight attendant bring you some Advil," Beck offered standing up as well.
"Good call! Cat, flight attendant, go!" Sikowitz called from his place in the audience.
"Excuse me but I've gotten some complaints. Would you please return to your seats?" Cat asked in her best authority voice…which still wasn't that great.
"Listen to the flight attendant Babe, just sit back down," Beck said seeing this could become a real fight over nothing. Jade and Tori started those a lot and he didn't understand why.
"No Babe. I don't back down from a fight," Jade growled as she glared at Tori.
"Good God woman…you think you would be a good mom? You would probably kill your child before it's a month old!" Tori yelled back as André began to wail again.
"Mhhhmm…interesting. Robbie! Undercover flight cop. Go!" Sikowitz declared as he pushed Robbie out of his chair.
"Miss, you and you're child are an extremely disturbance. I'm afraid I have to taze you," Robbie said as he pressed his hand to Tori's defensive body, who then fell to the floor in seizures as if a charge was flowing through her.
"And for the record I think you would be a great mom," Beck ended as he pulled Jade back down into her seat. André was now whimpering 'Mama' behind them quietly as Tori continued to spaz.
"Yay! Happy ending!" Cat clapped, breaking character and being called off the stage.
"Really because I'm pregnant," Jade smiled before she and Beck began making-out on stage again.
The bell rang and everyone hurried out of the room. Everyone except the pair on the stage, who were still kissing. Luckily they were the only ones still in the room because if not, what was about to happen next would have been mortifying. As Beck picked up Jade's back for her, something small and white fell out. He picked up the stick to inspect it then dropped it quickly.
"What the hell is that doing in your bag?" he asked Jade startled by the small object he had knocked lose.
"What is what?" Jade questioned before spitting out her iced-coffee when Beck shoved a pregnancy test in her face, "Oh my God. I swear Beck, it's not mine."
"Then what's it doing in your bag?" he asked, not convinced.
"I don't know. Look if we don't hurry we're gonna be stuck at the end of the line for coffee which I now need," Jade said tossing the now empty cup into the trash before wrapping her arm around Beck's.
"And that would just be the end of the world," Beck teased as he placed a kiss on Jade's lips.
"For some unlucky person it might just be," Jade mused as they walked towards their usual lunch spot, the pregnancy test completely forgotten.
Beck stormed up to Jade the next morning in the hall. He had just received an interesting call that made it seem like she was lying to him. He was used to Jade's snarkiness-it was something he loved about her-but he never expected her to lie to him about something so important.
"You'll never believe who I just got off the phone with," he said once he found Jade waiting in line for her morning coffee.
"Who…Santa Claus?" Jade asked faking excitement momentarily before resorting back to her early morning self, too lazy to do anything without her coffee.
"No…the doctor's office called. Something you want to tell me?" Beck replied quietly.
"No…why are we whispering?" Jade asked lowering her voice to match his.
"If you don't want it to be a secret that's fine. I just didn't think you would want everyone knowing," Beck continued just as quietly.
"Get to the point Oliver. I'm too tired for word games," Jade said, her voice back at its regular harsh level.
"You're pregnant?" he asked quietly.
"No," Jade responded after a short laugh.
Two days later, Beck got another call. This time he was doing being nice about it. He wanted the truth. He would not let this happen without at least talking first. He went straight to Jade at lunch and stood above her with a small scowl.
"Jade," he said curtly.
"Hey babe," Jade said reaching a hand up to pull his face down to hers. He returned the kiss but fought to remember why he had to talk to her.
"We need to talk," he said as he sat down next to her.
"About?" Jade asked as she raised an eyebrow cooly.
"You are not going to abort our child," Beck whispered to her, his voice strong, determined and even.
"Ok this is getting ridiculous come on," Jade snapped grabbing Beck's wrist tightly and forcibly dragging him to the car.
Jade drove like a mad woman, as she usually does, breaking speed limits and running the occasional stop sign until she finally found what she was looking for. She parked the car and got out before poking her head back in the car to ask Beck if he was just going to sit in the car or come with her, which got him up promptly. The two walked in the small-ish building as went straight to the front desk.
"Hi. There's been some sort of mix-up and my boyfriend keeps getting calls that his girlfriend-me-is pregnant. I am obviously not pregnant," Jade said in her best 'I'm being polite now give me what I want before I bite your head off' voice as she took a step back to run her hands down her sides showing off her body.
"How can I help you?" the woman at the desk asked, taken back a bit by Jade's blunt-ness.
"Can I use one of your machine-thingies to show him I'm not?" Jade stated. I was phrased like a question but Beck knew it wasn't. She would do this whether or not she got permission. She was just going through the formalities so she could say she did ask.
"As long as you make it quick," the woman squeaked out, now feeling intimidated by the small looking girl before her. She was just thankful there was a desk between them or she had a feeling the girl's last comment would've been made with her hands around her neck.
"Do you even know how to work one of those things?" Beck asked as Jade walked up and flipped it on.
"How hard can it be? Put the cold gel stuff on the move that thing around, watch the screen. I've had it done before," Jade said simply.
"You've done this before?" Beck almost choked.
"Relax would you. It was for my heart," Jade responded before becoming too distracted by the task of finding the gel to explain further. Once she found it, she whipped her shirt off and rubbed some on her stomach.
"Do you believe me now?" Jade asked as she moved the sensor around her skin, "Nothing there."
"Yeah…but why would someone go through so much trouble?" Beck asked himself as Jade sat up and began to wipe the gel off, "Here, let me."
"Fifty bucks says it was my dad trying to scare you off," Jade deadpanned while Beck took the tissue and began wiping the gel off her.
"That wouldn't happen," he paused to lean up and kiss her.
"Well if my dad had his way you would never come to my house ever again," she responded still on the 'my dad hates you' tirade.
"And the good news is you can always come stay with me," Beck offered as she hopped down and they walked out hand in hand.