(Tori's POV)
The room was silent for a long time. Jade was the first to break it.
"I knew it," she said. "I knew something was going on behind my back. I just didn't think it was with this skunk bag."
"Jade," Beck began.
"Skunk bag?" I asked.
"Listen," Beck went on. "We had a good thing. But your jealousy is insane. Remember the cheerleader that lived next door. All you heard was 'cheerleader'. You never gave me a chance to explain that she was nine. Instead you came over and broke the lock on my door that I had to replace. Which I know have to do again. Do you know how expensive those things are?"
"You think I'm overly jealous?" Jade asked.
"Yes," Beck replied.
"So you're reason for cheating on me this….this man stealing whore….is that I'm jealous?" Silence. "Well I'm jealous because I don't want to lose you. I love you, Beck."
"And at one point I thought I loved you too. But it's done. We're done." Jade started to say something but was cut off by a choking sob escaping from her throat. She turned and ran out. I put my hand on Beck's shoulder to calm him down. He touched my fingers.
"I was going to tell her," he said. "I just didn't want to do it like that."
"It's okay," I said, drawing him into my arms. He clutched me close to him. I made the decision to leave. He needed to be by himself. That much I could tell.
"I'll see you tomorrow," he said when he dropped me off. I gave him a gentle kiss and climbed out of the car. I watched until his taillights disappeared around the corner.
"Where have you been?" mom asked as I closed the door behind me. I looked at the clock and saw that it was after nine. Crap.
"I went to Andre's," I lied. "We had some work to do for Sikowitz."
"Really?" she asked. I nodded and began to walk upstairs. "Because Andre just called looking for you," she went on. I stopped. Double crap.
"Where were you, Victoria?" she asked. I bit my lip.
"I was at Beck's," I finally admitted.
"And you couldn't tell me that because…?"
"Because we've kind of being seeing each other and if I told you where I was you'd ask why I was over the house of a guy with an insanely jealous girlfriend." She raised an eyebrow at me.
"Just…go to bed," she said. I went upstairs and changed into my pajamas. As I was tying up my hair I caught sight of Beck's necklace. I touched it gingerly.
The song Beck had played for me crept into my head. I turned the CD on and let it play me into sleep.
