Chapter 3

1 year later...

Jade's POV.

I stared at my reflection in the mirror. How could i let it get this far? I touched the bruises on my face, my once innocent face, is now destroyed. I grabbed my concealer and foundation and proceeded to try to cover all of the bruises. No one can see me like this. I was so glad that Cat had forced me to take that makeup 101 class because there would have been no way i would have been able to cover that up otherwise. I proceeded to put on my regular black eyeliner and mascara. I got dressed in my regular black, ripped skinny jeans and black tank top and my staple combat boots. I fixed my long hair and headed for the door.

"Jadelyn where the hell do you think you're going with that shirt? You'd better head back upstairs and change you little slut! Aren't you embarrassed of yourself? Josh, my current stepfather yelled.

"I am going to school and don't give one single fuck about what you think."

"No child of mine will speak to me with that tone of voice!"

"I don't really know what planet you are living on, but on earth you have no children! I am not your child and neither is my brother! Don't you even dare call me your daughter! You have no right over me," I yelled.

I grabbed my car keys and my regular black coffee and headed for the door.

"You know what? Fuck you and fuck her for choosing a scumbag like you over her own children!" I yelled even louder this time, while heading out the door. I slammed the door loud enough that the neighbors probably heard the noise. I ignited my little, old, black car and drove straight to school.

When i arrived at school i parked in my regular parking space. Ever since Beck and I started dating everyone knew we were the power couple. People made a lot of hurtful comments about me. Especially all those girls that liked Beck but now had no chance of ever going out with him. Yet, they never said anything to my face as they were terrified of me. That's why Beck and I have our own parking spots in school and no one dares to park there. Suddenly i noticed Beck's red truck turning the corner...

Beck's POV.

As i turned the corner into the school's parking lot, I noticed Jade had already arrived. I parked right next to her and we both proceeded to get out of our respective cars.

"Good morning babe," I said.
"You look absolutely gorgeous"

"Yeah sure! Morning."

Jade didn't believe she was pretty. In reality she was the prettiest girl i had ever seen in my life.

"So are we still on tonight for our 1 year anniversary?" I asked enthusiastically.

Suddenly Jade's mood changed. You could see the expression on her face instantly shift.

"Yeah, of course. I already have all the stuff I need in the car so that I could get ready with you and won't have to spend an extra second at home" Jade said with a slight hint of enthusiasm in her voice... Something I don't hear very often from Jade.

The day went by very slowly, class with Sikowitz was especially strange today. Nothing eventful happened. Even lunch was boring today, probably since Cat wasn't feeling well and had stayed home for the day. After school Jade and I headed to my RV.

Jade's POV.

I walked through the door of the familiar RV as I have done countless times before and set my stuff on the bed.

"I'm off to take a shower," I casually announced to Beck.

I grabbed the stuff I needed from my bags and headed for the shower.

I walked out of the shower to face the mirror and I suddenly remembered.

"OH SHIT!" I exclaimed a little too loud.

"What's the matter babe?" Beck asked worriedly.

In the rush of this morning's fight I had forgotten my special effects make-up that I needed to cover up the bruises that were still evident on my face!

"Oh nothing, no big deal." Even though it was a pretty big deal.

I tried and tried to cover up the bruises but to no avail. Suddenly there was a loud bang on the door.

"Jade, you've been in there for 2 hours! What's going on i'm worried! Just tell me about whatever's happening!" Yelled Beck from the other room.

"NO NO I'm ok, nothing's happening!" I yelled hoping it was enough to convince Beck.

"Ok so I must find out for myself," Beck responded as he turned the bathroom's doorknob.

He walked in to see a look of horror on my face. BUSTED.

Beck's POV.

I walked into my tiny bathroom to see Jade covering her face with her hand. I know Jade well enough to realize that she had been crying and that she was trying very hard to hold back the tears.

I slowly removed her hand from her face and that's when I saw the bruises on her face. Her face was so pretty and perfect but you could sense the destruction and pain in her eyes. Her eyes were literally the windows to her soul.

I didn't get angry. I didn't question her about who did it to her. I didn't ask her any questions. Instead i grabbed her hand and took her out of the bathroom and onto my bed and I just held her for what seemed to be days. Every time a new tear rolled down her face, I wiped it away. I kissed her and told her that I know how excited she was for tonight and that I don't want to spoil her night so for the night, I wasn't going to ask any questions but I made her promise me that we were going to deal with this together.

I drove Jade to her house to do what she had to do to cover up the bruises and later headed to Nozu, where our romantic dinner date was supposed to take place, even though we were over 1 hour late. This was gonna be a long night.

AN: Thanks for reading (: