A small stuffed dog poked around the corner of Sikowitz's class the next day, Jade looked up from where she was sitting and ignored her, keeping her face straight and calm. Beck appeared holding up the dog now and using his hand moved the head's dog up and down, he kneeled beside Jade and gave her his puppy dog eyes. Jade could no longer ignore him and finally looked him in the eyes, still holding up the stuffed dog near her face,
"Still mad?" He asked her, Jade sighed,
"No..." she began to say- but that was enough for Beck who straightened and grinned at Jade, placing the dog on her lap and taking the vacant seat next to her. Jade shut her notebook she had been writing in and turned to face Beck, reaching and holding the stuffed dog with her own hands now. She flipped it over and looked at the tag they put on most stuffed toys that said their name. The name read Beck. Jade couldn't help it she started to smile slightly,
"You do realise this dog is a girl right?" Jade told him, placing the dog back onto her lap safely. Beck shrugged,
"It was the only one they had" He replied, leaning forward and kissing Jade gently on the lips. She smiled against his lips and Beck leaned back on his chair again. Jade looked back down at the stuffed dog,
"Awesome, you know how much I love hurting inanimate objects" Jade said, stuffing the dog into her bag now. She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around slowly. Yeah, it was Reese. She raised her eyebrows,
"Yes?" She asked him in an annoyed tone which didn't seem to affect Reese.
"Hey partner" he greeted with a wink, taking his trademark seat behind her. Beck looked over his shoulder at Reese and frowned the slightest bit, grabbing some books out of his bag. Jade ignored it and arched her eyebrows even more,
"What do you want?" She asked him rudely turning back to face the front of the class, Reese tapped her on the shoulder yesterday and she closed her eyes and fought the urge to groan, turning back now to face Reese once more, she reopened her eyes to see Reese's face close to hers now, he was looking deeply into her eyes and Jade was caught off guard slightly, looking back into his eyes now confusedly.
"I had fun yesterday" Reese said softly in a serious tone. Jade swallowed, her mouth dry now, feeling another tap on her shoulder again now she broke her gaze away from Reese and looked up. It was Beck who had both of his eyebrows raised towards the both of them. Jade turned her entire body away from Reese's and determinedly stared in front of the class again. Beck slowly sat back down in his seat, still looking at Jade questioningly which she ignored trying to also ignore the weird butterfly feeling she was getting in her stomach now.
"Hey," Beck greeted her at lunch sitting next to her, she smiled at him and leaned forward for a peck on the lips, digging her fork into her lasagne now,
"What's up?" Another voice greeted her from her opposite side. Jade turned to see Reese sitting down also next to her, she looked at Beck then Reese and then back again who were both digging into their paper bags for their lunch and...They were both sitting the exact same way. Jade put up her hands,
"I think I'm going to be sick" she half muttered with a shake of her head. Immediately she felt a concerned hand on her back she looked up to see Beck with a small worried expression on his face,
"You alright?" He asked her in a concerned voice. Jade shot him a small thankful smile and nodded,
"Peachy" She replied, she felt a hand on her wrist and she turned her head the other way to see Reese holding her wrist and frowning,
"It probably isn't anything serious. But it's awesome cause I can feel your blood pumping" Reese said in an energetic voice. Jade felt better already as she straightened and leaned in closer,
"Really?" She asked him, going to put a hand on her wrist now but accidentally placing it on top of Reese's hand. She quickly let go as she heard Beck continue to rummage through his bag. Jade dropped interest in her wrist line and looked away from Reese, "Uh...I mean...that's cool I guess" she said with a small shrug. She swallowed and tried to calm herself, this was so unlike Jade. Beck looked over at Reese's hand still on Jade's wrist and again didn't say anything but looked up at Jade and smiled. Jade didn't return the smile but just sat there, confused, thinking to herself before a shocking thought came to her, so shocking she almost choked on her water. She looked over at Reese who was standing up now and rummaging his pockets for change. Did Reese have a crush on her?