Hey there everyone! Thanks so much for the reviews, it really encourages me to keep writing this! Sorry it took so long, I kept adding things, so editing took longer than normal. Here is the next chapter of Jade and Beck's adventure!
Disclaimers: I don't own anything with Victorious except the characters I create. Victorious is owned by Nickelodeon and Dan Schneider.
7 Days
2 WEEKS LATER
André and Robbie join Cat and Tori at their usual table in the cafe.
"Hey, where's Beck, he usually beats us here?" Tori extends her neck, and looks around at the other tables.
"I don't know, him and Jade have been acting weird all week,"
"Yea, she was less…ganky, and it's been making me uncomfortable," Rex adds in.
"They've been talking a lot lately, too,"
"It's better than them arguing,"
"That's true,"
"I wonder what's up,"
"Look!" Cat yells and points back towards the school. The group looks to see Beck and Jade calmly talking to each other, leaning against the brick of the building, and Beck was playing with Jade's hand. Tori thinks back to two weeks ago when Cat and her were at Jade's place, and how odd the two acted afterward with Jade actively avoiding Beck at every turn. She wonders what has changed since then that caused this shift to be looking like a couple again, and Tori smiles to herself when Trina comes over, whining loudly, with her PearPhone out.
"I'm going to be alone forever!"
"Probably," Rex laughs, but Trina ignores him and turns to her younger sister, as she sits down, gripping onto her jacket tightly.
"What do you mean?"
"Look!" She shoves the phone into Tori's face.
"What?"
"Look at Beck's relationship status!" Trina points at screen. Tori and her friends gather around to see the words that had Trina in such a state: Beck is dating Jade.
"Oh my god," Tori squeals in excitement, "they're back together!"
"Maybe now Jade will be less cranky," Cat strokes her hair, "hey do you guys wanna hear a joke?"
"Not right now, Cat," Tori looks back over to where Jade and Beck are trying to figure out what happened between Jade walking out of acting class two weeks ago to now.
1 WEEK AGO
Beck had been trying to talk to Jade all week, but she had been cleverly avoiding him. He was done. Jade is calmly standing by her locker when he comes into school, and when she shuts it…he takes his chance, and grabs her hand pulling her towards the janitor's closet.
"Kidnapping!" Jade starts gesturing wildly, "you can all see that he's kidnapping me!" Beck quickly shuts the door, and makes sure to lock it.
"We need to talk," Jade lowers her eyes.
"I know,"
"You're pregnant!"
"Scream it from the mountain top, why don't you?!"
"Jade, it's still not the time for sarcasm. This is serious!"
"You think that I don't know that! Let me have the talk for us. Hey Beck, it's your EX-GIRLFRIEND, Jade. So, do you remember that night three months ago that we got drunk in the RV and had sex then a week later we broke up? Yea, looks like we weren't very safe that night, and now I'm knocked up. Congrats! We didn't beat teen pregnancy." Jade forces a smirk as Beck looks at her with compassion in his eyes.
"Jade,"
"Don't look at me like that,"
"Like what?"
"Like I'm some fragile doll. I'm not,"
"I know,"
"So stop looking at me like I'm going to break!" Jade sits down an overturned bucket, and Beck sits down on the concrete floor next to her.
"We're going to be parents,"
"Yea,"
"What do we do? Have you told your parents? How are we doing to tell my parents?" Beck looks up at her. Jade looks at him.
"You needed to be the first to know, and I still haven't figured out how to tell my parents that their screwed-up daughter…screwed up." They sit in silence for a few minutes. Beck is the first to speak.
"You aren't screwed-up, Jade," Jade lets out a breathy laugh, "What does this mean about us?"
"Nothing, we aren't a couple,"
"Why not?"
"Like I said last week, you don't get to date me again because you feel bad for getting me pregnant,"
"I didn't say that,"
"Oh, so you don't want to date me?"
"I didn't say that either!" Beck stands up quickly, and runs his hands through his hair, "I want to be with you because I love you, Jade!" Jade looks up at him wide-eyed.
"You broke up with me!"
"You walked out first, and you made out with Moose!"
"Wait, Moose told you? That wazz!"
"Of course he did, he's my friend, Jade, and he felt bad about it!"
"Well, you were the one who didn't come out! You're the one who's dating other girls!"
"I haven't gone on a date with anyone!"
"You went on a date with Tori!"
"It wasn't a date!"
"Ohhhh…suuuuure it wasn't! You tried to kiss her!" Beck is taken aback by the comment.
"Wait what?"
"During the Platinum Music Awards, you left the video chat on," Beck kicks the ground.
"Oh,"
"Yea, oh…" Beck's face was covered in guilt at her looked at the girl with black hair with blue steaks.
"What can I do to convince you that I want to be with you because of you?"
"Show me,"
"What?"
"Prove to me that you love me for me and not the baby,"
"Done. I'll pick you up tonight at 6." Beck kisses her quickly before leaving the closet.
"Wait what?" She looks at the door her mouth hanging open. She slowly closes her mouth, and raises her hand to her smiling lips. If Jade didn't hate skipping, she most definitely would have skipped to History.
6 PM
Jade wrings her hands as she patiently waits at the door. She smooths down her black skirt for the twelfth time in the last few minutes and lets out a sigh.
"This is ridiculous, you've been out with Beck lots of time there's no need to be nervous."
"Hey, Jade,"
"Hi, Mom,"
"Don't you look nice? Who's the lucky boy?"
"Beck," Jade's mom stops.
"Are you two back together?"
"It's complicated." Jade's mom's phone begins ringing.
"Well, have fun." She brings the phone to her ear, "Hey Steven…what do you mean you lost the files?!"
"Bye, mom." Jade returns her gaze to the door when there is a soft knock. She quickly runs to the door, and her hand freezes on the doorknob. She takes a deep breath, and slowly opens the door to reveal Beck, who is holding a single black calla lily.
"Hey," Beck's smirk makes her melt.
"Hey,"
"Ready?
"What are we…?"
"It's a surprise," Beck hands her the flower, and takes her hand into hers before pulling her out of the door. "Now let's go."
After a short drive, Jade sees that Beck had set up a projector to screen at the small park where they had their first date to watch "The Scissoring with extended scenes" and have a picnic, complete with canned lemonade, to Jade's delight. There was no one else in sight. Jade couldn't help but smile as they watched the movie in two large bean bag chairs and played with each other's hands. About an hour into the movie, she feels her eyelids starting to droop, and before she knows it she's out. She wakes up to Beck shaking her lightly.
"Jade, time to wake up," Jade blinks her eyes open, and looks over at Beck, who had packed up almost everything.
"Did I fall asleep?"
"Yea, but it's okay," Beck helps her up, "it's getting late. Let's get you home." Jade smiles and gets in Beck's car while he loads up the rest of the stuff. On the drive home they chat about the movie (what parts Jade was awake for), and when they finally reach her apartment Beck makes sure to walk her up.
"Good night, Jade. I'll see you tomorrow at the same time." Beck kisses her cheek before leaving. Jade feels a grin spread on her face as her hand raises to the spot his lips had just been before heading inside.
Later in the night, after her mom and brother have gone to sleep, she lays in queen-size bed gently rubbing her stomach through the cotton of her shirt.
"You have a pretty great Dad, baby. I hope we can make it work for you," she smiles as she once again lets her eyes close.
Tori smiles, and looks back at the phone in her face.
"Oh look, Beck posted a picture," The group look at the photo of Jade looking very pleased with herself with her arms crossed in front of her stripped shirt, standing next to an axe in the dead center of a bullseye with the caption:
BECK OLIVER: Give this girl an axe and she can throw a bullseye on the first try. Love this girl. Mood: In Love and a little scared
"Hey, I saw an article about that place, it's supposed to be really fun," Robbie states.
"We should go!" Cat bounces up and down.
"No, little Red," Andre pats her on the shoulder.
"Why not?"
"I don't know how much I trust you with an axe,"
"Kk," Cat says, sadly, "hey Jade posted something, too!" Cat clicks the photo on her phone to see a photo of them in a truck bed surrounded by candlelight, leaning against the back window, surrounded by blankets and pillows. Jade's head is on Beck's chest with her eyes closed, and Beck seems to be placing a kiss onto her forehead.
JADE WEST: 1) Beck and I are back together again. 2) All girls must stay at least 30 feet away from him at all times. 3) I'm not kidding. Mood: Fierce
9 PM - 6 DAYS AGO
Jade had always been a fan of the stars. The thought of looking at something that was dead was always a thrill for her. Beck had picked her up promptly at 6 PM, as promised, but this time in his truck that his dad and him had just finished restoring. He took her to dinner at Crossroads, one of her new favorite places to eat, and it felt almost effortless. They didn't fight about the game show or Tori or his parents…they simply talked. As the sun began to set over LA around 8, Beck escorted her back to the truck, and began to drive outside of the city into some of the forests nearby.
"Are you going to kill me?" They had been driving for a bit, and she couldn't see the lights of the city anymore.
"Maybe in the distant future, but not right now." Beck smiles over at her. She didn't know where they were, but Beck seemed pretty confident on the directions so that might have eased her worries a little. Soon, Beck pulls over, and quickly pulls out a blindfold.
"Oh no, you are not getting laid that quickly even if my body is screaming yes," Jade puts up her hand up with a serious look on her face, but Beck simply laughs.
"It's so you won't look, just trust me, okay?" Jade looks hesitantly at the silk fabric, and smiles softly remembering what they usually used it for.
"Fine, but if I hear anything funny, I'm running and leaving you behind."
"Deal." Beck helps her put on the black silk, so Jade is enveloped in complete darkness. She can hear him moving around, opening and shutting doors, and she suddenly smells lemon and lavender, her two favorite scents. She hears her door open, and jerks her head towards it only to be comforted by Beck's soft touch.
"Now, take my hand." Jade takes his hand, gingerly, and he escorts her around the truck before letting her ago. She can see faint light through the blindfold.
"Are you going to hit me with the car?" She hears Beck laugh behind her, and feels him gently tug of the knot before the fabric falls away. In front of her, the truck bed and surrounding area have lanterns with candles in them, and the bed is filled with comfy looking pillows and blankets. Beck helps her up, and she crawls up to the back by the window and looks up. She can see millions of stars. The glitter of the milky way above her. Her eyes widen at the sight, and she barely notices Beck crawl next to her. She lays down on his chest, and they both sit in silence just looking at the stars basking in the glow of each other.
"Awww what a cute a photo!" Tori looks at the photo with pouting lip.
"Yay! Now I won't get yelled at for talking about them to each other, and I don't have to yell at Beck again!" Everyone looks at Cat, who is grinning widely, and Robbie looks a little uncomfortable.
10 AM - 5 DAYS AGO
Beck, Robbie, and Cat were all sitting in study hall, Beck was anxiously tapping his pencil on the library table while Cat and Robbie look at him in annoyance.
"Stop!" Cat yells causing everyone in the library to look at the group. The librarian raises her fingers, and tells the group to shush before turning back to her book.
"What?"
"You've been bouncing that pencil for the last twenty minutes," Robbie slowly takes the pencil out of Beck's hand. "What has you so worked up?"
"I've just been trying to think of a new way to win Jade back,"
"Why?" A horrified look appears on Robbie's face.
"Because I love her, and I regret not opening the door that day…everything has felt hollow since we broke up,"
"Well if I was Jade I wouldn't take you back," Cat looks conflicted with her response, "I mean you're my friend and everything Beck, but like sometimes you were the worst boyfriend to her,"
"What? No, I wasn't!"
"I mean, sometimes you were," Rex stares at Beck as Robbie smiles awkwardly before quickly flicking his eyes back down to his PearPad.
"What are you saying? Jade was mean to everyone,"
"Yea she is, but she didn't kiss someone that she knew you didn't like or put you in time out or make you feel bad for not liking someone. When it comes down to it, Beck, Jade might be a mean person but she never intentionally hurt or humiliated you," Beck looks at the tiny red-headed girl with a look of confusion.
"Yea but…you like Tori!"
"I do, but I also don't always defend her when she does something wrong or in some cases ignore it,"
"Wait, what?"
"Jade yells a lot about you when she's sad which has been a lot lately. She cut the head of one of my bears off the other week,"
"Okay, but she got the timeout when she was mean to Tori,"
"She doesn't have to be nice to her. Plus, Jade did warn her about him, and I'm not saying what Jade said was right but you sided with Tori…again. How do you think that made her feel when HER boyfriend always made it seem like she was bad guy?"
"I mean…isn't she?" Robbie looks over at Cat.
"I mean sometimes, but Tori hasn't been the best either. Remember prome?" The boys both nod. "Jade and everyone in 'Clowns Don't Bounce' worked really hard for months on that play, and Tori didn't even apologize for ruining it or try to make it up to Jade. Jade was so angry, and Beck, you barely acknowledged her feelings around it. Instead, you just ignored them, and started asking about prome in front of her. You also never told anyone you had a girlfriend until Jade was in view or someone called you out, you loved girls hitting on you and you loved to make Jade jealous about it, and that really hurt her. Every time someone said you were breaking up and she would counter it…saying 'well…' is not an appropriate response. She was so afraid that you didn't actually love her or that you didn't want to be with her every time you did those little things that you thought were funny and teasey. Like I said Jade might be mean, but she loved you and made sure you knew it." Cat looks pointedly at Beck before putting her earbuds in, returning to her math homework, and ignoring both boys every time they tried to get her attention.
"Can I have my pencil back?"
"Are you going to annoy me with it?"
"No." Robbie hands Beck his pencil, and Beck grabs a notebook and starts writing.
6:15 PM - 5 DAYS AGO
Jade sits patiently at the little hole-in-the-wall bakery that Beck asked her to meet him. She glances at her phone to see the 6:15 glaring at her. He had been so prompt the other days, but the downpour of rain almost kept her from getting here, too. The bell on the door rings, and she turns to see Beck striding in. His leather jacket is wet, but the notebook he pulls out of it seems completely dry. He smiles at her and takes a deep breath before striding to her at the table.
"Hi, sorry I'm late," Beck kisses the top of her head before sitting down across from her.
"It's okay, I figured you might be," they both smile at each other awkwardly before Beck takes another deep breath.
"I got told off by a tiny little red-head today," Jade raises an eyebrow, her ring catching the light of the soft Edison bulbs.
"Oh?"
"She pointed out a lot of things to me that I guess I just never noticed before about," Beck looks at her, "us, and it got me thinking,"
"About?" Jade starts to tense up thinking that Beck is backing out of this.
"How I need to be a better boyfriend to you," Jade lets out the breath that she didn't realize she was holding as she looks at the boy sitting across from her, "so I wrote this down for you to read." Beck hands her the notebook, and she hesitantly takes it. As Jade opens it, she reads about Beck's inner turmoil from 10 AM to about an hour ago.
Jade,
Cat told me I was a bad boyfriend. As I sit here and reflect on what she said to me…I can't help but agree. She's your best friend. She would know a little more than me because as much as you like to say you don't engage in "girl talk," you and Cat sure have a lot of it. She's right though. I was a bad boyfriend. You weren't the best girlfriend, but she was right…you never hurt me on purpose. I did that a lot, didn't I? I never meant anything by it, it was all supposed to be in good fun or because I wanted to make sure people know the Jade that Cat and I know, but apparently that didn't always come across.
I love you, Jade.
I always have and always will.
A hot topic that Cat yelled at me about was Tori…Tori is nothing compared to you. It was button that I found that I thought would be funny to exploit, but now I realize that it wasn't funny at all. It hurt you. I don't like the thought of hurting you. I need to be better at supporting you not only because you are carrying my child, but also because you push me to be better and to do things out of my comfort zone…and I need someone like that. Someone who challenges me. Makes me rethink how I see the world. However, you can't be the only supporting us. I need to be more supportive of the things you say and do, and I'm sorry that I haven't been as supportive as I should be as your boyfriend. I am so proud of you, though. I know you don't think anyone notices you or your talents, but fuck it. You are so talented as a performer, as a writer, as a songwriter, as a musician, and as a director. You are the whole goddamn package, and one day someone is going to realize that. I want to be there when they do because I want the chance to show off this amazing talent that I saw when I was fourteen. The talented girl who said no to going on a date with me thirteen times before saying yes. The one who showed up to one of my dates and dumped a coke on a girl and told me that you weren't okay with me dating other people anymore. You were my first in almost everything, and I was stupid to let that go because I know I am better person because of you even if no one would probably believe that. So, the whole point of this letter is me telling you how I am going to improve as your boyfriend to be the boyfriend you deserve.
I, Beck Russell Oliver, hereby say that if I break any of these goals that I am setting for myself I give Jade Audra West the right to yell at me or break up with me, and it be totally justified.
1. I will be more attentive to Jade's needs and worries
2. I will be the person who says I have a girlfriend when I know a girl is hitting on me rather trying to make Jade jealous
3. When it comes to Tori Vega, I will keep my distance, and I will do my best to not agree with her when she disagrees with Jade West, the exception being when Jade is clearly in the wrong
4. There will be no more jokes about breaking up
5. No more timeouts instead we will talk about how what happened or how what was said is not okay
6. I will not force Jade to hang out with anyone she doesn't want to
7. When it comes to my family, I will fight for the inclusion of Jade because she is the love of my life and I want her with me during those functions.
8. I will never kiss another girl unless it is written in a script that says I am supposed to do so.
I love you, Jade, and I am so sorry for every time I didn't make you feel valued or loved. You are my world, and if we want to start over I need you to know that I am going into this with new eyes. I'm going to try to be the boyfriend that you deserve because you are amazing, and someone as amazing as you deserve someone who is just as amazing. I need to be better for you to be the best I can be for our baby.
Sincerely,
Beck
Jade looks up from the notebook and into Beck's nervous eyes. Her eyes are brimming with unshed tears.
"Thank you," Beck smiles, and lets out a sigh of relief. Jade smiles and closes the notebook. "So how about I set eight rules for myself?"
"Okay? That wasn't the…" Jade raises a finger to silence him.
"But if you are willing to make compromises, I should be, too. I mean that's the whole point of a relationship," Jade takes a deep breath, "I, Jade Audra West, hereby say that if I break any of these goals that I am setting for myself I give Beck Russell Oliver the right to yell at me or break up with me, and it be totally justified," Beck cracks a smile as Jade is writing her words down in the notebook, "one, I promise to get jealous less and learn to trust you. Two, I promise to try to be nicer to your friends, but if I do mess up, I will apologize to them. Three, I will let you talk when you are trying to explain something rather than me jumping to conclusions. Four, I will try to be less of a gank, but I cannot guarantee that will always happen. Five, I promise to support you when it comes to your career and goals. Six, I will try to yell less. Seven, I will do my best to talk about our problems rather than run away from them. And eight, I promise that I will try to get along better with your family." Jade smiles at Beck, and he leans forward placing a light peck on her lips.
"You're amazing,"
"I know, by the way, why did you want to meet here?"
"This is one of the best vegan bakeries in town," Jade smiles excitedly, "so I'm going to get a cupcake, do you want anything?"
"Oh my god, yes." Beck sticks out his hand to help her up, and she happily takes it.
"Oh look! another update from Beck!"
BECK OLIVER: Big things are coming! Mood: Excited.
"What do you think it is?" Andre looks at everyone.
"Maybe they are getting a puppy!" Cat gleefully exclaims.
"Guys, shush they're coming over," Tori throws Trina's phone back at her. "Hey Beck! Hey Jade! Saw your guys' update!"
"So happy!" Cat gets up and hugs them both up while jumping up and down.
"Stop," Jade stares deadpan at her friend. Cat immediately stops, but her smile doesn't fade.
"So, what happened, a month ago, you two weren't even on good speaking terms?" Andre takes a sip of his coffee.
"We talked," Jade wraps her arm behind Beck.
"And we listened," Beck turns to smile at Jade, who smiles back at him. They sit down with the group.
"Made some rules about how we can be better for each other,"
"I has been a long week, but I think we figured some things out."
"A lot of things."
6 PM - 3 DAYS AGO
Beck showed up promptly at 6 PM. He had been taking her on dates for the last few days. Yesterdays had been to the local theater, the place of their first official date as an exclusive couple.
"What are we doing today?"
"The next best thing to scissors." Jade looks at him confused, and he smiles and takes her hand. Beck ended up taking her to the new axe throwing place. They spent two hours trying to outdo each other in their score, Jade won by a landslide. She was surprisingly accurate.
"I thought Canadians were supposed to good with axes?" Jade cocks a smirk, and saunters over to their table when they finish. The pair are laughing and just having another night of honest conversation with no fighting. Suddenly, Jade's face falls.
"Jade, what's wrong?" Beck takes her hand into his.
"What happened?" Jade eyes meet Beck's confused ones.
"What do you mean?"
"When did this," Jade motions between the two of them, "become a crazy, fighting couple?"
"Maybe we just forgot what it was like to date. We did become like an old married couple who rarely hung out outside of the RV,"
"We did, didn't we?" Jade smiles, and reaches into her bag taking out five three-subject journals and hands them to him, "here."
"What are they?" He thumbs through the first black notebook with a giant silver 1 on it to see Jade's handwriting on every page.
"It's every journal I've had since I've known you, so if I inevitability fight with you or we forget why we are together we can read them and remember how we felt that first day,"
"Jade…" he smiles down at them, "this is…you really had this much to say about the first day you met me?" The first entry is almost ten pages, front and back.
"I had a lot more, but Joey walked in,"
"Wait…you said together, are we…?"
"Don't push it." She takes a swing of her water. Beck smiles and takes her other hand back into his.
"But what's the big thing?" Robbie chimes in.
"Yea, what's the deets?" Rex laughs and looks around. Jade and Beck exchange a look.
"Pretty sure, it said it was coming, puppet,"
"That's offensive, woman!"
"Bite me," Rex leans in with his mouth open, and Jade grabs a nearby water bottle and throws it in his face.
"Hey! That was my water bottle," Tori looks at the now wet Rex. Jade looks at her phone.
"We have to go." Jade slaps a dollar in front of Tori as her and Beck leave, and head out into the parking lot.
"Wait, where are you going?" André gestures to the couple, "we still have class."
"I don't think they care, André." Tori smiles at the dollar, and goes and gets herself another water bottle.
6 PM - 2 DAYS AGO
"They're going to hate me more," Jade looks up at Beck from her position on his chest, "if that's possible." The two had skipped the rest of the day after acting class in the morning, and were spending the evening in Beck's RV since his parents were in San Francisco for some gala. Jade was wearing nothing but one of Beck's many flannel shirts and her underwear while Beck was wearing a pair of gray sweatpants.
"They don't hate you,"
"I made them cry and I almost killed your dad with a dog,"
"That's true,"
"They're going to say we're going to have to get rid of it when it comes," Jade's hand rubs stomach.
"They'll probably love it,"
"Your mom told you to break up with me on a daily basis," Jade looks perplexed at the ceiling, "she's going to be pissed you're dating me again,"
"Eh," Beck pulls her closer placing a kiss on her forehead, "she'll get used to it." Beck's hand intertwines with hers. "She's got no choice right now,"
"I guess," Jade pauses and sits up, "what are we doing do?"
"What do you mean?"
"About the baby, when it comes…if it comes,"
"What's the supposed to me?"
"Well there are a lot of options or things that can happen, right?"
"You aren't seriously talking about an abortion again?"
"I mean there can also be a miscarriage, but abortion is an option that should be looked at!" Jade throws up her hands, and stands up from the bed. She crosses her arms, and begins to pace the length of RV.
"Yea, but you aren't considering it, are you?" Jade looks at him with guilt in her eyes.
"We're 17. We just started our senior year, we have college and our careers to think about, and I just…we just got back together," Jade stops pacing and places her head in her hand. "People are going to say that it's not yours or that I got pregnant on purpose or that…" Beck wraps his arms around her from behind.
"Who cares what anyone else thinks," Jade turns around in his arms. Cuddling deeper into his embrace and letting out a whine. Beck stands there for a while before Jade wraps her arms around him. "All that matter right now is the three of us,"
"I love you,"
"I love you, too, and I promise you that we'll get through this,"
"Do we have to tell our parents?"
"Yes. I think it's pretty important, Jade."
"I guess," Jade pulls away slightly looking up at Beck, "kiss me?" Beck smiles placing a kiss on her lips.
"So…dating?" Beck smiles at her, and she brings him back down into a kiss. He returns to them to his twin-size bed because right now he just wants her close to him.
"We should plan to get lunch with our parents to tell them. Take them somewhere in public…"
"Ohhh," Jade props herself onto her elbow, "they'll probably have to yell at us less. You're a genius." Beck brings her lips to his. Their make-out session quickly escalates, and Jade crawls on top of Beck.
"Jade, we don't have to…"
"Our baby has me crazy hormonal, and I, very much want to." Jade smiles down at him. Beck quickly pulls her lips back down to his, holding her hips tightly against him. His hands journey up her back. Beck lets one hand thread into her black hair, giving it a sharp tug, causing a gasp to leave Jade's mouth. Beck uses the opportunity to capture her bottom lip with his teeth. "Fuck."
"Safe word?"
"Flowers."
"Good girl." Beck smiles against her lips as he flips them so Jade is underneath him with one of his hands pinning her arms above her head. His lips nip lightly at her jawline before traveling down to her throat causing soft moans to leave her mouth. His other hand ventures downward to the top button of her shirt before slowly unbuttoning them lightly caressing down as new skin was revealed.
"Beck, it's not fun when you tease,"
"Really?" Beck reaches underneath the bed, pulling out a pair of buckle restraints, and slipping the chain portion around his metal bed frame before buckling Jade's wrist in the soft restraints, "because I happen to think that it's a lot of fun, so I am going to make sure that you can't stop me." A signature Beck smirk spreads across his face as his journey south continues. He pulls down Jade's bra just enough so he can begin his torture on her nipple. He hears the chain of the restraints clang against the wrought iron frame as Jade's back arches off the bed. His hand pulls down the other side, and twists the other nipple while his mouth continuities to contort its twin in his mouth.
"Shit…shit…shit,"
"Someone's more sensitive than normal,"
"Shut up and touch me,"
"I am touching you. See I'm touching you here," Beck kisses her cheek, "and here," the hallow of her neck, "and here," in between her breasts, "here, too" her stomach, "also here," the inner part of her thigh causing Jade to let out a light gasp, "and here," Kissing down her leg.
"Beck, please. Please just fuck me," He looks up into Jade's eyes and sees her desperation, and smiles while hooking her leg around his hip grinding his erection to her center causing Jade's head to fall backwards with a breathy moan.
"Now, that seems too easy," Beck leans down whispering into Jade's ear, "and I know that you don't like it when it's too easy." His lips latch onto hers as his hands grip her thigh tightly bringing her closer to him.
The two get out of Beck's car at a small vegan place not too far from school. Though Beck would love a good burger for this conversation, Jade's dietary restrictions limited the options on where they could go. Eating with Jade the last nine months had been a test of his will. Jade pauses as soon as she shuts the car door, and she suddenly starts to breath heavily. Her eyes begin to water, and she tries to catch her breath but fails. Beck quickly walks to her and wraps her in his arms.
"Shhhh," Beck rubs circles into her lower back. Jade's breathe quickens and her shoulders shake with silent sobs, but eventually with the comfort of Beck and his soft countdown, Jade's panic attack ceases. He lifts her head away from his chest, smiling down at her, and wiping away from make up streaks.
"Tell me you love me?" Beck raises an eyebrow and Jade rolls her eyes, "please?"
"I love you, Jade Audra West," The couple gently kiss before unwinding from each other.
"I love you, too." Beck smiles, placing his arm behind Jade, and guides her into the restaurant.
Jade sits there pushing around the last of her curry as Beck and their parents talk. As she predicted, Beck's parents were none too pleased to see her sitting with him, but they smiled politely and greet her through gritted teeth, his mother giving her a hug. Grin and bear it. Jade flashed them a polite smile as she stood up for the hug, and soon her mom, step-mom, and dad join them.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Jade is shaken out her head by her father's words. She looks to her across at her father and then at Beck on her other side
"Um…uh…" Jade stutters at the question, but Beck takes over the conversation.
"We have something to tell you,"
"Other than that, you are dating her again?" Beck's mom, Robin, glares at Jade. The petite woman still held disdain in her voice for the young woman.
"Hey," Karen, Jade's mom, says trying to defend her daughter from Robins' impending comment.
"What is it, Beck?" His father places a hand onto his shoulder. Jade suddenly felt dread wash over her, and she would rather be having another play date with Tori than be here. Her breath starts to quicken again as she looks around the table, and Beck's hand gives her a gentle squeeze before standing up and moving behind her. He places his hand onto her shoulder, and her hand immediately reaches up to weave her finger through his while wiping away a tear.
"Jade, what's wrong?" Karen looks at her daughter beside her at the circular table, but Jade's head falls forward.
"Um…" Jade still struggles to find the words.
"She's pregnant," Beck blurts out and looks up to the stunned faces of the five people in front of them.
"She's…she's…" Robin looks at her son and Jade, her eyes flicking between the two of them. Baron abruptly gets up from the table, grabbing his new wife's hand, and leaves the restaurant.
"Dad!" Jade tries to follow him, but Karen stops her from going.
"Don't, Jade, not right now," Karen's grip on Jade's wrist softens, and she gently strokes her hand.
"How did this happen?" Robin looks at her son.
"Oh, Robin, I don't think we need to ask that question," Divesh looks pointedly at his wife, and then turns back to the young couple, "so what's the plan?"
"We wanted your guys' input," Jade finally finds her voice, and lays her head on to her mother's shoulder. Her and her mother didn't always have the best relationship, but right now Jade really wanted her comfort.
"You can't keep it, you two are children," Robin gestures to them.
"Robin, but it will be our grandbaby, I don't want anyone else to raise them. I thought we taught you to be safe,"
"We normally were, just one time," Beck grabs Jade's hand with his other one, "but that's all it takes right?"
"Do you want to keep it?" Jade raises her head off her mother's shoulder, and looks at her with her mouth slightly agape. Jade looks around the table and her eyes linger on Beck.
"We hadn't thought about it. I thought…I just figured that you wouldn't let us," Jade looks back at her mom, who has a slight smile on her face.
"Jade, I'll always support you. I'm not happy about it, but what's done is done. If you want an abortion, we do that. If you want to put the baby up for adoption, we can talk about that. If you to keep the baby, we will make it work. I love you, and I want you to both be happy with your decision. We all do, right?" Karen looks at Divesh and Robin, both of them nod slowly. Beck can't contain his excitement, and he is beaming from ear to ear. Jade freely lets the tears fall, and hugs her mom tightly.
"Thanks, mom." Jade looks over at Beck, "I guess we have some things to discuss."
"Would you two like me to make you an appointment?" Robin asks looking at the remainder of her food.
"But I don't want to…" Jade suddenly starts moving in her seat, panicking.
"Not for an abortion, Jade," Jade's movement still as she looks at Beck's mom in front of her, "for a sonogram. I imagine that I can fit you in tomorrow during your lunch when I get back to the office." Jade had completely forgotten that she was a nurse for one of the local OBGYNs. Jade nods her head.
"Okay then, this has been stressful lunch, but I need to get back to the office. Let's go, Robin," Divesh stands up and walks towards the door, but turns back to Beck, "we will talk when you get home."
Beck watches as his parents leave and he sits down next to Jade. Her mother's hand never leaves Jade's arm.
"I know this is scary, baby, but we'll get through this. Do you want me to go to the Doctor's with you tomorrow?"
"No, I think it should be just be the two of us for this one,"
"Okay," Karen's other hand reaches up and strokes Jade's dark locks, "I'll talk to your dad,"
"Thank you."
"But I have to get the firm, I have a two o'clock appointment with a client," Jade stands to lock her mother into an embrace, "I love you, Jade, and I will see you tonight." She places a kiss on her daughter's forehead, and waves goodbye to the both of them, paying the check on the way out. Jade sits back down and Beck takes her hand into his, and they both sit in silence for a while.
"Well…that went better than expected," Jade cracks a smile that transforms into a laugh. Beck pecks her cheek and places a hand onto her stomach.
"We get to see the baby tomorrow,"
"Yea, yea we do," Jade stands and looks out the door, "can we just skip the rest of the day?"
"Nah, I've a quiz in World Cultures, and you have a project that you have to work on in Advanced Song Writing," Jade pouts at him.
"But I don't wanna."
"Too bad, now let's go." Hand and hand the two walk out, unsure about the future, but sure in their foundation that they had found in each other.
Cat's rant was probably one of my favorite things to write because even though she is dumb, she is Jade's best friend, and there were times when I saw Beck and Jade I thought "wow, if my boyfriend pulled that shit, I would have walked away," but regardless of that…Beck and Jade are cute together. Plus I think someone needed to call him out on some of the things he did.
Until next time!
-KMA