Jade: HEY!
Me: What?
Jade: You finally took me to Starbucks! (1)
Me: SHHHH JADE, that's a SPOILER!
Jade: Psh, who cares? They all knew I'd end up at a Starbucks (1) eventually.
Me: True… true…
Jade: You're forgetting something again
Me: Oh right, yeah, I forgot to bring my health book home to put a book cover on it. My bad.
Jade: Noooo, something ELSE!
Me: What?
Jade: STOP PLAYING STUPID!
Me: OHHH YEAH! Hey, I don't own Victorious.
Jade: I'm out of cookies.
Me: D:
Chapter 3
Jade's eyes cracked open and she realized she was lying on the floor. 'What?' she thought in confusion, 'Why am I on the floor…' Her mind trailed away as she realized why she was on the floor. She was aware of the bright sunlight seeping in through the window. "Shit!" she gasped, standing up and running to the clock. 11:12.
"I'm so dead." She muttered and got changed, applying make-up quickly and not bothering to do her hair. She hurried out the door, stopping quickly at a Starbucks (1) on the way to school as she was unable to start a day without coffee. She ran into the school and then to Sikowitz's class. Sikowitz looked up. "JADE!" he said loudly, "YOU'RE LATE!"
Any look of panic was immediately placed with Jade's usual glare. "Yeah." She said, "I am late. Thanks for noticing." Sikowitz rolled his eyes. "Jade, take a seat." He said. Jade sighed, sitting beside Beck. Sikowitz started talking about how to make your acting sound and look more emotional.
Beck leaned over and said, "Why were you late?" Jade snapped softly, "I overslept. Why do you care anyways?" Beck, taken aback, sat back in his seat and muttered coldly, "I was just curious." Jade didn't respond and tried to focus on something other than the beating she'd gotten the night before. Her dad had never beaten her unconscious before.
It took her 5 minutes to realize that Beck was waving a hand in front of her face. "Jade!" he said. She jumped. "What?!" she snapped. He said, "Class is over." Jade just nodded with a blank expression on her face and walked out of the classroom. She was absentmindedly walking to lunch when Beck grabbed her arm and pulled her into the janitor's closet, closing the door.
"What's up with you?" he hissed. She blinked at him in confusion. He rolled his eyes. "Last night you left Andre's so quickly that it suggested you were going to die if you stayed any longer. Then you come in late and you're acting like you've seen a ghost. Jade, what happened?"
Jade averted her gaze from his and said, "Beck, I just met you. I can't tell you." Beck placed his hands on her shoulders. "Please?" he asked. Jade shook her head, shaking his hands off her. "No, Beck, Cat doesn't even know, and Cat is... the closest thing to a good friend I have. I just can't tell you about my da-," she stopped abruptly and said, "About what's going on."
Beck's eyes narrowed and he said, "Jade, you were about to say 'dad' weren't you?" Jade shook her head and said defensively, "No I wasn't!" She felt an anger rise inside her. Any smart person would know better than to pester Jade West about something she didn't want to talk about. "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" she screamed at him and stormed past him, going to lunch.
She saw Andre and Cat sitting at their usual table, but she didn't want to sit there with them. She didn't want to sit with anyone. She had a headache- well, her whole body ached, and she felt bad for yelling at Beck. But he was trying to get something out of her that she never wanted to come out, and she never intended for it to come out.
Jade sat at a table far away from everybody else that was empty and ate a few bites before realizing that she wasn't hungry. She thought of a song that she had written and memorized and started singing it softly, letting all of her emotions go.
"Catch me, as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now.
Speaking to the atmosphere,
No one's here and I fall into myself.
This truth drives me into madness,
I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away…
If I will it all away.
Don't turn away
Don't try to hide
Don't close your eyes
Don't turn out the lights.
I'm frightened by what I see, but somehow I know
That there's much more to come
Immobilized by my fear,
And soon to be blinded by tears
I can stop the pain if I will it all away
If I will it all away
Don't turn away
Don't try to hide
Don't close your eyes
Don't turn out the lights." (2)
"You know," Beck said, "you're a really good singer." Jade jumped when he said this and muttered, "Oh, thanks." Beck smiled and said, "No problem." Jade studied him for a moment and said, "I thought you'd be mad at me."
Beck shook his head. "No. I was pushing at something that you didn't want me pushing at. I got what was coming to me." Jade shrugged. "I still feel bad about it." Beck nudged her. "Don't. If you don't want to tell me, fine. If you do want to tell me, then that's great. But I shouldn't have pushed."
Jade muttered, "Yeah…" She hated awkward situations. Beck sat across from her and said, "So what was that song about, if you don't mind me asking?" Jade said, "Oh… nothing." Beck shrugged and said, "Ok. Just randomly wrote it then?" Jade gave a small nod. There was an awkward silence between the two and said, "Uh, do you wanna do something tonight? It is a Friday." He said, 'It is a Friday,' as though he was questioning her about how late she could stay out.
She could tell this, and knew that she'd still have to be home by eight even though it was a Friday. She assumed this would make Beck more suspicious. But she didn't want to say no… Suddenly she realized her dad was going away for the weekend, and she would be home alone for that night and the next two days. A smile almost lit up her face and she said, "Sure. What do you want to do?" He shrugged and said, "Maybe we could go out to eat somewhere and then hang out for a bit afterwards? I could meet you at your house around 4-ish."
Jade said, "Sounds good. But DON'T pull any cheesy things, like the whole yawn-and-put-your-arm-over-my-shoulders thing. That's stupid and I HATE when people do that and I HATE the people who do that and I HATE how STUPID they are!" Beck had one of those anime sweat-drop moments (3) and said, "Yeah… ok." Jade nodded and then said, "This isn't a… a date, is it?" Beck shook his head and said, "No, just two friends hanging out." Jade nodded. "Good," she said. Then she got up and walked off, going to her next class silently.
Jade zoned out in majority of her classes, so many things on her mind now. Her dad's beatings were getting worse, Beck was suspicious of her, she was feeling weirder and weirder about Beck, and she wasn't sure if she really liked the lurching feeling in her chest whenever she talked to him, and Beck had asked her to go somewhere, and even though he said it wasn't, it sure sounded like a date.
The thing that worried her most was that Beck was suspicious of her. What if he found out about her dad? What would he think of her? He'd think she was a weakling, that's what. And what better gossip was there to spread than JADE WEST being a wimp? It would be the hottest topic at Hollywood Arts for… oh, the next, maybe three years. Jade was sure the story would be passed on to the youngest kids there and would go on for generations. She was screwed if he found out. Sighing, it took her a moment to process that she was in her last class when the bell rang, indicating that the day was over.
She got up and got her things, leaving and hoping to get out without anyone stopping her. She heard Beck say her name from somewhere behind her, but she just sped up. She wanted to leave and get ready. Suddenly, Beck caught up to her and took her arm that had been twisted. Jade winced in pain, but luckily Beck didn't notice. She tried not to grimace from the pain since he had a very tight grip on her arm.
"Jade," Beck said. Jade saw a smile on his face. "We still on for tonight?" Jade nodded and said through clenched teeth, "Yeah. We are. I'm a girl; I need afull hour to get ready. Can I go?" Beck nodded and said, "Sorry, I just wanted to check… I'm just really excited." It took all of Jade's willpower not to roll her eyes at him. "I know, I… am looking forward to it as well. Now can I go?" He nodded, letting go of her. "See you at four." Jade nodded and hurried off to her car.
She didn't look back, but if she had she would've seen Beck's worried look. He watched her and wondered what was going on with her. 'She's so mysterious,' Beck thought, 'I could tell she was in pain, but barely. She's good at acting, that's for sure. But why was she in pain? How is she so good at covering it up?' One last thought blared in his mind before he went to go home and get ready himself. 'What's going on with her?'
LALALA- oh look! I have viewers! Right. So, TALK ABOUT DIS CHAPTER/THE STORY IN GENERAL TIME! Ooooh! Beck's getting suspicionsssss and Jade is finally drifting towards being more in-character! YAY! I knowwww I should make this story drag on with Beck not knowing, but it's so much more fun writing him finding out. It's why I hate mysteries. The answers are right in front of your nose, but all the characters are too stupid to figure it out. No offense, mystery fans.
VOCABULARY! Lolwut?
Starbucks- Yeaaah STARBUCKS! We all love Starbucks right? If you don't… if you don't… You're annoying, Starbucks is awesome! Unfortunately, I don't own it. I just love their coffee, and heck we all know Jade loves coffee.
WHISPER BY EVANESCENCE! Ever heard it? Yeah, great song, right? I think so. I wish I'd written that song. It's so amazing! But it belongs to Evanescence, not me.
Anime sweat-drop moments! Yay! Have you ever been watching an anime and they're in an awkward or annoying situation and they get a chibi face and a sweat drop falls on the side of their head? Like a REALLY BIG SWEAT DROP? I love those things. Just like to point that out.
That's all the vocabulary then… lol!
TO MY LOVELY REVIEWERS!
KIMMIK100- I updated *-*
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I think that's it…
Yours Truly,
Bill Guy the science Nye
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No, my name is…
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