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Beck's Twisted Twin
For some reason, Jade couldn't sleep. She was one hundred percent sure she wasn't homesick, because she didn't miss anyone. Cat was a possibility, but not highly likely. She decided to go watch TV downstairs and of course, they had no shows she would watch. She became frustrated as she flipped through channels. She didn't even notice Danny leaning against the doorframe.
"I see you're having trouble." He chuckled lightly. Jade just glared at him out of annoyance as Danny sat down beside her on the couch. "What? You can't find the shows you watch?" He took the remote from her and calmly looked through channels. Jade shook her head and sighed. "Do you have The Scissoring by any chance?" She asked him. Danny was confused, not knowing what that movie is. He also took it in a dirty way, making Jade punch his shoulder.
"It's not like that!" Jade rolled her eyes. "It's a horror film. I forgot my DVD at home." Danny nodded slowly. "I see you left it back in Hollyweird." He joked. Jade didn't find it funny, though because she didn't laugh.
He quickly played it off like it hadn't happened. "Maybe they're other horror films on TV that you'd like." Danny suggested as he went to look at the movie channel. Sure enough, there weren't any horror movies at the moment. That was probably because no person would want to watch horror movies at five in the morning.
Danny shrugged. "Sorry, I don't see any horror movies." He apologized. Jade sighed and took the remote from him. She continued to flip through channels as Danny leaned back on the couch. "So, why are you up so early?"
Jade didn't look at him as her eyes scanned the television screen. "I could ask you the same thing, Desai." Jade deadpanned. Danny raised an eyebrow. "I thought we were friends."
"Yeah don't think that." Jade said. She finally settled on a show called 'Friends' (how convenient). It was quiet for a moment, before Jade noticed Danny's very confused face. She sighed, "Look, it's very hard to become friends with me. Just because we laughed and talked doesn't make us friends. I barley call my friends back home friends. Try not to take it the wrong way, but you're not any different."
Danny nodded understandingly. "I guess you're just one hard shell to crack." Danny smirked. "You're just like my friends." Jade raised an eyebrow. "You mean your two friends? You mean Jo and her awkward little buddy, Rico?" Danny heaved a sigh.
"I'm trying to get Lacey on my side." Danny confessed to her. "Me, Lacey and Jo used to all be best friends until I..." He trailed off. He didn't really want to tell her that he had murdered his aunt, even though she probably knew already. He just didn't want to repeat it.
"Since you murdered your aunt, I get it." Jade reassured him. "I would be, too, though. Well, not really since I'm me, but I do kind of get where Lacey is coming from. Jo must really care about and missed you so much that she forgave you so soon." Jade talking about Jo that way brought a smile to Danny's lips.
"So, why are you up so early?" Jade asked him. Danny shrugged. "I could ask you the same thing."
"I asked you first." Jade said stubbornly. Danny nodded, "I just couldn't sleep. I have those days sometimes. It's mostly because I was so used to those uncomfortable prison beds." Danny joked with a small laugh. "Now why are you up so early?"
Jade shrugged. "Same reason, I guess." She said. There was a pause.
Jade looked back to the TV screen. "So let's watch this crap show." Jade said. Danny gave a small laugh. "It's not a crap show. It's actually really good." Danny told her. Jade rolled her eyes, but a small smile played on her lips.
Beck woke up that morning at seven am with no Jade in the bed. He was confused, but figured she was already downstairs or applying make-up in the bathroom. He grabbed what he wanted to wear for the day and went to the bathroom to change. The door was closed, so he knocked on the door to see if Jade was already in there or Danny was. The door opened and Danny was there, once again shirtless. Is Danny always shirtless? Beck thought. He looked past him relived not to see Jade with him.
"Hey, Beck," he greeted him with a small smile. "I'm almost done. Give me five minutes, okay?" Beck just nodded and Danny closed the door. He figured he could just change in the guest bedroom where he had slept for the past two nights and then go back to do his hair when Danny was finished. So, he did so and went back to his room to find Jade sitting on the bed.
"Hey, babe." He went over and kissed her cheek. "Where had you gone when I woke up?" She shrugged and picked up her Pear Phone from the bedside table where she had set it moments ago. She was already dressed and her hair was done. She had left out the purple highlights and instead had in the dark blue ones she missed. "Well, it depends when you woke up."
Beck took off his shirt and slid over the one he was wearing for the day over his head. "Probably less than five minutes ago." He told her. Jade stood up and walked over to her suitcase to get her and Beck's necklace. "I was up way before that. I just wasn't tired tonight." She said. "Danny and I were just on the couch watching TV."
Beck felt a pang of jealousy in his stomach, but forced a smile. He took off his PJ bottoms and put on his jeans, then buckling his belt. "What was Danny doing up so early?" he asked casually. Jade put on her necklace and handed Beck his. "Same reason as me, now go do your hair. You look like a troll."
Beck almost laughed at how blunt his girlfriend was being, but looked in the mirror above the dresser and saw she was right. He figured Danny was finished with whatever he was doing in the bathroom anyways. "I'm going to do that right now." He gave Jade a peck on the lips and slid the necklace over his head before going off to the bathroom.
Danny passed Beck and gave him a small smile. His hair was now pulled back in his signature bun and he had a shirt on, which left Beck relived. Was he shirtless downstairs when he was with Jade watching TV? Beck didn't want to think about it as he entered the bathroom to do his hair.
Meanwhile, Jade went downstairs to eat. She met up with Danny and sat beside him at the table, while his mother cooked breakfast. Danny smiled at her. "Morning once again, Jade." Danny chuckled a little. Jade gave him a sarcastic smile.
Karen seemed confused. "What do you mean 'morning once again'?" she asked. Seriously, this woman was annoying Jade to no ends. Couldn't she just mind her own business? Danny saw that Jade was going to make no effort to answer, so he merely smiled at his mother. "We just saw each other before, that's all, mother." Danny explained.
Karen nodded before turning to the two. "Where is Beck?" she asked. Danny looked around the kitchen then at Jade. Jade shrugged. "I think he's still getting ready." She said. Karen seemed to have finished up with breakfast. She brought two plates of bacon and eggs to Danny and Jade, keeping the other two for her and Beck on the counter. "Well, he better hurry before his breakfast gets cold." Karen sighed.
Then Beck walked down the stairs. He was about to sit down beside Jade, but realized Danny was sitting there. Feeling somewhat defeated, he sat down across from her. Karen brought him his breakfast. "Here you go, Beck." She smiled. Beck looked at her with a grateful smile. "Thank you." He said as he began to eat his breakfast with Jade and Danny.
Jade finished her breakfast within minutes. Beck wasn't surprised, he just chuckled a little. He was about to make a comment, when Danny beat him to it. "Whoa, that was quick. What, no heart burn?" He raised an eyebrow playfully. Beck was almost convinced that he was flirting with her. He didn't expect Jade to stifle a laugh.
"I was hungry," she shrugged. Danny rolled his eyes playfully and continued eating. When the three of them finished eating, they walked to school. Beck was enlightened when he saw Danny spot Jo and run off to meet her. Danny walked beside her as they entered the school. "Hey, Jo." He greeted her. "Where's Rico?" Rico was usually with Jo when they entered school, Danny had noticed. Jo shifted her backpack to her other shoulder.
"He's sick." Jo admitted. "Where's your brother?" Danny motioned to Beck and Jade who seemed to be having a good time together as they walked down the halls hand in hand. Jo nodded her head. "So, what are you doing tonight?" Jo snapped her head towards Danny.
It was silent between them for a moment, Jo being a little hesitant. Danny smiled at her. "What, scared to be alone with your ol' pal?" He gave her a little nudge and Jo giggled at him. She ran her fingers through her frizzy blonde hair.
"I had plans with Rico, but he is sick so..." She trailed off, knowing Danny was smart enough to figure out that she had no plans whatsoever. Danny grinned as Jo stopped at her locker. As she opened it, he leaned against the one next to hers. "Great. What about we stop by our old tree house?"
Jo sighed, now not liking the idea. "I don't know, Danny." She said as she grabbed some books. "I mean, wouldn't that bring back memories...?"
"The memories in that tree house were good memories." He pointed out. He knew that wasn't what Jo meant, but he said it anyways. She meant that it would bring back memories of when Danny, her and Lacey were all best friends. And clearly, Lacey was out of the picture with Jo.
She played along, though. "Not all of them. Remember when you fell out because you were goofing off? You broke your arm."
"I was nine. I'm not that stupid anymore." His reply made both him and Jo crack up with laughter. Lacey passed them and gave them a sideways glance. She kind of wanted them to see her, but they were too caught up in laughing that they didn't even notice her pass by. She pressed her lips together and continued to walk away from the two.
Once they controlled their laughter, Danny leaned his head against the locker. "So, what do you say?" he asked her. Jo bit her lip, looking into his chocolate brown eyes. A smile appeared on her face. "Okay, Desai." She told him. "Are you bringing your brother and his girlfriend?"
Danny shook his head. "No way, this was our place." Jo tried desperately to hide her blush. It didn't last long though, because then Danny added, "And of course Lacey's." Beck and Jade joined the two with their hands still joined together. "What are we talking about?" Jade asked.
Danny just gave her a small smile. "Nothing," he told her. He made it clear he just wanted him and Jo at this tree house and Jo didn't mind at all. Jade shrugged, not really caring that he made no move to elaborate. "I want coffee." She announced. Beck pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Babe, this isn't Hollywood Arts. There's no coffee here." He told her. Jade glared at him, as if he was responsible for it. He read the look and put his hands up in mock surrender. Jade grabbed his wrist and pulled him away from Danny and Jo.
"This school sucks." Jade snarled. "Why couldn't we have our work from Hollywood Arts sent to us?" Beck shrugged and kissed her temple in attempts to calm her down.
"My parents thought this would be easier."
"Easier? Beck, they don't have any good classes. There are no acting classes, no singing classes, no showcases or anything!"
Beck would of corrected her by saying that there was a drama class and that there probably would be a play or talent show, but he didn't, knowing he would be playing on very dangerous grounds. Instead he just ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. "Why are you snapping now?"
"I haven't had coffee, since last night, Beckett."
Beck rolled his eyes out of annoyance that she used his full first name and that it was less than twenty four hours since she had coffee. "Jade, you're overreacting. After school, we'll go to that diner and get you coffee." He told her. He looked her in the eyes. "Okay?"
Jade grumbled, but nodded. "Okay." She confirmed. Beck gave her a slight smile as a girl with back length brown hair with blonde tips appeared in front of them. She was cheery, very cheery. If you looked past the highlights and nose ring and all that, she would actually look somewhat like Jade. Not that Jade would admit it.
"I'm sorry to listen in, but I couldn't help but here that you're into acting?" she asked. Jade raised an eyebrow, taking that in account as to flirting with Beck. She was about to snap, when Beck gave Jade a look not to.
"We might be." Jade crossed her arms over her chest. Jade was instantly reminded of Cat when the girl looked unfazed. "Who are you?"
"I'm Phoebe," she stuck out her hand. "I'm directing a play on the disadvantages of drinking and driving. I don't have much people participating in it, so would you like to be in it?"
Jade just looked at Phoebe's hand. After moments of silence, Phoebe slowly moved her hand back to her side. Beck looked at Jade with a small smile. "That sounds fun, Jade." He encouraged her. Jade pursed her lips together. She looked back at Phoebe, who didn't wipe that goofy grin off her face.
"I think you'd rather do this play then some stupid essay, right?" Phoebe raised an eyebrow. Jade nor Beck hadn't even known that there was an essay you had to do. Beck and Jade exchanged looks before Jade heaved a sigh. "Fine, I'll join."
Phoebe squealed with excitement, but then her face when serious. "You have to audition first, though." She told her. Jade rolled her eyes. Sure, she didn't mind auditioning, but this girl just said she wanted to join, not audition to join.
"Whatever, that's fine." She said. Phoebe grinned and clapped her hands together. "Fantastic! What's your name?" Phoebe asked.
"Jade West," Jade replied casually. Phoebe nodded, than seemed to take notice to Beck. Before she could say anything, Beck did.
"You know what sign me up for auditions too." He said with a bright smile. Phoebe cocked her head to the side, looking confused, yet still managed to smile. "So Jade West and Danny Desai want to audition?"
Beck shook his head with a tight, but annoyed smile. "I'm...I'm actually not Danny. I'm Beck, his..." For some reason Beck had trouble saying the words out loud. "I'm his brother."
Phoebe just nodded. "Okay then." She dropped the topic almost immediately. "The auditions are at four in the auditorium after school." Then with the turn of her heels she walked away from them. Beck took Jade's hand and smiled at her.
"Well, look at that." He nudged her elbow with his. "You get to act again."
Jade squeezed the grip on his hand. "I don't know how I'm going to do it."
Beck looked confusedly at her. "What do you mean? You've auditioned so many times before."
"If we have to go after school to audition, that means I get my coffee later."
Danny and Jade had their last class on Thursday together. When the bell rang, signalling it was time to go home, they both walked out together. "So, any plans for after school?" Danny asked her as they made their way to the lockers. Jade sighed.
"I do actually." She replied. "Beck and I are going to audition for Phoebe's stupid drinking and driving skit. So we don't have to do some essay or whatever." She shrugged.
Danny nodded understandingly. "I so would do it." He then gave her a signature charming smile. "If I was into that, but I think I'd be more into writing."
Jade's eyes brightened slightly. "I'm interested in writing. Mostly horror, but I can do more than just that." Danny reached his locker, and turned the dial to open it. "What are you doing after school?"
"Oh, nothing," Danny shrugged. Before they could say anything more, Jo approached them, a bag slung over her shoulder. She didn't notice Jade and smiled at Danny. "Hey, Danny, ready to go?" She asked. Danny looked at Jade sheepishly who merely smirked at him. Jade found out the truth one way or another, even if she didn't even care. "We're just hanging out." Danny told Jade. He didn't feel any need to go into details. Jade just nodded as Jo caught sight of Jade. She awkwardly waved, "Oh, hey."
Jade waved back. "Hey," she said. Danny closed his locker with his backpack over his shoulder. "Well, bye Jade." He then walked off with Jo. Beck approached her from behind, snaking his arms around her waist.
"Hey babe, ready to go to auditions?" He asked her.
"I guess so." She sighed. "I just wish they would do an actual play or something. Not some skit."
Beck kissed her head. "I know. But it's only for a month." Jade rolled her eyes. Beck didn't make the situation sound any better. He took Jade's hand and led her to the auditorium. It took them a good solid fifteen minutes to find it, though. When they entered, they seemed to be done with auditions. Weird enough only eight people were there, including Phoebe. Five of them Beck and Jade remembered from yesterday, they had met Phoebe today and the other two they didn't know.
Phoebe must've heard the door open and close, because she whipped around and grinned. "Thank you for coming!" It sounded as if it was a desperate plea. "Come on! Everyone else has already auditioned." She grabbed a hold of Beck and Jade's wrist and brought them up on stage.
Jade yanked away her arm and glared at Phoebe who handed them both scripts. "You two can audition together." She told the couple. She went back down and sat in one of the chairs. "Read from the first page!" The script wasn't long. It looked about seven pages. Beck and Jade were about to start when Phoebe groaned. "Oh yeah, we need one more girl!" She spotted Lacey, "Lacey, come on up."
The ginger haired girl they had seen yesterday, Regina, seemed offended. "You still have such a strong hatred for me." She snickered. Phoebe ignored her as Lacey awkwardly stepped on stage. Jade turned to Beck and started to read.
"Come on, just give me the keys." Jade turned her voice into desperate and coated with worry. She put her hand out as if Beck would give her the invisible keys. Phoebe already seemed impressed.
"No, I'm fine." He spat at her. His voice was dark and drunken.
"You drank a lot. Give me the damn keys!" She demanded, stepping closer to him. "Drinking so much was not cool."
Lacey guessed that was where she came in. "We have to drink, to be cool." Her voice played off as this bitchy mean girl, and Jade thanked the gods she wasn't terrible at acting. They continued on with the skit and even though their acting was great, Beck and Jade despised this play. It was written horribly and the blonde haired guy, Scott seemed to find it as a comedy and was laughing the entire time.
When they were finished, Phoebe was madly clapping. "That was beautiful!" She grinned. "You two have those parts for sure!"
Jade sighed. "Yay," she deadpanned. She wasn't sure she even wanted to be in this play, but it was ever so slightly better than writing some dumb essay. Regina's eyes hardened. She stood up from her seat. "What about us?" Regina snapped. "Do we get parts?"
Phoebe simply rolled her eyes. "No, you four don't." She directed to Regina, Scott, Archie and Sarita. "Sarita, Archie and Scott will be working on props while Regina, you, Doug and Debbie will be working on technical." Regina clenched her fists and Sarita rubbed her arms to calm her down.
"Hey, Phoebe..." Lacey butted in. "What about me?" Phoebe seemed to give her a small smile.
"You're the role you just did!" She said enthusiastically. "Okay everyone, we start tomorrow! Have a safe night!" Jade thought she intended that as a pun, but she just strutted out of the auditorium. Jade heaved a sigh and took Beck's hand about to lead him off. "Hey," Lacey's voice made them stop and turn around. She gave them a slight smile. "You guys were good."
Jade didn't say anything, but Beck gave her a polite smile. "Thanks." He then let Jade drag him away. Once they were out of the school, Beck kissed her cheek, making her and Beck both smile. "Want to go get coffee now?"
"Is that even a question?"
Let's just say, Jo isn't as good as creating bonfires like she used to. The week after Danny was sent off to the juvenile detention center, Jo used to have a usual camping trip with her and her parents. She was too depressed to go that year and next year they just seemed to forget to go. She totally forgot how to properly create a bonfire, because she felt no use to it. Sure she had continued to visit the tree house from time to time, but she only stayed for ten minutes or less.
Danny laughed as Jo attempted to start a bonfire. "Come on, it isn't rocket science, Masterson." He joked. Jo heaved a sigh and threw the sticks to the ground in defeat. Danny laughed and scooted over to sit beside her. He tried to take her place and rub the sticks together, too, but just like Jo, he hadn't made a bonfire in years. He awkwardly set the sticks on the ground and Jo gave him a smug look. "Come on, it isn't rocket science, Desai." She mimicked.
Danny put his hands up in mock surrender, stifling a laugh. "Okay, lesson learned." He leaned on the wood behind him. "So, Masterson, you have to catch me up on all the new movies." He smirked a little bit. "Did they make a High School Musical 3?"
Jo laughed loudly, finding the joke ridiculously funny. "I'm not sure you'd be into that anymore." She said, leaning back on the wood, matching Danny. She moved her head to the side to look at him. She tried not to get lost in those chocolate brown eyes that seemed so warm and inviting. She shook out of it. "Maybe you'd enjoy Twilight. Eh, scratch that." Danny laughed. "You could enjoy the Hunger Games. Then again, you could turn out like me and not be interested in movies."
Danny nodded his head. "Yeah movies don't seem to be my things. I can see they already have a lot of cheesy titles." Danny joked. Jo laughed once again. She hasn't laughed so much in forever. She laughed with Rico, she enjoyed being with Rico, but being with Danny it felt different. A good different, though. She joked around with him more and laughed a lot more. It was like having her old life back and that's really what she yearned for.
It was silent between them, just to catch their breaths from laughing too much. "Hey, you think Lacey will ever come around?" Danny asked. Jo pursed her lips. She felt slightly angry that he would mention Lacey, as if being just him and her wasn't good enough. She shrugged. "I don't really associate with Lacey if you can't tell." She said sarcastically. "So, I wouldn't know. Maybe you should try talking to her?" She mentally slapped herself.
"I think I will." Danny confirmed. "I mean, wouldn't it be nice?" He looked at her meaningfully. It was like a look you could never say no to and you had to look away just to say it. That's exactly what Jo had to do as she looked in her lap, her blonde hair falling in curtains around her face.
Danny took it as if Jo didn't know what he was talking about. "You know, to have Lacey in our lives again?" He tried to get her to look him in the eyes again, but she didn't. She ran her fingers through her blonde hair.
"I-I don't know, Danny." She became defensive and she stood up. "Maybe for you it would be." Danny shook his head and grabbed her wrist. His hand was warm and Jo didn't know why she pulled it away. "I didn't mean to get you angry. What even happened between you and Lacey?"
Jo really didn't want to talk about how her supposed best friend had wanted nothing to do with her. Part of her blamed herself for not being social enough for Amber to invite Jo to that party anyways, totally ignoring what Lacey had asked her to do. She mostly blamed Lacey, though and she was sure Lacey thought otherwise. "We just drifted apart." Jo wasn't all that lying really. In some way they had drifted apart. "I have to go. I have homework to do."
"I can do it with you." Danny suggested, standing up to follow her. Jo shook her head, though.
"No, don't." She stopped him.
"It's only five can't you leave at six or something to do it?"
"No, my dad is probably on edge anyways. I'll see you at school tomorrow Danny."
With that she left the tree house. She hated herself for doing so, why did she have to be so damn stubborn? She just hated when anyone talked about Lacey. She hated it even more though when Danny talked about Lacey. Was he not happy with just him and her? Jo was usually not the jealous type, maybe because Rico had only talked to her and when they were all friends when they were kids she never was jealous when she would find Danny and Lacey alone in the tree house. Maybe it was her strong hatred for Lacey or that she could very possibly have feelings for Danny Desai.
Danny watched her leave the tree house and sighed. He just had to ruin things and talk about Lacey. He was just confused on his status with her. She had slept over that night of Regina Crane's party. Then again, he didn't speak to her since then. Yet, the only person he had accidentally leaked it to was Jo (and subconsciously his mother) because he knew that Lacey didn't want anyone to know about it.
Once Jo had vanished from his sight, he guessed that he should start heading home, too. He climbed down from the tree house and made his way home. When he entered the house, he saw his mother on her laptop. Once she noticed it she quickly shut it and smiled at Danny. "Hey, Danny." She smiled. He raised his eyebrow, curious as to why she had shut it so quickly.
"Hi, mother." He gave her a half smile, not letting his curiosity get the best of him for now. He looked around the house. "Where's Beck and Jade?"
She stood up from the couch, setting the laptop on the coffee table. "They aren't back yet." She crossed her arms over her chest. Her face became worried. "Should I call Beck to see where he is?" Danny shook his head.
"Jade said her and Beck were auditioning for a skit at school, so they're probably on their way back from there." Danny reassured his mother. His mother nodded, leaving a silence in between them. That left Danny's curiosity to wander back to what his mother was looking at on her laptop. "So, what were you looking at on your laptop?"
"What do you mean?" She said. Her voice wavered a bit, but Danny didn't miss a beat.
"Why did you shut your laptop so fast?"
She gave him an innocent smile. "Just going shopping online, that's all. I should start making dinner." She said that sentence way too quickly to be telling the truth. She turned on her heels and walked out of the room to the kitchen.
Suddenly, Beck and Jade walked through the door, a coffee cup in both Jade and Beck's hand. Danny smirked at the two. "You see, I should have known you two were getting coffee." He said. Jade rolled her eyes, not finding his statement amusing at all. She took a sip of her coffee then stared blankly back at Danny.
He decided to change the topic. "So, how were the auditions?" He asked.
Jade shrugged. "We got the main roles."
"That's good."
"The play sucks, though."
"That's not so good."
Beck decided to butt in on the conversation. "It's really bad and the actors were terrible. Except for that one that wasn't so bad." Beck shrugged. "Lacey, I think her name was. She plays the third character."
Danny's eyes widened. A small smile played on his lips. This would be the perfect opportunity for him, Jo and Lacey to all become friends again, even though Jo seemed to pay no interest in doing so. "You know maybe I'll skip out on the essay and help out with the play."
A/N I don't know why it took me so long to write this, but it did. Did anyone catch the new Twisted episode yesterday? I can't wait for the summer finale in two weeks, then it returns in January! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
