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Second period was rather uneventful for Beck. His cinematography teacher was a cool dude, but even he started to get irritated when he noticed that Beck was completely zoning out every few seconds. So, he gave Andre the task of hitting Beck over the head with a textbook every time Beck zoned out. Even though Beck felt a large bump forming on his head after he was hit with the textbook the first time, he couldn't stay focused on the lesson. He could only think of, the usual,...Jade. When Beck saw her storm down the hallway towards her class, he couldn't help the tidal wave of nostalgia that washed over him. She had looked just like she had on the first day that Beck had met her. It had been in the 8th grade, on the first day of school. Beck had been too busy trying to make sense of his schedule to notice the girl who was approaching him with her sight blocked by the large stack of textbooks in her arms. The two had crashed, with Jade's textbooks scattering all around them. Beck's offer to help her pick up her books was cut off by Jade eagerly telling him what an idiot he was. She got her books herself and walked off. She didn't notice that Beck was rooted to his spot, or that he was starring after her. She might have called him an idiot, but Beck was enchanted. Most girls would have battered their eyes and started giggling if Beck had offered his help to them. But not this girl. She looked like she was more likely to stab him than try to flirt with him.

When Beck had had to find a place to sit at lunch, he saw that Andre was at a table with the eccentric red-head from his math class, a boy with his hand shoved up a puppet...and the girl. Beck had quickly made his way over to his best friend, who had introduced the girl clad in varying shades of midnight as Jade, and told Beck that she had used to be Andre's neighbor when they were little. After that, Beck spent every lunch hour with Andre and his new friends. He always made sure to sit next to Jade, much to her chagrin. The more time that Beck spent with her, the more fascinated he was with her. He began to study all of her quirks and talents, from the way she made her coffee, to how she prepared to write one of her beautiful scripts. It hadn't helped when Beck had heard her singing with Cat, the eccentric red-head, one afternoon when they had thought they were alone in the hallway. Seeing the way Jade's blue eyes got warmer and darker in accordance with the strong notes passing from between her lips didn't make it any easier for Beck to not be obsessed with her. Beck couldn't understand how a girl as amazing as Jade West didn't have a boyfriend. But, he didn't complain. Because he wanted nothing more than for that girl to be his.

So he came to school the next day with a rose. At lunch, he sat down next to Jade, pulled out the rose, and asked her out. Jade smiled, and took the rose, and said...no. She then began to spend the rest of the period plucking out the petals of the rose one by one. Beck came to lunch the next day armed with a coffee, black with two sugars, just how she liked it. Jade took the coffee, but still turned him down. Beck ended up asking Jade out a total of 58 times before she said yes. Beck and Jade went out to see a horror movie for their first date. When Beck asked her why she finally said yes, she told him that she hoped that if he went out on the date with her and saw for himself that she was too much of a witch for him, he would give up on her. Seeing the sadness in Jade's eyes as she admitted that was all the encouragement Beck needed to wrap an arm around her shoulders and gently kiss her. He assured her that he wasn't going to give up on her so easily. Jade slapped him for kissing her on their first date. She then put his arm back around his shoulders and shyly intertwined her fingers with his. That was the first time that Beck had seen her genuinely smile. And he thought that it was one of the prettiest things he had ever seen.

...thinking back on the promise that he had made to Jade, Beck felt the tides of guilt begin to mix in with the waves of nostalgia. So he began to blank out even more. Which only caused the bump on his head to grow ever larger.

After his cinematography class, Beck made his way over to the boys' locker room for gym. He gave a quick nod of acknowledgement to Robbie and his puppet and put in his lock combination to get his clothes. As he began to change into his sweatpants, his thoughts drifted to Jade again. He remembered what had happened in the 10th grade when he had lost his phone in the locker room and dragged Jade in with him to help him find it. Jade, bored with searching, grabbed Beck and kissed him. Phone forgotten, they'd started to make out against the lockers...until one of the gym teacher had come out and caught them.

While Beck was smiling at the memory, Rex threw a water bottle at his head. While rubbing the spot where he was sure a concussion was forming, Beck came out of his reverie to hear the conversation that was taking place in the next bed of lockers. Peeking around the corner, Beck saw Ryder Daniels, Rodney Larson, and Aedyn Richards. He had heard one of them say Jade's name, and he figured that no one would mind if he listened in. He heard Ryder first.

"Dude...did you see West this morning?"

"Who didn't? What do you think happened to her?"

Ryder scoffed. "Does it matter? The gank managed to get even hotter than she already was. Good thing that Oliver kid ripped her heart out, huh? I'm sure she'd be pretty happy to have someone else around as a pick-me-up. Get what I'm saying?"

Beck felt anger ripple through him as he saw the look of pure lust on Ryder's face. He had to restrain himself from punching him right there.

"So man, what are you going to do?"

"What else? I'm going to make West mine. The chick's hot...damn talented too. A nice little perk."

Beck heard someone laugh behind him. He turned to see Robbie, holding Rex. Rex spoke.

"Do you honestly think that Jade would be crazy enough to go out with you after the stunt you pulled with Tori? If Jade's going to be going out with anyone, it's going to be me."

Ryder and his friends froze for a few seconds before bursting into laughter. Ryder, noticing Beck hiding behind the lockers, had Aedyn pull him out.

"What's the problem, Oliver," Ryder began, "you sent your little puppet master out to come deal with me? Too much of a coward to do it yourself?"

Rex yelled, "Aladdin didn't send Rob and me to do anything! I came here to warn you that Jade will end up with me, and only me. And if not me...well...we all know that she and Beck are going to get back together. You don't stand a chance in hell."

Anger quickly flashed on Ryder's face, then disappeared. Ryder moved towards Beck so that they were eye to eye. Ryder starred at Beck for a few moments before smiling wickedly.

"You still have feelings for West...don't you?"

Beck didn't answer, keeping his face as expressionless as it was on a normal basis. Ryder laughed and stepped closer.

"Okay, I admit it. Jade would be crazy to go out with me. But do you honestly think that a girl as sharp as Jade would be stupid enough to get back together with you after everything you put her through?"

"I never said I wanted to get back together with Jade."

"But you didn't say that you didn't either...heard that you broke up with the girl via a door. And, anyone with eyes can see that you've been trying to make a move on Tori for the past week. That's cold. I wouldn't get back together with you even if I was you."

The gym teacher stepped into the locker room to tell the boys that they were all late. Ryder shoved past Beck.

"If you are honestly thinking of getting back together with Jade, well then, good luck, Oliver."

As soon as Ryder and company left, Beck did not hesitate to throw a water bottle at Robbie's head.