Chapter 4: Five Finger Death Punch

A/N: Hey! I'm back with a new chapter. And I want to give a shout out to the one and only...dmnchld1029! Without dmnchld1029, I would have probably stopped writing this story, so thank you! And as I said before, I am not a very good writer. But I'm going to try to get better for this story and for you guys. Also, I'm sorry for the errors on the past chapters. So here is... CHAPTER 4! :DD

JADE'S POV

"Wait... So you're dying? Like dying, as in putting your body in a casket, then laying the casket down into the ground?" I say with tears coming up from my eyes.

"Yeah, it's too late. If I had went to the doctors earlier, maybe they could have helped me. But it's too late, they can't do anything to save me now." he says as he stands up to go look out of the window.

The whole room was filled with silence. I couldn't hold back my tears any longer, they poured out of my eyes. I wasn't really paying attention until I felt two warm slender arms wrapped around me. I turned to find out that it was Tori, she had this mixture of pity and sorrow in her eyes. Even through I'm always a bitch to her, she's there for me. I'm thankful for that, but I'll never admit that to her. So I put my arms around her and sulked into her shoulder.

After a few minutes, no one was saying anything. I lifted my face and looked over towards my father, he was just sitting down on the sofa with his hands holding up his head, staring at the ground. I turned to look at my mother, who was up by Alixzander, rubbing his back.

I couldn't believe my big brother was dying. My big brother that took me to the playground every weekend when I was eight. My big brother that took me to my first concert. My big brother that bought me a sunflower everyday that I was in the hospital...

"I won't allow this." My father says as he comes back from space. "I will not let my only son die, because the doctors are too fucking lazy to help. I won't!" he says while he throws a vase at the wall. Tori automatically grabbed my hand. I understand why Tori is gripping my hand, she's watching my father throw shit at the wall.

"Honey! Calm down! Stop throwing things at the wall and settle down. We can discuss like adults." my mother says as she stops my father. My mother makes my father and brother sit back down on the sofa, while she sits between me and my brother.

"Now Jason. The doctors already said that they can't do anything. What we need to do is just be there for him." My mother says knowlingly.

"But he's our son Nancy. We can't just sit here and watch Alixzander just pass away." he says crossing his arms. I looked over at Tori, she looks pretty uncomfortable in this conversation. I looked down at our hands pressed tight together. It feels pretty nice, holding hands with Tori. What the fuck am I saying?

"Father... they can't do anything, so just leave it be. My number is coming up and when it's here... I'm gone." he says while he takes a sip of his coffee. Yeah, he's a coffee addict too.

"NO! I'm the man of the house and I won't let this happen!" My father says as he stands up and makes a fist.

I stand up, I'm part of this family to, so I get a say. "Dad! You're just making everything worse! So stop! Goddammit! STOP!" I shout, and the next thing I feel is burning pain in my left cheek and I'm on the floor. " Don't you dare talk to me like that young lady! I may be your father, but I'm not one of your trashy friends. So don't ever speak to me like that again!" he yells in my ear.

I get up and I run upstairs to my room. I fucking hate him. I hate him so much. He doesn't care about anything besides himself, Alixzander, and his business. I can hear the yelling thats coming from downstairs. I hear my mother yelling something along the lines 'why did I ever marry such a dick?' and I hear my brother saying "Jadelyn doesn't deserve the way you treat her. Ever since she got out of the hospital, you treated her differently. And what you just did is really low, even for you." God, I love my brother.

TORI'S POV

Wow. Thats all I can think of. Jade's brother is right, she doesn't deserve this. I don't know what happened a couple years ago with Jade. But I'm here now, and I'll stand beside her no matter what.

Her parents and brother were fighting, so I took this chance to sneak off to Jade's room to check on her.

When I entered Jade's room, I noticed her hurled up in the corner. Poor Jade, why does she have to endure all of this. I went over and sat beside her. I lifted her face up with my hand, she had tear stains running down her face. I wiped her tears with my thumbs and whispered comforting things in her ear.

"Vega... why are you so nice to me?" she asked, looking up at me teary eyed. "Jade, even though all the bad times we had together, like pouring coffee all over me on my first day and trying to wreck Prome. I've always considered you a friend. I still do. But I guess the real reason is that I want to mean something to you Jade, something more than a irritating enemy." I said truthfully.

She was silent for some time. She put her head down, and contiuned to cry. God, Jade still looks like a goddess even when she's crying. The way her black raven hair spilled over her shoulders, the way her beautiful crystal blue eyes let's out tears. Man, I want to kiss her right here and now. Victoria Vega! Calm yourself and control your hormones! Jade is devastated and all you can think about is kissing her.

"Alright Jade, let's get up and move to the bed, my butt is going numb because of this floor." I said as I tried to pull Jade up. "Haha Vega, even your ass is weak. Can't even take the floor." She laughs. It's good to hear laugh. I love her laugh...I love her.

We moved over to the bed, and I grabbed a blanket that was at the end of the bed and I wrapped it around her. "Thanks Vega, you're not so bad." she says. "Um thanks." I said as I sat down on the other side of the bed. I had to ask why Jade was in the hospital, but what if she gets pissed and tells me to get out.

"Jade... can I ask you something? It's kinda personal." I say not knowing what the answer is going to be. "Go for it Vega" Jade says. "The thing about the hospital. How did you end up being put into the hospital?" I asked kinda scared. Jade could jump right on me and start punching me in the face for all I know.

"I was twelve when it started. I was bullied a lot because of the way I dressed and acted. You know kids these days, picking on people for being different. People now, they don't go up to you and get to know you, they just judge. They judge a book by it's cover. I wasn't the Jade that I am now, I still wore dark clothing, and liked scary things. But back then I didn't have any friends beside Cat and Beck, I basically kept to myself for the most part. But one day I was paired with a bitch for a project. So she had to come over to my place to work on it with me. And one day we were in my room, and I had to go downstairs, but she grabbed my wrist and twisted me around... and she kissed me..." she paused for a moment, then she continued.

"The next day at school, everyone was staring at me and people whispered when I walked past them. Beck told me that a rumor was going around about me coming on to Rachel (The Bitch). I told him and Cat the truth about what really happened, and they believed me. But other people didn't. They would leave notes in my locker calling me a faggot, queer, dyke, anything basically. And day by day it got worse. The football team would corner me after school and touch me. Rachel's group of friends would jump me during PE. Then one day I started to cut. I kept on and on. It felt so good, I was addicted. No one knew that I harmed myself, until I was raped inside the girl's bathroom. It was in the eighth grade and the bullying still happend. The quarterback of the football followed me into the bathroom and raped me. He saying that he could make me straight. And I am straight. So when I got home that day, I went to the bathroom..." Jade was crying now, so I scooted over and started rubbing her back. "Jade, you dont have to continue." I say, I don't want her to re-live that.

"No Tori. I want to finish" Jade says as she wipes her tears away. "I went home that day and I cut myself really deep. No one found me until my brother came home from band rehearsal, and when he did, he called 911. I was rushed to the hospital, I barely survived. My parents, Alix, and Beck and Cat came to the hospital. Beck spoke with my parents about what happened for the past two years. My dad started to hate me back then, my mom still loved me, and Alix was fucking pissed because I didn't tell him. I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and Dysthymia, and I stayed in the hospital for some time, then went to rehab. After that I built walls all around me, I became a bully myself. Then I started Hollywood Arts and met you, Robbie, Andre, and I had Beck and Cat by my side to." Jade finished her story and she was done crying.

"I'm sorry Jade." That was all I could say. Silence filled the room for minutes, but it felt like hours. When I looked over to see if Jade was okay, she was sound asleep. So I tucked her in, planted a kiss on her forehead, and slowly exited the room. I see why Jade acts the way she does. She's scared.

"Tori." I turned to face the person who spoke, it was Alixzander. "Yes?" I said in return. "May I talk to you for a moment?" He asked like a gentleman. "Sure" was all I said.

I followed him to the West's backyard, he sat down by a tree that was located at edge of yard. I sat beside him, and waited for him to speak.

"Tori, I can see that Jade trusts you very much. Yes?" He said looking straight at me. "Yeah, I guess. Why?" I asked, I know he's about to ask something of me. "Good. I got a favor for you Tori. Will you do it for me?" he asked, he had a spark of hope in his eyes.

"Yes." I said. No one spoke for a while, then he continued. "When I'm gone, will you please look out for Jade for me? I love her, she's my sister. Please Tori?" he asked while he was trying to hold back tears. "I will." I said that because I will watch over Jade, not just for him, but for me to.

"Thank you Tori." he thanked me, and with that I started to get up. b ut I was stoped by a sudden question. "You love her don't you?" he asked out of the blue. I turn to look at him. But I didn't reply. "Tori, it's pretty obvious that you do. just admit it." he says getting up also. "I do. I love her so much." I say in return.

"Then go for it. Jade doesn't let people in so easily, and for her telling you about her past is pretty big." he said. Wait, how did he know that she told me? "Eavesdropping Tori" he says while he taps his ear with a smirk on his face. "Oh. Well thanks for your support. I think." I said confused. "Goodnight Tori" he says as I start to walk away.

"Goodnight Alixzander." I say in return, as I walk off towards the house. Little did I know that things are going to get more confusing.

A/N: Ta Da! Now you know what happened in Jade's past. And isn't her big brother a charmer? Ha. Well I have to say that this is my favorite chapter so far. Please review.

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