I am so sorry that this took so long to arrive. I've had a lot going on in my personal life and I hate giving excuses so I'm gonna try my hardest to give you updates more frequently :)

Jade was angry, disappointed, and frustrated, but more than anything else, she missed Beck.

Beck had gone to visit his grandparents in Vancouver last week for his grandfather's 75th birthday, but had promised he'd come to see her play.

Now it was the night of the abandoned performance and Beck had yet to show up, turning her already miserable night into a depressing black hole of nothing – only, she might actually have enjoyed that.

She undressed and took a shower, then settled in to begin a list of things she hated for her next video, putting Tori's name at the top in large, bold letters.

After about and a half hour of proclaiming hatred and mutilating various items in her room, she got up to make herself a snack.

On her way to the kitchen, the doorbell rang. She sighed, annoyed, and put on her angry face, ready to scare away the girl scouts who were trying to sell her those sweet treats she couldn't eat.

Upon opening the door, she was instead delighted – well as delighted as she could be after the night she'd had – to find her boyfriend wearing a tux, with an open bow tie. He was holding her discarded prom queen tiara.

"Good night, my queen," he said cheekily then frowned as he saw her facial expressions, "I see your mood hasn't improved."

She said nothing as he grabbed her into his arms, closed the door with his foot, and moved them into the living room.

"Andre told me what happened the past couple of weeks."

She still said nothing.

"He also told me what you did tonight."

At that, she leapt out of his arms. "Oh, so you came here to yell at me? If that's it then you can just leave. I think I've been punished enough tonight."

"I agree, you didn't deserve to have your performance taken away. But did you really need to ruin the Prome for everyone?"

"Yes! Tori gets everything handed to her! She gets the lead in every single one of Sikowitz's plays, and the one night that I worked so hard for, the one night I had to shine, she took it away from me! I wanted to prove to her and my dad and everyone else that doesn't believe in me that I can do it, and she just went and ruined it! I just wanted to see how she felt if someone ruined everything she worked for."

"Is that what happened last week too? With Steamboat Suzie?" he asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she tried.

"No, no," he began again, "You expect me to believe the hospital just "lost" a pint of blood? Yeah, Tori and Andre might've fallen for that but I know you, and I know you're not above that."

"Fine, but, hear me out!"

"Ok then."

"I worked really hard for that role! I stayed up late running lines, and I researched the character to death! I deserved that role and I got stuck as Vega's understudy! I was humiliated! Then when she wasn't able to go on stage, Sikowitz wouldn't let me on!"

"While I agree that Tori has been monopolizing all the lead roles since she got here, I agree with Sikowitz, you didn't deserve to go on stage, not after what you did."

"But–"

"Now let's talk about tonight. You didn't deserve to have your play taken away and rest assured, I'll make sure Tori knows that wasn't right. But you shouldn't have retaliated in the way that you did."

"Ok," she said, still somewhat defeated.

"But, I can tell that's not all that's wrong."

It took a few minutes cajoling and soft kisses, but he finally got it out of her.

"Tori called me a freak demon, into a blow horn, in front of everyone."

Then suddenly, Beck was extremely angry, "That's not ok!"

"It doesn't matter anyway; it's true."

He stared at her dumbfounded before he grabbed her hands again, stared straight into her eyes and said plainly, "You are not a freak demon, and do not let Tori, or anyone else for that matter, convince you you are."

He continued after she didn't reply, "The only thing you are is different, and a little crazy. You're extremely creative and you know what you like and what you don't like! And there is nothing wrong with wanting to be different from the norm! I love that about you; that you're not afraid to show who you truly are and you're not afraid to let your opinions known!

"Maybe you need to learn to exert a little self-control and try not to be so mean and brash to people, but that doesn't give anyone the right to call you a freak demon."

He didn't know what else to say, and although she knew he was right, she still felt a little down, so she kissed him on the cheek, and when to make them the snack she had gone downstairs to get in the first place.

~The Next Monday at Tori's Locker~

"Tori we need to talk," Beck said.

"Beck! You're back!" she exclaimed then moved to hug him. He took a step back.

She frowned, "What's wrong?"

"I'm not very happy with you right now, Tori."

She rolled her eyes, "Jade got to you, huh? Well, I can tell you that whatever she told you isn't true."

"Andre and Cat talked to me after the Prome, so I think I got an unbiased opinion of what happened. I wanted to surprise Jade there but you'd already ran her off. Andre said you were getting out of your dress 'cuz of the rain."

"You talked to Andre? Good, so you know how horrible she was this week. She's such a freak demon."

"Don't call her that!" Beck yelled at Tori, making her jump, "And don't act like you didn't do anything wrong this weekend."

"What did I do wrong, Beck?" she said becoming annoyed, "I was just trying to give a good time to the student body then Jade went and ruined everything!"

"You took away her play!"

"So?" she exclaimed again.

He blinked. " 'So?' 'So?' You wrecked something she'd been working on for a long time and the only thing you have to say is 'so'?"

"Why are you so angry?" she asked confused, "It's not like the play would have been anything worth seeing. Plus she can just do it another night."

"You don't get to decide what was is worth seeing and what isn't! You know it wasn't fair of you to take the night away from her. Why do you think Sikowitz told you it had to be last Saturday? All the other performance nights are booked, like hers was, way in advance. Now she'll have to wait until next semester to do the play."

Tori looked down, finally realizing her guilt. "You realize I'm not the only one at fault here right? If the night was booked, Sikowitz shouldn't have told me I could have my Prome that night."

"Don't try to put the fault on someone else. And Sikowitz already apologized to Jade, right after he found out he'd given you the night, but he didn't have the heart to take it back from you. You are his favorite after all," Beck finished solemnly.

"Fine, I'll go apologize," Tori answered quietly.

"Oh no, we're not done yet. Jade is not a freak demon. And I don't ever want to hear you call her that again." And with that he walked away, and leaving a dumb-founded Tori in his wake.

AN: Ok, so I'm adding this here at the bottom because I know someone is going to complain that Beck isn't at all that easily tempered. Well, my Beck is, so ha! Plus, he loves Jade and is extremely protective of her.