Because bad weather makes me depressed and strangely puts me into a writing mood. Haha. Wrote a new chapter in advance! Thank you again for the reviews! I love 'em and I love you guys for following this story.

But I'm still seriously depressed.

Disclaimer: I don't own the show, okay? Eesh.

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Wednesday and Thursday rolled around pretty quickly. Jade still hadn't shown up for school. It had already been two days and Cat still wouldn't spill about what was going on with her and quite frankly, no one was brave enough to go over to her house and check on her. Well, everyone except Cat. Beck had wanted to check on her but at the same time, he didn't want Jade to have another reason to hate him. She might be busy with something. Or someone. His mind mocked him.

Beck sighed as he parked his car in the Hollywood Arts parking lot. It was another sunny morning but he didn't feel all too happy about it. He hadn't gotten enough sleep lately. He was too busy thinking about Jade. Why does she have to affect him so much?

Running a hand through his hair, he grabbed his books for the day from his locker and immediately went off to his Acting class, ignoring Andre's calls as he chased after him.

"Yo, Beck! Wait up, man." Andre jogged up to his best friend who gave him a small smile before returning to his emotionless expression.

Andre could see through his best friend's mask though, he knew that he was still bugging about Jade. Beck was always able to confide with Andre. He was a good guy and Beck trusted him.

"I'm sure she'll be alright. She's a pretty strong girl afterall." Andre reassured him.

Beck just shrugged his shoulders and dug his hands into his jean pockets.

"We have to get to class." He simply stated then walked away with his head down.

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"Jade still not around?" Tori asked as she took a bite of her turkey sandwich.

It was lunch time and the gang was at their usual table, eating, except for Beck who just occasionally took a bite of his pizza then picked on it with his fork. He had been acting like this ever since Jade just suddenly disappeared, especially when he saw her that afternoon, tear stained and angry but hurt. It worried him and hurt him to see her like that.

Cat had been oblivious to whole thing though but she'd shut up and be worried whenever they tried to pry the information out of her. She really wouldn't tell them anything about it.

"Maybe you should just go over to her house or we should all just go over to her house and check on her." Robbie suggested.

Andre and Tori nodded their heads. "Yeah, I mean, it wouldn't hurt to just—"

"Jade!" Cat squealed and clapped her hands. Beck looked up from his food as he heard her name and the others turned around to where Cat was looking. Sure enough, there she was, coffee and salad at hand, heading towards them. She looked like her normal self. As if nothing bad had happened to her.

"Hey." Jade greeted in a flat tone.

"I missed you, Jade." Cat raised her arms and leaned in for a hug.

"No!" Jade shouted and the redhead squeaked and quickly backed away but smiled nonetheless.

"Where have you been?" Tori asked her.

"None of your business, Vega." Jade replied, not even looking up from her salad as she started to eat it. Everyone had stopped eating by then and just looked at her. She, of course, just ignored them.

"Well, we've been worried about you, Jade." Andre said and glanced at Beck as he said this, who just looked from him to Jade.

Beck wanted to say something, anything. Was she really alright? What happened to her? Why wouldn't she let anyone else know? Even more questions flooded his mind as he looked at his ex. She was a good actress but he could feel that there really was still something bothering her.

Jade looked up from her salad and frowned at everyone at the table, except for Cat who was happily enjoying her lunch.

"What?! I'm trying to eat here!" She yelled at them. Andre, Tori and Robbie quickly went back to eating their food while Beck just slowly eased back and picked at his pizza once again, occasionally glancing at Jade. He really wanted to help with what was bothering her for the past 3 days. It had been eating him alive and he just wanted to help her go through whatever problem she was going through now.

"Oh! Beck, can I make cupcakes for your party tonight?" Cat beamed at him.

The party! He had completely forgotten about the party at his house tonight. It was gonna be a late birthday party for him, seeing as his birthday was on a Monday. He had planned to have a party on Friday evening, just him, the gang and a couple of other HA students. Everyone, and by everyone I meant the gang, decided to contribute whatever food and drinks that they wanted to.

"Yes, Cat. We planned that out already and you asked me that three times this morning too." Beck grinned at the redhead who just giggled in her seat.

"Jade, will you come?" Cat asked Jade with a worried expression. It wasn't the kind that showed that she wanted everybody to be there and no one would be left behind but it was the kind of worried expression that showed real and deep worry which you couldn't see on Cat's face unless something really bad happened to that person. In this case, it was Jade who she was worried about and that only concerned Beck more. The others saw it too and exchanged worried glances.

"Yeah. I'm going." Jade answered in a monotone voice without even looking up.

"Kk!" Cat gave a small smile then bit into her piece of ravioli. She didn't say anymore after that.

"I'm leaving." Jade said and quickly stood up, gathering her empty container and coffee cup to throw in the bin. Cat just glanced up at her while everyone else stared. Beck, however, quickly stood up as well and went after her. He wanted to make sure that she was okay and he really wanted to let her know that he was there for her, even if they were broken up. He still did care about her.

"Jade." Beck huffed as he jogged after her. She was walking really fast.

"Leave me alone, Beck." She stated and walked even faster.

Beck groaned as the distance between them grew. He had no other choice but to sprint after her and get in front of her to stop her from walking.

"Hey." He said, as he bent down to try to catch his breath. Jade quickly sidestepped to get out of his way but Beck quickly grabbed her by the shoulders and stopped her from walking away. She frowned at him.

"Let go." She said through gritted teeth.

"No." Beck answered, "What happened, Jade? Why weren't you around for 3 days? Why were you so upset last Tuesday? What's wrong?" He felt Jade tense up. She looked worried but then her eyes turned cold.

"Why do you care?" she asked and her frown grew deeper.

"Because…" He sighed and ran a hand through his hair then shoved his hands into his pockets. "Even if we're broken up, I do still care about you, Jade. Do you know how worried I was?" Jade rolled her eyes at his statement.

"Please." She scoffed, "Since when do you worry about me?"

Beck pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I've always cared about you, Jade and I worry about you a lot when I know that something is wrong. And I know that something is wrong. We can all see Cat get worried when your name comes up in a conversation and she wouldn't say anything whenever we asked her where you were and what was going on with you. We're all worried about you. Why can't you just tell me?"

Her eyes started to water but she held her head high and gaze as cold as it could be. She crossed her arms and held a steady frown on her face that was slowly starting to break. As much as Beck didn't want to make her cry, he wanted her to cry so that she could spill everything and break down into his arms. He wanted to comfort her and be there for her to face whatever problem she had. He wanted to let her see that he still cared for her and maybe, she could see that he still loved her. But instead, she turned her heel and walked away from him and out of the building.

Beck was so frustrated with himself. He did not want that to happen at all. He should've just let her go but no, he just had to push her into telling him what was wrong. He should've just stayed at the Asphalt Café and ate his lunch with the others and worried about Jade. Now, he might've just added more fuel to the flame and that had dangerous consequences.

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"Hey, what happened with Jade?!" Beck turned around to face an angry looking Tori Vega and Robbie Shapiro.

"Jade has disappeared again and Cat hasn't shown up to any of her classes after lunch. Spill!" she said and crossed her arms. Robbie just looked at him with anger written all over his face. He cared about Cat and maybe had a crush on the redhead so he was worried that Cat just left the school after lunch.

"I tried to get Jade to talk to me. I told her that I was really worried about her and that I still cared about her but then she just walked away from me." Beck said and looked at his friends who were still staring at him angrily. "I'm sorry. I just wanted to help her. I was really worried about her."

Tori and Robbie's faces softened.

"You shouldn't have attacked her with all of those. She did just get back to school. Maybe whatever problem it was was starting to get a bit better." Robbie said.

"I know. I'm so stupid." Beck slapped his forehead.

"I don't think that she can even forgive me for that."

"Just give her time, Beck." Tori rubbed his arm and offered a small smile.

"Maybe you can apologize to her tonight. She and Cat are still going." Robbie stated and held up his phone where a new message had just arrived from Cat which stated that she and Jade were still going to the party and that Jade felt better now.

There was a small flicker of hope for Beck. He could just apologize to her about what happened earlier and then back off so that she'd have some space and he would just make sure that she'd see that he still cared for her.

Beck smiled, "I'll apologize to her tonight and then just back off a bit."

"Yeah." Tori grinned.

He still really wanted to know what was going on with Jade and he hoped that after tonight, she would be able to trust him and open up to him like when they were dating. He really missed that. He really missed her. He really missed them.

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(A/N): So? What ya guys think? I left you hanging again? I like to keep the suspense going on for long but MAYBE I'm gonna let you all know why Jade was so upset. I don't want to get them back together yet so I'm gonna put them through some difficult situations. Haha.

New chapter next week!

Please review. Love lots, Julie.