Here it is the next chapter! I'm extremely sorry for the super late update! But I had a problem with the Internet and I wasn't much inspired... Sorry! Please, enjoy!

~Kelly~


Chapter 7: In Denial

Beck's POV:

I reached my car, when I saw Jade approaching me. "Hey, babe..." She greeted me.

"Hi." I mumbled, without making any eye contact with her. She narrowed her eyes and looked at me confused.

"Is something wrong?" She asked me suspiciously.

I shook my head. "Nope. Nothing's wrong. How did you come here?" I asked her, trying to sound casually.

"I drove here. You don't have to drive me home, I'm fine." She replied.

I nodded. "Good." There was an awkward silence between us. A silence that was killing me.

"So..." Jade tried to break the silence.

"So..." I restated.

"Um... Yeah... Bye." She stated and started walking away.

"Bye." I muttered and entered my car. I put the key into the ignition and sped.

Jade's POV:

I walked away and watched his car speeding away. I sighed and started walking to Andre and Tori's table.

"Hey guys." I told them weakly. "Why are you still here?" I asked them.

"Um... You know... We were..." Andre started talking, but he stopped.

"You were...?" I asked them.

Tori sighed. "We were waiting for you." She stated.

"Why?" I asked her.

"Well... She... You know..." Andre tried to explain, but failed.

"I want to see Elizabeth." Tori told me calmly. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"Okay... Just... come with me." I told them.

Tori and Andre stood up and followed me, as I was going to my car. Andre and Tori sat on the back seats. I fastened my belt and put the key into the ignition. I took a deep breath and sped.

-Jade's house-

I entered my house and saw Elizabeth coming to me. She was running, and she feel down next to me. I chuckled and bent down to take her. I held her in my arms and turned around to see Tori and Andre. Andre smiled at Liz, while Tori couldn't say or do anything.

"Elizabeth Phoebe West! Where are you?" My mom screamed from the kitchen.

I chuckled. "She's here mom! She's fine, don't worry." I assured her. My mother came out of the kitchen and looked at me.

"Oh! That's good... I only left her one second alone..." She muttered and sighed in relief. Then, she noticed Tori and Andre. "Um... Do you want anything?" She asked them politely.

Andre shook his head. "Nothing, thanks."

"I... I would like some water please..." Tori mumbled, as she tried her best not to fall.

Tori's POV:

"Sure, sweetie. I'll be right back." Jade's mother replied. I nodded.

Jade left her bag on the floor and sat on the couch. Andre left his bag next to hers and sat beside her. I tried to move my feet, and I reached Jade and Andre. I sat on the other side of Jade. Elizabeth's big blue eyes looked at me. I felt myself melting. I couldn't imagine that it would be so difficult to meet Jade's daughter...

"Um... Tori?" Jade asked me.

"Yeah?"

"Would you like to... hold her?" Jade asked me softly.

"I... I don't know. What if I do something wrong?"

"Here's your water." Jade's mom approached me and handed me a glass of water.

"Thank you." I replied politely. I took a sip and put the glass on the table opposite of me.

Jade chuckled. "Don't worry. That's how I felt the first days... But you can do it." She assured me. I nodded weakly and opened my arms. Jade placed Elizabeth into my embrace slowly. I wrapped my arms around her and held her tight. Liz's hand caressed my cheek. I smiled at her.

"She's beautiful. And she's the perfect mix! You know... She's like you and Beck..." I stated.

Jade nodded. "I know." She muttered and smiled at Liz. "She doesn't know you. That's why she's looking at you all the time." She explained.

"Oh... That's cool." I commented.

"So...? How do you feel?" Andre asked me.

"I don't know!" I exclaimed with a chuckle. "I mean... It's weird. I wanted so bad to find out what happened that night, and why Jade was so different, and what the hell was in that room... And, now, I know the whole story... And it's weird. It's soooo weird..." I stated, looking at Andre and Jade and trying to make Elizabeth feel comfortable into my embrace. "And I still can't belive that that little creature came out of you." I muttered and and looked at Jade.

Andre and Jade laughed. "Yeah, Jade... It's weird. How was the day you gave birth to her?" Andre asked her.

Jade's POV:

I sighed. "I barely remember it... You know..." I paused and looked at them. Tori and Andre were looking at me with pleading eyes. I rolled my eyes. "You want details, don't you?" I asked them. They both nodded. I sighed. "Okay..."

-Memory-

I was sitting on the couch, watching TV, when I felt suddenly a pain. I ignored it and tried to focus on the show again. But the pain came again. My mom was at a super market, but I decided to bother her. I grabbed my phone and dialed her number.

"Hello sweetie! You okay?" She asked me immediately.

"Um... No... Not really..." I replied. That moment, I felt a huge urge to scream, as I felt like someone just punched me in the chest.

"Jade? Are you here? What happened?" My mom asked me concerned.

"Mom... I... hurt." I chocked out.

"How much?"

"A LOT!" I shouted at her and closed my eyes to calm down.

"Okay... Okay... Relax. I'm coming over there." She stated and hung up.

The grocery story was near to our house, so she managed to come really quickly. She stormed in the house and reached me.

"Hi, baby girl... I want you to relax. Take some deep breaths..." She told me calmly. I obeyed and started breathing slowly... "Okay... Now, tell me... How often do you hurt?" She asked me.

"I... I don't know... Every five minutes?" I muttered.

"Okay... We have to go to the hospital." She stated.

"Why?" I asked her, being afraid of the answer.

"You know... Maybe... I said maybe it's time..." She muttered.

"Oh my God! What do you mean maybe? I want to know if it's time or not!" I exclaimed angrily.

"Calm down. I don't know. You were supposed to give birth to her in two weeks... But everything in possible..." She answered. I nodded. My mother helped me stand up and we headed to her car.

When we reached the hospital, I could barely move. The contractions were coming every two minutes and I was afraid. Two nurses came to us and helped me lie to a stretcher.

"How often?" A nurse asked my mom.

"Two minutes." She replied.

"Okay... We have to take her to the theater, it's time." The nurse announced calmly.

My mother nodded and looked at me. "You can do it, sweetie. I'll be outside. Be strong." She told me. I nodded.

-End of Flashback-

"Well... The next thing I remember is holding Elizabeth. I'm serious. I don't remember anything from the childbirth." I finished.

"Probably because it was painful. Some people are able to forget painful experiences." Andre stated. I nodded.

"It's possible." My mother agreed. She was sitting on the opposite couch and watching me.

"Wow... I can't believe that... So... You have a house at Europe?" Tori asked me.

"Well... We had at London. But when I returned, we sold it." I answered.

"Oh... So... What are you gonna do now?" Tori asked me.

"What do you mean?" I asked her curiously.

"I think you know what she means..." Andre told me. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"I'm not gonna tell Beck the truth!" I exclaimed irritated.

"Why not?" My mom, Andre and Tori asked me simultaneously.

"Okay... Are you going to make a team against me?" I asked them.

"Well... You have to tell Beck the truth." My mother told me.

"No! I don't wanna." I muttered.

"Why?" Tori asked me.

"It'll ruin our relationship. It'll ruin what we have." I explained.

"Your relationship is already ruined, Jade..." Andre told me. "you keep secrets form him, he understood that, but he thinks you're cheating on him. I saw you today at his car. Your moment was so awkward! Like you just met each other! He doesn't know your secret, a huge secret, an important secret... He doesn't know he has a daughter! His daughter is turning one year old in two days and he doesn't know her existence!" Andre stated.

I sighed. "I'm afraid." I mumbled.

"Of what?" Tori asked me.

"His reaction. Who knows what is he gonna do if he finds out that he has raped me? If he finds out that he has a daughter? If he finds out that I kept such a huge secret?" I questioned them.

"Well... That's your fault. I think you should've told him from the beginning that you were pregnant." My mom told me.

"Okay... It's not entirely Jade's fault..." Tori muttered. "I mean... I can understand her... It's not easy for her to tell her boyfriend, who loves her very much, that he has raped her..." Tori explained.

"And, also, it was Beck's fault that Jade had to give birth to a child at her seventeen..." Andre added.

My mom nodded. "I understand... But I still believe that you should tell him that h-"

"No!" I cut her off. I'm not gonna tell anything to Beck!" I exclaimed irritated.

"And what are you gonna do, Jade?" Tori asked me angrily. "Are you gonna move to Europe again and disappear?" She added. Elizabeth started sobbing and she started crying because of our screams.

Tori gave her to me to calm her down. "C'mon baby girl... Shh... Relax..." I tried to calm her down. I started rocking her slowly and gently. "Mommy's here... Everything is ok..." I told her and held her tight. I stood up and started walking from the living room to the kitchen and from the kichen to the living room... Tori, Andre and my mom were looking at me. "I'm not gonna tell Beck about her..." I muttered and went upstairs to leave Elizabeth at her crib.

I entered her bedroom and let her at her little bed. She slowly closed her eyes, as I covered her little body with the blanket. I placed her favorite doll next to her. She passed her arm around her doll and pulled her into a big embrace, with her eyes still closed. I smiled and admired her as she was sleeping. I kissed her forehead and exited her bedroom, closing the door behind me. I went downstairs again and saw the three of them talking. I sat next to Tori and looked at them.

"So? What were you saying?" I asked them.

"Um... We think that Beck should know that truth." Tori muttered.

"I'm not gonna tell him the truth. I told you that a billion times." I replied calmly.

"We're sure you won't..." My mom commented.

"So...? What are you...?" I paused and widened my eyes. "Oh... No! None of you is gonna tell him about Liz!" I exclaimed angrily.

"Jade... Relax. We have to..." Andre tried to calm me down.

"There's no way! Do you hear me? I'm gonna take Elizabeth and run away. I'm serious." I muttered.

"Okay... Okay... Please, chill out..." Andre told me and touched my arm. I was trying desperately not to cry.

"Okay. We're not gonna tell him anything." Tori said.

"Promise?"

"Promise." She replied. I looked at my mother.

She sighed. "Okay... I promise I'm not gonna tell him anything..." She muttered.

"I'm not gonna tell him anything either." Andre told me.

"Good. Now, do you want to eat with us?" I asked Tori and Andre.

"Sure. I'll call my mom." Tori muttered.

"Okay... Besides, I was gonna order some pizza... My parents aren't home this week." Andre told me.

"Okay! So... Get ready. I'm going to set the table." My mother announced and stood up.

"Thanks, mom."

"Thank you Mrs West." Andre and Tori said at the same time.

Beck's POV:

I was lying on my bed, just observing the ceiling... I was sure I was right. My relationship with Jade would never be the same again. The moment at the parking lot was the proof. I had never felt so awkward when I was with Jade. I couldn't understand what was wrong. Something wasn't right... Maybe I was right and Jade did cheat on me... Or it was like the crises me and Jade had been through.

Me and Jade had many breakups before. One-day breakups, three-hour breakups, even sixty-second breakups... But we always got back together and overcame the difficulties. I would never forget our first little breakup...

-Memory-

"C'mon Jade!" I exclaimed angrily, as I was following her into the janitor's closet. "Slow down!" She ignored me. She opened the door and entered the janitor's closet. I rolled my eyes and got in, too. I closed the door behind me. "What's wrong with you?" I asked her irritated.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me? I think that this question is for you!" She shouted at me.

"What the hell did I do again?" I asked her.

"You know what you did, Beck! I can't believe you apologized to her for MY behavior!"

"You would never apologize..." I stated.

"That's is so true! I'm not gonna apologize to her for protecting my relationship!"

"You spilled coffee on her head!"

"She was rubbing you!"

"She was trying to clean my T-shirt from the coffee she spilled on me!"

"She was flirting you!" She shouted at me. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.

"Will you calm down?" I asked her calmly.

"No!" she screamed.

"Jade... You need to chill." I told her firmly.

"Why should I?" She snapped at me.

"Because you know that I'm right and you're not." I stated.

"How did you think of that?"

"Tori didn't want to spill coffee on me. It was an accident. She panicked and tried to clean my T-shirt. That's all. You shouldn't have spilled coffee on her." I told her.

"You even remember her name! I can't believe you actually remember her name!" Jade exclaimed frustrated.

"Is it so bad?" I asked her confused.

"Yes, it is! You know what? Go flirt her. Go make out with her. Go hook up with her. I don't care. We're done." She muttered and exited the janitor's closet.

I looked at the ceiling and muttered, "What did I do wrong?" I sighed and opened the door. I saw her walking away. "I love you." I stated softly. But that was enough to make her stop. She turned around and looked at me. She started reaching me. She kissed me and smiled.

"I love you, too." She replied. I chuckled and passed my arm around her waist.

"C'mon. I'm starving." I mumbled and we started walking to the Ashplant Cafe.

-End of Flashback-

I smiled. A twenty-second breakup... Our shortest breakup. I sighed.

I really should open that door...


We know Beck... we know... ;P At the Worst Couple, I was like, 'BECK! OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!' But he never did... :(( Whatever... Don't forget to watch the new Victorious episode, 'Wanko's Warehouse' at 22/09! And, after that, only two episode until TSB&J... As far as we know... ;P Anyway... Please REVIEWWWWW! Please! Reviews make me happy! :DD