Alrightyyyyyyy...heeeeere's the last chapter! I know I have taken absolutely FOREVER to update, and I'm really really really truly sorry for that! But I kind of had a hard time trying to figure out how I should end this story...and...well now I did! So Read and review!

Say You Love Me

Chapter 7:

(Jade's POV)

I was lying in my hospital bed alone in the morning when Tori, Andre, Robbie, Beck, and Cat all came into the room at once. They should all be on their way to school, so why were they here? Beck stood back a little bit, not really meeting my eyes. I knew something was up.

"Hey Jade..." Robbie said nervously.

"What?"

Tori approached me carefully, and her eyes were filled with worry, pity, and sadness. I absolutely HATED it. "Look Jade...uh..."

"What?"

"We want to help you...and do what's best for you..."

"You don't know what's best for me."

Tori continued. "So...I think I know the best way to bust your father for doing that to you, and your mother for being so mean..."

My eyes widened.

"Yeah," Andre said. "We can just report him and..."

"You TOLD them?" I sat up quickly and winced, glaring at Beck.

"Jade...I'm only trying to help..."

"I can't believe you!" And I really couldn't believe him. Why did he go ahead and tell everyone? "I trusted you! I didn't expect for you to go out and tell the world my personal problems! How COULD you?"

"Jade, listen to me! You can't expect me to sit there and listen to all the horrible things your father has done to you and do nothing about it!" Beck shouted. "Someone has to know about this!"

"Well YOU knew about it!" I retorted. "And it's great to know that I could count of you to keep my secrets!" If I wasn't injured I would have stormed out of the room. Beck looked extremely hurt, and I knew that he only did what he did to help me. But I was still incensed that he had told everyone else without at least talking to me about it first. That's not what boyfriends (or even friends) do.

"Jade PLEASE!" Beck begged. "I care about you, and I can't just let this situation go! Just hear me out...!"

"NO!"

Beck stopped talking, his eyes filled with sadness. But I didn't care. What if my dad finds out that all of my friends knew about what he's been doing to me? He'll think that I ratted on him, and then there goes my life.

"Look, I think that you should at least..." Andre cut in.

"NO!" I shouted again. "No! No! No! Do you guys realize that if my dad finds out that you know, I'm DEAD?"

"Jade...you will not DIE," Tori said softly, sitting down next to me. I tried to shove her away, but with strength that I had, I failed miserably. All I could say was "Get away from me, Vega."

"I will NOT get away from you. Not until you understand where we're coming from."

"It's YOU people who don't understand where I'M coming from!" I snapped.

"We will make sure that your dad doesn't find out!" Robbie tried to reassure me. "None of us will breathe a word!"

"How can I believe that if my own boyfriend can't shut his freaking mouth?"

Beck looked taken back, and for a second there, I regretted being so harsh.

No one replied. I knew that they weren't sure that to say. Struggling to take deep breaths, I realized that all that screaming was taking a toll on me.

"Please understand," Cat softly spoke up. I could tell she was intimidated by me, even though I was bedridden. "I think it's good that we all know what's going on. We understand. We can help you."

I didn't have the heart to start screaming at Cat. But the truth was...they DIDN'T understand. If their plan to report my parents backfires in any way, then my dad will KILL me for sure. And although my mother has never physically abused me, who knows what she will do if she finds out that all my friends know about them?

"...Whatever," I said tightly. I resisted the urge to say 'nice knowing you guys', because that's just...well...lame.

"We have to go to school now," Cat obviously wished she could stay longer.

"Yeah...see you later, Jade," Andre said quietly. They started to exit the room, but Beck stuck around a little longer. I refused to look him in the eyes.

"I know exactly what to do, babe," he began. "I'm doing this because I know it'll make you happier. Everything's going to be okay."

I didn't answer, and he left the room. I sank back into my pillows feeling conflicted. I couldn't believe that Beck had gone ahead and spread around the truth about how I was in the hospital in the first place. I had trusted him, and he couldn't keep his mouth shut. Sighing, I curled up into my covers and closed my eyes. Might as well get some sleep.

But when I had just drifted off, the curtains around my bed swished open so loud that it jolted me out of my sleep. I sat up slowly and blinked. The shades were closed in my room, so it was dim.

A all-too-familiar broad shouldered figure loomed in front of me. My breath caught in my throat. Suddenly, I was wishing that Beck and all of my other friends were here with me, instead of me being alone in a dark-ish room with the terrible man standing in front of me.

"Hello, Jade," my father sneered, stepping out of the shadows. He was in much better condition than I was. His head was neatly bandaged up, and he only had a few scratches on his face from the broken glass.

"Hello, father," I tried to sound like I wasn't scared of him.

"It looks like you failed in your attempt to try and kill me," he hissed.

"I never tried to kill you!" I snapped. "I was defeding myself from YOU!"

"You should know better than to try and fight me," he snarled. He pulled his hand back and smacked me across the face, hard. The force caused me to tumble out of the bed and onto the cold floor.

I had to act strong. I stood up and wiped the blood from my mouth. "Get out of here!" I snapped. Another fist came at my head and I ducked. He feinted the hit and kicked me in the stomach. I gasped and doubled over onto the ground. My dad stomped on my head and stars erupted into my vision. He kicked me over and over and the pain was building up slowly until the point that it was unbearable.

"STOP!"

My dad froze in the middle of what he was doing and turned to see where the voice had come from.

"Let go of the girl!" A deep voice commanded.

I was too busy gasping for breath. It was hard to breath without spitting up blood.

Four cops poured into the room with their guns out and cocked. My dad tried to grab me, but one cop bolted up to him and expertly pinned his arms back while slamming him down against the floor. Another cop came and pulled out a pair of handcuffs. My utter shock turned into pure relief.

I lay on the ground, beaten, too dazed to move. I think I blacked out for a few moments, and when I woke up, Tori, Beck, Andre, Robbie and Cat were all dashing into the room.

Beck ran up to me, helped me up, and wrapped me in his comforting arms. The previous events finally clicked and registered in my brain, and before I knew it, I was sobbing my eyes out into Beck's chest.

"It's okay babe," Beck cooed, rubbing small circles on my back. I cried and cried, and let it all out. My tears were slowly forming a large wet spot on his shirt.

"What is this?" My dad bellowed.

"You are under arrest for abusing your daughter," one cop said almost robotically.

I stared as my dad squirmed and struggled, but could not get out of the powerful grasp of the cop.

"Beck..." I gasped.

"What is it, honey?"

"How did you know...when did you...?"

"The plan was already put into action even without your consent," he said with a teasing grin. "I called the cops and reported your father, so they were on their way to the hospital already. When me, Tori, Andre, Cat, Robbie were about to go on our way to school, we ran into your dad who was walking to your room. After seeing him, we couldn't exactly just leave. Looks like the cops came in the knick of time!"

I didn't know what to say. I was so afraid that somehow my father would get the cops to think that I was the one at fault, and make them just leave the situation alone. As it turns out, it was a lot easier than I thought. The cops saw my dad beating me, and that was all the evidence they needed.

"Beck...I'm sorry for..." I managed to get out.

"Don't be," he quickly interrupted. "Everything's going to be alright now."

"I love you."

"I love you too." He half led, half carried me over to the bed.

One of the cops came up to me and Beck and said, "He won't be bothering you anymore." I couldn't help but smile slightly.

"What about her mother? You know she can't live with her," Beck pointed out.

"That's true," the policeman nodded. "We'll have to find you a place to live for the time being..."

"I know!" Beck grinned. "She can come live in my RV with me."

The cop looked skeptical.

"Don't worry, my RV is parked right outside of my parent's driveway. She can stay there until things get figured out. Please?"

"Well...you two do seem to love each other," he chuckled. "Would you be okay with that, Jade?"

I nodded vigorously. The thought of living with Beck was just so wonderful I couldn't put it into words.

Clink! Clink!

Handcuffs were snapped onto my dad's wrists, and the cops pulled his upright and started to drag him, screaming and cursing, out of the room. Beck and I hugged each other.

"I told you things would be okay," he beamed, planting a kiss on my lips.

Living in Beck's RV was going the be the best thing that has ever happened to me.

And seeing my dad dragged away in handcuffs was the second best.

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Okay! Finally finished! I hope I didn't end this story too abruptly, but I felt like this was the right spot to close it! I hope you've enjoyed it, and I'll have a new story coming out...whenever. Lol.

CYA!

Luv, Victoriousrox123