A short chapter, but it's one of my favorites. Hope you guys enjoy!


(6)

Beck watches Jade from the other side of the classroom.

He needs to talk to her.

It's been three days since they last spoke, and their project is in two days. No matter how much Jade may hate him, Beck knows that she'll hate an F more.

She's been avoiding him (she's very good at that), but he won't let her do that anymore.

When the bell sounds for them to head to their next class, Beck makes a beeline for the goth.

"Jade!"

She tenses as she slowly turns her body toward him. "What?"

"Our project is due in two days," he reminds her.

"I'm aware."

"Well are you aware that we haven't done anything?" Beck asks her. When she doesn't respond he sighs. "I know you hate me, and you have every right too, but I don't want a bad grade and neither do you. So...so I can meet you at your house or we can like, meet at a library or something-"

"I'll meet you at your RV later," Jade tells him before she grabs her bag and walks off.

He has to admit, that is something he was not expecting.

"Oh, uh, okay!"


Beck sits at his normal lunch table with his friend when he notices that Jade isn't there. He doesn't want to seem like he cares too much, but he does want to know.

He can use their projects. Yes, that's the perfect excuse.

"Have you guys seen Jade? We were supposed to talk about our project."

"Oh she went to In-and-Out for lunch," Cat tells him.

Why would she go to In-and-Out? She doesn't even eat their burgers.

He doesn't ask though, simply shrugs his shoulders and bites into his burrito, letting his thoughts of Jade run rampant.

When he gets home from school that day, Moose's things are packed up from him to leave. Beck can't believe that he's excited that his best friend is leaving. He just needs her thousands of miles away from Jade.

"Aye," Moose says with a smile. "Your parents are driving me to the airport."

Beck gives him a small smile. "Yeah. Uh, did you have fun while you were hear?" he asks, feeling nausea creep up his throat when Moose waggles his eyebrows.

"Yeah I had fun. It's been really cool here," Moose tells him before he adds, "Jade's been really cool too. Hanging out with her today-"

"You hung out with her today?" Beck interjects.

Moose nods with a slight smile. "Yeah. She's really cool Beck."

"I know that," Beck replies with a tight smile.

"You gonna drive with me to the airport?" Moose asks him.

Beck smiles before he nods. "Yeah, sure."


When Beck returns home, Jade is standing outside of his RV with a scowl on his lips. Shit.

"Where the hell have you been?" Jade growls when he gets closer to her.

"I went to see Moose off. It was his last day," he explains as he opens the door.

"I know that," he hears her comment and he can't help it, it jut slips.

"I know you know that."

He grits his teeth before he turns toward her. "Sorry."

"Whatever," Jade mutters as she throws her backpack on the floor.

Beck sits down on his bed and he sighs as he watches Jade move to the couch across from him, but he doesn't say anything. Instead, he opens his book and clears his throat.

"So, uh, what literary work did you wanna do?" Beck asks. "And before you say The Scissoring, I don't really know how we can make that romantic."

Jade sighs as she looks up from her phone. "I don't know Beck. Why don't we just do Romeo and Juliet? We have the basics down already. You know, a romantic relationship that was doomed from the start."

Beck sighs as he leans back against his headboard, "Jade."

"What it's true. You're the perfect, handsome, popular guy, and I'm the weirdo girl. Those two don't mix. It's a wonder that we didn't end sooner."

"That's not why we broke up and you know it," Beck says firmly.

"Actually I don't know why we broke up because you ended things," Jade growls at him.

Beck sighs, running his fingers through his hair. He doesn't want to argue with her, he simply wants to do this project. But he also doesn't want her thinking that their personalities are the reason that they broke up.

"I-I felt like I couldn't talk to you anymore," Beck admits. "Even before, when we fought I felt like I could at least talk to you. But it got to a point where I felt like I couldn't. And you were always jealous-"

"Okay that's bullshit Beck. You would purposely make me jealous, or did you forget that little detail?" Jade snaps at him.

Beck growls low in this throat, mentally wishing that he didn't go down this road.

But he's never been one to back down from an argument with Jade, and he won't do so now, not when she's making their breakup all about him.

"Do you want to know why I made you jealous? Because I wanted to make sure you still cared!" Beck pauses, letting his words sink in before he asks his ex, "Out of the two years we were together, how many times did you tell me you loved me?"

Jade tenses. "You know I love-d you."

Beck notices Jade's stutter, but he decides not to point it out. He sticks to his point.

"Yeah, I know. But the only reason I know is because of how jealous you would get. So yes, sometimes I would push your buttons. But you would get jealous on your own too. I mean every incident with Tori-"

"That's a terrible example," Jade interjects. "You were going to kiss her."

"After we broke up," Beck reminds her.

"You kissed her on her first day!" Jade snaps.

"I have apologized for that a million times Jade."

"That doesn't mean it doesn't still hurt!"

Beck swallows thickly.

Jade shakes her head as she looks down at her phone. "Do you wanna know why I was so scared to tell you that I loved you?" Jade asks, her eyes finding his, and they're wet, her eyes, shining with tears. "Because I knew, I knew that you would get tired of me. I mean, it's only so long before before someone like you realizes that they deserve better than someone like me. So yes, maybe I held on too tight but that's only because I didn't want to loose you. But I did anyway."

Beck feels like complete and utter shit. He knew that Jade had insecurities, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out, but he didn't understand why she was so insecure.

And apparently it was because she thought he was too good for her.

"Why didn't you just...talk to me?" Beck asks.

Jade rolls her eyes. "What good does talking do anyone? Especially when you know the inevitable."

"That wasn't the inevitable Jade," Beck tells her. She doesn't seem to believe him so he gets off his bed and inches toward her. "Jade you were my best friend, my favorite person. I loved everything about you. Even the things I didn't like, I loved simply because it was you. I hate this," he motions to the space between them, "I hate fighting like this. I want is to be friends. We were getting there, before..."

He trails off, but try both know what she's about to say.

Before she slept with Moose.

Beck sighs and rubs the back of his neck. "I want to be your friend Jade," he admits before he says in a voice that's barely a whisper, "I've missed you too."

Jade just stares at him for a long moment. Then she swallows thickly and clears her throat.

"Okay."

Beck furrows his eyebrows. "Okay?"

Jade nods. "Okay."

Beck had never known a single word to make him so happy.

"I wasn't going to suggest The Scissoring. And I don't actually want to do Romeo and Juliet, it's over done and disgusting. I mean, why would a girl die for a guy?"

It takes Beck a moment for him to catch up, but when he does he nods, and moves back to his bed and grabs his book.

"Right. So, any suggestions?"