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Hudson is sitting on the hood of his car, which is parked at the beach. It's the middle of the night, and it's pouring rain. He doesn't care about it though, he actually loves sitting in the rain. It clears his mind, and helps him relax. That's also why he's at the beach in the middle of the night. Those three things made him feel at peace. He felt like nothing was wrong in the world at this moment.

Meanwhile, Jade is driving down an empty road. Driving slow, trying to clear her mind. She can't stop thinking about Monday, or more specifically, Hudson. Jade just met him, and she doesn't know anything about him. His voice made her forget all her pain, worry, and anger. She couldn't figure out what it was about him, but he made her feel different, happy. She couldn't believe it, but she could tell that she was already falling for him.

As she drove past the beach, she saw, out of the corner of her eye, a car sitting in the parking lot, all by itself. Jade turned around,and drove into the parking lot. As she pulled in, Jade could see the car clearly now, it's Hudson's.

Hudson didn't even move as he heard a car pull into the spot next to him. Jade could see him sitting on the hood, in a hooded sweatshirt, with the hood up. She grabbed her umbrella from the back seat, and stepped out of the car. As she walked over to Hudson, with the umbrella over her head, she could see that his sweatshirt is only zipped up a little at the bottom. The upper half is open, revealing his bare chest.

"Hey." Hudson let out a smile and looked over at Jade.

"Hey." Jade returned the smile. "Aren't you cold?"

Hudson chuckled and shook his head, before scooting over and patting the hood, asking Jade to sit. She accepts the offer, and sits next to him.

"So, what are you doing out this late?" Hudson asks, looking back to the beach.

Jade thinks for a second, not wanting him to know that he was the reason for her midnight drive. "Couldn't sleep. I usually drive around until I get tired. You?"

Hudson readjusts his hood. "Same. I like to go to the beach when I need to clear my mind." He looks at his right arm, which is covered by a sleeve, and sighs. "It's been a long day."

Jade is curious of what he meant by that, but she doesn't ask him. "What about the rain? Doesn't it bother you?"

"No, I actually love the rain. It makes most people go inside, but for me, it feels like I can come out from hiding and just be myself. I feel like all the world's problems vanish. Everything goes silent, just to listen to sound of it. When the sky is at its darkest , I'm at my brightest." Hudson tilts his head back, looking up at the sky.

"Wow." Jade stares at him for a moment, then looks up at the sky, still hiding under her umbrella. "That was beautiful."

Hudson closes his eyes, taking in a deep breath. "I'm not even sure why I came here." He lays back, putting his hands behind his head.

Jade looks down at him, thinking to herself. He's so full of questions. I have to find them out. "What do you mean?"

Hudson looks into Jade's eyes, and sits up. "I think I'm just running away from my problems." He pulls up his sleeve, revealing those two words yet again.

Jade doesn't look as shocked as the others that Hudson has shown. She just looks at her own wrist, and cringes. Hudson can see that all familiar look on her face. The one he has had on his face too many times.

He places his hand on her knee, and gives her a knowing look. "Jade."

She looks him in the eyes, surprised to see that he knows. No one has ever figured it out before, Beck didn't even know. He can see right through her. How was he able to figure it out, and so fast too.

She looks back at her wrist, covered by a black bracelet with silver spikes. "It's okay. I went through the same thing with this." Hudson motions to his right arm, pulling his sleeve back down. "You don't have to tell anyone until you're ready."

Jade nods, and lets out a weak word. "Okay."

Hudson puts his arm around Jade, which makes her place her head on her shoulder. Hudson suddenly gets an idea. "I'm free tomorrow if you want to talk about it." Jade nods again, not saying anything. "I'm staying at my cousin's RV if you want to come by there."

Jade snaps her head up as he says this. A thousand thoughts running through her head. RV? No, he can't mean Beck. They can't be related, can they?

Hudson places his hand on her shoulder. "Jade, whats wrong?"

Jade knows she is going to regret asking this, but she has to be sure. "Who is your cousin?"

Hudson gets a confused look on his face. "Beck Oliver, why?"

Jade eyes start tearing up, then she stands up, and walks over to her car. "I have to go." She gets in and drives off, leaving Hudson there, still confused.

He gets off the hood and walks over to the driver's door of his car. As he sits down and closes the door, he pulls out his phone. Hudson see's the two missed calls and voice-mail from Tori, that he got earlier in the day. He opens his voice-mail, then holds the phone to his ear. He hears the half-latina's voice. It's choked up, like she's been crying.

"Hey Hud. ...I ... Um ... I think ... I think I need someone to talk to. Please call me when you can. ... Bye."

He pulls the phone away from his ear, and closes the voice mail. He decides to send a her a text, since she is probably asleep.

Hudson: Hey Tori. I got your message. Sorry I've been busy all day. Anyway, I think we should talk in person. I think it would better.

Hudson sets down his phone in the passenger's seat, and starts the car. He hears his phone vibrate. Picking it up, he sees a text from Tori.

Tori: Can you come over now?

He already figured he wasn't going to get much sleep tonight anyway.

Hudson: Sure, I'll be there in a bit.

Hudson put his seat belt on, set his phone back on the seat next to him, and headed off to Tori's house.

It stops raining as Hudson pulls into the driveway. He puts the car in park, unbuckles his seat belt, and shuts the car off. Then he grabs his phone off the passenger's seat, and gets out of the car, walking to the back of it and opens the back hatch. He remembered he was only wearing a hoodie, that is soaking wet. He opens the duffel bag, that's in the back, and grabs a shirt from it. After he throws the jacket in the back and closes the hatch, then walks up to Tori's door while putting the shirt on.

Hudson knocks on the door, and after about two seconds, Tori flings the door open and wraps her arms tightly around him. She is bawling her eyes out, into his shoulder.

Hudson stands there for a second, not sure how to react. "Tori, what happened?"

"My parents and my sister got in a car crash." Her words are muffled, be he can clearly make them out.

He lifts her up, which makes her pull closer to him. As he walks in, he closes the door, then walks over to the couch and sits. Tori is in his lap, still crying, with her arms around his neck and head laying on his shoulder.

After a while, she stops crying, and her breathing gets heavier and slower, until she falls asleep. Hudson sits there, listening to her breathing, eventually he too, drifts off into sleep.

A/N: I really liked doing this chapter, I'm not sure why, but it felt good. Like when you ... um never mind that.

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