Chapter 7:

After receiving a royal dressing down from Mr. Fletcher, his words not theirs, everyone piles onto the bus to head to a place where they could go have dinner. Luckily for Jade and Tori, the seniors' escapades: sneaking off to go shopping for outrageous western wear, parading around inside the Alamo in said western wear, being bodily removed from said establishment by the security personnel, and then, disappearing until dinner, help make their little Skybucks visit seem like kindergarten stuff.

Lane announces to the group that they are all going to Casa Rio, one of the oldest restaurants on the Riverwalk. It, according to him, serves excellent Mexican food.

"Oh, I hope they have burrito," Cat comments in her usual happy self.

Robbie wraps one arm around Cat's shoulder, making a suave move, if he says so himself. "I'm sure there's a burrito, Cat," he says in what he thinks is a seductive voice.

Jade groans beside Tori, who is having a hard time hiding her laughter, in the bus when she heard Robbie. Having them actually sit together, Tori and Jade, voluntarily, is a shock for everyone. Sikowitz though, just gave them a knowing smile in which they just it shrug off. Beck, on the other hand, is actually seething in his seat next to Andre.

Andre, being a good friend that he is, asks what's wrong.

"Nothing man," Beck whispers harshly, but he didn't mean to say it out in that tone.

Andre frowns. "You know, if it's nothing, you wouldn't be fuming in your seat." Then Andre moves his gaze to where Tori and Jade is seating, holding hands. "It's Jade, isn't it?"

Beck looks at him and nods his head angrily. "I think she's cheating on me."

"With?" Andre furrows his eyebrows. He knows Jade; she wouldn't do anything like that even if she may look like that kind of girl. But he can see the way Tori is holding Jade's hand…

"Tori," Beck huffs and cross his arms.

"I don't think Tori will do that, Beck. And I can't even imagine Jade cheating. You know that she can't do that to you. She's not the cheating type. She hates cheaters so she can't be one herself."

Beck tries to digest what his friend said. He can't seem to believe his words when he saw Jade genuinely smiling at whatever Tori is saying. She seems so happy. But she hates being happy, Beck thinks.

"Just look at them, Andre," Beck says. "They are so close all of the sudden. I can't help but be suspicious."

Andre looks at them again. They do look all couple-y and stuff. He shrugs his shoulders. But Tori and Jade can't do that. I'm sure there's a reason behind this.

… … …

When the bus drops them off, Beck pulls Jade away from Tori with a stern look. Before going with Beck, Jade asks Tori if she'll be okay. Tori nods and let goes of her hand. This gesture made Beck even more livid.

"What the hell is wrong with you Jade?" Beck asks after he got him and Jade a private place to talk.

"What do you mean, Beck?" Jade responds like she doesn't know what's happening. That's because I really don't understand why Beck is acting this way.

"Don't – don't you ask like you don't know what's happening!" Beck shouts earning a few head to look their way.

"Look Beck I really don't –"

Beck, tired of running around the bush, bluntly asks, "Are you cheating on me with Tori?"

Jade is surprise with how blunt he is. "What? Cheating? WHAT THE HELL!?" Now, she's furious alright.

"Yeah," Beck says confidently. He knows he's right after all. "You and she are holding hands and shit. You two act like a fucking couple. And what do you do to me when I ask for closure? You brush me off like I'm a stupid puppy!"

Jade can only see red. Nobody can accuse something like that to her, especially, her own boyfriend. "It's just a friendly gesture!"

"Friendly gesture? You call that friendly? Who the fuck are you kidding? You run off with her and where do I find you? In a hotel room, holding her hand and alone! Explain to me why you need to touch and be close to her all of the sudden."

"Beck, Tori…" She stops herself before she can say anything. It's not my secret to tell. I can't do this to her. I can't break her trust. "You just have to trust me, Beck."

"You can't even explain. Wow, Jade. Wow."

"I can explain."

"Then enlighten me, Jade."

"Tori – Tori needs me right now, as a friend. I can't let her down on this. And she has something that will help me too. Beck you have to understand - "

"That's stupid, Jade. You and Tori are not even friends! If you keep doing this I can't trust - "

"Stop cutting me off!" Jade glares at him. That made him shut his mouth. "If you can't trust me then maybe we should end whatever this is!" She says this with will. "You're accusing me of something you clearly don't know if it's true. Hell, we've been together for two fucking years yet you accuse me of cheating? Huh, I thought you would have trust me! You should know by now that I'm not a fucking cheater!"

"You're not breaking-up with me," Beck stares at her. "And how can I trust you with what I see you do to me every day?" He just wants things to be clear not to have them break-up.

Jade looks to the ground and sighs to calm herself. "Maybe this is what we need. We've been fighting for weeks now and – and I can't be in a relationship with a person who can't trust me."

"And what will you do? Go run to your little Tori?"

"Leave her out of this, Beckett. She didn't do anything. You ruined us." With that she turns around and begins walking away.

"You can't walk away from me, Jade," Beck calls after her.

She didn't turn around, she continue walking. "Watch me, Oliver."

And with that, Beck couldn't believe what he did. He actually didn't understand. But what surprised him the most is when Jade didn't look heartbroken at all. That's because she may have been planning this all along. Beck huffs and kicks a rock out of frustration. I just know that she's hiding things. Fuck, I can't believe I saw this coming.

He didn't dare go eat with the rest of the gang for dinner. He decided to walk back to the hotel instead.

… … … …

Jade saw Tori at the Casa Rio's entrance, waiting for her.

"Hey," says Tori full of concern. She grabs Jade's hand and caresses it with her thumb. This act is not because she doesn't want to see the baddies. She knows Jade needs the comfort right now having witness the whole break up scene from afar.

She slyly smile, "Have you seen some ghost while I'm gone?"

Tori shrugs. "Just a man down the road laughing. He's all covered up in blood, but he didn't bother me."

"That's good," Jade sighs.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Tori asks softly as she looks at her companion's green eyes. She could see anger and hurt reflecting in them.

"No, I'm fine," Jade replies plastered a fake smile. Tori looks at her worriedly. "Come on, let's go get some dinner. I bet the gang is waiting for us."

Jade tugs their intertwined hands and enters the restaurant. People inside are quietly chatting as they eat their meal. Quickly scanning the room, she sees her friends at one table. Tori and Jade proceed to them and sit down on the chair left for them, interrupting Cat's storytelling about her brother.

"Hey! Where's Beck?" Andre asks.

"Uh…" Tori eyes Jade if she's going to answer. When she realizes that Jade will not answer, she says "I saw him walk to the other direction. Um… I don't think he'll eat dinner with us…"

"Oh," Cat mutters sadly. "I thought he will like to know how my brother jumps off the window when he was done using my study desk as a tarpaulin."

Tori gives Andre a questioning glance in which he return with a shrug. A little while later, a waitress starts to serve their food. They all begin to eat having little conversation here and there. Everyone had a lot of fun that night, even with Beck's absence. If anything actually, Cat, Robbie, Andre and Tori are all prepared for this day having seen Jade and Beck's relationship crumbling down ever since the day they arrived at the Texas' airport.

One hour and thirty-six minutes later, the table is cleared and Jade and Tori have finally finished their after dinner coffee.

"So, what now?" Jade looks at Tori expectantly. She's actually surprised at how much she enjoyed the evening minus the break-up. Tori is actually fun to be around with if only Jade accept the fact the she's beginning to think of Tori as a friend. Tonight she just really wanted to stay close to Jade. In a compromise of sorts, since they both needed their hands to eat, Tori has wrapped her bare leg around Jade's shorts clad leg. They need skin to skin contact, according to Tori. Plus it's kinda nice, being so close to her, Jade thinks to herself.

"I have an idea," Robbie suggests with a waggle of his brow. "Let's go back to the hotel and play strip poker!" He hasn't missed the footsie play under the table and he is still not done with his seductive act with Cat (which is not working by the way).

Tori gives him a disgusted look as Jade glares draggers at him.

"Eww Robbie," Cat giggles. "You are so gross."

Jade is just going to make a snarky remark when Trina sits on the empty chair next to her. It was meant for Beck, but whatever.

"What's up, kids?" She asks. "I heard you were asking of some fun things to do. Why doesn't each one of you give me a compliment? It'll be fun!"

"I'll rather watch you bleed after I poke you with my favorite scissors," Jade grumbles under her breath.

Tori rolls her eyes and looks at Jade, meaningfully. "How about… we go back to the Alamo… and look around."

"Really?" Jade asks with excitement. "Are you sure about this, Vega?"

Tori smiles at her and looks around her friends and sister who are giving her curious looks. In answer, Tori offers her hand to Jade and the raven-haired beauty took it with a smile of gratitude.

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A/N: I took loooong to update this chapter and I'm sorry for that. Yesterday, I can't seem to sign-in in my ff account and it sucks. Anyway, the major point of this chapter is the Bade break-up. I know it's quite unfair to Beck since Jade do seems to be cheating if you understand his POV. But Jade had enough of him already. If you look back to the past chapter (I'm not sure if it's in chapter 3) you can see that they're already arguing. Psh. Beck and Jade always argue with the little things. That's super unhealthy, right? So I guess, this is for the best, Jade. This is for the best.

PS. Did not proof read this because I am lazy. HEHE