Chapter Seven: Remember That Day

She laid there.

What could she obviously do?

Everything was confusing now.

She never thought that it would escalate to this.

The girl was losing her way.


It had just turn 5 a.m.

Jade West had just experience something she considered horrifying.

She just had a very passionate dream about Andre Harris.

Something that has never happened before…

But that wasn't what was troubling her. What was scaring her was the fact that she enjoyed the dream… even to the point where she moaned Andre's name as she woke up.

How could she ever look at Andre the same way after she had this dream?

How could she look at Beck the same way after this?


"You're in love with Beck, not Andre." whispered Jade, as she got off the floor, "Andre's just a friend. Only a friend."

Jade had to find something to get these thoughts out of her head. Something. Anything. Just to get keep her mind off of… him.

As Jade went through her movie collection, she came across one of favorites: My Sweet Sixteenth Massacre.

After watching the first fifteen minutes of the movie, Jade began to find herself quite relaxed.

So far, so good. she thought, as the gym teacher in the movie was killed and left hanging from the basketball court's basket.

As time went by, Jade began to get sleepy, yet she quickly decided that she needed to stay awake.

"I need some coffee." she said, making her way to the kitchen.

A cup of coffee was one of the greatest things to ever exist on this planet. She didn't know why she loved it, but she loved it.

As she waited for the coffee to be done, a thought popped into her mind.

Why am I now, starting to like Andre… more than a friend? Jade thought, leaning against the counter.

Andre was only a good friend, whom rarely annoyed her.

Yes, it was true that Jade did have a small crush on Andre, but that was it.

Nothing more, nothing less.

But where did it all started?


Once the coffee was done, Jade went back to her room, where she saw that someone had text her while she was gone.

It was Beck.

{Leaving early this morning, to go to Vancouver with the family. Cousin's birthday. Won't be back till Tuesday night. Love You.}

Must have been in a rush to not call.

But something else came to her mind from the text.

Beck's 14th birthday party.

She remember that day all too well…

It was the first time she had met Andre Harris.


It was a Friday afternoon. Sunny, with a gentle breeze every now and then.

Jade West was on her way to her boyfriend, Beck Oliver's house.

The two have been together for about a month and today was his 14th birthday.

Jade hated birthday parties, especially going to one. But for her new boyfriend she made an exception.

Another reason why she was willing to go was because of all the girls who would be flirting with Beck at his party.

Beck was very easy on the eyes and Jade knew that most girls wouldn't take into consideration that "He has a girlfriend" meant "He's off limits."

But she couldn't worry about that right now, she had to focus on trying to remember how to get to his house.

Was it make a right at the gas station, then go three blocks? Or was it, go straight pass the gas station, then go three blocks? she thought, confused on where she was going.

"I'll just call him." said Jade, as she dialed Beck's number on her Pear Phone.

After waiting for a minute and receiving no answer, Jade hung up and decided to just go straight pass the gas station.

It didn't take long for her to see that she chose the right way. She began to see other kids with presents going down the street.

Eventually the group grew to the size of a large crowd; Jade knew that Beck was popular, but she didn't now he was this popular.


Jade and the others finally reached Beck's house after three minutes of walking.

But before Jade got the chance to even walk through the front door, a guy with dreads rushed into her and caused her to fall.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there." said the guy, "Are you alright?"

Jade, picking herself up from the ground, thought that the guy was being sarcastic.

"Jerk! Watch where the hell you're going!" she said, as she shoved the guy into the bushes.

"What the hell is the matter with you?!" asked the guy, "I said I was sorry."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I care." responded Jade, walking into the house.


There were so many people at this party, a majority of them Jade didn't even know.

After awhile, Jade began to think that she would never be able to find her boyfriend.

"Jade! Over here!" yelled Beck, who was outside by the pool.

Thank goodness, I finally found him. she thought, making her way through the crowd.

Beck was talking with some friends, when Jade walked up.

"Glad that you made it." he said, as he hugged and kissed her, "Jade, these are my two friends, Mark and Brian."

The two guys named Mark and Brian just stood there and stared at Jade. Probably thinking that she was the most weirdest looking girl that they've ever seen.

"I thought you said you have a girlfriend, not a… whatever that is." said Mark, laughing.

"Yeah, I didn't know you lowered your standards and chose to go out with the Blair Witch over here." laughed Brian.

"Hey, that's enough. I don't ever crack any jokes about any of your girls." said Beck, getting defensive.

"That's because none of our girlfriends are freaky looking." said Mark, as Brian and him continued to laugh.

"It's alright, Beck. I'm pretty sure that the stray dogs and cats that date these two are ten times prettier than I am." Jade said sarcastically. "Speaking of which, aren't the two of you late for your dates at the animal shelter?"

Both Mark and Brian began to get angry. They both looked as if they were coming up with a quick remark, but the two then decided to just leave.

"Bitch!" muttered Brian, as they left.

"Don't listen to those jerks. Any real friend of mine would see that you're beautiful, no matter what." said Beck, as he once again kissed Jade.

At that moment, Beck's dad walked up to the two of them.

"Hello... Jade. Uh, Beck, your grandparents are on the phone." he said, as he looked uncomfortably at Jade.

It was probably because the last time that Jade was at their house, their dinner was ruined by Jade's constant talk of blood and gore and their friendly game of Life was turned into a discussion about how life always ends in death and how they might as well get use to the idea.

"Oh, okay. Jade, I'll be right back." said Beck, as he left to go back in the house.


While Jade walked around the area, she noticed that both Mark and Brian were following her.

"What the hell do you two want?" she asked, turning around to face them.

"Oh, not much." said Brian.

"Just one question. Can you swim?" asked Mark.

"Of course I can… I just don't like being in the water is all." said Jade, turning around to leave.

Without warning, Mark and Brian ran up behind Jade, picked her up and threw her into the pool.

The rest of the party crowd suddenly riled up in laughter, not one of the partygoers even try to help Jade get out of the pool.

She hated being in that pool. She didn't like that feeling of being wet while fully clothe. She just felt… like a mess.

Ugh, those… bastards! she thought, as she swam to get out of the pool.

Even though Jade had a tough exterior, deep down inside she couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

I knew I shouldn't have come to this party. she though, as she tried to get out of the pool, It was a big, big mistake.

"No, no, no. You're gonna stay right there and swim for us." said Mark, trying to step on Jade's fingers.

"That's right, bitch! You're gonna…" started Brian, as someone pushed them into the pool.

Oh, it's Beck.

But it wasn't Beck. Beck was still in the house on the phone.

This guy was nothing like Beck.

This guy had dreads.

"You!" yelled Jade.

"Yeah... it's me." said the guy, with a smile.