Sunday night, they stayed in Nathan's private studio at his gigantic house. His mom was in Britain, and his dad was always working, so Nathan and Jade were alone – aside from his maids and butlers. Nathan and Jade sat down on a wood bench in front of a baby grand piano. They spent the night playing songs on the piano, singing together. She liked the way he sang; it was mesmerizing and soothing.

Whenever Jade sang and played the piano, she closed eyes, not realizing that Nathan gazed at her. He was amazed by how beautiful she looked, playing the piano and singing. Nathan recorded them singing – which was Jade's main incentive of coming to his house. It wasn't that she was using him; rather that she took every chance she could at making a professional recording of herself.

"You have a beautiful voice," Nathan said, looking at her, with a smile on his face.

She ignored him and rolled her eyes, trying to hide her smile.

"A beautiful voice to match your beautiful face and your beautiful smile."

She liked the compliments he gave her, but she didn't want to show it. "Why do you do that?" she asked. It wasn't common for her to receive compliments, and she wanted to know why he always complimented her.

"I beg your pardon?" he asked, articulating his British accent.

She sighed, at how clueless he was. She didn't like it when people were clueless, but she let it slide. "Why are you always giving me compliments?"

He chuckled to himself. "Why wouldn't I?"

She stared at him, trying to read his mind. "People are usually intimidated when they first meet me. And the more they get to know me, or be around me, the more they get scared."

He laughed out loud.

"It's not funny," she yelled back.

He tried to stop himself from laughing. "I find you amusing –"

"Oh, so I'm a clown to you?" she asked, interrupting him.

He laughed again. "No sweetheart. I like your wit and attitude. I like how confident you are, and how you're not afraid to express how you feel. I've never met anyone like you before. You're genuine, about your feelings towards anything and anyone, even though it's always something mean. I like that. Nowadays, people lie to spare someone's feelings, instead of being honest. You're hard to come by."

She rolled her eyes and didn't respond. Usually people told her she was being mean, whenever she expressed herself, especially Beck; he'd always scold her whenever she did it. "Why do you British people always say those lovey-dovey names at the end of your sentence? It's annoying!"

He chuckled again. "Is that so?" He looked at her, and she nodded. "Could have fooled me, love. I thought you were beginning to like it," he said, snickering at her.

She rolled her eyes again, and just started to play some music. They went back into singing and playing until midnight, when he dropped her off at her house.

Jade and Nathan spent almost every minute together on Saturday and Sunday. They began both days, drinking coffee at Voodoo Café. That time was spent getting to know each other better. Then they would go to Risk and have some fun, throwing scissors and joking around with each other. Before she knew it, she started to feel comfortable with him. She let her hair loose, relaxed, and let that wall – blocking people out that she'd put up for years now – down. They concluded their night at his house, recording some music together at one of Nathan's private studios.

Jade couldn't believe she actually spent time with him. When she first met him, she never would have thought she'd be hanging out with him. She never thought she'd let her wall down, especially for a guy like him. She'd put that wall up when her parents stopped giving her attention. She let it down when she fell in love with Beck, but as soon as they broke up, that wall came right back up. She was surprised to find herself, opening up to him. She found that it was easy to talk to him, because he listened to her. He actually listened to her; not the kind of listening where the other person gives in their two sense.

It wasn't long, till she realized that she was starting to develop feelings for him. However, it wasn't strong enough for her to say and admit that she liked him.


"Tori, are you sure this is gonna work?" Beck asked, following Tori to Jade's locker.

"Girls like flowers," Tori said. Tori gave Beck the idea of leaving a rose in Jade's locker. It was a good thing he remembered her combination.

"Not Jade…"

That didn't hit Tori, until after Beck already opened the locker. "Just put it in. She'll have fun cutting it. She'll come to her locker before lunch and she'll see the rose. That's when you come in, standing behind her, revealing that you're the one who put it in, and then tell her all that lovey-dovey stuff couples say when they get back together."

"You watch too many chick flicks," Beck said, laughing.


They walked into Sikowitz room. Jade, Cat, and Robbie were already there. Cat and Robbie were bugging Jade about something, while Jade was on her phone, trying to ignore them. Beck was curious to know what they were bugging Jade about.

"C'mon Jade, pleeeeeasyyyy?" Cat begged, tugging on Jade's arm.

"Cat, I have my third favorite pair of scissors in my boot, and it likes snipping red hair," Jade retorted. She still was on her phone, browsing on The Slap.

Cat grabbed her hair, and gasped. She decided to stop begging Jade.

"Oh, c'mon Jade. Tell us! We wanna know…" Robbie pleaded.

"Yea, girl. Give us the deets!" Rexed contributed.

Jade pulled down Rex's pants and yanked off his right leg.

"Oh my God! Rex!" Robbie exclaimed. Robbie got up from his seat and sat on the other side of the room, next to Tori and Beck.

"What are you guys bugging Jade about?" Tori questioned.

"Cat said that her brother saw Jade and Nathan hanging out at some café, and there's been a lot of rumors running around, saying that they're dating. So Cat and I decided to just ask her ourselves," Robbie explained, as he tried to put Rex back together. "But obviously, that didn't work out."

Tori looked at Beck, and he just sighed. He already hated that his mind jumped to the conclusion of them dating; now, to make it worse, there are rumors going around about it.

Tori leaned over towards him. "Don't worry. I'm sure it's not true. And even if it is, there's no way she'll turn you down. I know that she's still in love with you, like how you're in love with her," she whispered in his ear.

"Mornin," Sikowitz said as he walked into the classroom. He set his bag and coconut down, and looked at the students. "Where are Andre and Nathan?"

Everyone looked around, and started saying "I don't know," and asking where he was.

Andre walked in several seconds later.

"Why are you late Andre?" Sikowitz questioned.

"The bell didn't ring yet," Andre replied, as he took his seat.

Sikowitz looked at his wrist – though, there was no watch there. "Wow, this is the first time I'm early."

Nathan walked in, with a bouquet of red roses. He walked straight to Jade and handed it to her. "Here you go love. I thought you might want this."

She glared at him. "I don't like flowers," she responded.

Beck looked at Tori, giving her the "I told you," look. He knew he shouldn't have got her that rose. He hated that Nathan had to outshine him by buying a bouquet while he only bought a single stem rose.

"You didn't let me finish love," Nathan said. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a pair of scissors. "I thought you might want to cut this bouquet with scissors."

She gave a small smile. She hadn't cut up flowers in a long time. She really liked the fact that Nathan embraced her love for scissors, rather than shunning it like other people. She snatched the bouquet and scissors out of his hands and began snipping them off. Nathan took his seat next to her, and the bell rang.

Sikowitz began class – with an off-topic – as usual. Beck couldn't believe he forgot about how much Jade liked cutting flowers with scissors. He should have thought of that idea too.

"What did you all think of Friday night's play? Let's go around the room, and keep giving your feedback, good or bad. GO!"

"I thought we did good," Andre said.

"Yea, from my view I think you guys did really good," Tori contributed.

"I think Nathan did a good job for his first play," Cat said.

"I think you guys could have worked on the intense scenes more," Robbie added.

"I think Beck did an amazing performance," Nathan said.

"I agree with Robbie. We could have worked on the intense scenes more," Beck added. He wanted to work on the intense scenes more, because those were his and Jade's scenes. He wish he had more rehearsals for their kissing scene.

"Jade, what do you have to say?" Sikowitz asked.

Jade couldn't think of anything nice to say. She crossed her arms over her chest. "The lighting could have been better," she said, looking at Tori, with a smirk on her face.


As soon as the bell rang after third period for lunchtime, Beck leaned against his locker, nonchalantly, waiting for Jade to open her locker to find her surprise.

Nathan walked with Jade to her locker. "Oh great, he's here," he said in his head. Beck noticed Nathan staring at Jade. He didn't understand why Nathan always stared at Jade; he found it a little creepy.

Jade opened her locker, and found a rose sitting in her locker.

Beck started walking towards Jade and Nathan.

"How'd you know my locker combination?" she asked Nathan.

He looked at her confused. "What are you talking about sweetheart? I don't know your locker combination."

She grabbed the rose from her locker. "Then how did this get in here?" she asked, holding the rose.

"Sorry love. That's not from me," he said.

She grabbed one of the scissors in her locker and pointed it at him. "You swear?"

He held his hands up, chuckling. "Yes I swear." She took the scissors away from his face. "Although, I must admit. I hate to think someone else is trying to sweep you off your feet."

Beck was two steps away from Jade, when he saw Jade snip the rose off its stem. She let it fall to the floor, closed her locker, and walked toward Asphalt Café with Nathan.

Beck stopped, staring at the rose and stem that lied on the ground. He combed his hair with his fingers. He felt like that rose and stem was him. Seeing Jade with Nathan broke him down. Hearing that they were dating tore him up inside.


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