I'm back! I'm hoping to update sooner, so I can get this story done quickly (don't get me wrong, I love writing this, but I'm dying to write another Victorious story- it gna be based on Pretty little Liars, I've become obsessed with that show, and I refuse to start another story while writing this. And as for my other story, I'm putting it on hold, unless u guys have requests [check it out if u want, it's basically missing moments from the episodes])

I was going to update a few days ago, but didn't get to because I was planning my boyfriend's birthday, and didn't get to. At least it's quicker than my previous updates!

So yeah, here's the next chapter!

Beck's POV

Before I had any idea of what I was doing, I leaned in, and after a second of hesitation so did she. Our lips were finally just about to connect when, someone squealed loudly, more specifically, a certain perky redhead, who I was very annoyed with at the moment.

Jade leaped back, and shook her head, and avoided eye-contact. Wow that hurt. She didn't want to kiss me did she?

Jade's POV

I leaped back when Cat squealed. What that hell was I thinking?! KISSING MY EX-BOYFRIEND. Although I have to say, I kind of liked- NO Jade, you can't still love him. He's your EX-boyfriend! They call it EX for a reason! Damn it, I can't help but still love him. But why would he lean in? He can't still love me, right? He broke up with me. He was the one that made a move on someone I hated. Yes, I saw Beck try to kiss Tori the day of the Platinum music awards. And goddamn it, it hurt like hell.

I was snapped out of my pathetic thoughts when Cat squealed once again.

Everyone looked at her.

"I'm COLD! And my clothes are sticking to my skin! I'm gonna go change,"

"Yeah, I'll come too!" I said quickly, grabbing her hand and dragging her out of the water, and inside. I slammed the glass doors that led to my pool and dragged her arm upstairs to my room. I let go of it, and she looked at me with confused eyes.

"Jade, why-"

"Beck and I almost kissed!" I cut her off. Her eyes widened and she squealed – once again- happily. God that noise annoys me.

"Really?! When?"

"Just now, didn't you notice?"

"NO! Me, Robbie, Tori and Andre were underwater to see who could stay underwater longest. All our eyes were closed. BUT YOU ALMOST KISSED HIM- wait, what do you mean almost?"

"… well we were about to then you kinda squealed, and I jumped back,"

"Oh, my god, Jade, I'm so sorry," she apologized, looking guilty and regretful.

"No, don't be. I'm not sure if I wanted to. I mean, I did. I definitely did," I said, sighing and throwing myself on my bed, "As much as I hate to admit it. But I'm not gonna let him be with me just like that. I mean, Cat you know how much he hurt me those past days. And you know he almost kissed Tori. So, it's not like he wants me back, or still loves me anyway."

She gasped.

"BECK ALMOST KISSED TORI?! HOW COULD HE-Wait, what do you mean 'almost kissed her'?"
I sighed.

"Tori wouldn't let him kiss her. She said she couldn't kiss a friend's ex,"

"Aw. But I'm sure he doesn't love her Jade. He tried to kiss you!"

"Yeah, but he also tried to kiss Tori. Even if he does still have feelings for me and Tori both, you know what they say about loving two people at the same time; if you really loved the first, you wouldn't have fallen for the second."

"Since when do you care about silly sayings like those?"

"I don't. But it's true, isn't it?"

"I dunno. You're going to have to talk to Beck,"

I leaped up from my bed, and stared at her.

"No frickin' way. I'm kind of planning to never see him again,"

"But Jade! He's downstairs! You have to talk to him now! OK, fine, if you're not ready to talk about what just happened, don't. But you can't just make him disappear from your life, Jade, you love him. Plus, you said you're going on the trip and so is Beck, and you can't back out now,"

I huffed. She had a point. But no way in hell am I talking to him about what happened. It's pretty obvious what he would say; 'I love Tori, our almost kiss was just in the heat of the moment. I don't love you. Sorry'

I can just imagine him saying that. Then I would look even more pathetic than I am at the moment.

"I'm going to change, then I'm going downstairs. You should too" she said, before grabbing her bikini and a shirt and shorts to wear over it, and going into my en-suite.

I fell back down onto my bed, and stared at the ceiling. 'I'm so pathetic' I thought to myself. How is it possible that even after breaking up for 6 months, I still love Beck more than anything? Pathetic.

I huffed and got up, grabbing a black and red bikini, black shorts and a shirt and started changing.

Cat came out soon after I was done changing, dressed in a see-through pink shirt and blue shorts. You could see her bright pink bikini under her shirt. I laughed inwardly; Robbie is so going to drool.

"You know you could have just changed in here? You usually do."

"Yeah, but I needed to pee, too."

"Oh,"

"Anyway, you coming down?" she asked.

"Yeah, just give me a second, I'm going to take my extensions off." I said, indicating to my coloured extensions.

"Kay kay! Meet you downstairs!" I nodded and made my way across my room to my mirror. I heard a knock on the door.

"Uh… come in?"

It was Beck. Damn. What was he doing here?

"Hey,"

"Hi," I snapped, I faced away from him, back to my mirror, taking the last few extensions out and fixing my make-up.

"Why are you here?"

"Uh, well, I was kind of wondering… you know, you kind of just left, and I wanted to see if you were OK." He said, brushing his hands through his gorgeous hair.

"I'm fine," I said, brushing part him. My eyes landed on a cardboard box. Filled with Beck's things. Remember the time Cat and I went to Beck's RV to get my things, after the break-up? Yeah, me being me, I forgot to give him his things, and never got the chance to give them to him afterwards. I guess now was a good time. I'll give it to him just before he goes.

"You can go now," I said, rolling my eyes. He was just staring at anything but me, awkwardly.

"Uh, right. You coming?"

"Lead the way," I said gesturing to my door. He nodded and we both left my room. Everyone was still at the pool.

Beck's POV

We made our way to the pool in an awkward silence. I stuffed my hands in my jean pockets and huffed quietly. I could almost taste the awkward.

She opened the glass door, and as soon as she did, everyone's eyes landed on us.

"WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?" you can guess who said that.

"Nothing..." Tori replied, looking at us suspiciously. I can see what it would seem like. We definitely weren't doing what they thought we were.

"SO YOU GUYS ARE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN?" Cat burst out. Jade and I looked at each other awkwardly.

"No… we're not..."

"Oh... phooey."

"Uhh… so, guys. Since the holidays are coming soon, we should probably think of a place to go to for those two weeks," Andre said, breaking the awkward silence; thank god. Everyone agreed. Robbie took out his pear pad from his bag, and started looking up places.

"Hey, we could go to New York City. I haven't been there before, and I really want to. Plus Trina hates the place so she won't come. Unless my parents force her to."

"Yeah, that sounds good."

"Sure"

"Whatever,"

"YAAAY! NYC!"

After agreeing that we all wanted to go there, Robbie started looking for hotels to stay in. We all called our parents to see if was OK. My parents said it was fine, and to keep safe and whatnot.

"My parents said it was fine, but we need a chaperone, because apparently 'NYC is a dangerous country'. Oh, and Trina is coming," Tori said.

Everyone groaned. I'm not usually that mean, but damn, that chick is annoying.

"Sorry! She has to come, or I can't,"

"I'm alright with that," Jade said, smirking. Tori gave Jade a glare, but she wasn't affected one bit.

"How about Sikowitz?" Andre suggested, ignoring Jade's remark. Everyone agreed.

"Alright, done with that. We'll book the hotel and stuff tomorrow." Andre said.

"Kay Kay! I wanna go back in the pool!" Everyone cheered, and they jumped back in. Everyone had changed into their swimsuits. I was in blue swim shorts, Andre was in green swim shorts and so was Robbie. I glanced at Jade to see her taking her top and shorts off leaving her in a black and red bikini. She shook her hair out of her face. Damn, she looked beautiful. I didn't realise I was staring, until Andre chuckled and put his hand on my shoulder.

"Dude, look away, or you're going to start drooling," I snapped my eyes away, and blushed slightly.

"I wasn't looking at Jade,"

He chuckled some more.

"I didn't say who, dude."

I blushed some more.

"Whatever," I said, before getting in the pool.

"Do you guys want something to eat or drink?" Jade asked. We all did. Jade nodded.

"Lemonade?"

A chorus of 'yes pleases' we heard. She nodded again, and took Cat's arm.

"You're coming with me," she ordered. Cat didn't mind.

"Kay kay!"

Jade's POV

We went inside, and as soon as we were far enough for them not to hear, Cat squealed. I looked at her funny.

"What?"

"Tell me what happened!"

"When?"

"Oh, don't be ridiculous, you know what I'm talking about." She rolled her brown eyes "What did you and Beck talk about?"

"What, oh then. That was nothing. Nothing but awkward."

"Oh, come on! Why did he come upstairs?"

I rolled my eyes.

"It's nothing Cat, he just wanted to see how I was doing, cuz apparently 'I kind of just left, and he wanted to see if I was OK'." I imitated his voice.

"Aww! He cares about you!" I rolled my eyes once again.

"It's nothing Cat, really."

"OK, if you say so…" she said unconvincingly. She giggled to herself. I huffed loudly.

"What now?" she giggled some more.

"You know how Robbie asked me out?"

"Yeah…?"

"He asked me if I really wanted to go, when no one was listening, and I said I really did, then… WE KISSED!"

"Wait, WHAT? Oh, my god, Cat! I'm happy for you," I smiled at her. I knew she loved Robbie since like, ever, but could never say it, and couldn't see that he was head over heels for her.

She giggled and nodded.

"We're going out this Saturday! Now all that needs to happen is for you and Beck to get back together, so we can go on double dates, it's going to be so much fun!"

My smile immediately wiped off my face.

"CAT! For heaven's sake! Beck and I are not getting back together, got it? He hates me! He loves Tori! Get that in your god damned head!"

I regretted saying that immediately. If it was anyone else, I would've been happy I screamed at them. But this was Cat. She is my best friend; she's like a sister to me. Tears welled up in her big brown eyes, and she looked at me sadly.

"Shoot Cat, I didn't mean to shout at you, I'm sorry," I pulled her into a hug.

"It's OK, Jadey, I understand." She sniffed, burying her head in my shoulder. I sighed.

"I'm just so confused. I mean. Why did he want to kiss me if he kissed Tori. I don't get it,"

"It's ok that you still love him Jade,"

"No, it's not Cat. It's been six months; half a year. I should be over him."

"You're not over him because you still truly love him." She rubbed my back. This was a rare moment of affection for me. I usually don't talk to anyone about how I feel, but, as I said, Cat's like a sister to me, I could tell her anything.

"Too bad he doesn't feel the same way,"

"You don't know that," she said.

I sighed and pulled away. "Can we just drop it? I don't wanna talk about this," she nodded and smiled sadly. "Let's give them their lemonade."

It took us a few minutes to get it ready. We went back to the pool, and everyone looked at us.

"Lemonade!" Cat sang.

Everyone got up and took some. I set the tray down, and sat by the edge of the pool, splashing the water a bit, my arms at either side of me, gripping the tiles on the edge of the pool loosely. Suddenly I was pushed in, and dunked. I resurfaced and coughed slightly. I rubbed my eyes, and glared at the person who pushed me in. Beck. I glared more. He was having a laughing fit, his shoulders shaking, and his eyes twinkling with tears.

He got himself under control and leaned in to whisper in my ear.

"Payback," I could only stand there in the water, wet from head to toe, staring, well glaring at him. He chuckled again and swam away. I smiled slightly. Maybe he didn't hate me. Maybe there was still a chance for us. Maybe.

There it is people! Chapter 9!

I tried adding Bade, Cade, and a little Cabbie! Hope you like it. Also, do you guys want more Tandre? Let me know if you do!

Oh, and BTW, they're not gna go to NYC in the end. Something else will come up. They're gna go somewhere BIGGER. And more romantic. – yeah that was a bit of a spoiler alert.

So yeah, R&R people.

Peace!