A/N: I freakin' love this chapter. Soso cute. c: It makes me all happy and bubbly inside. Finally something smile-y again, lol. Enjoy! And reviews, please, you know the drill. ;)
Gotta love how I get better sleep in Beck's RV than I do in my own bed. Ironic, right?
Maybe it's just because I feel protected when I'm in his arms. He's the only one that can stop me from the scariest thing I've ever had to face: myself.
Normally, I wake up earlier than Beck and just close my eyes and breathe until he starts to stir, which is when I get up and head to the mini-fridge to grab him an orange juice and frozen Pop-Tart. Sometimes, I swear, we're like an old married couple.
But that day, he had set an alarm for ten a.m., around when I usually woke up, and I heard him shuffle around in the bed and mumble something.
"What, Beck?" I yawned and stretched, then opened my eyes to see him tiredly facing me with a goofy grin on his face.
"I said, 'happy birthday, baby.'" He leaned over to the nightstand near his side of the bed and pulled a small black box onto the mattress, laying it between us. "You're seventeen!"
I groaned and propped myself up onto my elbow. Great. I forgot. My birthday. I hated birthdays- why would anyone want to celebrate the day I was brought into this world?
"I thought we agreed on no presents?" I grumbled.
"I lied." He said and his smile widened. "Come on Jade, just open it!" He was like a four year old little kid on Christmas.
"Alright, alright…" I growled, and he laughed. I gently lifted the lid off of the box and flipped through some light tissue paper until I found what I was looking for.
I pulled a long silver chain out of the box. Hanging off of it was a medium sized gold ring, with engravings around it.
"Wow." I gaped. It was beautiful, and must have cost him a fortune. I really wasn't a fan of jewelry (I mean, besides the tiny stud in my nose and the ring in my brow) but it was simply gorgeous.
"I have one too," Beck was grinning, pulling his out of the drawer in his nightstand. It was identical to mine; except for that his was engraved "Beck&Jade" as opposed to mine which was set up "Jade&Beck" and I assumed it was to tell them apart.
I noticed on the side opposite the names, a few small Chinese characters were engraved as well.
"What's this?" I said, brushing my fingers across them lightly.
"Oh. Well, um…" Beck said a bit nervously, "It means, uh… forever. You know. I thought it fit, I guess… 'Beck and Jade- forever.' If you don't like it though, I can always-"
"Beck." I smiled, something I definitely did not think I would do at all today. He was just so cute, I couldn't help it. "I love it." He grinned again and jumped out of bed, throwing a tee shirt on with a pair of skinny jeans, and excitedly put his necklace on. He claimed he was going to get me breakfast, which I hoped was a pancake meal from McDonald's (of course he knew), and told me he'd text me as soon as he got there. He ran out the door giving me a swift peck on the lips before leaving. I was so sure he'd come back with flowers, too, or some shit.
Beck and Jade, Jade and Beck- forever.
I liked the sound of that.