"How does this look, is it alright?" Beck says, looking himself over in the mirror.

Jade rolls her eyes annoyed that he has asked her this question three times already. "It's fine Beck." She says through gritted teeth. She takes off the blouse and skirt she had on and looks through the closet for something else to wear. She pulls out a brand new black and purple maxi dress and pulls it on. She studies herself in the mirror, making adjustments to the dress as necessary.

"What about this?" Beck says holding a black button-up shirt and a pair of jeans in front of her.

"Oh my God." She snaps, finally fed up with him. "Just put something on and leave me alone, please!"

"What's your problem?"

"I'm a nervous wreck, and you're acting like such a girl right now." She says searching the closet for yet another outfit. "I haven't seen my mother in years and you keep going on and on about which pair of jeans and what shirt to wear." She says as she sits on the edge of the bed and buries her face in her hands.

Beck sits next to her and gently strokes her back. "I'm sorry, you're right. This is about you and your mom and I keep talking about myself. I'm just a little nervous."

"What are you nervous about?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen Jeana in a while… I'm mostly nervous for you. I just want things to work out for the two of you."

"Me too, I just don't want to have done all of this and we end up not talking again."

"Well just say that to her. That's the point of this lunch."

Jade walks to the mirror and takes another look at herself. "Do I look okay, I feel like everything is all wrong."

"You look amazing!" He says walking up behind her and rubbing her shoulders. "You don't have anything to worry about."

"Thanks." She says unconvinced.

"Come on, let's finish getting ready. It'll be time to get Cat soon."

Beck, Jade, and Cat ride in silence until they pull into the parking lot of the small café where they are to meet Jade's mom. Beck pulls the car into a parking space and turns the ignition off and watches Jade as she unbuckles her seatbelt, rolls down her window and sticks her head out. He notices that she's gone from taking long drawn out breaths to quick, shallow ones. "Jade?" He calls out, having never seen her like this before.

"I can't breathe Beck." She says in a panic. "It's hot and I… cannot…breathe."

"Babe, calm down. You're just nervous." He says, grabbing hold of her shaking hand.

"I want to do this, I swear I do, but I'm not sure that I can." She says, struggling to take a deep breath.

"Jade, why are you so nervous? It's just Jeana. I've never seen you this nervous about anything, EVER!" Cay says.

"Come on Babe, Everything's going to be fine." Beck says, rubbing her thigh.

"You think?" Jade says, lowering herself back inside the car.

"I know it."

"Guys, I'm going to see if Jeana is here." Cat says as she opens her door and steps out of the car. She walks up to Jade's window and peeks her head inside. "Everything will be okay, just relax." She says, flashing a smile, and then bouncing off towards the café.

Jade leans her head against the headrest and rubs her temples. She tries to relax herself by taking a few more deep breaths. "It's just my mom." She quietly whispers to herself. "What is wrong with me?"

"Jade, stop stressing yourself. Everything is going to work out just fine, I'm sure of it. Come on, Cat is waving us inside."

Beck gets out of the car and walks around to help Jade out of the passenger seat. He takes her by the hand and they slowly walk toward the entrance of the café. The closer they get to the door the tighter Jade grips Beck's hand. He gently rubs her hand with his thumb, hoping to relax and comfort her. When he feels Jade start to shake, he stops her just short of entering the café. He steps in front of her, places his hands on her waist and he gives her a gentle kiss on the forehead. "Relax." He says before taking her hand and leading her the rest of the way inside.

"Look at you! You look so beautiful." A breathless Jeana says to Jade, tears flowing from her eyes.

"Hey mom." Jade says nervously.

Jeana wipes the tears from her eyes and cautiously approaches Jade. "Is it okay if I give you a hug?"

"Of course."

Jeana pulls Jade in for a long, loving embrace. The two of them are overcome with emotion as they stand in the middle of the café hugging each other and crying. Cat and Beck watch quietly as Jade and Jeana reunite for the first time in years. When they finally pull away from each other Beck walks up to Jeana and gives her a hug.

"How're you doing Jeana?"

"I'm alright, and yourself?"

"I'm good. Look, we'll catch up later, you two should talk alone." He says taking Cat by the hand. "We'll be right over there." He says pointing to a table in the corner.

"Why are we sitting over there?" Cat asks.

"They need to catch up." He gives Jade another peck on the cheek and whispers in her ear. "We'll be right over there."

Jade watches Beck and Cat as they sit at their table in the corner of the room. She turns back to Jeana and forces a tense smile. "Should we sit?" She asks her.

"Um, yeah." Jeana says leading Jade to her table where they both take a seat. "You look so beautiful sweetie. I haven't seen you in your natural hair color in forever." Jeana laughs.

"Yeah, I know." Jade says looking at her hair. "I just decided to let it go when I found out I was pregnant. Thanks goodness I only used semi-permanent."

"I still can't believe you're having a baby. How far along are you?"

"Six months."

"Wow…" Jeana says proudly. There's an awkward pause between the two and Jade starts to fidget and pick at her nail polish, when she is stopped by her mother gently laying her hand on top of hers. "I see you still pick with your nails when you're nervous."

"Oh… yeah"

"You don't have to be nervous with me."

"It's just been so long."

"I know…too long." Jeana sighs, her smile fading. She begins to sob as Jade looks on, trying to hold back her own tears. "I'm so, so sorry." Jeana whispers between sobs. "I don't know what I was thinking choosing a man over my own child. I honestly regretted that decision every day of my life. It hurt so much because I love you so much and missed you so much and wasn't able to tell you and it was all my fault."

"Why did you choose him? What did I do to make you choose him over me?" Jade says, wiping away the single tear she let escape. "I always thought you were the one person I could count on and it felt like you just abandoned me."

"I did abandon you, and trust me, I hated myself for it. I guess after divorcing your father, I just didn't want another failed marriage. You were off in college… as stupid as it sounds I didn't want to be alone. I felt like I needed someone. Even if he was an evil bastard. I know I made the wrong decision, and I hope one day you can forgive me."

"How are things going to be different now, I'm sure he still doesn't want you to have anything to do with me."

"I left him. I couldn't take being away from you anymore, I would cry for you every day. Every time I heard you on the radio, saw you in a movie, or saw you in a magazine. It hurt me to my heart. When you won your Grammys, I just wanted so badly to hug you and congratulate you. I don't want to have to send messages through Cat anymore. I want to talk to you, and spend time with you. I used to try to call you, knowing that he had your number blocked on all the phones. I used to pray that the call would go through just once. Even after all that, I still couldn't leave him. It wasn't until Cat called me and told me you were pregnant that I decided that I had to leave. I had to choose you. My only daughter was pregnant with her first child and going through it all without me. I want to be here for you… if you want me to be. I would also understand if you never want to see me again after today. I deserve it, but I just want you to know that you can come to me. I'm here now, and I hope that you will want me around."

"Of course I want you around Mom." Jade says choking back tears. "I wouldn't be here if I didn't. I just felt worthless for so long." She says, voice cracking as she finally breaks down. "You left me, Daddy didn't care about me, and Jonathan didn't want anything to do with me because he didn't want to be known as Jade West's brother. It's hard when your entire family turns their back on you."

"I can only imagine what you were going through. But believe me… I've always loved you and Jonathan loves you. He was just trying to find himself. He was a freshman and didn't want people to like him or try to use him because of who his sister was. He's really looking forward to seeing you again."

"Is he really?" Jade states skeptically.

"He is! He wanted to come here today, but we figured it would be best if you and I talked alone first. We didn't want to overwhelm you."

"Oh please," Jade laughs. "I felt overwhelmed as soon as Cat said you agreed to come to lunch with us. I think I actually had a full on panic attack outside in the car." She says, covering her face, embarrassed to admit.

"Oh no…" Jeana says. "Are you okay now?"

"Yeah… so you really left him?"

"Um-hmm. I'm in the process of divorcing him. You'll never guess who my attorney is."

"Who?"

"Richard!"

"Dad?"

"Yeah, weird right? As much as he irritates me, I have to admit that he's a good attorney."

"Yeah. I guess."

"I told him I was trying to reestablish a relationship with you."

"Umm… I can only guess what he had to say about it."

Jeana laughs and pats Jade's hand. "He wasn't too thrilled. He told me I shouldn't be throwing away my marriage for our train wreck of a daughter."

"How does he figure I'm a train wreck?" Jade says rolling her eyes in annoyance. "I'm doing really well, better than I could have ever imagined. I've never been in trouble for anything. What more does he want from me."

"Jade, your father is all about structure and rules and degrees, and corporate jobs. He doesn't understand people like us. You're a free spirit, always have been. You've never been afraid to speak your mind and do as you please and I love that about you. Your dad on the other hand took it as you being a disobedient wild child."

"Of course he would, he's an ass. Let's not talk about him anymore. I feel myself getting annoyed."

Jeana laughs at Jade's bluntness. "That's fine by me. So should we have Beck and Cat come over?"

"Yeah, I think we've hashed everything out!"

Jade and Jeana turn to Beck and Cat who are caught staring intently at the two. Jeana waves them over to her table so they can all sit and eat together. Cat shoots up right away and dashes across the café and sits in the seat next to Jeana compared to Beck who casually strolls across and sits next to Jade wrapping his arm around her.

"Are you two good now?" Cat asks anxiously.

"Yes, we're good Cat." Jade smiles.

"Yay!" She squeals with delight. "I'm so happy for you two!"

"Yeah, me too." Beck says, shooting Jade a quick smile.

"I still can't believe you two got back together. I always loved you two as a couple." Jeana says, practically beaming.

"Really, most people hated us together." Jade says.

"No they didn't. My mom always wanted us to be together." Beck says.

"What about your dad?" Jade laughs.

"Well, that's a completely different story." Beck says rubbing his head.

"Beck's dad hated me."

"He didn't hate you."

"He HATED me."

"Well you did attack him with a dog."

"It was supposed to be you!"

"What? Why did you attack him with a dog?" Jeana says.

"She didn't tell you about that?" Beck laughs. "Your hot-headed daughter broke up with me sophomore year of high school and when she was finally ready to apologize she got me a dog and snuck it into my RV."

"Only it turns out that the dog was some evil devil dog and spazzed out, and Beck wasn't even in his RV that night… his dad was. But I apologized the next time I saw him!" Jade says innocently. What could I do… the damage was already done."

"Well that wasn't the only reason he didn't like you."

"What?! What else did I do?"

"He was convinced that we were having sex aaand he thought that you would end up pregnant and ruin my life."

"Well he was right about us having sex, but at least I waited until we were adults to get pregnant and ruin your life."

Jade's mom chuckles. "Jade wasn't going to get pregnant. I put her on birth control."

"You did?" Beck and Cat both say.

"Yeah, I knew you two were having sex but I also knew that if that's what Jade wanted to do then that was what she was going to do. When I first suspected that you two were sleeping together I asked her about it and she was surprisingly honest."

"Well there was no point in lying about it." Jade casually says.

"So I took her and put her on birth control."

"Why didn't you ever tell me you were on birth control" Beck asks.

"I don't know, I didn't want you thinking I was a floozy."

"Speaking of birth control…" Jeana cuts in, "I'm surprised that you weren't on birth control now with everything going on for you. It seems like a crazy time to have a baby."

"I was on birth control, but my mirena fell out while I was on tour. When I got home Beck surprised me with a vacation and I didn't get a chance to get another one put in and apparently we were having sex quicker than we could get the condoms on."

"Jade!" Beck says, embarrassed that she was being so open about their sex life with their mother. "I don't think your mom wants to hear all of that."

"Oh please, Jade used to tell me everything. I don't think there is anything she can say that will shock me." Jeana laughs. "So, do you know what you're having yet?"

"We just found out the other day, it's a girl."

"A GIRL….Ohhhhhh, she is going to be gorgeous. Have you thought of any names?"

"I told Beck I like the names Aria and Cadence. I think I like the name Melody also." Jade says biting into a muffin Beck brought over for her.

"What about Olivia!" Cat bursts out. "That is such a pretty name. Olivia Shapiro. CUTE!"

"Cat, she isn't going to be born a Shapiro and there's no guarantee that she is even going to marry Jonah." Beck says, shaking his head.

"I still like the name Olivia…"

"Her name would be Olivia Oliver…. It's the same name." Jade says dismissively.

"Not really…"

"It's the same name, Olivia is the feminine form of Oliver."

"It's still a cute name."

"Maybe we can name her Olivia West."

"No!" Beck says sternly.

"Why not?" Jade laughs

"She going to have my last name, just like you will. I did look through the book a little the night you left and I kinda like the name Amelia. Amelia and Avery."

"Avery is nice." Jade says making a mental note. "Well as you can see we still don't have a name, but we're open to suggestions."

"Not my suggestion." Cat pouts.

"I told you it's the same name!" Jade snaps. "So drop it already."

"Wow, I see you still have that snippy attitude." Jeana chuckles.

"You have no idea." Beck says, catching a mean glare from his fiancé.

Jade, Jeana, Beck and Cat sit and catch up for over an hour before finally leaving the café. Jeana and Jade make plans to call and get together with each other before finally going their separate ways, happy to have the other back in their lives.

-Jade

Beck is really getting on my last nerve. If he asks me what he should wear one more time I'm going to lose it. I'm a nervous wreck. It's been years since I've seen my mother, and I'm afraid we're not going to click like we used to. My mom used to be my best friend. If there was anything that I didn't feel comfortable talking to Cat or Back about, she was always there. She's actually the one who convinced me to go out with Beck. Believe it or not, I wasn't all that fond of him when we first met. That seems like forever ago. If it weren't for her urging me to give him a chance, I may have never found out that he was the love of my life.

It was weird seeing her again for the first time. Even though she's my mother, it was almost like meeting a stranger. There were some awkward moments as we talked out all of the difficult stuff, but fortunately it all turned around and it was like talking with an old friend. I couldn't ask for anything else right now. My life is in an awesome place.

***A/N: I tried to slip in a couple of the suggested names as well as one that I was thinking of. So keep those name suggestions coming! Also I wanted to respond to a comment that I got from Sophie Mcnutt- she asked that Jade's labor be very dramatic. I don't want to give anything away but her labor is going to be very, VERY dramatic. There will be so much going on and I can't wait to get to it! I already know everything that is going to happen so hopefully you guys will stick around until we get to that part. Anyway, thanks for reading and keep those reviews and baby name suggestions coming!***