Chapter 12
I guess I had plans to hang out with Jade after school. I decided that we should just hang out here at Hollywood Arts, they usually kept it open for after school clubs and stuff. Once school was over I went to my locker and put most of my things away and waited on the steps where we agreed to meet. The school was mostly empty and quiet now. It was weird seeing this school so quiet there was always singers or musicians around practicing. Jade didn't show up for nearly 10 minutes.
"Hey how was your first day?" I asked
"Fine…" Jade said sitting down with her eyes glued to the floor again, "..How was yours?"
"Good…" I replied. We both sat there not really knowing what to say. I didn't now how to start asking her if she was alright, "So what did you do in Europe? Did you get to go to Paris and see the Eiffel tower?"
"Yeah, it was nice," Jade replied, "What did you do here?"
"Beck taught me how to drive," I slightly giggled.
"And he's still alive?" Jade laughed.
"Surprisingly," I said laughing with her.
"Where did he take you?"
"To that golf course on Sunrise Boulevard."
"Oh yeah, he took me there once but that was when we first started dating in 8th grade," Jade replied.
I couldn't believe this I was actually having a civil conversation with Jade West.
"Is he happy?" Jade asked.
"Yeah, I think so," I started to say, "I could tell that he missed you though."
"Really?"
"Yeah he did, you meant a lot to him, just now things are different. I know he still wants to be your friend."
"Friend…" jade repeated.
"Is that alright with you?" I asked after awhile.
"Yeah it is. I'm always gonna care about him but a lot has changed me over this summer… beings friends with Beck sounds nice right now and well…if he's happy I'm happy," Jade confessed almost in a whisper.
"That's really noble of you," I admitted, "but are you happy? Me and Beck both want you to be. You deserve it."
Now Jade's face changed. I was expecting her to yell at me but she just mumbled out, "no I don't…"
"Jade… did something happen over there?"
Jade swallowed and opened her mouth about to say something when Cat came up to us.
"Jade! I'm so happy you're back!" Cat said running up to her and hugging her. Jade seemed like she didn't put much effort into that hug, "did you see David Beckham while you were over there?!"
I didn't press on with asking her, I knew she wouldn't say anything to me while Cat was there. She probably wouldn't say anything to me anyways. I knew that she and Cat had been friends longer than I had been friends with her. Then again, she might only tell Beck. I texted him and told him that. He said that he would call her tonight.
Later that night Me, my mom, and Trina were all sitting at the table having dinner. Trina got into a community college not far from our house and she kept going on about how amazing college boys were.
"Well thank god I'm spending $5,000 a year for you to go there and check out boys," my mom said sarcastically.
I heard a knock at the door, "I'll get it."
When I got to the door it was Jade.
"Oh hi Jade, what's up?" I asked.
"Ok so you know how earlier I told you, you owe me for hanging out with you after school today?" she asked.
I was about to tell her she asked to hang out with me but I let it go, "uh yeah."
"I got an idea on how you can help me," Jade said with her hands on her hips and her stereotypical smile. I was starting to get nervous.
"ok…" I said worried, "how?"
"Can we talk out here alone?" she motioned to our porch couch.
"Ok," I said and went down and sat on the couch, "So what's up?"
"Did you tell Beck to call me to help me?" Jade questioned.
"I just figured that you'd want his help over mine," I confessed.
"Well I don't. I want you to help me…" Jade replied, "I need a girl to help me."
"Why…?" I asked now getting suspicious, "Jade, what happened over there?"
I could see the shame and humiliation written all over her face. Now she looked back down to the ground and nervous.
"Tori… I need you to help me…" Jade began slowly, "get an abortion."
I think my jaw dropped all the way down to the floor. I couldn't believe it, Jade the center of negativity, who hate's children was…
"You're…" I said I almost couldn't even spit it out, "you're pregnant?"
Jade didn't say anything.
"Is it Beck?" I asked getting scared. I knew that because of the timing it was a stupid question but I still needed the validation.
"No! It's not his, once we started fighting we didn't have sex much," Jade said truthfully, "I promise. It's someone else's' trust me…"
"Well… does the guy know?" I asked her.
"I sent him a text when I was in the airport to leave, but once I got back into the states you can't receive texts or calls from there," Jade admitted.
"Oh Jade…" I sighed.
This was wrong. This was so wrong, the guy deserved to know. Also, the baby didn't deserve to get caught up in the middle of this. it wasn't their fault, but I knew Jade, she was stubborn and was going to do it with or without me. It was against all my morals, but this wasn't me…it was Jade.
"Look…" I said slowly, "I will help you out on one condition."
"Name it," jade said.
"First, you have to call the guy in London and tell him the truth and see what he says," I stated.
"Ok… I'll do it," jade said sadly.
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