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Chapter twelve: Work for it.

Jade's POV:

I woke up with a feeling of warmth and comfort I hadn't felt for a long time. I wanted it to last forever. The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Beck's t-shirt. It took me a while to understand what I was doing, leaning on him like when we were together... Then I remembered the events of the night before. I saw his peaceful face as he was sleeping. he was really gorgeous, and I had missed him a lot. Beck, he was such a confusing person. I truly loved him, and so did he, apparently. But I couldn't just forgive him. We weren't in some fairytale where he could just say he was sorry then everything would be alright. No matter what Cat would say But then again she lived in her own world. He had put me through a lot, and I wasn't ready to go for it once again just now. I was too afraid of being hurt again. Yes, Jade west was afraid of something. This was my biggest fear. Being abandoned by the people I loved the most. And this had happened too many times, more than I could bear.

I tried not to move, wanting to feel this moment, at least until he woke up. So I just closed my eyes and got lost in my thoughts, remembering my moments with Beck. When we had been together, I would always rest on his chest and we would just stay like that for hours. I had forgotten how good it felt. I had missed him so much.

After some time, I felt him stir and I quickly got away from him, too quickly in fact. I had forgotten I had some broken bones and it hurt.

"Ouch!" I said before holding my side, it had come out of my mind before I coud stop it. I saw Beck's eyes as they fluttered and looked for me in such a big fear.

"Jade! Are you Okay, where does it hurt? DO you want me to call the doctor?" He said in one breath. I couldn't stop myself from laughing. He was so worried for me…

"What is it?" He asked, still on alert.

"Don't worry that much. I can take care of myself." I said, my usual me resurfacing after all this drama.

"But you seemed in pain." He said clueless.

"I just moved too quickly, it's okay now." I replied. The frown on his face instantly disappeared. We stayed silent for a minute, only looking at each other in the eyes.

"So…are we back together?" He asked awkwardly and hopefully.

I struggled not to say yes, no girl would have hesitated for a fraction of a second if Beck Oliver had asked them out. But I really had had enough of suffering for now, maybe after, when I would feel right in my mind, probably, if he would still want me. Now I was still too messed up "No.." I answered, not daring to look at him.

Beck's POV:

I had been so sure she would have forgiven me, but then she had said it "No." a plain and simple no. The worst thing was that as much as needed us to be back together, I couldn't blame her, no, we were in this mess because of me. I wasn't going to abandon anyway.

"You said you still loved me." I asked, hoping it would make her think about it.

"I know. I do." She replied, looking at me straight in the eyes, her gaze was burning me, making me feel so bad that she still wasn't mine. "But we can't get back together right now. I-I want to have some rest Beck, I want to feel good with myself, and I want to know you won't betray me again."

"Of course I won't, I have learned my lesson. I will make it up to you, just-"

"Beck…" She cut me, she was obviously not going to be easy to convince, and I didn't want to push her.

"Are we at least friends now?" I asked, she had to at least accept that, the rest would come after. "I can wait."

"Yes we are, thank you." She said with one of her rare true smiles. It made her so wonderfully beautiful.

"Hug?" I said, reaching for her.

"Beck! You know I hate any sign of affection."She said, but she was still smiling, so I hugged her anyway and we both started laughing. Wow, laughing. It seemed like we hadn't had this chance for longer than I could remember.

"I am going to make this right this time." I said when we had parted. She looked at me, and we stayed in an awkward silence. She seemed to think about something, but before she could say anything, the door flung open and someone came running towards her, it was her mother quickly followed by her father and her little brother.

"Jade! What happened to you? Are you okay? Why didn't you call me? Oh, my baby…" She said, hugging her daughter.

"Ugh, don't hug me like that. I am okay." As she said that, I knew Jade was back, the real Jade, the strong Jade. The one who never showed any sign of affection, but secretly liked it when given to her. It made me feel so happy, so alive. That was Jade's power over me.


Ok, so I hope this chapter has made things clear: they're not back together yet...Beck still has some work to be done for that ;) I hope you liked it and I know it's short so I am sorry. Anyway, see you soon!

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