In honor of the amazing Liz Gillies' birthday, I am posting today!
Happy 25th to Liz!
Right now, there are 9 chapters left. Hope you enjoy them.
Disclaimers: I don't own anything with Victorious except the characters I create. Victorious is owned by Nickelodeon and Dan Schneider
You Said You Loved Me
JUNE 9th, 2015
Beck nods to the barista, taking his two cups of coffee, and sits at the coffee shop wait for Jade and Kady to arrive when his co-star, a senior, for this student film he is working on walks up and sits down with him. She's pretty enough but not Jade pretty, and she's definitely not as good of an actor. He has found himself having to feed her lines on more than one occasion, but he knew that they still had a few more days that they had to work together so he smiles politely.
"Oh, hey, Laura,"
"Hey Beck," Laura tucks a loose strand of her brown hair behind her ear, "whatcha drinking?"
"Oh, just some coffee, ya know,"
"Yea," She smiles tenderly at him, "so how do you think the movie is going?"
"Pretty good. I think that last scene we shot today is going to have to be re-shot…I feel like my face looked weird,"
"No!" Laura takes drapes her hand over Beck's, "your face looked fine," Beck smiles awkwardly and takes his hand away from hers. "You could leave it there," Beck watches a blush form on Laura's cheek.
"I could, but I don't think my girlfriend would be too pleased,"
"You have a girlfriend?" Laura looks wide-eyed at Beck.
"Yea, I talk about her all of the time,"
"I've never heard you talk about anyone other than your sister,"
"I don't have a sister…"
"Yea, you do. That Jade girl. You tell everyone how proud you are of her, how she's so brave, and how you can't wait to see her,"
"Jade is my girlfriend, Laura, and I am so proud of her because she's doing school, working on a show, and being an awesome mom, and she is so brave because she's doing all of that, and of course I can't wait to see her," Beck puts down his coffee and clenches his fist, "I love her,"
"Mom?"
"Yea…we have a…"
"Dada!" Kady toddles up to Beck and places her hands on his knees and smiles brightly up at him.
"Kady! How's my girl?" Beck picks her up and places her, so she is standing on his knees. She leans down and places a kiss on his face. She sees the coffee cup and starts to reach for it.
"Oh no, no, no. Not for little ones," Beck places kisses all over her hands, which causes her to smile, "that's for Mommy so she isn't cranky at work,"
"Who is this cutie?" Laura smiles awkwardly at the scene in front of her.
"Can you tell Daddy's friend your name?" Kady's smile fades and she glares at Laura before hugging and snuggling into Beck, "sorry, she doesn't do new people well. She's a lot like her mom in that sense, but this is Kady, my daughter,"
"That's funny, I've never seen her at school before," Beck resists the urge to roll his eyes.
"Well, she usually stays with Jade's grandparents, who live here, while we're in class, and we try to bring her to class as minimally as possible because she's a year and change, so she's got a lot of energy. Sitting still in a class is probably not an option," the clicking of heels causes Kady to lift her head.
"Mama!" Laura turns to see Jade approaching and her jaw drops at the sight of her. Jade is wearing a lace crop top and high-waisted shorts with a long red flannel shirt covering the outfit, topping it off with jewelry and her signature black nails. Her thigh-high boots clacking against the cold concrete. Her black hair hangs loosely down her back, and when she looks up, Laura notices her stunning looks and bright blues eyes.
"Jade West. Your girlfriend is Emmy Award nominee, Jade West,"
"Five years and counting." Beck smiles at Laura before turning back to Jade.
"Hey, babe," Beck hands Jade her coffee which she gladly takes a sip of.
"Who's she?"
"This is my co-star, Laura, remember me talking about her?" Jade looks at Laura, who has shrunken deep into her chair.
"Kind of." Jade smiles and turns to Laura. Jade smiles remembering this is Beck's co-star and she needs to be somewhat polite, "hi, nice to meet you."
"Nicetomeetyoutoo." Laura says quickly enough that Jade barely makes out the words before Laura bolts off.
"What's her deal?"
"Don't know. You obviously don't need to go to wardrobe today," Beck starts making funny faces at Kady as he starts clapping her hands together.
"No, we had promos earlier,"
"How was she?"
"Slept through most of it and then played with the crew for the rest," Beck smiles and turns to Jade.
"Well that's good," Beck moves Kady to the side so Jade can join her on his lap. "What time do you have to be back?"
"In 30 minutes, so do you wanna take a walk?"
"Do you have the scarf?" Jade whips a scarf out of her bag before placing it on Kady. The scarf had been designed to react negatively when flash is used, turning the picture black and making it unusable. Beck and Jade decided early on that Kady's face would stay off their social media accounts until she was old enough to decide whether she wanted to be in the limelight.
"No pictures of you, baby butterfly. Man, I'm so glad your mom bought this," the couple stand and start walking out of the cafe hand-in-hand with Kady clinging to Beck. "She missed you today,"
"I missed you, too, both of you," Kady snuggles into her dad's chest.
"How did recording go?" Beck and Jade start walking to Jade's filming location which wasn't too far from where they were.
"Eh, it went alright,"
"How is Laura compared to your last leading lady?" Jade raises an eyebrow.
"The worst,"
"Really? The one from that play was awful,"
"What?"
"What?"
"You're always my leading lady, Jade Audra,"
"Sap," Jade smiles into her coffee as she takes a sip.
"You love it," Beck pulls her in for a soft kiss.
"I love you forever until tomorrow." Beck pulls away and looks at Jade seriously, "but seriously, she's pretty bad." Jade and Beck laugh as they continue their walk, chatting about their day.
Jade wakes up to her phone going off. She lets it go to voicemail, but a second call comes in and she quickly answers with a harsh voice.
"Whoever this is, it better be a good reason. It is," Jade looks at her clock, "Eight in the morning and this is the one day I get to sleep in this week,"
"Jade, it's Mom,"
"Oh," Jade's voice softens, "what's up, Mom?"
"I am so sorry, sweetie,"
"What?"
"Are you okay?"
"What are you talking about?" Jade rolls over onto her back and tries to wake up.
"Who's calling us this early?" Beck mumbles into his pillow.
"Shhh, it's my mom." Beck satisfied with the answer, cuddles into Jade's side, and she starts playing with his hair. "What's up, Mom?"
"Have you not seen the news?"
"No, you woke me up,"
"Jade…sweetie, it's Beck,"
"What about him?" Beck snuggles in closer, " beside him being extra clingy this morning,"
"He's cheating on you," Jade holds her breath and feels her whole world stop. She pulls the phone away from her face and sees that her phone is filled with news updates and notifications.
On-Set Romance: Jade West's beau is falling for his new leading lady
Subtle Coffee Dates for Beck Oliver and mysterious blonde
Dark to Light: The inside scoop into Beck's new girl
Jade's eyes run over all the headlines.
"Jade…sweetie, are you there?"
"I've got to go." Jade hangs up her phone and jolts out of bed.
"Why?! We get to sleep in today," Jade glares daggers at him and takes her pillow and throws it at him.
"You're cheating on me?! With that Laura girl?!"
"What?!" Beck's sleepy demeanor is shed as he sits up, "what are you talking about, Jade?"
"Just a co-star, huh?!" Jade runs her hands through her hair.
"Who is just a co-star?!"
"Laura!"
"Laura is just a co-star,"
"Not according to the photos all over the internet! Look at your fucking phone," Beck looks at his phone to see the same headlines as Jade.
Jade's Success Drove Beck Away
Inside the Custody Battle of Jade West and Beck Oliver
Who is the real cause of the breakup?
"Jade," Beck stands up and walks over to Jade, trying to hold her, but she dodges the attempt.
"Oh no, you don't get to touch me right now!"
"Jade, I'm not cheating on you,"
"Why was she at the cafe yesterday?" Jade crosses her arms and starts to bounce angrily.
"It's close to where we were shooting, and she wanted coffee?"
"Why was she sitting with you, Beck?!"
"Cause we work together! She tried to hit on me, but I told her about you the minute she tried,"
"Why didn't she know about me before?" Jade tries to brush past him, but he grabs her arm preventing her from leaving. "Let me go, Beck!"
"No! We're going to talk about this like adults because there's more at stake here than our relationship,"
"Oh like, what? Your career?"
"No, our daughter, who is asleep in her room," Jade's face softens at the mention of Kady.
"Why?" Jade hangs her head as her voice wavers.
"Why, what, Jade?"
"Why would you cheat on me? You promised that you never would. All of the girls that have hit on you: Tori, Abby, Meredith, Tracy, Cynthia, Jessica, Madeline; why her? What about her was so special that you couldn't say no?" Beck watches as Jade's shoulder start to shake from crying. He guides her back to the bed, gently, and lays them both down. Her cries get louder, so Beck pulls her in tightly and she joins in, clinging to him as if he was the only thing to keep her from drowning.
"I promise, Jade, I didn't,"
"But the pictures…"
"The pictures only tell half the story. She was flirting with me and I put a stop to it just like I promised you I would when we got back together. I've kept that part of my deal, babe, you just have to trust me," Beck places kisses on her head. "You're the only girl for me, Jade Audra West, well, you and a certain blue-eyed monster who is standing in the door."
"Mama sad," Kady comes running up to the bed, "why Mama sad?" Jade brings Kady up, and she quickly settles between her two parents.
"People said really bad things about Daddy, and it made Mama really sad because she thought she was going to lose him,"
"No, Dada, don't go,"
"I'm not going anywhere, Kady, except maybe to the store or something but I'll take you with me as often as I can." Kady smiles and her eyelids start to fall again. Beck looks at his two girls and he can't help but smile. Jade's eyes shut and Kady shifts her body toward her, so Beck takes the opportunity to take a photo of the two sleeping beauties next to him.
BECK OLIVER:
To my two girls:
I love you to the moon and back. I love you more than words could ever express because every day you challenge me and make want to strive to be better. Not only for me, but also for you two. You are my reason for living and breathing, and for you two I would work forever in a job that I hated if it meant that you were happy, and you never had to want for anything.
To the person who "broke the news" this morning:
Fuck right off. Jade is the only girl I have eyes for, and the fact that you spin a coffee between two co-stars as something more is truly sickening. I was waiting for Jade and Kady. I had Jade's coffee with me. Laura just happened to show up. I never want to wake up to Jade so upset again because whenever I see tears of hate and sadness in her eyes…I can feel my heart breaking. I never want to see her like that again. Jade is my other half. My soulmate. The fact that this is something that ever had to cross her mind is repulsive. There is no story. There is no affair. There is just Jade, Kady and I, so kindly take your gossip trash to another house.
Beck put Kady down for her afternoon nap and wandered back into the kitchen to see Jade leaning against the counter in her pajamas, facing the coffee that was sitting on it. After the news this morning, they had decided that today was a day that they were going to shut off their phones, stay in their pajamas, and just spend some time together shut off from the rest of the world for a while.
"Jade?" Beck walked up behind her and turned her to face him to notice some tears forming, "hey, hey, what's wrong?" Beck pulls her into a hug.
"I thought I lost you again," Beck places a tender kiss on her lips while he moves her coffee to the side before picking her up and placing her on the counter.
"But you didn't," Beck runs his hands up Jade's thighs before placing them on her hips. Jade's hands find their way to his shoulders before placing her forehead on his. Her eyes close while she takes some deep breathes.
"But what if I do?" Beck runs one of his hands up Jade's body before resting it on her heart over the washer necklace that he had given her when they were fourteen.
"Do you remember when I got this for you?" Jade nods, "do you remember what's it from?"
"Your Mustang,"
"Because?"
"Our first official date as a couple was fixing it with your dad," a small smile appears on both of their faces.
"Do you remember what I said to you when I gave it to you?" Jade separates herself a little bit from Beck, covering his hand with hers while the other traced the matching one around his neck.
"That they were a promise."
"A promise that I would love you forever," Beck scoots Jade closer to him, "that like the washer, it would be unending because even though we had only been dating for a month, I knew that I was going to be with you until the end of time. I chose the washer from the Mustang because watching you working on that car was the minute I knew that you were the girl for me." Jade captures Beck's lips in a passionate kiss, circling the hand that was not on his necklace around his neck. Her legs wrap around his waist, and Beck uses the opportunity to lift Jade off the counter and turns, pressing her into the fridge behind them. Beck starts to unbutton Jade's pajama top but loses patience and rips it open to see Jade's heaving naked chest. Beck lets out a moan and captures Jade's lips again, taking her off the fridge and taking her down the hallway to their room.
Beck looked at Jade's sleeping form and grabs his phone, turning it on.
15 missed calls from Mom
2 missed calls from Dad
65 missed calls from Cat
From Cat: CALL ME! RIGHT NOW!
From Dad: Your mother is worried. Please let her know you aren't dead, so she will leave me alone.
To Cat: Taking a break from phones today. We will talk tomorrow. Jade and I are fine. Don't believe the stories.
To Mom: Not dead. Please don't worry. Jade and I are trying to stay off our phones today. Don't believe the stories.
Beck is about to shut off his phone again when he sees that he has one more message that got lost from the millions of texts from Cat.
From Laura: Now that they think that we are together, we can embrace that tension we have now. No need to hide.
To Laura: Fuck off.
To Cameron: I'm sorry, dude. Laura is crazy. Either she's out or it's me.
From Cameron: Who would I replace her with? I don't have anyone, and we're almost done.
To Cameron: Tracy Peterson. She's a great actress and she's not batshit insane by thinking I'm remotely in love with her. Here is her number.
From Cameron: Okay, dude. How are you? I saw the stories.
To Cameron: I'm fine. Jade's fine. It's just been a rough day. Turning my phone off now. I'll see you tomorrow.
"What are you doing?" Jade cuddles into Beck's side looking at his phone.
"Calming down my parents. Making sure Cat doesn't die from lack of contact from either of us. Getting Laura fired…"
"Beck, you don't have to…" Beck silences her with a kiss.
"Oh, I do because after getting this text," Beck shows Jade Laura's text, "I have to because bitch is crazy."
"I wonder how she'll look with a botched haircut," Jade glares at the phone. Beck laughs.
"Don't worry about her, babe," Beck runs his hands over her hair, "she's out of our lives and we don't have to worry about her,"
"I love you."
"I love you, too," Jade straddles Beck causing the sheet to pool at her hips giving him the perfect view of her breasts. "Oh, how I love these two, too." Jade smiles and leans down, capturing Beck's lips with hers.
Hope you enjoyed.
Until Next Time!
-KMA
