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Jade Dumps Beck
Part Two
"Okay, everyone set with their drinks?" Beck asks, as we all sit around his parents dining room table with various drinks in front of us. A chorus of different versions of yes are yelled out in answer to his question. He smiles and sits down in the chair next to me, and I scoot my chair over to lean my head on his shoulder. I've got a lovely buzz going on, and when Robbie suggested we play "Never Have I Ever," I didn't oppose like I normally would.
"Never have I ever gotten oral sex, I mean, you know, a blow job," Robbie admits in his awkward, rambling way, looking down into his lap.
"Ha!" Rex laughs. Beck and Andre both look at each other and take a shot of the vodka that is in front of them. Robbie's mouth drops open and he then his eyes shift to me and he just stares, knowing that when we played this game last month Andre was the only one that took a shot.
"Don't say a fucking word!" I yell at him, while I think try to think up a good one.
"Never have I ever….smoked three joints one right after the other," I say, glaring at Robbie.
"But- but that's not fair! You dared me too!" Robbie complains, as I nudge the shot of Bicardi 151 towards him.
"Doesn't matter," I smirk. "Drink up!" Robbie sighs, and picks up the shot, staring at it for a minute.
"Man, stop being a pussy Rob!" Rex yells at him. Beck, Andre, and I burst out laughing as Robbie takes the shot and his mouth immediately starts to water.
"Oh, my God! That's horrible!" Robbie sputters, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Okay, my turn!" Vega says just a bit too eagerly. I can't help but narrow my eyes at her a bit, part of me is wondering if she is going to try to use this game as an excuse to get Beck even drunker than he already is. "Never have I ever, met anyone from a classic rock 'n roll band," she says, looking around the table at all of us, with her eyes stopping on Beck.
"Well shit. Cheers Babe!" Beck smiles at me, clinking his shot glass and mine together before we both throw the alcohol down our throats. Beck leans over and kisses me on the lips. "You are so fucking beautiful," he whispers to me quietly, as he leans his forehead against mine.
"And you are so fucking drunk," I respond, smiling. I pull my head away and look across the table at Tori. "Seriously Vega? That was the worst 'never have I ever' question in the history of this idiotic game," I say, smirking as I stand up. "And you know my rules guys, once a lame ass question gets asked, I am done."
"Damn it Tori!" Andre says, shoving her shoulder gently. "I had a good one too!"
"Way to go Tori!" Robbie yells.
"Quit spazzing out Rob, damn," Rex chides him, as I roll my eyes and walk away from everyone.
I walk into Beck's parents kitchen and pour myself a glass of water and then check my phone to see if Cat has texted me. I hate this. Watching him gasp for every breath is horrible. The doctor's say it is only a matter of time. Time for what? No one will tell me. I wish you were here Jadey. I struggle to think up a supportive response to write back to her, when I feel a strong pair of arms wrap around me and hug me close from behind.
"Everything okay with Cat?" Beck whispers into my ear, before kissing the top of my head. I love that he knows why I left the room, and the real reason behind it. I lean back into him and sigh, glad that he followed me into the kitchen.
"Not really. It sounds really bad. I just hate that I can't be there for her, you know? I feel like I should be. Her fucking grandpa is going to die any second now, but no one will just come right out and say that to her. You know how she is, and how her family fucking coddles her," I vent to my boyfriend while turning my head back to look at him. "And I feel even more guilty, because there is a small part of me is glad that I am here with you."
Beck spins me around to face him, and grabs a hold of my hands. "You aren't Cat's keeper Jade. You can't fix everything for her, no matter how much you want to."
I yank my arms out of Beck's grasp. "I know I am not her fucking keeper! What the hell Beck?" I yell at him, narrowing my eyes.
Beck sighs and runs his hand through his hair. "Look Jade, I didn't mean-"
"I'm not in the mood for this," I say and push past Beck and back into the dining room where everyone is still lounging around. I just need to get my mind off of the helplessness I feel over Cat's situation, and as much as I have tried to ignore it, the conversation with my mom is still haunting me. I walk up to the table and grab a bottle of vodka. "Anyone up for body shots?"
I wake up to my phone buzzing like crazy. "Shut up!" I yell, reaching over to grab it off of my nightstand, only to almost fall out of the bed because I grab onto thin air. Confused, I unbury my head from underneath the warm comforter, and see a bright blue room with a life size cardboard spiderman cutout in the corner. Where the fuck am I? I sit up quickly and instantly regret it, my head feels like it weighs about fifty pounds. I stand up and begin to search for my damn buzzing phone and I vaguely remember why I am in Beck's old bedroom, instead of his RV. After the body shots, (of which I am 99% sure I took one off of everyone, including Vega) I remember his phone kept going off because he was getting texts from some skanky chick in his damn yoga class. I was drunk and not in a mood to deal with him, announced to everyone that I was crashing and stumbled into his old twin bed with the superhero sheets. God, Beck is such a closet nerd.
After a couple minutes of searching I find my damn phone under the bed. I check it, and see that I have a couple missed calls from my mom, and several missed texts. Nothing from Cat though. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing at this point. The last text from my mom was sent about fifteen minutes ago, demanding that I be home by noon at the latest. I glance at the time on my phone and notice it is 11:45.
Well, shit.
"Don't worry, we will find your keys and Andre and I will get your car back to you," Beck says, breaking the silence as he pulls up into my mom's driveway. I somehow managed to lose track of my car keys last night, and didn't have enough time to search for them, so I had to settle for Beck driving me home.
"Okay," I mumble, unbuckling my seat belt, but instead of making a move to get out of the car I just let out a big sigh, and lean back against the seat, closing my eyes. "I really don't want to go in there. I don't know what the big, important deal is, but I am so not in the mood," I say, hoping the ibuprofen I took for my headache will start to kick in soon.
Beck takes my left hand in his and gently squeezes it. "Whatever your mom's deal is, I'm sure it isn't that bad," Beck says, trying to get me to relax. It almost starts to work and I glance at him and begin to give him a half smile, until his phone dings announcing that he has gotten another text message.
I yank my hand out of his and narrow my eyes. "Another text? That wouldn't be from fucking yoga girl again, would it?"
Beck sighs and grabs his phone to look at it. "Yeah, it's Alyssa, but she just needs a ride to yoga in the morning because her car-"
"Whatever," I cut Beck's explanation off, get out of the car and slam the door shut as hard as I can. I walk up to my mom's house and through the front door, (thankfully it is unlocked, since my keys are still missing) without a backwards glance at my damn boyfriend. Let him text Alyssa fucking Vaughn until his fucking fingers fall off for all I care.
"Jade, you're home," my mom says, meeting me in the foyer. "I called the Vega's house trying to track you down since you weren't answering your phone, but apparently you guys decided to stay somewhere else last night?"
Oh shit. "Um, well, you see, Cat's in San Francisco, and then Tori's sister Trina got sick-"
"Oh, don't worry about it right now," my mom just waved away my excuses like I was fifteen minutes past curfew, not that I just got busted lying about where I was for the night. I raised my eyebrows and snap my mouth shut, wondering just what could be so important that I escaped what any other time would be at least a two week grounding.
"Why don't we go sit down in the living room to talk?" my mom asks me, gesturing for me to lead the way. I don't say anything but walk into the living room, and stop dead in my tracks as soon as I catch a glimpse of my dad, who is sitting on the sofa. I whip around and face her.
"Okay, enough of this cryptic shit. What the hell is going on Mom? Why the hell is Dad here?" I practically scream. I am royally freaking out. My parents haven't willingly been in the same room with each other for five years. I see my mom glance past me to look at my dad, and I hear him stand up and begin to walk towards me. So I spin and turn around to face him. "What is it?" My dad just looks down at the floor.
"Jade, honey," my mom says after a minute, once she realizes that my dad has no intention of speaking first. "David's been released into his parent's custody. He is out and back living down the street."
I can feel myself beginning to shake my head no violently. "No. No. NO! There must be some mistake!"
This can't be fucking happening.
A/N: Ah, cliffhangers! Don't you just hate them. *evil grin* Don't worry, I already have half of the next chapter written, so it will be up by Wednesday at the latest, AND I will actually get to the episode in the next chapter too. There is a reference to a certain someone's show during Never Have I Ever game, and I will give virtual cupcakes to anyone who knows what it is! Don't spoil it for anyone ABEDFAN! :) PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE review and let me know what you think! Reviews inspire me to write more, especially now that I have no idea how many people are actually reading the story.