'Being bad' turns out to be much more fun than either Beck or Jade could have imagined it to be. They have to put on a show at work so that no one there finds out, dodge the paparazzi so nothing leaks online or in the gossip magazines. All of their hookups happen in secret, and the thrill of trying not to get caught makes it all that more exciting to them. Neither one of them tells a soul. Jade doesn't even mention it to Cat, which is much easier to do now that she's away on tour.
"I feel like a naughty kid getting sent to the principal's office." Beck smirks as he closes Jade's office door behind him and locks it "Which isn't something that I ever thought I would find enjoyable."
"Kind of an odd thing to be turned on by, don't you think?" Jade chuckles, wrapping her arms around Beck's neck as he wraps his around her waist "Like think about having to get it on with Helen..."
"It's more of a dominance kind of thing." Beck shrugs "Do you want to make out now or do you want to keep talking about Helen?"
"We can make out."
His lips are on her's within seconds, his tongue slipping inside her mouth in a gentle, yet demanding, kind of way. Every inch of Jade's body feels like it is melting into Beck's as she pushes him towards the couch along the wall, eventually forcing him down on top of it.
Beck loves the feeling of Jade on top of him, the way that she's pressed up against him, how close they are. When he inhales the scents of her shampoo and perfume swirl together as they enter his nostrils, creating something that smells as beautiful as she looks. Their hands are everywhere as they kiss, pulling at each other's clothes and gripping each other's hair as they try to find a way to become closer to one another than they already are. Jade begins to work at the buckle on Beck's belt when a knock at the door makes them both freeze.
"Jade?" Someone calls out from the other side of the door "Are you in there?"
"Yeah, just a second!" She calls back, turning to Beck "Hide!"
"Are you serious?"
"Under the desk!" She hisses, fixing her hair and smoothing out her shirt the best that she can
"Alright, alright!"
When Jade is sure that Beck is hidden out of sight, she makes one last attempt to fix her hair, then unlocks the door and opens it to find one of her assistants standing on the other side.
"I didn't know these doors could lock." The younger woman remarks
"Yeah, neither did I until a few weeks ago." Jade chuckles
"Were you talking to someone?"
"Huh? Oh, yes I was." Jade looks back towards her desk to make sure that Beck is still hidden "I was on a call with one of the representatives from Netflix, they wanted to know what the production timeline looks like. That's why I had the door locked, so no one came in."
"Oh I'm so sorry!" The girl apologizes "I didn't mean to interrupt."
"You saved me, actually." Jade lies "The conversation was beginning to drag a bit. Did you...um, did you need something?"
"Mina Scott faxed these over for you." The assistant hands Jade a manilla file folder full of papers "She said you were expecting them?"
"Right, the notes on the next script." Jade nods, accepting the folder "Thank you...is there anything else?"
"No! I'll let you get back to work."
"Okay, thanks."
Jade closes the door and waits until the sound of footsteps disappear before she says anything else.
"You can come out now."
"That was close." Beck laughs, emerging from under her desk "Exciting, but a bit of a boner killer."
"Sorry, no one usually bothers me on my lunch break." Jade apologizes "Is the mood dead?"
"Kinda." Beck winces "Sorry."
"S'okay." Jade shrugs "Try again tonight after Drew and Harper go to bed?"
"Sure." Beck smiles "I'm going to go see what Food Services has for lunch."
"Wait." Jade stops him "They think I'm alone in here, I should leave first."
"Oh, fuck. You're right." Beck agrees "Good call."
"Alright, I'll leave...then you follow in about ten minutes. Pretend like you came from another office though."
"I can do that." Beck nods as Jade goes to leave "Jade, wait!"
He grabs her hand and pulls her back towards him, catching her a bit off guard. She's laughing and a smile forms on her lips as he takes her in his arms and presses a gentle, much less aggressive, kiss to her lips.
"Enjoy your lunch." He smiles
"Thanks." She smiles back, reaching for the doorknob "You too. See you back on set."
The one thing that both Beck and Jade are hypersensitive to, probably more than anything else, is the fact that Jade's children are almost always close by. They're always asleep when Beck is over, but the pair has to be extra careful. Drew is still young enough that they can explain things away but Harper is a light sleeper, and likes to ask a lot of questions. Beck never spends a full night, he's always gone by 3:30 at the latest, and returns to his own bed in his own home until his alarm goes off.
"Can I ask you a question?" Beck asks her one night as they're lying side by side in bed "No judgement on either side?"
"Sure." Jade shrugs "I guess."
"After we broke up, how many guys were there before Andrew?"
"Uh, well..." Jade runs through her list of ex-boyfriends in her head "Legitimate boyfriends, or people that I slept with?"
"Let's say boyfriends."
"Five." She responds "Cody, Brian, Ian, Thomas, and Eric...and then Andrew would make six."
"Oh."
"Were you expecting more or less?"
"I'm not sure, really." Beck admits
"After me, how many girls were there before Bianca?"
"None." Beck admits "Not any legitimate girlfriends anyway."
"Oh."
"Were you expecting more or less?" Beck smirks, repeating her question
"More." Jade admits "No offense."
"None taken." Beck chuckles "I think one thing we can both agree on though, is that the experience has done us both good."
"How do you mean?"
"We're a lot better at this than we were when we were seventeen." He tells her
"Better at what?" Jade asks for clarification "Having honest conversations? Or having sex?"
"Both." He shrugs with a smile "But I was mostly referring to the sex."