I just found this fic after many years and decided it's sad to leave thing unfinished. Therefore I'm gonna slightly rewrite the existing chapters as well as the old, never posted ones I found and also write a few new ones to wrap it up and to give fourteen year old me some closure. This first one is by far the worst though so stick with me and it will get better!

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Beck's POV

It was just a regular Tuesday morning at Hollywood Arts, the most prestigious high school for teenagers dreaming about a career in the arts. I'd only been going there about a year and was really enjoying the school with it's creative spirit and all the opportunities. My own dream was to become a successful actor, maybe the next Hollywood hearththrob. So far I'd been doing pretty good at school, getting some parts in various plays and school productions as well as making myself part of a group of friends, wonderfully creative and weird people.

"Hey guys!" My redheaded friend Cat came walking up to me, Tori and André, standing next to Tori's locker. "Guess what!" Cat seemed pretty excited so it was probably something her brother had done. We'd never actually met him but each and every day we were entertained with stories of her brother awkwardly making his way through life.

"What, Cat?" André asked.

"There's a new girl coming to school today and she's in our acting class!"

"Cool" Tori said. "How is she? Have you met her?"

"Yeah, I used to know her a few years back, but then she moved away and now she's back in LA and she's totally cool!"

A new girl? I didn't know why, but I was pretty excited to meet her. It felt like she was going to be really special for me. A really good friend, maybe?

"So, should we get to class and meet her?" I suggested

"Yeah!" Cat squealed. "I'm sure you'll like her, Beck. She's really cool!"

A few minutes later we all sat in our usual spots in Sikowitz classroom. He was our acting teacher, an odd-looking man, known for his love of coconuts and drive-by acting challenges. Sikowitz wasn't there, neither was the new girl.

"Hey, Cat!" I whispered. Cat was sitting in the chair next to me, as usual, twirling a strand of her red velvet-colored hair around her finger.

"Yeah?" She asked, confused.

"You didn't tell us what her name was" I didn't know why, but I felt this strong urge to know.

"Oh! Sorry, Beck." Cat smiled apologizing. "Her name is Jade"

Jade. I kinda liked it. It was short, but had a nice ring to it. Jade.

"Hey class!" We got interrupted by Sikowitzlfalling in from the window. It wasn't surprising – it could have been much worse. "So, has anyone seen the new girl?"

"I have, I have!" Cat bounced up and down on her chair with excitement.

"Good" Sikowitz said. "Now Cat, where is she?"

Cat's face fell. "I don't know"

At the same time the door slammed open. Cat's face lit up. "There she is!"

Everyone turned around to look at the new girl, Jade. She was pretty tall and pale, her hair long and brown with blue streaks in it. Her expression told me that she wasn't a girl you mess with. She wore a simple long, dark grey tank top, black skinny jeans and heavy black combat boots. She had two piercings in her face and wore a lot of silver jewelry.

"Hey, Jadey boo!" Cat looked at the girl, smiling.

"Shut up!" Jade mumbled, but regretted it when she saw Cat's hurt expression.

"Sorry, I meant: Hi Cat!" Jade said, faking a smile. "What are you staring at?" She hissed when she walked past me on her way to the empty chair next to Tori. In the next moment she tripped over my bag on the floor and fell. I instinctively reached out my arms, catching her before she could hit the floor. Her body pressed into mine, warm and solid and I was stunned for a bit. It seemed like she was too, but just for a nanosecond before glaring at me and getting up.

"Keep your bag in your lap, dude". Then she went to go sit next to Tori.

I hardly paid any attention to Sikowitz in the whole hour. My mind was only focusing on one thing – the new girl, Jade. I had no idea what to think of her. She was dark and a bit mean, yeah, but there was still something about her that made wanna get to know her. And I couldn't get the feeling of her warm body pressed into my arms out of my mind.

When the bell rang I hurried out of class, ignoring Cat's excited "Yay! Dance class!". Only to run straight into Jade. A couple of my books fell out of my arms and I bent down to collect them, internally scolding myself for my lack of attention. Way to make a good second impression.

"Do you have some serious problems, kid?" She groaned, frustrated, one eyebrow slightly raised.

"Um, no, I'm sorry. I'm Beck". I flashed her my signature smile. It worked on most girls, but apparently not her. She just rolled her eyes.

"You think I have any interest in what you're named?" With a smirk she turned around and walked away.

I just stood there, looking after her, feeling really stupid. But glad in one way – I had just noticed that her eyes were blue. Oceanblue.

Seeing as she was Cat's new "best friend in the entire world" Jade sat with our usual group at lunch. I noticed her glaring at Tori from time to time while eating her burrito. Tori looked confused. Robbie, Rex – yeah, he was a puppet, but Robbie insisted on us treating him like a real person – and André were all staring at Jade as if she was some goddess or something. I had to admit I did too a couple of times. But I couldn't help myself. She just seemed really special, and beautiful.

"I want coffee" Jade said suddenly. "Where can I get it?"

"I can get it for you" I offered.

"Two sugars"

"Okay"

I felt like this was a chance to redeem myself, possibly making a slightly better third impression than the two first ones, so I tried to hurry as much as I could getting the coffee from the coffee stand.

"Give me my coffee" She demanded when I returned to the table a couple of minutes later. I gave it to her with a smile.

"Isn't there something you should say to me? I asked playfully.

"No. Why?" Her voice was cold. I wondered if she always acted this way.

"So you're not gonna say 'thank you'?"

"Nope" She raised her pierced eyebrow. "Surprised?"

I sighed and sat down next to Cat.

Cat – with a huge smile on her tiny face – was telling Robbie about the time she and her brother went to the bowling alley. Apparently her brother had hit a bunch of random people with bowling balls.

Suddenly Jade stood up from her place next to André. "You know what? I'm leaving"

"Why?" Cat's face fell.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to ya later, buddy". Jade ruffled Cat's red hair and left.

"Man, that chick is hot!" exclaimed Rex.

"Hey, I was going to say that!" Robbie complained.

"I think she's really cool!" And there Cat goes with the squealing again.

"Cool? More like a scary emo-freak" Tori muttered under her breath. She'd seemed unusually quiet and sulky all the day, very far from the usual cheery girl she was. Could it be jealousy? The fact that she wasn't the center of attention as always?

"What about you, Beck? Like her?" André turned to me, smirking.

"C'mon man, I dunno, She's kinda scary" I admitted. But beautiful. And deep. And complex. There were all these things about her I wanted to know, to ask her, maybe try to get an invite into that secret world of Jade I assumed she was hiding beneath the angry demeanor.

"So you don't mind if I ask her out?" If André asked Jade out? I shouldn't feel weird about that. I mean, I wasn't going to ask her out. Or was I? Possibly? But André was my best friend and I owed it to him to be supportive, to not let a girl come between us.

"No, why should I? Go ahead" I gestured for him to walk after her. He rose from his chair with a big grin on his face, before running after Jade.

I had a hard time focusing in class the rest of the day, wondering where Jade was, where André was, if there was a chance they were off somewhere together. It was eating me up. As soon as the bell rang I walked out of history class and went to find him in the hallway.

"Hey, André?"

"Oh hey man! What's up?"

"Did you ask Jade out yet?" The curiosity was killing me and I couldn't help but wish she'd said no.

"Yeah"

"And what did she say?"

"You wanna know, man?" he asked quietly, his face falling a bit.

"Yeah! Of course!" Come on André, don't drag this out.

"She said 'go to hell' and that she rather would date a hedgehog.

"A hedgehog, huh? That's not very nice"

"Nah. Mean chick"

"Sorry, man" I felt bad for him, slightly. But why did i feel happy at the same time? I shouldn't be relieved that Jade rejected him. I couldn't help but wonder what she'd say if I asked her out.

AN: So this is my first fanfic. Please let me know what you think about it. Even if you hate it. In my opinion this is the worst chapter. The coming ones are a lot better. Keep reading!

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