Hidden In Plain Sight
Chapter Eight:
Cat's POV:
When I got home, I saw my parents in the living room. They were talking to my brother who looked like he'd gotten into trouble again. Knowing it was best if I stayed out of it, I quickly said told them I was home and asked if Jade was here. They told me she was, but she'd been in my room since she got home early.
I briefly wondered what had happened with the police officers, after all, Jade had said she was going to mine with the cops. Beck had told me to talk to Jade about it, anyways, so I was about to find out soon.
I hung my bag on the banister and took my shoes off, putting them underneath the coat hooks. After, I ran upstairs, eager to both get away from the madness that was my brother and to see Jadey.
When I got up there and into my room, I was met with the sight of Jade herself sat in front of my vanity. She saw me in the reflection of the mirror and said a quick 'hello'. I greeted her back and threw myself on my bed, thankful to be home and in my room.
It was only when I was playing with Mr Giraffe and cast a brief glance at Jadey that I realised she was doing something other than putting on makeup or doing her hair. She was looking down in concentration and had a weird metal stick in her hand.
Curious, I got up from my bed and walked over to the vanity, Mr Giraffe in hand. I looked down at what Jadey was doing, but I was still confused. In front of her, on the vanity, was a little, black bottle.
"What are you doing, Jadey?" I finally asked. It looked like she was drawing on herself with the metal stick, but the small spikes on the end of it would make that impossible. Jadey looked up from her wrist, "what does it look like? I'm giving myself a tattoo," she explained, turning back to her wrist. "Aren't you supposed to get other people to do your tattoos?" I trailed off.
"Yup. But I don't have enough money at the moment and I wanted a tattoo now," she replied. I let out a sound of understanding and decided to just watch her tattoo a small smiley face on the inside of her left wrist.
It was really fascinating to watch, really, but unfortunately it was over quickly because the tattoo was only a small one. It looked a little messy, but Jadey cleaned it up after she put the ink away and got rid of the needle. It looked amazing! I stared in awe as Jadey indulged me, holding out her pale wrist that now had a small smiley face on it.
Now that I had nothing to distract me, I threw myself back onto my bed and listened as Jadey walked around the room until she came up to the speakers and plugged her phone in. I expected to hear Jade's kind of music blasting out of the speakers any second, but luckily for me, she decided to play something we both like- Lady Gaga. I was really happy to hear one of my favourite songs (Beautiful, Dirty, Rich) playing from the speakers.
Unable to contain my happiness, I squealed and jumped from the bed, going over to give Jadey a hug with Mr Giraffe still in my hands. She let me hug her for three seconds before shoving me off with a grunt.
Suddenly, I remembered that Beck had told me to talk to Jadey about the cops. I gasped and jumped on the bed, dragging Jade along with me by her sleeve.
Jade rolled her eyes but didn't protest as she sat on the bed with me. She was just about to pick up a magazine and start reading it, but I took the magazine and threw it across the room. "What did you do that for?" She snapped, annoyed.
"I need to talk to you," I plainly stated.
"About what?" She rolled her eyes again.
"Well, about the cops earlier. What did they want? Why did you leave school early?"
"It's none of your business," she told me and got up off the bed to pick up the magazine. I pouted but didn't move seeing as she was coming back to the bed with the magazine. "Please tell me, Jadey, I'm worried. You could be in trouble," I pointed out.
"I'm not in trouble," she muttered, not taking her eyes off the page she'd turned to. "Then why did you need to talk to the cops? And why did you leave school early?" I repeated my question. Jadey sighed and closed the magazine, fully turning her attention to me, "they wanted to talk to me about my running away, and the guy I dated," she told me before getting up to change the song. Paint It Blackstarted playing and I smiled.
I followed her and hugged her, "what did they say?" I asked when she reluctantly put her own arms around me. "They wanted to know where I went and I had to tell them the truth because they know who I was with. Turns out my ex also reported me missing," I could feel the way she sighed and I frowned. Why would he report her missing if he only hurt her, I wondered. "They also wanted to know why I'd run away from him and come home."
"What did you tell them?" I asked.
"Nothing. That was when I was still with Lane. I didn't want him to know," she told me.
"Is that why you left school?"
"No. According to them I was being 'difficult'," she chuckled, "they thought if I was in a different setting I would cooperate. They obviously don't know me." I let out a laugh and hugged her tighter, turning serious. "Jadey... Did you love him?" I questioned quietly.
"Love who?" She tensed and rested her chin on my head. "The guy you dated," I said. She stayed quiet for a moment and for a while I thought she wouldn't reply, but that was when she answered, "yes. A lot. He was so kind to me and treated ms like a queen. I thought I'd found 'the one'," she laughed and I realised she must be crying, "and sometimes I think I still love him, but then I remember what he did to me and... and I hate him with every fibre of my being," she admitted, sniffling.
I tightened my hold on her and asked my next question, "do you still love Beck?" I hoped she wouldn't get angry with me for asking that. Luckily, she didn't. "I do. But it's hopeless, he hates me. That's why I ran away," she sniffled again.
"He doesn't hate you, Jadey!" I pulled away and held her at arms length, ignoring her red, teary eyes and sad expression. "Beck loves you! He and Tori are the reason I told someone about you running away. He was a wreck when they still hadn't found you after the first week! André and Robbie had to team up to get him to leave his RV," I told her. I was genuinely shocked that Jade though Beck hated her.
Jade pushed my hands away and wiped her tears. "If that's true, why hasn't he said anything? He's barely spoken to me since I came home," she moved back to the bed, turning the music down slightly on the way back. "He knows he's the reason you ran away so he thinks you hate him, too," I told her.
"That's stupid. He's stupid," she scoffed. There's the Jadey I know. I'm so glad she's becoming more like herself the longer she's here. She was different when she came home. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but she was. "True," I laughed, "and he's stupidly in love with you," I giggled.
"Ugh, that's cringey. That is sick," she rolled her eyes, but she couldn't help laughing with me.
That's when her phone rang. She took it off the speaker and looked at the number. With a frown, she turned to me, "I think I'm gonna go to Beck's," she said. I smiled widely and jumped off the bed to hug her. She briefly hugged be back before pulling away and grabbing her bag.
I wished her good luck and said goodbye. She returned the goodbye and left the.
When I heard the front door slam shut, I rushed to my bedroom window and looked out, watching as Jadey walked down the street with her phone to her ear. She looked a little annoyed, but that's Jadey so I just smiled and moved away from the window.
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When I went to sleep last night, Jadey hadn't returned home but that wasn't unusual for her. Before she and Beck broke up, she used to spend a lot of nights at Beck's.
The second I woke up, I noticed Jadey was back. I turned over and saw her asleep next to me. She doesn't usually sleep in my bed, she said she gets annoyed because I talk in my sleep sometimes. She chooses to sleep on the floor with a lot of pillows and cushions, most days.
Not long after I got out of bed and got dressed, my alarm went off, signalling it was time to get up for school. I always wake up before my alarm, but the alarm is there just in case I don't.
Jadey pulled the covers over her head but when the alarm didn't cease, she moved an arm from under the blanket and stabbed my alarm through the top with scissors. I gasped, "Jadey!"
Annoyed, Jade threw the covers off her body and got up. She stomped passed me and entered the en suite, leaving me stood in the middle of my room with a hair brush in my hand.
I pouted and turned to the door, "I'll see you at school, Jadey!" I told her through the door. I knew she would be a while. I liked to get to school early so I can see all my friends whereas Jadey liked to get there whenever she could be bothered.
"Okay, whatever," Jade called back, though it was muffled, a sign she was brushing her teeth. "Byeeee," I called and picked up my bag, leaving the room. On my way out of the house, I picked up an apple for my breakfast.
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Beck's POV:
I was just chilling on the steps of the main hallway in HA when a high pitched squeal met my ears. I immdediately covered them and looked up to see my favourite red head running towards me at full speed. I braced myself for impact, but like usual, nothing could stop me from toppling backwards when we met.
I grabbed onto Cat with on arm and with the other, I held the banister to stop myself from hitting the steps behind me with full force.
When Cat was satisfied she'd hugged me enough, she quickly jumoed away and sat next to me with a smile plastered to her face. "You're in a good mood today," I noted with a chuckle. Cat giggled and nodded, "yep! Life's great," she said.
"Is it now? And why would that be?"
"Because! You and Jade! You love each other," she smiled wide.
"I'm not sure about that. Jade hates me," I turned to my pearphone. "No she doesn't, silly! She told me yesterday she still loves you! And she went to see you yesterday, remember?" I frowned and turned to Cat. Jade hadn't come to see me yesterday. "What are you talking about?" I asked, genuinely confused.
"Well, Jade came to see you yesterday, right? That's what she said to me and then she left. She was on the phone and I thought it was with you..." Cat trailed off.
"Jade didn't come to see me yesterday," I told her seriously. "Oh," Cat said.
"Yeah, 'oh'. So where did she go if she didn't come and see me?" I questioned, standing up and putting my phone in my back pocket. Cat stood up with me and shrugged her shoulders, "we can ask her when she comes into school," she suggested.
"Yeah. But we won't let the others know otherwise Jade won't tell us," I reminded her. Jade wasn't exactly one to tell someone something if there was a large audience or if a lot of people knew something was up and they were pestering her. "KK," Cat agreed.
"Okay, let's go find the others until she gets here," I suggested. Cat nodded and we walked off to find the others. My mind was miles away like usual, though. I couldn't stop thinking about where Jade could have been. And I don't exactly like being used as an excuse without being told first. Even then I don't like it.
I sighed heavily. We'd just have to wait until Jade got here.
