8 pm.

If I had accepted his offer, I wouldn't be here now.

Jade rolled over her bed, burying her face in a big purple pillow. It was all Cat's fault. Why had she tried to make her feel guilty about rejecting Beck? She really didn't want to go out with him.

Really.

Really?

But Beck is perfect, she remembered her friend's words. So why not try it?

Because I can't stand him, Jade decided. Let's stick to facts, they hadn't talked that much to each other and most time they had done so, it led to some fight. He wasn't happy about her being negative all the time and she hated being told so. So it wouldn't work out anyway. Period.

She grabbed her phone and started randomly scrolling through some photos on it, when it suddenly started buzzing. A text message from Cat.

Still no regrets? x

Jade groaned, pushing her face into the pillow again. Couldn't she just let her alone? Yeah, maybe she was thinking about her decision right now, maybe she was slightly bored, maybe she was wondering about the what if.

But she was also sure that the contras were outweighing the pros for dating him. So it was decided. No regretting. Right?

Shut up, Cat.

Only a few seconds later her phone was buzzing again.

So you ARE regretting it :)

Jade narrowed her eyes and texted back furiously. What was she thinking?

NO, Cat, I am NOT. I'm having the time of my life right now. Now stop getting on my nerves.

This time it took some time for Cat to reply and Jade was starting to get worried that she might have upset her too much. But then Cat texted back.

I'll just wait for the moment in which I can say "told you so" then.

Jade rolled her eyes and typed one last message.

Have fun waiting.

She was sure that Cat wouldn't reply anymore now and Jade was also tired of this discussion. No, she wasn't regretting rejecting Beck. No, no, no. Impossible.

. . .

"Hey Beck," Tori greeted after he had opened the door to his silver RV.

"Hey," he replied and took a step to the side, motioning her to enter. "Come in."

Tori was looking around curiously while she went inside. The RV looked really comfortable. There wasn't that much space but still it was enough for one or two persons. Beck even had a fish tank in there.

"This is so cool," she admitted. "And you really live in here?"

"I do," he smiled. "So... we better get started now so we have enough time."

Tori nodded and the two of them sat down at a small table, starting to do their homework.

Tori had taken a lot of time to get ready for tonight. She had put extra effort into her outfit, hair and make-up (still trying to not look overdressed, though) to impress Beck. She was batting her eyelashes flirtatiously at him while she spoke and moved as close as she could while he explained things to her.

But all her efforts seemed to come to nothing. Beck didn't even notice her approaches, he was just trying to not think of Jade (which was harder than he thought it would be).

Halfheartedly, he explained some things to Tori, hoping she would leave soon.

"And then you can just solve it. That's it, basically."

"Oh OK, I see," she said and nodded, while trying to make a thoughtful impression. "Thanks, Beck, you're the best teacher ever."

She gave him her sweetest smile.

Beck ran a hand through his hair nervously. "It's not a big deal..."

"Don't be so modest," she chuckled. "So, I guess we're done now and it's only..." - she glanced at her watch - "9 pm. Wanna go see a movie or something?"

"Uuh," he said, uncertain what to say. "No, sorry, I think I got some more homework to do and I wanted to go bed early today. Another time maybe."

"Oh OK," Tori said, trying to hide her disappointment. "Well, I'll just l-"

A knock on the door interrupted her. Beck knitted his brows in astonishment and shot a glance at the door. Who would visit him at this time?

He went to answer it and was surprised and shocked to find a certain girl at his doorstep.

"Jade?" he gasped.

She took a deep breath. "Yeah, look, I was thinking about earlier today and– why are you so nervous?"

She eyed him suspiciously.

"I-I'm just surprised to find you here," he said, praying that Tori wouldn't come looking who was at the door because he knew Jade wouldn't take her being here well.

Jade narrowed her eyes. "What are you hiding?" she asked and tried to peer inside. Her eyes widened in shock when she spotted Vega sitting at the table, who was also trying to figure out who was standing at the door. Tori's expression changed from curious to indignant as she recognized Jade.

"Tori?" Jade asked furiously, while turning back to Beck. "Really, Beck? Only a few hours after you asked me out you're hitting on Tori? Wow..."

"No, Jade, it's not what it looks like, we were just–" Beck tried to explain but Jade cut him off.

"Yeah sure, I'm not dumb, Beck," she hissed. "I can't believe I came here..." she added, rather talking to herself than to him now.

She turned around and started stalking away. "This is all Cat's fault," she mumbled while leaving.

"Jade, please wait!" Beck shouted and started to run after her but stopped when he remembered Tori still sitting in his RV. He sighed. "I'm such an idiot..."

He watched as Jade disappeared in the darkness without looking back once. He had really messed it up big-time, hadn't he?

Slowly, he started walking back to his RV. Tori stood in his door, her things packed and ready to leave.

"So... what was this about?" she asked. "Are you dating Jade?"

"No," he sighed. "No, I'm not. This is... difficult, I can't really explain. I'll see you tomorrow, OK?"

"OK," she said and gave him one last smile before she started to leave. "Bye, Beck."

"Bye."

As Tori had left, he went back inside his RV and let himself fall down onto his bed. This had probably been the worst timing ever. And he couldn't stop wondering why Jade had come to him. Had she changed her mind? Sighing, he decided that he would presumably never get to know the reason as it was unlikely that Jade would talk to him ever again now.

I don't really know what to say... lol Are you all still interested in this story? Because I get less and less reviews on each chapter and idk... I really like this story and it'd be sad if everyone stopped reading it.

Anyway, thanks to those who did review! :)