"Oh snap," Jade spat, grabbing Cat's arm and dragging her in the janitor's closet. She locked the door before sitting down on a tiny table in a corner of the room, sighing. It was the fifth time today she had fled Beck and was slowly growing tired of it, nevertheless, giving up still was not an option to her.

"Jade," Cat whined. "Don't you think-"

"No," the dark-haired girl said decisively, while searching her bag for her phone. 6 unread texts. Clenching her teeth, she did the same thing she had already done countless times today. Delete.

"Jade," Cat tried once more. "it seems very important to him to speak to you, maybe it really was a misunderstanding that he wants to clear up."

"As if! I know what I saw," Jade said, angrily shoving her phone into her pocket.

Cat sighed. "But he's trying so hard, there has to be more behind it."

"No. End of."

The redhead pouted at her friend, who only rolled her eyes, irritated.

. . .

Beck could have sworn that he had seen Jade at her locker just a few seconds ago, but now she seemed to have magically vanished from anywhere near his sight – again. Not even once today had he managed to speak to her yet. But he wouldn't give up so easily. He had known that it would be hard and he really couldn't let things unexplained. So he decided to simply wait at her locker. Sooner or later she had to come by here, hadn't she?

. . .

Cat anxiously shifted from one foot to another, peering through the little window in the door every now and then. "Jade," she pleaded. "We're going to be late for class if we don't get out of here soon!"

"That idiot still there?" Jade replied harshly.

"Yes."

"Well, then we'll stay."

Cat moaned. "Jade, please, we gotta go. You can't hide from him in here forever!"

"Yes I can," the pale girl spat. "Beck is a freaking dumbass and not worth a single second of my time!"

"Well, you still seem to care a lot about him if you are willing to miss improv class just to not see him," Cat grinned.

"Wha- I-I do not care about him, Cat!" Jade said, her voice shaking a little at the unexpected statement of her friend.

The redhead giggled. "Then why are you blushing?"

Jade angrily covered her cheeks. "I'm not!"

"Yeah, you are," Cat chuckled. "I know you, you wouldn't hide from some boy just because he went out with someone after you rejected him. You'd ignore, maybe torture him a bit, but not like that. Unless you'd like that boy." She grinned at her friend.

"I most definitely do not like him, Cat. Got it?"

"Still blushing," she giggled.

"Ugh, Cat! You're driving me nuts!" Jade groaned, turning her face away from her friend. "Why would I like such an idiotic, egoistic, stupid, narcissistic player? I bet he changes girlfriends in the blink of an eye and then brags about it in front of his friends. I have better things to do than to be one of many."

"I don't think Beck's like that," Cat said, knitting her brows. "Maybe you just need to give him a chance."

"Pff! Guess what I wanted to do yesterday? And guess what? He messed it up before I had even entered his stupid RV!"

"You can't tell, because you won't listen to him, Jade!" Cat told her. "And besides, that you even went to him is proof enough that you do like him," she smiled.

"Quit it, Cat! I won't talk about this anymore."

Jade crossed her arms, staring at her friend angrily. Cat went to the door again and peered through the window. Beck was still standing there, anxiously checking his watch, while the last students strode by him to get to their classes. He would be late, but he didn't want to miss the chance to talk to Jade.

"Alright, I'm leaving now," she said determined, unlocking the door.

"What? No, Cat, wait!"

But Cat didn't listen to her friend and just smiled while walking out of the janitor's closet. Jade ran a few steps after her but stopped dead when she saw who was waiting at her locker for her. Cursing under her breath, she flinched and backed away a few steps again. Not him. Hopefully he hadn't seen her yet.

What she didn't know was that Cat had had other plans than just getting to class on time when she had left.

"Hey Beck," she greeted the boy.

"Oh, Cat, hi," he said, looking a little surprised at the redhead who had just appeared from the janitor's closet. Then he saw his chance. "Hey, do you know where-"

"In there," Cat replied and motioned to the little room she had just left, not needing to hear the other half of the question. "She doesn't really wanna talk to you but – try," she smiled and moved on.

"Thanks, Cat."

Knowing where she was raised his hopes. Maybe he would finally get to talk to her now. Gathering courage, he walked toward the closet, but carefully peered inside before he entered. Jade was standing in the corner, arms crossed and a thoughtful look on her face, so that she didn't notice him until he entered and quickly closed the door behind him.

Jade gasped when she spotted him, but he only smiled at her. "Hey there," he said in an undertone of remorse. She glared at him for a moment, then tried to push him out of the way to get to the door. "Wait a second, Jade, please," he begged, not letting her pass.

"I don't wanna talk to you," she hissed.

"Just let me explain this!"

"No!"

"But-"

"There is nothing to explain, I know what I saw!" Jade snarled, while starting one more attempt to leave the room, but Beck still held her back.

"It was not what it looked like, OK? Tori and I were just doing homework!"

She laughed bitterly. "Oh come on, that's like the most cliched excuse ever."

"I know," he admitted. "But it's the truth! Tori asked me if I could help her with math and I didn't wanna leave her in the lurch, so I agreed. That's all."

Jade glared at him for a short moment, before she spoke again. "Sure. All you did was homework. Of course," she then said sarcastically.

He sighed, getting desperate. "It's the truth!"

"Look, Beck, I know your game, OK? I won't spoil your precious reputation, so no need to try to make up with me, as long as you leave me alone."

He stared at her, confused, and tried to comprehend what on earth she was saying. "I have no idea what you're talking about," he eventually admitted.

"Come on, you're a player, you like to play with girls and their feelings, so you can tell everyone how much of a womanizer you are. But I can see through your little game, sorry," she said.

"Jade," he began, but she cut him off.

"Oh right, I forgot. You need a little trophy before you will leave me alone, right?"

OK, this was getting more confusing by the minute. Beck shook his head in bewilderment, trying to make sense of her words. "Jade, I-"

But instead of explaining things, she grabbed his shirt and pulled him close until her face met his. Before he even knew what was happening she broke the kiss off again, glaring at him.

"Here you go, now you can tell your friends that you melted the ice queen and move on," she said dryly, while pushing him out of the way and leaving without another word.

Beck was left speechless and unable to move. What on earth had just happened? Did Jade West really just kiss him? He carefully brought his fingertips to his lips, touching the place where her lips had been just a moment ago. It felt as if electricity was pulsating through them.

He had no idea why she had done it but one thing he knew for sure – he wanted more of it.

Ohhh Bade kiss! :) Maybe not what you would expect from a first kiss but... well. LOL

Don't really know what else to say. I'm watching Winx Club right now because Liz voices one of the characters (and Ariana too). Hehe. I'm way too obsessed... I can tell because it's 2:30am and I'm still awake to watch a kids show just to hear 2 minutes of Liz's voice. Yep, obsessed. Definitely.

OK, now pleeeeaaaseeeee press that cute little review-thingy down there, k? :) V V V