It's Complicated

Chapter 3

Jade's POV

I took a deep breath as I stared into the mirror. I touched up my makeup and stared at my reflection. I took a few more deep breaths before I realized I was hyperventilating. It'll be okay, I said to myself, you'll survive. She'll just ask for an autograph and leave. If Beck says something to you just ignore him. He probably won't even come to see me. She'll come alone. But won't they notice if they find a little girl backstage wandering alone? Beck will have to come with her. Then I'll need an escape route. If I get to my dressing room before Beck and his I mean our daughter get backstage I won't run into them. I'll tell the stage guys working there that I'm too tired to take autographs. They won't bother me.

One of the guys who works at my shows knocked on my door and said,"5 minutes."

I adjusted my hair again and walked out the door and to the stage and waited for my cue.

Showtime.

Beck's POV

Jess and I sat in our seat and waited for the show to start. Jessie was bobbing up and down in her seat, wearing a black shirt with Jade's face on it.

"I can't believe we're in actual seats in the actual front row at an actual Jade West concert! I might even be able to touch her actual hand when she actually reaches out into the actual audience. What if she actually sweats on us? But that's actually impossible because I actually read in an actual issue of STARR magazine that she actually doesn't sweat." She said, nodding at me.

"That's actually amazing." I said. After a few minutes the lights dimmed and the stage lit up.

"Omigod! Cat Valentine is her opening act!" Jessie screamed. A red head walked onstage and stood at the microphone and all the memories of her crazy antics from high school came back to me.

"Every day is so wonderful and suddenly, it's hard to breathe…" she sang.

"Are you ready to get higher?" she yelled when she was done with the first song. The audience screamed and waved their glow sticks.

"Been running round in circles, trying to find the end…" she sang and danced around. She walked around the stage as she sang. She came closer to us and started dancing and flailing her free arm around.

"I got that fire, you got me open, you dig it deeper- OMG! Hi Beck!" she said in the middle of her song and waved to me.

"Oh my gosh! I haven't seen you in like a gabijahillion years!" she said. The entire crowd got quiet in surprise and Jess looked at me, confused.

"Hey Cat." I said awkwardly.

She smiled, absentmindedly , and sniffed her hair.

"Hey Cat! Why don't you finish the song?" I said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" she said, offended.

"You have a nice voice?" I said, trying not to insult her.

"Aw, that's so sweet! Oh Yeah! I was in a concert!" she giggled," You dig it deeper, I take it higher."

Jessie gave me a look of confusion and continued to watch the show. She finished another 2 songs without interruption. Then came Jade's performance. The stages turned from Cat's pinks and yellows to Jade's purples and blacks. Jade came onto the stage and stood with Cat. The music for Give it up started and I remembered her killing it at Karaoke Dokie.

"Someday I'll let you in, treat you right drive you outta your mind…" she and Cat sang. After the song they gave each other a hug and Cat left the stage.

Jade sang songs then sat on the stage and started a slow song. She was sitting right next to us, close enough for me to touch her.

She reached out into the audience and Jess grabbed her hand. Jade looked straight at her for a few seconds, then let go of her hand.

After the show was over, I pulled out the backstage passes, putting one around my neck.

"What was that?" Jessie asked. She sounded angry.

"What was what?"

"I'm serious. How did Cat Valentine know you?"

"It's nothing." I put the loop around her neck and let it fall down.

"It's something!" she yelled, "What are you hiding?" I took her hair and flipped it over the chord, smoothing it out.

"What's your favorite species of shark?" I said, trying to distract her.

"The great white, now tell me!" she said, stomping her foot.

"Don't stop your foot at me, chill out. We were friends in a performing arts high school. She just hasn't seen me in a while."

"Were you guys close?"

"Not really. We barely talked."

"Oh, that's why she screamed your name! You guys must have a remembrance of each other, if she remembers you that well."

"It's nothing! High school is over! Now I'm taking care of you and that's all that matters." I yelled. She looked unsatisfied by my answer and hurt by me yelling at her. I brought her close to my side and kissed her forehead. I started leading her to where the backstage area is.

"Dad?" she said when we got inside.

"Yeah, baby girl?"

"Does she know my mom?" she asked. I thought about what to say for a moment and I didn't think that she would figure it out. She spoke up before I did.

"I can tell you're younger than all my friend's parents. You never tell me your age but you like you're in your mid 20s. All my friend's parents look a lot older. Was I born when you were in high school? I know what a teenage pregnancy is. I'm not stupid." She said. I realized that she was a lot wiser than her age. She noticed things that I wouldn't expect her to notice for another 2 years. I wasn't ready to tell her because it would be painful to let the memories come back to me.

I found a couch in the hall and sat on it.

"Okay, here how it all happened." I started my story.

IMPORTANT A/N: I'll be going away for sports camp for the next 2 weeks so I won't be able to update. I might be able to update next weekend but no promise. I'd really rather write than do sports because I'm somewhat athletically challenged and balls tend to hit me in the face but I've gone every year since I was like 7 and it's only time I see my best friend once a year. I'll have my phone which has internet so if you PM me I'll be able to PM back. :)

And I've never been to a real concert so this chapter isn't perfect.