Cat paced back and forth on the moonlit dock, checking the time on her pearphone every five seconds. Her long red hair hung around her face in damp waves and her clothes were saturated with moisture. Robbie gave up on trying to calm her down after exactly seventeen attempts, and he curled up next to an old kayak. He tried not to breath in the fishy scent coming from the rusty buckets that seemed to be everywhere in this little harbor. Robbie shut his eyes and saw Andre, Beck and Jade. He opened them and shut them again, to the same sight. He stopped fighting it after a while, and just let the sadness and worry overtake him. After a while he fell asleep to the rhythmic sound of Cat's shoes on the deteriorating wood. Eventually Tori stood up from her uncomfortable seat on the upside down kayak, and walked over to her friend.
"Cat, come on, let's come back tomorrow." She said gently. Her, Cat and Robbie had been here since 10am, when the ship turned around and brought them back empty handed. Trina had driven home, but they had stayed in hopes that the storm would blow over quickly. Robbie convinced Cat to come inside the ice cream shop to wait out the storm, but she hadn't even eaten her favorite cherry ice cream. The shop closed at 9pm though, and the three friends were forced to stand in the rain for another hour until it stopped. And so here they were, in the middle of the night in soaking wet clothes waiting for the rescue boat driver to come back. Robbie had fallen asleep, but Cat hadn't sat down all night. Finally Cat stopped walking and looked at Tori, tears threatening to smudge her already ruined makeup.
"But he promised!" She whimpered defiantly, referring to the captain that had turned them around earlier that day. "He said we could get them tomorrow when the storm had passed. Well look!"
She shoved her pink pearphone into Tori's face, showing the time was 12:02am.
"See, it's tomorrow! And it's not raining anymore. So I am going to wait here until he comes." Cat sat down on the damp wood of the dock, as to prove her point.
Tori sighed. She shivered from the cool breeze and pulled her thin green sweater closer around her. That man was certainly not going to take them at this hour; he was probably at home in bed like they should have been.
"Cat you need to get some rest and eat something, you're so stressed you're shaking right now." Cat looked at her trembling hands and gasped, but she didn't make any move to get up.
"What about Jade and Beck and Andre? They probably need something to eat too ya know. But they don't have anything." Tori shook her head at the heartbreaking tone of Cat's voice. She knew she would regret this later. She sat down next to the girl and crossed her legs.
"Fine." Tori said. "Fine, you wanna wait? We'll wait. But we are going to be here till the sun comes up before that captain gets here."
Cat bit her already shredded lip. She wanted Tori to be wrong, but Tori was always right. She buried her face in her hands.
"Cat? What's wrong?" Tori asked surprised at how quickly Cat went from determined to depressed.
"It's all my fault! If I hadn't begged Beck to take us all to the beach, none of this would've happened! What if they're not okay Tori? It'll all be because of me." She groaned and flopped onto her back, covering her favorite grey HA hoodie in sand and splintering wood. Tori looked at her and took a deep breath. It was near impossible to talk Cat out of something she believed. She still believed in unicorns and Santa Claus for crying out loud!
"Look at me." Tori said, and Cat did as she was told. "Do not blame yourself for this. It was no one's fault. A hundred other people were at the beach that day, and any one of them could've been caught in that storm. Do you understand?"
Cat nodded weakly before she continued to stare out at the ship that was waiting for its captain to save Beck, Jade and Andre. He had better hurry up.
When Andre returned to the cave after the fire had been rebuilt, he let out a huge breath of relief when he saw Jade curled in Beck's lap. She still looked weak and pained, but at least she was breathing. Andre sat down too, and peeled a banana for himself. He noticed Beck occasionally lean down to whisper something in Jade's ear, causing her to give the slightest ghost of a smile and snuggle closer into his arms. Andre too smiled when he saw this, because he loved knowing that they were happy and that there was such a thing as true love out there. He just hoped he'd get off this island and have a shot at experiencing it.
Beck was going to fall to pieces at any moment now. He was holding on to Jade like a life preserver that would keep him from drowning. He needed her to live or he would have no reason to carry on. School and friends, sure. But they all were linked back to Jade. His body was there, wrapped around hers and whispering to her and holding everything besides his immense love inside. It was becoming harder and harder with every passing moment. When Jade finally fell asleep, the sky indicated it was about 4am. Beck carefully slipped away, setting Jade down gently and pressing a kiss to her cheek before he stood up and walked out of the cave.
And then he took off sprinting. Beck ran so fast he couldn't see, his heart was bursting from his chest and the sweat rolled off of him. He tried to run away from all his problems, thinking that if he just kept running and never stopped, nothing would catch up to him. No pain, no hurt, no sadness. It would just be nothing. Nothing didn't hurt him like watching Jade struggle. But Jade couldn't run from it with him. And so when Beck finally couldn't run anymore, he just let himself crumple to the sand. He threw his head back.
"WHY? WHY US? WHY JADE! WHAT HAS SHE EVER DONE TO YOU? WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU?" Beck screamed up into the still dark sky. He didn't know if he had expected an answer, but the silence seemed to mock him. "NOTHING! THAT'S RIGHT, NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS! FUCK YOU! FUCK EVERYTHING!"
Beck felt his anger melting away, being replaced by sadness. "Please, please let her be alright. I'll do anything. Kill me, just let Jade be alright."
Beck pleaded in whispers through tears. He didn't even know if he believed in God, and even if he did why would God help him after he had just yelled at Him? Nothing made sense. It didn't make sense that Jade was suffering so badly. For what cause? Besides to cause her and everyone around her pain? Beck couldn't fathom a reason. But he shook his head and slapped himself a few times to clear his mind. He had gotten just enough of his insanity out that he could cope with reality. He stood up and started jogging back to the cave. His heart swelled with alleviation when he saw his beautiful Jade where he had left her. He guessed he had been gone a little more than an hour, and he was glad neither Jade nor Andre had noticed his absence because it was not something he wanted to or even could explain. Beck told himself he should let Andre sleep a little longer before they continued work on that pitiful raft. But really, he just wanted to be with Jade some more. He took his place on the cave floor and carefully pulled Jade to him. She sighed in her sleep and mumbled a soft "Beck" as she tried to move closer to him. He helped her and tightened his arms around her waist.
"You're okay sweetheart, I've got you."
A/N: What's this? An easter surprise? Yay! Well not really becuase this is pretty depressing...oh well that's life! Thank you guys SO FREAKING MUCH:) your reviews are seriously so sweet it's crazy! And to "Lucie" you weren't logged in so i couldn't reply, but thank you! I reread ur review like 100 times it was so nice, and no sorry i dont have a twitter :( but u can message me! Anyways I hope you all enjoyed (even though this was sad and not much action:p) and let me know what you think! Happy Easter! xoxo
