Jade's POV

I crossed my arms over my chest glaring at Beck and Riley though they weren't looking. Riley was just standing there not moving. "Well, come on, it's your turn!" Sikowitz said. Everyone was staring at her. My eyes were on Beck, though, and he was looking nervously at Riley too. She was glancing around and finally spoke.

"I… I'm sorry, I can't do this." There were gasps from the class. Beck looked relieved and caught my eye. I quickly looked away and turned my attention to Sikowitz. He was shocked; no one has ever said that before-ever.

"Well, um, why not?" Sikowitz asked. "I- It's hard to explain…" Riley said quietly. I raised my eyebrow, why was she doing this? Didn't she want to do whatever scene she and Beck were planning?

"Uh, okay, then why don't you stay after class and we can talk about this." The bell rang just then. "Oh! End of class, we can talk now, everyone else is dismissed!" he said somewhat enthusiastically. I sighed, glad to not see their whole scene and went to my next class.

I was lying on my bed when my phone buzzed. I looked at it expecting it to be Cat since she was the one who I texted the most now. Instead, it was Beck. I reached out to grab it when I remembered. I took my hand away and ignored it. Anger surged through me all over again. I wasn't planning to talk to him anytime soon.

A few minutes later it vibrated again. Beck again. I still ignored it. When it vibrated for the third time, I had enough. I opened the messages. The first one read: Jade, I'm sorry. Like that was going to make me forgive him. Then I read the second one. I'm really really sorry. Please forgive me. I reluctantly opened the third one. Please text back. I miss you. Without thinking, I texted back: Why? I immediately hated myself when Beck instantly replied. I don't know… I just want things back to the way they were.

I didn't reply after that. He thought that things could go back just like that? Well, he was wrong. A little bit later, I heard a noise from outside. My parents couldn't be home yet; they worked until 7. The door opened slightly, which was creepy because I always leave the door locked.

"Jade?" It was Beck. Why was he here? He can't walk into my house uninvited! Wait a second… Was that a note of worry in his voice? Beck walked inside and we stared at each other for a moment. My arms were crossed and my eyes narrowed, not bothering to hide my annoyance. I just hoped he couldn't see the terror in my eyes still from walking in on me.

"What… are you doing… in my house?" I said the words slowly, my voice rising on the last ones. Beck looked taken aback and he flinched a little before speaking.

"Listen, you didn't text back and I was worried about you-"

"Why should you be worried about me? It's obvious you don't care about me anymore so why do you even bother? And you don't just walk into my house!" I didn't add that he almost gave me a heart attack, what was the point?

"I told you, I don't care about Riley!"

Riley. Here we go again. Saying that he never had feelings for her when we both know he couldn't resist kissing her when he was with me. Which means he never truly cared about me.

"Oh really? If that was true, you never would have forgotten it was Saturday! You never would have kissed her!"

"I-"

"You lied to me Beck. You said you would never have any feelings for her. No. You promised me. But you did. Can I even trust you anymore?" Somewhere inside me said to give him one more chance, but I ignored it.

"Just leave me alone." I turned my back to him, feeling the tears prick my eyes. I blinked several times. I heard the door close and I went back to my room and stayed there until my parents came home.

Beck's POV

I stood outside Jade's house stunned. What she said was true, even though it's hard to admit. But now I'm even more certain that she can trust me. I never intended to hurt her, and never thought it would end like this. I tried to make things better, but I probably just made it worse. I just needed for Jade to listen though she never does.

I didn't really think about what I was doing when the next thing I know, I'm at Jade's house. I never thought the door would be open. I know she never leaves the door unlocked. I could tell there was something wrong when I opened it.

She was mad and also kind of scared; she didn't know she left it unlocked. I couldn't help but wonder if what she's saying isn't exactly true. I tried to figure it out but I didn't get any answers.

As for Riley, I need Jade to understand that I don't like her anymore. Couldn't she see the uneasiness when Sikowitz called us to do the scene? Maybe I did like her before but that's changed now.

I have to figure out a way to get Jade alone and talk to her. At school would be the best possibility, no, the only way because I might never speak to her again. Maybe I can get her into the janitor's closet where she always goes… Maybe this could actually work after all.

Hiya! Ok, I haven't updated in over a month… just figured that out. Sorry. Homework has been giving me next to no free time lately. Please review!

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