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Chapter 4

BECK'S POV

"Hey bro. I'll be in my room with Cat and Tori." I heard Jade's beautiful voice talking to Ian and I immediately changed my direction, walking as quickly as possible back to the living room and away from his office. Away from Jade...

No. I haven't been avoiding Jade for a whole week! I just don't want to talk to her face to face. Actually, I do but I don't even know what to tell her. Maybe that I don't like her and I love her like my little sister? But we all know that I'd been lying to myself if I said so. I just... I can't forget this kiss. Even when I close my eyes I can still taste her, feel her, touch her...In my dreams she is mine but in reality she isn't and she shouldn't be.

But what should I do? I don't want to hurt her feelings and play it cool around her, especially when the only thing I want to do is hold her in my arms and kiss her. On the other hand, that would never work since I can't tell Ian, or anyone else. I have to be responsible and mature and move forward and look for someone else. Yeah! That's it.

All of a sudden, while I was walking in the hallway, a pair of hands grabbed me and pushed me inside a dark room. I was caught off guard so I looked around to see what happened, when I heard a click and the room, which I realized was the closet, light up.

"Hi." Jade said in front of me with an expressionless face.

"Hey Jade. How are you? Or should I say why the hell did you drag me in the closet?" I shouted at her infuriated and she smirked.

"That's a good sign." She clapped her hands and continued with the irony. "You're mad. Beck is not an emotionless machine. He can actually feel and speak."

"Seriously? That's so mature Jade." I raised my hands in the air in exasperation.

"Ha. Like avoiding me for an entire week is mature, right?" She crossed her hands on her chest looking sexier than ever. I was speechless. "I'll take that as a No."

"Look... Jade. You can't do that again. We're friends. Friends don't do that."

"The problem is that I can't see you as a friend. Is it that bad?" Her voice was lower now and her big blue eyes were looking inside of mine.

"It is, Jade. We shouldn't do that. Ian is my best friend. I promised to him that I'll be here for both of you and that I'll take care of you and..." I said staying as far as I could from Jade, leaning against the closed door.

"So the problem is Ian?" She asked and I could see hope in her eyes.

"No...No! He's not the..." I tried to say but she cut me off.

"Cause then we just wouldn't tell him or I could talk to him or..." She started mumbling.

"Jade, slow down." And that was when I had to make the toughest decision in my life.

"I don't like you." I blurred out. Jade looked confused and devastated, her eyes wide open. She didn't expect me to tell her that and to be honest I didn't either. I knew it was painful but I shouldn't give her fake hopes. Although, she didn't stop.

"Then why did you let me kiss you?" Her tone cold as ever.

"Because...I am a man Jade. I just responded unconsciously." I said the first excuse that popped in my mind.

"So, what you're saying is that you are just a sexist pig and that you took advantage of me." She stated.

"No! Stop that. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. I love you. I really do. But like my little sister." I placed my hands on her cheeks and my fingers were on fire touching her pretty face. I felt awful lying and causing her such pain.

"Ok." She said. "Let's just forget about it. Friends again?" I stayed looking at her weirdly and surprised. Was that a trick? Was she just messing around with me all this time? Did I look like a game to her?

"Ok?" I replied, but it sounded more like a question. We shook hands and she left me, for once more, alone in the closet. Me, my thoughts and my desire.

JADE'S POV

I was in my room in seconds, running so he wouldn't see the tears on my cheeks. After closing the door behind me I burst out crying. How could he not be interested in me? I thought he was. All this looks and touches weren't my imagination. I stormed in that fast that I didn't see Tori and Cat, who I almost forgot.

"He said he doesn't like me. He just kissed me because it was the natural thing to do, because he's a man. What am I supposed to do now?" I tried to explain between sobs.

"Jadey, calm down. He said that? He's such a pig!" Cat's high-pitched voice echoed in my room.

"That's what I said." I informed her and sat down between them on my king sized bed. "He's an asshole."

"He is, baby." Tori stroked my head lightly. For a weird reason I let her soothe me. "What else did he say?"

"That...that he promised my brother to take care of me and stuff like that..."

"Jade you're silly." Cat said and jumped off my bed.

"Ok. The fact that I'm crying won't make it more difficult for me to slap you." I raised my voice a little making Cat whine.

"No. I mean, can't you see it?" We stared at her waiting for the dumbest theory possible. "He just doesn't want to argue with Ian. He doesn't know who to choose. Jade or his best friend? Think about it girls..." Cat added and Tori nodded her head.

"So if Beck and Jade start dating, Ian would be mad, cause no matter what Jade is his baby sister and Beck knows that. He knows that he would kill anyone who hurt Jade. After all, we don't know what stupid manly code they have."

"Exactly." Cat cheered.

"Shut up. There's not a chance. This sounds stupid." I snapped.

"Really? Ok then. There's only a way to find out..." Cat kept on talking about her plan.

"What do you have in mind little redhead?" Tori raised an eyebrow.

"What if you invited Jeremy here? Don't you have a project with him?"

"I like where this is going..." I nodded and smiled.

"You know that Beck spends most of his day here, so he would definitely see him. So, we'll see if he'll get jealous."

"Let's do this."

BECK'S POV

I was sitting at Ian's office trying to concentrate on getting my work done but I was utterly failing. I was supposed to take this week off the company to finish all of the loose ends before summer started and use his office at home, since he had all the necessary papers here. The picture of Jade on the desk thought was distracting me. She was smiling, which is rare for her to smile in pictures, her silky hair fell gracefully on her shoulders and the dark blue shirt she was wearing, made the blue in her eyes stand out. She was perfect and regardless her whole attitude thing she was so kind and sensitive, but also fragile. How could I make such a sweet human being miserable?

I decided that I wouldn't work any longer and headed to the kitchen. When I stepped in the sight in front of my eyes shocked me and made me want to punch the dude sitting next to Jade. It was a tall guy, not taller than me though, with blonde hair and he seemed quite the athletic type. His hand was on Jade's back and they were really close looking at a book and discussing. I coughed to let them know I'm in the room too, the envy and jealousy flooding my body. They turned around.

"Hey Becky. What's up?" She asked me like there was nothing going on.

"Won't you introduce us?" I asked her right away.

"Of course." She smiled at the guy. "That's Jeremy. We're studying. That's Beck."

"Nice to meet ya, man!" He told me offering his hand but I just shook my head. Did she get over me that fast?

"Yeah." I said coldly and Jeremy took his hand away. All this time Jade was looking at me blankly and returned to "studying" with him, a few minutes later. I stood there staring. They started laughing and I was getting more and more irritated.

"Do you need something?" Jade suddenly asked me.

"Yes. I need some water." I responded opening the fridge. My motions were so slow so I could stalk at them. The giggling continued but this time she touched his arms.

"You are so strong!" She commented and he said something but I couldn't hear because I was ready to literally drag him out of the house.

"Aren't you supposed to study?" I told them ruining the moment.

"Aren't you supposed to drink your water and look at your own business?" She snapped at me. I took a sip and left the kitchen. Not exactly left, I just stayed hidden trying to eavesdrop.

"What did he want?" The dude asked her.

"Obviously to drink water." She joked.

"Then why is his glass still full?" And that was when I realized I didn't drink it. I got in the kitchen again.

"I knew I've forgot something." I said while taking my glass with me.

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