Chapter 3
You don't love someone because
they're perfect
You love them in spite of
The fact that they're not
"Wake up, wake up!"
Beck felt a rough shake on his arm as he slowly opened his eyes. He felt dead weight on his body and turned to face the intruder. "Come on sleepy! You've been asleep for ages!" Tommy complained showing him the clock that read 9:53
"Sorry" Beck mumbled rubbing his eyes. He stretched his arms above his head and peeled his face of the pillow; only to immediately put back after the suns rays came into his line of vision. "Uggh" he groaned
Tommy rolled his eyes and tuged on Beck's arm "Wakey, wakey sleepy head, time to get up!"
"Alright I'm up, I'm up" he groans lifting the covers of himself "why are you so happy today anyway?"
Tommy sat at the foot of Beck's bed as he rummaged around in his drawers for some suitable clothing. "Because I get to see Harrison today!"
"Who's that?" Beck asked "A friend from school?" he pulled out a dark grey t-shirt and flannel shirt as he spoke
"No silly! It's Jade's boyfriend!"
Beck froze. "Uhh she.. has a boyfriend?" he cautiously stated trying to play it off. To be honest Beck wasn't really sure why it bothered him so much that she was currently dating someone. Yeah, they had been spending a lot of time together lately but that was just as friends.. right? Even after only knowing her for a few weeks Beck did count her as his friend and maybe the fact that she has a boyfriend got to him so much, was because maybe he did have a tiny (huge) crush on her.
"Haha, yeah silly. And he's coming round tonight with Oscar and Katie" Tommy said absent mindedly
"And they are.." Beck might as well take the opportunity to get as much information as possible out of the seven year old. "His parents; dads friends" Tommy finished for him looking up "They're really nice, Daddy knows them through work an-Yay your dressed! Come on lets go play in the playroom!" He hopped of the bed and ran out the room. Beck just stood there looking on at the over excitable boy.
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It was just after lunch that Jade walked into the dining room where Beck sat doing school work. Although they were currently on spring break he was falling far behind on…pretty much every subject.
Maths was definitely not his strong point, which was why he was stuck on Question 8. "Emm… Jade" he said not bothering to look up from his work
"What"
He put his calculator down and looked up to see her glaring at him with a questioning expression. He smiled "You wouldn't have to know anything about algebra by any chance". Jade's expression softened as she pulled out the chair next to him "Yeah.. what are you stuck on?" she questioned taking a look at his work (which was mainly just an array of scribbles) she smirked. "Your quite the genius, huh" she stated amused. Beck rolled his eyes "haha, please explain it to me, if I don't have this figured out by the time we go back, I'm fucked!"
Jade laughed "Alright, alright"
After she had thoroughly explained it to him for about 15 minutes, they decided to split the 50 questions, so Jade did 35 and Beck (tried) to do 15. After working in silence for about 10 minutes Beck brought up the subject that had been burning on his mind all day.
"So… Tommy said your boyfriends coming over tonight"
Jade didn't look up from her work and continued writing. She didn't answer for a while so Beck thought maybe she hadn't heard, he was about to ask again when she spoke "He's not my boyfriend… he's… h-… it's complicated" Beck snorted; earning him a glare. "Complicated?" he asked slyly
"Ugh, well I don't know how else to describe it!" she sighed running her fingers through her hair "Were on and off and at the moment I suppose… were sort of on I guess"
Dammit beck thought "So what's he like then?" she had his full attention now, and while Jade carried on working on the maths puzzles, Beck had completely abandoned his – he deemed this conversation was way more important than maths
Jade sighed "Does it really matter?"
"Yep."
She smirked "why?"
Shit Beck thought "… Because I just wanna know what's he's like jeez, if I'm going to have to sit at a dinner table with him tonight and watch you too suck each others faces off, you could at least tell me what he looks like." Jade rolled her eyes. Something Beck had noticed she was very fond of doing.
"Listen you'll see tonight when you meet him"
"… fine, but you could at least tell me about his personality, I want to prepare myself if I'm gonna have be around a total dipshit all night"
"God your so annoying" was his reply "I don't know how to describe him! He…. Ugh… you wont like him though, he's the complete opposite of you. He's self absorbed, spoilt and rude."
Beck laughed "So then why are you dating him?"
"Because when he's not being those things, then he's… god your making me sound all mushy…he can be really sweet and he is a hard worker and I don't know he's just…ugh enough! I don't wanna talk about this anymore" she groaned looking back down at her work "you'll meet him tonight and that's it!"
Beck shook his head but went back to his work. Boy was he excited for tonight…
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"You look fine!" Beck said sitting at the foot of Jade's bed watching her rummage around her drawers "look their gonna be here soon so hurry up"
"Don't rush me" Jade said applying some mascara to her lashes "you're the one that took an hour trying to fix your ridiculously long hair Rapunzel"
Beck smirked " whatever, just hurry up and put your heels on I don't wanna go down there on my own" As much as Beck was dreading the meal tonight, he would admit that he was extremely curious as to what Harrison was like "What kind of a name is Harrison anyway?" he wondered aloud
Jade stood up and checked her hair in the mirror "what kind of a name is Beck?" she shot back. He smirked "Touché"
Just then there was a knock at the door, Jade groaned "get ready for the worst night of your life" she stated as they both walked out her bedroom door. Beck smiled at her as they reached the top of the stairs, but just before they walked down Beck took a hold of her wrist "You look beautiful by the way" he said referring to her red two piece that she was wearing. Her hair was decorated with blue extensions that match her piercing blue eyes, and she wore a pair of black suede heels.
Jade smirked "You clean up pretty nicely as well" she said before turning around and walking down the stairs.
When they got to the bottom and rounded a corner Beck was met with a 40 year old couple greeting Mr West and Martha. They both walked over "This Beck, he's Tommy's new nanny" Mr West stated as they approached. They woman smiled "I'm Katie" she said as she shook Beck's hand "This is my husband Oscar" she said referring to the man next to her. He was rather intimidating, however not as much as Mr West himself. "It's a pleasure to meet you" Beck said smiling "Likewise" Oscar replied
"Shall we all go through" Martha said linking her arm with Henry's "Ooh, where's Harri?" she added
"He doesn't get off work till 8, so he'll be here soon" Katie said taking of her coat
"Of course" Mr West said as they walked through
The adults spread themselves out around the end of the large table, with Mr West at the foot of the table, Martha to his right and Oscar and Katie opposite. Tommy sat next to Martha and Jade next to him so Beck had no choice but to sit next to Katie. Which wasn't so bad; she seemed nice.
The dinner conversation mainly stayed on the topic of business, Mr West's company meant a lot to him and Beck got the feel that Oscar's did aswell. He was getting pretty bored so he looked across at Jade and Tommy. Tommy was busy colouring in in a colouring book the maid had got for him and Jade was busy looking at something on her phone. She looked up though when she felt eyes on her and gave Beck a look that said told you so. Beck just shrugged and was about to mouth something to her when a guy (about Becks age) walked in
"Harri!" Tommy exclaimed jumping up from his seat and rushing over to meet the guy.
"Hey squirt" The guy said bending down to pick him up. He had brown hair, which was cut short at the sides and styled in a messy quiff, he wore a white t-shirt, a back tight jacket, black skinny jeans and loathers. Preppy boy Beck thought as the guy ruffled Tommy's hair.
"Hi guys, sorry I'm late" Harrison said putting Tommy down
"That's alright" Mr West said standing to shake his hand. The guy then greeted his parents and Beck watched as he rounded the table to take a seat next to Jade.
"Hi gorgeous" Harrison said planting a kiss on Jade's lips and wrapping an arm around her waist. So much for on and off beck thought as they sat back down.
"Eer Harrison this is Beck" Mr West said directing his attention at the couple. "He's been looking after Thomas"
Harrison smiled over at Beck, but he could tell he was putting it on "I hope your taking good care of my little man, he's trouble" Harrison said
"Hey!" Tommy cried out giggling
Beck smiled back "Of course"
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After they had all eaten dinner they decided to go sit out on the porch. The maid had brought out some desserts and wine for them to have while they carried on talking. Jade and Harrison where cuddled up on the hammock together and so Beck was left to entertain Tommy.
He glanced over at the couple and saw Harrison playing with a bit of her hair, while her head lay on his chest. Ew, Beck grimaced "Hey Tommy" he said getting the little boys attention "why don't you see if Harrison will play with you for a bit? I'm sure he'd love to" Tommy nodded. Score.
He ran over to the two and pulled Harrison inside, leaving Jade on her own. Beck walked over and took a seat next to her
"You alright?" he asked playing with a bit of gravel in his hand "You seem annoyed"
She raised her eyebrow at him "What do you mean?"
"I dunno" he shrugged "you just seem a little isolated"
Jade sighed "Yeah, well I hate socialising". Beck laughed "I kinda guessed that" he looked out across the garden "Wanna go on a walk?"
Jade raised an eyebrow at him, she looked like she was about to object, but then changed her mind "Sure". They both stood up and walked down the stairs. Beck contemplated holding her hand, but then he'd probably just get a kick to his groin in return.
They walked in silence for about 15 minutes until Beck noticed her shivering. "Here" he said taking off his jacket and draping it over her shoulders.
"Thanks" she muttered looking up at the sky
"So you and Harrison.." Beck began shoving his hands into his pockets
Jade looked at him "What about us?" she questioned.
He shrugged "I dunno you just… seem a bit more… on then off right now"
Jade's expression quickly turned mischievous "you know, you seem a bit more interested in my relationship, than most be people are…wanna tell me why that is" she said stopping in her tracks to look at him. Jade knew what Beck was about to tell her, she just enjoyed watching people get nervous.
After a long pause Beck took a step forward towards her and looked her in the eye as he spoke "… so I like you" he shrugged "what's wrong with that?" Truth be told Beck Oliver had never been more sure of anything in his life. This girl was beautiful, she was smart witty and talented. He might as well be honest with her.
Jade smirked "I kind of guessed that"
Beck smiled down at her and took her hands into his "listen I know you and Harrison are dating right now and I suppose your not one to cheat, but you know if you ever find yourself thinking that… maybe… you might just like me back… I'm prepared to wait. Your b-"
"Found them!" Tommy's voice was heard as the two jumped apart, just as Harrison came into their line of view.
"There you are babe" He said walking over to the two, he gave Beck a dark look as he approached them. "How come your out here" he asked taking Beck's jacket off of Jade's shoulders and letting it drop to the floor. Beck rolled his eyes and reached down to pick it up.
"We were just taking a walk" Jade said looking up at him.
"Oh, well, come on, everyone's gone back in coz it fucking freezing" he said wrapping his arms around Jade. Jade nodded and looked stiff "Sure" she said. Harrison cast a quick glance at Beck and planted a kiss on Jade's lips. Beck rolled his eyes.
"Ew stop!" Tommy shouted getting in between the two "Come on! I wanna go back inside" he shouted grabbing onto Beck's hand and pulling him in the direction of the house. He looked behind him and saw Harrison glaring at Jade "why where you out here with him" Beck heard him whisper
"We just took a walk, chill" Jade replied as Harrison grabbed a hold of her hand and entwined their fingers, pressing a kiss to her cheek
Dammit. Beck thought as they approached the house. He was just starting to get somewhere with Jade. Looks like he was just gonna have to wait to have a talk with her. Oh well, she was worth it.
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