One day I caught myself
Smiling for no reason,
And then I realised
I was thinking of you
"Woahh." Beck whispered to himself as he stood in front of the towering building that stood infront of him. Today was Monday and now that spring break was over, they were all back to school, including Beck. His nerves were taking over his body as his eyes darted over the enormous school and watched as classmates gossiped and laughed all around.
"You look like your about to cry" Jade laughed walking up to stand next to him. She was feeling much better after only been ridden of her illness a few days prior and was happy to get back into the routine of school again. Jade turned around and waved a stiff handed goodbye to her Mr West (who had dropped them both off) and turned her attention back to a worried Beck.
She rolled her eyes at the expression on his face. "Chill. You'll be fine" she pulled out her phone from her back pocket and looked at the time, "Come on we got 20minutes till we need to be in for first class, that'll give me enough time to show you around." She instructed beginning to walk away. "Come on!"
Beck ran to catch up with her and they walked along the path way that took them to the main entrance of the school. A large wooden desk was sat in front of them and Jade sauntered up to it with a smirk, "Morning Jenny" she gave a fake smile looking at the older women that was sat behind the desk. She looked up with a raised eyebrow, "Ms West, you're in trouble already I see? Been sent to the principal's office in the first," she glanced down at her watch "3 minutes, that's a new record!"
Jade gave a sarcastic smirk and pointed a finger at the boy stood next to her "Nice try, but new kid here needs to register."
Beck looked again at the women, "I'm Beck, em… Mr West should have-"
"Yeah don't worry I know about you" the lady said cutting him off "it's not often that we let someone join at such short notice however I heard it was urgent and Mr West is good friends with the principal so…" she trailed off not looking the slightest bit impressed.
She looked back to her computer and printed something off then slid it back across the desk, "Sign here" she instructed also handing him a pen. Beck signed the paper then handed it back to the lady. She also reached below the desk and handed him what looked to be a schedule, "These are all your classes, the letters show which building there in, for example this is building B the others are around, I'm sure Jade will be able to show you" She finished looking at Jade.
Jade smiled and took Beck's arm, "See ya later Jenny" She called back.
"It's Mrs Josh to you!" the lady frantically called back after her, but Jade just waved her off.
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After Jade had shown him around the majority of the school and had taken him to some of his classes, she sauntered over to some lockers, "Your lockers 264, right?"
Beck looked down at the piece of paper and nodded.
"Good that's right next to Cat's and Harriso-"
"Jade!" Beck and Jade both turned their bodies to see who had called the girls name, and sure enough two guys were walking towards them. One of them Beck had never seen before, he was very tall and had a strong build with short blonde hair that went across in a short side fringe. However the other made Becks blood curl.
Harrison sauntered over to the two of them, with a cocky look plastered on his face. "Hey babe" he smirked walking over to Jade and kissing her cheek. Jade gave a stiff smile sensing the uncomforted Beck. Harrison was completely ignoring Becks presence so Jade stepped away and stood closer to Beck.
"Harri, you remember Beck right?" she inquired raising a brow at her boyfriend. Harrison gave a nonchalant nod to Beck.
"Sure." He stated again directing his entire attention back to Jade. Jade sighed and looked to the guy standing next to Harrison.
"Moose, this is Beck. Beck, Moose" Beck smiled at the guy, who smiled back a genuine smile.
"Nice to meet you." He said to Beck, "You're looking after Tommy right?"
Beck nodded, "Yeah"
"Sweet, so-"
They were interrupted by the bell ringing and Jade looked to Beck, "You've got Mr Tate first right?" she asked. Beck looked to his schedule that read, English Literature Mr Tate D45.
"Oh I've got him now too" Moose spoke up, "l'll walk with you, come on" he said already walking off.
Beck looked back to Jade who smiled, "I've got Science now but I'll see you at lunch." Harrison slung and arm around her shoulders and they walked off together. Beck looked around him and took a deep breath before running to catch up with Moose.
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12:43, read the clock that was hung above the board. Two more minutes Jade thought to herself as she rested her head in the palm of her hand that was being supported by her elbow resting on the desk. Latin was most definitely Jade's worst subject. It's not like she needed it anyway, they were living the 21st century! She was American so what was the point!
Luckily the bell rang, pulling her out of her thoughts. She quickly reached under the desk and packed her books back into her 'gears of war' bag and sauntered over to where Tori was sitting.
"Come on" she ordered peering down at the brunette who was scribbling hurriedly in her text book.
"Hang on" Tori replied still focusing her attention on her book. Unlike Jade she actually enjoyed the subject and was (not at all surprisingly) the best in the class at the subject. "You know Jade if you actually paid attention, you wouldn't find it so hard." The brunette finished what she was writing and stood up, slinging her bag over her shoulder.
Jade rolled her eyes and walked out the, now empty, classroom with her friend. "Yeah, yeah we've already had this conversation! Name one profession that requires you to know Latin!" she exclaimed making the journey to the lunch cafeteria.
"A Latin teacher! A nun! A-"
"Okay I get it!" Jade snapped rolling her eyes. Tori smirked and spotted Cat standing in the line.
"Cat!" she called out making her way over to the red head.
Cat looked up from her phone and smiled at her friends, "Hi!" She put her phone into her back pocket and gave a mischievous smile in Jade's direction.
"What are you looking at me like that for?" she questioned raising a pierced eyebrow. Cat giggled and nudged her friend, "Why didn't you tell us that Beck was coming to this school?" Tori shrieked, "What? Really?"
Jade rolled her eyes at her friend's excited expression, "Whoops! Sorry, forgot that I had to tell you absolutely everything that goes on, I must have failed to mention my trip to the restroom as well!"
Tori rolled her eyes, "Sorry miss, but if you're not even going to show the slightest bit of interest in him I'll happily have him!" She grinned at Jade whose sour expression still remained on her face.
"Have him, see if I care"
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Once the three were sat on a bench outside, Jade spotted Beck walking across the green. "Look's like Aladdin made a friend." She smirked as he and Andre also took a seat. "I'm impressed!" She exclaimed at a smiling Beck. "Didn't realise you knew how to make friends." Beck laughed and smiled over at her.
"Yeah well I was totally lost after maths, so luckily Andre was here to help me."
Andre was about to reply when two more people appeared at the table.
Moose nodded his head at Andre in greeting and took a seat next to Beck, "Hey guys" he said steeling a chip off of Cats plate. Harrison also sat down and swung an arm around Jade's shoulder. Cat grinned at Moose, it was no secret that the girl was completely smitten with him. "Hi!"
"So how's your first day going?" Moose asked Beck who was digging into his lunch.
Not wanting to look stupid, Beck nodded and avoided mentioning that he had found almost every lesson impossible so far. "Its okay, some of the classes are pretty hard though."
"True. You'll get used to it though. I only moved her a couple of months ago, and I struggled at first, all of the kids here are pretty stuck up. But I adjusted quick, and you've already got yourself some friends to chill with!"
Moose was right, Beck was sure he would get used to it. It would get easier.
"Are we still on for after school?" Tori perked up asking the group. "We all still going Nozu?"
Andre sighed, "I can't sorry, my grandma wants me to go round hers because she 'heard a strange noise' whilst she was in the bath." Harrison laughed and look over at Tori, "Me and Moose have got practice after school, but we'll come along after."
Moose suddenly perked up and grinned at Beck, "You ever played football before?"
Beck nodded. When he had lived in Canada he loved to watch American football on TV, so when he actually moved here, the first thing he did was join a team. He hadn't played in a while though, and he wasn't exactly the biggest guy ever.
"You should come!" He exclaimed giving him a nudge.
Tori smiled, "You should, I'd bet you'd like it!"
Beck looked hesitant and glanced over at Jade who was giving him a reassuring look. He supposed it would help him make some new friends and he was sure Jade would certainly find it attractive. It's not like he was bad at it anyway.
"You should come man, I'm in the team as well and Harrison's captain" Andre said. That made Beck reconsider though. Harrison hated him and he returned those views, so maybe he should not-
"Err… listen, we've already got a full team so there really would be no point in you coming. I mean you're not exactly very built so maybe you should just stick to soccer, yeah?" Harrison have a cocky smile and smirked.
Jade whipped her head round to glare at Harrison, but he just shrugged and looked back to his lunch. She rolled her eyes and pushed his arm off her shoulder, then directed her attention towards Beck, "Ignore him, just go to practice, it's not like you have anything better to do anyway"
Cat jumped. "I think you should go! Then me, Tori and Jadey can all watch you practice and after we can all go to Nozu."
"Yeah, good idea Cat." Moose nodded "Beck, just come to the locker rooms once schools out and we'll get you sorted."
Beck put on a fake smile and gave a nervous nod. Was he really doing this?
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Am I in the right place? Beck thought to himself as he looked around the back of the school, and still couldn't see any sign of anyone. School had finished 10 minutes ago and he still hadn't found any of his friends.
Just as he was about to give up and call Jade, the girl in question rounded the corner.
She smirked as she sauntered over to him. "Ha! I knew you'd get lost" she laughed as she approached him.
Beck sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, "I'm already late enough! Can you just take me to the locker rooms, so that I don't embarrass myself more then I already have." He muttered giving her a pleading expression. She rolled her eyes and started to head back in the direction she came in. Beck ran to catch up with her.
"I don't know why you even agreed to this anyway" Jade stated as they walked down a path. "Are you even good?" She inquired raising a pierced eyebrow.
He faked a hurt expression, "Nice to know you have such confidence in me!"
She laughed "Whatever, just don't get yourself killed out there. And remember were going to Nozu after"
He nodded and looked up as they arrived at a fancy building that read, Manhattan Prep Sport Centre. Jade walked through some automatic doors and led him down a corridor. Once they got to the end she led him up a flight of stairs and they arrived at a door. "They'll all be in there" she said pointing at the door, "Tori, Cat and I are gonna be watching so try not to fuck up."
He smirked, "I ensure you that that will not be happening." Just as she turned to walk away he spoke again, "Oh and make sure you're cheering for me out there and not that dumb boyfriend of yours."
Jade rolled her eyes but he saw the corners of her mouth twitch up as she walked away.
After taking a deep breath, he walked into the locker room. There were about 15 guys in there all changing to get ready for practice. Beck squeezed past most of them and tried to find Moose. He quickly spotted him in a corner talking to a boy he hadn't seen before.
"Hey Moose" Beck greeted walking up to the shirtless boy.
"Beck, man. You made it!" he smiled clasping a hand on Beck's back. "This is Robbie." He said motioning to the boy that stood next to him. He had short curly black hair, and was rather skinny. He wore a blue polo shirt, which had the teams logo on it, and knee-high brown shorts.
"Hi, nice to meet you." The boy said offering his hand, "Moose told me it's your first day here?"
Beck nodded and shook the boys hand, "Yeah it is. Do you play for the team?" he questioned. Robbie laughed and shook his head.
"I can't play football for my life! No, I help the coach out with all the statistics and such."
Beck was about to reply when Harrison sauntered over to the three and gave Beck a hard look. "Here." He said shoving a pile of sports clothes into Beck's arms, "Hurry up and put them on, you're already late enough."
Beck rolled his eyes but proceeded to change into the kit.
Once he was ready he followed the boys out of the locker room and onto the field.
"Woah." He said looking up at the big arena. He had of course been on a football pitch before, however never one this big. His eyes floated around the stadium and all the bleachers. On one side he saw three girls sitting, Tori, Cat and Jade. Cat waved over at him and Tori gave him a reassuring nod. He smiled back and walked over to where the team was huddled.
"Coach, this is the guy I was telling you about, Beck." An older man, who was probably in his 60's, looked up at Beck, who was standing timidly at the edge of the circle. The man was wearing a red and blue kit and a baseball cap.
"You any good kid?" he asked, drawing everyone's attention to him. Beck gulped and looked at the other players in the team.
"Uh, ye-… yeah" he stuttered. Why was he so nervous? He never got nervous, maybe all this change was getting to him.
"Well, we'll see when you're out there. If you play well, you've got yourself a place. But if you mess up… just don't mess up." The coach said turning to face the rest of the team. Beck shivered but tuned in to what the coach was saying about how they were going to play.
Once they had been given the instructions, they all walked out onto the field.
"You got this Beck." Moose said as he walked past him. Beck gave a nervous smile and hunched don ready to play. His eyes quickly wondered to where the girls were sitting and he saw Jade smirking at him. Don't fuck up in front of Jade, he thought to himself.
The whistle blew and they were off. The game went on for a while with Beck playing well. Because he wasn't very big, it was hard for him to defend against the opposing side, however whenever his team had the football, he used his speed and small frame to get past players.
After taking a quick water break, he ran back onto the pitch and took his position. His team had the ball, so he started to move forward. One of the guys on his team, he thought named Joel, called his name.
"Beck, run!" he shouted throwing the ball into the air. Beck ran as fast as he could getting past players and fumbling around to try and catch the flying ball. Just as it was about to hit the ground, he jumped forward and caught the ball mid-air. He fell and landed on his side, into the end zone.
"Yes!" cheers erupted from his team mates as they rushed over to help him up and congratulate him.
"Yeah! Touchdown!" he heard Cat cheer from the side.
After getting up and brushing himself off, him and the rest of the team made their way over to where the coach and Robbie were standing. "Well done. You're good." The coach stated looking impressed.
"He's alright." Beck heard Harrison cut in so he glared at him.
The coach however ignored Harrison, and looked to Beck. "You got yourself a place on the team."
Beck grinned, a sense of pride washing over him. He heard a squeal and saw an excited red-head and an equally excited brunette racing towards him with open arms. He laughed as they launched themselves on him and he grinned again.
"You were so good!" Cat shouted looking at Tori who nodded eagerly in agreement.
"Were going to go hurry the boys up so we don't get to Nozu too late. Well done again!" Tori exclaimed before running off with Cat.
Beck looked up and saw an intimidating brunette strolling towards him. "Not bad." She stated, arms crossed on her chest. "I must say I'm impressed."
"What can I say? I'm not just a pretty face." He added with a wink. Jade rolled her eyes, "So I'm guessing you got a spot on the team?"
He put on a cocky grin, and smirked, "Of course."
Jade just raised an eyebrow but Beck could tell she was trying to hide a grin. He quickly looked to the side to make sure Harrison was distracted by talking to the coach, before he reached his arms out and started to tickle her sides.
"Aah!" she screamed trying to get away. "Get off me Beck! BECK! I MEAN IT S-STOP!" she shrieked as he chased after her around in a circle. She kept trying to slap his hands away, so he quickly leaped forwards and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her in for a hug. He held onto her tightly and felt her breathe a relaxing breath against his shoulder.
"I could stand here all day and hold you." He mumbled into her hair. Which by the way smelled like rich vanilla.
Jade stayed like that for a while, but didn't say anything. She was happy to stand here and be held by him, and even though she knew it was wrong on so many levels. She just couldn't bring herself to pull away.
Finally she pulled back and raised an eyebrow, "feeling confident are we?" she inquired "think you can just hug me and it will bring a smile to my face?" she joked crossing her arms.
Beck laughed, "well it worked didn't it?"
She rolled her eyes but gave him a small smile as she walked off to find her boyfriend.
Not bad for a first day. Beck thought to himself as he walked off back to the lockers.
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