Reviews, again, are so fantastic! You guys are the best. I know the last chapter was harsh on Tori, so here's a short but sweet one to make up for it. Thought I'd let you know there's only going to be, like, two more chapters after this one. But like I said before, I may do a sequel later on... what do you guys think? Thanks so much for your comments, seriously I would've stopped writing this story ages ago if it wasn't for you lot! Don't forget: read&review!
Beck's POV
Jade and I broke up. I didn't know what to think. Should I have been happy that I was out of a relationship that was making me miserable, or unhappy that the girl I'd once loved now wasn't even a friend. Jade had meant everything to me, she really had. Who knows, if she hadn't pushed me away, maybe things might have been different.
We never stood a chance really. We'd struggled for two years, juggling our problems and brushing them under the carpet as though they didn't exist. Sooner or later, they were bound to catch up to us. Jade knew deep down that it was her insecurities that hauled me away from her, not Tori. No, Tori just unknowingly pushed me in the right direction. Jade and I had run out of time.
Still, it's not fair to only blame Jade for the break up. I'd cheated. A month or so onwards, and I still felt guilty about that one kiss. Well, two. The one last night in my RV. It was amazing; Tori Vega was appallingly addictive, and I simply couldn't control myself from being attracted to her. I hadn't planned to fall for her, of course I hadn't. It just sort of… happened.
But now I didn't know what to do. Tori might not even want to be with me. To her, I may've just been one of those 'rebound' guys. Then I remember that kiss. I felt the sparks fly, the fireworks, so she must have too. The silhouette of her perfect figure lingered on my mind since she left last night; her soft, silky hair a permanent reminder of what I'd done to Jade. Weirdly, it didn't matter. I felt bad, obviously, but Tori was the realization for me that I had to get out of my relationship. Now I'd done it, I wasn't so sure if I'd made the right decision.
I didn't go into school the next day. I told my Mum that Jade and I were no longer together.
"So why are you moping?" she beamed. "I'll crack open the champagne!"
I grimaced at her response and went to leave the house, but she ordered me back and sat me down and made me a cup of tea.
"I don't need mothering," I told her.
"I know you don't, Beck, but you do need your Mother. Would you like to tell me what happened?"
I hesitated. I was definitely not a 'Mummy's Boy', but I was quite close to her. She'd find out sooner or later, one way or another, so it was best to just come right out with it. I explained the whole story to her, purposely missing out the heated make-out scenes with Tori.
"There's someone else, isn't there?" Mum concluded, a look of smugness showing on her face.
"What? No."
"Don't lie to me, Beck Oliver, I've had my heart broken enough times to know when someone is lying about cheating. Is it Cat Valentine? She's a little bit slow, but she sure is a lovely and pretty girl. Oh, can I meet her properly soon?"
"Slow down, Mom," I chuckled. "It isn't Cat."
She let out a small 'woo' of enthusiasm and clapped her hands like a little girl, "So it's Tori? Oh, Beck, I'm so happy for you! No offence, I didn't think you'd ever sort things out with her, but I'm so glad that you have. She's so polite and kind, the exact opposite of Jade, oh you've done so well!"
I blinked at her, not quite able to believe that she'd known all this.
"I do know more than two girls you know, Mom."
"Yes, but you only truly like one. And you have from the beginning. When Tori first came round here she was trying to get you and Jade back together, right? I saw how gutted you were when you found out. You moped around for days."
"That was because things with Jade had ended," I argued.
"No, it was because you liiiiiiiiiiiiiiked her."
I shook my head at her childishness. She laughed.
"Don't mess this up, honey," she gave me a big hug. "I know you thought Jade was The One, and I know how hard it is to break up with your first 'love', but you might finally be happy with somebody like Tori."
She exited, leaving me alone with my thoughts… which is pretty dangerous actually. The first person to pop into my mind was the beautiful brunette, and that was the moment I knew that finishing things with Jade was definitely the right thing to do. I wasn't going to act on my feelings for Tori so quickly, but her relationship with Kane showed me that she really wasn't going to be single for long. She could have another me whenever she wanted, but there was only one of her. She was special; so enticing and elegant, with her radiating, contagious smile and her positive, bubbly attitude. The fact that she was the only person able to make me stray from Jade proved that she wasn't any normal girl. She was one that I wanted to be with.
'Don't mess this up,' my Mom had just said. I had no intention of messing this up. I really had to wow Tori now; make her see that I wasn't going to mess her around like Kane had done. If I ever see that jerk again, so help me God I will rip him to shreds for hurting her. Nobody hurts my girl. My girl? Is that right?
Of course it is. My girl, that's what she is. Mine.