First part of a two-part fic. I hope you like it :) Also working on a christmas chapter ... any christmas wishes from you all? :)

All recognizable material is not mine.

Jade leaned against the wall of lockers and sighed audibly. It was Monday morning, they hadn't even had their first class yet and she already had to deal with this. Beck stood two feet away from her, bag slung over his shoulder talking to a girl from their acting class. Jade couldn't remember her name, she didn't care enough, but she knew that she was in Beck's group for the upcoming group performance assessment. And she was blonde. And skinny. And that skirt was way too short. And Jade didn't like her.

Beck obviously heard her, which he was supposed to, and reached behind and gently touched her arm, trying to tell her he'd be done soon.

Which was not the point.

"Okay, I'll see you in class, Katie!" he smiled and turned back to Jade a moment later.

"Sure, Katie, I'll help you with your lines, why don't we just go back to my car and make out." Jade said, her voice painfully high-pitched as she glared at him.

Beck sighed; he should have known this would be a problem. "Jade..."

"How can you not see how messed up that is?" Jade asked, her hand angrily gesturing in the direction Katie had gone.

Beck put his hands on her shoulders, pressing gently. "Jade, I was being nice. Calm down."

Jade scoffed. "There's a difference between nice and sending signals."

"There were no signals."

"I don't want you to see her!" Jade's voice got even louder.

"Okay you need to calm down." Beck said, looking around the hallway for a second before looking back at her.

That made her even angrier. Maybe if he'd spend a moment thinking about what was happening, instead of the people around them, they wouldn't be having this conversation. "No way," Jade shook her head, "I'm not wrong here."

She looked at him with such determination it would cause anyone else to shrink away. But he was used to it. And he was sure that she was overreacting. Katie was in his group, and they were all being graded. Surely Jade could appreciate that he wanted to do well. Maybe it just wasn't their day.

"Fine. Have it your way. You obviously need a day to chill out. I'll talk to you tomorrow." He said, leaning down to kiss her cheek before moving past her. He'd done this before and she usually calmed down after a day. He didn't do it too often though, because he always felt bad. But this was just going to end in a huge fight. One that he wanted to avoid.

"Beck! Ugh!" She said loudly, turning around after him. Beck just bit his lip and kept walking.

Jade watched him leave, fuming. She hated when he did this. Why couldn't he just stay and understand what she was saying? She trusted Beck, but why couldn't he see that these girls were flirting with him. And that most of the time, he was flirting back. It went way beyond being nice-

That gave Jade an idea. She was an actress. And why not act if you have a good cause. She was going to show Beck what being nice really looked like. Jade smirked and made her way to her first class with a whole new attitude.

"Beck!"

Beck swung around. He had been on his way to his locker between classes. Andre was jogging up to him.

"Hey man, what's up?"

"Is Jade okay?" Andre asked, looking concerned and confused.

"Uh, what'd she do?" Beck asked, immediately getting worried. His actions that morning definitely made her mood ten times worse. He didn't really want to imagine what she could've gotten up to.

"Dude, she's being... nice!" Andre whispered, as though it were something forbidden.

"What?" Beck shook his head. Jade could be a good many things, and he knew first hand that she's not nearly as cold as she makes herself out to be. But nice was not a word that would come to mind.

"Yeah, I had History with her this morning. She totally freaked the class out. Especially Tori. What's going on?"

Beck shrugged, "I don't know. We had an argument this morning, haven't seen her since."

"Huh." Andre said, "Well, I don't know if I want her to snap out of it. Whatever. See you at lunch." He said, nodding a goodbye and walking off.

Beck nodded, and watched after him for a moment. Still confused. But he had to get to class, and he'd see Jade at lunch. And hopefully get to the bottom of this.

He turned the corner and stopped in his tracks. He saw Jade a little ways away, standing by her locker and talking to a guy he recognised. Joey, was it? He's pretty sure Jade once threatened to whack him with her bag if he didn't stop talking. And now she was... smiling? What was going on?

Beck forgot all about his books and walked slowly past them, trying not to get noticed as he eavesdropped on their conversation.

"So, what do you think about practicing our scene after school?" Joey asked, leaning a little closer to Jade. Beck noticed that she instinctively leaned back before smiling and straightening herself up.

"Sure that sounds great. I can find Kevin and Cat and tell them to meet us in Sikowitz's classroom." Jade smiled. Her tone was much lighter than usual. And her attitude was so much warmer.

"Awesome, I look forward to it!" Joey winked and Beck felt his chest tighten just a little. Joey knew they were going out, what was he playing at? He watched him walk away and saw Jade look back into her locker. Her eyes widening in annoyance as she shook her head slightly. He recognized his Jade. She was somewhere in there... playing at something.

Suddenly the bell rang and he rushed back to his locker to get his books. This was going to be a weird day and they were only halfway done.

Beck made his way to the Asphalt cafe, ready for lunch but feeling weirdly dejected. He'd seen Jade between twice more so far once between classes and once in their English class. Sure enough, Jade had been nice to everybody. He was pretty sure even the teachers were freaked out by this. Normally teachers liked Jade because she did so well, but they all recognized her attitude and temper. Worst of all, Beck thought, was the fact that half the school's male students now felt they could go up to her and hit on her. Jade was obviously hot, so it was no surprise for guys to check her out. But her personality and the fact that she joined herself to his hip most of the time meant that he never really had to deal with other guys flirting with his girlfriend.

As he got closer to the table with all his friends he say that Jade was already there, and that Robbie, Cat, Tori and Andre were staring, and looking confused, at her while she was talking to yet another guy. Beck sighed; he was getting kinda tired of this.

"Hi!" He said emphatically as he sat down next to Robbie. His usual spot, next to Jade had been taken by Cat who looked both delighted and confused by Jade's new personality.

"Hey, Beck," the guy Jade was talking to grinned at him, before looking back at her, "Thanks so much for that help by the way. See you in class."

Beck noticed how the guy's hands touched Jade's shoulder before he left and his fist clenched in his pocket.

"Jade you are acting so weird today!" Cat smiled. The whole table shifted uncomfortably.

Jade smiled and set her gaze on Beck, "Really?"

"Yeah, you're much nicer than usual!" Cat continued, before noticing everyone else's awkward faces, "Not that I didn't love the old you!"

"I didn't like the old you!" Rex piped up and everybody shot a glare at Robbie who shushed him quickly.

"Anyway, I think Sikowitz is going to let me write the music for the next play!" Andre interjected, changing the subject to everyone's relief.

The rest of the lunchtime went smoothly, although Jade never said anything directly to Beck. And he didn't say anything either. It wasn't because of the argument anymore though. He just had no idea what was going on. Jade hadn't made one snide or sarcastic comment all lunch. To be honest, he hadn't thought she'd be able to last this long.

It was about 5 minutes till their next class when yet another guy walked up to the table, this time talking poking Robbie on the shoulder.

"Hey, we need to rehearse out scene for Sikowitz's class," the guy said, offering a smile to the rest of the table for interrupting them.

"Oh yeah..." Robbie said, thinking.

"This freak definitely needs practice!" Rex said, his arm gesturing to Robbie with his own help. Beck shook his head.

Suddenly, Jade spoke up. "Oh hey, our group is rehearsing in Sikowitz's classroom today after school. You guys can come and we can review each other's scenes!"

The guy'd face brightened, "Hey, thanks Jade. That'd be great! See you there!"

Jade nodded, flashing him a bright smile, "See you!"

The whole table stared at her, still confused about her new personality. Beck's fist was clenched in his pocket; he wasn't sure how much more of this he could stand.