Sorry, guys! I meant to have this up yesterday but my internet was messing up so i couldn't get online. Here's part two of Lessons In Niceness. Thanks so much for all the awesome feedback. It's exciting to branch out and write about more original bade ideas. That said, I realize jealous!Beck is probably on everyone's to-write list. Hope you enjoyed my take on it:)

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Beck took a deep breath and dropped his fork back onto his plate. "Jade, can I talk to you?" he asked, not even lifting his gaze.

"Hmm?" She replied.

He sighed and got up, walked around the table and grabbed her shoulder gently, urging her up. "We'll be right back," he told the rest of the table.

He led her well enough away from the tables at the edge of the parking lot. When they stopped, she looked at him innocantly without saying anything. She was not going to make this easy on him.

"Jade, what are you doing?" He asked finally.

"Oh, you're talking to me now?" Jade smiled, but her eyes told a different story. She was still angry at him.

Beck sighed, "You're not being yourself."

Jade shook her head, "I'm being nice. I thought you'd like that?" Her tone was so cheerful it was almost creepy.

"Why are you acting like this?"

"Like what, Beck? I'm even nice to Ve-Tori." She slipped a little, but refused to give up. She looked him straight in the eye. "I don't see why you'd be complaining right now."

He sighed again, he was getting desperate. He'd been lucky not to have this be an issue before but right now he couldn't handle it. "You're... flirting with every guy that talks to you."

"I'm being nice. You should know." The emphasis on the word brought him back to their conversation that morning.

"Jade, if this is some sort of lesson then-"

"Beck, sweetie." The endearment felt weird, his Jade would never call him "sweetie". "No lesson. I just thought since you're so nice to everyone and get along great maybe I should give it a try. And what do you know: people aren't scared of me anymore."

"This isn't you, Jade." He said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Good thing I'm an actress, huh." She smirked.

"You're giving these guys the wrong impression. Do they even know you have a boyfriend?" He'd assumed their relationship was common knowledge throughout Hollywood Arts, but with all the guys that tried to flirt with Jade today maybe it wasn't so. Or maybe they just didn't care.

Jade shrugged. "They didn't ask. Besides it's not like that... Are you jealous?"

"Jade. They're fawning over you. Sinjin was literally drooling when you said hello to him."

"He's not a bad guy. I don't see why this is a problem, Beck. You know I wouldn't do anything, right?" She looked at him pointedly and Beck knew there was really nothing he could say.

"Yeah, but-"

"Then you have no reason to be upset. So, I'll talk to you tomorrow. I don't want you to break your own rule."

"I-" But before he could even think of anything to say, she'd walked past him and returned to the lunch table. She laughed at something Robbie said, and it seemed so genuine that even Beck questioned how well he knew her. This was definitely a game for her, but what did she want to win?

He was really starting to feel like a stalker: he kept looking out for her in the hallways, taking care to keep his distance as he watched her. Right after their last class of the day he saw her talking to a group of people near the stairs. She was leaning back on the heels of her boots, which he knew meant she wanted to leave, but her face was cheerful. No one was the wiser. As one of the girls cracked a joke, the guy next to her leaned closer to Jade as they all laughed. He placed a hand on her back, and Beck's eyes widened as he forced himself not to interrupt them. He saw Jade step back, turning slightly so that the guy's hand dropped away. She did so silently, her face and attention still focused on the conversation. She didn't address him, didn't get annoyed at him. And she definitely didn't remind him she had a boyfriend.

The whole scene felt eerily familiar to him. She was putting so much effort into being this nice character. Into being him, he'd realized.

Does he really act like that? He never thought about cheating on Jade, he would never do that. But maybe he just doesn't think. Girls do ask him out all the time, even those he's pretty sure know he has a girlfriend, and he rarely even mentions it. And when he's nice to other girls, he kind of notices that they're flirting with him... but it's no big deal, right?

He saw Jade walking away from the group with a couple of guys who were in her performance group. He was always so adamant that she always overreacted, but maybe she had a point. He doesn't even do it consciously; he just knows the deal so why share it, right? He never thought about what it looked like from the outside.

This was too much. He felt terrible, for this morning and for all the other moments he's flirted with girls. If Jade felt what he was currently feeling on a regular basis, then he was the crappiest boyfriend ever. And he wanted to make it up to her.

He rushed over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Jade, can I talk to you?"

"Uh, I'm in the middle-" She smiled at him, but this time it was obviously forced.

"They can wait!" He snapped, and pulled her away from the guys who were giving him weird looks.

Jade cocked her head. She didn't even bother hiding her surprise at his tone, but she kept up her lighter one. "Okay. That was kinda rud-"

He hadn't even thought about what to do at this point. So he did the first thing that came to mind when he thought about her. He kissed her. Hard. His hand moved from her shoulder to her cheek, and his other hand got tangled in her hair as he reached the back of her neck. He pulled away slowly, his eyes on hers. She looked confused but remained silent. The whole corridor seemed silent but he wasn't sure if he was just zoning them out or if they were all staring at them. And he didn't really care to check.

"You were right." He started, still breathing heavily from the kiss, "I was acting like... I was a jerk. Please know I didn't mean to. I'm - I'm really sorry."

Her face softened, "Oh?"

"As much as it's nice you don't scare people anymore, I kinda want the old Jade back. The one I'm in love with." He added, smiling at her, and moving a piece of hair from her face.

Jade smiled, ever-so –slightly, before biting her lip. She was silent for a moment, before speaking. "Okay then." She brought her gaze to meet his, and she looked oddly vulnerable, as though this day of pretending had left cracks in her shell.

"Yeah?" He grinned, relieved that she wasn't angry at him anymore. "You wanna get out of here?"

She pouted and shook her head. "I kinda roped myself into this group rehearsal. And I do need to go over the lines."

He shrugged, "I'll come and watch. We can hang out after." He leaned down once more though, and kissed her again, reiterating his previous sentiments. She kissed back eagerly.

"Uh, Jade?" He heard a voice behind them come closer and they pulled apart and turned to see Joey standing there, looking uncomfortable. "We-"

"Little busy!" Jade interrupted him, and reached up to kiss him again; pulling him toward the wall so they weren't standing in the middle of the corridor.

Beck pulled away for a second and looked at Joey, who still looked a little lost. "She'll meet you there," he said, and nodded his head towards Sikowitz's classroom, gesturing him to go. He quickly turned back to Jade and kissed her again, placing his hands on her back to press her closer to him.