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Jade's POV
The last day of school finally arrived! This is relieving, no more Vega and no more making up lame excuses for unfinished work. "Beck!" he got so startled; he spilled his coffee all over himself and also got some on Cat; she immediately started shrieking out, while running around in circles.
"Damn it! Cat, I'm sorry." Beck tried to shake off some of the scalding hot coffee from his leg while trying to calm down the panicking little red.
I couldn't help but roll my eyes at this. Walking towards the, now hyperventilating, Cat I grabbed, or rather snatched, Sinjin's water bottle and proceeded to empty its content on Cat. The soaking wet, crying Cat darted off so quickly that you could've missed all her departure within an eye blink.
"Jade!" Beck screamed- wait, he screamed at me?!
"What!" I snapped back, not as much poison as I would want, but could you blame me for that? Honestly I should be freaking out right now, my two year boyfriend just screamed at me, in public! He had never done that before, yes we have screamed at each other before, but that was different. Those rare occasions took place within the RV before we broke up yet another time just to come back together after a week or so later. This can't be good.
"To the RV, now" Well this last day of school definitely did not go as planned. Storming past him, I made my way out of Hollywood Arts. Not even looking back once, I got inside my car. Storming out of the school's parking lot, heavy metal blasting from the speakers, I drove. Heading nowhere in particular I just drove for hours. I was in a trance, staring blankly ahead.
After about two hours of driving I decided I couldn't take it any longer. Making a sharp left turn, which for I earned several angry drivers' honks and fingers, I headed towards the park where I spent most of my childhood at. That was my usual thinking, and hiding, place. Nobody, not even Beck, knew about this favorite place of mine. I honestly couldn't blame him for never thinking of that place as one of my favorites, who would? Grumpy, bitch, ice queen Jade would never like to hang out in a sunny, colorful, crowded place. Truth is... they're right I do not and will never like to hang out in such a place. This park was not the exception either; I just used that park as a point of reference for my actual location.
Parking my car just in front of the pond, I got out. Walking with a steady pace I made my way past the pond full of infernal geese. Once I got past that hell, I made my way down a long, narrow path the one that would lead me to my final destination. Climbing over the old wired fence I made my way past several rows of trees and warning signs. This signs plus several traps scattered all over the property made me think, since I was little, that somebody didn't want anybody finding out of this place or what secrets it hid.
Young Jadelyn loved spending time with her mommy and daddy at the park. They would spend all day together in days like this. She loved feeding the geese at the pond. That was before 'the incident'. Her parents swore it was just 'an incident' that day, but damn she knew it wasn't. Jadelyn was so concentrated on catching the colorful butterfly that one day she didn't notice she was getting farther away from her parents with every step she took. The butterfly kept flying and Jadelyn kept going after it, she did not take notice of her surroundings. That was until a car's horn was honked; she was abruptly pushed out of the way and landed on cold, hard concrete. She turned around and what met her eyes would be the cause of her subsequent nightmares. A puddle of dark crimson blood matched the emanating odor of death that radiated from her mother's torn corpse. She ran away making her way past the pond, rounding the corner she tripped and fell down landing on a long, narrow path.
Basically nobody knew about this place, light green grass contrasted perfectly with the green provided by the row of oaks. For these oaks in particular she was thankful about. Not only did they provide her with shadow and a comfortable place to lie down while trying to sort out her emotions, but they also provided several meals and a nice view of the ancient cemetery that lay beyond. She made her way up to her favorite branch of her favorite tree. Lying back against the tree trunk she started to daydream, she lost track of time until her phone started to frantically vibrate in her back pocket. This sudden outburst of vibrations and melodies made her jerk causing her to loose balance and almost fall from the tree´s branch. Cursing under her breathe she reached out for her fruit shaped phone. Not even bothering to check the caller ID, she answered "What!"
"Um, Jade it's me, Beck" great just the person she wanted to hear right now! She thought while rolling her eyes at this.
"What!" if he thought her way of answering the phone would change after hearing it was him, he should better think twice before drawing any conclusions.
"Well, before you hang up on me" maybe she underestimated the boy, he did know what her next move would be so, why not give him a chance?
"I'm hearing" she had to reassure him so he could proceed.
"First, I would like to apologize for screaming at you earlier today. This does not change the fact that we are still a couple, that is if you're in accordance of such. You do, however, have to admit that there was no reason to spill water all over Cat. The fact is that I was a little bit disappointed and angry at you for this and out of pure anger I lost my head for a bit and that is when all that you know took place. I love you Jade West, and I by no means will I let this change the fact that I love you and that you are my girlfriend. Now please come over to the RV, it's turning dark outside and I don't want anything bad happening to you." Beck did have a point there, and actually she did kind of miss the warmth of his embrace and the secure feeling she got whenever they were both cuddled within the RV.
"Okay, I'm on my way" she honestly also thought the fight earlier today was stupid. Plus she was freezing alive here.
"Awesome, I can't wait, please hurry and be careful I heard a big storm is heading towards LA coming in from the east." it was frustrating that Beck thought she could not take care of herself.
"Okay, stop worrying I can take care of myself. I'm on my way." with that she hung up not even giving him the chance of answering.
Confirming what Beck had said earlier today, out of nowhere, rain started pouring. Wet moss and water in her eyes were the perfect combination to make her fall of the tree branch landing face flat on the muddy ground. Struggling to stand up, she brushed away the mud that cover her face. Staring blankly ahead she saw the silhouette of two figures in the dark, one apparently a middle aged man carrying a shovel in one hand while struggling to drag a sack behind him. The man stopped, knelt down and reached in the sack, red-velvet hair immediately popped out of the sack. Jade gasped at this managing to screech while doing so, "Cat" she breathed out little above a whisper. The man's head promptly snapped her direction, dropping the, apparently lifeless, body with a barely audible thud. She found herself paralyzed at this, he had seen her.
The man pulled a knife out of his pocket and started approaching her, as if by magic her legs started to work again, she used this at her advantage and started running as fast as her legs could carry her. Running past the pond she headed straight to her car, slamming against the driver's side door, she quickly reached for her car key and with shaking hands she brought the key up. Managing to open the door she didn't hesitate to throw herself into the car's safety. Locking the door she sat, still in shock, soaking wet and covered in mud from head to toes. A loud bang made her stiffen and direct her attention towards the sound. The man that had been chasing her was looking down at her, he was holding a hammer. Her eyes went wide with fear; yes even Jade West experienced that emotion sometimes. She slammed her foot on the pedal causing her car to immediately jerk forward.
Beck's POV
"Okay, stop worrying I can take care of myself. I'm on my way." with that she hung up not even giving me the chance of answering.
He knew she could take care of herself, but his need to protect her was just an instinct of his. He loved her with all his might and this impulse to protect her and be there for her was stronger than the tantrums she usually gave him whenever this instinct in particular overtook him. She reassured him she was on her way, so it shouldn't take her long to be here. She should be okay...
Half an hour has passed since I last spoke to her. Rain started pouring outside almost immediately after she hung up. I believe I gave her more than enough time to make her way back here from wherever she was. No, I have to stop being so paranoid, she made me promise so last time I came looking for her. Making my way to the couch I turned the T.V. on and started watching the news...
We recommend all of you ladies and gentleman to take shelter since temperatures will be dropping and a small storm is predicted to come in from the east...
He couldn't stand it anymore, flicking the T.V. off he grabbed his jacket and made his way to the door, in search for Jade. His search took much shorter than expected since he opened the door to find his bloody nosed, soaking wet, muddy, shivering girlfriend standing in front of him. "Jade! What happened" he asked in a worried and concerned voice. He promptly wrapped his jacket around her leading her, know sobbing girlfriend, inside the RV.
"I...Cat" she managed to get out within sobs.
"Are you okay, why is your nose bleeding?" he knew she had said Cat, but as selfish as it sounded he needed to know first if she was okay.
"I fell, but that's not important. Cat, she..." she began sobbing even harder at this.
"What happened to Cat? Where is she?" this can't be good.
"She's dead Beck! She's probably six feet underground!" what, no, that can't be Jade might be hallucinating. She might be high and still feeling guilty about earlier today.
"No Jade, she is okay I just talked to her about an hour or so ago and she was perfectly fine. She's at a party over at Andre's." I tried to convince Jade she was okay, not even knowing myself if she was actually okay.
"But she-" Jade was really worrying me, so I cut her mid-sentence.
"Look Jade, that's what we were talking about earlier today. She was inviting us over to the party Andre's throwing tonight. She said practically everyone that attended H.A. would be there. We can go if you want, so I can prove to you Cat is perfectly fine." If going to that party was the only way to tranquilize Jade, then we would go.
"Yes! That's perfect! If that's what it takes for you to believe me then let's go to that damn party." Well, it hurt she thought I didn't believe her, but considering what she was stating with no solid proof of such, who wouldn't doubt?
"Okay, get ready. I'll get changed, and then we're heading to the party" There was a long night to look forward to, I was sure of this.
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