AN: This isn't really connected to the first story. This one is about Meredith and how Beck was a self-centered jerk. When he thought he wanted to break up with Jade, he just announced that he was unhappy with his relationship to a whole audience. And now when he decided that he didn't like Meredith, he didn't even say "sorry I don't think this is working out". Not even that. He just walked off and started kissing his ex on the stage. And apparently that dip thing is Elavan now? Dude his hand was on her butt.

Disclaimer: I don't own these characters.

[Second Response to TFB&J]

Waiting Game – Better of the Two

Meredith has always thought Beck Oliver was cute. Well, you could say that most girls that have ever interacted with Beck thought he was cute. But Meredith found herself really liking Beck, and not just for his looks. He was charming, nice, funny, and quite the gentleman whether they were hanging out as a group or alone, rehearsing for that one play they did a couple summers ago. And the looks, she had to admit, was definitely a plus.

But like pretty much every other girl, Meredith was afraid of Jade, actually she was terrified of Jade. Meredith has heard a lot of rumors about Jade, like the time she chased after a grizzly bear who stole their food while she was camping. And she won the ensuing fight. It sounded a bit outlandish and Jade probably just cussed out the bear and won that verbal fight since bears can't talk, but Meredith was not going to be the one to test out the validity of those Jade rumors. It was safer just to keep a distance. Besides, a verbal lashing and threat from her was frightening enough.

So Meredith knew better than to flirt with Beck while he was still with Jade, even though she knew that she had an undeniable chemistry with Beck. Beck probably felt it too, but just didn't want to admit it. Maybe Jade scared him too.

When Meredith heard that Beck had finally had enough and stood up to Jade at that weird kid's game show rehearsal, she almost jumped up and down screaming in her bedroom. And when she heard that Beck threw Jade out of Tori's house and dumped her, she did jump up and down screaming in her bedroom. Beck Oliver was going to be hers.

But the majority of the female population at Hollywood Arts felt the same way. This included many of her friends. So she refrained from asking him out. Instead she just sat and let the other girls who Beck rejected cry on her shoulder. Maybe she was what he was waiting for. After all, there was that chemistry when they did that play together.

A couple days before the full moon jam, Meredith decided to try her luck. She felt disappointed when Beck made up some obvious lie about counting coins. That was the first time Meredith thought Beck was a jerk. He couldn't even tell her, "Sorry I'm not interested. Let's just be friends"? Did he try to lead every girl he meets on?

Tori, stupid Tori, kept dragging her back. Didn't she know that almost every girl hated her for being so close to Beck? And for getting a lot of big singing and acting parts, but mainly for being close to Beck. The only other girls that considerably close to him were Jade and Cat and Beck had known them both for a long time. Plus, Jade was a mean, terrifying gank and Cat was obviously a little sister figure to him. Who could like someone that acted that much like a five-year-old? But Tori was competition, especially since she just pranced into Beck's life singing some stupid song about making shiny stuff or whatever and stayed there, an important figure in Beck's life. Tori was definitely the main competition.

To say that Meredith wasn't a little upset was a lie. After a couple days, Meredith decided not to sing at the full moon jam and that she was over Beck. That was when Beck came up to her at her locker.

"Hey Meredith" he started, leaning against the lockers. And she immediately forgot every notion she had about being over Beck.

"Hi."

"Would you want to hang out with me at the full moon jam?"

"Sure."

With that Beck left. And that was the second time Meredith felt that Beck was a jerk. Couldn't he stay a little longer and actually have a conversation with her? But Beck Oliver was a catch and she was going to do her best that keep that catch. He was hard to read though. It was almost impossible for her to tell what kind of girl he wanted to be with. She can't remember him ever dating another girl besides Jade. And Jade was a gank that certainly no guy would like.

She decided to try her best to please Beck the night of the full moon jam because she really wanted things to go well with him. So she may have gone a little overboard with the agreeing.

At some point, Beck told her that he was going to go over there and gave a general point. It looked like he was pointing towards some food. So he was actually hungry. Oh. Maybe she should have said that she was so that he wouldn't feel bad about getting food. This was so hard.

So she sat in her lawn chair and waited for him to come back with his food. As he was getting food, Jade West got on stage. Even though she was pretty much evil, that girl could really sing. What really made her stand out was that unlike with most of the other singers at the school, you could hear the soul and emotion in her voice.

And this time, her performance was, once again, stellar. Meredith noticed that she kept looking to the side though. She followed Jade's gaze and found a Beck Oliver, standing there smiling. She tells herself that he was just caught up in her voice, which she admits was very mesmerizing. She didn't seem all mean and vicious when she sang, so any guy would be completely into her when she sang. So Meredith brushed it off and continued the waiting game.

She expected the waiting game to be over when Jade finished the song. But Meredith was definitely not as well read on the subject of Beck as Jade was, and couldn't predict what was going to happen next during the waiting game, because she was not expecting to see Beck walk onto that stage and them to kiss. It was possible that she was just lying to herself, not wanting to face how Beck was obviously trying to use her as a rebound because Tori pretty much told him to. Did that boy have any opinions of his own? And he had the nerve to act like she was the one with no opinions? She was just trying to please him and he was just that confusing. The reasons she couldn't figure what he wanted was probably not because he was so mysterious like she had thought, but probably more because he didn't even know what he wanted.

He didn't even have the courtesy of breaking it off with her, and at least give some lame excuse of it's not you it's me. Beck just waltzed up to kiss his ex when they were on a date. He never really ended the date, but had just said on I'm going to go over there.

Meredith was pissed now. This was the third time Meredith saw Beck as a jerk and it was going to be the last time he was a jerk to her. She knew that Beck was probably going to continue being a jerk, but she wasn't going to stay around to experience it.

It did leave her pitying Jade though, because, as the evidence of them kissing on stage shows, she was probably going to be the one staying around to experience it. As terrifying as Jade was, you always knew where you stood with her. And if you think about it, she was always protective as hell over Cat and Beck and everyone else she was close to. Beck on the other hand was like a celebrity. From afar, he's perfect, but the more you get to know him, the more you wish you didn't. Beck was nicer as an acquaintance, a familiar face, while Jade was just protective, afraid to get hurt. With a boyfriend like Beck, Meredith could understand why.

Perhaps Meredith would one day try to be friends with Jade – one day when she was feeling particularly fearless. Because she realized that if you compare the couple, Jade might actually be the better of the two.

Fin.