Jade walks into the dimly lit bar and looks for a place to sit. Unable to find anything she goes and stands at an empty spot at the far end of the bar. After waiting a few minutes the bartender approaches her with a drink in his hand.

"Your drink, ma'am." He says sitting the drink in front of her.

"I didn't order yet." She says sternly, pushing the drink away.

"That man ordered it for you" He says pointing to a spot about halfway down the huge bar.

Jade turns to see who sent the drink, just to give them a thank you wave when she looks and sees that it is Beck waving back at her. She takes the drink and walks down to where Beck is sitting and squeezes between him and the person sitting next to him.

"Excuse me, but I don't accept drinks from men in bars." She jokingly tells him.

"Not even from an old friend." Beck says with a huge smile on his face.

"I guess I can make an exception. Thanks."

"No problem. Hey, a table just opened up... wanna sit for a minute?"

"Sure, why not."

Beck and Jade make their way through the crowded bar to the empty table. Beck pulls Jade's seat out for her and waits for her to sit.

"Still the gentleman I see." Jade says as she adjusts herself in her seat.

"I try." He says as he sits.

There is an awkward silence between the two. Beck nervously taps on the table as Jade picks with a chipped piece of black nail polish on her thumb. They both look around the bar trying to avoid making eye contact with each other. Jade takes a sip of the drink Beck bought her and starts laughing.

"Is this a zombie?" She says holding the glass up.

"Yeah, I didn't know what else to get you. The last drink I remember you liking was a zombie." Beck says through a chuckle.

"Oh my Goodness, do you remember when I started drinking these?"

"Yeah, you didn't even care what was in it. All you knew is that it was called a zombie and you made it your drink of choice."

"It's really good though." Jade says taking another sip. "Why are you down here by yourself? Where are the guys?"

"They're in the pool. They couldn't wait to get in." Beck says rolling his eyes.

"Cat said y'all had a nice pool. I'm gonna have to come and check it out."

"Yeah, why doesn't your room have a pool?"

"Cat got us a suite with a full kitchen because I said I wanted to cook for us all a couple of times. So we don't have a pool, but we have a jacuzzi."

"You're cooking?"

"Yeah, I've taken a few cooking classes when I had some down time and I like it. "

"Would you be offended if I ordered out?"

"Yes!" Jade says slapping Beck on the arm. "I don't really get to cook for other people that often."

"That might be a good thing."

"Trust me, you'll love it. Do you still like french toast?"

"It's my favorite!"

"I tell you what, for breakfast tomorrow, I'll make stuffed french toast. I guarantee you'll love it."

"Alright. We'll see."

They both laugh and the tension that once filled the room was now gone. The two of them were comfortable and safe with each other, just like old times.

"So how's your family doing?" Beck asks.

Jade's smile disappears and the happiness she was exuding begins to fade. She looks at Beck and gives a despondent shrug. "Hell if I know."

"What do you mean?" He says leaning in, taking a genuine interest.

"Well you know how my dad is. He's never been supportive of anything I've done."

"Yeah."

"He was pretty pissed when I left college after getting my record deal. I tried to tell him that I can always finish college, but I might never get this opportunity again. He pretty much told me I was an idiot chasing a pipe dream."

"Wow." Beck says in disbelief. "Well how does he feel now that you're successful?"

"Well... When my first album went platinum, I went to him so excited and happy. I was like dad, my album has gone platinum... that means at least a million people have bought my album and its projected to sell a lot more."

"What did he say?"

"Jade when are you going to get your act together!" She says mocking her father. "I guess you'll listen when you're broke and living on the streets. And when it happens don't come knocking on my door looking for help."

"Damn..." Beck says shaking his head. "Well what about your mother, she always supported you."

Jade lets out deep sigh. "Do you remember that asshole my mother was dating my freshman year? The one that gave me shit about everything?"

"Yeah."

"Well she married him."

"She married that jerk?"

"Yeah, one day we got into a huge argument and he actually told my mother that she needed to choose between the two of us. My mother told him that she wasn't going to choose, that is until he threatened to divorce her. I've barely talked to her since. I might hear from her every once in awhile, usually through Cat. I tried to call and he had my number blocked."

"Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. So what do you do for holidays and stuff?"

"Usually I work. I try to keep myself busy. If I can't find anything to keep myself busy, I"ll hang with Robbie and Cat."

"Really?" Beck says with a smile.

"Yeah." Jade says as her mood starts to lighten. "I have to say, I used to give Cat a lot of shit.. but I thank God for that girl everyday." Jade pauses when she feels her eyes start to water. She pulls her shirt out and tucks her face in, pressing the corners of her eyes to stop her tears.

Beck sits quietly and watches her. It wasn't that often that Jade cried, and for her to do so in a room full of people was a big deal. He sits his drink down and rubs her arm, trying to console her. The sight of her crying makes him want to cry, something that always happened when he saw her cry.

"Are you alright?" He asks still stroking her arm.

Jade lifts her head and straightens her shirt. "I'm fine." She says before taking a long sip of her drink. "But yeah, Cat has been amazing and she tries so hard to make sure she keeps some sort of communication between me and my mom even if it is indirectly. She calls and checks on me all the time. And honestly it feels good to have someone tell you that they love you. Not fans, and not people working with you but someone who really loves you and cares about you and your well-being... you know?"

"Yeah."

"Enough about me, how are your parents doing?"

"They're good. You know they still have the RV in the backyard."

"Really?" Jade says bursting with laughter. "Your parents were the coolest. Who else would let their kid have a RV in the backyard because they want more privacy."

"I know, if they only knew what was going on in that RV." Beck says raising his eyebrows.

Jade giggles and covers her face with her hand to keep Beck from seeing her blush.

"I don't want you to think I'm crazy, but I actually have something for you." An embarrassed Beck says.

"For me?" Jade says pointing to herself.

"Yeah, I know your birthday was last week, and I had the chance to come into something I knew you would like."

"What is it?" Jade say skeptically.

"It's a surprise. Wanna go see it?" Beck says with a sheepish grin.

"Sure." Jade says as they leave and head back to his suite.