Chapter 2, guys! Sorry it took a while.. This is in Ryder's POV :)


"Ryder?" she finally said when her eyes flitted open. I smirked, but then she fell once again into unconsciousness.

Now what?

She was in her underwear and a black tank top. I need to take it off, but she might kill me when she wakes up. Still, her top was too wet. She might get sick. I didn't want to die, so tried my best to get water out of her top, twisting it.

"That should do for now." I mumble to myself. I lift her, and carry her next to my campfire. I place her gently in the sand, covering her with my hoodie and shirt which I took off before jumping after her. I used my shorts for myself, trying to cover a bit of my torso. It was windy and I was wet. Not a good combination. I rubbed my palms together and place them near the fire, trying to warm myself. Why the hell was Jade West here? And why did she jump off that cliff? Last I heard, she threatened Ms. Murray, our swim coach, for making her dive in the 12ft pool. Did she even know how to swim? I look at the unconscious girl in black, and start to wonder. Truly the most interesting girl I ever met.

The sun had already set for like an hour now, and Jade still hasn't woken up yet. There was no hut, nor roof in this beach. No shelter, cause no one actually visits here much. Which wasn't convenient cause I felt a gust of cold wind, unlike the warm breeze I was feeling just a while ago. I rub my palms once more, enjoying my last moments with the campfire I made. Ironically, that was when I felt the first drop on my arm. I stood up quickly, and scooped up Jade along with my clothes. We were gonna need them.

Wait. Where are HER clothes? Probably up the cliff… Oh, Jade. Why the hell did you jump?

I settled in under a tree, which probably wasn't going to save us from the rain, sat down, and placed her head on my lap. She probably wasn't going to like that, but it's better than letting her sleep on top of uncomfortable tree roots, which I was sitting on. She woke up a few minutes later, cause of the drops that were hitting her face.

"Hey." I greeted her awkwardly. She seemed a bit too confused to answer. "Uh, not to be abrupt, Jade but uh.. Did you drive here? Cause obviously, we need a roof."

"Yeah, I did." She replies, her voice croaks slightly. And then her face turns into an expression of annoyance, and curses. "Fuck."

"Your keys are in your clothes on the cliff, right?" I ask. She nods. "I'll go get them, but stay here." She tries to protest, but eventually lets me go. I ran my way to the cliff. It was raining really hard, and I was running in just my boxers, so the rain hurt my skin like sticks poking my skin with every drop. I reach the top and found Jade's discarded clothes by the edge. I check her sweater and felt her keys. I then ran my way back to her, but the trip was a little shorter, for she tried to follow me. She had a hard time too, I could tell. How stubborn can you be, West? So I quickly picked her up, and started running towards the road. She squirmed in my grasp.

"How could you be so stubborn? I told you to stay put!" I scold the raven-haired girl in my arms, while running at the same time.

"Put me down, Ryder! I have my own feet!" she protested.

"Can't do that." I snap at her, holding her tight in my arms. I found her car and beeped it open. I placed her in the backseat before I sat, then closed the door. All our discarded clothes were wet, so I threw them over the front seats. It was a good thing Jade has black leather seat covers. I was shivering like hell, so I tried rubbing my palms together once more. Jade was curled up in a ball, trying to warm herself.

"You okay there?" Stupid question. She nods. Stupid answer.

"Let's just start the car, and drive back home." She says, quite tiredly.

"We can't." I reply. She looks at to me questioningly. I continue, "The roads here are dangerous when it's raining, and it's already dark. Let's just wait the rain or the sun out. Whichever comes first."

She groans and slumps back in her position. We both knew we couldn't even turn on the heater, for the car will run out of gas, which left us shivering in our unclothed bodies. We were silent, except for teeth chattering. And then I couldn't take it any longer.

"You do know we could heat each other up, right?" I tease her.

"I'm aware of that." She answers.

"Is that a—"

"No." I laugh. She faces me now. "Why are you laughing?"

"Cause after you drowning, me saving you and all that, you're still the same stubborn Jade West." I say.

"Well, yeah. Who'd you want me to be? Taylor Swift?"

I chuckle. "I like Demi Lovato better."

Jade actually smiles. "Me too."

.

"Y-you know, y-you c-could pass for a vampire now." I try to tease her, stuttering in the process cause I was really cold. She was too.

"I-I'm no B-bella Swan." she says, quite seriously.

"I know." I chuckle.

"R-ryder?"

"Y-yeah?"

"I really need to p-pee." She informs me. I would have laughed, but in this case, it wasn't funny.

"Yeah, m-me too." I say.

"Le-Let's just b-both get outside the rain, th-then do our stufffff, k-kay?" she says. "On three."

"One.." "Two.." "Three!"

We both opened our door on either side. She was on the right side, by the beach. And I was on the left side, by the road. I finished first, and entered the car once more. She followed after a few seconds. We were wetter again.

"Jade, c-can you please re-think the c-cuddling?" I ask her. I couldn't take the cold anymore.

"F-fine, let's do it." She says. I was a bit surprised, but I hovered my arms over her a bit too eagerly. "Wait." She brushed my arms off for a sec. I put my arms back down, then looked at her questioningly. She grimaced then took off her wet top, threw it on the passenger's seat, revealing her black laced bra. I controlled my jaw before it dropped. She then motioned me to hug her, and so I did. I buried my face on her neck, embracing all the heat she could provide.

"Survival one-oh-one." I whispered to ear.

"Don't enjoy this too much." She warned me. I'll try.

"You're tired." I say simply. If Jade was in her usual spunk, she wouldn't let anybody hug her like this. Well maybe Oliver, but..

"I'm not tired." She says. Still the old stubborn Jade.

"You almost drowned today. Get some sleep. You need it." She looks up to my face, hers just a few inches from mine. Her eyes were really soft, not a hint of protest left. She sighs, then nods. We both lay down in the backseat, still cuddling each other for heat. I let her use my arm as a pillow, then let her drift off to sleep.


Beck's POV

"Guys! Jadey's in trouble!" Cat cries, running to us with her PearPhone. We all put our attention on her.

"What'd she say?" I ask the red-headed girl, sounding a bit worried.

"Nothing!" she replies.

"What?" Robbie asks.

"Nothing?" Rex chimes in.

"Nothing?" Tori repeats after Rex. Cat just shakes her head.

"Then what's wrong with that?" Rex asks.

"She's not answering! She's not picking up her phone!" she cries.

"Maybe she's just busy." Andre suggests.

"No! Jadey answers all the time! She asks me 'What?', and then hangs up when I start to tell my story!"

"Maybe she's just annoyed with you, Cat." Tori says. I shake my head. Wrong choice of words.

"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?"

"Here, Cat. Play with my keys for a sec." I throw her my keys, mimicking Jade when she was annoyed with the girl.

She caught them, but then protested for a sec. "But-"

"I'm sure Jade's fine, Cat." Tori consoles her. "She can handle herslelf."

"Kaykay.."

"And we really need to finish this project, so come on, guys!" Tori whines, and puts us back to work.

Get your thoughts back to work then, Beck. I tell myself.


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