Chapter 17

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Jade's POV

"Okay, I call my own room. No one else is sharing with me, so get lost." I say plainly, walking to the room on my left with a walk-in closet. It's a four bedroom suite, so some people have to share. But not me!

"Jade?" I hear Cat as she walks cautiously in my room.

"Cat?" I mimic in the same tone.

"When you and Beck had that fight on the plane, and he said to take a break, does that mean you guys…like…broke up?" She questions. My heart hurts at the thought of it. I manage to nod and utter a yes while a single tear runs down my face.

"Aw, Jadey don't be sad!" Cat comes up and wraps her arms around me. I let her.

"Don't worry, you and Beck will get back together. You always do!" Cat giggles as she pulls away. I crack a smile. She has a point there.

"Unpack your clothes so we can go shopping!" Cat says as she walks out of my room. I toss my suitcase on top of my bed, unzipping it and taking stacks of clothes out. I realize Beck has the rest of my bags so I walk out in the hall and hear his voice outside of another room.

"I don't know what to do," he says. What is he talking about?

"Man, you really screwed up." Andre says. I guess they're sharing a room. "What is that, like the fourth time you guys broke up?"

"I shouldn't have said that. I probably hurt her bad," Beck says. So they're talking about me. I see how it is. Backstabbers.

"Uh, duh. Did you not see her face? Even I could see the tears glinting in her eyes and I was across the aisle," Andre says.

"I need my stuff," I say, walking in. They both jump on their separate beds. I spot my things on Beck's bed. I grab it as he stops me.

"Jade, I'm-"

"Shut up," I snap at him. "If you were sorry you wouldn't have said that. There was no reason for you to say that." And with that, I gather my things and walk back to my room. As I hang my dress clothes up, place pajamas and a few other things in the dressers and get my bathroom stuff in my own bathroom, I can't help but think about Beck's words on the airplane. I finally stuffed my bags in the top shelf of my closet and just sat on my bed, realizing its 6pm. I walk out in the living room and see everyone talking all secretive.

"Um, am I missing something?" I ask, confused. Everyone immediately stops talking.

"Do you wanna go out to eat? I mean, this is your birthday present so we can do whatever you want," Cat says.

"I want to go shopping. By myself. Alone. No one else. Understand?" I phrase everything slowly so they get my point. They all nod.

"Don't follow me," I warn before I walk in my room and grab my purse. As I walk out the door, Tori interrupts me.

"Wait, do you have money?" She yells.

"One of my dad's million credit cards is in my purse, nosey!" I yell back, walking to the elevator. I press the 1st floor button and call a cab.

"Where to, miss?" He asks me.

"The mall," I simply tell him. He nods before driving off in that direction.

"Your total will be $7.32," he says as we pull up next to the mall.

"I have a credit card," I tell him as I get out. "And that's all I have."

"Miss, I can't take credit," he says.

"Well then, guess you're not getting a tip," I snap as I walk in the mall. I hear calling miss in the distance, but I could care less. I walk into the first store I see: Wet Seal. I find a tight, blood red dress with one sleeve that goes over the shoulder. I find some other clothes and check out, not caring about the price. I continue to hop from store to store, buying all the clothes I like. I get a new pair of combat boots, too. Once I'm finally tired of shopping, I get a cab to the hotel. As I reach my floor and start walking to our suite, some guys stop me.

"Hey there," the brunette says. "Went shopping?"

"Shut up and get lost," I snap at him.

"Oooohhh! A feisty one!" The blonde laughs with his friend. I begin to grow impatient and start walking to my room.

"And just where do you think you're going?" The brunette stops me, roughly grabbing my hand and making me drop my bags.

"Watch where you're going, girl." The blonde one narrows his eyes at me.

"Get off of me," I growl at the brunette, snatching my hand away from him.

"Shut up," he suddenly sneers at me, causing me to back up.

"Back the hell off." I tried to sound tough, but my gulp couldn't hide it. Yeah, right now I wouldn't mind Beck walking out and getting his head in my business.

"Come back to our place," the brunette says. I shake my head quickly.

"I don't know you and I don't want to," I sneer at him. His face turns red with anger and he grabs me roughly, shoving me to their room. I might as well do it. I have no other choice if I wanna live.

"BECK!" I scream. "BECK!" God dumbass, where are you when I need you?! The brunette covers my mouth with his filthy hand. I continue screaming Beck's name, but it's no use because my voice is muffled.

"I swear I heard someone screaming your name." I hear Andre say as he opens the door. A wave a relief passes over me. Beck and Andre notice me and their eyes widen.

"Let her go," Beck says calmly but firmly.

"Or what?" The blonde questions.

"Do you really wanna go there?" Beck retorts. As they walk over to us, I'm dragged into a dark hotel room. Panic rushes over me as I'm thrown to the ground.

"Jade!" I hear Beck scream as there's pounding on the door.

"Beck! Help me!" I yell, my voice cracking as the other guy presses his foot down onto my chest. I start to choke for air, but I grab the guy's ankle and push it off me. I bite the other guy's hand since it's covering my mouth.

"Oww! She bit me! That damn vampire! No wonder why she's so pale!" He exclaims, holding his hand. I stand up and unlock the door, running behind Beck. His right arm covers me as I hide behind it. I didn't even notice the cops already here, arresting the other guys. One cop comes up to me and starts harassing me with questions.

"Leave me alone!" I yell at him, going to the hotel room. I didn't even notice everyone was outside. I walk to my room and slam the door behind me, locking it.

"Jade," I hear Beck's voice from the other side of the door. "Please." No. I refuse to open the door. I can't do that. Then, it'll look like I'm weak and give in easily.

Screw it.

I open the door, letting him in. I shut the door behind him, not wanting the others to hear our conversation.

"That cop wants to talk to you," Beck says, sitting on my bed.

"Well, he's not gonna get what he wants," I snap, sitting next to him. "I am not going out there while those two freaks are still out there. No. You're crazy!"

"I didn't say you had to go out there," he defends himself. "But they will eventually come in here and want to talk to you. I told him what I saw, but he wants to know what happened with you." I just nod once. God, I wish we were still together. It would just be so nice. And we haven't been on a date in forever and I'm starting to wonder it will never happen again.

"Ugh!" I scream, fall back on the bed and sliding down to the ground.

"You okay?" Beck asks, staring down at me as I lay on the ground. His warm, chocolate brown eyes looking so welcoming. Not Over you by Gavin DeGraw is playing through my room.

"Do I look like I'm okay?" I snap at him, standing up. "Beck, I have been dying inside all day. And I'm pretty sure you know why. All those times when you said you loved me, said you would never leave me, said you would never want anyone else. Were those just lies? Because I was stupid enough to believe them. You made me feel so vulnerable and gullible when I found out the truth of those words. If you meant all those things you said, then why did you let me leave you? Why did you leave me when I needed you the most?" He looks a little shocked at my words as I continue to tower over him. But he stands up too, his face inches from mine.

"I know I was wrong for letting you go and I know I was wrong for leaving you but I know one thing I wasn't wrong about. I wasn't wrong when I said those things," Beck starts.

"That is bullshit, Beck!" I start yelling at him. "If you meant what you said then you wouldn't have done all of this!"

"Let me talk!" He yells back at me.

"No, Beck! Your excuses are the worst and I want no part in them anymore!" I shout back him, tears threatening to spill.

"They're not excuses if you would just let me explain what I mean!" He shouts back.

"Time after time we break up and make up! A relationship isn't supposed to work like that!" I scream at him.

"Yeah, well you know what? Our relationship just works like that! I can't help it and you can't help it! We have a dysfunctional love!" He finally yells and it's like the words dysfunctional love click in my brain when they come out of his mouth. He grabs my wrists and holds them close to him.

"I wasn't wrong when I said those things," he starts off, calm again. "You think I would just leave you when we broke up? Even when we were broken up I never stopped thinking about you. I never stopped caring about you. I never stopped getting jealous when a guy walked up and tried to talk to you even though you told him off. And most importantly, I never ever stopped loving you." We just stare deeply at each other, getting so lost in the moment. We both leaned in at the same time, our lips colliding. His hands release mine and wrap around my waist, pulling me closer. I lock mine around his neck, letting my fingers play with his fluffy hair. After a few minutes, a loud voice interrupts us.

"Ha! I told you they were gonna kiss and I told you they were gonna get back together!" I hear Tori from the door. I never even noticed they were standing there.

"Okay, okay!" Andre says to her. "You were right." Beck turns his head while I peek over his shoulder.

"Um, that door was closed," I snap at them. They run out quickly and close it. "And Andre, you should know we were bound to get back together in the first place."

"Oh, I knew you two would get back together," Andre says from behind the door. "But miss loud mouth over here couldn't contain her excitement about it and interrupted you. So when you come out on the middle of the night with your scissors make sure you chops her hair off and not mine."

"Don't worry, I will!" I tell him just to get Tori worried.

"Andre! I don't wanna be bald like Cat was!" I hear Tori tell him. Beck laughs and I continue to kiss him again, jumping up and wrapping my legs around his waist.

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