Chapter Five: Blur

'Jade, I can feel your pain. It's clouding your train of thought. This pain your feeling is natural, yes. But committing suicide can send you to an eternal life of torment and bloodlust. Do not let yourself be blinded by the past. It only leads to more death.'

Jade woke up from a strange dream. She walked slowly to the bathroom, still thinking about the words she had heard from a masculine voice. She took a quick shower and did her hair and make-up. She threw on a pair of clean clothes and grabbed her book bag.

She walked downstairs and into the kitchen. She made some eggs for her dad, knowing he'd be awake any minute. She saw some knives next to the stovetop and she grabbed one. She remembered Beck and put it back down, remembering her dream too. She then began to cry.

She arrived at school 30 minutes late. She got to her locker and took some books from it and put them into her bag. She looked at the inside locker door, there was a picture of Beck and herself at the beach. She began to cry again.

She heard a light screeching sound and felt a gust of wind coming from behind her. She turned around and saw Zach standing there.

"Ah…hi Jade! I didn't think anyone would be here at this time…" Zach said.

Jade cleared the tears from her eyes quickly.

"Where did that wind come from? And did you hear that screeching sound?" she asked.

"Ah…no….but hey, we should get to class, we're really late." he said.

Zach walked up there stairs.

"Yeah…" Jade said to herself. She closed her locker and then walked up there stairs to her first class.

She walked into the classroom and Mr. Howard looked at her.

"Jade! You're late like Zach." Mr. Howard said.

"Yeah…I'm sorry I was busy this morning that I-" Jade was cut off.

"Well you can join Zach in detention." Mr. Howard said.

Jade frowned, "Fine…"

Mr. Howard began teaching again. Jade looked around the classroom to find Beck, but he was no where to be found.

"Hey Robby, have you seen Beck?" Jade asked, starring at Robby.

Robby was reading a book and seemed to not even notice Jade standing next to him.

"Robby!" Jade shouted.

Robby jumped, "Ah! Jade! Don't kill me!" Robby hid his face inside of his book.

"No, Robby, have you seen Beck around this morning?" Jade asked again.

"No, no, I haven't. Robby said.

Rex jumped up, "I haven't either, but if you're lookin' fo a boifrann, I'm you're man, sexi babii!"

Jade became furious and punched Rex in the face.

Robby jumped up out of his seat, "REX! I gotta take him to the nurse!"

Robby ran out of the classroom. Tori walked over to Jade and sat down next to her.

"Hi." Tori said nicely.

"Hey." Jade said aggressively.

"So, I heard you and Beck broke up. What happened?" Tori asked.

"Get out of my face Tori!" Jade shouted and moved to a different seat.

Jade walked up to a lunch table outside of the school, joining Andre, Tori and Cat. She sat down, with no food.

"Hey Jade!" Cat said happily.

"Hi…" Jade whispered.

"Wuz up J?" Andre said.

"Hi Andre…" Jade said quietly.

Tori looked down as she was eating her burrito.

Jade sighed, "Look, Tori…I'm sorry for getting upset. I didn't mean to yell."

Tori smiled, "Jade, it's ok. I shouldn't have brought Beck up."

"Have any of you seen Beck today?" Jade asked.

"No." everyone said.

Andre took a few bites of his sandwich before he said, "Look at all these clouds, you think it's gunna ran soon?"

"I love the rain!" Cat said.

"So do I." Jade said.

"Why do you guys like the rain? It makes you look all gross." Tori said.

Cat screamed, "What's that supposed to mean?"

Cat got up and ran away.

"No! Cat!" Tori called.

Andre shook his head, "Let'er go."

It was the end of the school day and Jade walked to the detention room. She opened the door and sat in this back corner. A few moments past and Zach walked into the room. He looked at Jade and walked over to her.

"May I join you?" he asked kindly.

"Sure." Jade said.

Zach sat down and opened a Math book.

Zach sighed, "So, how have you been?"

"Good…" Jade sighed.

"Are you lying?" Zach asked.

"No! Yes…I've been horrible…I can't eat and I had a strange dream last night…it's only been one day and I feel like I'm a ghost." Jade said with tears in her eyes.

"You're not a ghost Jade." Zach said lightly.

"Then why do I feel like I'm nothing? I feel like I'm alone again, with no one to hold or love me." Jade said.

Zach touched Jade's shoulder lightly handing her a small piece of paper.

"I know what you're going through, and I know it hurts. Please, if you need anyone to talk to, I'm here for you Jade. Call or text me if you need anything."

Jade took the paper and smiled, "I'll keep you in mind. Thanks."

Zach smiled, "Good."

"Wait, how did you get me to say all that?" Jade asked.

Zach smiled, "You could say I'm naturally lovable."

"Huh…" Jade said confused.

"Well, we should get to work on our homework, shall we?" Zach said.

"Yeah." Jade said.

Zach helped her with all of her homework.

Detention ended and the two walked out into the parking lot. Zach looked up into the sky, "You think it's going to rain?"

"Maybe. I haven't watch the news recently." Jade said.

Zach laughed.

"Are your parents coming to pick you up?" Jade asked.

"I think so, are yours?" Zach asked.

"No. I think I'll walk." she said.

"Need an escort?" he asked.

"What? No, no. I can walk by myself. I need to be alone for a while." she said.

"All right. You can go ahead, it'll probably be a while for my parents to get here." he said.

"Ok. I'll text you." Jade said.

Jade gave Zach a quick hug.

"Bye, Zach." she said.

"Goodbye, Jade." he said.

Jade walked away slowly, looking back at Zach a few times before she turned the corner of the street.

As Jade was walking home she noticed a man walking behind her, that seemed to be following her. She started to walk faster. But the man kept up. Suddenly a black car drove up and stopped in front of her. She stopped and looked at it. The man behind her put on a mask and pulled out a gun. The door to the black car opened.

The man pointed the gun at Jade and said, "Get in the car."

"Please, don't hurt me…" Jade said.

"Get in the car now!" the man said.

Jade began to cry, "Ok, ok…"

Jade took a few steps forward. She heard the same sound from earlier this morning, the screeching sound. The man holding the gun flew through the air and into the car, nearly flipping it. A reddish blur appeared, moving fast, and lifted the car from the ground, and threw it into a tree, knocking the tree down. The blurry figure than ran down the street and around the corner faster than Jade could blink. Jade stood there, unable to believe what she just saw.

It began to rain, and Jade ran home.