Jade's POV

The rest of the day went on as usual, but I was in an especially good mood thanks to Beck. It was lunchtime now and I couldn't keep my eyes off him from across the table. He was sitting with his arm around Allison, but every now and then he'd look over and give me a smile; each time he did, my heart fluttered.

Cat was in the process of telling the gang about the time her brother ate three marbles, so it was basically free time to let our eyes wander to each other. I was about to look up and wink at Beck when I felt someone's eyes on me.

I turned to see Robbie sitting at Cat's side giving me a death stare. Well, his version of a death stare, which kind of made him look constipated. I saw Beck's head shoot down to his food, he was clearly opting for the high road. I, on the other hand, shot Robbie a real death stare, making him drop his fork.

"And that's what that little metal tube was for!" Cat finished, leaving Tori, Andre, and Ally with uncomfortable expressions. They were the only ones actually listening.

"Wow…" was all Tori said.

"Uh, hey I have to go to the restroom," Allison said randomly. "Cat, Tori, Jade, come with me?"

"Sure," Tori said immediately. I assumed it was one of those girl things so I got up to follow them. Cat on the other hand didn't get it.

"But I don't have to go!" She whined as Tori pulled her up. Beck shot me a panicked look that I could only shrug to.

"Must be a chick thing," Andre said, continuing with his meal.

"I wish I was a girl," Robbie pouted, getting him weird looks from everyone. "Not like that!" He started to defend himself. We all just shook our heads, and the girls and I left.

We arrived in the restroom and started checking our reflections in the mirrors above the sinks. My face still looked pretty grotesque. Ugh.

"So what's this about?" Tori asked Allison and we all looked down to her. She looked around to make sure it was only us in the restroom.

"I think Beck is cheating on me," she said quickly. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. She knew. She brought me here to call me out. Oh man, I was dead. I started washing my hands just to have something to do.

"What?!" Cat squealed.

"Why?" Tori asked. Yes, why! Why had we been so careless?

"He's been acting strange lately," she started. "Like he's distracted or something. He never really asks to hang out anymore, and he rarely kisses me first."

"Maybe he's just having a weird week?" Tori tried to comfort her.

"Yeah, maybe he lost his favorite crayon!" Cat tried too. "My brother ate mine once and I didn't wanna get out of bed for a month!"

"Cat, I don't think it's that," Tori said trying not to hurt her feelings. "I don't know Ally, Beck is a really great guy. I don't think he'd do that. And you don't really have any proof…do you?"

"Well…," Allison said, pausing. Well what?! What proof could she possibly have?! We never left any evidence! "Saturday night, I slept over at his RV and I…"

"You what?" I spat out, not able to take the suspense anymore.

"Well I had this weird dream that he was on the phone with someone," she explained. Oh god, she heard us. "And he called that person baby and kept asking what was wrong. He sounded really worried."

"But it was a dream," Tori shrugged, not seeing a connection.

"Yeah, but then I woke up and he was outside the RV…with his phone."

"Ahh," Tori understood. "You don't think it was a dream."

"Well I don't know what to think. He said he just couldn't sleep, and when I checked his phone later there was no call…but still. I have a weird feeling," she bit her lip nervously. "What do you guys think?"

"I think Beck is too nice," Cat said innocently. "And he looooves you."

"Yeah…I agree with Cat," Tori said. "I mean, I really can't see Beck doing something like that. He's always honest. And he does love you."
"Yeah…" Ally seemed unconvinced.

"You could always ask him," Tori suggested. No. No. No! Beck had done alright with the lying so far, but I doubt if he can handle a straight up question.

"But wouldn't he get mad?" Ally asked.

"I don't know…" Tori shrugged.

"Jade, what do you think?" Allison asked as all three of them turned to look at me.

"Me? Oh my opinion doesn't matter," I tried to get out of answering. I didn't like lying this much either.

"Come on, you're my friend and Beck's," she pushed.

"Yeah, and you're new so you're objective," Tori added.

"Umm…" I stalled. "I think…Beck is a great guy…and he probably loves you…and wouldn't hurt you like that…" I looked down, feeling a wave of guilt.

Ally sighed and nodded, "You're right," she said. "You all are. You know what, it was just a stupid dream. I need to take a chill pill." She shook her head.

"No, what you need is a girl's night," Tori smirked.

"Yaaaay! Girl's night! Let's do it tonight!" Cat clapped excitedly.

"At my house?" Tori suggested. "And we can start with the mall afterschool today. I need some new boots."

"That sounds so perfect right now," Ally smiled. "I'm in. Jade?"

"Uh…I don't know…" I looked away from three pairs of eyes. I really didn't care for the mall scene, especially if it was with Beck's girlfriend. Then again, I did need to buy a new phone.

"Please?" Ally said. "It would mean a lot if you came."

Ugh. I can't handle her big eyes staring at me like a sad little baby deer.

"Sure," I nodded, immediately regretting it when Cat attacked me for a hug. I was definitely going to regret this later.

Beck's POV

The girls returned to the table looking happy, except for Jade; she looked like she had a lot on her mind. What had gone on in there?

"Miss me?" Allison asked when she sat back down next to me.

"Of course," I said, faking a smile. What was up with Jade?

"So Jade," Andre started. "Are we ever gonna hear about what happened to your eye?" He asked, making the whole table lean in interested.

"I uh, messed up on my eye shadow?" she tried to joke, making only Cat laugh hysterically.

"Seriously!" Tori pressed.

"I walked into a door," she lied.

"A door?" Andre repeated. "How'd you miss that? Those things are usually pretty big."

"I wasn't looking where I was going," She nodded like it was nothing.

"Oh…" Andre accepted. "You should tell people you got in a fight. And you won."

"Haha, I'll do that," she fake laughed.

"Hey guys, how're we gonna get to the mall today?" Tori asked Jade, Cat, and Ally. The mall? Really? Jade didn't really strike me as the mall type.

"Oh shoot, I didn't think of that," Ally said. None of them drove except Jade.

"I could call my brother?" Cat suggested.

"NO!" They all shouted in unison.

"We can take my car," Jade said. "I brought it today." Hmm…I wonder if Jade is a good driver. I'll have to find out soon.

"I thought Kris usually brought you to school?" Tori questioned. That asshole better not have brought her. I tried to relax at the thought of Kris.

"Not today," was all Jade said.

"Oh okay, great," Ally smiled. "I'll text you afterschool so we know where to meet up."

"Uhh, actually I don't have a phone right now," Jade said. "It fell and broke." That explained why she hadn't responded to any of my texts.

"Phooey," Cat frowned.

"Just meet me in the front of the school at 3:15 sharp." Jade said.

"What kind of car do you drive?" Tori asked. "So we know to recognize you."

"Uh a black one," she responded. The bell rang and she got up, ignoring the weird looks we all gave her. Black is not really a kind of car. Or at least not what Tori meant.

I caught up with Jade in the hallway a minute later, leaving Allison in a different direction to get to class.

"Hey," I said as I fell into step next to her. "So…the mall?"

"Yeah, they're doing a girl's night thing," she shook her head clearly not interested.

"And you don't love the idea?"

"No. Especially not when Ally already thinks something's up with you!" she whisper-yelled at me.

"What?"

"She called us in the restroom to ask if we thought you were cheating on her!"

"No way," I shook my head in disbelief.

"Yes way! We need to be more careful. And YOU need to be a better actor."

"Well it's hard," It really was.

"How hard can it be to act like you love your girlfriend?"

"That's easy. The hard part is acting like I ONLY love my girlfriend." She stopped walking and looked at me, shocked. Neither of us had ever brought up the L word, and it surprised us both that I had.

"Well..." she started, looking away from me. "Practice." She said before taking off in a different hallway.

I went to class, and carried on as normally as possible. The day dragged on until the final bell rang, and I went to my locker.

Robbie, Andre, and I had made our own plans for a guys night sleepover at my RV that I was pretty excited about. I hadn't hung out with them for awhile, and I missed my boys. I only hope Robbie doesn't bring up Jade or the whole McDonald's meeting.

"Guess who?" I heard Ally say as she put her hands on my eyes from behind me.

"Hmm…" I pretended to think. "Could it be…my beautiful girlfriend?" I turned around and bent down to kiss her quickly. This was normal, right?

"You got me," she smiled. "Walk me out?"

"Sure thing," I said, and took her hand. When we got outside Tori, Cat, Robbie, and Andre were already waiting.

"Where's Jade?" Ally asked. Good question.

"She went to bring her car around," Tori answered. Just as she finished, I heard the loud purr of an engine coming. We all turned to see a shiny black Ferrari pulling up to the curb in front of us.

A collective jaw drop occurred, as Jade stepped out of the car wearing her Ray Bans again along with black driving gloves. I couldn't help but think of how sexy she looked next to the car. And in it.

I guess she didn't want to brag about having such a cool car. It looked expensive. And fast. A crowd of students and even some teachers had gathered around it to ogle, which only seemed to irritate Jade.

"Let's go?" she called impatiently to the girls.

"Shotgun!" Tori yelled.

"Bye!" Ally waved to me as she climbed in the back seat of the car with Cat. Jade got back in the car and put one hand on the gear stick and the other on the steering wheel. Just before she sped off, I could swear she blew me a kiss. But it could've been my imagination forcing my eyes to play tricks on me.

"Funny," Robbie said, interrupting the replay of Jade I had playing over in my mind.

"Hmm?" I responded trying not to lose the image of her in my head.

"Her car looked like it was working just fine to me."