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Jade's POV
I woke up Wednesday morning in an unusually fantastic mood. I got up and dressed while dancing along to some cheesy pop song. I found myself smiling for no reason when I put on my makeup and did my hair.
My phone buzzed and I checked to see I had a text from Beck.
"Good morning : )" was all it said, but it was enough to make me blush.
"Good morning yourself" I replied.
"I can't wait to see you" he said while I ate a piece of toast
"I know the feeling" I really did.
"Meet me in the Janitor's closet at lunch?"
"Mmm…maybe." Of course I wouldn't make things that easy for him.
"?" He texted as I got in Kris' car and said hello.
"Ttyl"
"-_-" I laughed out loud picturing the look on his face.
"What's so funny?" Kris asked, nodding to my phone. I locked it, making the screen go dark, and put it in my purse.
"Nothing, funny tweet," I said calmly.
"So how about we grab lunch after school?" he asked as we pulled up to Hollywood Arts. "Sushi at that Nozu place near your school?"
"Uh sure," I nodded half heartedly. "Sounds great."
"Hey," he put a hand on my arm.
"Yeah?"
"Are we…okay?" He seemed genuinely concerned about the state of our relationship. Damn, I hated lying. But what could I say? Yeah we're fine as long as you don't mind me sneaking around with another guy behind your back? No, that definitely wouldn't do.
"Yeah," I said instead. "We're good." I smiled before kissing him goodbye. He seemed satisfied with my answer so he let me go without another word.
I walked into the main building and went straight to my locker, which I'd recently decorated with scissors. I put away some books then walked over to Tori's locker where Cat and Ally where talking.
"Hey guys," I said casually. "What's up?"
"Oh nothing," Ally said sadly. "Just my depressing love life."
"Ally!" Tori said. "I thought we just agreed it was a good thing Beck broke up with you! If he's not in a place where he feels like he can be with someone, he'll only end up hurting you."
"I know…" she pouted. "But it hurts right now." I felt a pang in my conscious as I ignored the wave of guilty thoughts that ensued.
"You'll be fine," I tried to sound like a good friend and not a slutty mistress. "You just need time."
Just as I finished speaking, Beck, Andre, and Robbie came down the stairs. They stopped when they saw us and went in the complete opposite direction; that wasn't obvious, I thought, shaking my head.
"Ugh!" Ally wailed, slamming her head against a locker lightly. "This sucks!"
Cat and Tori tried to console her some more until the final bell rang to go to class and we all separated. This was going to be a long day.
Beck's POV
I was late to class because I had to wait till the girls were gone to get a book from my locker. I wonder how long all this avoiding Ally stuff had to go on for? Hopefully not long, I really want to be able to talk to Jade in non-classroom situations.
At least I'd get to stare at her in Sikowitz' class right now. I walked inside the room and sat in between Robbie and Andre. I could see Jade sitting in the row in front of mine next to the wall and Ally, with Cat and Tori following.
This was really turning into a battle of the sexes game or something. I guess Jade was just going along with it, though. At least I hoped so.
"Okay class, as per our discussion last week, today I will be telling you what our big assignment for the quarter will be," Sikowitz said excitedly from the stage.
The whole class leaned forward eagerly, while I tried to remember what discussion he was talking about.
"Now since our topic is delivery," Oh that's right, I remembered suddenly. "Your assignment will be to deliver lyrics to a song—drum roll please—," everyone drummed against their chairs. "Without singing!" He clapped at his own creativity.
Lyrics without a song? That's interesting. Apparently the entire class thought so too because the room erupted with hushed whispers.
"Class, class, settle down. I'm not finished!" Sikowitz went on. "You will be performing in groups of two starting a week from today. Your partner's name and the song you are assigned will be posted after class. Any questions?"
The class began to ask every and any question they had, taking up most of the class time. Finally when all questions were answered Sikowitz moved on.
"Alright kiddies," he said animatedly. "I think we have just enough time for a game of alphabetical improv! Cat, pick your team!"
"Umm," she said, looking around.
"Too slow!" Sikowitz interrupted. "Cat, Beck, Jade, Allison, Robbie, Andre come on down!"
Uh oh. I'm not sure it's a good idea that Jade, Ally and I are all on a stage together…
Jade seemed to have the same feeling, telling from her uneasy expression as she went on stage.
"Alright, Tori! Give us a letter!" Sikowitz shouted as he headed to the back to the room.
"T!" Tori said quickly.
"A little selfish, but okay," our strange teacher said. "Cat, T, goo!"
"Tacos! Are really good," Cat said loudly.
"Unless the meat is bad," Robbie continued.
"Very good point," Andre said.
"We all seem to love tacos," I said lamely. At least I was participating, unlike Ally who hadn't said a word and was looking down at her feet.
"X-elent observation," Jade said. Maybe this wasn't so hard after all.
"Yams, I like them on my tacos," Robbie came up with.
"Zero interest is what I have in trying that," Andre retorted. Me too.
"At least try it," Cat said, keeping up.
"But that does sound disgusting," Jade added.
"Can't say I want yams on my tacos," Andre shook his head.
"Don't knock anything till you've tried it," Robbie said.
"Except coconut, I won't try that," I shook my head.
"Figures!" Jade followed me. "Because you're allergic."
"Guess that's a good excuse," Andre nodded.
"How did you know he was allergic?" Ally said to Jade, speaking for the first time. Shit. I had told Jade I was allergic to coconut on one of our late night walks.
"I…guessed," Jade came up with.
"You guessed?" Ally said, not really believing her.
"Eeee eeee eeee," Sikowitz said. "Allison, you're out! The next letter was J."
Ally walked off the stage looking puzzled, but sat down anyways. That was close.
"Alright, Robbie. J!" Sikowitz yelled.
"Just guessed, huh?" Robbie said suspiciously. I guess this wasn't over.
"Kinda yeah," Jade nodded nonchalantly.
"Lots of people are allergic to coconut," I pointed out.
"Maybe," Robbie said crossing his arms.
"Yeah," I said purposely.
"Eeeeeee Beck, you're out!" I heard expectedly. "Cat, next letter is M. Go!"
I got out and sat back to watch the game go on. I figured it would be easier this way and it was. Cat went on to talk about 'my brother' (hers) and Robbie didn't have the chance to bring anything else up with Jade.
Eventually the bell rang before the game was over and the whole class rushed to the back of the room where Sikowitz had posted the partner and song listings. I waited for the crowd to die down before approaching.
I was shocked by what I saw, and had to reread it about three times. There in bold lettering read the words, though:
BECK OLIVER – JADE WEST-LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE ; EMINEM ft RIHANNA
Jade came up next to me and sighed when she read our names. She left before I could talk to her, and I made a mental note to ask her what that sigh was about.
I went on to my next classes like normal, counting the minutes until the lunch bell rang. When it finally did, I practically ran to the janitor's closet.
She wasn't in there though. Well, she did say maybe…but I thought that was her just playing hard to get.
After the longest ten minutes of my life, at last the door opened and Jade entered. I attacked her with a kiss and pushed her up against the back of the door. She dropped her bag to the floor and brought her hands up to play with my hair.
"Hi there," she smirked when we broke apart.
"What took you so long?" I said, sounding just like her.
"You'll never guess what happened!" She said happily. "I got called to Laine's office and he told me that they want me to close the Halloween Spectacular!"
She smiled the biggest I've ever seen her do, and wrapped her arms around me in a hug.
"Oh my god, that's amazing!" I said taking her in my arms.
"I know!" she sounded thrilled, and I couldn't be happier for her.
"What are you going to dress up as, by the way?" I asked. She had told me this was her favorite holiday, so I assumed she'd go all out.
"It's a secret," she put a finger to her lips seductively.
"Even from me?"
"Especially from you!" she said, and I could feel the vibration of her laughing against my body.
"Alright," I gave up. "Do you wanna go eat?"
"I have to go practice!" she said, releasing herself from me. "I just came to tell you the news. And you know, make sure you weren't waiting here all of lunch."
"Oh," I said slightly disappointed she was leaving. "How about we hang out after school?"
"I can't," she frowned. "I told Kris I'd get sushi with him at No-something."
"Nozu?" I finished for her.
"Yeah," she said. "Something like that. But call me later, okay?" she said before leaving.
I left the room a minute later, dissatisfied. I want to kiss her so badly, and I wish things were easier.
Right now I'd settle for just seeing her.
Jade's POV
I was beyond ecstatic when I got in Kris' car that afternoon. After the news I heard from Laine, I'd be walking on a cloud all day.
"How was school?" Kris asked as we drove away from the parking lot.
"Amazing!" I said happily.
"Oh yeah?" he looked at me surprised. "What happened?"
"I found out that the school wants me to close the entire Halloween Spectacular."
"Uh huh…" He nodded. Didn't he get how big of a deal this was? "And why do you want this spectacle thing closed?"
"What? No, it's a spectacular," I said slowly. "It's that big Halloween thing I told you about last week? It's this Friday? Is this ringing any bells?"
"Oh!" a light bulb went off in his head. "Yeah, right, I remember. So why are you closing it?"
"Not like that," I explained. "They want me to close the show, meaning they want me to perform last."
"Uh huh…," Again, no excitement. At least Beck seemed happy.
"That's like a big deal in these kinds of shows," I went on. Still no reaction.
"Oh, well why didn't you say so," he said. "Congratulations."
His response was less than enthusiastic, but nothing could bring me down right now. I still couldn't believe that Laine said the director of the show wanted me last. After all the talented kids that were scheduled to perform. And this was just my second week here.
We pulled into a parking lot and got out to go into the restaurant. It looked pretty modern and I could see why all the kids from HA like it. They had a karaoke section on one side of the place, and a jukebox on the other.
Kris and I were seated in a booth and he started to tell me about his day. Apparently he'd caught an awesome catch in his lacrosse practice. I pretended to listen while he went on to describe the "sick" nosedive his friend had taken on the field.
While he talked, I thought about Beck. And how close we were to doing…God knows what last night. Would we have gone all the way? I was definitely dressed to. And he was so…hot, he was irresistible to me. His tan skin…his fluffy hair…those chocolate eyes…and my god, those abs.
"It was awesome!" Kris finished. "But not as much as the time Jeremy jumped three guys to get that goal in the Fremont game last year."
"I don't remember that," was all I had to say to get him talking again. I looked around to restaurant while he spoke. I stared at all the couples and groups seeming to have a good time until I felt like someone was watching me.
I looked to the booth right next to the entrance to the restrooms where I saw Beck sitting with Andre and Robbie. He was looking right at me, and smiled when we made eye contact.
I blinked a few times to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, but I wasn't. There he was, sitting comfortably while Robbie and Andre seemed to be arguing over something to do with chopsticks.
He nodded his head towards the sign that said "restrooms" and winked at me. I nodded towards Kris and shrugged as lightly as possible before returning my attention to my boyfriend.
"That sounds so crazy," I said when he finished his story. Our food came and we ate at a slow pace. It's hard for me to focus on Kris when I can see Beck out of the corner of my eye.
Kris was in the middle of tell me about his past snowboarding trip when from my peripheral vision, I saw Beck get up from his table. I looked over to see him nod again to the 'restroom' sign before walking into the hallway under it. I waited about thirty seconds before I couldn't stop myself.
"I'll be right back, okay?" I said to Kris. "Ladies room."
He nodded and went back to eating. I walked to the hallway and stared at the two separately labeled doors for a minute. Did he go into the men's because he's a man or the women's because he was waiting for me?
Before I could make up my mind, the door to the men's opened and his arms pulled me in swiftly. He locked the door behind me, and pushed me against it like earlier. He kissed me like he was hungry and moved down to suck on my neck.
"Miss me much?" I said when I caught my breath. He lifted my leg to his thigh and picked me up by my waist, setting me down on the sink.
"You have no idea," he whispered into my ear as I felt him reach under my skirt. He tugged at my underwear until they were down to my ankles, and continued to kiss at my collarbone.
"Beck," I whispered, but he didn't seem to hear me. "Beck!"
"What?" he said, looking up for a millisecond before returning to my neck.
"We can't do this," I said, trying to have some restraint. "Not here."
"Mmm," he said as he moved his left hand back under my skirt. "Here seems like as good a place as any."
"Beck, Kris is outside," I reminded him while his hand trailed up my thigh.
"Mmm hmm," he said, looking at me now. "See…your mouth is saying no…but your body," he said as he moved his hand directly under my wet core. "Your body is saying something else entirely."
"Beck, I'm serious," I said, trying to sound it. "If I take too long, he'll come looking for me."
"Don't worry," he said as he slid his middle finger inside me. "I'll be fast."
He moved his thumb up to simultaneously massage my clit while slipping in his ring finger too. Before I knew it, he had me gasping for air and clinging to his body for support. He kept up a fast pace, like promised, and pushed into me at just the right angle.
His hands were so big, I wanted more of him in me so I arched my back, driving his fingers deeper inside me. He took the hint and obliged, making me realize exactly how long his fingers were.
"Mmmm," I tried to stifle my enjoyment. "Mmm Beck…Oh god…Oh my g—" Beck covered my mouth with his other hand when I got too loud. I couldn't help it when I bit down on his hand as I climaxed. My body shook in pleasure, and I had to brace myself as he took his fingers out of me.
He removed his other hand from my mouth, and I struggled to breathe properly.
"Oh my god," I whispered. He helped me down, and started to wash his hands while I cleaned myself off. "Do I look okay?" I asked when I was done.
"You look beautiful," he said, and I rolled my eyes. "I mean, yes." He changed his answer at my reaction.
"Thanks," I said walking in front of him to fix my hair in the mirror. "For everything," I added, making eye contact with him in the mirror.
He wrapped his arms around my neck and brought his lips down to my collarbone again. His touch set me on fire.
"My pleasure," he purred next to my ear. "When do I get to see you again?"
"Umm," I thought about it.
"I was thinking tonight," he said looking at me in the mirror.
"I don't know…" I really didn't. What if Kris decided to hang out tonight?
"What's that?" he said as he kissed my neck again. He was right, I had to see him again tonight.
"T-tonight," I stuttered.
"That's what I thought," he smirked.
"I just have to get rid of Kris," I explained.
"Text me when he's gone," he said, pulling me to the door. "Until then, I'm gonna
hold onto these for you," he said holding up the red thong I'd had on.
"Hey—," I started to object, but he put his lips on mine to stop me.
"You better go," he said smiling. I let it go, and peeked out the door to make sure no one was in the hallway.
"See you," I said before returning to my lunch date.
"Hey," Kris said when I sat back down. "Look they have double fudge cake," he said, pointing to a picture on the menu.
"Yum," was all I could think to say.
Yum, indeed.
The end!