Hiiiiii : )

So I realized that I was starting to get heavy with the stuff so this is my attempt to lighten the mood. Haha

Jade's POV

As soon as I walked into Sikowitz' class, the gang surrounded my seat. Clearly they'd received my text.

"What's this about a party?" Andre asked with a huge grin.

"Can I come?" Robbie asked hopefully.

"Will there be cupcakes?" Cat questioned.

"Uh, the party is this Saturday at Kris' house, everyone can come and I'm not sure about the cupcakes," I tried to answer all their questions.

"So Kris is throwing you a party?!" Tori asked, seeming impressed.

"That I can come to?" Robbie asked again, I'm not surprised he wasn't often invited to parties.

"Yes and yes, he said you guys can invite everyone so…," I shrugged it off. It was weird that this whole party was supposed to be for me.

"Can we wear our costumes?" Ally asked, reminding me that she existed. She looked kind of pretty today, and made me reach a hand up to comb my hair; what was up with that?

"Yeah, it's a costume party," I nodded. I had been so close to asking Beck what they talked about yesterday this morning but I backed out at the last second. I don't want him to think I care…even though I do.

"What does 'fun will be provided' mean?" Beck asked, looking cute as ever.

"Oh it's the lame way Dawson Academy kids say that they'll have the entertainment taken care of for the night," I answered, but they all still looked confused. "You know…alcohol, drugs, illegal substances, that sort of thing."

"Oh!" they all understood, and looked pleased. DA kids didn't mess around when it came to partying.

"Come children let's learn about the wonders of life!" Sikowitz said from the front of the class room. The group all settled down and paid attention to the lesson he taught for the day.

I went on to my classes as usual, but could feel my nerves seeming to build as the day progressed. I'm not sure if it's about the Halloween Spectacular or if I'm so nervous about hanging out with Beck after school.

It was his sister's soccer game, so I'm sure his parents will be there. Did he expect me to meet them? I'm pretty sure his sister already hates me. There was still time to say no, I hadn't really agreed in the first place.

But ugh! If I didn't go today, who knows when we'd get to see each other for real next? This weekend was packed with Halloween stuff and then back to school like usual.

The battle in my mind went from yes to no about going with him today until the lunch bell rang. The second I saw him walking in the direction of my locker where I was standing, I knew what my answer would be.

"Hey," he smiled when he reached me.

"Hey," I said as I shoved a book in my locker. Maybe it'd be easier to say no if I didn't look at him. It didn't work though; I couldn't help myself from looking into his chocolate eyes.

"So today?"

"What about it?" I heard how sharp my voice sounded.

"What time is dress rehearsal over?"

"I don't know, it ends when it ends."

"Alright well I'll wait here for you till it's over then we can go, how's that?"

"I said maybe," I reminded him and myself.

"I know…" he nodded and just looked at me.

"Fine!" I said too loud. "I'll go." He smiled like he'd known this already. I hated how he ignored my attitude, but loved it at the same time.

"Good," he said while he looked me over up and down.

"Stop looking at me like that!"

"Like what?" he put his hands up and tried to look innocent.

"Like you've seen me naked!" I whisper yelled. He started laughing uncontrollably and I slammed my locker shut and left for the café. He followed behind me, still in hysterics.

As we sat down with the gang, he had managed to calm himself down, but still had a goofy smile on his face. Aside from making him look deranged, it made him look adorable.

"What's so funny?" Ally asked him directly. So now they're on speaking terms? What the hell had they talked about yesterday?

"Oh, nothing," he wiped the look off his face. "Just remembered something funny I saw." I unintentionally shot him a look. What was so funny about me naked?

"Oh," she responded, and then went on to address me. "So are you stoked about tomorrow or what?"

"Yeah, stoked," I replied apathetically. Until I knew what she'd told Beck yesterday, I'd let the suspicion of the worst make me hate her.

"I heard you sound amazing!" Tori added like a true friend.

"I hope so," I said quietly. "I gotta go." I got up to leave, ignoring the weird looks from everyone as I did.

I walked away from the café and went back to my locker. My head had been aching ever since that annoying alarm went off this morning, and my chest had started feeling uncomfortable in my second class.

There was no way I was going to get through the rest of this day without some Advil.

Beck's POV

The anticipation of seeing Jade had been killing me all day. Every time she walked in the same room as me I had to fight the urge to try and kiss her. On top of that, I had to act like a happily single guy, especially after what Ally and I talked about yesterday.

I couldn't help it though, I felt bad about Ally, but I felt stronger about Jade. And today, we'd get to hang out in public. Hopefully it'd go better than that time at McDonald's.

I waited in the parking lot for Jade to meet me, she just texted me saying she was done. I wonder what song she's singing tomorrow? And what her costume is? She said she didn't want me to know yet, which only made me want to know more.

The passenger's door to my truck opened and she threw her bag in before climbing inside. She only had on jeans and a t shirt, but she looked so pretty to me. She looked around the parking lot for a few seconds before leaning across the seat to kiss me. How had I gone so long without her lips?

"Hi," she said with a smile. Yes! She was in a good mood.

"Hey," I could feel the grin on my face as I spoke. I started the car and began the trip to the game while she fiddled with the radio station. "How was the rehearsal?"

"Good," she nodded, focused on the radio. "Really good, actually."

"Did I ever tell you I'm really proud of you?" That made her look up.

"For what?"

"For being chosen to go last," It was hard to focus on driving when she looked at me with those eyes. "Considering it's your third week here, that's a major accomplishment."

"Oh," she looked at me like she was waiting for me to say just kidding. "Thanks."

"No problem," I said easily. We started talking like usual, starting with the soccer game but going on to other topics. She told me about the league she played in as a kid, I told her how I never really took an interest in sports, and eventually we landed on a subject that I could tell made her uncomfortable.

"So…" she started her sentence

"So?" I repeated, I really did hate how she made me wonder what was going on in her mind.

"So what did Ally want yesterday?" she asked and looked away. I had a feeling she'd ask that at some point.

"Oh just to talk," I tried to sound vague. How curious was she?

"About what?" she pushed for more information.

"Why does it matter?"

"It doesn't!" she yelled out of nowhere, and crossed her arms. It still surprised me that she could go from cold to hot in seconds.

"She wanted to tell me that she wasn't mad at me," I disclosed. "For breaking up with her so suddenly."

"Uh huh," she said unconvinced. "That's it?"

"Umm…" I don't know if I wanted Jade to know what else she'd said.

"Umm what?!"

"She said I could take all the time I needed…"

"Time for what?"

"To figure out my life? Or whatever I told her when we broke up."

"So she basically said she'll be waiting for you," she said with attitude.

"Are you jealous?" I asked in realization.

"What?! No! Why would I possibly be jealous?" she spoke confidently, but still had her arms crossed, and wouldn't look at me. "I mean your pretty ex girlfriend says she'll wait till the end of time if it means you'll go back to her but sure why would I care?"

"Uh huh…you sure have a way of imagining things…"

"Oh so now I'm making things up?!"

"What? No!"

"Whatever you say, Beck."

"Jade, come on, that's not what I meant. I just mean that IF you were jealous, you'd have no reason to be," I looked over to see her waiting for me to go on. At least she was listening. "I don't love Ally. I want to be with you. Only you."

"Oh," she said after a long pause.

"Jade?" I said her name cautiously.

"What?"

"We're here." She looked up to see that we were now parked in front of the soccer field at a park.

"Kiss me," she ordered.

I undid my seatbelt and slid across the seat to her, planting my lips on hers. She returned my kiss with white hot passion, and reached her hands up to my hair. I let my hands roam over every inch of her body while our tongues played with each other messily.

She moaned against my lips and I forgot about where we were altogether. I was practically on top of her, when we heard a quiet knock on the window next to us. I looked up to see my parents looking in kind of surprised.

I flew off of Jade and got out on the driver's side. I walked over to my parents while trying to fix my hair and look casual.

"Hey guys," I said shakily. "When did you get here?"

"Just now," My dad said with a huge grin. "We saw you drive in."

"Oh," I nodded and looked over at Jade who was just getting out of the car. She stood next to the car looking a mixture of confused, angry, and nervous.

"Who's your friend?" My dad said, still smiling. He had a history of being proud of me for all the girls that liked me.

"Where's Ally?" My mom spoke up, looking lost.

"Oh uh, she and I broke up," I tried to play it cool; I had totally forgotten to tell them about that. "Didn't I tell you?"

"No, you didn't! What happened?" My mom went on as if this was the right time to ask these questions.

"Uh, we'll talk later okay mom?" I said quickly as Jade approached. She stood next to me with a straight face.

"Mom, dad, this is Jade," I said confidently. I knew they'd love her once they got to know her. "Jade, this is my mom, Karen, and my dad, James."

"It's nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Oliver," she spoke sweeter than I'd ever heard and forced a smile.

"Please, call me Jimmy!" My dad shook her porcelain hand roughly. "It's great to meet you, we've heard so much about you."

"Yes, it's a pleasure," my mom smiled weakly. She did really like Allison.

"Well we better get our seats," my dad said obviously. "See you kids there!" He turned my mom in the direction of the field and they started walking off. As soon as my mom's back was turned he flashed me a giant smile and a thumbs up.

"What was that for?" Jade asked when she saw.

"I uh," I tried not to laugh at my dad's goofy antics. "He likes you."

"Oh," she nodded, pleased. "Can't say that much for your mom."

"She'll come around," I said hopefully. "It was just a weird situation."

"Tell me about it," she rolled her eyes. "Your family has thee absolute worst timing I've ever seen."

"Let's go sit?" I asked and we went to the bleachers to find seats. We sat in the middle of the field and the bleachers while my parents were seated in the very last row in a corner with the rest of the die-hard parents.

I was so focused on Jade's expression; I didn't even notice the group of girls that sat down behind us.

"Uh Beck?" Jade leaned in to whisper in my ear.

"Yeah?"

"What's with the blonde squad?" She gestured to the group of girls giggling behind us.

"Oh uh," I started, remembering these girls from every one of Hannah's games I ever attended. "They all have little siblings on the team."

"And what? They're your fan club or something?" She looked at me in disbelief.

"Kind of…" I hated to sound to full of myself. "They just sort of sit close to me whenever I come to a game and offer to get me things…stuff like that."

"Uh huh…" she gave me an irritated look.

"They're a bunch of frosh-sophs from the high school around here, just ignore them," I said hoping she wouldn't let them ruin this date.

"Whatever," she said looking back to the field. "What number is Hannah?"

"Twelve," I said, realizing the game had started. "And she's on the orange team." We sat silently during the game, and I was starting to wonder if she was mad at me or something.

It wasn't my fault my parents met her in such an awkward way. And I couldn't control where the blonde girls sat. At half time, Jade took out her phone, leaving me to stare aimlessly around.

"Oh my god, doesn't his hair look SO hot today?" I heard a girl say loudly behind me. Jade noticed too, because I saw her roll her eyes at her screen.

"SOOO hot," another girl agreed. "Don't you just HATE black hair?"

"Ugh, totally! It's so gross!" They went on, and I hoped Jade didn't have any scissors with her.

"And some girls seriously need to get a tan!" Their squeaky voices were starting to annoy me, but Jade seemed to be ignoring them.

"Seriously! That ghost look is SOOO emo!" They all erupted in fits of giggles and Jade stood up, seeming to have had enough.

"Where are you going?" I asked urgently, standing up right after her.

"Here," She answered before she kissed me. She had her hands on my face, while I put mine around her hips. It was a short kiss, but long enough to make me want more.

"Let's go somewhere?" She purred in my ear and I took her hand immediately. I led her past the open mouths of the annoying girls behind us and off the bleachers. We wandered around the park for a long time till we were at the playground.

"Let's play?" she said seductively as she climbed the jungle gym. I followed her on the tiny ladder that led up to a second level that was supposed to be the top to the castle like structure.

I climbed onto the small surface and sat cross legged next to her. We stared up at the sky that was now a light blue pinkish color as the sun went down.

"Sorry about those girls," I said, tired of our silence.

"Don't worry about it," she said, looking at me now.

"Jade?" I knew how my sentence would end, and I knew she wouldn't say it back, but I couldn't stop myself.

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

She looked at me, not surprised one bit at my stupidity, and just smiled. She leaned in to kiss me, and I lost myself in her embrace. We stayed in this moment for what seemed like an eternity until a small voice caught our attention.

"Beck?" I heard Hannah say from below us. We broke apart and looked down at her.

"You've got to be kidding me," Jade shook her head as she stood up. Maybe she was right about my family's bad timing.

"Mom and dad said to come find you," she called up. I guess the game was over. "We won! And we get to go get pizza!"

Jade and I climbed down grudgingly and started walking back to the field with Hannah.

"What were you doing up there?" she asked after a bit.

"Playing," Jade answered kindly, making me laugh. So that's what she called it.

"I have to use the restroom!" Hannah said suddenly, losing interest in what Jade and I had been doing.

"Go ahead," I told her as we got closer to the soccer crowd. "It's over there," I pointed to the cabin like restrooms.

"What if I can't reach the sink?" she looked expectantly at Jade. "Come with me?"

"Uh," I said not sure Jade was the helpful type when it came to kids.

"Sure," she surprised me by taking off with my little sister. I walked over to where my parents were standing near the bleachers to wait.

"Where's your friend?" My dad asked immediately.

"She took Hannah to the restroom."

"Oh," he nodded. "She's a pretty one." He smiled again.

"Yeah," I agreed.

"What happened with Allison?" my mom wanted to know of course.

"Umm, nothing, we just…weren't working." I hoped she could sense my discomfort with the subject, but if she did, she ignored it.

"Why not? She's such a sweet girl." She pleaded Ally's case.

"Karen, he's clearly moved on," my dad added, with a smirk.

"Yes, but—," my mom started to argue.

"Mommy look what I found!" Hannah shouted as she ran towards us with Jade trailing behind her. She ran to my mom to show her a flower she picked, for once having excellent timing.

"Hey," I said, taking Jade's hand when she arrived. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah," she smiled.

"Aren't you guys coming to the pizza party?" Hannah asked with wide eyes.

"Uhh I'm not so sure," I looked to Jade.

"Of course we're going to the pizza party," she said, smiling down at Hannah. Maybe I didn't give her enough credit; she was doing really well with my family.

"Wonderful!" My dad boomed. "We'll send you the address, and you can meet us there."

Jade's POV

Since Hannah had volunteered herself to accompany Beck and I to the pizza parlor, we didn't really get to talk with her sitting between us.

Not that I wanted to talk. He told me he loved me. Out loud. I'd heard him say it before when he thought I was asleep, but hoped he wouldn't say it when he knew I was conscious.

I didn't know how to react. I mean, I couldn't say it back. But I couldn't just sit there either. The problem is, I don't think he loves me. I mean, I think he thinks he loves me, but I don't think he really does.

It sounds like a confusing mess, but the important thing is he's just imagining the feelings he has for me. He can't possibly love me, he barely knows me. Kris. Kris loves me. He's known me for so long and been through a lot with me. He stood by me on my worst days and my best.

The thought of Kris made a wave of guilt wash over me, and I stared out the window the whole ride back to town. Why did I agree to go to the stupid victory party? Oh that's right, his mother clearly hated me.

I heard her talking to Beck about Ally when we first got to the park, and she obviously like her more than me. Not that I can blame her, Ally is nice and friendly and pretty much every mother's dream wife for their son.

Still, his dad seemed to like me, and Hannah sure did. Or she wouldn't have asked me to come over Saturday to go trick or treating with her and Beck. I hoped she wouldn't tell him, I wanted it to be a surprise. Granted, I'd have to wear a lame costume for her, I'd still get to hang out with Beck.

When we arrived at the pizza place and all went in to sit down, except for Hannah, who wandered to the arcade with her teammates. We sat at a table, Beck next to me with his parents across from us. Luckily I got the aisle seat in case I decided to make a break for it.

The escape plan seemed more and more tempting as the meal went on. It was beyond awkward, with his mother just staring at me and my clothes and piercings, and his father constantly winking at him.

"So, tell us about yourself Jade," his mother seemed to decide to give me a chance after the longest period of silence ever.

"Umm I'm seventeen, I transferred to Hollywood Arts this semester, I love to sing, and my favorite color is black," I felt like I was presenting myself on a dating show or something.

"How nice," she fake smiled. "Where did you used to go to school?"

"Dawson Academy."

"Ohh," she made an impressed sound. "How expensive."

"Yeah I guess," I faked a laugh, talking about money only made things that much worse. People automatically thought I was conceited when they knew how much I was worth. We sat in silence for another few minutes, and I wondered how the night could get any worse.

"JJ?" I heard my stupid nickname being said from across the room. I looked to see Kris standing at the counter with his best friend, Jeremy. He walked over to me with a smile.

Oh god. Oh god. Don't panic. Be cool. When he came to the table and kissed me quickly, I saw Beck's parents' mouths literally drop open.

"What're you doing here, babe?" he asked, looking around the table curiously. "'Sup man?" he nodded to Beck in recognition.

"Uh nothing, I came to get dinner, and ran into Beck and his family," I gestured to the people I was sitting with, and tried not to look guilty.

"Hi," Kris smiled politely to Beck's parents. "I'm Kristofer, with a K. It's a pleasure to meet you both." He extended his hand to both of them, but retracted it when they just sat there still in shock.

"We were just getting some food to chill at Jeremy's place, but if you're free I'd rather spend the night with you," He smiled and winked so Beck's parents couldn't see.

"Uh sure," I smiled and stood up, grabbing my bag. "Thanks for dinner. I'll see you at school, Beck." I said quickly not making eye contact with anyone.

"It was nice to meet you, you all have a great night," Kris said in his generic politician voice.

He put his arm around me and we walked to his car where Jeremy was already in the backseat. We sped away from the restaurant, and I wondered how Beck was explaining what had just happened to his parents.

"Who's the guy with the hair?" Jeremy asked from the backseat.

"Friend from school," I answered nonchalantly.

"Oh, he needs a haircut," he said as he laughed at his own line.

"I don't like that guy," Kris said as we rounded the corner to Jeremy's house.

"Why not?" I asked trying not to sound jumpy.

"I don't like the way he looks at you," he said with a scowl.

"How does he look at me?"

"I don't know, like he wants to fuck you or something."

"Kris!"

"What?" he shrugged. "You asked."

"I know, but…whatever, we're just friends; it's not like that." I lied.

"Maybe it's not like that for you," he said after we dropped Jeremy off. "But that guy definitely has a crush on you."

"Whatever," I wanted to stop talking about Beck.

"What a heartbreaker," he joked at my seemingly careless attitude.

I faked a laugh, and tried to ignore the fact that he was right. I was breaking someone's heart; his. He just didn't know it yet.

Beck's POV

I'd managed to delay my parent's swarm of questions by taking off from the pizza parlor moments after Jade left with Kris. I said I had some homework to do and bolted as fast as I could.

I had no clue how to explain it to them. 'Oh that was just my girlfriend's boyfriend? Don't mind him.' It was too weird and uncomfortable to explain to them.

Instead I went home and actually did homework like I said I was going to do. At least I wouldn't have been lying about that.

After awhile, I couldn't help myself from calling Jade. It was already past 1 in the morning, but I hoped she'd be awake. Had Kris suspected anything? Was he still there? Could I go over and see her? I had my line of questions ready for her as I listened to the ringing noise before she picked up.

"Hello?" she answered sounding irritated already.

"Hey, what's up?"

"I don't know, you called me." Yeah, she was definitely not in a good mood.

"Right," I decided to try and not tick her off more. "What happened with Kris?"

"Nothing," she sighed, and sounded like she wasn't paying attention.

"Is he still—"

"Look I can't really talk right now; I'm working on damage control over here."

"What happened?" Again my voice sounded panicked at the thought of Jade in any kind of trouble.

"One of my father's stupid interns came over to pick up a file from his office today. She saw the pieces of my costume and thought they were trash." She sounded like she was ready to kill someone.

"She threw them away?"

"Yes," she sighed. "Now they're all covered in this gross paint from my neighbor's trash can and there are no costume shops open and I'm screwed."

"Relax," I tried to calm her down.

"How can I possibly relax?!" She screamed. "I have to perform tomorrow and I have nothing to wear! How am I—"

"Babe!" I heard Kris' muffled voice call to her. "I found a place downtown that's open 24 hours."

"What?" she sounded excited as her voice went further from her phone. "Really?!"

"Yeah," Kris went on, unaware I was on the line. "It's a little weird, but we should be able to find something, look."

I imagined him showing her something relatively good because she sounded happy when she spoke to him. "Oh my god, I love you! There has to be something there."

He said something else I couldn't understand and she finally spoke to me. "Hey, I gotta go, I'll see you tomorrow, kay?"

"Kay." I could barely say before she hung up. I couldn't help but feel depressed after that phone call.

So she was capable of saying I love you.

Just not to me.

The end!