seriously ppls review or i will not continue this story-i got 2 reviews for the last chapter and 1 for the one b4 that. strangely, i got 186 hits for the last chapter but only 2 reviews! like if i had 10 hits id be fine with 2 reviews but 186 is a lot more than 10. What is wrong with those 184 ppls?

kikudog6 and ohlookitzKutie thank u for being the 2 out of the 186 ppl who reviewed

soccergil98 thanks for the one review for the last chapter

anyways here i go! (im not sure how hearings work so this is probably gonna be very messed up) oh nd i be going to California on Sunday for 10 days so there will not be a soon update.

Beck POV

2 weeks later

I woke up early and reached for Jade but she strangely wasn't next to me. I looked up and saw her sitting on the edge of my bed/couch, she was already dressed and she staring straight ahead and playing with the necklace that matched mine. Then I remembered, the hearing was today. I sat up and rapped my arms around her.

"It's going to be OK." I whispered into her hair. I didn't know what she was feeling; confusion, probably. She was torn and not sure what to feel, no matter how mean they were they were her parents. She was probably scared also, who would take custody for her?

All of a sudden, I felt her start to tremble. I realized she was crying. "Hey, I promise you, you'll be fine." I tried to plead to her as I wiped her tears away.

"I'm scared." She whispered. Wow, Jade West...scared. Never thought that'd happen. I kissed her forehead and held her tighter.

"What's to be scared about?" I asked in a weak attempt to reassure her.

"Who's going to have custody for me? What if they find him not guilty?" She begged.

"Jade, it's an open and shut case, your lawyer said so himself. As for custody, I don't know." I said honestly. "But, I'll be with you the whole way."

"I love you." She said pulling me in for a kiss.

"I love you too." I whispered.

(I would insert a line here but I don't know how to)

We got to the court place, building, room, whatever you want to call it and Jade went to go sit next to her lawyer and I sat in the stands, pews, chairs, audience, whatever you want to call them. She kept shooting nervous glances back at me. I saw her dad sitting on the other side with his lawyer and her mom sitting with them. Tori, Cat, Andre, and Robbie were also here, they came over and sat next to me. We would've started talking but the judge lady came in. She said a bunch of stuff but I wasn't really paying attention, I was too nervous about Jade. She looked like she was about to start crying and I just wanted to help her, hold her. The the judge asked the lawyers to make opening statements.

"The defendant, Jadelyn West, has been abused both physically and mentally by her father and mother, she wishes to have her custody put in safer arms." Jade's lawyer said, standing up.

Jade's father's lawyer stood up and said "The accused, Mrs. West has committed no illegal action and the other accused, Mr. West, claims to not have abused Jadelyn physically."

WHAT? IS HE FRICKIN KIDDING ME? Anger flushed through me and I wanted to go and punch him, I clenched my fists and tried to make my breathing steady.

Jade's lawyer called Jade's dad to the stand and questioned him.

"Mr. West, how would you explain the bruises and cuts on Jadelyn's body?" Jade's lawyer asked.

"Oh simple, it wasn't me, it was her boyfriend." Mr. West said. I lost it, I snapped.

"What?" Jade and I screamed a little too loudly.

"Objection!" Jade's lawyer yelled. The judge started banging her mallet thing and telling people to calm down.

Jade's dad's lawyer stood up and did something that I did not think was going to happen.

He called me to the stand.

I was kind of shocked at first and didn't know what to do. I stood up slowly and my hands were shaking which was weird because why should I be nervous if I didn't do anything?

I walked up and swore to tell the truth and Jade's lawyer came up to me.

"When did you first realize Jadelyn was injured?" He asked me.

"When I picked her up for school a couple months ago." I answered honestly.

"What did you see?" He asked.

"There was a bruise on the right side of her head, a couple days later there were more cuts and bruises." I replied.

"Jadelyn said this has been going on for years now, why didn't you notice?" He said sneakily.

"I don't know, she used makeup I guess." I said confused.

"I find it questionable that you didn't notice and that when the secret came out, you were with her. But, besides that, Jadelyn also began self harming and it seemed to occur after fights with you therefor you are guilty of abusing her mentally." He spat.

"What?" I cried. "This has nothing to do with me!"

"When Jade first self harmed-" He started.

"I know! But, I didn't mean to...like...I didn't abuse her." I tried to explain myself.

"That's all your honor." Jade's dad's lawyer said and I got up and went to go sit back down.

Jade's lawyer called Jade's mom to the stand.

"Mrs. West, was it true that Jadelyn was abused by her father physically?" He asked.

"Yes, he has been hurting her for years." She said with a straight face.

"Did you do anything to prevent this?" He asked.

"No, I never tried." She said honestly.

"So, Mrs. West, who would you say is guilty in this situation?" Jade's lawyer asked.

"Well, I do not believe I deserve custody of Jadelyn, I failed as a mother. As for Jade's father, he abused Jade physically and mentally and is there by guilty. He deserves to be put in jail." Mrs. West said nervously.

"People keep mentioning this mental abuse, please do explain." Jade's lawyer stated.

"A parents job is too support their child but my husband and I did the opposite. We criticized Jade and her dreams and it made her depressed I guess, causing her to self harm." Mrs. West said emotionally.

"So you take full blame?"

"For the mental abuse I take half, for the physical abuse I take a quarter of the blame because I never physically harmed Jade but I never stopped it either."

"That's all your honor."

Like Jade's lawyer said, it was an open and shut case. It went on for a little more and then the judge said,"The jury has reached a decision." I got a little nervous, what if the jury was messed up or rigged and jade lost?

One of the jury members stood up and said, "The jury finds the accused Mrs. West guilty of no crime but in no means able to take care of Jadelyn West and therefor no longer has custody rights to her. Mr. West is charged of child abuse and is therefor sentenced to prison for fifty years to life and no longer has custody rights to Jadelyn West."

Everyone in the court room (except Jade's dad and his lawyer) let out a deep breath. Jade got up, shook hands with her lawyer and walked over to me. I gave her a a hug and kissed her forehead, everything was going to be OK.