Hearing Everything For the First Time

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As soon as those words left Robbie's mouth, I hopped off the couch and ran towards the front door. My eyes were a bit blurred from the tears so at first I wasn't sure if the figure standing in the door was really Jade. I wiped my eyes a few times to be sure and then blinked a couple of times. There was no doubt: Jade West was somehow standing in front of me on the Shapiros' front doorstep. So I shouted the first word that came to my mind.

"JADE!"

I grabbed her and puled her into a tight hug which she lightly returned, kind of laughing like she used to back before all of this crap happened.

"Hey Beck. How ya been?" she said.

I then broke from the hug and then grabbed her by the shoulders.

"But how? Your parents said that you were alread-"

"Shouldn't you have figured out by now that my parents are liars? The biggest scum on this planet?"

"But then how did you get away? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Andre? Why are yo-"

"Uhhh...do you mind shutting the door so we can talk in private? I can see the others watching us."

I turned around and sure enough, peeking around the corner wall was a glimpse of red hair and also the hints of a bushy afro. Cat peeked out further only to see me and Jade looking back at them. A hand then reached out, grabbed Cat by the head and pulled her back as if they thought it would keep us from knowing they were eavesdropping.

"Uh, sure."

I stepped outside and shut the door behind me. I could hear muffled groans from behind the door but then I looked at Jade. I still couldn't believe she was here.

"So what happened? Why are you here?"

"Umm...I'm kind of in shock at why I'm here too...it's been a crazy past few hours..."

"Speak woman!"

Jade looked back at me and I recoiled at my statement.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to-" I stuttered.

"It's OK. I'll tell you everything. You deserve to hear this," said Jade.

We sat down on the Shapiros' front steps and Jade began to tell her story.

Jade's POV (Flashback)

I was a mess ever since I saw Andre and Beck in prison. It was hard to see two people that I genuinely cared about in such a predicament, especially for something that they didn't do. I was especially pissed at my parents because this entire thing was their fault. Neither Andre nor Beck deserved what had happened to them and it just wasn't fair. And since this had been my life for the past several years, I knew there was nothing I could do. My parents then started the progress with me moving. They dropped me from Hollywood Arts. They made me say goodbye to Cat, Tori and Robbie but I couldn't say goodbye to Andre or Beck. I knew they had already been released and I didn't want that prison to be the last time I saw either of them but my parents had too tight of a hold on me.

At the time, I was upstairs in my now former room, gathering the last of my things. My parents had locked the door of the room so that I couldn't try to escape. Not that it would have mattered. I would be screwed even if I did somehow manage to escape. I was gathering some things when I felt kind of stuffy so I opened the window to let in some air. As I continued to pack and fight back tears, all of a sudden, I could hear shouting from the window. At first I tried to ignore it but then I recognized the voices. One was my father's. The other's was Beck's. Beck's? What was he doing here? Did he come to see me? Did he come for another fight? I quietly walked to my window and leaned against the wall next to the window, trying not to be seen. The last thing I needed was my parents beating the crap out of me again for spying. So as I started to listen to their conversation, that's when I heard those words.

"Yes! Jade is the most wonderful girl I've ever met, she's the best friend I've ever had and the only regret I have in knowing her is that I fell in love with her!"

I couldn't believe what I had just heard. Did I hear that right? Beck...fell in love with me? I mean, we've been tight since we met but how is that even possible? Beck was fully aware that Andre and I started dating and he told me he was supportive of the relationship. Why would he tell me that if he loved me? And why would he regret loving me...wait...was that what he meant that day in improv class? That he regretted falling in love with me while I was seeing Andre? Was I really causing him this much pain? Maybe that's the reason everything has gone out of whack over the past several months. It would make a lot of sense; it also explained why he seemed so pained when he found out what my parents were doing and why he told the others. And also why he couldn't tell me the truth about his regrets.

Did I love Beck back? I didn't know. Up until now, I've never thought of him that way. I didn't think I could love him; at least not while I was dating Andre. But Andre and I probably wouldn't be dating for much longer anyway since my parents were ending that connection. I suppose it could have been possible...I don't know. My head at the time was completely jangled with emotions.

With all of this thinking going on, I knew there was only one solution to answer all of these questions. I had to see Beck. At least one more time before we left and I could never see him again. But how? I looked outside and saw that Beck had already left and my parents had gone inside. Now, if anything, was my chance to sneak out of here. I knew there was very little time so I quickly started to climb out of my window onto the lower part of the roof outside. I then heard the lock on the door begin to shift so without even thinking, I slammed the window shut and began to scale down the side of the house as fast as I could. I could already hear the screaming and cursing through the window when my parents realized I was gone. I didn't have much time until they came down to capture me so I ran as fast as I could without turning back.

I ran until I made it to Robbie's house, caught my breath, organized my thoughts and then rang on the doorbell. After a few seconds of waiting, Robbie opened the door and nearly dropped his pants at the sight of me. I asked for Beck but before I could complete my request, Robbie sprinted back inside. I could clearly hear him saying I was here and then almost instantly, Beck ran outside and we had our talk. I told him my story, minus my thought process because I wasn't entirely sure at the time. Which brings us to here...

Back to the Present (Beck's POV)

Jade finished her story and looked back at me for a little while, trying to figure out my response. I simply stared back unable to keep my face straight. I mean, I had gone through a ton of crap over the past couple of months. Hurt some of my closest friends, ran one of them over with a car, got kicked out of my house for a night of drinking, spent a few days in jail and had my heart broken maybe a few hundred times. But out of everything that had happened, well...it all built up to this and this definitely took the cake. All I could do was stutter.

"Uhhh...uhhh...I...well..."

"Beck, you might want to say actual words."

"Right. Well...this is awkward...you heard-"

"Every word."

"Yeah...umm...I'm really sorry you heard that."

"It's OK...I've heard worse things said behind my back."

"Uh...I'm not really sure where to go from here."

"Beck?"

"Yeah?"

"Why don't I help you with that?"

Before I could even react, Jade leaned over and pulled the hem of my shirt towards her. She then closed her eyes and gently planted her lips on my own. My eyes widened with surprise at first but then they slowly closed as I soaked in this precious moment. I couldn't believe this was finally happening! For the past several months I had dreamed about this and now I was finally kissing Jade. I raised my hand and stroked it through her hair and then I felt her hands moving to the back of my neck as if to keep us from letting go. The kiss must have gone for at least thirty seconds. But as those seconds passed and the shock from the kiss began to wear off, there was one question that went through my mind over and over again.

Where could we go from here?

That's a good question, Beck. Where do we go from here?

TobiasFangor92: But wasn't it worth the time you spent dangling for this?

kikudog6: What are Beck and Jade going to do now? Well...I don't want to talk about it.

chocolatecheesecake23164: Yep, evil parents finally got pwned.

imrighthere13: I hope I didn't disappoint.

LizGilliesFanForever: It's good to be back. The chapter is proof.

Jeremy Shane: Thank you, come again. =)