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Robbie's P.o.V
I just got back from dropping off Alice. Dropping her off nearly had me in tears. She was saying how she didn't want to go and that she missed Jade being at home. At this she began to cry, which in turn immediately made me teary eyed. But after reassuring her that she could see Jade anytime, and giving her a hug, the tears stopped even if the sniffling didn't.
As we walked to the door I could still feel myself close to tears, but once I saw Mr West open the door any sign of tears were gone, replaced by hatred. Alice ran up to her dad and gave him a hug. She said thank you to me and disappeared into the house. Just as I was leaving Mr West stopped me.
Against my better judgement I stopped and listened to him. He said how he wanted Jade to return and how he was willing to compromise on leaving HA. I turn to walk away in disbelief that he didn't understand that Jade won't ever leave HA and that acting is her passion so no compromise would be met. AT seeing my reaction I guess he accepted defeat and stopped me once more to give me a letter for Jade. I snatched it from him and stormed off to my car and sped home.
"Hello?" I call out, finding an empty living room upon my return.
"We're upstairs getting ready." Cat calls down.
"Why? We aren't leaving for another 4 hours." I state, surely it shouldn't take them more than an hour to get ready.
"We want to be our prettiest." Cat responds.
"Especially seeing as we don't know exactly where we are going." Jade expands.
"Oh did I forget to mention. We're going to La Nourriture Décoré." I explain to them. After a few moments of silence I begin to worry. Then I hear a door open and close and two sets of feet crashing down the stairs.
"Robbie that place is way too fancy" Cat states.
"Cat's right, that place is too expensive." Jade adds.
"Well we're already booked in, so we're going." I smirk at them.
"The others want to talk to you as well, they're all going online now." Jade explains, clearly not satisfied with my answer.
I go to my laptop on the table and open it. I am immediately bombarded by chat requests, and begrudgingly accept them all. I regret it when I am attacked by a cascade of questions and demands. I wait until there is a moment of silence before I begin to explain. I know that they won't let it slide, so I guess I need to tell them why I don't mind going here.
"Look, it's simple I know the owner, he said that we can all go eat there tonight. For free before you guys start complaining again." I offer hoping that this is enough for them. In all honesty I thought that they would all be pleased to be going here, it's not like this is the normal trip out for us.
"But I thought that it is impossible to get in there. Isn't there suppose to be a six month waiting list?" Tori asks.
"Yes, but this is his way of offering condolences. He and my dad were like brothers and he feels like he needs to help me. I'll probably have to talk with him tonight, but he said that he's happy to do it." I explain.
"Ooh, in that case I need to start getting ready." Tori screams into the screen and quickly logs off. Jade and Cat quickly run upstairs and disappear behind doors to prepare themselves for tonight.
That leaves me to talk with Beck and André. I offer them a quick smirk.
"Who knew that one small gesture could cause such a fuss?" I ask, knowing that this was likely to happen from the beginning.
"Well, we are supposed to be the ones helping you and suddenly you're treating us to this." Beck says, his voice obviously trying to convey his gratitude.
"Man's got a point." André supports.
"Well, think of this as a thank you. You guys brought me back from the brink. I know that I'm still healing, but knowing you guys are there for me is helping me a lot." I say meaning every word. My friends have stopped me from simply shutting down and giving up on life.
"Well I suppose I should start getting ready too" I say, feeling tears fill my eyes, not wanting the guys to see. I hear them say bye and quickly shut the laptop.
3 ½ hours later
I am sitting in the living room waiting for the girls to finally get ready. I mean what takes them so long. I decided to get ready half an hour ago, just out of sheer boredom. Even with me going as slow as I could and doing ever little thing I could think of it only took me half an hour.
I have returned to my previous state of boredom waiting for the girls again, until I finally hear a door open and close. I get off the couch and poke my head around the corner to see who is descending the stairs. I see the familiar figure of Jade.
"Took you long enough" I joke to her, while she finishes climbing down the stairs.
"Perfection takes time" she informs me.
Perfection is damn close to what I see. Jade has her hair pushed over one shoulder and it seems to shine in the light. She has her ever present streak of colour in her hair; today it is a soft blue. The dress she is wearing is simple beautiful. I didn't know when I picked it that it would look so good. The dress is a teal colour and hangs over one shoulder. It is a full length dress that has sequins across one side of the chest. The outfit is completed by Jade's black onyx angel necklace that hangs graciously on her neck.
In fact the only thing that stops her from being perfect is that she isn't Cat.
I dash quickly to the shelves and grab the camera. I snap a quick picture of Jade, which turns the soft expression on her face into a scowl in an instant.
"You better delete that Shapiro." She growls at me.
"Nope I want to remember tonight, and that means pictures, of everyone" I state, taking a few steps back just to be safe.
"Well count me out" she states, taking a small step forward.
"Well I think Cat will want pictures and that means you're defeated by the majority. In fact I think I'll go and see what she thinks now." I say, dashing around her for the stairs.
"I wouldn't go up there unless you want your head bitten off." She calls out to me. From the tone of her voice I can tell she is being serious.
"Why?" I ask sceptical, for all I know this could still be a ploy by her to get the camera.
"She wants to be absolutely perfect for you and if you interrupt her she'll probably snap at you for breaking her concentration." She explains with a strange look in her eyes.
"You ok Jade? You seem... different." I venture, not quite sure how to put it without upsetting her.
"Can we have a little talk before we leave?" she asks. I am slightly nervous, but I agree walking over to the couch.
"Robbie, I just want to say thank you." She starts. Wow, a nice Jade, never thought that I'd see that.
"Just as I thought we got the old Jade back, she has to throw me by being nice." I joke.
"Stop it Robbie." She says with a serious look on her face. "I really can't thank you enough. You helped me in a time of need, even though you were suffering yourself. You never forced me to talk about it, like others would have. You simple gave me what I needed. Plus you gave me other things that I never thought others would see that I needed." I can see tears forming in her eyes.
"Look Jade it was simple I saw a problem and a way to fix it. In all honesty you helped me much more than I helped you." I say to her.
"I don't think so. You really are a great friend." She says.
I debate my next move. I was going to wait until after tonight to give her the letter from her dad, but it feels like it is needed now. I get up and retrieve the letter from a draw. I sit myself down next to her.
"Your dad gave me this," I say handing her the envelope, "I didn't know when to give it to you. Now seems right. Just to let you know I'm here no matter what it says."
She stares at the envelope for a long time, the tears that were in her eyes before gone, and a firm frown fixed upon her face.
"I think I'll save it until after tonight, something tells me that it'll just bring me down. I want today to be good." She says throwing the letter on the table and shooting me a smile. "Besides, I still need that camera Shapiro."
At the change in her demeanour I quickly jump off the couch before she can grab me. She is right behind me. She chases me for a bit, impressively seeing as she is in heels. But when she suddenly stops I can't understand why, until I follow her gaze.
Descending the stairs is the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen. She looks a world apart from the Cat that I saw in the dress earlier. It's like she is a different person.
Her hair is in curls that cascade down her back. Her eyes sparkle brighter than I have ever seen them. Her smile seems to brighten the room. The dress is flowing freely as she continues to move, making her moves appear that much more elegant. I notice a necklace that I have never seen her wear before. It is a silver heart locket and seems to compliment her smile.
I snap a quick picture of her, unable to take in all the beauty before me.
"Hey, no fair, I wasn't ready." She complains, putting on a pout. I laugh at her reaction. I wait for her to strike a pose and then retake the picture. "Now me and Jade" she calls.
We continue on until we have a photo of everyone in all the different combinations. I was reluctant to give my camera to Jade at first but Cat made her promise that she wouldn't delete any photos. After that I gave it to her and watched her carefully. Luckily she kept her promise.
Then there was a knock at the door. I open it to reveal a man in a driver's uniform.
"Your limo has arrived Mr. Shapiro" he states calmly.
"Thank you. You girls ready to go?" I ask. I get sighs in response seemingly they have given up on telling me I shouldn't do all these nice things.
We walk out the door and we climb in to the limo to pick the others up.