I honestly don't know where this came from. I'm insecure about posting this. I feel like it gets unrealistic here. But, yeah. You tell me what you think.

Jade had never felt so protected before. Beck had literally held her all night, and refused to leave her side. Even when they went into his parent's house to get some help for her injuries, he held her hand. She had cried harder than she ever had in her life, and he just held her. Didn't let her go; wouldn't let her go.

It was around four in the morning, Jade was laying on Beck's chest, curled up against him as he had his arm wrapped around her, holding her close. He held one of her hands, softly touching the bandaged badly sprained (nearly fractured) wrist. They were watching a movie, one of Jade's favorites. Her eyes watered as she thought of the two main characters, so happy; so carefree. So… not her.

And before she knew it, she was crying again, holding Beck tightly against her as he did the same. She briefly looked up at the door to his RV, scared out of her mind that Mark would find her and come get her, or do bad things to her again.

But Beck had locked it. And he never did. At least not since they started dating anyway. He always, always kept it unlocked for her, welcoming her at any time of the day. Even if it was early in the morning. He didn't care; he never did.

She had calmed down after a while, and looked up at him. He looked back at her, so much love in his eyes. Her emotions were just so fucked up. She didn't know what to feel, except for… comfort.

"Jade…" he whispered, running his fingers along the side of her face, gently drumming his fingers. "Don't be sad, please. I can't stand seeing you like this." His own eyes filled with tears, and that's saying something. Beck was never one to cry or get upset, at least not around everyone else. Sometimes, even around Jade he was usually strong. Jade could count one hand a few times where she'd seen him break down. But… him breaking down now, and it all being because of her… she couldn't take it.

She looked down, biting her bottom lip, "I'm so sorry Beck. Sorry that you had to see me like this."

"No." He spoke firmly. "Don't ever, ever apologize for something that's not your fault."

"It is my fault! I'm the one that didn't listen to anyone and therefore I got what I deserved. I got my ass kicked because Mark—" She stopped talking, her breathing becoming harder to maintain as she struggled with what she was about to say. She honestly didn't know how to tell Beck what happened. But she knew she had to.

"Because Mark what?"

She looked away for a moment, before looking back at him. "He told me something. And it set me off."

"What do you mean?" His eyes were wide with concern. She seriously didn't know how she was going to tell him what she was about to.

"You know… how a few years ago, my father, uhm… died?" He nodded, remembering that day. They were both in school, in their history class, goofing off, when Jade had gotten called into the principal's office. Her mother had been there and had immediately taken her out of class. When he didn't hear from her all day, he'd gone to her house and saw policemen were all around it, caution tape, and news reporters had blocked him from going in to see if she was okay.

A few days later, she had unexpectedly dropped by at his house and had told him what happened.

Her father was murdered.

And not in a drive-by, accidental, freak kind of thing, an actual, legit murder.

"Well, he had found out, I was outside talking to you… you know when you found me at the bus stop, and had freaked out on me. He literally flipped his shit. And then he started to talk about what a freak I was, and how I had been my whole life because of my father's murder a few years ago."

"Wait, how the hell did he know about that? Didn't he just move here like a year ago?"

Jade shook her head, "He was here. He just made up some dumb lie. His whole family did, to cover up… something well, huge." She took a deep breath before continuing. "Beck, my father was in some sort of mafia or gang or whatever, and when he didn't pay up, or give them what they wanted, they killed him. And Mark… his father, was the one who had him murdered." Beck's eyes widened, a look of disbelief on his face. "They had contacted my mother, I guess a year ago or something and had told her that if she didn't watch out, I'd be next. So… really, the whole reason why I'm dating Mark, is so that I don't get killed. That's why… I've been so distant, and so… freaked out all the time." She looked up at him, tears in her eyes. "Beck, I'm scared for my fucking life."

Beck was officially at a loss for words. He didn't know what to say, to make the situation any better.

"Why don't you just go to the police? Or even Tori's father. I mean Mark is abusing you."

Jade shook her head, "Mark would find out or worse, kill Tori's father. And I couldn't let that happen. As much as Tori gets on my nerves sometimes, she's still my friend, and… I couldn't do that to her."

She swallowed hard as she saw his eyes fill with tears, and without saying anything, he just wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him. Hiding his face in her hair, she realized… he was crying. Actually crying.

And now I was her turn to comfort him. She put one hand on his back, and began to rub it, comfortingly. She was still a bit new to it, since usually it was the other way around, but at the same time, she knew she had to do it.

He couldn't be her rock forever.

After a few minutes, he pulled away, and wiped his cheeks. Taking a few deep breaths, he finally spoke.

"You can't die," His voice sounded pained. "I can't let that happen to you."

She looked up at him, "I know."

He looked behind him for a minute, before looking back at her. "Do you feel safe? And I mean, honestly."

"With you? Here? Yeah."

"I mean… in this RV. Or would you feel safer in my parent's house?"

Her eyes widened at what he was proposing. They hadn't been in his parent's house for years—unless it was for dinner or gatherings or whatever. They hadn't slept in his parent's house since the second time she spent the night there.

He looked at her, taking her hands in his. "I mean it, would you feel safer there?"

All she could do was nod her head, speechless.

They hadn't shown up to school the next day.

Tori and Andre were a bit worried. Robbie was off somewhere with Cat, so they hadn't really seen them much either.

They hadn't really said much to Jade's boyfriend, not more than two words anyway. Since he was such a jerk, and didn't really want to associate with them much.

So, when he came up to them that afternoon during lunch, they were surprised.

"Where is Jade?" He demanded, "She's not answering her phone."

Tori shrugged, "How the hell would I know?"

"You're friends, aren't you?"

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean she knows where she is every damn second." Andre responded, glaring at him. "I think it's best if you just get out of here."

"Funny." Mark began, "It's funny how dumb you all think I am. Her ex, Bart or whatever the fuck his name is isn't here either." He leaned in closer to them. "I know you're hiding something. And if you don't tell me what it is…"

"What? You're going to threaten us, like you threatened Cat?" Tori spoke, her voice surprisingly steady. "I'd like to see you try. My father's a cop."

Even Andre was impressed.

"Oh, and if you haven't noticed, Cat and Robbie aren't here either. So before you go assuming things, check your facts." And with that, Tori got up and stormed away, Andre behind her.

"Holy… shit! Tori! That was amazing!" Andre high fived her, or at least tried to, but she ignored him. "How are you not happy about that? You just… holy crap, I can't even speak right now, that was so amazing."

"Thanks." Tori shrugged, seeming almost emotionless as she opened her locker, slamming her books inside.

Andre seemed to notice her distress. "Everything… okay?"

Tori shook her head, looking down, she tried to gather her emotions, before facing her best friend. She shook her head again.

"I'm scared something's going to happen to her. And if we don't stop it… it's only going to get worse. I mean, it's obvious who's she's with right now."

Andre nodded, pulling her into a hug. "Yeah, but… he's someone who can help her. Really, I wouldn't worry about her, she'll be okay?"

Tori pulled away for a moment, "You think so?"

Andre just pulled her in for a hug again, "I know so." He whispered into her hair.

Jade groaned as she woke up, her eyes adjusting to her surroundings, she realized she was in someplace totally unfamiliar. Panicking, she jolted awake, sitting up so quickly, she felt dizzy.

Closing her eyes and trying to calm herself down, she opened them again, and looked around—first to her left. Where Beck was, sound asleep.

Sitting up, she realized she was in Beck's old bedroom, which really hadn't changed much at all. He still had his pre-teen baseball posters around the room, and rock bands. It was also still painted a dark blue color, and… well, everything was still pretty much the same.

Taking deep breaths, she lay back down again, and looked at Beck. He looked so peaceful when he was asleep, so peaceful and so… beautiful. It hurt her knowing that she couldn't have him anymore… not if she wanted to stay alive.

But that didn't mean she couldn't have him in other ways, right?

She put her hand on his shoulder and gently pushed him. He groaned, shaking his head. So, she did it again.

This time he opened his eyes and glared at her.

"What?"

"Why the hell am I up so early?" He demanded, "And aren't you supposed to be the one who's cranky? Why are you awake?"

She shrugged, "I can't sleep. I haven't been able to much lately."

Well, he could understand that.

He sat up in the bed, and rubbed his eyes, looking at her. She bit her lip, fighting the urge to kiss him. His hair was all messed up and… well, he just looked so hot in his wifebeater.

It was really too bad she wasn't realizing he was thinking pretty much the same thing about her.

They leaned in close about an inch apart, when they both realized what they were doing and pulled away. Jade looked around the room, and her eyes settled on something in the corner.

"I can't believe you still have Rock Band." She rolled her eyes. "You're such… a weirdo sometimes."

He then surprised her by taking her shaky hand in his and linking them.

It was becoming more and more like they were a couple again.

"Hey, you used to love that back in the day." He reminded her and she rolled her eyes.

"Whatever." She mumbled and then tiredly laid her head on his shoulder, absentmindedly, he rubbed his thumb along her hand, and she looked up at him. He looked back at her.

"Jade…" He whispered, his eyes never leaving hers. "I'm going to…"

"I know." She whispered, nodding her head. It was her silent way of saying 'go for it, dammit'.

So he did the one thing he knew how to best.

He kissed her, at first slow and gentle, but as she kissed him back, it soon started to heat up. She lay back down, with him on top of her, her arms wrapped around his neck as he kissed her deeper, her lower body moving up to grind against his.

He moaned into her mouth, and then breaking her lips from hers, he started to kiss her neck. She let out a moan, already feeling something in the pit of her stomach. That familiar feeling she always got when she was around Beck.

Very intense butterflies.

His hands then started to travel, going to her chest—which was easy to get to since she just wore on of his shirts), and then down lower—which was also easy to get to since she was wearing his old sweatpants, too small for him, huge on her—causing her to moan his name.

One of his most favorite sounds in the whole world.

He soon felt her hand on his face, gently pushing it towards her own. She then kissed him feverishly, her hands now traveling, lower and lower until she reached her target.

And for some reason, she was surprised he was already ready to go.

"A-are you always this horny?" She asked him, pulling back for just a moment.

"Sometimes." He said, "But not always."

"Like when… you have sex with your girlfriend?"

His answer surprised her. "I've never had sex with her."

Her eyes widened and he laughed, actually laughed. "I wasn't ready to be with anyone else, you know. And… I don't know, it just didn't feel right."

"B-but you're Captain… well, you know." She said, looking down. "You were always ready when we—"

"Exactly." He said, "When we had sex. Not when she and I had sex. I could care less about doing it with her."

"Really?" He nodded. She kissed him, happily. "Oh, and for your information, I never had sex with Mark."

His eyes widened this time. "But I caught you the other day."

"Really, Beck. After what I told you yesterday, you really think that was me having sex with him? Please… I'm not that stupid."

"Oh… shit. I was so wrong." He hid his face in her hair and she laughed, as he shook his head, clearly embarrassed.

"Yeah, you were. But it's okay. I probably would've assumed that too, if I didn't know what was really going on either." She shrugged and he lifted his head.

He stared right at her and she stared right back at him.

"There's no one else I'd want to be with other than you." He whispered, brushing a strand of hair from her face.

Her eyes then filled with tears, "I don't either." She whispered back, and then she kissed him, with so much emotion, he barely was able to kiss her back.

He knew he had to help her, but right now… he just wanted to be with her.

He just wanted to be Beck&Jade again.

Robbie walked into Cat's house to see her playing the piano in the living room. Her melodic voice filling the room as she played, singing one of her all time favorite songs.

"He lives in you. He lives in me, he watches over… everything we see. Into the water, into the truth, in your reflection… he lives in you." She then ended the song, on a somewhat sad note.

Then she buried her face in her hands and started to cry softly. He took the seat beside her and wrapped his arm around her, holding her close to him.

For the last day, Cat had been upset. All because she had called Jade a bitch. She didn't think her best friend would ever forgive her for that one.

"Why are you so upset?" Robbie asked her, as she looked up at him. "I'm sure everything's okay."

Cat shook her head. "No it isn't. My best friend hates me."

"I don't think she hates you." He reasoned, "I just think… she's dealing with some stuff right now. Look, would it make you feel better if we just called her?"

She shrugged, so he pulled out his phone. He tried her number, but found it was going straight to voicemail.

Well, that was odd.

So he tried Beck, who actually picked up.

"Hello?"

"Sup, it's Robbie."

"Hey."

"Yeah, hey. Anyway, is Jade with you? Cat wants to talk to her."

"Uh. Yeah, she's in the shower though."

Robbie sighed, "Okay, well uhm, can we stop by or something?"

"Yeah, sure that's fine." He said, and Robbie nodded even though he couldn't see. "Alright, awesome."

"Oh, and just so you know, we're at my parents house, not the RV. See you soon." And with that, Beck hung up.

"Why are we going there?" Cat demanded, "I don't want to see her in person."

"Well, you have to apologize, okay?" He put his arm around her, "Please? I don't want to see you so upset anymore. Plus, she's your best friend, she has to forgive you."

"I don't know, Robbie." Cat's eyes filled with tears. "What I said was pretty bad."

"I've heard worse."

Cat sighed, knowing she wasn't going to win, she just agreed. She didn't want to agree, but knowing she had no choice, she just did.

Because Jade was her best friend. And all she wanted was her best friend back.

If only it was going to be that easy.

Beck meanwhile, had prepared Jade for when Robbie and Cat came by. She hadn't been happy about it at first, but had agreed, anyway. She knew how Cat must've felt, like shit. So, she pushed away her own selfishness and had decided that Cat coming was probably for the good.

She also agreed with Beck when he'd said that Cat deserved to know what was going on, since she was her best friend and all.

She hated when he was right.

The doorbell rang, and Beck opened it to see it was Cat and Robbie. Jade stayed where she was, blankly and almost emotionlessly watching the TV.

They walked in then, and she heard Cat gasp. Immediately, almost as if they didn't even have a fight at all, she ran to her, and bent down, checking her over. She gently touched her face, and from where Jade sat, she could see the tears in her eyes.

"Oh my god, what happened! Did he do this to you?" She had such venom in her voice, especially when she turned to Beck, a dark look in her eyes.

Jade seemed to snap out of it then, "No, it's not Beck!"

"I know it's not him. I'm talking about Mark! And I'm giving him that look because I want to know why he didn't protect you from this!"

"Because he didn't know." Jade looked at him briefly and then looked back at Cat. "He had no idea."

"Until when?"

"Until I came to his RV all beat up." Jade didn't mean to sound as harsh as she did.

"Why can't you just… get out of this relationship?" Cat demanded, "He's going to kill you."

"I know." Jade whispered, "He's going to kill me either way."

Cat's eyes widened, a tear slipping down her cheek. Robbie stepped forward.

"Repeat?"

"It's a long story…" Beck told him, "She'll tell you guys when she wants to, but just know that he's very dangerous."

Cat turned to Jade, "Like I've been telling you."

Jade looked at her, tears filling her own eyes now. "I know."

Cat then hugged her, holding her close, Cat started to cry. "I'm so sorry for calling you a bitch, Jade. I was just so upset and—"

"It's okay, Cat. I forgive you." Jade whispered.

"She needs you right now." Beck sighed, running his fingers through his hair, he looked around. "She needs all of us."

"And we're going to be there." Robbie spoke firmly.

Cat meanwhile was still crying and holding Jade; she was now so scared she was going to lose her best friend, the reality of it becoming too much for her.

They all heard a phone go off, and immediately, Jade picked it up. She read the message and immediately dropped the phone. She then covered her face with her hands and started to cry harder. Beck immediately went over to her, and picked up the phone. His eyes widened as she showed it to both Robbie and Cat, who were looking over his shoulder.

Cat gasped, and Robbie nearly threw the phone across the room.

Tell me where you are, right now or you're going to regret it. You'll get it way worse than before, that's a promise, you fucking bitch.

Beck protectively wrapped his arms around her and held her against him.

"I love you." He whispered into her hair, "Please, remember that, no matter what happens. Please, always remember that."

Thank you guys for your kind reviews. I mean, it's getting a bit emotional, and Jade's very out of character because I'm so emotional right now. Dealing with a loss (even after a year) is so hard for me. I honestly don't even know where this idea came from. Although, it has nothing to do with that.

Beck and Jade in general... just make me want to cry. And the new episode last saturday, with all the character development in between Beck, Jade, and Tori just made me want to cry. They've definitely grown up, that's for sure.