See I told you guys I'd have this up by this weekend...yay me! As you know from previous chapters, I don't talk about any Victorious episodes in my notes, but I felt TFB&J is just too epic not to be talked about. Plus, I really wanted to get this chapter out before the episode airs tonight because I know how excited everyone is for it. I am one of those people who actually likes things to be spoiled because then I know whether or not I want to watch them, but I knew even before the sneak peeks for this one that I was going to be watching it anyway. I'll actually be watching TFB&J over and over and over and over and over again until they take it off of YouTube...lol. This means that there's probably going to be a delay in getting out the next chapter, but then again it may inspire me to write faster so who knows? We'll just have to wait and see! :D

Ok, now who's ready for SHOUT OUT TIME?!

당신을많이감사(I hope that's Korean because that's what I want it to be-going Gangnam Style :p) to: ZOMG its Angie, Dawnmist of RiverClan, twenty four7bade, tsttoain, xFabinao, DrizzyJ, Kaylee, and the two Guest reviews :)

Once again it's disclaimer time: I did just get a new car so I do own that, but sadly it said nothing about getting ownership rights to either The Proposal or Victorious, so they are still not mine.

Now I've stalled long enough...enjoy the latest installment!

Chapter 11

As soon as the last drop of fluid had left Beck's body, he immediately came back to his senses. 'Oh my God...did I just scream out Jade's name? Does that mean that I like like her? Oh man, this is so confusing. With his thoughts continuing to run a hundred miles an hour, Beck cleaned himself up with the towel from his shower, and finally got dressed for the day.

Once ready, Beck went to open the bedroom door to meet Andre downstairs. That was the plan at least, but right after he opened the door he saw Andre standing just outside, right at the top of the stairs.

"Oh hey man. What are doing up here? Am I late for something?" Beck wasn't nervous at first, but after hearing the words that came out of Andre's mouth, he began to slightly panic on the inside.

At the sound of the door opening, Andre was finally snapped out of his stupor. He turned around so that he was facing Beck, and answered his friend's questions. "Nah, you're not late. I was just up here because before the girls left Jade told me that you wanted me to come on up and meet you here."

He had thought that he was completely and totally in control of the current situation, but at the mention of Jade's name, Beck began to remember what had just occurred not 5 minutes previously, which caused his slight panic to become a full-blown attack, but it was still on the inside. On the outside he remained calm and collected. Well that's what he tried to do, but it didn't quite turn out as planned.

"Uh...umm...J-jade said that I told her t-to tell you that I wanted you to meet me u-upstairs?" Beck swore at himself mentally. He hated the fact that he was stuttering, and after seeing the growing smirk appearing on Andre's face, he knew that the other man was aware of his panicking, and also probably knew more than was being let on.

Hearing Beck make similar noises at the beginning of the question as were made just a few minutes ago, and knowing that Beck's stuttering was a sure sign that his friend was trying to hide something, Andre decided he was going to use this situation and his knowledge to his advantage, and tease Beck mercilessly for as long as it continued to be amusing to him. Andre figured that meant he would be having fun messing with Beck for the rest of their lives. "Yep. She said that you told her you didn't want to hang out with all the 'hens,' and that it would be okay for us to hang out up here until they left. Really I was just coming to let you know that it was okay to come on down because the girls pretty much left not long after Violet, Cat, and I got here."

The teasing tone in Andre's voice told Beck more than his words did. Beck knew his friend was holding back still, and though he dreaded the answer, he needed to know for his own peace of mind. He was really thankful that his stuttering had stopped. "So, umm how long have you been out in the hall here?" Beck ran his hand through his hair as his asked the question, and knew that Andre would know by that action (if he didn't already) that something was up, but knowing that it was probably just wishful thinking, still prayed that his friend wouldn't pry too much into the situation.

Andre couldn't contain his laughter any longer after seeing the discomfort that was being shown on Beck's normally stoic face. Once he composed himself, he gestured for Beck to retreat back into the bedroom so they could speak privately.

"What? Why do we have to go in there? Why can't we just talk out here? Is there someone still in the house?" Beck once again ran his hand through his hair, but this time let out a huge sigh as well. He knew that any remaining doubts Andre might have had about Beck hiding something were complete erased with his multitude of questions. Plus the panic he was trying to contain inside, now making itself verbally known, didn't help.

"Haha. Dude you're starting to sound like Cat now with all those questions. First, no there's no one else in the house as far as I know, but your dad may come back in at any minute and I'm sure you don't want him to overhear anything we talk about. Second, I was going to ask you if there's something you want to tell me, but then I decided that I'm not going to give you a chance to back out. You will explain to me why I just heard a certain name being called out, when I know for a fact that person is nowhere near that room, before you opened that door because I know what I heard man, and I'm not just talking about the actual word." Andre raised his eyebrows up and down repeatedly as he spoke, indicating to Beck he knew exactly what went on before the door opened.

Resigning himself to the fact that he wasn't going to get out of the oncoming conversation, Beck heaved another sigh while turning and heading back into the bedroom followed by a grinning-like-an-idiot Andre.

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As if it wasn't bad enough that Jade had to be in a boat at all, let alone for another 15 of the longest minutes of her life, right after she sat down Cat had taken the seat next to her, and wouldn't quit bouncing around and talking her ear off for almost the entire trip.

"Did you know that there's a leaf on Canada's flag? Andre says that it's a maple leaf, but I don't believe him because maple only comes in syrup, not leaves. Also, I heard that there are moose in Canada. Have you ever seen a moose Jadey? What if I see more than one? Would they be mooses? That sounds funny...mooses...hehe." Cat was twirling her hair and giggling as she spoke to Jade, but the dark haired woman never once looked in her direction.

It was after Cat told Jade that she learned something about some woman named Niagara and her maid falling into some mist when Jade couldn't take it anymore and finally snapped. "Cat! You know I hate Canada and basically everything to do with this country, so go bug someone else with your inane questions and stories because I JUST DON'T CARE!"

Bottom lip trembling and tears coming into her eyes, Cat could do nothing but reply with, "Harsh. F-fine. I'll j-just g-go over and sit n-next to my n-new best f-friend V-violet." Cat then got up, and somehow managed to make her way to the back of the boat where Violet was sitting, without any complications.

Jade immediately felt bad as soon as the words left her mouth, but not enough to get up and apologize to Cat right away. She was staying in her seat until the boat was docked and she was once again on solid ground.

As soon as the engine cut off, Jade was out of the boat and up the ladder before anyone even realized that she'd moved. Tapping her foot impatiently and taking deep breaths in an attempt to calm her heart rate back to a normal level after the boat ride, Jade waited until everyone else joined her before the group set off into town to go shopping, with Cat ignoring her to walk with Violet, leaving Jade to lag a few steps behind everyone else.

/

As soon as the door shut behind him, Andre wasted no time getting the conversation started. "Ok man spill." Realizing the word that just came out of his mouth, Andre corrected himself with a laugh. "On second thought, given your recent activities, I think enough has already spilled out of you."

And just like that, Beck's nerves completely flew out the window and he remembered exactly with whom he was speaking. "Oh ha ha ha dude. You're so hysterical. I mean really, you should totally be a stand-up comedian."

"You know it doesn't matter what you tell me because I'm going to give you hell about it for the rest of our lives. Now, no more stalling. Please tell me why in the world you were shouting out Jade's name during that time."

"Well...you see...umm...the truth is...something happened, actually a couple of somethings, and I uh think I might...kinda...maybe...havefeelingsforher." The last part was jumbled together and Andre had to learn closer to Beck in order to make sure he heard the words clearly.

"Wait, what? Did you just say something about having feelings for Jade? You mean as in other than the normal fear, worthlessness, and helplessness she instills into the hearts of everyone she meets? Not to mention the loathing and hatred that comes once you really get to know her?" Andre was sure he misunderstood his friend the first time.

"Look man, I know it makes zero sense whatsoever, but I know that ever since we've been here things have happened, and I can't really define what I'm feeling towards her right now. I know that I don't exactly want her to trip over a cord and knock herself unconsciousness anymore." A sardonic laugh accompanied Beck's words. He let out a long sigh as he sat on the bed.

With Andre now replacing Beck as the one pacing back and forth across the room to the bathroom door, (he had refused to sit on the bed, so he had previously just been standing by it's side) Andre took pity on his friend and reserved the rest of his teasing for a later time. "Okay, let's just think about this logically. You think that you might have friendly (he shuddered as the word came out of his mouth) feelings for Jade. Are you sure it's not just because you guys are pretending to be engaged?"

"To be honest, I don't know. I mean she did kiss me last night, b-" Beck was going to continue, but was interrupted by his friend.

"Wait, wait, wait. She KISSED you? Why am I JUST NOW hearing about this? Where did it happen? Was anyone else around? Did anything else happen?" Andre finally took a breath in the midst of his line of questioning, and Beck took the chance to jump back into the conversation with some teasing.

"Now who's starting to sound like Cat huh?...haha. To answer the questions you've asked so far, yes she kissed me, we've only been talking for like 5 minutes and it never came up until now, on the lips here in the bedroom, my mom, Nana, and Violet all witnessed it, and no nothing else happened. Now I know you've probably still got tons more questions to ask, but can we please just take them one at a time? I promise I'll answer each one of them to the best of my ability."

"Okay, sure. Uh, let me see...got it!" The last part was accompanied by a snap of the fingers. "So you said that your mom, Nana, and Violet were all here when you and Jade kissed right?"

"Yeah, mom wanted to show me and Jade where we'd be sleeping while we're here, and everyone else just decided to tag along."

"Well then how did you end up kissing while they were still here if all they were doing was showing you guys the room?" For the life of him, Andre couldn't figure out any possible way Beck and Jade could wind up in that situation.

"I have absolutely no idea how things led up to that. One minute my grandma was talking about her 'baby-making' blanket, and then the next thing I know Jade's arms are wrapped around my waist and she's got this look in her eye that I swear was like nothing I've ever seen on any woman before, let alone Jade. I can't even explain it-it was just..." As Beck got lost in thought remembering what he had seen in Jade's eyes, Andre saw a look come upon his best friend's face that he was sure he didn't want to witness ever again. Beck's own eyes were becoming glassy, and his mouth had dropped open slightly.

Walking over to the bed, Andre snapped his fingers right in Beck's face. "Hello?! Earth to Beck! Can you please snap out of wherever you are, wipe that look off your face, and finish the story?"

"Huh...what?" Realizing where his thoughts had taken him, Beck felt a very faint blush rise up on his face. "Oh, sorry man. Where was I?"

"Apparently still hypnotized by the devil...haha." Andre couldn't resist. Although, in all fairness, he had warned Beck that the teasing wouldn't stop, so he really didn't feel too bad about the comment.

"Yeah yeah. Okay, so we were standing there and I told Nana that Jade and I weren't going to sleep together until we were married, and then I don't know what happened, but suddenly Jade's arms were around me and she was saying how she didn't remember agreeing to that deal. Then, before I knew it, she was kissing me. I'm not gonna lie and say I didn't enjoy it because she's a very attractive woman, when words aren't coming out of her mouth, but I really didn't even get a chance to kiss her back because it was over as quickly as it started. Of course, it didn't stop me from feeling something...if you know what I mean." Beck's own eyebrow raise as he spoke his last words let Andre know what was meant.

After recovering from another round of shuddering, Andre was able to speak again. "Trust me man, I know exactly what you were feeling. I still don't quite understand why those feelings are for Jade even if she is a good looking woman-please don't tell anyone I admitted that, but I've honestly never seen two more opposite people in my whole life, so maybe you'll prove the cliche to be correct."

"Yeah, that's not gonna happen. I don't think Jade's feelings towards me have changed at all. She's just a really great actress, and this whole thing is just one big role that she has to play. Oh, and don't worry, I won't say a word to anybody." Beck, finally having run out of steam from recalling the previous night's events, heaved a dejected sigh and flopped back to lay fully on the bed.

"Wow...you have like genuine feelings for her don't you?" After receiving an affirmative nod from Beck, Andre continued. "Well I'm not going to stop teasing you about it, but as your best friend, I will try and be supportive. And, on that note, I say we use this weekend to do some detective work and discover if Jade is just acting out a part, or if there's something real there."

With Andre's words, Beck actually stood up from the bed and got a hopeful look on his face. "Thanks Dre. It's good to know I can always count on you to be there for me no matter what." He walked over to Andre and gave the dread-locked man a handshake/one-armed manly hug/pat on the back.

"Always bro. Now I don't know about you, but I need to get out of here before this conversation starts getting too mushy and we turn into chicks."

Laughing heartily, both guys made their way out of the room, and then out of the house.

/

The girls had been shopping for 3 hours and 48 minutes, (and 23...24...25 seconds-she'd started counting as soon as they'd walked away from the boat) and Jade had only one thing on her mind. 'Honestly, this town only has like 2,000 people so how many stores can there be for shopping?' She took a seat on a bench just outside the latest store the rest of the women had gone into, and was about 2 seconds away from murdering the next person who happened to unfortunately cross her path.

She'd finally cornered Cat about 10 minutes into their first store, and after giving the red headed girl her own version of an apology, (which consisted of Jade saying, "Sorry about what I said back on the boat. Here's some cereal just for you." And Cat's extremely enthusiastic, "I forgive you Jadey...oooh cereal. I LOVE CEREAL!") Cat proceeded to cling to Jade's side wherever they went.

Jade was pulled out of her not-so-legal thoughts by a man, who seemed to be homeless, sitting down on the other side of the bench (too close to Jade as far as she was concerned, but still well within striking distance for her scissors to do serious damage). His hairline appeared to have receded about twenty years ago, his clothes were so mismatched and looked like they came from someone's dumpster, he wasn't wearing any shoes, and as if the sight of him alone wasn't strange enough, he was drinking, through a straw, milk directly from a coconut.

Just as Jade was reaching for the scissors she kept at all times in her boot, (because the coconut slurping had finally caused her to snap) the man stopped and spoke to her.

"Why hello there. You don't look familiar. Did you just move here or are you simply visiting our fine piece of land?" He had turned to look at Jade as he spoke, and it took everything in her power to pull her hand back up her side, and place it on the bench next to her...almost splintering the wood with her grip.

After hearing stories from Mary, Betty, and Violet for the past 3 hours and now 50 minutes, Jade knew how small of a town Irricana really was, and just how important Beck's family was to the town. People had been stopping the women everywhere they went in order to talk to Mary or Betty or Violet, and Cat, being the most energetic and bubbliest one of the whole group, had no problems joining the conversations with random people for as long as the rest would allow her to talk. Jade was mostly saved from these pop up conversations by either excusing herself to the bathroom, or the fitting rooms.

Based on the 'homeless' man's question, Jade knew the man had lived here for quite some time, so in order to avoid any negative opinions being made about the Oliver women, (although she really didn't care personally, she just knew how badly it would hurt Beck if anything was said about his mom and grandma because of her) she put on her best acting face, and told the man, "I'm just visiting. I'm waiting on the rest of the group (she absolutely refused to call them her friends because Cat was the only one to whom that term could apply) to come out of that store (she pointed to the one behind the bench) so we can go eat lunch."

Thankfully Jade was saved from any further conversation as she heard Cat's voice behind her, talking animatedly to Violet. Jade turned her head in their direction and saw both girls with their arms full of bags, with Cat struggling to carry them all. Jade groaned loudly as she knew she'd get stuck helping Cat carry the bags to however many more places they were going until eventually making their way back to the Oliver's home.

Mary and Betty came out slightly behind the younger women, and recognizing the man sitting near Jade, Betty greeted him. "Erwin! It's nice to see you again. How are the coconuts tasting?"

Jade let out a snort upon hearing the man's name, but nonetheless got up to join Cat and Violet because she really didn't want to hear anything Erwin had to say about his coconuts.

The three younger ladies were soon joined by Mary as she also didn't want to be a part of her mother-in-law's conversation with Erwin Sikowitz.

"Ah the always youthful-looking Oliver women. It's wonderful to see you again as well...even though we just saw each other yesterday. As for my little beauty here, she is as delicious as ever. The visions this one gives me are even more vivid than usual." He started to get that faraway look in his eye, as if having a vision currently.

Clapping her hands to regain his attention, Betty continued the conversation. "Lovely to hear that dear. So tell me, what are you doing out around town today?"

"Actually I was on my way to work when I happened to spot this comfortable looking bench just begging for me to sit on, and a woman as pretty as that dark haired young lady should never be sitting alone, so I had to join her."

Knowing he was talking about Jade, Betty was surprised word hadn't already spread to him regarding Jade's identity. "Actually Erwin, that's Beck's fiancee." Saying the word trigged an idea in Betty's head, but she'd have to run it by the rest of the group first. After exchanging with Erwin a speedy, but still polite goodbye, Betty went to rejoin the group.

"Ladies I just had a wonderful idea!"

"Does it involve food? Because I'm starved!" Jade's patience was was running thin.

"Actually yes Jade, it does. How about we head on over to Ramone's (I don't know if the bar had a name or not, but we're just gonna go with Sikowitz's character's name in the movie) and have some food and watch a show?" She was smiling as she spoke and had looked mischievously, but discreetly at Jade.

Jade agreed because she just wanted some food, and Cat said yes because she just wanted to agree with what Jade said.

Contrary to what Betty had thought, both Mary and Violet had seen the way Betty had looked at Jade, but surprisingly, they didn't have any objections to the destination. So, after a 5 minute detour which Jade did not object to, (only because it was to drop the bags off back at the boat since they were so close to it) the five women made their way to Ramone's.

A/N: Guess what? This is the second longest chapter in the whole story...yay! Okay, that's all I really have to say for now. Hopefully this will help you guys pass the time until TFB&J airs in several hours! Until next time, it's Cheerio my cheeky chipmunks :)