How Trina Got In

I have had enough of Beck. We were just beginning to talk since we broke up, if arguing about Trina's beginning counted as talking. He was so…ugh. The one person that could hold an argument with me. The one person I ran out of words with. Usually, if he was about to win an argument, I could just lean down and kiss him, but now I had to deal with being shut up. I rolled my eyes at Beck. He thought he was a genius, that he knew everything. I looked down at my nails.

"Tell us great Beck who knows everything except how to keep a girlfriend happy," I said. I smiled at him sweetly.

"You never like being happy!"

I rolled my eyes. "Maybe because I never was!"

"Oh really. May I remind you of the night?" he asked, raising his eyebrows. Andre and Cat were looking at us with confusion. He was referring to the first time we had sex and I said I was the happiest girl in the world.

"I'm an actress," I muttered.

"You're not that good," Beck smirked, "That's why Tori got the leads. Now that we're not dating I can tell you the truth."

I raised my eyebrows. "Well now that we're not dating I can tell you that you're a complete asshole."

"Can we know what's going on?" Andre asked. Cat nodded.

"I think I know what's going on. Beck got Jade a giraffe, but Jade doesn't want everyone to know about it because it's living in her backyard," Cat smiled.

"No." I muttered.

"Phooey."

"Anyways, how did Trina get in Beck?" Andre asked.

"Tell us Beck?" I mocked.

"Well," Beck started, eyeing me.

"Oh wait!" I intervened with a smile. "I don't care!" I picked up my bag and twirled out of the room. I stomped down the hall with tears threatening my eyes. I could deal with not being nicest, prettiest, most popular, scariest, and not having the attention of a lot of guys, but one thing I couldn't deal with is someone telling me I'm not good at something I try to be. A good actress. But Tori's better, even though she hasn't put in any hours in classes. I knew Beck thought I was better. I knew I was better. It just hurt to see people I used to love tear me down, like my father.

Beck is the same as my father. I had to love them, but in the end, they're both assholes who want nothing to do with me. I spun the wheel on my locker angrily.

"Hey Jade!" Tori ran in the door. Her hair was messed up and she smelled like…fish?

"What."

"I'm just so happy to see you!" Tori smiled, and squeezed me into a hug before running in the direction of Sikowitz's class. I smiled for a second, but realized what I was doing. Was I so desperate for attention I was happy when Vega said something nice?

I replaced my momentary smile with a scowl and walked out to my car.

"Jade!" I glanced up to see Beck leaning against my car.

"Go away."

"No."

"Then I'll run you over."

"I doubt that."

I rolled my eyes and stepped in the car. I put my keys in the ignition and put the car in reverse. I looked in my rearview mirror where Beck was standing with an amused look.

"You have 10 seconds to get out." I called, but he just stood there. "10! 9! 8!"

"Jade you won't do it!"

"Don't tempt me. 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Better move it Oliver!"

"Nope."

"1!" I called, and pressed the gas. The car rolled backwards and Beck realized that in fact I was not kidding. His eyes went wide, but I ignored it. Crunch.

I stopped the car and got out. I went to the back where Beck was on the cement.

"You weren't kidding," he muttered, standing up and bending his arm.

"I think we should both know from past experience that I don't kid when I count to 10." I muttered, pushing him out of the way before getting in my car and driving back to my house.

But I couldn't help but wonder what Beck was waiting for me for.

I walked in the door of my house and threw my keys on the counter.

"Jade!" My dad called.

"What?"

"You're boyfriend Bert or whatever called!"

"Exboyfriend, Beck!" I corrected. "What did he want?"

"To make sure you got home safe!"

"I'm here!" I called sarcastically.

"Reck also said that he was coming over! Condoms are in the cabinet!" My dad called.

I rolled my eyes, and strode to the front door and locked it, and ran around to all the other doors and windows to make sure they were locked, before going into my room and putting in headphones.

I didn't want to deal with Beck's crap. If he wanted to fight all the time, then so be it. We both knew I had no problem with that.

"Jade," I heard a soft voice. I glanced up and Beck was standing by the door in my room.

"Yeah yeah, I suck at acting. I'm depressing, I'm going nowhere in life. I hate you. Fight fight. Can you go?" I muttered.

"No. I came to say sorry. I know that I upset you when I said Tori was better. I know better than anyone that you hate when people trash your acting skills and I shouldn't have done that," Beck said quietly.

"Well you did. I cried, now I'm pissed, and I have a pair of scissors in my bra so unless you want to be bald and bleeding, I suggest you leave." I sighed.

"You have scissors in your bra? Did that start after we broke up?" Beck asked with an amused grin.

I fought a smile. "Leave."

He let out a sigh. "I didn't mean it. You're a way better actress than Tori."

"This is sounding like the post-Tori-kiss-I love you speech. It was just a stage kiss," I mocked.

"Yeah. Well." He said.

"Why'd you come here? To apologize? You're forgiven. Not that that changes anything."

"I came for you Jade. The thing you said about the 10 seconds got me thinking. I want you. 10 seconds aren't enough to make a decision that could ruin our lives!"

"It was more than 10 seconds. I counted slow," I muttered. He glared at me.

"I just, I wish I had more time to think it through. The only reason I broke up with you was because I could only picture my life without stress and arguments. I didn't think about how boring it would be, or how I had nobody to buy coffee for in the morning, or someone to kiss when I got bored, or someone I could talk to about everything. I didn't think of that! You're like my human diary Jade. I can tell you anything and you'll remember it for as long as you live, and I can go to you for advice, I just, I want you back. Even if it's just as a friend."

"We can't be just friends, and you know that." I muttered

"Then take me back! Be my girlfriend," Beck pleaded.

I raised my eyebrows at him.

"No."

"N-no?"

"No."

"Oh."

"You remember the first time we broke up, and I asked for you back, but you said no? And I kept working to get you back even though it resulted in your dad getting mauled by a dog? You're not getting off the easy Oliver. I want coffee tomorrow morning. You will walk me to Sikowitz's and kiss my ass like I did to you when I realized I made a mistake, got it?"

Beck nodded eagerly.

"Anything for you."

R&R

Sarah