December Twelfth
Tears
"I thought you and that gank broke up?"
Jade's eyes widen,a hurt expression appearing on her face as she approaches the RV. She knows immediately who the voice belongs to. Beck's stupid idiotic Canadian aunt. He must be video chatting with her.
She presses her ear up against the RV door, listening.
"We did! But, we got back together!" She hears Beck say.
"Why!?" The overall clueless tone of his aunt's voice made Jade want to strangle her.
"Because I love her!" Beck says, his voice rising. Jade can't help but smile.
"Beck, love is a bit more than the girl being 'sexy' and attaching herself to your lips all the time. You'll figure that out eventually," His aunt declares.
Jade holds her hand in fists, tightening them angrily.
"That's not why I-" Beck sighs, knowing his aunt won't change her mind. "Whatever. Can Jade come or not?"
Jade stiffens. Come to what?
"Definitely not."
"So, what, you're asking me to make my girlfriend spend her Christmas alone?" Beck says, as though the idea is ludicrous.
Jade frowns, feeling extremely crushed. She's not going to see Beck on Christmas?
"She'll spend it with one of her other boyfriends!" Beck's aunt exclaims.
Jade squeezes her hand tighter, ashamed that she can feel a small amount of liquid accumulating in the corner of her eyes.
Don't cry, she begs herself. She's not that weak! She can take a little disappointing news!
"I tell you with full confidence that I'm Jade's only boyfriend," Beck responds.
"I tell you with full confidence you're not. Beck, that girl dresses like an emo, and looks like a slut. She probably is off slitting her wrists right now somewhere in whatever cave she lives in. Not that I'd complain about that, any pain the girl gets is deserved, maybe she'll kill herself. You know how many guys she's probably done this week? Why won't you date that other girl you're friends with.. Ummm. What's her name?"
Jade doesn't have the patience to listen for Beck's reply. She finds herself sliding down he RV door, burying her face in her hands.
She feels tears slide down her face. Why don't people realize how powerful words are sometimes?
She can still hear Beck's aunt ranting about her. How she's an emo slut who cuts and is planning on killing herself and blah blah blah. Lie after lie after lie, but Jade can't stop the tears the keep falling out of her eyes as she listens.
Why can't Beck's family just accept her?
She leans back into he door, a loud noise erupting from the door sliding back a little.
Beck hears the noise, looking up, confused.
"I'll be right back," He tells his aunt, still seething with anger from what she had said about Jade. He walks over to the door, opening it cautiously.
His heart practically breaks when he sees Jade, all curled up and small looking, sitting by his RV. He sees tears streaming down her face and knows full well what happened.
Beck slowly approaches the girl, throwing a comforting arm around her. She turns to look at him, slightly embarrassed.
It's the first time he's seen her cry in ten months.
He doesn't need words to calm her down. He grabs her by the arm, pulling her upwards, bringing her into the RV. He yells a few nasty words at his aunt before Jade slams the laptop shut.
He motions for her to come lie on his bed with his, and he wraps his arms around her protectively.
"I love you," He reminds her over and over again, and the crying has soon completely stopped.