On Monday the following week, Beck invited Jade over to start really planning their Cancun trip. Jade was always happy to get out of her house, but she thought it felt extra nice since everyone was either at work or—in her younger brother's case—at school and she was able to go out without leaving some sort of explanation. Beck had only ever been in her house a handful of times, because they usually got down to business in the privacy of Beck's RV, since it was just easier with no parents or siblings involved. Upon receiving the invitation, Jade hopped in the shower and got ready as quickly as she could so she could get to Beck's house.
When Jade pulled up, Beck was just exiting his parents' home with a few papers in his hand. His naturally serious demeanor turned into a smile when he saw his girlfriend slamming her car door shut and heading towards him.
"Why were you in there?" Jade questioned almost immediately after spotting Beck.
"Oh my mom was just giving me some brochures for Cancun and giving me the hotel's website for more information if we wanted it." Beck replied, getting distracted by the sound of his text ringtone.
"That better not be someone interrupting our vacation planning." Jade warned. She was looking forward to this trip, and the planning they were sure to do that day was sure to just get her more pumped about the whole situation.
"It's nothing that can't wait. Don't worry. Today is our day." Beck reassured while opening the metal door of his mobile home and allowing Jade to walk in first, like a gentleman should.
They sat in Beck's bed all afternoon and looked through the pictures on the hotel website—when they discovered it was more of a resort—and flipped through the pages of the brochures the hotel had sent to Beck's mother.
"Looks like they have a Jacuzzi. You know what that means…" Beck chuckled. Jade had always loved Jacuzzis and sometimes she even pretended that she had been captured by witches and they were using her to make human soup which humored Beck.
"I guess I'm going to have to buy a new bathing suit." Jade responded.
"Didn't you just get a new one last summer?" Beck asked, confused as to why she would need another one.
"Yeah, but…I've grown since then." Jade rolled her eyes.
Beck just raised his eyebrows. He knew exactly what kind of 'growing' she had done. He was the biggest fan of her womanly aspects, after all. They continued to make mental notes of things they would do together, and write down every activity according to which day they would do them on. But when the topic of swimming with dolphins arose, a hilarious argument began. After a bad experience with an overly friendly dolphin, Jade vowed to never get near the sea mammal ever again. Once they were done with their little dispute, Jade resumed comfort in bed with Beck. She had her legs flopped across his lap, when suddenly her phone rang.
"Ugh, WHAT?!" Jade groaned.
"Jade?" Cat called out through the other end of the call.
"What is it, Cat? I'm sort of in the middle of something…" Jade groaned.
As Cat began to respond, Beck rolled off the bed and whispered into Jade's free ear.
"I'm going to take a shower." Beck informed, kissing her temple and quietly walking into the tiny bathroom.
"…And I just really don't know what to do!" Cat whined.
"Wait, what? I missed all of that." Jade admitted into the phone.
"I said, I was just reading through all the messages in my yearbook, and Robbie said he loved me, and hopes I feel the same way, but I don't know what I feel. Right now I just really feel like having a strawberry milkshake, but I don't know about love…" Cat repeated.
"Okay, listen. Why don't we go to the mall tomorrow? I have to go shopping for a new bikini, and I know how much you love shopping, and we can talk all about this then, sound good?" Jade invited, mostly wanting to get off the phone quickly. Cat could talk for hours about absolutely nothing if someone let her.
"Yay, I love shopping!" Cat squealed, completely sidetracking from her previous worry.
"Great. I'll pick you up tomorrow at noon." Jade informed just before hanging up.
She stood up and slid her phone into her back pocket as she walked over to Beck's mini fridge to grab a bottle of water. When she straightened back out, she heard Beck's phone go off, and looked at the screen, where half of an obviously long text message from his mom, was displayed. Her curiosity got the best of her and she opened up the text and read through it. Her eyes widened with rage when she realized what Beck and his mother had been talking about. She thought about leaving the RV and just going home, but she couldn't give Beck the satisfaction of getting away with this secret conversation, so she grabbed his phone and took it with her back onto the bed to wait for him to get out of the shower.
"So I was thinking that since we're not going to do the dolphin thing, we coul—what's wrong?" Beck stopped towel-drying his hair when he saw the look on Jade's face.
She had her arms folded across her chest with his cell phone in one hand and the other's fingers were tapping the opposite elbow, so Beck knew something was up.
"Well, while you were in the shower, scrubbing away, you got a text…from your mother." Jade growled angrily.
"D—did you read it?" Beck asked rhetorically. She so obviously had read it, but deep down inside there was a part of him that really hoped she hadn't.
"What do you think!?" Jade snapped.
"Look, I can explain…" Beck started.
"Explain what, Beck?! Explain how you are planning on leaving to New York and just completely forget about me, forget about us?! And explain how your parents never even wanted you to stay here with me, and it was all in their plan to have you move on the other side of the country, fall in love with a sweet girl, and just end it all with me? Sure Beck, I would love to hear you explain." Jade screamed. She was so furious that she could feel hot tears welling up in her eyes.
"Jade. I'm not moving to New York. I told you I'm staying here with you, and I meant it. My mom and dad just want me to move because they think it's a better opportunity for me, but I could never leave you. I want to spend every waking moment with you, and I can't do that if I'm in a different time zone. My mom just keeps texting me, hoping that I'll change my mind, even though I've already told them my plans to stay here for college are final." Beck defended.
"You better not be lying to me, Oliver." Jade warned.
"I swear. There's no place I'd rather be than wherever you are. I'm crazy about you, babe." Beck reassured.
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"How about this one?" Cat giggled as she took a bright pink and purple bikini off of the rack in the middle of the very busy swimwear store in the mall.
Jade responded by making gagging motions, and continuing to look for the perfect bathing suit for Cancun. Although, she was uneasy about taking the trip that was planned by people who so obviously didn't care about her, she would not miss out on the opportunity to go to an incredible resort with Beck.
"What did you end up saying to Robbie?" Jade asked as she held up a black and red bikini to get a better view.
"I told him I love him back." Cat began.
"You…what?!" Jade gasped.
"Not like that. I love him, but like a brother." Cat explained.
"Like you love your brother?" Jade joked.
"Okay, maybe not like that. But if I had a normal brother, I would love him like I love Robbie." Cat laughed.
"And how did Robbie handle that?" Jade raised her eyebrows.
"He told me he understood and that he'll wait for me to feel the same way as he does, even if it takes forever!" Cat squealed in amazement that Robbie would actually wait forever for her. It was no secret that he was completely enamored with her, and waiting the rest of his life for her would not be unexpected.
"Oh my god. Well, maybe you should just give him a chance." Jade suggested
"I thought about it." Cat admitted.
"Are you serious?" Jade's eyes widened in shock.
"Yeah, but I don't want to lose him as a friend. I like what we have going on now." Cat smiled.
"But friends don't kiss other friends." Jade pointed out.
"I told you not to talk about that! We're friends and that's it." Cat whined.
"Hey! What are you guys doing here?" Tori called out from across the store as she and Trina made their way over to Jade and Cat.
"We're here looking for toothpaste. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'RE HERE FOR?!" Jade replied sarcastically.
"Nice to see you too, Jade." Tori greeted humorously.
"Found one. Let's go." Jade demanded, pulling a deep blue and black bathing suit from its hanger and pulling Cat by her wrist to the cash register.
"Wait. Want to come with us, Tori?" Cat asked, yanking her wrist back from Jade's hand.
"Sure, where are you guys going?" Tori questioned, completely forgetting that she was with her sister.
"Nowhere." Jade proceeded to pay for her item at the register alone.
"We're going shopping for our dresses that we're going to wear underneath our graduation robes." Cat explained.
"Yeah, I'd love to come." Tori agreed.
"What about me?!" Trina yelled.
"Nobody likes you." Jade answered as she came back with a bag holding her purchased swimsuit.
"Trina, I didn't even want to come watch you try on bathing suits. I'll just meet up with you later." Tori instructed.
The three girls walked out of the store together and continued to wander around the mall together. Cat and Tori found dresses in the girliest stores in the mall. They made Jade want to gag, but she went in with them anyway, so that they would have to go in with her when she wanted to go inside the stores she knew would have the dark clothing she liked. Those stores were scary to those who didn't normally go inside, like Tori and Cat, but they had to go in, because that was the store Jade liked, and she needed a dress too. It was already Tuesday, and graduation was on Friday, so they were running out of time faster than they thought, so even though they shook in fear of the employees and customers in the store, Cat and Tori helped Jade pick out a really nice dress that everyone at graduation, and Beck would love once she was able to take off her robe and show it off. Now all they had to do was wait for these next few days to fly by so they could finally receive their diplomas.
Author's Note: I just really want to apologize for this chapter being so crappy. I had the most insanely busy week and I hate that this is rushed, but it's the best I could do. Next chapter will better, I promise! I hate feeling like I disappointed you guys. Anyway, please review and have a splendid week(: