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Beck's POV
Friday morning, I woke up to the sound of my alarm ringing at an earsplitting volume. I guess I still have a bit of a hangover from yesterday. I sat up in my warm bed, thankful that this awakening was so much more pleasant than it had been last night. I had woken up in on the floor of the woods, in the same spot I'd fallen asleep in, only so much worse…
My eyes had blinked rapidly as I tried to remember where I was. I'd shivered against the cold, and I realized I wasn't even wearing a shirt. I sat up to look around and came to terms with what was going on. I was in that weird foresty place next to the train tracks, and I had my shirt off because…oh yeah. Oh…yeah. How could I forget? Jade and I had…..
Hey what the hell? I thought to myself angrily. I'd searched around me frantically but she wasn't there. I stood up too quickly and tried to catch my balance as I put my shirt back on. When had I even put my jeans on again? I had a lot of questions, but mostly I wanted to get warm. The sun had gone down and I checked my phone to see it was already past midnight. How long had I been asleep? And where was my phone?
Too many questions. I finally found my cell and retraced my steps back to the main street Jade had originally parked at. Her car was gone and there was no sign of any of the other people who'd been here too. In fact, there was no sign that anyone had been here at all. I was starting to think I was crazy. That I'd imagined the whole day, until I felt a stinging pain on my abdomen. I lifted my shirt a bit to see the large red bite mark Jade must have left.
Okay, so it had happened. I ended up calling Andre for a ride that seemed to last forever. He had so many questions that I really didn't want to answer.
"What the hell?" He'd started with as soon as I got in his car. I'd barely buckled my seatbelt when he must've smelled me. "Are you drunk?!"
"Shhh…," I hushed him and turned on his heater. "Not so loud."
"I knew it!" He shook his head and started driving. "You ditched school with Jade didn't you?!"
"Andre," My voice sounded dry and raspy. "Please. Lower your voice."
"You did, though, didn't you?" He ignored my request. "You skipped school and work to get trashed with that girl!"
I stayed quiet for the rest of the ride and just let him rant. Mostly I plugged my ears while he spoke; he wasn't able to contain himself. I figured I'd answer his questions tomorrow. Well, it was tomorrow and I still didn't have any good answers. I did have some questions though. All of them for Jade. Like why the hell did she leave me in the middle of that place alone? Stranded.
I rehearsed what I'd say to her as I walked to school since I'd left my truck in the parking lot there. I didn't live too far, but I walked slow; I needed the practice. After I had my angry speech memorized, I worked on my apology to Jones. Missing work without a courtesy call was so unlike me.
As I entered the main hallway at Hollywood Arts I wasn't sure where to go first. I needed to apologize to Jones immediately, but I really really wanted to see Jade. I had just gotten a notebook out of my locker and turned in the direction of Jones' classroom when Jade walked past me. Then, it wasn't even a choice.
I stomped over to her locker as she popped it open. She wore annoyed expression, but I didn't let that faze me.
"Hey," I said as angrily as possible.
"Hey," She didn't even bother making eye contact.
"So…," my train of thought almost derailed as I looked at the smooth skin of her neck. She looked good today.
"So?"
"So! What the hell happened yesterday?" I stared her down while she ignored me.
"Well…the sun rose in the morning, more stuff happened, then it set in the west. Could you be a bit more specific?" She was seriously gonna play dumb?
"I'm talking about you and your stupid friends ditching me last night!" She closed her locker but went straight to checking her phone. "Hello?!"
"What?" she shrugged while I stood my ground with a straight face. "Okay, one; those aren't my friends. And two, you're a big boy, I figured you could find your way home."
"Seriously?!" She finally looked up at me, hearing how upset I was.
"I had somewhere to be," She spoke solemnly and I took a real look at her. Her eyes still looked red, but not from the drugs; more like from crying. And she looked tired with light purple shadows under the sparkling blue I loved.
"Hey Jade!" Cat's happy voice interrupted our staring contest. She bounced next to us with a plastic bag in her hand. "Here's the outfit you wanted me to bring."
"Thank you," Jade spoke to Cat while still looking at me.
"No problem!" Cat sounded happy, but I didn't look to see. I was more interested in why she was bringing Jade clothes.
"What are those for?" I asked.
"Hee hee, you wear them, duh!" Cat said but I didn't laugh.
"Cat?" Jade called, still looking at me. "Leave."
"Kay kay," Cat shrugged and left, still happy.
I made the mistake of blinking too slow because when I looked again, Jade was shoving the plastic bag inside her purse. I took advantage of the time and looked her over. She was wearing the same skirt and long sleeve she had on yesterday, and her hair looked wavy instead of perfectly curled like always.
"So…let me get this straight," I brought her attention back to me. "You had a prior engagement sooo important you had to leave me naked in the forest, and you couldn't even change your clothes? Who are you Batman or something?"
"You weren't naked," she crossed her arms. "I helped you put your pants on." She did? I don't remember that.
"That doesn't make it okay!"
"What do you want from me?"
"Oh I don't know, a real answer?" I threw my arms up. "An explanation? An apology?! The truth!"
"I saw the Bat signal," she shrugged and smiled a little. I almost laughed but managed to hold it together only to feel the biggest grin form on my face a moment later.
"Seriously…" I tried to sound serious, but could hear the way my voice betrayed me. I just couldn't stay mad at her, not when I'd already pictured her crying for some reason. I didn't know what happened to her yesterday, but there's no way she'd ever trust me enough to tell me if I kept yelling at her.
"Seriously," she looked up at me and stepped closer. "I have to go." Just like that she turned around and walked away. It only took me a second to gain my composure though. She may have gotten away without answering me, but she had to at least talk to me.
"I'll walk you to class," I said as I fell into step beside her.
"I'm not going to class," she rolled her eyes as her irritated expression returned.
"You're gonna ditch again?" I could hear the parental tone in my voice, but couldn't stop it. I was still recovering from yesterday and she was going back for more?
"I didn't say that," she said before she walked into a room with a swinging door. I was about to follow her in when I realized it was the girl's restroom. Damn.
Oh well, I'll just wait. So that's what I did. I leaned against the wall facing the restroom door and counted the tiles on the floor till the door swung open again. She walked out now wearing tight black jeans and a dark green t shirt with a pair of scissors printed on the front. She saw me and instantly rolled her eyes as she walked again with me in tow. As I checked her out from behind, my mind started to wander again.
"Hey, why does Cat keep some of your clothes at her house?" I can't imagine Cat ever wearing this ensemble.
"Have I ever told you you talk too much?" she muttered as I walked beside her again.
"Yes," I smiled, getting used to the way she brushed me off. "So no answer?" I waited for a pause then continued. "No surprise there. Alright then, here's another question—,"
"Ugh!"
"How often do you skip school and…do what went on yesterday?"
"I don't know," she shrugged.
"Have you ever brought Cat?"
"Hah!" she genuinely laughed. "Have you ever seen Grease?"
"Yeah," hasn't everybody?
"Let's just say Cat's too pure to be pink."
"Okay…," I nodded. At least she was answering. "And Tori?"
"Tori…," she seemed to debate in her mind. "I think she's just going through a phase or whatever that means. Experimenting and all that."
"I see…," I nodded again and came full circle with my questioning. "And you?"
"I…" she deliberated again as we turned a corner. "I don't do it that often."
"How often is that?"
"I don't know, whenever I feel like it," she said this with certainty, but I knew there had to be a real reason. Still, I don't want to push her, she might stop talking.
"You know, smoking is bad for your vocal chords," I decided to go another route.
"Ugh!"
"I'm just saying, you know. I mean I thought singing was your thing, right?"
"Yeah…," she nodded.
"So, you know…don't mess with your art," I advised her as if she'd listen. I'd never heard her sing, but I'm sure the smoke inhalation wasn't good for it.
"What are you my doctor?" She said with attitude.
"Hey," I put my hands up in innocence. "I'm just telling it like it is."
"Whatever," she sighed. She knew I was right.
"Seriously, though," I tried not to smile at my memories. "I had fun yesterday."
"Yeah, I bet you did."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Whatever you want it to, Beck," she sighed again and I felt like I was irritating her.
"Hey, if I'm not mistaken, you had a pretty good time too," I said as she stopped walking. I stood in front of her. "At least…it sounded like you did."
"You did not just say that," she shook her head.
"Alright alright," I decided I better drop it. It was too early in the day to get her pissed off at me. Still…it bothers me that she's acting like we didn't have sex yesterday, and it made me wonder how often she did that. "One more question?"
"Ugh!"
"So…since it looks like you're gonna be in school today…how about we—,"
"If this is your way of asking for s—,"
"This!" I cut her off and her eyes bore into me. "Is my way of asking you to have lunch with me." I smiled while she narrowed her eyes.
"Lunch?" she furrowed her eyebrows.
"Yeah, you know, that meal in between breakfast and dinner."
"Cute." She said with sarcasm dripping from her words. "But no."
"What? Why not?" All I was asking for was half an hour of her time. She was so strange.
"Not interested," she shrugged.
"What?" Now I was the skeptical one. "Come on, it's just one meal. You don't have to answer any questions, I promise."
"Nope," she crossed her arms as the first bell rang.
"Jade!" I can't believe she had me begging for her presence. "At least think about it," I smiled my best charming smile at her.
"Doubt it."
"So that's a yes?"
"More like a never," she said as I started to back away.
"So I'll see you at the café? I'll buy the burritos!" I called as she just shook her head and walked into a classroom.
I hadn't noticed till she was gone, but a few kids standing around were looking at us. Hmm. That's kinda weird. Then again, they probably thought the same thing about me talking to Jade.
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Hours later, I arrived to the boys locker room to dress for my next class. Andre, Robbie, and I had all signed up for salsa dancing just for fun. I got there and greeted my friends, Andre seeming much calmer than he had yesterday. I started changing as usual, then looked over to where the restroom stalls were.
I couldn't help but remember what Jade and I had done in the last one on Monday. I felt that goofy smile creep up on me as I took my shirt off and reached for the plain black one I wore to the class.
"Oh my god!" I hear Andre yelp from my left. I turned to see what he was yelling about only to see him looking back at me, or more precisely, my torso.
"Jiminy Cricket!" Robbie reacted as he too stared at my bare chest. "What happened to you?"
I caught my reflection in the mirror across from us and saw what they were talking about. In the bright lighting in here, the three bite marks from Jade were not only visible but protruding. I covered myself with the black t shirt in my hand as Robbie and Andre stepped closer to get a better look.
"Let me see!" Robbie whined as Andre swiped the shirt out of my hand, leaving me exposed again.
"Hey!" I called and tried to reach the shirt he held out of my grasp.
"Did Jade do these to you?" He asked my abs as he leaned down to squint at the teeth marks. "Man, she's kinky."
"She didn't!" I lied. "Give me my shirt back!"
"Then who did?" Robbie asked.
"None of your business!" I was getting annoyed. "My shirt!"
They must've gotten a pretty clear mental picture because Andre gave me my shirt back and they stepped away to let me finish changing.
"So it was totally Jade, wasn't it?" Andre brought it up again as we entered our dance room.
"No!" I said and walked away. I managed to avoid they're questioning for the remainder of the class, and changed too fast for them to catch me.
I knew I'd just have to deal with it at lunch, but it seemed like a better plan than sticking around to wait for the 3rd degree. When lunch came though, I wasn't sure where to go. I wanted to sit with Jade but she didn't seem to be anywhere in sight. I walked to my own lunch table with two burritos and continued to scan the café, but she wasn't there. Her usual table was empty, her friends not even there.
Instead I sat with Robbie and Andre like normal, and ignored their conversation about a cool after party after the kickback tonight. They seemed to leave me alone about the whole Jade thing, or so I thought.
"So Beck," Andre said halfway through lunch. "Who bit you?" He asked casually as he bit into a slice of pizza.
"No one you know," I lied again and continued to sulk. I know she said no, but I really thought she'd show up to have lunch.
"Mhmm…" he nodded unconvinced.
"You know," Robbie spoke. "Hickeys aren't very health conscious. You have to break a blood vessel to make them stay, and that's not—,"
"Who's talking about hickeys?" I heard a girl say and didn't need to turn to know it was Rebecca again.
"We are!" Andre said excitedly as Karen sat down next to him. "Beck's got 3."
"What?" Karen squealed. "From who?"
"Yeah, from who?" Becca asked, sounding jealous to me.
"We think Jade West gave them to him, but he's denying it," Andre gave away too much information. Man what ever happened to the value of a secret!
"Ugh!" Karen said at the mention of Jade's name.
"Puh-lease," Becca seconded her disgust. "Beck has way too much class to let that girl lay a finger on him."
I was really getting sick of these girls bashing Jade. They didn't even know her. Granted, I didn't either…but still.
"I don't know," Andre shook his head. "We're pretty sure. Right Beck?"
"She did not give them to me," the lie flowed freely now.
"See?" Becca believed me. "Ugh, I can't get over how horrible that girl is."
"I know!" Karen shook her head. "Would you guys believe she didn't even bother showing up to our final rehearsal yesterday? Or our morning practice this morning!"
"How is it a final rehearsal if you had one this morning?" I pointed out the flaw.
"I mean, the kickback is tonight," Becca ignored me. "She is SO unprepared, she's gonna ruin the whole routine." She pouted and I got the urge to duct tape her mouth shut.
"I'm sure you girls will look fine no matter what," Andre said in a smooth tone, obviously trying to score points. They didn't seem to care though.
"Didn't you JUST meet her?" Becca said to me, remembering our last conversation.
"Yeah," I mumbled.
"As if that would stop her from going cannibal on him?" Karen leaned in further to gossip.. "I heard Jade does guys in the janitor's closet in between classes."
"Uh, guys?" Robbie spoke but we ignored him.
"Eww!" Becca squealed. "Well, I heard she gave the janitor head just to get a better locker space."
"Guys?" Robbie said again, but I didn't pay attention.
"No way!" Karen squealed. "Whatever the case, don't trust her Beck." She talked to me as if I'd ever listen.
"Yeah," Becca nodded in agreement. "Jade West is just a slut with a bad attitude. The whole school knows it and—,"
"GUYS!" Robbie practically shouted, this time gaining everyone's attention.
I looked to see his eyes wide as he stared behind me. I followed his gaze to see Jade standing behind me wearing an emotionless expression. How long had she been standing there? Obviously long enough.
She looked me straight in the eye and my heart sank. Before I could react, she turned and walked away.
"Jade!" I called to her as I stood up to follow her. "Jade!" I tried again, but lost sight of her in the crowded hallway.
The end…for now!
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