Authors note:
This is the last chapter! Thanks for reading (:
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He sees her at school and she looks almost as awful as he feels. She has bags under her eyes and she isn't scowling; she's frowning.
He texts her to meet him after school at his house.
"I can't do this anymore," he admits, running a hand through his hair. They're sitting in his kitchen.
"What do you mean? Are you tired of waiting? Are you giving up on us?" She asks. She feels tears in her eyes because he promised he would wait.
Without saying a word, he kisses her.
"I miss you, okay? I can't stop thinking about you and its not even wrong because we're in love, and I met you before I even knew I was going to be your student-teacher. I'm so sorry, but I can't wait any longer," he tells her. His hands are cupping her cheeks, and she loves the feeling of his hands touching her.
"I miss you too," she tells him, because it's true. She kisses him and he laces their fingers together. He leads her to his bedroom, kissing her knuckles one by one, making her smile.
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They've decided to date in secret. It's not that hard really. There are two rules: don't talk at school, even if it seems innocent , and don't tell anyone about the relationship.
They only have to wait another month.
It's kinda scandalous, really.
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She looks happier; they both do.
"How old do you think he is?" Tori asks the group while they're at lunch.
He's 22. "Why does it matter? He's never gonna date you," Jade rolls her eyes. Tori has been freaking out over how hot Mr. Oliver is, as if she's special and she's going to get him to date her.
"He's in his younger twenties," Robbie guesses.
"I wonder if he'll consider going out with a student," Tori asks absentmindedly.
"I think that's illegal. Or at least looked down upon," Robbie says. Jade holds in a laugh. She's glad Beck came around.
"Dang," Tori comments.
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"God, how can a man be that hot?" Tori shakes her head. They're at Nozu. Beck is there too, talking to some of his friends at the other side of the restaurant. Jade had told him in advance that she was going to be there, in case he was going to talk to her.
"Will you get over yourself, Vega?" Jade rolls her eyes. "Someone like that would never date someone like you," Jade scowls.
"How do you know?" Tori asks, offended.
"Because you're Tori Vega. You're boring and you're a goody two shoes and you're still sixteen," Jade laughs.
Robbie and Cat mumble comments that agree with Jade's.
"Hey guys!" Beck waves before he leaves. Jade doesn't look up at him, in fear that she'd give too much away.
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When Beck leaves, Sikowitz throws a mini- going away party.
'Good Luck Mr. Oliver' is what the handmade banner says.
"I can't believe he's leaving," Tori complains to Cat.
"He was nice," Cat shrugs.
Jade can see all of the girls throwing themselves at him as he leaves for the last time. It makes her blood boil, even though he's rejecting all of them.
Jade smirks when he rejects Tori.
Cat's probably the only girl who didn't throw herself at him. Because she has common sense. Or because she has such a big crush on Robbie.
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"So, what happened? Where were you for like three months, Jade?" Andre asks. They're eating dinner at a tiny Italian restaurant near the UCLA campus.
"Beck was my, uh, Student-Teacher," Jade admits, because they agreed they could tell Andre.
"Wait, what?" Andre asks, clearly surprised.
"I ended up being her student-teacher, so we stopped seeing each other. But then my time ended and now we're back together," Beck shrugged.
"How old are you, Jade?" Andre asks.
"I'm seventeen."
"Oh. Why do you look so old?" Andre asks.
"Is that a compliment?" Jade laughs. Andre nods.
"I hit puberty early," she tells him, sipping her wine. Beck just shakes his head, snickering.
"Wait, so how did you two meet again?"
"In a bar," Jade supplies.
"That's what I thought," Andre laughs.
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"Jade, will you please come over to my house for a sleep over?" Tori pleads.
"No," Jade rolls her eyes. She has a date with Beck at the bar where she and Beck met.
"Why can't you come to Tori's sleepover, Jade?" Cat asks when they're alone.
"I'm busy," she tells Cat.
"Wait...is it a date? With who?" Cat asks, because she knows that mysterious look in Jade's eyes. It means secrets and surprises.
"You don't know him. His name is irrelevant," Jade says, because there is no way Cat can keep a secret like this from Tori.
Cat tells Tori about the date.
"We have to watch her date!" Tori squeals.
"I don't know. I don't want Jade to be mad at us," Cat frowns. Because Jade's had a hard life, and Cat doesn't want to make it any worse.
Tori drags Cat. They make Robbie drive them, since neither of them have their drivers license. They check two places popular for dates in the area: Karaoke Dokie and Nozu; Jade isn't at either of them.
"I don't have much gas left!" Robbie cries, annoyed at Tori and Cat's bantering in the backseat.
"Let's just go to the JetBrew. Than we can go to my house," Cat tells them.
When they arrive, Robbie's the first one to spot Jade walking into the bar that's across the street from the JetBrew.
They follow her in, sitting in a booth in the back, so that they are blocked from view.
"Why is Jade in a bar?" Tori asks.
"It's a bar and grill, Tori. They have good burgers," Robbie shrugs, because they do. He's had them once with his family.
They watch as a boy enters the bar and greets Jade with a kiss on her cheek.
"I don't think they're meeting here for burgers," Tori comments as she sees Jade receive something definitely made with alcohol.
It's the first time Jade and Beck are back in this bar since they decided to break up. They're kind of recreating their first meeting.
"Maybe you'll let me see something of yours sometime?" Beck teases her. That's the only line he can remember saying.
Jade snorts. "Did you just ask me out?"
"Well, yeah, if you want."
Jade smiles.
"Mystery Dude," Beck laughs when she calls him that again.
"Give me a reason you want to go out with me and I'll consider," she tells him, this time, having known Beck for a while.
Tori, Cat and Robbie watch the boy hesitate for a moment. They think the boy is going to get yelled at, but they're all surprised when Jade lightly hits him in the chest, laughing.
"Beck, did you forget why you wanted to go out with me? Because I can tell you. I know your acting skills aren't as good as mine, but I thought you would remember something as important-"
He cuts her off.
"I didn't forget, Jadelyn. My acting skills are just fine, thank you very much. Okay. You're interesting. You're smart. You're really sarcastic and kinda freaky. And you're really fucking beautiful," he smirks.
Jade raises her eyebrows, smirking.
"Really fucking beautiful, huh?" Jade smiles, making him smile.
"Yeah," he says confidently, because this time, they're in love.
"Your face doesn't make me want to vomit," she smirks.
"I love you," Beck grins, kissing her quickly on the lips.
"Sap," she rolls her eyes, drinking her Vodka Soda.
Tori, Cat, and Robbie watch this weird interaction with fascination.
"You love me," he smirks. She kisses him, threading her fingers through his hair.
"Yeah, I really do," she smiles, threading their hands together. He kisses her knuckles.
"Aww," Cat and Tori squeal, an action, if heard by Jade, would have resulted in some yelling.
"Remember when I asked you if I could kiss you when we first met?" He ask.
"Yeah, and then I insulted you by calling you a twelve year old-"
"And then I cut of your insult with a kiss?" Beck smirks at her.
"And then we went back to your apartment," Jade looks into his eyes smirking.
"How could I forget?" Beck grins.
Jade leans in and kisses him.
"What do you say we get out of here?" Jade breathes into the kiss.
"Let's go," Beck kisses her on the cheek. He pays for their drinks and takes Jade's hand.
"Wait," Tori whispers, because she's spent enough time staring to know what her crush looks like.
"That's Mr. Oliver!" Tori whispers as Jade and their Student-Teacher drink their drinks in silence.
"Nuh uh," Robbie argues.
Soon, Jade and Beck are gone.
"We have to ask her about it," Tori says.
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"We know you're dating the hot-student teacher," Robbie makes Rex blurt during lunch, earning him a loud gasp from the girls at the table.
Jade shrugs. It's not illegal anymore. She checked.
"So?" She rolls her eyes.
"Jade," Tori starts to say.
"Stop talking. Don't try to tell me that I can tell you guys if he forced me into anything," Jade says.
"I love him, okay?" She adds, quieter than before, blushing under her friends gazes.
"So how do you know about him?" Jade asks.
"We were getting coffee at the JetBrew, then we saw you going into the bar. We saw Mr. Oliver there," Tori says.
"Beck."
"What?"
"His name is Beck. I met him as Beck."
"Oh."
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"Cat and Tori and Robbie found out about us," she tells him. They're siting in his living room, watching tv.
"What happened?" He asks.
"Nothing, really. They're happy for me, I guess."
Beck smiles when he sees the smile on her face.
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She was living in seas of black her whole life.
Beck came into her life in a swirl of color, and a little bit of annoyance.
She wouldn't change it for the world.
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