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"Jade," Ryder greets as she steps through his apartment.
They end up watching movies and talking about the play Jade wrote when she was eleven.
It was pretty cheesy and just like every cliche love story. The only person who knows about it is Ryder.
Jade finds herself thinking about the old Ryder.
"Why do you do that thing with the girls for grades?" She finds herself asking. She tells herself she's only curious because they're best friends. Really, Jade knows that she's asking because she's thinking about dating him.
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When his parents come to visit for the weekend, instead of attending a concert with her friends that she was invited to, Jade finds herself eating dinner with Mr. And Mrs. Daniels.
"I always knew that you and Ryder would make the cutest couple," Mrs. Daniels whispers as she hugs Jade goodbye.
Jade doesn't mention that they aren't officially together, but her and Ryder have been holding hands and sitting with his arm wrapped around her waist throughout dinner. She didn't want to confuse Mrs. Daniels.
Jade smiles to herself when she thinks about being Ryder's girlfriend.
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They're at her house.
She abruptly stops walking and turns toward him.
She was about to get them both more water when she turned around and sat back down.
"Did you mean what you said? When you said you'd wait for me?" She asks.
"Huh?" He asks.
"You said you would wait until I was ready to date you. Is that still true?"
"Yes. I'll wait."
"I don't want to wait anymore," she admits, pushing her lips against his into a kiss that full of passion and things she hadn't felt since the night she first saw him in L.A.
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"Jade," He breathes into the kiss. They're in the Black Box Theatre since they hang out there after school sometimes.
"I love you. I've loved you since before you even left for New York when we were little kids," he tells her.
"I know," she smiles, kissing his cheek.
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She doesn't change her relationship status on the Slap because honestly its nobodies business who she is dating. For the most part, she just doesn't want Beck asking her about it.
"So whats up with you and Ryder?" Tori asks while they're eating lunch.
"They're dating!" Cat squeals, smiling at Jade, remembering how Jade and Ryder kissed before school.
"Yeah. We're dating," Jade shrugs nonchalantly. The group, aside from Jade, looks at Beck to see his reaction.
Beck sighs and watches as Ryder comes to sit beside Jade.
"What are you doing here?" Jade raises her eyebrows at him with a smile.
A smile. The group looks on in shock at the expression on Jade's face. She actually looks happy. They're all giving each other looks.
"My mom wanted me to give this to you," he tells her, handing her an envelope.
It's an invitation to a party in New York.
"Wanna go? It can be just like old times?" He asks.
And she agrees.
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They spend the night laying on the same street they did when they were little. They make out a little, but mostly they just lay there.
"I love you, West," he smirks.
"Yeah, yeah. I love you too, Daniels," she smirks back and glances at her boyfriend who was staring at her the whole time, not the sky.
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Authors note:
This is the last part of this fanfic because I didn't want to draw this one out. Tell me what you all think! Are you all happy with the ending?