I liked walking into school with Beck's arm around my shoulders. It gave me a sense of happiness and safety. And I also liked the way people looked at us with surprise and resignation in their eyes. We walked towards my locker where Robbie was also changing his books. He looked up and sighed.

"I knew it wouldn't take long before you two where back together. It never does."

"Of course you knew." I rolled my eyes and hid a smile behind my hair. It's nice if someone has faith in your relationship while almost no one else has.

"Not that I have missed you. It was nice not being afraid during lunch."

And that ruined it. Glaring at him I leaned against my locker and I would have scared the chizz out of him if Beck wouldn't have pinched me. "Beck!" I whirled towards him and gave him a soft slap on the chest. "What was that for?"

"Be nice. I know you can be."

"But-"

He gave me that look, the look that showed it wasn't smart to go up against him, and I knew I had lost. "Fine." I turned back towards Robbie. "Thank you for having faith in us." I threw some books into my bag and almost screamed when someone hugged me from the back.

"I knew it!"

And I knew that squeal. For this one time I turned around laughing and hugged Cat. "Yes, you knew. And I'd also like to thank you. This one time." I smiled warmly and then pushed her away. "And enough of that. We need to go to class."

"Baby…"

I grabbed Beck's hand before he could finish that sentence. "Don't you dare, Beckett. I was nice."

He laughed. "Yes you were. It's good to see."

"Don't get used to it."

I turned my head a bit and smiled before we walked into Sikowitz's classroom. The awkward but nice teacher wasn't there yet and we seated ourselves on our old chairs with Robbie and Cat in front of us. I scooted my chair closer too Beck's and laid my head on his shoulders while he wrapped his arm around mine and with his free hand he started playing with my fingers. This is how it's supposed to be.

I pressed a chaste kiss in his neck and mumbled I had missed this.

"Me too, babe."

That made me smile even when Vega and André walked in and seated themselves besides us. André was the first to speak up. "Are you two really back together?"

O how I longed to answer that with my usual sarcasm and I would have if I wasn't curious towards Beck's answer. I wanted to know what he would say to his best friend who seemed to loath me.

"Yeah, we are." He pressed a kiss on my temple and I hummed in improvement. "I just couldn't let her go and luckily Jade felt the same."

I hated to smile in public but I couldn't help myself again and smiled up at him. "You're lucky that I love you so much."

In confirmation he pressed me a little bit closer. "I am. So lucky."

Immediately I sat up a little straighter. "Is that sarcasm I hear? Are you not lucky to have me?"

"Babe?" Beck raised one eyebrow. "This is going on the list. I hate it when you jump to conclusions and just think the worst. I just said that I am lucky to have you and I mean that." He leaned in a bit and looked me straight in the eye. "I am lucky and I don't care what anybody else thinks, okay?"

"Okay." My voice was small. "Sorry."

"Don't think so lowly of yourself." He pressed a kiss on my nose. "I love you for a reason."

Behind him André fake coughed. "And no one else knows that reason."

"That's the intention." Beck leaned back into his chair and pulled me with him. "Otherwise everyone would want her. I already have competition enough, thank you very much."

That made me laugh, loud and clear for everyone to hear. They all started staring at me but I only had eyes for the boy whose arms I was in. "You don't have a drip of competition. I'm the one who has to watch out. Every girl here wants you."

"And every boy wants you for the same reason the girls want me. You're beautiful Jade."

"And you're very handsome." I couldn't care less about what people were thinking about us and I gave him a long kiss. "I love it that you call me beautiful instead of hot."

"It's the same for me." Beck didn't seem to care about the rest either. "You love me for me and I love you for you. Would you care if I turned into Sinjin?"

The rest of the class made a gagging sound but I just stared into Beck's deep brown eyes. Would I care? "If you'd still have your personality I could live with it. But only just."

"I knew it!" Beck laughed whole heartedly.

"And?" I asked with a stern voice.

"And I would also love you if you'd look like Courtney."

"Really?"

That answer wasn't mine and suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder. A hand that wasn't Becks. With a loud yell I grabbed the wrist and turned it hard till he let go. No one touched me without permission.

"Sikowitz…" Cat giggled and looked at the teacher behind me. "When do you learn not to touch Jade?"

"Ouch…" Sikowitz walked towards the podium in the front of the classroom. "I think never." He sat himself on the stage and looked at us curiously. "So you two are back together again? What happened with Beck and Tori? Or Jade and Ryder?"

"There was nothing between Tori and me!"

"There was nothing between Ryder and me!"

Beck and I yelled at the same time and on instinct we looked at each other. Beck just shrugged his shoulders and I rolled my eyes.

"Well, well, the two love birds are agreeing on something? That never happens. At least not on Beck's side."

"Hey! It does!"

Beck stood up for himself and normally I would have also but… Sikowitz was right. Beck never agrees with me in public. It took a while but eventually Beck looked at me with surprise in his eyes. "Jade? I agree with you right?"

"Well…"

Guiltily I looked away from him but he wouldn't let me. With a firm hand he turned my face back towards his. "Don't I?"

With a sigh I answered him. "You don't" I didn't want to look into his eyes but I couldn't help myself. "Like I said, you put others before me. Do you really want to talk about it here?"

"Yes, I do." Beck's voice was as serious as it was ever going to get. "Do you really think I don't agree with you?"

"Not in public." I mumbled a bit.

"That's not true." He looked around at everyone in the classroom, but specifically at our friends. "Guys, you've seen us together. I do agree with her. Right?"

"Euhm…" Robbie looked away, just like Cat and even Tori. Before André could turn his eyes away Beck addressed him.

"André?

"Dude… You don't want my answer."

"Just give it to me."

"Okay." He sighed and looked Beck straight in the eye. "But you can't interrupt me."

"Fine."

"Good." He ran a hand through his dreadlocks. "First of all I'd like to say that I loathe Jade at some point. Sure, she's good at acting, singing, dancing and writing. She's multitalented and likes what I like, but she is mean for no reason. Especially towards Tori. And because of that she's usually wrong, she says stuff in anger, so it's okay that you disagree with her then."

Beck wanted to look triumphant. I saw it in his eyes. What I also saw was anger for the way André spoke about me. Liking that I cuddled up against him. This is already better than it was. Normally he let everyone get away with speaking this way.

"But," André looked a bit apologetic when he said that. "Even when she is right you don't agree. You almost never do."

The glow of victory disappeared from his eyes and was replaced with sadness. "Jade?" He looked me in the eye. "I didn't notice it. Really."

"I know." I couldn't stand the look in his eyes so I placed a chaste kiss on his cheek. "It's okay. Just…Could you please watch out for it?"

André whispered behind us; "Did Jade really just said please?"

We ignored it. Beck leaned his forehead against mine. "Promise. I love you."

"Love you too."