i would like to dedicate this chapter to Enchantix6789, thank you for your kind words, whether i deserve them or not xx

The entire canteen buzzed in uproar. All eyes were on them; more specifically, Jade and Tori. Screaming.

Jade may or may not have called Tori a (goddamn, mother fucking) whore. And Tori may or may not have thrown her (iced, black) drink over Jade, in retaliation. Beck knew he should've anticipated something like this happening, knew he should've let Jade stay at home, just like she wanted.

But it was too late now. The proverbial (and non-proverbial) claws were well and truly out. In fact, Jade had had a manicure the night before, especially. Sharpened black talons, ripe and ready for scratching each strand of hair off the stupid bitch's scalp.

Beck had to prise Jade off the (goddamn, mother fucking) whore, moments before the esteemed principal walked through. He let go of his girlfriend, not wanting to paint a suspicious scene in front of Helen, only to watch Jade, who was dripping with coffee, storm off into the building.

After Helen had completed her inspection, Tori turned to Beck;

"You must be pretty close, if you find her petty and untrusting nature endearing."

"Wow, that's a big word, Tori. Nice use of passive aggression, too." With that, he, too, left the canteen, heading back into the building. He wasn't going to stand there and listen to Tori slagging Jade off, but he wasn't going to defend his girlfriend's actions either. If he was being completely honest with himself, he didn't know what he was going to do.

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It was past midnight before he next heard from Jade; least to say, he wasn't expecting to be awoken (well, can you be woken up if you weren't really asleep?) by his less-than-jaunty ringtone, which had been set by Jade herself. Despite his anger, or maybe it was mere exhaustion, he found himself smiling, as he accepted the call.

The first thing he heard was a sniff, followed by a snivel, until his ears were filled with the sound of her crying.

"Jade?" he said, groggily. "Come over, it's okay."

He heard the RV's door open; he'd left it unlocked, as usual, since Jade seemed to have a liking to appearing in the middle of the night.

"That was fast," he chuckled, walking over to her, stumbling slightly in the dark. They both shivered, as she shut the door behind her.

"I don't deserve to be forgiven," she whimpered, trying her hardest to keep her voice level.

"No, you don't. But I'm going to end up doing it anyway, after I've been pissed off," he said, opening his arms to her.

"I thought so," she sighed, relief washing over her, as she welcomed his embrace.

*author's note*

so...it's been a while ◑.◑

(i also said that the last time i published - oops :P)

i am still drowning in schoolwork, more so than i was, and i still hate myself, again, more so. i don't even make sense anymore. i owe you guys an apology and a chapter longer than this, but i guess i have some explaining to do first. so: where have i been? short answer: school; long answer: school. i'm in my final year of high school and, starting 14th May, i have a month-long exam period, so...um...help. i am incredibly screwed. anywhoooo

my phone broke (as if i needed that on top of everything else) so i have lost all my icloud notes (which is where i recycled the chapters from devoid of emotion). so that's fucking brilliant.

because of the stress i've been under because of school, i managed to isolate myself from my friends (which wasn't helped by the Easter holidays) and had a few days where i struggled to motivate myself to do anything other than watch Game of Thrones (12/10 recommend, all of the stans were right, it is INCREDIBLE)

so there's that. do with it what you will. i'll try to upload as much as i can in the run up to summer, but don't expect too much. hopefully once i'm finished with school, i'll be able to take writing off the back-burner and refocus myself; i just have to prioritize school right now. i hope you can understand.

if you ever wanna talk to me, either pm me or instagram dm me autumnbade

peace out,

Egan x