"She was alive the last time I saw her" He informed and the gang looked at each other smiling, Beck covered his mouth and smiled as more tears streamed down his cheeks.

"I…I have to see her, where is she?" Beck immediately asked anxiously.

"The LA hospital" The man responded and they all rushed into Mr. West's SUV to go to the hospital.

"I need information on Jade West" Mr. West said as soon as they arrived and the lady in the reception looked up the name in the computer.

"We don't have any patient with that name, sir" She responded.

"They didn't have her ID, she is probably unidentified" Robbie commented.

"True" Beck said. "She was brought here a few minutes ago with a stabbing wound, she is eighteen and she was wearing a gray dress" He informed.

"Listen I don't have the information you need, we have many unidentified patients right now, the earthquake gave us a crisis so you'll have to wait" The lady commented.

"I can't, I need to see my daughter…isn't there a way for me to go in there and see if she is around?" Adeline asked desperately and the lady sighed. "Please, I was just told she was dead and now that she isn't, I need to see her please" she begged as she cried.

"Okay, follow me but just you" She said and Adeline nodded, the gang looked at each other and simply waited for good news while the receptionist took her into the emergency room.

Adeline and the woman walked through the emergency room hall and saw many injured people with nurses, some were holding a bandage to their heads, others had sprints on their wrists and arms and others were on beds with bloody arms or legs but Jade was nowhere to be seen.

"Do you see her?" The lady asked and Adeline shook her head.

"No, is this all?" She asked back.

"Just one more place, it could be if she had a deep injury…come in, follow me" The woman said and Adeline followed her through a door to a pre-surgery room; there were things for doctors to prepare for the procedure and then there was another door to the actual operating room. "We can't go in there but we can see through the window, maybe you'll get a look at the patient" she commented and Adeline nodded as she stepped closer to the door, which had windows on it so she was nervous, that was her last hope.

Adeline saw through the window and the first thing she saw was doctors and nurses, all around a table but then one of them moved and she finally saw the head of the patient so she smiled, it was Jade. She had a breathing machine on her face but she recognized her right away so she started crying again and smiled at the woman.

"It's her, that's my baby" Adeline informed.

"Well, now you know…we have to go" She responded and she nodded as they left the room.

"Was it her?" Beck asked as soon as they saw the two women returning.

"Yes, she is in surgery" Adeline responded and they smiled relieved.

"I'll put her name in and the doctors will give you an update later" The receptionist said and they nodded.

"Thank you so much" Mr. West said and she nodded nicely.

They stayed in the waiting room anxiously thinking about what would happen to Jade, the fact she wasn't death was an upgrade from earlier but they needed to know if she would stay that way. About two hours later a doctor finally walked to the waiting room and started shouting her name.

"Jade West?" He said and they all immediately stood up. "The receptionist told me you're the relatives of Miss West, right?"

"Yes, she's our daughter" Mr. West informed.

"Relax, she is alive" The doctor said with a smile on his face and they all exhaled in relief, Adeline started crying and hugged her husband. "Yes, it was a miracle…she lost a lot of blood and her lungs were starting to fill with blood from her internal bleeding but we managed to save her, it'll be a long recovery but she'll be fine" He commented.

"Thank you, thank you so much!" Beck exclaimed happily and he smiled.

"Can we see her?" Adeline asked.

"She is in intensive care right now but you'll be able to see her in a few hours, don't worry" The doctor responded and they nodded as he left.

"Oh god, oh my god" Jade's mom said as she cried into her hands, she felt so relieved and happy that nothing else mattered.

"Thank god this was a false alarm" Tori commented and smiled at her friends, Beck was still getting over the shock of seeing her apparently dying in his arms so to know she was alive was a big impact for him.

"I know" He said with tears in his eyes and took a deep breath as he smiled to himself.

"It's gonna be fine" Andre said to him and he nodded.

"I need to see her" Beck said and Adeline smiled at him.

"Soon, we will see her soon"

Next day Jade was finally taken to a room so her friends and parents went to see her, she was awake but she was in bed and she couldn't move after the surgery. "Oh honey, thank god you're okay" Her mother said as soon as she saw her and Jade smiled.

"Hey mom, hey dad" She said and then looked at her friends.

"You scared us big time, Jade" Tori commented. "They told us you were dead and then you weren't"

"Sorry to disappoint" Jade responded sarcastically and Tori rolled her eyes.

"Shut up, you know what I mean" She said and Jade chuckled a little.

"Yeah…I thought so too" She said and then looked at Beck, because he'd been really quiet just staring at her. "Aren't you happy to see me again?" She asked with a little oblivious smile and he exhaled upset.

"You could have died yesterday Jade, and you didn't have the decency to let me know" Beck said clearly angry with tears in his eyes.

"Listen I…" She started but he cut her off.

"No, you listen" He said coldly and moved closer to her. "You have no idea what I felt when I saw all that blood, when I saw you dying in my arms, how dare you do that to me?" He asked angrily as he looked right into her eyes.

"Beck..." Jade said but she knew she'd made a mistake and it moved her to see how much he cared about her. "I'm sorry" she said sincerely and he stared at her with a couple of tears streaming down his cheeks, he looked at her face and felt happiness but he couldn't get rid of the angst he'd felt seeing her lose consciousness as she bled out.

"Why? Why did you do that to us? Did you really wanna die?" Beck asked sadly and confused.

"No, of course not" She affirmed as she shook her head.

"Then why didn't you tell us?" Cat asked confused and Jade sighed as she thought about it.

"I don't know, I didn't think we'd be there for long and then when I realized we couldn't get out, I didn't want to be a burden because there was nothing you could do, I thought I would resist until someone found us" Jade commented sincerely. "And I did" she added with a little smile at Beck but he didn't smile back.

"A burden? Are you fucking serious?" He asked.

"Beck…" Tori said sadly.

"No, no, no don't excuse her" He responded and Jade looked down. "You spent hours picking up rocks, Jade, what the hell were you thinking? You should have told us! You couldn't do it and you knew it"

"You needed my help, was I supposed to just sit and whine about my wound?" She asked.

"Yes! That's exactly what you had to do, you only made it worse" He affirmed. "You were about to die and I knew nothing until it was too late because you didn't tell me"

"There was nothing you could do anyway, you would have only spent all that time worrying over me" Jade affirmed.

"I could've gone out through the window and gotten help long before you were almost dry and blue" He responded.

"What if you'd fallen? Do you think I could live with something like that in my conscience? I would have died with your death on my shoulders" Jade commented upset.

"Stop manipulating me, you know you should've told us" Beck said. "You spent all those hours with an injury and telling us you were okay when we asked questions, that's something only an insane person can do"

"So now I'm insane? Looks like we are back to last week, that only took a day" Jade responded with irony and he rolled his eyes.

"You are unbelievable" He said as he shook his head; everyone else was just quietly watching their argument because they didn't know what to say and it was clear they needed to fix things.

"Really? If you are so mad at me, then just go…the door is open so get out and close it, I know you like them that way" Jade said and the gang looked at each other awkwardly because they knew what she meant.

"Are you breaking up with me?" Beck asked hurt and she sighed to stop herself from crying.

"Are you? I don't know what's gonna come out of your mouth next, you haven't said a nice thing to me since you walked through that door" Jade commented sincerely. "I feel you are going to call me an idiot again and just…leave, am I wrong?" She asked sadly and he looked at her as he took a breath.

"Yes, you are an idiot" Beck said so she nodded as she rolled her eyes. "And yes, you're wrong, I'm not going anywhere" He affirmed and put his hand on hers. "I'm sorry for being so hard on you but I just needed to get all this angst and pain out, you really have no idea what I've been feeling, what seeing you die and being unable to save you did to me, it's something I'm never going to forget" He admitted sincerely. "Yesterday I learnt what fear is, what true fear is…and it's the worst thing I've ever experienced"

"I never wanted that, it was an accident…I thought it would be okay" Jade said and he sighed as he stroked her face. "I'm so sorry, I didn't want to hurt you" she affirmed.

"I love you, I love you more than you know" Beck said and gave her a little kiss. "But never do that to me again" He demanded and she chuckled.

"Sure, next time we have an earthquake and I get stabbed and hit by the ceiling, you'll be the first to know" Jade said and he rolled his eyes but gave her another kiss.

"You guys are so cute, I'm glad you got back together" Tori said nicely and they smiled.

"Mom, dad…Beck is my boyfriend again" Jade informed and her parents laughed.

"Yeah, we can see that honey" Adeline responded. "I agree with your friend, you guys make a very cute couple and Beck, I'm happy to see my daughter with a guy like you, it's clear you love her"

"I do" He said.

"Just watch your words, young man, I don't like you calling my daughter an idiot…even though she acted like one" Mr. West commented and Beck looked down smiling while Jade looked at her dad offended.

"Dad!" She exclaimed.

"It's the truth, you should've told him you were injured, picking up rocks with an open wound and not telling them about it? What the hell, Jade?" He asked shocked and Beck nodded.

"That's what I'm saying" He said.

"You two need to stop" Jade said and Adeline laughed.

"I promise I won't call her an idiot again" Beck said and Mr. West nodded. "Unless she earns it…" he added and Jade punched his arm a little so he laughed and started stroking her head.

In the end the earthquake hadn't resulted in any tragedy but it had come close and they all learnt a valuable lesson, Beck realized how much he actually loved Jade and she did too; they came to the conclusion their past fights were stupid, they loved each other and it was senseless to deny it. The earthquake had indeed been an incident that brought them together but the real change in their lives had happened the day Beck didn't open the door, it was mistake he regretted because he'd hurt Jade but that same mistake had allowed them to see things clearly.

There was no question about it now, they would stay together even throughout the fights and disagreements because in the end, it was worth it.

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