To anyone looking on the outside in Beck Oliver was a thoughtful, collected guy who didn't have a single care in the world. In his entire friendship group he was the chilled, layed back one, the calm to his girlfriend's storm and the anchor to keep them all grounded. And normally this would be true however on this rare occasion he was anything but. The cause of his distress was said fiery girlfriend (if he could still call her that).

For the past week Jade had been completely ignoring his messages, calls and chat requests, and her not attending school didn't make it any easier to get in touch with her. It was as if she had vanished off the face of the earth, even when he visited her house no one answered the door. He knew that her Mother had gone on a trip to Las Vegas with her old college friends, with Jade and her little brother Bear staying at home on their own. The couple had planned for them to spend the whole week together with no parents to disrupt them.

Beck knew that he hadn't done anything to anger his girlfriend recently, no 'flirting' with other girls, no alone time with Tori. He just couldn't understand what would drive her to blank him! Excluding his family trips to Canada this was the longest they had gone without seeing each other since they had began dating, at least when he went away they still talked on the phone he thought glumly.

Maybe Jade wanted some bonding time with her brother? No. Although she clearly loved him however much she would deny it she couldn't spend more than a day with him alone before a fight would break out. Even then would she really blow off school just to hang out with Bear? Maybe she had a better offer?

Now although it wasn't a well known fact, in their relationship Jade's jealousy paled in comparison to Beck's. He was a master at hiding his emotions, jealousy and all. His envy though was different to her's, she was irrational and always jumped to conclusions, whereas he could only lose control of his anger if he saw someone directly hitting on his girlfriend. Being a great actor made it easy to give everyone the calm chilled impression of him but when it came to Jade his overprotective nature couldn't be contained, some had even described it as possessive. With the majority of guys at Hollywood Arts being petrified of her it didn't happen often that he lost control, but from time to time when they went out together to places like the Gorilla Club other guys tended to be more confident. They would flirt with her right before his eyes and not like the friendly way some people would talk to him but in a way that was seedy and made his skin crawl.

No one had a right to talk to Jade like that, not even him.

Deep down Beck knew he was overeating, something he hated seeing Jade do. And although she didn't say it too often he knew she loved him and would never demean their relationship to cheating. That was the one thing that she couldn't stand. It was the way her parents ended their marriage and she had always vowed that betraying someone's trust like that was the lowest of the low. It didn't help Tori's case that she kissed Cat's boyfriend, to Jade once a cheater, always a cheater. After that the thought of spending time with the latina unsupervised was unthinkable.

Beck knew he had to find out what was wrong with his girl before he lost his mind. First why she wasn't at school.

"Sikowitz! Hey Mr Sikowitz. Can I ask you an important question?"

"Sure Beck! How to pick the perfect coconut, great question by the way. Step one-"

"That's not what I was going to ask."

"Oh well! What did you want to know?"

"I was wondering if you knew why Jade hasn't been at school this week?"

"I asummed you knew being her boyfriend and all." Beck just shook his head sadly in response. " Well from what I hear from Lane she's having some kind of family emergency and doesn't know when she will return."

"Oh thanks, I'm sure I'll speak to her soon."

"See you in class!" And with that the man skipped off to God knows where.

He guessed it made sense for her to be having family troubles right? (even if she did always contact if she did have any issues)... No. Not even Beck could convince himself that a 'family emergency' was the reason behind her disappearance. Jade may not have been the most openly emotional person but Beck knew she would always confide in him when she needed comfort. And if a family member was that close that they would make her unsure as to when she would be back he knew she would have said something to him by now.

That was it! Is was time to find out what was really up with his girlfriend and no amount of doubt would stop him now. He would have to drive up to her house and keep knocking until someone answered or use his in case of an emergency key. It had been a huge step in their relationship when she had gifted it to him. It may not seem like a lot but for a girl who has lived with people betraying her trust and letting her down her whole life this was more than just a bit of shiny metal. It had signified her belief and trust in him to always be there for her and that when it came down to it he would be her knight in shinning armour with extra glossy hair, ready to rescue her from the horrors of the real world.

Turning off the engine and pulling out his keys, Beck exited his car ready to face whatever may be in store for him. He slowly walked over to the front door and knocked vigorously against it. A minute goes by no answer he knocks again... two minutes go by still no answer he knocks again...finally three minutes go by with still no answer and he knocks again. Well then he has no choice then to open it himself, just as he goes to reach for his emergency key the old oak door is almost yanked from its hinges.

"WHAT?" There's his girl.

"Jade!"

"Oh, Beck." She's says it so nonchalantly like she hadn't just forgone all contact with him. She looks tired though, no makeup, (but still manages to look gorgeous) no colourful extentions and only her nose stud in.

"That's all you're gonna say? You ignore me for this entire week and all you can say is 'Oh Beck' !" All he gets in response is a shrug. "Are you kidding me? Do you know how worried I've been? You haven't answered a single one of my calls or texts and then I have to find out from Sikowitz that you're having some kind of 'family emergency'."

"I've missed you too."

He's speechless, is she really not going to address the fact that she hasn't spoken to him since last week? What planet is she on?

"If you must know I have had a family emergency. Come on I'll show you." Grabbing his hand Jade drags him into the house barely leaving anytime for him to protest (not that he would). He was finally going to discover the real reason for her unusual behaviour.

After a couple seconds Beck soon realised that they were heading towards the den in the back of the house, apart from her bedroom and the RV it was one of her few safe havens. Her Mother had let her decorate it as she saw fit after much persuasion on Jade's part, although there was still many guidelines she had to follow, for example no dead things as decor. They had spent much time together there as a couple if her Mother was being particularly strict on house rules and about Jade and Beck being alone in her room.

The second he stepped into the room Beck could feel the anger and worry just melt away, it was quickly replaced by pride and amusement. There laying in the direct centre of the couch, wrapped up in blankets and surrounded by fluffy pillows were Jade's two precious black bunnies: Gomez and Morticia (and yes they were named the Addams Family couple). The pets had actually been presents from him after her previous bunny Beck Jr. had pasted away. Beck Jr. had been her 14th birthday gift from her parents and after losing a bet with her boyfriend had let him name the bunny. She had of course teased him relentlessly for the rabbit's unfortunate inishels.

"They've been sick so I had to look after them." Jade says it so calmly he almost is convinced that everything she had done should just be forgotten. Chuckling to himself in disbelief he replies.

"So you're telling me that you took an entire school week off, didn't bother to respond to any of my attempts to contact you and told your teachers you had a family emergency because your pet bunnies were ill and you had to stay home to care for them?"

"Yep." That was his girlfriend for you.

"You're insane, you know that?" He says as he pulls her into his arms as they gaze at the sleeping fluff balls below them. He may not understand her logic or her anger but the one thing he knew was that he couldn't imagine his life without her. Jade had brought more adventure, more spontaneity and more energy to him than anything else in his entire life. Some people say that they were too different to work, that one day he would realise he couldn't tame her and they were right, he couldn't tame her and he didn't want to. They were worked because he didn't need her to change and vice versa, all they craved was each other's love, trust and affection.

No matter what crazy scheme or idea she cooked up it would never cease to amaze him. Yes she was at times sociopathic and yes she could be intense and intimidating however it was the rare incidents like this that showed her hidden affectionate and caring side, what he liked to think of as his side of Jade. Something that he selfishly wanted to be the only one to experience, so this little moment was going to stay between the two of them.

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Hello to everyone reading this, this will be a new series of Beck and Jade one shots I will be writing. I have a couple of ideas for chapters already but let me know by reviewing if there is anything prompts or things you would like to see or if I should continue this at all!

Hope you enjoyed anyway!

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