LOYALTY II

"How did I put myself into this deep shit?!"

Tori heard Beck mumbling himself when she approached him. She touched his shoulder.

"Soo," she said. "Your little talking mission didn't go so well, ha?"

Beck sighed desperately. "Understatement of the year. She exploded to my face, poured all her dissappointments about me and stormed out."

Tori shaked her head in sympathy. "Wauv, that bad, huh?"

"Yep."

Tori frowned. "No offense buddy, but she is not entirely wrong, you know. Why did you push her that much back there?"

Beck sighed. "I don't know." Tori looked at him, one of her eyebrows rose. He weighed down.

"Fine. I wanted her to admit that she disagreed with me, because she still cared."

Tori thought for a minute. "So, you wanted to learn if she still had feelings for you?"

Beck sighed deeply again. "Yes."

"Well, you of all people should know that she doesn't react to be pushed so well."

Beck put up his hands desperately. "What do you want me to say Tori? Yeah, I screwed up big time! I'm making mistakes over and over!"

Tori shot him a knowing look. "It sounds like you want to get back together with her."

Beck huffed in annoyance. "Yeah, and I think I just ruined my chance about that."

Tori patted his shoulder. "Hey, no worries. We'll find a way. I think you admitting that you still love her is a big step."

…

Tori was pacing in her living room when the door was kicked loudly. She opened the door and sighed.

"You know we have a bell here, Jade."

Jade passed by Tori and sat on the couch.

"So, what do you want?"

Tori sat beside her. "I'm fine, thank you Jade." she said sarcasticly.

Jade rolled her eyes. "You know, sarcasm doesn't look good on you Princess Sparkle." When Tori tried to oppose, she interrupted. "Can we cut the crap and get to the point? I'm not here for a slumber party."

Tori took a deep breath. "Actually, I'm not the one who wants to talk to you."

She stood up and went to the back door. When she opened, Beck came in. Jade stood up angrily.

"I'm going to kill you Vega. You better watch your back from now on."

Tori tried to smile. "Believe me, you'll thank me for that later."

When she saw the furious look on Jade's face, she mumbled. "Or you won't. Whatever, I'm going. And Jade, don't try to escape, 'cause I locked the front door and I'm locking this door now."

And before Jade could stop her, she went out and locked the door.

Jade frowned. "Great. Just peachy. I'm trapped here with the last person I'd want to be."

She threw herself on the couch and crossed her arms.

Beck approached her slowly and sat down beside her. She moved and put some distance between them.

Beck sighed. "You're not gonna maket his easy for me, aren't you?"

"Considering how big you screwed up the things between us, no."

Beck sighed again desperately. "I don't know what to say to make things better, Jade. All I can say is that I'm sorry."

Jade turned to him. "And all I can say is that I don't care. You can take your apology and go to hell."

Beck refused to back off. "I know I acted like an asshole, but I was just angry with you."

Jade had a fake serious expression. "Of course, you have every right to be angry with me. Because I'm the one who dumped you in ten seconds and played cards after that. And I'm the one who tried to kiss your friend. Really, I can totally understand you."

Beck huffed in annoyance. "Can you please stop being sarcastic for a moment?"

Jade pointed a finger to him. "There. That's where our real problem begins. At some point, you stopped accepting me as who I am. I can't stop being sarcastic, Beck. I can't stop being rude, or jealous or distant. That's who I am, and everyone accepts this, except you."

Beck digested what Jade said for a minute, and he suddenly realised that she was right. He fell in love with her because she was different from the other girls around him at first place, but after a while he started to demand her to be like everyone else.

And the most important thing was, that he didn't really want her to change. In fact, he was the one who acted like someone else. At some point, he started to unnecessarily care about what other people thought about their relationship, which made him forget about the reasons why he loved Jade.

He looked at her desperately. "You're right. You're right about everything you said. I kept blaming you about our arguments, but in fact I was the real reason. You wanted just one thing from me when we started our relationship. You wanted me to accept you as who you are, and I broke my promise. And I'm not gonna forgive myself for that."

Jade took a deep breath, trying to hold back her tears. Beck approached her again, this time she didn't move away. This encouraged him to keep talking.

"I know, it is hard for you to trust me again, but everyone deserves a second chance. I don't want you to change Jade, believe me. I never wanted that. And no matter what I said or did, I love you. I never stopped loving you, and I won't ever."

He reached and held her hand. Her hand shievered, but she didn't pull back.

Jade looked into his eyes, as if she was looking for a hint of deceit or a lie. But Beck was looking at her with all his sincerety. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"I wanna trust you Beck, I really do. But you know how hard it is for me to do that. I normally don't give even one chance to people. And now you want your second. Maybe, you shouldn't have ruined the first one."

Beck shaked his head. "I know that. And you have no idea how sorry I am because of it. But I don't wanna lose you. If you think you can't trust me, then don't. Just let me fight for you. Let me fight to earn your trust again."

Jade looked suspicious. "Do you think you can do that? Because, no offence Beck, but you never seem like fighting-for-a-girl type to me."

Beck smiled. "I can do that for you. Nothing I didn't do before. Remember, I had to ask you out fourteen times before you said yes."

Jade's mouth twitched. "Yeah, I did that, didn't I?"

Beck cupped her face. "I won't dissappoint you this time Jade."

Jade shot him a fake glare. "You better not."

They leant to each other and started kissing. The kiss was slow and tender at first, but things escalated quickly. Bcek wrapped his arms around Jade's waist and pressed her body against his own. He opened his mouth and pecked her lips hungrily. Jade climbed on his lap and wrapped her legs around his waist.

They were deep into their world when the front door busted open, and the whole gang plunged in.

"Auch! Guys, that's my couch!"

"Oh my God!"

"I think I'm scarred for life!" This was Robbie.

Between the groans and angry mumbles, Cat's dreamy voice was heard.

"Hey, they are back together!"