Stay Strong

Everyone Snaps

Beck was talking to Cat, Robbie, and Andre when suddenly they heard someone kick a chair. He thought it was Jade and knew he would have to calm her, but when he looked over he saw Tori standing in front of Jade, fuming and yelling.

"...You don't have to be mean all the time! You are like the meanest person on the planet! You are just awful! I don't know why I ever tried to be your friend! I don't know how you even have friends! I don't even know why Beck stays with you!" She yelled.

Beck moved to walk over, but Andre grabbed him.

"Dude, stay out of it."

"Let go of me." Beck said pushing Andre off of him. He stormed over and stood in front of Jade. "Enough, Tori! Stop it!"

Tori scoffed. "Me?! She started it and don't you usually tell her to stop?!"

"You're the one out of line right now, not her!"

"She's always out of line! She is always making fun of me or being rude and I am sick of it! How do you date someone so mean?!"

Beck's nostils flared. "She isn't that bad! Stop it!"

Tori looked around Beck to Jade. "You always think I want to take Beck and that is why you hate me so much, but the truth is you're just afraid that one day Beck will wake up and realize he can do better than a gank!"

Beck held up his hand. "Tori! Enough! Jade is not that bad! And I will never wake up one day and not love Jade or need her! You don't know what you're talking about!"

"Beck!"

He turned to his left. "Not now Cat!" Then he faced Tori again. "You are way out of line! You don't know Jade and you don't know about our relation-"

"Beck!"

"Cat! Not now!" He pointed at Tori harshly. "I love Jade and I always will! Jade has friends and maybe she is mean a lot, but you were just harsh-"

"Beck!" Cat voice raised. He could hear her panic.

He turned to her. "What?! What, Cat?!" He yelled.

"Jade took off!" She yelled then she ran out of the room quickly.

Beck looked behind him, but he didn't see Jade. He took off out the classroom door without another word to anyone.

"You better hope Jade is okay." Robbie said to Tori then he ran out of the room after his friends.

Tori was confused and still angry. "What is going on?!" She saw that Andre was about to leave and shouted for him. "Andre?! Wh-"

He turned and looked at her. "Tori, I-I gotta go. You are my friend, but so is Beck." He sighed.

"Wait! Andre! What is going on? Why did they all run off?!"

"Aw man, I'm torn. Uh..." He blew out a breath then he made a choice and walked over to grab her hand. "Come on!" He shouted and drug her out the door with him.

"Why are we running?!"

"Jade!"

"What about Jade?!"

Andre dragged her to the janitor's closet and she saw Beck banging his fists on the door. Cat crying in her hands.

"Jade! Open the door!"

Cat whimped. "Jade, Jade, please open the door."

Beck sighed and rested his head against the door, his hands resting on the frame. "I love you. Please, babe, just open the door."

Tori watched, a feeling of fear creeping up her spine. "What is going-"

Andre sushed her.

Beck smacked his hand against the door then he stepped away when Cat put her hand on his arm.

"Jadey? Jadey, open the door. We love you. Please don't do it. Not again." Cat cried against the wood.

When she couldn't speak over her sobs anymore she walked away and to Tori's surprise Robbie walked up to the door.

"Jade, it's Robbie. I know you don't like me much, but Beck and Cat are falling apart out here. Beck will break down the door and I will get hurt trying to help him... For you." Robbie's shaky voice spoke aloud.

Robbie moved when Beck went back over to the door. "I will break it down! I mean it! Jade open the door!" He yelled.

Tori walked over and put her hand on Beck to move him. He glared at her then at Andre.

"What is she doing here?" He growled out.

Tori got down on her knees so she was at eye level with the door. "I'm trying to help." She said pulling a bobby pin out.

"You can do that?!" Andre asked her in shock.

"Years of Trina locking me out of the bathroom and I had to learn."

The door clicked and Tori stood. Beck quickly moved her out of the way and threw the door open.

Tori gasped and Cat screamed when they saw Jade sitting by a pool of her own blood.

Beck knocked the razor away and took her into his arms. "No, baby, no."

Cat turned and hid in Robbie's chest behind her. He wrapped his arms around her as she cried.

"I'll get Lane." Andre said and took off running.

"No, Jade. Baby, please. Don't you leave me. I love you, so much beautiful, please, please don't leave me. Please."

The hall was silent and all anyone could hear above Beck's whispered pleas were Cat's cries.

Tori brought her hands up to her mouth, feeling like she had to throw up, she never did well with blood, as warm tears streaked down her perfect cheekbones.