Die For You

Chapter 2

She sat staring at it. Watching it like a hawk. It wasn't going anywhere, but it teased her. Mocked her. It knew what she wanted to do, and why she wanted to do it. The metallic, deadly object glinted in the early evening sunlight seeping through the window. She couldn't do it anymore, she couldn't bear to live another minute.

-3 days earlier-

Jade sat in the middle of the street, wailing. An onlooker had witnessed what had happened and called an ambulance. They took Beck's body away, unaware that they'd also took a part of her with them. She was just left there. No-one really noticed the distraught girl, Beck was the priority. He was rushed off to hospital, the paramedics desperate to save his life. But Jade knew: Beck was gone.

Jade tried to force the tears to stop coming as she remembered what he had said: "Don't cry babe, I hate seeing you like this." Despite herself, Jade found herself sobbing once again, half-hoping she would feel Beck's comforting arms wrap around her. To her surprise, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Whipping her head around, she jumped back, shocked to see Tori Vega standing behind her.

"I know... about what happened." Tori said, her eyes watering. "Someone called the cops, and my dad was put on the case."

Jade was about to yell at Tori, and tell her she couldn't care less and that she wanted to be alone. However, all the crying had taken its toll on her. A wave of nausea hit her and she began feeling increasingly dizzy. Noticing this, Tori steadied Jade.

"Let's get you home."

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Tori ended up taking Jade back to her house, since Jade's was further away and Tori knew Jade needed rest and good company. She was shivering profusely, was extremely pale (more so than usual anyway), and hadn't said a word throughout the whole car ride. The Latina found spare pyjamas for Jade to wear and put her to sleep in Trina's room (who was on school trip for the week). After finishing tending to Jade, Tori collapsed on the sofa, and let herself cry. She couldn't believe it. She hoped it was all a terrible nightmare, but she knew, this was a real as it gets.

Both girls cried themselves to sleep, although, they didn't get much due to the fact that they arrived at Tori's place at half-past-five in the morning. Tori knew Jade was in no sate to go to school that day, so she let her sleep some more. In the meantime, she left the house to visit Cat, Robbie and André. She had to be the one to tell them about Beck. Her dad had offered to tell them, but Tori told him he had to look after Jade while she was gone.

Playing the conversation she was going to have over in ahead, Tori walked to a nearby park to meet the others; the harsh, bitter wind whipping her cheeks. Cat was squealing in delight as she swung back and forth on a kiddie swing. André and Robbie sat peacefully on a bench, chatting away, carefree. It broke Tori's heart, to seem them like this. She was going have to take all their happiness away. Rip it away from them: a happiness they may not experience again for a long time.

Looking up, André smiled as he spotted Tori heading towards them. His smile quickly faded when he noticed that she was weeping.

"Tori, what's wrong?" He asked as he and Robbie hurried over to her, Cat following close behind them after she gracefully jumped off the swing.

"It's-it's... it's Beck"

"What about Beck?" Robbie and André asked in unison.

Tori sniffled. "He's..."

"He's...?" André pushed.

"He's... he's dead."

All three were dumbstruck. They couldn't quite fathom what they'd just been informed of.