Hey, guys!
Here's the final chapter. Thank you everyone for reading, following, putting this story in your favorites but especially for the comments! I'd love getting more feedback as I'd really like to know what you think. I had great fun writing this and I hope you also had fun reading (and will have fun reading this last chapter).
Until we meet again. ;)

Their Saturday's performance runs smoother than their Friday's performance. The audience isn't as good though but it's still fun.

They also don't have an after party this time but Thomas tells all of them they've done a good job, that they should enjoy their free Sunday and that he will see them on Monday afternoon again for their third performance.

They change back into their own clothes and Jade wants to leave when Beck stops her. "Hey. Wanna grab some food?"

She looks at him for a while. She considers just saying no. As soon as this play is over, she can easily avoid him again. And maybe that's what she should do. She should avoid him now as much as she can, and totally ignore him again in half a week.

But she knows Beck is hiding something. He's too perfect in every possible way. He is sickenly handsome, loves acting and is good at it, has interesting opinions about all kind of movies, also likes some of her favorite movies and is interested in the rest of them, has a good sense of style, has a great smile and laugh and seems to get better at kissing every time their lips meet for a performance – and he hasn't been bad the first time at all.

He definitely hides something, something that's deeply wrong with him. And as soon as she'll find that, she can go over to hating on this Beck guy and everything will be alright again.

So... Why not spending more time with him and get to the bottom of this?

"Yeah," she therefore answers and there is his smile again.

They go to the sushi place again and actually talk all the way through dinner. Jade tries to slowly find out more about Beck, asks him different things but there is absolutely no answer that makes him less attractive.

As she casually mentions her butterfly collection, he may say that he couldn't do that himself but he still smiles and doesn't suddenly seem uninterested in her.

She doesn't know what to do when she's back home.

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Beck has a calm Sunday which he uses to watch one of the horror movies Jade has told him about which sounded amazingly good. It is really scary and just as well-acted as Jade has promised.

They have a class together on Monday where Jade usually ignores him. Neither Cat nor Andre or Robbie are in that class and Beck uses the chance to sit down next to Jade.

"Hi," he says and for a second, he thinks she will ignore him again but she does answer: "Hey."

It would have thrown him off this time if she would've ignored him again. After all, they have talked all Friday evening and have grabbed dinner together on Saturday. And when he asked her to get dinner with him, she didn't even question why this time, unlike last Thursday. And they even have hugged which he still has to smile about because it was close and actually real unlike their stage kisses.

"How was the rest of your weekend?" he asks.

She shrugs. "Fine. Though I had to work on a presentation for my next class the whole day yesterday."

Beck doesn't know if Jade always does her work at the last minute but he can imagine her wanting to do it earlier but they both haven't had much time with their performances and rehearsing for it. He has had the luxury that he hasn't gotten much homework over the last week which is why he has had so much time yesterday.

And he has just waited to tell her, so he now says: "Too bad. I for one had much time and used it to watch a movie that someone recommended as 'highly creepy with a few of the best actors they know'."

That makes Jade finally truly look at him, not just shortly glance. She raises her eyebrows but her eyes seem to light up at the same time. "You did?"

"I did," he says happily. "And I loved it."

There is that pure smile on her face that he has achieved to put there before and which makes him feel unbelievingly warm and happy. But she still speaks in a casual tone: "It's a great movie. How did you like the scene where the sister got stabbed?"

She hasn't told him before which scene she liked best but he has known she loved it as he has watched it. Therefore, he has to grin.

"That was horrifying," he admits. "Though I don't even understand why she was in that room."

Jade looks at him judgingly. "Because she was curious."

Beck shrugs. "I would've stayed far away from all of that."

Jade smirks. "Yeah, because you're a wimp."

Beck doesn't feel offended in the slightest. Because Jade also looks more amused than anything else. And he has already learned that this is just the way she talks. And he likes it. He likes the harshness of her words that isn't really harsh at all if you listen closely enough.

"Better being a wimp than being stabbed, right?" he says with a smile and she makes a "pfft" but also seems amused.

And it seems like she wants to say more about it but at that moment the teacher comes in. Beck has never been more annoyed by the start of a lesson.

When class is over, Jade is the first out of the room but at least he knows they'll see each other again after school for their third performance.

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They don't really talk about anything else than the performance itself and Beck absolutely has to get home after to do homework and get to bed as they have school the next day.

They also doesn't get the chance to talk to each other the next morning as they don't share a class on Tuesday though they pass each other in the hall. Beck greets her and actually gets a "hey" back which he considers a win as well.

After their performance on Tuesday they have another after party though of course they also all have school on Wednesday again. But it's their last performance after all and Thomas buys all of them a drink and two big pizzas they share at the same place they were on Friday.

Somehow, without them even talking, Jade and he go to the place together and sit down together. Beck isn't sure if Jade realizes what she's doing, that she's keeping at his side. He hasn't even realized it until they already sit that they have kept together. It makes him smile now and as soon as Thomas has congratulated all of them on a great performance and has thanked them, telling them he has already gotten his grade this morning and has gotten an A for it, he turns to Jade: "So, apparently, we will be in the same acting class next year."

Sikowitz has already watched their first performance but has been there for today's as well. Right after the last bow, he has come down and has told Jade and Beck, who have naturally stood together after the bow, that he truly thought they were amazing actors and that he will definitely try having them in the same class of his for next year. Apparently, he wants the school to work their other lessons around it, so it will fit, because he thinks they act really well together.

That made Beck grin brightly and still makes him feel happy. Even their acting teacher think they are great – and that they work well together which they absolutely do.

Jade doesn't mention anything about what Sikowitz has said, but dryly says: "Sikowitz is the weirdest teacher I have ever had."

Beck chuckles. "Right? But I like how he talks about acting. He really feels it." He doesn't know how else to describe it, how else to describe how he sees Sikowitz.

But Jade seems to understands anyway: "He does. He's a good teacher."

They share a brief smile and then start talking about their other teachers – who Jade doesn't seem to like at all for the most part which makes Beck laugh again and again.

Both of them only stay for an hour but they easily talk all the way through again. Then, Jade says: "I have to catch my bus."

"I'll leave with you," Beck says. His mother will come in half an hour to pick him up but he guesses he can also wait for her bus with Jade before calling his mother to pick him up early. He also likes the rest of the cast but it's going so great with Jade and he wants to use every last second with her.

He can't imagine that she will ignore him again coming tomorrow but they aren't together in any play anymore then and maybe she will get back to ignoring him. At the moment, she talks to him, laughs with him...

They say goodbye to everyone else before they leave together.

They talk at the bus stop as well and it's after another while that Jade says: "That's mine."

She looks to the bus driving up to them now and well... That's that.

"We'll see each other in school, huh?" he asks and wishes she would say they could also meet up alone after school again or something but she doesn't.

"I guess so," she says though and they look at each other and...

He doesn't exactly know how it happens. But suddenly, their lips meet and it's not like it's for the first time but it's for the first time without it being scripted. And though he wouldn't have deemed it possible, it feels even better than every kiss on stage.

When they finally break apart, the bus has already stopped next to them and has opened its doors.

They look in each others eyes for another second before Jade turns around to step onto the bus. She doesn't even glance at him again while he looks after her and the bus, a probably too goofy smile on his face.

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So, that has happened. They have kissed. Not for the play.

Jade doesn't know how it has happened. She doesn't know who has initiated it. But she knows, they both have done it.

She doesn't get much sleep that night as she thinks about what to do. She's still sure he's hiding something. He has to. Something that's so terribly wrong because no person can be that sickenly perfect. It scares her and she hates to be scared for real more than anything else.

Next morning, she sees him in school. He stands at his locker, talking to one of his friends. But there's also a girl standing with him, some sophomore who obviously flirts with Beck.

He smiles at her as he talks to her, flirts back, which honestly annoys Jade.

The thing is though that at one point he notices Jade who stands at her own locker, waiting for Cat actually, and he gives her a much brighter smile.

And he just keeps looking back to her, every now and then, while he still talks to his friend and that girl.

Well... So, it isn't like he just wanted a kiss out of her or something. He does seem to like her though they have spend some time together now, have talked about so many things already. He truly likes her. And she likes him.

Maybe, he's fine after all. Maybe, everything's alright with him. But what if it isn't? She already feels like she has let her guard down way too much with him. She has somehow accidently hugged him on one day and accidently kissed him on another. She has talked to him about things she enjoys and likes.

But if she has already let her guard down so far... How much more can actually happen? Whatever he's hiding... She will probably feel hurt either way as soon as she finds out at this point. So, why not try enjoying the time until that happens? They will obviously go to school together for some more years, be in more classes together, will definitely meet again and again. Maybe, she should just go for it and watch what happens. Enjoy the ride and get off as soon as she has to.

She watches how his friend leaves and he stays behind with the girl. Heck. She'll go for it.

She takes a deep breath before she walks up to him.

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Tracy has randomly come up to him again and he's sure she wants more from him but he never knows how to turn a girl down if they haven't even asked for a date or something. But he isn't interested in her at all.

The whole conversation gets a whole lot easier though when he sees Jade at her locker, seemingly waiting for someone or something. And she watches them.

He has to smile as their eyes meet. He sill remembers their kiss too well. It has kept him up at night and he has wondered if they would talk about it, if she would even show that it has happened. He doesn't know what she's thinking but he's happy to see her in any case. He really likes this girl like he has never liked any other before.

And it's after Andre has left him and Tracy alone when Jade suddenly walks up to them.

He has no idea what will happen but he's excited nonetheless, feels his heart beating too fast.

He doesn't even remember Tracy next to him when Jade has stepped up to him, has cupped his face with her hands and has pulled him in for a close kiss.

Of course, he returns the kiss, feels almost desperate doing it, and when she breaks apart from him again, he feels more dizzy than after any of their previous kisses, and he's sure that's what she has wanted to achieve.

She looks him intently into his eyes as she raises her eyebrows slightly. "Wanna go on a date?"

"Absolutely," he answers without hesitation because there's nothing he wants more at this very second. He wants to date this girl, to get to know her, to get closer to her.

Somewhere deep inside, he probably already knows that she's the love of his life.

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Jade keeps searching for the thing he's hiding, the thing that's wrong with him. She soon claims it's him being Canadian but who cares where you're from?

They get together after four months of dating and say their first I Love You's, so unconditionally and truthfully, and it's so easy to say it at the same time. It warms her heart every time to hear him say it.

She finally settles on the fact that him patiently loving her of all people in the beautiful way he has dreamed of loving someone, is exactly what's wrong with him. It doesn't scare her though. Instead, it makes her feel truly safe.