Robby's POV: 

Never trust Sam LaRusso with a secret, dude, I told her, 'Sam, I kind of like Tory', and she understood, 'Sam, I want you to make her girlfriend doubt of her, so that she would leave her and break her heart, got it?' 

Dang it, Sam should really stop messing with peoples lives.

It was kind of my fault, of course. But, I mean, it wasn't my choice to start developing feelings for her, she was like all badass and everything, but someone braver than me came into the picture.

Jade was brave enough to ask Tory out, to became her girlfriend. 

But Jade didn't know the truth, I heard Tory's conversation with Sensei Silver, and maybe while I was talking with Sam the words just came out of my mouth, and she came out with a plan...

So, it's kind of my fault if they break up. I'm an idiot.

I'm sleeping at the dojo, where Sensei Kreese made me a little room, he is a good man.

Maybe you might be wondering why I'm talking with Sam, it's because she asked me to return to Miyagi-Do, and she calls me every day to ask me, I'm not returning there, they are liars, cheaters and backstabbers.

Although, I don't know if it's better in here, I mean, Jade's practically family, and they are lying to her... 

The bell at the front door sound, it was weird, it's locked, maybe it was just the wind.

I got up, and exited my mini-room, there was somebody at the front door, it looked like a dude, he was fully dressed in black clothes, a kerchief was hiding half of his face. He had green eyes.

"Who the hell are you!?" I asked.

"I'm just a sidekick" he spoke, he had a raspy and deep voice.

"What's that supposed to mean!?" he chuckled and pointed behind me, a figure was there, but it looked feminine, she was dressed the same way as him.

"Damn it, you looked like a cool dude" she said, and I've heard that voice before, it was deep, but sexy. Before I knew it, she swept my legs, I fell and hit my head, I closed slowly my eyes, they were talking, but it sounds more like a whisper.

I opened my eyes, the bright sun woke me up, I was at the same where I passed out in the early morning, my head hurts, I think they just rob us, I might go and check.

I got up, feeling dizzy, I managed to clear my vision, I walked to the front door, there wasn't any sign that they forced it, it looked like if a good job was done.

I walked to the shelter were the guns were, they were all in there, completely normal.

I entered to sensei's Kreese office, everything normal, it happened the same with Sensei Silver's, nothing out of normal.

I made a confusion face, they entered here, I'm sure. I looked up, a security camera was filming. That's how I would know.

I turned on the computer, and started to look for the app for the security cameras. I found it and clicked on it.

I checked everything, there wasn't sign of the midnight visitors I faced, they entered but stole nothing? We have valuable things, some of them are very expensive, why didn't they take them?

I sighed and prepared myself a latte.

Derek's POV:

Jade's head is resting in my lap, we had such a wild night, I never thought that something that my dad taught me will be useful in life, but there I was, using his stealing abilities, the dojo had such a bad lock, it was quite easy to enter.

Jade is sleeping after all the adrenaline we felt, it was like the old times, you know? Well, without the feeling that we were gonna get arrested and that, but, she was happy, like if she hadn't been happy for a long time, my heart clenches at the thought of it, Jade is a girl that the problems find, she isn't the one who searches trouble, and those problems are the worst damn problems.

She doesn't deserve it, the only thing that she does is getting involved with bad people, that end up hurting her feelings, I let out a heavy sigh.

Flashback:

2 years and 10 months before:

I'm running to my class, literally. Since I talked with Jade, my brain decided to stop working the way it should be, I forgot to set the alarm, and I woke up 15 minutes later, I didn't have time to take my breakfast.

I have maths, and that teacher hates me, I don't get why, I'm a good boy.

I enter the classroom in a rush, just when he was taking attendance.

"Archer, Derek," he said with the most boring tone ever.

"I'm here, I'm here" I said, breathless, I heard some chuckles.

"Mister Archer, I'm disappointed, you should come at 8 at the dot, not at 8:01" my teacher said, mate, really? It's just a minute! "for tomorrow, you should write an essay of two thousand words, about why it's important to attend the classes at the hour it should"

"What!?" I said, "Mister Johnson, that's not okay!"

"I'm the teacher, I decide what is okay," he said, dismissing me.

"Mister Johnson" a female voice spoke, I turned around and found green eyes looking at me "you can't do that, no offense, but you are a math teacher" she pointed at me, "Derek didn't mean to arrive 'late' to your class" she sarcastically added, "he is always punctual, he deserves a chance" she had a hard look in her eyes, it was like she was trespassing the soul of the teacher.

"All right" he sighed, "take a seat and forget the essay, Mister Archer"

"Thanks" I said, and walked to an empty space.

I looked at Jade, I thanked her, she winked at me, she had a grin in her face.

The class just went plain boring, how am I gonna use the Pythagoras theorem in real life? I am not gonna stand next to a tree and say, 'oh my god! Look at that tree! I think it has 34 centimetres, I should calculate the Pythagoras theorem because I have nothing good to do with my life!' like no, mate, just no.

I'm complaining about the use of the theorem when someone pats my shoulder, I turn around, I feel how my glasses fell down a little, she chuckled and rearranged them, her touch was so soft, even if it was a little touch, I felt how my cheeks warmed, I looked in her eyes, green against green, hers glowed with a spark, it was like the time just froze, nothing matter besides her, the most beautiful human I've ever seen in my life.

It was at that moment when I realized that a part of her cheek wasn't the same colour as the rest of it, something kind of black or purple was in there, it was camouflaged, but it was evident that something was out of place.

"Hi, Derek" she seemed happy, more of what she was before.

"Hey, Jade," I answered, a little nervous.

"You already got breakfast?" she asked, it was that obvious?

"No, I was kind of in a rush," I chuckled.

"Let me guess, you didn't set your alarm?" she grinned.

"How you knew?"

"Happened the same thing to me"

"But you didn't arrive late"

"In fact, I did, I arrived ten seconds before you did" she chuckled softly, and I swear it's like the most beautiful sound ever, "but it was still 8 in the dot, so, Mister Boringson didn't ask me to do an essay"

"I swear that man hates me," I said.

"Let's eat something, I have a free period" she told me, I nodded, and we walked to the cafeteria.

We arrived, and I ordered a coffee, it was one of my favourite things ever. Even if my dad was the one who showed it to me.

"Do you want one?" I asked her, thanking the lady.

"I've never tasted it," she answered.

"Really?" I gave her my cup, "taste this if you want"

"It's yours, Derek," she answered.

"I think you will like it" I answered, "I can order other, take care it's hot"

She nodded and took the cup, her lips on the border of it, she lifted it a little, and she opened her eyes.

"Oh my god..." she mumbled, taking another sip, "where have you been all my life?"

I chuckled, and I ordered another one for me.

"How you take it? Something of sugar?" she was perkier than before.

"3 spoons of sugar" the lady handed the other one to me, "thanks, sweetie"

"I need one of these every day of my life, from now on," she said, drinking more.

"I will give you one every day of your life" I chuckled, we ordered something to eat and head to our classrooms.

End of flashback.

I'm playing with her hair, she has baggy eyes, and a bruise in her cheek, it reminds me of the time she told me that her mom hit her, but I knew that this time she struck back. I smile to my self.

Jade is the one who knows everything about me, and I think I know everything about her.

She took me out of a dark place, as I did for her, we celebrated together her first big role, we celebrated my first photoshoot...

And now she is worse than before, and I wasn't there for her, I ran like a coward, but I'm not making that mistake again, I'm gonna stay with her no matter what, she has suffered some things that nobody deserves, and if she is gonna suffer, I'm gonna do it with her.

I start to hum a melody, it was our song, as childish that sounds, it was 'Can I have this dance' of the film High School Musical 3, every time that we watched that film, we recreated the scene, dancing like there was no tomorrow.

Jade smiles in her sleep, so I hum a little louder, I don't know if she smiled because of her dream or because of the song, but if she is happy, I will hum until my heart stops beating, just to see her smile.

Jade's POV:

Sleeping wasn't my priority, the most recent days, I hated it, I had the worst dreams ever, something chased me, a monster, a black-eyed monstrosity.

I tried to run, but I was always trapped by a chain, and someone was pulling me, I tried to fight, but it was stupid, when the monster finally caught me, it was me, that thing pulled me to a cage, and some people that I knew went there and started to scream and hit me.

My mom started, she said the same words every time this part of the dream came.

"Such a waste of money" she said, "it's your fault my career went downhill" she slapped me, the words resounded in my head, "you are the worst mistake I've ever made" and with that, she disappeared.

"Oh my god, you are so fuckable!" another female voice spoke, "I cheated because you are an idiot that couldn't take care of her girlfriend" she hit me in the face, like she did some time ago.

"Wow, you really are a dishonor to our family, Jade" the voice of my father was the next, "you are that stupid that you loved a girl I hired" he laughed in a cynical way, "you hated a guy who wanted the best for you" he was playing with my mind.

"Oh, babe" she said with a mocking tone, "why so sad?" she laughed as my father did, "heartbroken?" she smirked, "what an idiot you were, seriously, you thought someone will ever love you?" she let out a laugh.

Here came the worst part of the current dream, Derek's part.

I was waiting that he came, waiting for him, waiting that he came and cried in silence, that was what hurt the most, because he didn't talked to me, he didn't insult me, he cried, and that was the thing that hurt the most.

I heard a familiar hum, I froze at the instant, it was Derek's.

I was still in the cage when he walked to me, he had a tuxedo, and he still hummed the melody.

He looked at me, his eyes were watered, he gave me a sincere smile, like the ones he used to gave me in real life. With that I remembered, I was sleeping in Derek's lap, that's how I felt him so near, and it gave me happiness, the hum was a little louder, and the boy in front of me offered me his hand, the cage was open.

I took his hand, he felt so warm, he smiled again, and I felt how one was starting to form in my face.

I started to wake up, the melody stopped, I opened my eyes, and I was resting in my bed, Derek was in a chair next to the bed, he didn't occupy the other half without consent, he was always a gentleman.

"The Sleeping Beauty it's awake" he told me and I smiled, "it's okay that I stayed? I didn't want that you woke up, and you were alone" he turned nervous, "I can leave if you want" he scratched the back of his neck, and I noticed something.

He had his ring, I gave him that ring on our anniversary, it was full silver, and it had an arrow, it was the mixture of both of us, he gave me a collar, it had a jade stone, a silver chain, and some incrustations of diamonds, the end of it was similar as the one an arrow should have, it was pointy. I lost that necklace, I was so heartbroken that I ripped it from my neck and saved it in a safe box that I kept in my room, I was robbed, and they stole the necklace, nothing else.

I decided to try to replace it, but they told me that it was a unique design, that it was really weird, so I stopped searching, and decided to buy just a normal jade stone necklace, the one I always use.

"Hey, are you alright?" he told me, I realized I zoned out.

"Yeah, just thinking about some things," I answered.

"Am I getting in your way here? Wanna be alone?" he asked, he was losing his British accent, I didn't notice before.

"No, I'm glad you are here, actually" he smiled, the same heart-warming smile he gave me in my dream, and with that I fell asleep again, calmer than before.

Postscript:

Don't you want a Derek? I want one. I hope you understood the metaphor of the cage.

Jade's favorite movie is High School Musical, the whole trilogy, a thing she shares with Derek.

Songs: You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi and Starboy by The Weeknd.