Power to the Players

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Summary: In the ALL NEW 14th episode of 'Power to the Players', as more and more people (Mom, club members) get the news of Beck being gay it becomes harder for her to hide from the fact that she can't get Natalie off her mind. Even when kissing the girl she is now officially dating, Melody. All of this comes head to head when Beck and Natalie finally meet in the classroom.

Original Airdate: Monday, August 20th, 2012 @ 9:30 p.m.

Story Codes: no sex

"M-Mom"

"Beck, we need to talk"

I watched as she walked into my room and sat down on the edge of my bed. I swallowed hard and looked over at her, running my hand over my neck nervously. I was silently hoping that she hadn't heard what Lee and I were talking about.

"I heard what you and Lee were talked about"

Damn it!

"Look mom. I know you think what you heard was true but…we were rehearsing for a school play! Everything you heard were lines" I lied, making things up in my head.

"Beck…I know there's no play going on at your school and I know you're lying to me. So let's stop playing games and just talk about this…Ok?" she replied softly.

I sighed and sat down next to her. "What's this about you going out with Melody? I thought you two were just friends" she asked.

"We were, until I found out that Melody has had a crush on me for years and I was too dense to notice. I felt bad about it and thought that starting a relationship with her would be a good idea" I replied.

"Wait. I'm confused. Do you like Melody?" she asked, arching her eyebrows at me.

"Yes…No…I don't know. I mean, she's great. She's my best friend and I trust her with every secret that I have but…I keep questioning myself. I keep wondering if I'm really doing this for me…or for her" I said, leaning back against my pillow.

"Beck, why didn't you ever tell me?" she asked, glancing over at me.

"Because I was scared. Mom, all you ever talked about was me 'settling' down with a nice guy and raising a few kids" I said.

"Because I thought that's what you wanted. You never told me so I assumed. You have nothing to be afraid of. You're my daughter and you should never be too afraid to tell me something. Especially something as important as this. I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable and I'm not going to lie, this is going to take some getting used to…but overall, this is your life Beck and you have to live it the way you want to live it" she said, staring at me.

I looked back at her and smiled. "So, you're not mad?" I asked.

"No! Hell no. Beck, who you love is none of my concern…unless they start treating you badly, then it becomes my concern. But no, I'm not mad" she replied.

I chuckled a bit and ran my fingers over my cast. "…I think I like Natalie too mom" I whispered.

She raised her eyebrows at me and I looked up at her. "What?" she asked.

"The reason I keep second guessing myself is because…I think I like Natalie too" I replied, pulling my knees up against my chest.

"But I can't hurt Melody and I don't wanna hurt Natalie either…but she loves me and I think I love her too but I can't love her because loving her would mean pretending Melody's feeling never existed and that wouldn't be fair to her-"Love isn't fair, Beck"

I looked over at her as she interrupted me and she just shrugged her shoulders. "It isn't. Things aren't always fair when you're in love. People who you love sometimes don't love you back. As a matter of fact, sometimes you don't even know you love someone until you see them loving someone else" she said softly.

"Is that what happened with you and dad? Was he in love with someone else before…before he fell for you?" I asked.

Mom sighed and just shook her head. "That's not important right now Beck. But what is important right now, is for you to really think hard about your relationship with Melody and your relationship with Natalie…because one day…you might realize you missed out on the best thing that ever happened to you".

She got up off of my bed and walked towards the door but I couldn't just let her leave without asking.

"Mom?"

She looked over her shoulder at me and I stared back at her.

"Are you going to split up with dad?" I asked timidly.

She smiled and shook her head. "No Beck…I was actually talking about your dad" she replied.

I sighed and smiled back at her as she walked out the room. I knew what I had to do and I had to do it fast.

School

I paced back and forth as I waited for Mark in front of the school entrance. I didn't know if what I was doing was smart but…I had to try. If I didn't then I would really be wondering what if the entire time I was with Melody.

"Beck!"

I stopped pacing and saw Mark running towards me. "I don't know what you're up too but do you really want to talk to her now?" he asked.

"Yes Mark. If I don't then my own guilt is going to eat me away" I replied, opening the door for him and walking inside the school.

"Melody is going to be pissed you know. If she finds out that you talked to Natalie about this after you lied and said you didn't have feelings for her, she might blow a gasket" he warned.

"I know, I know and I'll worry about all of that later but right now I just really have to talk to her".

I took off down the hall with Mark behind me. I knew where she would be right now. Natalie was always in the art room when she needed to think and I'm pretty sure that when you come to school this early, no one else will be in the room. Since Mark was class president of the sophomores, he had keys to all the rooms in the school. I knew he would be able to get me in there with Natalie just long enough to talk to her.

"Here it is! Open the door for me please" I said quickly. He nodded and wiggled the key into the lock, pulling it open and locking it back up when I was inside.

"Natalie should be in here soon. Just wait here until she comes. I hope this works Beck" he said through the door.

"Me and you both. Thanks again". He nodded and I watched as he walked away and turned the corner.

I leaned against the wall and looked around the small art room. In the back of the room, I saw a familiar picture. I arched my eyebrows and slowly walked towards the back.

I looked at the picture of Natalie's hometown and ran my fingers over the dry paint, admiring how much effort and time she had put into the piece. She never told me she finished it, I guess she finished it after we stopped talking for a while.

I smiled to myself but stopped when I saw another canvas behind the giant easel. I walked towards it and pulled back the small cover over it.

My eyes widened and I instantly felt my heart beat quicken with one word.

Becca

She had drawn a picture of me. Every detail was exact. My eyes, my nose, my ears, my lips. The picture she had drawn of me in Mr. L's class was just a rough draft. This was what she had been working on all along.

"What are you doing in here?"

I jumped at the sound of her voice and I quickly spun around to see Natalie looking over at me.

"Um…I need to talk to you" I replied, walking over toward her.

She frowned. "Didn't we talk enough at your house?" she said sharply. I groaned and put my hands in my sweater pocket.

"Natalie, you don't understand-"But I do. You don't feel the same way about me and I've gotten over that. Isn't that what you wanted?" she interrupted angrily.

"I don't want to argue with you. That's not why I'm here" I said calmly.

"Then please, tell me why you're here" she growled, walking past me and toward the painting supplies on the self.

"I miss you. I do. I miss the way we used to talk and I way you used to tease me about being a nerd. I just miss our relationship and I don't wanna lose that just because I'm with Melody" I said, watching as she picked up an easel and started an outline.

"…Just leave Beck. I don't wanna talk to you right now" she replied, not even looking at me.

"Natalie please-"No! I can't just sit here and pretend like everything's Ok between us because it's not! Because I love you and you don't feel the same! I can't just sit here and act like being friends with you won't kill me because it will. It really will Beck" she yelled, staring at me.

I opened my mouth to say something but went against it. She saw that I was speechless and looked down at the ground before turning back towards her painting.

I couldn't let her go like this. She wasn't the only one who was hurting, didn't she realize that? No. She wasn't getting off that easy.

I pulled her back towards me and she fell into my arms. "I'm hurt too Natalie! I want to be with you. I do. But I can't hurt Melody because she's always been there for me, she's loved me all this time and I…I never did a damn thing about it. I feel so-"Guilty"

I stared at her and sighed. "Yeah. I feel so guilty because…I never knew" I said softly. "You have to decide this Beck. No one else but you…and I'll tell you as much as you need to hear it just to get through you" she said, wrapping her arms around my neck.

"I love you" she whispered. I put my hands on her waist and felt my heart beat racing again. Natalie had complete control over me. I would never be able to break from this.

"I love you, I love you, I love you, I lo-". I crashed my lips against her and pulled her closer towards me as she ran her tongue over my lips. I allowed her entrance and kissed her back just as hard.

I pushed her against the desk and she hopped up, never breaking our kiss and pulling me deeper into her. I laid my hands against the desk as I attacked her neck and she ran her fingers through my hair. I bit down on her neck and kissed around her jaw as she pulled at my shirt.

She laid down on top of the desk and I pulled myself on top of her, cupping her face in my hands and kissing her until it was hard to breathe. She bit down on my bottom lip and I groaned, running my hands under her shirt and touching her smooth, fiery skin.

"Mhm! No…" she panted, pushing me away gently and pulling her shirt back down. We were bottom breathing hard and I ran my hand over m mouth.

"Natalie, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me" I panted, trying to get my breathing under control. She just looked at me and grabbed the end of my shirt, pulling me towards her.

"Make up your mind Beck. I won't be waiting forever" she whispered before leaning up and planting a chaste kiss on my lips.

"Natalie…"

I tried to reach for her but she ran out of the room, leaving me standing there alone. I really had some thinking to do now.

- - - -

"I can't do this"

"Do what exactly?"

"It's too hard"

"No it's not. You're just over thinking things"

"Lee, I swear to you I'm not. This is like, impossible"

"Beck, it's not that hard. Just choose"

"This could impact my life forever"

"No it won't. Choose!"

"Fine…Gears of Wear 3"

Everyone groaned and I dropped my jaw and looked around. "What? You told me to choose" I defended, pointing at Lee.

"Yeah but you made a poor choice. I would have said Halo 3 over Gears of War 3 anyday" he replied, crossing his arms.

Half the people in the room nodded but Mark shook his head. "I gotta say, I kind of agree with Beck" he said.

"Thank you Mark. You're a real friend" I said, frowning over at Lee as he playfully stuck his tongue out at me.

The back door opened and we all turned around to see Chase walking in but before he closed the door, he gave someone a kiss on the cheek. Someone who looked an awful lot like…

"I'm gonna kill him!" Lee growled, jumping out of his chair. Mark grabbed his arm and I pushed him back.

"Beating the hell out of Chase isn't going to make you feel any better" I whispered. The others in the club just looked at us in confusion.

Lee pulled away from Mark and collapsed back in his seat in a fit of anger. "Sorry I'm late. I had to help Jessie carry some stuff out to her car" he said proudly, setting his things down by his chair.

"Stuff? What stuff?" Lee asked, clenching his fist. "Oh. Some old shirts and pictures that were in her locker. She said 'she just needed some more space" Chase replied.

Lee frowned and hit the side of his chair. "Lee, calm down" Mark warned. "I am calm" he shot back.

I gave Lee a look but he just looked away. "Anyway, I'm gonna go check on something. You guys just keep doing what you were doing before" I said, walking out the room.

I raced down the hall and towards the entrance to see Jessie walking with Natalie. I stopped in my tracks and leaned against the wall, trying not to be seen. I didn't know when Natalie and Jessie had started hanging out together but Mark said they were good friends. I just hope that Jessie isn't so pissed with Lee that she starts planting stuff in Natalie's head too.

"Did it work?" I heard Natalie say.

"Sure did. You should have seen the look on Lee's face. He looked like he was going to throw Chase out of the window"

"Are you sure about this jealousy thing Jessie?"

"Of course I am. Lee needs to know that I am perfectly fine without him. The sooner he knows that, the sooner he'll leave me alone. You know, he's called me 8 times in the last 3 days. 8 times Natalie. He's really trying to get me back but…I'm still hurt"

"I know Jessie. You're probably gonna be hurt for awhile but I think it's worth it, you know. If Lee really didn't care about you, then he would just try and ignore you or be too afraid to even call at all"

"I guess you're right. Hey! How come you weren't in the art room today? I walked by and you weren't there"

"…Beck was there"

"What?"

"Yeah. She snuck into the art room to talk to me but…I was so mad. I've never yelled at Beck before but I just unleashed everything…and then we kind of made out on the table"

"Wait! What?!"

"Yes. I told her I loved her and she was talking to me about melody and how she wanted to be friends but I couldn't handle that because it would kill me…and then she kissed me"

"Beck should stop playing these games with you. She didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"Beck is really with Melody. It's official. Melody is walking around telling people they're together"

What?!

I stared off into space and I felt like I could die. I didn't wanna come out yet. What the hell was Melody doing? I wanted to hear more of Natalie and Jessie's conversation but right now I had to go see my girlfriend.

Student Council Room

"Melody!" I yelled, throwing open the door and watching as she slowly turned around to look at me.

"Oh! Hey Beck" she said smiling, walking over to me and kissing me on the cheek.

"Are you telling people we're together?" I asked, wanting to get straight to the point.

"Yeah because we are together. Why?" she replied, crossing her arms. I groaned and ran my hand over my neck.

"I didn't wanna come out yet Melody! I just told my mom a couple of days ago. I'm not ready for the whole damn school to know" I yelled.

"Beck I told people I was gay and they were fine with it. You have nothing to worry about" she said bluntly.

"You're the school president and head of prom committee. Of course no one would care if you were gay. But I'm a different story. This is just another way for people to joke about me. Before it was just me being a nerd but now I'll be the big gay nerd" I rambled, pacing back and forth.

"Beck, please calm down. You're worrying me now" she said softly, running her hand down my arm. I sighed and looked over at her.

"Sorry. It's just…I don't feel ready to do this" I confessed, sitting down on one of the desk and taking her hand.

"Beck, you have a family who loves you, friends who support you, and a girlfriend who's not going anywhere. You'll be fine…Ok?" she whispered, smiling softly at me.

I smiled back and nodded my head as she leaned down and kissed me. For once, I actually didn't think about Natalie when she did that.

Natalie's House

Natalie stared out over her window as she kept glancing over at her computer screen every five minutes. Something on it was annoying her and no matter how much she tried to click on it or change it, it always stayed the same.

Beck Smith

Relationship Status: In a Relationship with: Melody Schmidt

Natalie groaned and laid her head down on her desk. Why couldn't she get over Beck? Why was it that she fell for the only person she couldn't have? Things were perfect until Melody showed up. That's when everything changed.

She sighed and decided to IM an old friend. She opened a chat room and leaned back against her chair.

The Painter: Kyle, I need you right now. : (
DragonSlayerKid: Hey Natalie! Haven't talked to you in forever! What's wrong?
The Painter: I did it again .
DragonSlayerKid: Did what?...Did you meet another Kendra cause I will fly down to Baltimore and kick some serious ass for you!
The Painter: No! She's muuuucch better than Kendra. Her names Beck and things were going great between us until her best friend came along.
DragonSlayerKid: Ahhhh. The old 'I love my best friend but I'm too afraid to tell her because I don't wanna get rejected or ruin our friendship' trick. So what's wrong?
The Painter: They're together.
DragonSlayerKid: They're what? Why?
The Painter: Beck felt bad because she never knew about her feelings and was guilt tripped into a relationship with her.
DragonSlayerKid: Ouch! Sorry to hear that Nats : (
The Painter: I know but the weird thing is that…we're both reeeaaally sexually attracted to each other.
DragonSlayerKid: Oh. Well this won't end well. Either she cheats on her girlfriend or she fights temptation. Which one do you think she'll do?
The Painter: I don't know but I'm not gonna make the fight easy ; )
DragonSlayerKid: Natalie Hudson! Are you being manipulated?
The Painter: Noooo. I'm going after what was rightfully mine. Beck knows that things with Melody just won't work out. That's why she keeps having so many second thoughts about the relationship.
DragonSlayerKid: I hope your right Natalie. I would hate for you to get hurt again…but what I really think you should do, is stay out of it. Let nature take its course. If Beck is really supposed to be with you, then things will work out in your favor?
The Painter:...Do you really think so?
DragonSlayerKid: I know so. Besides, if she's already attracted to you then you've already got like, a 50% chance right there! Lol. Things will work out.
The Painter: Thanks Kyle. I can always count on you : ) How's things back home?
DragonSlayerKid: Horrible. Kendra and Alex broke up again because he found her in the girl's locker room with Maggie Thornton.
The Painter: Sigh. When is he just gonna realize that she is gay! He keeps trying to hold her back instead of just letting her be who she wants to be.
DragonSlayerKid: Yeah, except she doesn't know who she wants to be. You know how it goes Natalie. You were with her for 2 months. Kendra is so…locked in her own world that I think she likes to pretend like she's straight.
The Painter:…I couldn't help her Kyle.
DragonSlayerKid: I know Natalie. We all know. You really wanted to help her but…she's a lost cause.
The Painter: You're right. I'm going to bed. Tell Sara, Khloe, and Evan I said "Hey!"
DragonSlayerKid: I sure will. Night Natalie.
The Painter: Night
DragonSlayerKid has signed off.
Natalie sighed again and dragged herself in her bed. She didn't want to think about her time with Kendra. She didn't want to think about how much she loved the girl and how she broke her heart in two. She just wished she could forget about her life in L.A but she couldn't. She just couldn't.

Natalie jumped out of her bed and pulled on her shoes and her jacket. She raced upstairs and closed the door quietly so that she wouldn't wake up her family. She ran over to the Smith house and threw a small rock up at Beck's window.

The window opened and a very tired Beck glanced down at her. "Natalie?" she said drowsily.

"Can I sleep with you tonight?" she asked, hopping from foot to foot.

"What? Natalie why would you want to-"Please…Beck" she interrupted, fighting back tears.

Beck saw the distress on her face and walked downstairs to open the door for her. "You have to be quiet. If my parents find you in here, they'll kill me" she whispered.

Natalie nodded and followed the girl up towards her bedroom. Beck pulled back the covers as she crawled inside and Natalie moved closer towards her, wrapping her arm around Beck's waist.

"I wanna know what's wrong in the morning, Ok" she demanded. Natalie nodded again and placed her head in the crook of Beck's neck as she cried.

Beck held the girl all night until sleep over took the both of them.