Love The Way You Lie

Rated: Not sure if this should be T or M

Summary: Cat is in an abusive relationship. Jade is the one she keeps coming to and promises not to tell anyone, but how long until this "relationship" goes too far? Story told in Jade's P.O.V.

Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious or any song lyrics I use.


Chapter One-Safe and Sound

"Just close your eyes. The sun is going down. You'll be alright. No one can hurt you now." -Taylor Swift


I walk into my room and see Cat holding her knees up to her chest. I bit my bottom lip and sit beside her. She looks at me and I just want to cry. She has a cut on the left side of her face and her left eye is bruised. I pick up a damp rag and begin to clean the cut. She backs away from me as if I just tried to kill her. When I get my hands on that boy he'll wish he never even touched her.

"What did he do to you, Cat?" I ask her. She looks at me and just shakes her head 'no.' I push the mean remark in my mind away and gave a small smile to my best friend. "Listen, Cat. I won't hurt you. HE can't hurt you. Not here. Not now." I set the rag down and move a little closer to her. I see a few tears slide down her face and I can feel my heart breaking. Yes, I, Jade West, have a heart. "Oh Cat…" I wrap my arms around her. I can feel her tense up and I begin to hum softly. She starts to relax and leans into me and I can hear her soft sobs. I begin to stroke her hair and continue to hum.

"Jade?" She gets out of my grasp and smiles at me. "Thank you." She says softy.

"You're welcome." I smile back at her. "I think we should get some sleep." She nods her head in agreement. I watch her climb under the blankets. I get in beside her and turn the lamp off.

"Night, Jade." Cat says quietly, but loud enough for me to hear. "You're a really good friend."

"Yeah, ok. Night." I reply not even thinking about if it will somehow hurt her feelings.

X.X

"Cat, wake up." I throw a pillow at her getting very frustrated. This girl is hard to wake up. I look around for more things to throw at her, but didn't find any that wouldn't seriously injure her. I groan and walk over to where the red-head is sleeping. She looks so peaceful. Wait a minute, is she smiling? Are you kidding me! "Caterina Hannah Valentine! I know you're awake!" She then burst into a fit of giggles.

"Sorry, Jade. I couldn't help it." She sits up and smiles at me. I roll my eyes and put my combat boots on.

"Just hurry up. We're gonna be late." I walk over to my vanity and check my hair making sure it wasn't frizzy or anything. "Andre and Beck are probably waiting for us." I turn around and see Cat rushing around the room finding clothes to wear. After a while I watch her put a jacket over a purple shirt. "Are you ready?" I ask her, standing up.

"Yep!" She smiles at me. "Let's go!" I walk out of my bedroom, Cat following and lock the house. We get in my car and I drive to the studio.

"What song are we working on today?" I ask her.

"I don't know. Andre never told me." She replies. Out of the corner of my eye I see Cat turning the radio on and some pop song was playing.

"Oh I love this song!" She exclaims and begins to sing along.

"If I said my heart was beating loud

If we could escape the crowd somehow

If I said I want your body now

Would hold it against me

Cause you feel like paradi-Hey! Jade I was listening to that!"

"I don't care. I can't stand that song." I pull into the parking lot of the studio. "Besides we're here and the boys are already here too." I turn the car off and notice that Cat was already running inside. She's too hyper for her own good… I lock the car and head inside. When I got inside Cat was talking to Andre and Beck was checking the sound equipment. I head towards Beck to help him, but Andre grabs my arm.

"Hey, Jade." He has a look of worry on his face. Here it comes. "What happened to Cat's face?" And there it is. I sigh.

"Her boyfriend decided to be a prick and leave some marks on her. She called me from their bathroom crying." I explain. Andre just shook his head.

"That ain't right. She doesn't deserve that." He looks over to the small girl, who was busy trying to show Beck some trick she learned. "She looks happy though."

"Yeah. Let's not mention anything alright? She'd hate me if she knew I told you." He nodded his head in agreement. "Ok. So what song are we working on?"

"Girl Next Door. Cat's been begging me to let her sing it for weeks now." I just shrug my shoulders and head over to where my best friend and ex-boyfriend were. Yeah, me and Beck broke up when we still went to Hollywood Arts. Sinjin's game show just made us realize how screwed up our relationship was. It took me awhile to get over him, of course, because I was pissed off at him for dumping me, but I guess we are on good terms now. Thankfully, he never went out with Vega. If he did, I would've killed him.

"Hey, Jade!" Cat snapped me out of my thoughts. "I was showing Beck how I can sing my ABCs backwards. Do you wanna see?" I frown and place a hand on my hip.

"No thank you. Plus, I think Andre is ready to start on the song." I sit down on the couch.

"Oh. What song are we working on?" She asks me.

"Girl Next Door." I reply.

"Yay! I've been wanting to sing that song since ever!" She walks excitedly over to Andre. I smile to myself.

"She seems to be in a good mood today." Beck comments.

"When is she not?" I ask.

"True. True." He leans against the wall and I look up at him. "So how have you been?"

"Why do you care?" I say.

"Do I need a reason?" He responds back.

"I don't know. Do you?" I smirk as he groans in frustration.

"You never change do you?" He asks frustrated while running his fingers through his hair.

"Nope." I begin to inspect my nails for chipped nail polish.

"Beck, Jade. We're ready over here." I look over to Andre and Cat.

"Alright. We'll be quiet." I tell them. Cat sits on a stool in front of a microphone and put on some headphones. She smiles at Andre signaling that she was ready. I check my phone to see that I have a message from Robbie. Ugh… What does he want?

Hey, Jade. Is Cat with you? I have to talk to her.

Leave it to Robbie to text like he is still in school. I exit out of the text and put the phone back in my pocket. The music began to play and I watch Cat as she closes her eyes getting ready to sing.

Small town homecoming queen
She's the star in this scene
There's no way to deny she's lovely
Perfect skin, perfect hair
Perfumed hearts everywhere
Tell myself that inside she's ugly
Maybe I'm just jealous
I can't help but hate her
Secretly I wonder if my boyfriend wants to date her

I feel my phone go off and took the phone out of my pocket. Again Robbie? I put it back up ignoring the message. Sometimes that boy just doesn't know how to take a hint. I go back to listening to Cat. She's really into this song.. I detect a hint of sadness and apparently I wasn't the only one because I look at Beck and he had a questioning look on his face. I look back at her when she started on the chorus.

She is the prom queen I'm in the marching band
She is a cheerleader I'm sitting in the stands
She gets the top bunk I'm sleeping on the floor
She's Miss America and I'm just the girl next door
Senior class president
She must be heaven sent
She was never the last one standing
A backseat debutante
Everything that you want
Never too harsh or too demanding

Maybe I'll admit itI'm a little bitter
Everybody loves her but I just wanna hit her

Sounds like me about Tori. The hitting part. Nothing else. Well.. I guess the bitter part too.

She is the prom queen I'm in the marching band
She is a cheerleader I'm sitting in the stands
She gets the top bunk I'm sleeping on the floor
She's Miss America and I'm just the girl next door
Oh and I'm just the girl next door

I don't know why I'm feeling sorry for myself
I spend all my time wishing that I was someone else

Cat then looks at me while she's singing. Is that jealousy in her eyes? I know that I'm pretty and all, but Cat jealous of me? Or wanting to be me? There are times when I don't understand that girl and now is one of those times.

She is the prom queen I'm in the marching band
She is a cheerleader I'm sitting in the stands
I get a little bit, she gets a little more
She's Miss America yeah

She's Miss America and
I'm just the girl next door

Ohh yeah

Ohh yeah

Ohhhhh

Oh and I'm just the girl next door

Hey ey ey ey yeah

And I'm just the girl next door

Hey ey ey ey yeah

I'm just the girl next door

My phone decided to go off once more and thankfully, Cat was done singing her song. I answer the phone to hear Robbie's annoying voice.

"What do you want, Robbie?" I ask, very irritated.

"W-Well, I was just wondering if Cat was wit-"

"Yes! Cat is with me, but we are busy." I interrupt him. I hear him struggle with his words.

"I'm s-sorry, Jade, but I have to ask her something."

"I don't care. Now call later. We are busy."

"But-" I hung up on him before he could finish his sentence.

"Robbie?" Beck asks me. I nod my head and walk over to Cat.

"What did you think, Jade?" She asks. I smile.

"I loved it." I tell her. She lights up at my compliment. I don't blame her. I rarely give out compliments and say that I love things.

"Maybe the next song could be a duet?" Cat suggests to me and Andre. He looks at me and shrugs.

"Why not." I say. I've actually always wanted to sing a duet with Andre.


There is chapter one. I hope you enjoyed it. :) I'm open for suggestions and I have a poll on my page about the story. Who do YOU want to be Cat's boyfriend? You can go vote now. :) I appreciate reviews and keep an eye out for chapter two and updates on Tears of Life. :) Bye!~