Chapter One: Never A Dull Moment When She's Around
She couldn't help that she loved to flirt with him.
Whenever he was near, she would try her best to get his attention.
That soothing singing voice of his, those charming eyes that made her weak-kneed, those bulging biceps… it all just drove her mad.
He loved the cheerfulness that she would bring to a room.
Even the silliest of things she would do was cute to him.
That velvety red hair, that adorable dimpled smile of hers, and that laugh that could brighten up any cloudy day.
He wanted to be with her.
She wanted to be with him.
Why couldn't they just admit it to each other?
It was another very cloudy November day at Hollywood Arts.
Been like that for most of the week.
The mere gloominess of it was having an affect on most of the students.
Andre Harris found himself dozing off during class.
He grew bored of listening about the mastering of facial expressions.
At least it's Friday, then I'm home free for the weekend.
Only problem was that it was 11 a.m. and he still had a history test to take.
Riiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnggggg
"Thank, God!" he sighed, jumping quickly out of his seat and rushing out of the classroom.
Being anywhere else was much, much better than being in that sleep-inducing class.
Andre could practically feel the drowsiness leaving him as he headed for his locker.
On his way there, he bumped into Robbie, who looked really depressed.
Bet it's something about a girl.
"Hey, Robbie." asked Andre, opening up his locker, "What got you down, today?".
Signing heavily, Robbie leaned against the lockers and explained, "Jeez, where do I begin? I was rejected again... by three girls. The first girl flat out rejected me, the second girl was just passing by and told me to not even think about asking her out, and the third... get this, she faked a heart attack just to avoid giving me an answer."
Andre then remembered that he saw an ambulance leave the school earlier.
"Uh, I don't think she was faking." stated Andre, taking out his history textbook, "There was an actual ambulance that left the school earlier."
"Well, that just make things so much better." Robbie replied, sarcastically.
Even though Andre knew that Robbie pretty much asked out 99.9% of the girls of H.A., he decided to try and help him out, "Cheer up, man. There are still plenty of fine girls out there for you to date."
"I don't know. I just wish that one, just one girl would just agree to go out with me." sighed Robbie, gazing up at the ceiling, "I know! What about Cat?!"
Hearing this instantly stopped Andre's heart.
Robbie… and Cat?
He really didn't like the sound of that.
Not at all.
But he really wanted to help Robbie with his dilemma.
If he wasn't going to help him, who would?
"Cat? I guess she would go out with you." replied Andre, hesitantly, "I mean, she already likes you."
While Robbie started to look really hopeful, Andre started to look worried.
What the hell am I saying?! Why would I say that?!
"Yeah! I gotta at least try to ask her out." Robbie smiled, "But I really have to make sure that this works out."
Andre knew where this was going… and he hated it.
"Do you think you can help me?"
Hell no! No! Don't even think about it! Robbie is a good friend, but… I can't. I just can't.
"Sorry, but I'm going to be really busy for most of this week." lied Andre, avoiding Robbie's gaze, "Really wish I could help but I can't."
Slowly, Robbie began to once again look disappointed.
"Oh, okay. I guess I do need to do this by myself." he sighed, as he walked off, "I'll talk to you later."
Once Robbie was gone, Andre breathe a huge sigh of relief.
Why in the hell did I have to give him that idea?! Why couldn't I have kept my mouth shut?! *sighs* At least he's gone now.
"Thank goodness." Andre sighed, closing his locker door, "That was a close one."
"What was a close one?" asked a voice behind him.
Quickly turning around, Andre was surprised to see Cat standing there.
"Oh, nothing. I'm just worried about that test I have to take." Andre lied, clutching his textbook.
Leaning back against the lockers, Cat replied, "You're not the only one who's worried. I've been up for most of the night trying to study, but my brother wouldn't stop making noises."
"What kind of noises?"
"Mooing. He's trying to see if he can talk to a cow that he bought."
"He bought a cow?
"Yeah, he keeps it in his room. It's really quite friendly." added Cat, as Andre eagerly listened, "Although, I wish my brother would at least wash him once in a while."
Conversations like this would normally weird out your average person; but for Andre, he grew to love them, even the most strangest of them all.
He guessed that that was what really made Cat unique.
There was never a dull moment when she's around, and he liked it that way.
She was weird, but the kind of weird you wanted in your life.
"So… what was it you had to ask me the other day?" asked Cat, curiously.
"What do you mean?"
"Remember when I was about to leave Sikowitz's class, and you stayed behind..."
Slowly, Andre began remembering what Cat was talking about.
He was finally about to do it; he was gonna ask out Cat Valentine.
Andre had been putting this off for several weeks, but now was the moment of truth.
Waiting until nearly everyone had left the classroom, Andre walked over to Cat, "Hey. Uh, can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what is it?" Cat smiled, as she held onto Mr. Purple.
Staring deep in her eyes, Andre began to think about what he was gonna say.
Just say it! Just tell her that you like her a lot and that you want to go out with her. It's that simple!
But when it came to forming those words with his mouth, Andre found it extremely difficult.
It also didn't help that Cat looked really nice in her cute outfit.
Dammit! Why does she have to be so adorable?
Trying to find something else to focus on, Andre found himself looking at her shoes.
"Nice shoes, really nice. Are they comfortable?" he asked, completely upset with himself.
Confused, Cat replied, "Yeah, I guess."
Her shoes? Her shoes?! Really?! Ugh, I suck!
Having lost all his courage and feeling completely embarrassed, Andre sighed, "Good, I-I'll talk to you later. Sorry to bother you."
"Okay... guess I'll see you later." Cat uttered sadly, as Andre left the room.
"Oh, that. That was nothing." Andre sighed, as Cat looked up at him, "I was just being silly."
"Hmm, okay." smiled Cat, as she started to walk off.
Turning to face his locker, Andre banged his head against the keyboard door.
That was the perfect time to ask her...
"Hey! I forgot to ask you something."
Looking behind him, Andre saw that Cat had returned.
"What are you doing this afternoon?" she asked, tugging on the strings of her hoodie.
"Nothing really. I'm pretty much free once school's out." answered Andre, curious as to what she wanted, "Why do you ask?"
Slowly, Cat began to smile brightly, "Meet me at the front entrance of the mall at 4."
Wait... was she asking me out... on a date?
"Uh, for what?" he asked, wanting to know more about these plans.
"Just wait and see." Cat responded, as she started to back away from him.
"Wait, so I'm not getting any hint at all?"
"No, it's a surprise, but you'll definitely love it." smiled Cat, giving him a very flirty wink.
That wink alone got Andre excited for school to end.
Fuck! The things that girl do to me. Ugh, can school hurry up and end already?
After thinking about it, Andre realized something.
This could be the chance that I was waiting for. Not only do I get to spend some alone time with Cat, but maybe I can see if we can finally take things to the next level.
But then something else came to his mind.
Something that he really wished didn't bother him.
Robbie was already about to ask Cat out, and here Andre was about to spend the afternoon with her.
He somehow felt kinda dirty for wanting to be with Cat, even though he knew that Robbie liked her as well.
But then Andre thought of it this way: Cat and Robbie were friends, but not close friends. Cat and Andre have been really close friends for almost 8 years.
Robbie just started to have a little crush on Cat. Andre has been wanting to ask Cat out since 8th grade (for some reason, whenever he was single, she would be in a relationship and vise versa.)
Then there was that moment that happened several months ago that really messed up Andre and Cat relationship.
But that was a story for another time.
So why shouldn't Andre finally get with the girl who he dreams of being with?
Andre was nowhere near realizing that answer and really didn't feel like thinking about it anymore.
He had a history test which was about to start soon.
But nothing related to what he studied was on his mind.
Cat was.
This is just the start of the revised version of The Kind of Weird You Wanted In Your Life.
I took down the original version, simply because I wasn't satisfied with how it was going.
This version, however, is going to be somewhat different.
Most of the plot will still be there, but there will be certain parts that are either taken out or added.
(For instance, the scene in this chapter where Andre fails to ask Cat out was not in the original draft.)
So if you read the original version before, expect to see lots of new changes to this version.
Even though I said that most of the plot is the same, don't assume that a lot of the events that happened in the original will indeed happen.
This story is far from finished, so a lot of the outcomes might be different.
Anyway, I'm happy to have republished this story and to finally do it right this time.
Also, shout-out to AlwaysForeverCandreorJandre.
That PM you sent really helped a lot with me bringing this story back.