Chapter One

Robbie Shapiro walked into Hollywood Arts feeling quite confident in himself. He knew that today was Cat Valentine's birthday was today and he had the best present ever in the history of birthday presents. Now he just had to give it to her. What people didn't know, or what Robbie THOUGHT they didn't know was that he had a huge crush on Cat. Not like a high school crush but a LET'S FALL IN LOVE AND LIVE TOGETHER FOREVER crush.

Robbie was an awkward bot. Bushy afro, glasses, skinny, tall. He was no male model. Plus, he was a ventriloquist. That just shouts lame. Today he was gonna be himself, not hide behind a dummy. Yes, Rex was a dummy. He figured that out last night when Rex was locked in a closet by his mother and he didn't die at dinner time.

"Hey Tori," Robbie said when he walked past Tori Vega's locker. Robbie had a teeny crush on Tori but a crush like "You're totally hot". Not a serious "Let's date" crush. Tori Vega was Trina Vega's younger sister. She looked half-hispanic. She was chocolate brown eyes, dark brown hair, a nice smile, and a good singing voice.

"Hey Robbie!" Tori said smiling. Tori was usually always happy and she was nice to everyone. She greeted (mostly) everyone with a smile and a "Hello".

"Hey, did you get Cat a present?" Robbie said wondering if anyone else remembered it was Cat's birthday besides him.

"Yeah, it's in my locker, what did you get her?" Tori asked.

"Oh, you'll see at lunch," Robbie said his voice trailing off.

"Robbie…..where's Rex?" Tori asked.

"Hmmm? Oh he's…Hey Andre!" Robbie said switching the subject to Andre walking up behind Tori. Tori turns around. Andre Harris, a good friend, an awesome musician, and a pretty good song writer.

"Hey Andre!" Tori says.

"Hey Tori." Andre said in his cool smooth voice that Robbie wished he had. All he has was his pre-puberty Justin Bieber voice that would work…if he looked like Justin Bieber. He, on the other hand, had an afro, glasses, and a bad acne problem for a boy who had a "nice soprano" voice. At least he didn't have braces anymore.

"You get Cat a present too?" Tori asked taking the words right out of Robbie's mouth.

"Yeah, Little Red's present is in my locker, Robbie, where's Rex?" Andre said switching the subject to Robbie. Great.

"SO I LEFT HIM AT HOME WHAT'S IT TO YOU!" Robbie shouted. Then he got embarrassed and pushed up his glasses in haste. Usually Rex would say something rude and witty right now and he would walk off "scolding" him. But Rex? In his closet never moved from last night.

"No need to shout," piped up a voice from behind Robbe. Cat Valentine. A bubbly, random, bi-polar, red head, who he loved more than anything in the world. His best friend since elementary school. She always wore short skirt and t-shirts, usually pink or a really cute dress with of course high heels sometimes, the occasionally short shorts. He flipped behind and saw….Cat? No, this couldn't be Cat. She had brown hair. Light neutral make-up. She was wearing sneakers and jeans. A Paramore t-shirt.

"Cat?" All 3 of them said at once.

"Holy sh-" Jade cursed dropping her coffee. Beck gasped. "Cat?" He said. Jade West. Goth, bitch, and obsessed with scissors. Black hair and black clothes. She is Beck's girlfriend for 2 years and counting. Obviously Robbie didn't like Jade. Beck Oliver. Handsome, kind, cool, and smooth. Smooth black hair and a sense of style. Everything Robbie wasn't.

A boy around 16 came up and hugged Cat. "Hey babe," he said smiling, "Love you hair." He was tall, built some, blonde spiky hair, brown eyes. The usual.

"Thanks!" Cat said smiling. Robbie's mind was racing. This was Cat. She didn't look like Cat.

An awkward silence passed as this boy stared at them.

"Who's that?" Jade finally said breaking the awkward moment. Another silence.

"OH! This is my boyfriend Justin! He's a junior!" Cat said smiling. Well she acted just like Cat. Justin smiled and held her hand.

"I've never seen him before," Beck said. Jade murmured something that sounded like an agreement. All 5 of them nodded.

"Oh, I just transferred from a private school outside Hollywood a few weeks ago," Justin said grinning. He looked at Cat and she smiled. Her smile. Robbie alone could live on her smile for a whole year without anything else.

"Happy birthday Cat! Love your new hair," Tori said going up and hugging her. Cat hugged her back. "Thank you! I'm turning 17! Can't wait for Junior year!" Cat exclaimed. Robbie sighed. He wanted her so bad.

"Happy birthday Little Red," Andre piped up.

"Happy birthday babe," Justin said kissing her. Cat raised up her arms and wrapped them around his neck. The gang all cringed in disgustment. "Justin" kissed like a wild animal at the zoo feeding time. It was enough to make Jade cringe. Tori gagged.

"I'm leaving," Jade announced dragging Beck behind her. "Happy birthday Cat. Nice hair,"

"Happy birthday," Beck also said.

Cat paused from "Justin". "Thank you! I'm turning 17! Can't wait for-"

Jade interrupts her on the way out. "I HEARD!"

Cat giggled and went back to "Justin". Andre rolls his eyes.

"Well, I'm outta here. Don't wanna 'be late'," Andre says walking off shaking his head. Tori turns around, hesitates then follows. Now it's me and THEM. I turn around give "Justin" the finger while he isn't looking and walk to my locker.

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