I promise I'm working on my other two stories, but I really wanted to write this story. It's based on Ariana Grande's song Moonlight. This is Cat-centric (as most of my stories are) and has a bit of a twist, but y'all know I love bringing babies into my stories.


MOONLIGHT

Cat flinched, feeling someone jab her in the ribs. Her eyes opened and her brows furrowed, looking to her right accusingly at Jade. "What was that for?" she asked.

"You're falling asleep," Jade said.

"So?"

"So, it's the first day of school and you're already slacking?"

"I'm tired. I don't feel good, I'm sick to my stomach," she said leaning back in her chair and placing her hand on her abdomen. "I wish I knew what was going on."

"Did you over eat?"

"No."

"Not eat enough?"

"No."

"Not eat at all?"

"I'm not anorexic, Jade."

"I didn't say you were. Come to my house after school. Maybe Mom can tell you what's going on."

Cat nodded. Jade's mother was a doctor. The best damn doctor she knew. She was always the first one she went to when she didn't feel well—mostly because her own mother was in Idaho with her father and brother, so Mrs. West was the closest thing she had to a mom. She'd known the woman since she was born. Mrs. West and Mrs. Valentine were best friends growing up, so Cat and Jade were best friends growing up too, along with Cat's twin sister Alexxa.

The bell rang, signaling the end of the school day. Both girls grabbed their backpacks and made their way out of the class, to their usual meet up spot at the end of the day, which was the Asphalt Café. Everyone gathered together, each couple standing beside one another like clockwork. Jade and Beck, Cat and Robbie, and Tori and Andre.

"So, what's the plan for today?" Tori asked. "Anybody wanna go do something to celebrate getting through our first official day of junior year?"

"I can't," Cat said. "I don't feel very well. I'm just gonna go home and sleep."

"And by home she means my house," Jade said. "But I'll meet up with you in a little bit."

"Beck?" Tori asked.

"Yeah, I'll be there."

"Guys, guys, guys," Cat's sister said, running up to them. "Bathrooms are closed because someone decided to clog them and I've had to pee all freakin' day, can we please go home before I pee my pants?"

Alexxa looked exactly like Cat, but her hair was brown and curly, unlike Cat who always straightened hers.

"Sure, kid. Girls ready?" Beck asked Cat and Jade.

"Yep," Jade said before retreating towards Beck's truck.


Normally, the drive to Jade's house was only about ten minutes—but there was traffic for some unknown reason. Of course, it was Los Angeles. Jade was in the front with Beck and Alexxa and Cat were in the back—Cat leaning against the window with her eyes closed and Alexxa sitting forward with her forehead rested against the back of Beck's seat, bouncing her legs.

"Isn't there an alternate route we can take?" Alexxa asked.

"If there was, how would we get there, Lexie?" Jade asked. "We're in the middle of the freeway."

"My bladder's gonna burst," she whined.

Jade opened her Jet Vroom cup and looked inside of it, afterwards opening the door and dumping what little coffee she had left in out into the street before handing it to Alexxa. "Pee in a cup."

"Do not spill it in my car," Beck said quickly.

"I'm not Andre," Alexxa said as she unbuckled and scrunched herself down so people in other cars couldn't see her.

"Yeah well you're within slapping distance."

"Is Cat asleep?" Jade asked.

"Yep," Alexxa said. "I wish she'd go to the doctor."

"We're going to my house so my mom can see if she can figure out what's going on. But if she can't, then we need to try to see if we can convince her to get an appointment. It's not normal for anybody to be sick for this long."

"I dunno, my Uncle Barbara was sick for a really long time," Beck said.

"He had food poisoning—and kept going to the restaurant that he got it from."

"Ew!" Alexxa said.

"Yeah, right?"

"Not that, I just peed on my hand, please tell me y'all have wipes in here or something."

Jade rolled her eyes and opened the glovebox, taking out a pack of baby wipes and throwing them into the backseat. "You just aren't coordinated."

"Well I'm sorry, it's not every day that I have to squat and pee in a car."

"You didn't pee on the floor board did you?" Beck asked.

"No, I just said I peed on my hand. Thank god for babies," she said, finally sitting back up in the seat and opening the wipes. "Hey, how's the little man anyways?"

"Good," Jade said. "He just started crawling, unfortunately. So, he's into everything he can reach."

"I miss him. Is he at your house?"

"Uh, yeah, he's my son."

"Well, he could've been at Beck's house."

"Yeah, no. See, you'd be in the loop if you came around more often."

"Sorry that I have a social life," she said, opening the back door.

"What are you doing?" Beck asked.

"Making sure your precious car doesn't end up smelling like pee if it gets knocked over. AKA, dumping the cup—see, I'm not an idiot, I have common sense to get rid of it," she said, throwing the cup out of the truck.

"You just littered."

"Who's gonna make me pick it up?"

"Well—"

"Exactly, shut up."

"You're saucey today, kid."

"I'm hungry, I'm grumpy. Can I raid your fridge when we get there?"

"Sure," Jade said. "Only if you change the baby if he needs it, because I have to pee too but I'm not peeing in a cup."

"Kay kay."

Alexxa busied herself with her phone for a few seconds, and moments passed and within ten minutes they were finally moving again, slowly but surely. She looked around on TheSlap for a few minutes, until Cat started vomiting out of nowhere, making her gasp.

"Oh my god," Alexxa said holding her sister's hair back.

"Did she just puke in my car?" Beck asked.

"Not so worried about me peeing now are you?"

"What the hell happened?" Jade asked, turning around in her seat.

"I don't know, she was asleep, she just started puking."

Alexxa rubbed Cat's back until she finally sat back, resting the back of her hand against her mouth.

"I'm so sorry, Beck," Cat said.

"Don't worry about it, I'm sure I can get it cleaned up," Beck said. "You alright?"

Cat nodded. "I think so," she said resting her hand on her stomach.

"We're almost to my house. I'll get you some clothes," Jade said.

"Kay kay…"


"…and then Trina slipped on a banana peel and I almost died laughing," Alexxa said, laughing and covering her mouth. "But like, it was her own fault, I told her to watch where she was walking, but she's obsessed with those stupid boots she got for her birthday."

"She's obsessed with herself in general," Jade said, passing her son to the other girl.

"Hey, Dominic, how's it goin' buddy?" she said, lying back on the couch and letting the baby sit on her stomach. "So, I hear you're crawling now. You go anywhere exciting these days?"

The seven-month-old babbled, reaching for the necklace the sixteen-year-old had on her neck, but was quickly stopped by Alexxa handing him a toy.

"Leave my chains alone, buddy boy," Alexxa said.

"Lexie!" Mrs. West called from upstairs. "We need you, honey."

Alexxa sat up and handed Dominic to his mother, kissing her cheek. "I'll be back for more cuddles later," she said before making her way upstairs to the guest room. "What's up?" she asked.

"Cat really needs you right now, she's really upset."

Alexxa turned her attention to her sister, who was sitting on the floor against the bed, sobbing uncontrollably. "What's wrong? What happened?" she asked, sitting next to her sister, who wrapped her arms around her neck, sobbing into her shoulder. "Cat… what's going on?" she asked, running her hand over her twin's back.

Cat took small gasp-like breaths, shaking her head as she continued to sob.

"What's going on?" Jade whispered to her mother Grace as she shifted Dominic to her hip.

"She just needs her sister right now, honey. She'll be alright," Grace said.

"Cat, please calm down, you have to breathe," Alexxa said, rocking them back and forth slowly.

"I—my—no—" Cat sobbed.

"Breathe, Caterina. Tell me what's going on," she said, pulling back and moving her sister's red hair from her face as she wiped her tears from her cheeks.

"I'm pregnant," Cat choked out.