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My Pretty Little Friend

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"I'm telling you, I wasn't crying in that picture! I had something in my eye!"

"Suuuure, you did."

"Cat!"

The redhead just kept giggling though, despite his glares.

"It's not fair, you know."

"What isn't?" she asked as she tried to catch her breath.

"You totally ditched us that day!"

Well, that got her to stop giggling.

"I wanted to go back but my new friends kept telling me to stay!" she protested.

"Your new friends? Really, Cat?" Robbie couldn't help but start yelling louder. "What about your actual friends? You know, the ones that were dehydrating in a hot RV?"

Robbie felt horrible as soon as the words had left his mouth but it was already too late. The petite redhead wasn't smiling anymore, in fact, her bottom lip was starting to quiver.

"I said I was sorry!" she yelled, her eyes starting to well up.

Robbie winced, he always felt like a jerk whenever he made Cat feel bad, that's why he always tried to get Rex to ease up on her.

"Cat, please, don't cry, I-" he tried to put his arm around her but it was too late she pushed him away and ran off sobbing.

There was a stony silence around the lunch table until Jade spoke up.

"Wow, way to go, jerk."

"Dude, that was harsh," added Andre. "Little Red didn't mean to leave us in a toaster oven, she thought we were all having fun at the beach."

"Yeah, and she apologized about a million times for it later," Beck reminded him.

Robbie just sat there, he knew they were right. He also knew Cat hadn't meant to leave them in the RV for so long, but for some reason he was still so mad about it.

"Well?" said Rex. "Ain't you gonna go after her?"

He sighed, if even Rex thought he should go apologize to Cat then he probably should...

"I'll see you guys later," he said as he got up and put Rex in his backpack, just in case he started messing with Cat, and ran off in the direction the little redhead had taken off to.

It took him twenty minutes of roaming around Hollywood Arts' campus but he finally found Cat curled up under a tree.

"Go away."

"I just wanna say I'm sorry," he explained.

"Fine, apology accepted," she huffed, tears still in her eyes. "Now, go away."

"Come on, Cat, don't be like that," he said as he sat down next to her. "I really am sorry I yelled at you. I shouldn't have, I know it wasn't your fault."

"Then why are you still so mad?" she asked, her voice trembling. "Everyone else forgave me, even Jade.

Robbie cringed, it was true. He was the only one still bitter about the RV incident. "Well, you did post pictures of me on The Slap crying and drinking fish water.

"But they were funny!" she exclaimed. Robbie sighed, she had a point, he could definitely see the comedic value of those photos... they weren't really what was bothering him, although he wasn't sure if he really wanted to say what actually was. Still, he figured he might as well, if things got too awkward all he would have to do was change the subject or something and she would forget all about it. He was pretty sure he had some candy in his backpack, that could probably work. Taking a deep breath he finally said what was really bothering him to someone other than Rex.

"And then there's that video you took on my camera of you having fun with those guys."

"What about it?"

"I don't know... it just made me feel kinda... jealous." There, it was finally out.

"But you had tons of fun at the beach, too! Erm, after I came back that is," she pointed out, somewhat sheepishly.

"Umm, no, Cat, I don't think you get what I mean," Geez, why was this so hard to explain to her? "See, I thought that's what it was, too, at first, but then I started feeling the same way when you started seeing Danny..."

"Danny?"

Robbie nodded as he gave her a minute to process the information.

Suddenly. Cat blushed bright red.

This was it, thought Robbie nervously, she finally knew the truth.

"So, you want a boyfriend?"

"That's right I- Wait, what? No! Why would you say that?" Now it was Robbie's turn to blush. Was it possible to die of embarrassment?

"Well, you said you were jealous when I was hanging out with the guys and when I had a boyfriend."

He just buried his face in his hands. Why did it have to be Cat? Out of all the girls in the world why did he have to like the one who couldn't even tell when he was confessing his feelings to her.

"Cat, I'm not gay."

"Oh..." she frowned, "but then why were you jealous?"

"I was jealous of the guys, not of you."

"Why?"

Oh, God, why wasn't she making this easy? Before he knew it he grabbed her by the shoulders and just blurted it out, "I like you, Cat, okay?"

Somehow she still looked confused, "I like you, too, Robbie."

"Wait, really?" he said a smile starting to grow.

"Of course, we're friends, silly!"

The smile disappeared almost instantly.

Only to reappear a second later, "Great, Cat. I'm glad."

Yes, he could've kept trying to confess but he could tell it just wasn't the right time. He was stuck in the friend zone and he was going to have to work really hard to dig himself out of there. So, until then he would just have paste a big smile on his face and bear with it.

"Yay!" she said happily before tilting her head in confusion. "Wait, why were you jealous then?"

He could've easily lied and she never would've known the difference, instead he told her the truth.

"Because those guys were lucky enough to get to spend so much time with my pretty little friend," he grinned when he saw that had been the right answer to give, little Cat started blushing like crazy.

"Awww! Robbie!" she said while nudging him with her shoulder. "That's so sweet!"

Robbie just shrugged, "Yeah, well, you know me, Mr. Nice Guy..."

Cat started giggling, but stopped abruptly, "Hey! No fair, I'm still supposed to be mad at you!"

"But I said I was sorry!"

"Hmph."

"Aww, Cat, what do I have to do to make it up to you?"

Robbie watched as she bit her lip while she gave the question some deep thought.

"You, Mr. Shapiro, have to take me to play baby golf this Friday."

He just smiled, there was nothing else he would rather spend his Friday doing.

"Sure thing, Ms. Valentine."

A/N: Well? What'd you guys think? Read and Review please!

I waaaaas going to have them get together in this fic, but Cat just didn't seem to want to understand that Robbie was pretty much pouring his heart out here... -.- Oh, silly stubborn Cat... Well, maybe she'll notice someday, right? :) Until then... hang in there, Robbie!