Umbrella Cat-astrophe

A CatxJade drabble.

Written for alltimelow777's CatJade Challenge!

Prompt: Umbrella.

Rated K+ for girl on girl kissing.

Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious.


When Jade finds her girlfriend first thing on Wednesday morning, she's surprised to find that she's not in a very good mood. Her first clue is that she's not smiling. Cat almost always smiles and when she's not smiling, she's laughing or singing. The second hint is that she's quiet. 'Cat' and 'quiet' aren't often used in the same sentence. And the last thing that tips her off is when she leans down to kiss her, Cat isn't eagerly kissing her back.

"Cat, are you okay?" she asks, genuinely concerned.

Cat just grumbles; which is but another sign that something is definitely wrong.

Jade frowns. "Cat?"

And all of a sudden, bipolar Cat is back and she explodes like a ticking time bomb, her hands flailing in every which direction and tears welling up in her dark charcoal eyes as she paces back and forth in the hallway. Words are spilling out of her mouth faster than water out of a fire house and Jade is taken back.

"I woke up this morning and I was all happy because it was raining and I love the rain! I mean, who doesn't? It's so wet and refreshing and jumping in puddles is just so much fun! So I got ready as fast as I could and pulled on my rain boots. I even skipped breakfast which I never do because breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If you don't eat breakfast, your brain doesn't work as well, you know. But I did anyway because I wanted to go out in the rain so badly! On my way out the door I grabbed my favorite umbrella-you know, the purple one with the cat ears! And on my way to school, I was jumping all the puddles and - oh, you should have been there Jade - it was so~ much fun! But then there was a really strong gust of wind and I couldn't hold onto the umbrella any longer and it flew right out of my hands! I tried to grab it but the wind kept pulling it and pulling it along until it flew into the middle of the street! Then a semi-truck drove right over top of it and now it's ruined! Now I don't have an umbrella for when I have to walk home after school and my favorite umbrella is broken!"

With that, she took a huge gasp of air as Jade took a second to process the story. The redhead's eyes were still glossy as tears threatened to spill forth from them. She looked like a lost and sopping wet kitten (or Cat).

Jade couldn't help but chuckle. Her girlfriend was way too adorable.

Cat was not impressed with her laughter. In fact, it seemed like the last straw and she burst into tears.

"Why are you laughing at me!" she cried.

Jade just grinned and pulled the traumatized girl into her arms.

"Oh sweetie, it's just an umbrella. We can buy you a new one. And as for after school, you can share mine." She pats her girlfriend's vibrant red hair, soothing her.

When Cat's hiccups eventually fade out, she looks up at Jade from her place in Jade's arms and asks, "Can we go right after school?"

Jade shrugs her shoulders. "I don't see why not."

Cat's silent for a bit as she comprehends this. Then she looks up again.

"Can I put cat ears on yours?"

At first, Jade doesn't know what she's talking about, but then she remembers she'd promised to share her umbrella.

"But Cat, the rain will just-"

"Please~ Jade!" Cat's big round eyes looked pleadingly up at her.

And Jade can't find it in her heart to say "no." Plus, she figures that Cat won't be able to see the ruined ears if they are on top of the umbrella anyway and by the time they get to the mall, Cat would be too excited to find a replacement for her own umbrella to notice that the cat ears had fallen off or ripped.

So instead, she says, "Sure," and tries not to smile too much when Cat practically jumps into her arms and kisses her over and over and over again like she just saved the world. But then again, she probably did save the world, at least in Cat's eyes; and that's all that truly matters to her.


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