Author's Note- This is a really short update, but a longer one is coming right after it. Thanks so much for all the great reviews! I'm happy you guys like it! If you have anything you want to see happen in the story, feel free to let me know!

She was pushing her ice cream around the bowl mindlessly, talking on about something Beck wasn't sure of. He'd tuned out accidentally a few minutes ago at the mention of Jade. A pang of guilt hit him deep in his chest and he thought he might hurl at the way his stomach twisted like it did. He loved her, didn't he? There should be no reason to feel guilty. Cat was just a good friend of his that he was spending time with. It didn't matter that she was sleeping at his place more often than her own, or that he'd become accustomed to the way it felt when she'd climb into his lap to watch a movie. It didn't matter that he knew her favorite songs and what her favorite breakfast foods were on Saturday mornings. They were just friends- that was all that mattered.

"Beck? Are you even listening?" She looked at him now with her big brown eyes and knew he looked as guilty as he felt. Cat let out a deep sigh and shook her head at him. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you." She chuckled at him before scooping a big spoonful of ice cream into her mouth. Almost instantly, her face scrunched up and she started making a high pitched humming noise, flailing her arms around like crazy. "Brain freeze!" She gasped and pushed her hands against her temples until it seemed to go away along with her strange dance she was doing in reaction to the pain. Even then in that moment, he couldn't help but admire how adorable she could be.

No- he snapped at himself in his own thoughts. She was just a friend. "Are you done with that?" He lifted himself from the bed and picked her bowl up from in front of her, not really giving her time to answer. They were supposed to go swimming later but he didn't know if he could handle that. His head was starting to pound and he just wanted to lay down and maybe take a nap for awhile. "Are you still set on going swimming?" Beck asked over his shoulder, tossing the styrofoam bowls into the trash before turning to face her. She had lounged back on the bed again, looking comfortable and like she herself could fall asleep at any minute.

Cat shook her head. "We don't have to, no." Her bubbly voice reverberated in his head and it sounded so sweet. She gasped, obviously excited. "We could go down to the new swings they put in the park by the school! I've been wanting to try them out but I haven't had the chance to get down there!" She looked so excited, so full of joy and happiness. How could he tell her no? How could he tell her that, after so many days in a row of doing things together, that he just wanted a day alone? The answer was- he couldn't. And he wouldn't.

He moved to sit next to her, pulling his shoes out from underneath the bed and slipping them on. "To the park we'll go, then." She squealed with an unreal excitement and popped up off the bed, picking her shoes up off the ground and holding them in her hand before running out the door. "I have the keys, Cat! You have to wait for me!" He called after her but he could already hear her out by his car, hopping and popping on with little sounds of pain as the cement burnt her feet. "You're supposed to actually wear your shoes, Red." He laughed, clicking the unlock button as he shook his head at her. Seeing her zip into the passenger seat, he sighed, knowing that this was only the start of a long day.