Author's Note: Hey yo :D So yeah, here is the next chapter~ Sorry, not much fluff ya'll, the fluff shall be soon to come~ I think I might be writing two more chapters... but I'm not sure just yet if i'll condense it into one or what... We'll just have to see what happens ^^; Anyways, hope you guys enjoy, fluff should happen in the next chapter! (Not too much if I decide to do two more chapters... then there will be a little fluff in the next chapter and teh one after that will be fluff fluff flufffffff :D Anyways, sorry I made ya'll wait~ Enjoy~ (Oh, slight Cabbie)


"Oh come on, I saw you and Jay talking! You were even picked up and carried out of the dance!" Tori said with a shaky voice. Her hands were on both of Cat's arms, weakly trying to hold on.

"Tori…" Cat trailed off, "I promised that I wouldn't say anything to you…"

The singer frowned, "But the two of us danced all of last night and then it was suddenly only me. Please, I just want to talk to Jay."

The redhead pulled out of Tori's grip gently, "I'm sorry, but I promised." She hugged the girl and said, "Come on, Tori, let's get to class. We'll be late otherwise." Cat then tugged on the brunette, practically dragging her from the bathroom and to class. The singer was doing her best to hold back tears, but everyone could see she was on the brink of crying.

Jade's heart was cracking. She hoped to hell it wasn't her fault that the girl she supposedly hated was crying because of her, but she knew, she knew that hoping was futile. When Cat shot her a look, Jade could tell in an instant it was her own fault that Tori was breaking. Her stomach churned and she felt like she was going to be sick.

In a very Jade-like manner she stood up and stormed out of the room. Nobody would suspect a thing, just Jade West being the usual gank and leaving class. She ran straight for the Janitor's Closet, making sure no one saw her enter. She closed the door behind her and checked to be sure the janitor wasn't sleeping in there before she locked herself in. She didn't want anybody to interrupt her, not when she was sitting on the floor hugging her knees to her chest. She had a reputation to uphold.

She managed to keep tears from falling. That was one of the skills she'd worked on when she first became the badass she was known as. She could either make herself cry, or she could keep the tears at bay. It was part of being an actress.

She stayed in there through three class periods and was only interrupted at lunch when she heard a knock on the door. She never replied until she heard the familiar redhead's voice. "Jade, open up. It's me. Nobody else is here."

The Goth had pulled herself to her feet and then opened the door carefully, making sure no one else was around like the girl had said. When she was positive no one else was there, she let the girl in and mumbled, "Hey Cat."

"Seriously Jade? Holing yourself up in the closet? Just like in middle school." Cat said the last part with a wink.

The Goth chuckled at her joke but then shrugged, "It's easier than being out in public. I don't have to keep up my tough act when I'm feeling like shit."

"Jade… come on; even for you this is new. You have to at least pull on your badass personality through the rest of the day. When we're done with today then you can relax. It's Friday. We'll go back to your place, watch some horror movies, eat some pizza. Things will be ok. You just have to come out of this shell you're living in." Cat wrapped an arm around the girl. "Come on Jade, just for the rest of the day."

Sighing, the raven haired girl stood and straightened herself out, pulling on her pissed off face and then stormed out of the closet with Cat trailing behind her, the redhead acting like the ditz everyone thought she was. It seemed normal. That was all that mattered. No one saw anything wrong with the picture. Jade was mad, Cat was attached to her at the hip. Things were normal.

When school ended the two did exactly as Cat said. They curled up on Cat's bed and watched horror movies and ate pizza. Jade wasn't even watching, just letting tears pour down her face so that she wouldn't feel the need to do it the next day. Then the two fell asleep, Jade curled up in the redhead's arms.

The next night was Halloween, and Jade had toughened up. Cat had left to go set up her place for a movie night with her boyfriend, seeing as how her ankle still hurt and she couldn't join Jade in trick-or-treating.

The Goth was smiling cheerfully that day, her mind off of the brunette when her nephew arrived, scooping him up into her arms and then playing with him all day. Her brother was glad to see that Jade was having a good time with Nathaniel, and Nathaniel was having a good time with his aunt.

"Jade! Hey Jade! We're gonna be pirates right?" Nathaniel asked, bouncing up and down excitedly, his bright blue eyes almost an exact match to Jade's.

Jade chuckled as she tousled his matching raven-black hair (dyed because he wanted to copy his aunt) and helped him change into his clothes, already in her own, "Arrr Captain Nate. We be pirates."

He giggled as she pulled his eye patch into place. "We're off to get us some loot!"

"Aye, Aye!" Jade replied, saluting. "First Mate Jay, reporting for duty!"

Nathaniel grabbed her hand and pulled her out the door. She called into the house one last goodbye before they were out on the street.

"So, are we gonna stop by Cat's house?" Nathaniel asked with a big smile.

"Of course we are."

"And she's going trick-or-treating with us right?" he asked, his grin threatening to split his face.

Jade smiled weakly and pat his head gently, "Not tonight honey, she hurt her ankle the other day. It's just going to be me and you."

He frowned and looked at the ground.

She quickly said, "But, seeing as how she's now a landlubber, you and I can go ransack her house and steal all of her loot, right?"

"Right!" He bounded off towards Cat's house, who was only three blocks away, stopping at every other house to get candy, trying to still get some sugar while trying to hurry to get to the redhead's house.

Jade chuckled as she followed behind.

When they arrived at the redhead's house, Nathaniel had already shoveled a large load of candy into his mouth and was having a hard time not bouncing up and down as he waited, his entire body vibrating from the sugar high. Jade was technically not supposed to let him eat too much candy because he'd crash, so she just pretended to not notice all the candy he kept 'sneaking', hoping that the night wouldn't last too long. It'd been a pretty long day, and if he crashed it wouldn't be too bad a thing. Her brother honestly was ok with him crashing, her sister-in-law was a bit more adamant about Nathaniel not eating too much sugar.

The pirate captain continued to press the doorbell at an increasingly faster rate, calling loudly, "CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!"

Jade was smiling as she watched. Then the smile fell from her face as the door opened and she found herself face to face with the brunette she was trying to put out of her mind.

"…Jay…?" Tori asked slowly.

Jade cringed inwardly but said smoothly, "Hey Tori, what are you doing here?"

The singer narrowed her eyes, "I'm friends with Cat…. I could ask you the same thing, you know."

The bouncing child pushed past Tori in a hurry yelling, "CAT I'VE COME TO STEAL YOUR TREASURE!"

Jade chuckled as she watched her nephew dash into the house, "Cat and I are childhood friends."

Tori was a bit surprised by the little boy running past her. "Your… kid?"

Jade couldn't help but laugh a little, "No, my brother's. I promised I'd be take him trick-or-treating to give my brother a night off. His name's Nathaniel, but for tonight he is Captain Nate."

"He's the captain you were talking about at the party?" the brunette asked, a little surprised.

"Of course. If I didn't have an actual captain, I would've been one. Now then…" Jade glanced into the house a little, "… Am I going to have to stand out here all night?"

"O-Oh, r-right, come on in," Tori stuttered, opening the door and allowing the pirate in.

Jade strode past her confidently, but her stomach was tying itself into knots, her throat drying. She headed into the other room with Tori on her heels. If she could sweat, Jade would've sworn her hands were getting clammy.

The Goth found her captain accepting a cookie from the redhead who'd wrapped her foot in ace bandages. Nate looked up at his aunt and grinned, cookie crumbs peppering his face and he held up his bag saying, "I got cookies!"

"Stole cookies," Jade corrected.

"Stole cookies!" he exclaimed happily, jiggling the bag around a bit before tossing it into his candy sack.

Jade's eyes then met with Cat's who hobbled over and hugged her, giving her a slight wink and saying, "Jay."

"Kit-Cat," Jade smirked, ruffling the redhead's hair.

Tori frowned slightly. Where had she heard that nickname before? She just couldn't place it and it irked her. Then there was the fact that her pirate and her friend seemed to be on REALLY good terms with each other. Everything was eating away at her.

"It saddened me and the cap'n that you weren't able to accompany us as our redheaded navigator. We do wish you well and that your ankle will heal," Jade said, pulling away from the hug.

Cat smiled warmly, "And I'm honored you had saved the position for me, but alas, my ailing ankle has kept me from the candy of the night!"

Jade grins, "Well, you'll just have to make it up to me later, eh?"

Cat giggles.

The singer seemed a bit taken aback and confused. They were definitely too close. She'd hoped that she'd been imagining the fact that her pirate had carried the redhead out of the dance. It was looking like it wasn't just her imagination. Now she only wished she'd heard what they were saying to each other.

Jade was about to say something else when the brunette cut in, "So how long have you two known each other?"

The first mate quirked an eyebrow and replied, "Since we were around 5 years old. We were fast friends. We always trick-or-treated together as well. Been a long time since we did any of it together though."

Cat grinned, "We were the bestest of the bestest and most adorable in our costumes! My brother would take pictures for us. He once ate a roll of film you know."

"Really?" Tori asked, a flame of envy burning in the pit of her stomach.

"Yep, the entire thing!"

Tori shook her head and blinked, "No, I was talking about you guys trick-or-treating together."

"Oh! Our costumes were amazing! We were bride and groom, salsa dancers, a devil and an angel, and life and death. Oh we had a lot of fun!" The redhead practically bounced up and down like her sugar high nephew.

Jade smirked at the redhead's enthusiasm.

Tori's face distorted into a pout and Jade wasn't able to stop herself from wrapping an arm around the half-Latina and whispering into the girl's ear, "Don't worry. Cat and I, we've never been a thing, and neither of us plan on it either. Her sights are set on someone else."

The brunette turned a dark shade of red, matching Cat's hair. The hostess looked at the two in confusion, having not heard what was said, but judging from the singer's red face and Jade's now nervous lip biting and fidgeting hands, she could figure out what was going on.

They were interrupted when Nate pulled on Jade's shirt, "Jay, I want some milk."

Before the Goth could respond, Cat said quickly, "Tori, can you get some milk? I wanna talk to Jay alone."

The brunette wanted to protest, but when she looked into both Cat and Nate's innocent eyes she couldn't help it and found herself searching the cabinets for a cup, the little pirate captain following close behind.

Cat quickly pulled Jade out of the room and hissed, "Jade, you have got to make up your mind. Seriously, don't waver back and forth. Tori came over here on the verge of tears and was trying to weed information out of me both yesterday and today. I don't have time to deal with your drama. Robbie will be here within ten minutes and I haven't even gotten cute yet!"

"Sorry Cat," Jade said, frowning slightly, "I didn't think she'd come over here. I was hoping I could have the weekend brunette free so I could think."

"She supposedly saw you carry me out and her mind is going crazy with what is going on between us. You've got to figure out what you want to say to her. I've been keeping her at bay, but she thinks there's something going on between the two of us."

"I told her there was nothing going on between us already. Besides, why don't you just tell her who you're dating and that he's coming over tonight?" the Goth asked with a slight frown. "Seriously, it's been two months; you've got to tell everyone at some point."

The redhead groaned, "Don't turn this on me. Look, my boyfriend is coming over and you're leaving. You're taking Tori with you."

Jade's eyes widened as her voice became frantic, "What?! Cat! Don't do this to me, seriously! I don't even know what's going on! I was a mess yesterday! Can't she just go home on her own?!"

"Today is a new day, you need to talk things out with her and figure out your feelings. I am not going to be caught in the middle of this," Cat said with a huff. "You need to get Tori out of here and take her with you. I want a night with my boyfriend, and you two have to figure out your own shit."

The Goth groaned, "Fine…."

Cat then beamed at her and said, "Now then, hurry and get your ass out of my house. I love you, but you are not my top priority right now."

The two went back into the kitchen to find Nate finishing his glass of milk, chugging the last bit of it as Tori cheered him on. "Chug! Chug! Chug!"

He plopped his glass down on the counter and grinned, a milk mustache prominent on his upper lip.

Jade looked Tori dead in the eye and said, "Get changed. Cat's going to give you her pirate garb and you're coming with me."

The singer looked at her in confusion, "What?"

"Cat has some… company… who's coming over, and so we have to get out of her hair."

Tori looked at the redhead. "Company?"

"Robbie," Cat said, though she tried to keep her voice innocent. The singer still had a slight frown on her face trying to see why it was such a big deal, so the redhead had to amend, "my boyfriend."

The brunette's jaw dropped, "You and Robbie?! You're… dating?! How long?!"

Cat giggled and pretended that it wasn't that big of a deal, "Like a month or two."

Tori opened her mouth to say something but shut it. "You know what, congratulations. I'm now going to go change into your pirate clothes. I think it'd be best if I'm not here when you're with your boyfriend."

Cat pretended to be confused, but she led the girl up to her room and they returned five minutes later.

The redhead then practically shoved her three guests out the door. Then she closed the door and sighed, hobbling over to the couch and taking a seat. She then grinned mischievously as she pulled out her phone and dialed a number.

"So… Robbie, you want to come over and hang tonight? I'm kind of stuck in the house with my twisted ankle. Jade said she wouldn't come take care of me. Yeah? Bring lots of ice cream and some chick flicks. Half an hour? Kay, Kay! See you then. Byyyyye!" She clicked the end call button and smiled in satisfaction with herself. Finally, some real peace and quiet. No Jade, No Tori. Now that she'd dealt with their issue for the night it would be just her and her boyfriend.

As she waited for Robbie to arrive, she could only smirk as she wondered what the outcome of the night would be for her two friends.


A/N: What'd you guys think? let me know~~~~ Don't you guys just love how manipulative little Cat is? Haha, Robbie is coming over in ten minutes my ass xD that boy had no clue he'd just been used to kick Jade and Tori out of her house xD bahahahaha xD So yeah, hope you guys like this chapter, I'll start working on the third one soon :)