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"Come on, Catarina," Jade said impatiently, arms crossed as she tapped her foot when Cat didn't answer her. "I'm waiting." She added in a singsong voice. Silence. "Alright, this is bullshit. I'm going. I just wasted my time here." And with that she turned on her heel and headed to the door.

"Wait," Cat said when Jade was halfway through closing her door. "Jade." The door opened once more, Jade's face serious with a questioning look. "I… I'm just sick! See?" Cat put her hand on her neck, encouraging Jade to feel her neck. Jade did, Cat was kind of burning.

"You weren't entirely convincing," Jade said. "What's up?"

"Look, I just had it rough at school the other day," Cat answered with her squeaky voice. "It's nothing. Thanks for coming though. I'm glad you did." She gave Jade her signature smile but her knowing voice gave her away.

"I know you are," Jade replied in a knowing, cold tone. "And I'm not going to repeat myself over and over again. I thought we were over this." The brunette added slowly, her fingers pinched to emphasize that she meant every single word.

"Jade, I haven't done anything," Cat pressed, her eyebrows scrunching up, hands spread out in explanation. "And I told you, it's done. I'm done."

"You're not being that believable Cat," Jade spat back, her patience slowly going down. "But, whatever. If you say so, I'll believe you." Cat bit her lip and laid back on her bed. "Besides, I've apologized a thousand times, I've tried making you stay away, and you know how I feel about Beck. I've made that clear to you before every shit happened to us!"

-flashback-

Jade's PoV

Cat and I were on our way to my house to do some script for our Screenwriting elective.

"Jade?" Cat murmured, eyes down on the road and books hugged tightly.

"Mhmm?" I answered, eyes straightforward on the road.

"I'm sorry," the magenta-haired girl said in a low voice, sighing loudly.

"I know that already. Stop sighing" I said irritably. "Besides, it's done."

I was honestly glad we never talked about that kiss. That kiss that happened a week ago. And the same kiss that my best friend haven't stopped apologizing for. I'm glad we never talked about it. I don't think I could go through that shit. I'm all about Beck now. I mean, he's so sweet, and talented and him being too entirely hot is like plus points. He gets me. He knows what's up, if I'm down, bored or whatever. It's like he knows me more than Cat does. I think I may have fallen for him but I don't know yet. Maybe I'll make it official tomorrow. Every time I talk to him, I forget all the bullshit in my life. I even forget what happened between me and Cat, so I like that. He's absolutely amazing. Every day, it's just Beck, Beck and more Beck. Anyway, back to the point. I was so glad we didn't have to talk about that kiss. I don't know what I would say. For one, I'm not good with emotional stuff, and two, I honestly know I'm straight. It just bothered me. I never imagined I'd experience that. I don't have time to deal with Cat and her confusion. I'm not being mean but come on. She's my best friend, I get that, but what do I do when she gets confused with who she is and decides to experiment with me, without my permission? This is so fucked up, right?

We get to my house and I told her we'd just do the homework in the music room, which has no doors. Just in case. Yes, I'm being a paranoid piece of work right now. What if she jumps on me again? We get caught, my chances of being with Beck will be ruined, my parents would flip more than 360 times and my life will be over.

Cat blabs on about a topic for our script and I just nod at all the right moments. She likes these kinds of things, writing and all. I'm not all that patient to type and type. I like giving out ideas and others doing the dirty work. Well, Cat does like those things. We're so opposite but we get along. She types away with my idea that I pitched in earlier at school. I was just there texting Beck and all when I feel Cat pinch my arm.

"Ow!" I exclaimed, my hands spread out, eyebrows scrunched up. "What is wrong with you?" I look at Cat who was obviously shaken with my reaction. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to shout at you. What is it?"

She shook her head and mumbled "Nevermind," and returned back to typing.

"No, really, Cat," I said, composing myself from my seat as I scratched my neck. "What do you wanna say?"

"I uh… I um…" she stuttered. "I wanna ask… If maybe you wanna…um... talk about it."

I look at her incredulously for a moment, trying to think what she was talking about when it hit me, "Nah… I'm good."

"C'mon, Jade," she insisted, giving me her puppy-dog eyes. "I mean, aren't you curious why?"

"I think I already do," I replied as I wrote some dialogue ideas on to a pad. "And I have no problem with it. I accept you."

"You're not avoiding this are you?" Cat asked like she was scared of me. I mean I know she isn't scared of me like the others. She knows who I am. "I'm not stupid Jade. If you want me out of your life, just say so." She ended with a low voice and a shrug. I knew she wouldn't stay out of my life even if I said yes. Not that I would say yes. That's mean and I'm not that mean to her. I like her around. She's my best friend.

"If I did, would you be here in my house? Would you be the partner I picked for class?" I asked back. "I'm not avoiding anything. I just think there's nothing more to that kiss that's supposed to enlighten me to who you are. You're gay. I get it and frankly, I don't give a crap if you are because you're my best friend. I accept who you are and in general, I don't care if you're gay or not as long as you're useful in the world then you deserve to exist." I turn back to my writing and she stands up to leave.

"Where are you going?" I ask behind my notepad.

"Hungry," she said. She came back a few minutes with some gummy worms.

"Look, Jade," Cat started again. "We're gonna have to-"

"Just shut it," I snapped. I'm starting to get irritated. "I'm not gonna say this again, Cat. I don't ever wanna talk about it. Not now that things are going great between Beck and I. I'm too into him to get my thoughts screwed up." I pressed, hands motioning to emphasize my words.

"If you really like him, then no matter what I say won't change your mind about him!" Cat snapped. Oh boy, it sucked when she snaps. She starts nearly crying. She hates fights, people snapping at her, angry people, everything negative. She hates that.

"I do like him," I replied as-a-matter-of-factly. "A lot. And you've known that ever since. And I don't need you crying over this so just stop it." I look over to her to see her mouth open in shock. She stands up and gathers her stuff.

"Where're you going?" I asked again, looking intently at her.

"Home," she said in an angry huff. I shake my head, knowing that by tomorrow, she'll have forgotten about this stupid argument we're having. "I'll finish the script at home with our notes. Don't worry, I'll never bother you," she stops in front of me as I raise my eyebrow at her. "Not again. I'm sorry, Jade. For everything. I promise to stay out of your life but just say the word and I'll be back in." She turns on her heel to leave.

"I never said I wanted you out of my life," I muttered just enough for her to hear. She turns to me. "It was just a kiss!"

"Just a kiss. That's what it is to you, Jade," Cat replied to me in a hard, cold tone and with a serious eye-to-eye stare. "But it's not to me. It never was!" She hurriedly leaves.

She left me wondering about what she said to me. I asked myself is she was serious. I don't really know when Cat is serious with her words seeing as she always forgets them in a moment. I don't think she'll forget about this though. It's a pretty bad fight. Probably the worst fight I had with her.

-End Flashback-

"I said I was sorry!" Cat exclaimed, tears ready to spill as Jade locked the door. The brunette walked over to were Cat was and crouched in front of her.

Taking a deep breath, Jade started to talk. "I am too, Cat. I really am. Please, tell me what's wrong. I know you long enough to know there's something off. Please don't lie to me. I care about you and I want to know what you're thinking."

Cat shook her head rather strongly, determined to keep her tears from falling. "I… I can't, okay? I can't!"

"It's just us now, Cat. No one's here. Only me. Please," the brunette pleaded the magenta-haired girl again, squeezing her hand in encouragement.

"I just. I felt bad. Okay? People were saying… were being mean," Cat admitted as she buried her head in her pillow, leaving Jade crouched in front of her bed. The brunette stood up to sit beside the nearly-crying girl.

"Who is? I'll make sure they won't do that to you again," Jade said in a soothing voice as she rubbed Cat's back. "Tell me."

"You," Cat muffled from beneath her pillows.

"Who? I didn't catch that," Jade asked once again. Cat answered more clearly this time. "Me?" Jade asked. "When?"

"Look, I'm used to you being all mean and that," Cat started to explain as she sat back on her bed, face covered with her hands. "But, I guess I just snapped."

"Oh my goodness," Jade replied, sitting beside Cat and taking her hands. "I am sorry. I'm so, so sorry. You know I'm like that. I didn't think it'd affect you so much." The brunette hugged the smaller girl.

Cat shook her head as they both pulled away. "It's alright. I know you care. I know you didn't mean them."

"What exactly did I say that made you snap?" Jade asked, her eyes searching for answers.

"That I… That I was screwed up," the smaller girl replied in a low voice.

Jade bit her lip. "I don't know what else to say but I'm sorry. I was out of line. I should've known you better."

"It's alright," Cat replied, giving her a small smile. "It's my fault I'm too sensitive. I just didn't think it'd happen to me, you know? Breaking down like this for no reasonable reasons."

"But this is reasonable," Jade persisted. "And I'm really very sorry. I guess from the nearly 2 years that we haven't talked like we did then, I missed out on some of your personality."

"It's not your fault," Cat seriously said. "If 'it' didn't happen, we wouldn't have fallen apart… I wouldn't… I wouldn't have lost you. You wouldn't have walked out on me." She trailed, choking back tears but failing quite miserably as the dams broke.

"Again, I'm sorry for calling you that. Besides, I didn't walk out from you. Things just got too intense we weren't able to handle it," the brunette softened her voice as she wiped tears off of Cat's face. "Please don't cry."

"I'll be okay," Cat said with a smile plastered on her face. She took a huge, deep breath to stop her tears, which fortunately, succeeded. Cat stood up and headed to her bathroom to clean her face.

After a few minutes, she came out all fresh and clean in the face. She saw Jade on her phone again. The brunette looked up and gave her a smile. "Hey, Cat, I gotta head home now. I need to baby sit Topaz. Mom's on her night shift and Dad's out in New York for the week." She started to stand up and walk towards Cat. She opened her arms and Cat enthusiastically welcomed Jade's embrace.

"I missed this," Cat said, smiling into the hug.

"I do too," Jade replied. "Now I gotta go feed that chipmunk." They both pulled away and smiled at each other. Jade gathered her stuff and headed out the door.

"Tell you brother I miss him!" Cat added which earned her an audible 'yeah' from the brunette.

Things may just start to look pretty good for both of them.


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