Jade hadn't meant to say that. At all. She was even shocked herself when the words spilt out. She had planned to tell her everything she had been feeling, the sleepless nights, and the butterflies in her stomach, the loss of appetite and not returning Beck's calls, all because of this innocent little human. But Robbie was the first thing that popped into her head? She basically threw the boy's chances down the well of the abyss.

"Ohhhh…" Cat looked down at her hands, playing with her pinkie. "Really?" She furrowed her eyebrows and pursed her pink lips that Jade was now watching. Why the hell was she always staring at her lips?! Cat started playing with her ends again and bit her bottom lip. Jade had had enough. If she stood any longer she was going to regret her next actions. She swallowed hard. "I'm sorry," she said hoarsely and quickly left Cat alone, as usual.

At lunch the next day, everyone sat in their usual spots, chatting about the latest things. When one of them asked where Robbie was, Cat threw herself under the table. Everyone looked at each other with raised eyebrows. Surely it wasn't too unusual, but, right now?

"Cat, honey. What are you doing?" Tori asked, looking under the table. Cat was on her hands and knees. She quickly scanned the ground with her hands. "I… just…uh, lost my glasses!"

"You don't wear glasses," Andre said.

"Oh, right," Cat replied with a nervous giggle. She crawled out from under the table and sat again back in her seat and started nibbling her salad as if nothing had just happened. After a few shrugs everyone else continued on with their chat.

"Speaking of weird, does anyone know what's gotten into Jade all of the sudden? Beck, do you know anything?"

Beck only shook his head as he reached for the nachos in front of him. "She just keeps getting stomaches. Hope it's nothing serious."

"Is it maybe…" Andre looked at the girls across from him. "You know…"

Getting the hint Tori and Cat glanced at each other. Cat knew Jade better. Cat only shook her head. "No, it has to be something else. I asked her what was wrong when she told me that …augh!" Cat quickly silenced herself by stuffing lettuce into her mouth.

"Told you what?" Beck urged. Cat shook her head and said something purposely muffled.

"Cat! Chew your food!" Tori scolded the red head and tried to pull out the lettuce from her mouth. "Ew! Cat, what are you a rabbit?" Cat started giggling.

"What are you guys doing?" Jade's cool voice came from behind Beck. They all turned with smiles. "Heeeey, feeling better?"

"Well enough." Beck moved over to let her sit at his side. "Hey, have you seen Robbie?"

Jade nodded and casually ate off Beck's plate. "Yeeaap, he's on cleanup duty. He was caught into volunteering and we all know what a sweetheart (loser) he can be."

Cat forced a smile as everyone started chatting up again. Cat didn't say anything, just stared at her plate, quietly, once in a while shuffling her food with her fork. Jade watched her from across the table. Cat looked down. Was it because she had said Robbie liked Cat? She thought maybe that would cheer her up but it was true that Cat had not been overjoyed with the "news".

Before 3rd period, Cat was grabbing a few things from her locker when she suddenly heard Jade and Robbie's voice. She looked around frantically for a place to hide and quickly skittered into the janitor's closet.

Jade had bumped into the boy in the hallway. Seeing as his hands were full, he requested her to open up the janitor's closet for him. She was helping him get a few things to carry, so he didn't have to keep going back and forth.

"Just a mop?" Jade asked when she reached for the door's handle. The door swung open a crack and a hand thrust out a mop. Jade stared at it in confusion then took it when she realized it was Cat by the bracelets on the wrist, she was hiding inside and most likely didn't want to be discovered. By Robbie?

"Here, have fun," she turned and gave Robbie the mop. He thanked her and was on his way.

Jade then turned to the closet and crossed her arms. "Cat."

"Occupied!" a shrill voice came from inside.

"You're not in the bathroom!" Jade shouted, she snatched the door open and found Cat cringing in the corner, hiding her face. "Friend or foe!"

"Damnit Cat!"

At hearing Jade's tone, Cat looked up and saw her. "Robbie?" Jade shook her head.

"I sent him on his way. Were you hiding from him?"

Cat slowly stood up, ruffling her dress. "Um yea… funny how when you find out people have feelings for you and you run away and try to avoid them," she said with an uneasy laugh.

"Yea…" Jade pursed her lips, "hilarious."

"Do you not like Robbie?"

"I…I-I see him as a friend and I really can't picture us together. I mean what would our kids be like? All this stuff keeps popping into my-"

"Whoa, kitty cat. Whoa. A little ahead of yourself." Jade bade her to come out of the closet and to sit on the bench to listen to her. Cat followed and pulled her skirt from behind her thighs to hold tight as she sat down beside Jade. Jade was looking intently at her.

Cat gave a tight smile, shrugging. "He's sweet and I'm sweet, I need someone with contrast."

Jade eyebrows narrowed in confusion for a split second. "Contrast?"

"Yea, kinda like you Jade."

Damnit don't say crap like that. Jade swallowed hard and tried not to look her in the eye. Cat seemed to be really taxing herself over the Robbie issue. She had no idea this would happen. She looked away down the hallway to see if anyone was coming. She turned to Cat to find her looking at her in wonder.

"Listen Cat…" She had to fix this. "It's just a rumor." Well it was true that he was gung-ho on Cat but he never said anything. Just the way he looked at her was the clue she got from it. But to throw it in Cat's face and throwing Robbie under the bus just to defend herself seemed petty.

"You're not the type to spread rumors Jade. Are you sure there's nothing else?"

Jade side bit her lip, she quickly avoided the question. "You know a lot of guys find you cute, you should get a boyfriend. That way Robbie will back off, if that is your major concern that is." Jade's concern was to get Cat distracted so Jade wouldn't notice her.

Cat sat a moment in silence, raising her eyebrows as she looked at the ceiling. "Hmm," she tilted her head to the side. She would do this cute thing where she would purse her lips and play with the ends of her hair when she was thinking. If you didn't snap her out of it she would start to think about other things in that exact minute. That's how flighty she was. Jade took in a deep breath and stood up.

"Well! I'll leave that to you, I need to go find Beck since I missed class. Think about what I said. There's someone in this school for you Cat." Let it be soon!

"Kay Kay," Cat smiled and waved at her as she turned to leave.

The last class Cat had someone she was gushing about. His name was Tom. She met him in theatre class at the beginning of the semester. He had been watching Cat with interest since he laid eyes on her and introduced himself. Cat, with no need of a boyfriend, had never really paid attention to him, until now. He asked her out and she readily accepted. He was nice and bright and said smart things. They had been paired up once and he seemed quite adamant, if not patient, in asking her out. He had come up to her, rubbing his sweaty palms and asked her about the weather. Before Cat could answer him by checking the weather on her pear phone, he quickly said that he thought she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. Cat taken amiss, thanked him with her bright smiles, saying he was sweet and then he proceeded to ask her if she would be interested in seeing a movie with him.

By the end of the day they were holding hands and he was carrying her things.

Cat met Jade and the crew in the hallway. "Hi guys! You remember Tommy?"

"It's actually just Tom," Tom said with a quirky smile. Everyone said their greetings and Cat was explaining to them what he did. But Jade was not listening, she was staring Tom down with her icy glare. Was this the guy she had picked? And when Cat verified that they were dating, Jade drew in a breath and forced a smile. It was technically what she wanted. Careful what you wish for indeed.

"Well," she said loudly and everyone hushed. "Be nice." Was all she said before she walked off. Tom asked if anything was wrong. She overheard Cat's giggle, "Noooo, Jade's always like that. She's my spirit animal." She said with a hop in her step as she leaded him away, waving bye to her friends. Tori stood and watched it all. She had detected from the little "meeting" that Jade was miffed. About what though? Jade had Beck and now Cat had someone she could cling to. Shouldn't everyone just be happy?

Andre nodded with a smile. "Well alright. Little Red's growing up." Robbie however looked mortified. Tori shrugged with a tight smile. "We'll see I guess. Relax Robbie. He isn't her type. For now."

She was sure something else was going on and she was going to find out what.