It was a dark July morning. Me and Cat sat in rocking chairs on the porch of our summer house. Beck had stayed home in Hollywood with the kids but me and Cat had left for our summer home in San Diego for a few days.
Cat: Do you remember your life before going to the home for girls?
Jade: Do you?
Cat: you didn't answer my question
Jade: do you?
Cat: Kinda
Jade: tell me
Cat: but you make fun of it because I had a bad childhood.
Jade: no I won't! Trust me
Cat: I don't really feel like it
Jade: If you tell me yours, I will tell you mine.
Cat: Ok
Cat's flashback while telling the story.
It was a Thursday night when Cat was four and Cat's father hadn't come home from work yet. Her mother had began to worry. Suddenly he burst through the door. His legs were wobbly and he talked funny. Cat had seen her father like this once before, but she managed to escape before he could hurt her. He slapped her mother across the face and started to walk upstairs. Cat had been watching on the stairs and started to run up but..
John: Stop!
Cat froze on the stairs and turned around facing her dad.
John: where do you think you're going Caterina?
Cat didn't like to be called by her actual name.
Cat: umm nowhere?!
John : don't play innocent with me.
He punched Cat in the nose, hard. Her nose started bleeding and she was too shocked to cry. He mother crept up on the stairs behind her father, putting one finger over her lips meaning 'Quiet', then slammed a hammer into his head. Her father fell onto the stairs.
Lydia: Cat here is a cloth for your nose.
she handed Cat a cloth.
Lydia: and we have to get out of here, Cat, quickly!
Cat took her mother's hand and ran down the stairs. They ran to the car and drove off.
Cat: mama? What was wrong with dad?
Lydia: your father was drunk
Cat: what's that?
Lydia: you will know when you're older baby.
Cat: where are we going?
Lydia: to a home for girls
Cat: why? Mama? Why?
Cat started to cry.
Lydia: don't be sad child! If you're daddy finds us, he would hurt you. I don't want you to get hurt. But someday I will find you again! I promise!
Lydia and her child ran up to the door. She knocked on it quickly. A lady opened and asked
Lady: How may I help you?
Lydia: my daughters father is drunk every night and I don't want my baby to get hurt! Will you find her another family? Please?
Lady: course! What's her name?
Lydia:Caterina "Cat" Thompson
Lady: ok such a cute little girl
Lydia: thanks you so much! bye sweetie! Give your mom one last hug!
Cat ran to her mom and gave her a hug. She didn't want to let go but she had to. She cried even more when her mom pulled out of the drive way.
Cat started to run after the car.
Cat: Mama! Mama don't go!
End if flashback
Cat: My last name was changed to Valentine when I was adopted. And I never saw my mom again.
Cat had tears flowing down her cheeks.
Jade: I'm sorry!
Jade pulled Cat into a hug.
Cat: what about you?
Jade: here we go
And you already know the story.
Cat: I'm so sorry!
Jade: well at least your father didn't mean to hurt you.
Cat: thanks. And that's why I acted dumb in high school. I wanted everyone to like me and think that the adopted family was my real one. I didn't want to be sad all the time and I didn't want everyone to know my past. I wanted to happy and perky.
Jade: now it makes sense! Do you wanna go watch a movie?
Cat: sure let's go!
We walked inside the summer home and started a movie. I'm glad I have Cat. I'm always gonna have her by my side
Extra characters:
Cat doesn't count as an extra character now because she is apart of the story.
John: Cat's real father
Lydia: Cat's real mother
Lady: the lady who answered the door at the home for girls
Thank you for the reviews! And I actually shed a few tears writing Cat's past.
