There was something there with Cat... Something I've never felt before. And I know I keep going back to that but it's true.
Everything was going great… it was like a dream. My mom and I had our fights about Cat, but it was always delta with… At least until the other day.
"So… you want to go down stairs for some coffee?" I ask her. We were up studying for a chem. Test tomorrow. It was about 10 o'clock and we were both yawning.
"I'd rather just sit here and cuddle…" She says. I knew she didn't want to go down stairs because of my mom.
"She's not going to eat you, you know." I tell her, trying to get her to come down stairs because I needed coffee.
"Yes she will." Cat said bluntly.
"Come on. You look like you're about to pass out." I coax her.
"What's that supposed to me?! Do I have bags under my eyes?!" She says covering her face.
"Stop avoiding the subject Cat. My mom is going to have to put up with you, because I'm not letting you go anywhere."
"Aww. Thanks Robbie!" She say leaning over about to kiss me.
"I know what you're doing." I say.
"And what would that me?" Cat says climbing on my lap and taking my face with her hands.
"Cat… you can't do this."
"What? I'm not allowed to kiss my boyfriend?" She asks flirtatiously.
"You know what I mean. You can't avoid my mother." I say getting out from under her and pulling her off of the bed. She falls onto her face.
"I'm not going any!" She says pulling back.
"Cat…" I say leaning down and tickling her. She bursts into laughter trying to scramble away.
"You're never gonna get me down stairs! I refuse to give up!" She shouts rolling away from me.
"You have to remember… I'm a man. Which means I'm capable of doing this." I say putting one arm around her waist and hoisting her up and over my shoulder. Her head was hanging by my mid back.
"Robbie! That's not fair! Put me down!" She laughs.
"Nope!" I smile knowing I've won."
"Robbie! Now!" She says still laughing.
"Uh-uh." I refuse.
"Please?" She says in a cute voice.
"Asking politely isn't going to help this time." I smile.
"Ugh. Fine." She gives up. "I'm still not going to say anything to her."
I don't respond. "This is kinda fun!" Cat says enthusiastically. All of the sudden a hand smacks against my butt half way down the stairs.
"What was that?" I say to her.
"You have a nice butt… I never noticed… Maybe it just looks better upside down…" She acts confused.
"Thank you?" I say weirdly.
"You're welcome." She laughs.
"We get all the way down the stairs when fling her back over my shoulder and set her on my feet. She looks at me and tilts to the side before grabbing my shoulder. "I'm dizzy!" She laughs.
"I think you're high too! Why so giggly?" I ask her.
"I get like this when I'm tired…" She says trying not to laugh but ends up doing it anyway.
We walk into the kitchen to see my dad reading a news paper and my mom on her tablet. She briefly looks up at us, and as Cat walks to the coffee machine, she gives her a look.
"Hey mom!" I say to her giving her a look back telling her 'I saw that.'
"Hello." She says and goes back to her work. Cat looks at me and gives me a glare.
"So mom… Cat and I are gonna go cram for a little bit longer. Is that ok?" I ask her.
"By what I heard… you weren't cramming." My mom glares at Cat and she notices. Cat looks at me with a sad and pissed off face.
"Mom. Don't look at her like that!" I yell.
"Like what?" My mom tries to defend her. My dad looks up from his paper and looks at my mother. He knew she hated Cat. He was fine with her and I think he was going to take my side soon.
"Honey. Don't you think your getting a little bit out of hand? Cat is a sweet, nice girl and she's great for Robbie. Look at them!" My dad says. Cat smiles at that.
"Thank you Mr. Shapiro." She says softly.
"Anytime Cat. You're a sweetheart." He smiles back.
"Why are you defending her!" My mom yells at him.
"You're treating her like shit! She doesn't deserve it!" He says back frustrated.
"Do you want me to be completely honest with her?" She looks at him and then at Cat. "I think you're a stuck up bitch. I think you're using my son. I think that once you get what you want, you're going to leave him and hurt him more than could be fixed. I don't trust you. I don't like you. And I think that you should get out of my sons life."
I stood there with my mouth on the floor. How could someone say that, let alone my mother.
Cat stood there. She didn't move. She didn't say a word. You could see the tears forming in her eyes but she pushed them back. She was stronger than I expected. My mom looks at her.
"Just gonna stand there? Act like you fine? Act like I'm wrong? Because we all know I'm right." My mom provokes her.
"Wow… You are so mature. A grown woman picking on a kid a 1/3 of her age… It's just wrong." Cat says. "Thank you Mr. Shapiro for actually giving me a chance. Taking a chance to actually get to know who I am. I appreciate it. I'm going to go now…" Cat walks up the stairs and into my room. Seconds later she is walking back down them. She walks out the door leaving it open behind her. I look at my mom.
"You don't understand what you just did…" I say straight face to her.
"All I did was tell her the truth." She defends herself.
"Yea and all you did was just lose your son." I say grabbing my coat and walking out the front door.
Cat was running across the lawn. I run up to her steps as she is about to walk in the door. The tears were rolling down her face and her eyes were blood shot.
"Cat…" I say. She turns and looks straight at me.
"What do you want!?" She says rudely.
"I'm sorry about my mom."
"Yea of course you are… You always are! But is it ever going to stop! When is she going to get enough!" Cat yells at me.
"I don't know! I don't know why she hates you so much! And I'm sorry that she does but who cares… As long as I have you… Cat, it's you and me against the world…"
"Yea you and me against the world… the world is trying to drive us apart. How much longer do you think I'm going to be able to fight back?!" She says frustrated.
"So what do you want to do?" I ask her.
"Why don't we stop pretending? Stop pretending like this is going to go anywhere! Like we're going to be together and happy with your mom like this. It's either this constantly or none of it. And I honestly don't know how much more of this I can take."
"Cat… I love you. I have never loved anyone else as much as you. You are my everything. And I'm not ready to lose that!" I say to her grabbing her hand. "It's you and me against the world…Forever."
So... Where do you think this is going to go... I'm actually not quiet sure yet so we will find out together haha. REVIEW