Got some more time so I figured I'd write another chapter :)
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Have you ever done something so bad that no matter what you do it can't be fixed?
Something that changes the way everyone looks at you.
They call you names.
Have you ever been called a murderer?
I have.
Cat sat in her garden, until the early hours of the morning, just watching, watching the fire burn.
Watching the shed be swallowed up by the huge flames, the smoke shooting up into the atmosphere, seeing the shed fall to pieces, individual pieces burning, until finally, it stopped.
Cat sat awake in bed, holding her knees to her chest, she didn't like that she had done that, but in the moment, she lost control, she heard a voice in her head telling her to burn it.
The next day, back at school, Cat tried to play down like nothing ever happened.
"Hey Cat, there was an awful lot of smoke coming from around your house last night, what happened?" Beck asked as she walked to her locker, Cat had to think fast to string up an excuse.
"Oh yeah it was the house next to mine, they had a bit of a fire but everything is okay now".
Beck nodded along to her words, no one could really see it yet, Cat's anger, the fire, but soon, so they just might catch on.
"Are you gonna audition for the play today?" Cat changed the subject quickly, auditions were being held for a new play they would be putting on, it was a romantic play, which had a few kiss scenes in, Cat loved doing romance, she loved stage kissing, secretly she hoped Beck would play the male lead and if she got the female lead, the two could kiss...
"I am, are you?" he asked, Cat nodded with excitement, "well auditions are already starting, lets go" he took her hand and lead her to the theater.
They walked in, quite a few students were sat down, Tori was on stage, with a guy doing her audition.
Cat came in just in time to see Tori do her kiss, afterward the two stood before the crowd, who applauded them.
Tori, beaming a huge smile ran off stage to sit with Beck and Cat.
"Tori, you were so good" Cat smiled as the two made eye contact.
"Thank you, are you going to audition?" she asked sitting down.
"Yeah"
"Well good luck Cat" Tori put a hand on her shoulder.
Tori then handed Cat the script, Cat opened it and flicked through, the play was about a young boy from a rather wealthy family falling for a girl that came from a rough background, the two would meet one day at the train station, the girl, with no place to call home, sitting against the wall with a plastic cup half filled with loose change.
Soon it was Cat's turn to audition.
She was called on stage, along with Beck, and Andre, they were told to do the scene where the boy, played by Beck, meet's the girl, played by Cat, for the first time.
"Action" the teacher yelled, after Cat had sat down against a prop wall.
Cat put her head down, staring at the floor, she looked like a lost soul.
Andre, who would be the reason that brought the boy and the girl together, walked by, and stopped in front of Cat.
He dropped down to a knee, and put a hand under her chin, making her look at him.
"You uh, looking for some money?" he asked.
Cat nodded slowly.
Andre whipped out a stack of 'fake' notes, catching Cat's attention.
"I give you all this, if you do something for me" his tone was hushed.
"I'm... I'm not a whore..." Cat spoke softly and slowly.
"I'm not asking, I'm telling you" Andre put his arms under Cat's shoulders and lifted her up, pressing her against the wall.
"No, I don't want to" Cat was weak, she couldn't fight him off, the only thing she could do was beg him to let go.
Beck, on cue, walked by, stopping as he heard Andre shout some abusive language at Cat.
"Hey" he walked over, putting his hand on Andre's shoulder.
He looked Cat in her big, brown, beautiful eyes, she was crying too, stage crying was something Cat could do very well, it looked just like she was actually crying.
"You got a problem?" Andre turned to Beck, "As a matter of fact I do, its wrong to treat a girl that way"
"It's none of your business, now get out of here" he pushed Beck away.
Andre took Cat by the wrist and went to walk away when Beck stopped them.
He stage punched Andre, leaving him on the floor, he took Cat and led her off stage, to end the scene.
The teachers watching began discussing what they thought of it.
*Later*
The teachers had narrowed the choices down to just a few.
For the male lead, three boys, Beck one of them.
The female lead, either Tori, Jade, or Cat.
They were asked to audition the first kiss scene.
Tori and Jade had both already done theirs, and done them quite well too.
Cat was nervous as she went on stage with Beck.
"Action"
"You don't have to go back to that life" Beck started, putting his arms on Cat's shoulders looking her in the eye.
"I can help you, you can live here with me, you wont have to worry anymore, you can even bring your family"
"I don't have a family" Cat's head dropped and a few tears rolled down.
Beck put his hand under her chin and tilted it up gently, getting the chance to look her in the eye again.
"Then stay, with me, I want you to"
"Why do you want me?"
"Because... because you're the kind of girl every guy dreams of, sure you might be a bit rough around the edges, but you're one in a million, you're beautiful, when I'm around you I feel different, we share so much in common, I've seen what you're like when you don't have to worry about where you might have to sleep at night, or what you're gonna do for food, I've seen the real you, and I... I don't want to see you go back to that kind of life, because I... love you"
Cat stayed silent.
"If you want to go though, I can't stop you" Beck turned to walk away.
"Wait..." Cat stopped him.
She went to walk over to him, but she tripped over a loose floorboard, going face first into the floor, pretty much ruining her audition.
The students watching erupted with laughter, all of them even Andre, even Tori, even Beck...
Cat stood up, embarassed, she was fighting tears, just hoping they would stop laughing, but they never did.
She ran off stage and out of the theater, wiping her tears as she did so.
She went into an empty class, the school day had ended and most students had gone home by now.
Cat slammed the door closed in frustration.
She could feel the rage building.
She reached into her pocket and took out her lighter.
Something had to burn.