"Cat!" Beck yelled while running after Jade and Cat. "Cat I'm sorry!" He said breathlessly when he reached them. "Sikowitz wouldn't let us out of class to see you and-"
"It's okay Beck" Cat interrupted, "I just thought about how I might have left my hair straighteners on at home and I started to panic 'cause they might set fire." She quickly lied, slightly shocking Jade over how solid her lie was.
"Oh good - I mean not good - I mean. I'm just glad I didn't upset you." Beck smiled pulling the red-head into a hug, missing her wince when his hand made contact with her sore shoulder.
"It wasn't you, besides I remembered that I did actually turn them off when Jade took me outside." She beamed.
"That's good Cat." Beck smiled at her as the rest of the group joined them and Tori handed Cat and Jade their bags.
"You okay Lil' Red?" Andre asked.
"Yep yep." Cat beamed
At Lunch, the group is sat on their regular table.
"Where's Cat?" Robbie asked.
"She had to finished a costume for her Costume Design class." Tori replied, taking a bite into her vegetable burrito.
"Is anyone else worried about her?" Beck asked.
"What's with all the concern Beck?" Jade retorted, raising an eyebrow.
"I care about her Jade."
"Aka you have a crush." Jade blurted out.
"She's like my sister Jade! Why do you have to be like this?" Beck snapped.
"Like what exactly?" Jade quizzed.
"Ever since we broke up you seem to think I like every girl I talk to."
"Will you two stop please?!" Tori interrupted.
"Right, yeah sorry." Beck stuttered, running his hand through his hair.
"Back to what Beck was saying, yeah I'm kinda concerned about Cat too." Robbie added.
"That's because you do have a crush on her." Rex mentioned, making Robbie blush and quickly shove the puppet under the table.
"What'd you think is going on with her?" Beck asked
Jade and Tori exchanged a worried look, trying to think of a way to distract the boys so that Cat's secret wasn't leaked, quickly Jade reached out her arm and knocked her drink over and onto the table and Tori. "JADE!" She yelled, quickly standing up and trying to wipe the water off of her jeans and shirt.
"Oops, sorry Vega." She smirked as the boys all started trying to mop up the water from the table. "You have spare clothes in your locket don't you?"
"I do. But you're coming with me to get them." Tori mumbled, grabbing Jade's hand and dragging her away from the table. "Why'd you have to knock it onto me?!" Tori asked.
"It worked as a distraction did it not?" Jade quizzed.
"Shut it. How'd you know they won't just talk about now we've left?" Tori retorted, raising an eyebrow.
"They'll be too preoccupied trying to get stop the water ruining their food." Jade shrugged as she and Tori walked away and too Tori's locker.
-5 mins later-
"Hi Hi!" Announced Cat as she ran over and sat down at the table. "Where's Jade and Tori?" She asked.
"Jade spilt her water on Tori so they went to get Tori's spare clothes." Robbie told her.
"Kay kay."
"So where's your costume? I expected you to come out here wearing it." Said Andre.
"Oh, it wasn't quite finished." She lied, in reality the costume was a shoulder-less dress and if she wore it people would be able to see her bruise.
"What's that pocking out of your bag then?" Robbie noted, bringing attention to the purple dress hanging from her bag.
"It's... well"
"Your costume?" Robbie suggested before pulling it out.
"Looks nice Cat. And... finished." Beck commented.
"Ahahahah." Cat laughed, trying to cover her lie. "Look Jade and Tori are back." She pointed out, trying to change the subject.
"Hey guys, got new clothes." Tori said, sitting back down.
"Obviously Vega." Said Jade, rolling her eyes. "Why are you three looking at Cat like that?" She asked, referring to how the boys were all looking at Cat with confused faces.
"No reason." Cat cut in.
"Is this your costume Cat?" Tori asked, picking up the purple dress from the middle of the table.
"It's not complete apparently." Commented Beck.
"Looks done to me." Said Tori while examining the dress.
"The.. um... sewing on the hem isn't finished." Cat said quickly, grabbing the dress and shoving it back into her bag.
"Why won't you just wear it Caterina?" Robbie asked.
Cringing at the name, Cat quickly stood up. "I left my lunch in my locker. I'll be right back." She said before quickly walking away.
"Her lunch is right there." Andre said, pointing to the salad on the table by where Cat had sat.
"And the hem of this dress is done." Said Robbie, taking it from Cat's deserted bag. "Why was she lying?"
"Will you stop questioning her okay?" Jade yelled at them, storming off to follow the redhead.
"What's up with them?" Beck asked. "Tori, do you know something we don't?"
"What? Why'd you think that?" Tori replied, a little too quickly.
"You're biting your nails, you only do that when you're nervous. What's going on?" He asked.
"I... I can't tell you. I'm sorry."
"Then I'll call her mom." Beck replied, pulling his phone out of her pocket.
"What? Her mom's in Florida right now, it'll cost you loads to call her." Tori reminded.
"I don't care. I want to know what's wrong with Cat, and if you won't tell her, then she will." He scrolled though his contacts and clicked on the number.
Quickly turning on her heal, Tori ran to go and find Cat and Jade inside. "Cat!" She said, after finally reaching them. "Beck's calling your mom. He said he was too worried about you to wait and find out what was wrong."
"What?" She cried, looking up at Tori from her position on the floor with her head rested on Jade's shoulder.
"It's okay Kitten, it'll go to voicemail, she's working right now." Jade reminded, stroking Cat's red hair.
"I don't want her to worry about me though." She sobbed.
"Maybe this is for the best Cat. Maybe this will sort everything out." Tori suggested, sitting the other side of her.
"Maybe"
PS: The British in me cringed every time i had to type 'mom' rather than 'mum'