Hey, hey! I love you guys so much I decided (for the first time like EVER) to update this story again… on the same day! Yeah, I just love this story so much, lol.
Anyway, it's not as much Jade/Beck anymore back to Cat/Beck's past again. But same Beck/Jade at the end! Also, I tried to make Cat's reunion with Bentley emotional, but I don't think it came off that way. But… I tried my best! It's hard to imagine it, especially since he's four years old, but hey… I tried and that's all that matters.
I don't own anything… btw :{D
"Hey, uh, Cat?" Beck ran up to her, somewhat slowly since she seemed at bit moody this morning as she had almost bitten Andre's head off for no reason.
"Yeah?" She asked, running her fingers through her hair and looking at him.
"Uh, well…Bentley's birthday is this week, and I was just wondering if you wanted to come to his party?"
Her eyes widened for a moment, before she narrowed them. "Shouldn't I meet him again first?"
"Well, yeah." He said, "That's the thing, you would if you go to the party."
Cat looked like she was thinking it over for a moment before finally nodding her head. "Yeah." She gave him a small smile. "I'll go."
He sighed, relieved. "Okay, good. Yeah good." He nodded, "I'll see you later in Sikowitz's class alright? Gotta get to Spanish."
"Yeah." She said, seeming somewhat distant again. "I'll…see you there."
He nodded again and walked away, he then turned and went to class, waiting for Jade to get there. And when she did, he pulled her over to him immediately so she could get the seat beside him.
"Whoa!" She'd said when she'd been pulled over. "What's going on?"
"Any idea why Cat is so distant today?" Beck asked her.
"No, why?"
"Because she's been moody all day! I don't know what's going on."
"Uh, well, I don't either. Unless…" Her eyes widened and she looked at Beck. Who looked back at her, but she still said nothing.
"Unless…what?"
"Unless, Tori told her I went with you to take Bentley to the doctor…"
"You told Tori?" He exclaimed and she immediately forced him to be quiet.
"Yes, I did. But not like you kept your both shut. Robbie and Andre know too."
"Well, yeah, but they'd keep it quiet."
"And, so would Tori, at least that's what I'm trusting to believe. Her sister on the other hand…"
"Okay! Well, Cat's the only one that doesn't know right? So if our friends can keep their mouths shut as well as us, we should be fine, right?"
"I sure hope so." Jade muttered. Beck was about to ask her another question, but their teacher came in then and they had to start the lesson.
He was so screwed if Cat found out and he knew it.
But what he didn't know, was there was someone behind him who had heard the entire conversation.
A couple days had passed and Cat hadn't brought it up or mentioned it, but she still seemed moody about something.
She was sitting in her make-up class waiting for it to start, when out of nowhere, one of the most popular girls in school, Brenda came up to her, she crossed her arms over her chest, and just stared at Cat for a while, causing her to feel uncomfortable.
"Can I help you?" Cat snapped at her, but she didn't back down, just kept the smirk on her face.
She really reminded Cat a lot of Patrice. Well, of course she did, they were both the meanest most popular girls in their schools. Fucking great.
"Yeah…so uhm, I overheard an interesting conversation in between Beck and Jade."
"Okay. And why is this my business? Whatever they talk about is in between them, not me."
"Yeah, well… I think you'd really like to hear what they said…since it concerns you."
"Oh really?" Cat said, "Okay, well. I'll ask them about it later, now will you please get the fuck out of my face?"
"No." Brenda said, "You see you probably don't remember this, but you burned me two years ago and made me feel like shit."
"Brenda I wasn't exactly 'myself' two years ago." Cat reminded her. "I'm sure you know all about it since everyone in Hollywood Arts apparently does already."
"Whatever. Now it's my turn to make you feel like shit."
"Oh this should be good." Cat said, yawning boredly and checking out her manicure.
"Well, for one, Beck said that you're nothing but a fuck up and always will be, and that the reason your family doesn't care about you is because of all the mistakes you've made," Cat almost looked hurt, but then she rolled her eyes and brushed it off causing Brenda to panic.
"I've known Beck my whole life, if you want to spread rumors about us you'd have to do way better than that."
"Fine, how about this then. Your son was sick, so he went to the doctors right?" This seemed to catch Cat's interest as it was her child. "Well, instead of asking, oh I don't know, his mother, Beck instead asked Jade to go with him."
"What?"
"Yeah, and I'm sure it's not the first time, now is it?" Brenda smirked when Cat looked at her, hurt in her eyes and on her face. She felt really good about it, finally getting Cat back and giving her what she deserves. "Yeah, guess he really replaced you didn't he? Oh yeah, and apparently Andre, Robbie, and Tori also know about this as well…" Her smile then became even more triumphant when Cat suddenly stood up, grabbing her things.
"Yeah, we're even now, or whatever it was you were trying to do." Cat said as she left. "I…I have to go now."
She walked out of the classroom and into the hallway, where she bumped into someone.
"Fuck!" She said as she got her things together and looked up to see it was… of all people, Matt. "Hi, what are you doing here?"
"I go to school here, remember?" He said, and she rolled her eyes.
"Oh right, well listen. I have to go, so if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go…"
"Wait!" He said, just as Cat saw Tori. She didn't see Beck or Jade yet, so she figured it was best as she was going to go crazy (and not in her normal way either).
"What?" She said and turned to him exasperated.
"Whoa, what's with the attitude?"
"Do you have a point here? Or are you just trying to make some lame conversation?" Cat demanded, "Because I really don't have any time for this right now."
"Okay, well, I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to hang out again—" He began, but Cat had walked away, as she had now spotted Beck and Jade, making out by the lockers. She walked in between them forcing them to break apart and threw her bag on the ground.
"What the hell you guys! I thought you were my friend," She said, glaring at Jade, and then turned to Beck, "And you, I thought you were my best friend, but I guess not anymore huh? Because ever since I left to do what YOU wanted me to do, you just went ahead and replaced me in my son's life!"
"Cat—what are you talking about?" Beck asked her.
"I know she went to a doctor's appoint with you because Bentley was sick or whatever. You asked her! Not me! "
"Well what did you want me to do?" Beck demanded, "You haven't seen him in two years!"
"He is my son. Not hers!" She was getting more and more worked up as she spoke, and both Beck and Jade could sense that. Tori then came from out of nowhere and stepped in, or at least tried to step in. But Cat just ripped herself from her, and whirled on her glaring at her. "You too! You knew about it and you didn't tell me?"
"Tell you what?" Tori asked, "I just heard yelling and came to see what was going on."
"BULLSHIT!" Cat yelled, "You know exactly what's going on! Don't like to me! And I know that Robbie and Andre do too, and Brenda. Does the whole damn school know? Does everyone know but me?"
"Cat, I really don't get why you're so upset." Jade spoke calmly, a new one for her. "You're the one that's been refusing to see him…I'm sure if you had gone to visit him you would've been there."
"No." Cat snapped. "What my problem is is that your replacing me in my son's life. I don't like that, and yeah sure I kind of figured that but know that I know it's really true…I don't like it. Not one bit."
No one said anything so she continued. "Just because I have problems, mental problems, you're choosing her to take him to the doctor, not me?"
"What—Cat! I never said that!"
"No, but you implied it." She was now somewhat calmer as she realized there was a huge crowd around them. "You know what Beck? You just go ahead and live your perfect life with Jade. I'm done."
"What do you mean you're done?" Beck asked, suddenly fearful that she'd just leave again.
"I'm done. That's all you need to know." She turned around and faced Robbie, Andre, Jade, and Tori who were behind them. "And with you guys too."
"What?" Tori said, looking hurt.
"I can't trust you anymore, none of you. So, after Bentley's birthday… I'm leaving again. And this time, I'm taking him with me." She said directly to Beck.
"You—you can't do that! I was the one who raised him the last two years, he is in my custody, not yours!"
"Yeah, well. Guess what Beck? I'm taking you to court. Have a nice life." And with that she grabbed her bag and pushed through the crowd while Jade and Beck looked at each other, Beck frustratedly running his fingers through his hair.
"She can't do that, can she?" He asked, and everyone looked around.
"She's the mother, she can do whatever she wants." Tori said quietly.
Beck then kicked the lcokers, "Fuck!" He shouted, and then grabbed his bag walking away from them. Jade was going to go after him, but instead she just leaned against the lockers, shocked. She knew Cat was going to be upset, but not that upset. She bit her lip to keep from bursting into tears.
She felt so bad, and there was nothing she could do to fix it.
What kind of horrible person was she?
ONTARIO CANADA – SECOND WEEK OF SPRING BREAK (EIGHTH GRADE)
Cat wasn't sure where the hell she was. She was in a van with Bianca and Ash (who both turned out to be seventeen instead of almost fourteen like her) and some friends of theirs. Beck was off visiting family elsewhere, so she was stuck alone, with her friends who… she realized weren't really her friends.
Her legs were underneath one of the boys who weighed like a hundred pounds more than she did. Pissed off, she yanked herself from them, and sat up. She wore an oversized wool cardigan that was literally ten sizes to big for her, but it was comfortable and she loved it. She was leaning against the wall of the van, and straightened herself, adjusting her leggings, tank top and jacket, she pulled her knees to her chest wishing Beck was there with her.
"Hey." She heard and looked up, to see Ash's older brother, Kyle, crawling his way towards her. "You okay?"
She didn't answer him, just looked away.
"Come on, what are you hiding, Courtney?"
She noticed how he'd sat down beside her, and did so, very closely.
"I—I'm not hiding anything." She said. "I just miss my boyfriend is all."
"Oh, so you have a boyfriend." He said, nodding his head. "I'm just gonna go ahead and assume he doesn't know you're here, am I correct?"
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." Cat muttered and he put his hand on her knee. She moved it away instantly and he laughed.
"Look, I'm not gonna make a move on you. You got a guy, and I can respect that. I'm just trying to help you out. But now, I have a question for you… why are you here? Why are you friends with my sister?"
She shrugged, "I don't know, she seemed cool…"
"And she always has the drug hook-up." He noticed how she tensed up and nodded his head. "Yeah, I figured that as much."
"Look, what I do in my life is none of your business." She snapped, her hand going to her stomach as she felt that familiar lurch, and knew what was going to happen next. Her eyes widened, "Okay. We need to pull over—like now." She said.
"What, why?"
"Well, unless your friend wants puke all over your car, I suggest we do it—now." She said and he instantly got up, moving through the van—kicking the kid that was on her legs, which she found herself feeling happy about—and spoke to someone at the front. She tried to keep it it down but knew it wasn't going to last much longer. Almost instantly the car jerked to right—which didn't help at all, and stopped. She quickly got out, jumping down she ran just off the road to trees and fell to her knees, bringing her hair in a ponytail she puked for a couple minutes before standing up and wiping her mouth.
Then she walked back to the van, slowly and looked down at her stomach, her hand on top of it, feeling the small yet not yet noticeable bump there.
"What the hell happened to you?" Ash asked her, "Did you already party too much?"
"Well, no. You were too drunk and out of it, but uh, I didn't really party at all last night." Cat responded getting into the van.
"Then what other reason to you have for blowing chunks?" Ash asked, "That was kind of gross by the way."
Cat just stared at her, blinking for a moment, before she looked away, rolling her eyes. "I don't know, stomach flu?"
Ash leaned forward, "I may not be a doctor, but I know that if you were really that sick, you'd have a fever."
"Yeah, well…whatever." Cat muttered and went back to the wall she was sitting at before, noticing Kyle was still there. "Why are you still here?" She groaned.
He looked around, "Not much else to go to." He said, spreading his arms out to show her. "Why? Have problem with me being here?"
"Yes." She said, "I just want to be alone." She tightened her sweater around her again, and began to absentmindedly rub her stomach with her thumb. "Oh, and thank you for doing…what you just did."
"Yeah, anytime." He murmured as he watched her. "Uh, any reason why you touch your stomach like that?"
"Like what?" She asked, and looked down, "Oh, that. Well, uhm, I just threw up, so I do that, to make the aching go away?"
Kyle blinked at her, "Or you're maybe… pregnant?" He said in the same way she did and she glared at him.
"Meaning?"
"Meaning you have a baby in there, and that you're really fucking stupid for agreeing to come on this trip knowing that."
"You think you know me, don't you?" He smirked at her. "Well guess what, I'm not pregnant and you don't need to worry about me doing… things!"
"Okay, then if that's true… go get a beer and drink it."
"No."
"No?"
"Yes, NO." She said again. "I have a right to say no."
"Yeah." He scoffed, "If you're pregnant and don't want to fuck up the baby."
She rolled her eyes, and lay down in fetal position, she put her hoodie over her head and plugged in her headphones, about to drown out his voice when he spoke again.
"If you are pregnant, I suggest you think about your priorities and shit, Courtney. Otherwise that baby will be fucked up when it comes out of you."
She sat up angrily, "Why don't you just shut the fuck up?"
"Why?" Kyle shot back, "Afraid?"
"Of what?" She demanded. "I have a boyfriend! A boyfriend I've been with for like two years! I don't need you and your pedophile ass near me, okay? So just leave me alone!" She then lay down again, and he went over to her, looking at her. She pressed play to ignore him, but found it wasn't working and stopped the song. She sat up again. "What?"
"Nothing." He said, "Nothing at all."
"Good, then get the hell away from me."
This time he did listen to her, and moved to the other side of the van. She sighed, satisfied and turned her music back on, pulling her hood over her head, she closed her eyes so she could get some sleep.
A few hours later, she woke up, to find that the van had stopped and no one was with her. She got up and looked around, quickly getting out of the van to find everyone was around a bonfire. She sighed in relief walked over to them, taking a seat beside Seth, a pretty good friend of hers.
"Hey." She said, and he smiled at her.
"Hey."
"What's up?" He pulled out a bag of marshmallows and gave her a stick. "Roasting some marshmallows, went some?"
Her hand went to her stomach, but she nodded anyway. "Yes, I would love one." She said and put it on the stick, leaning it over the fire. She stared at the fire for a moment, the cool breeze blowing through her hair, "Don't you just wish you could walk through fire?" She wondered absentmindedly. "I mean, it would be kinda cool."
"Yeah, people do do that sometimes, and they have the burns to prove it."
"No, I know that… I just… I don't know." She said, and twirled her stick as he marshmallow caught on fire. She blew it out, and then bit in to it. "Oh my god, that's so good!" She said, and Seth laughed.
"Yes, yes it is."
"You do realize, that Beck can never find out about this, right? If he knew I was out on my own, with them… especially because he has no clue who they are, he'd kill me."
"I won't say a word."
"Thank you. And thank you… for coming with me. And keeping my secret a secret."
"No problem…" He smiled at her again and she shifted grabbing another marshmallow.
"Why are these things so damn good?" She wondered outloud only to receive a shrug. "I don't know."
They were quiet again, until she began to sing, "The day I first met you, you told me, you'd never fall in love, but now that I get you, I know fear, is what it really was. Now here we are, so close, yet so far, how did I pass the test? When will you realize.. baby I'm not like the rest?" Her voice then became louder, as she sang more, getting into it, "Don't wanna break your heart, wanna give your heart a break, I know you're scared it's wrong like you might make a mistake, there's just one life to life, and there's no time to waste, to waste, so let me give your heart a break, give your break, give your heart a break, oh yeah… yeah…" She finished singing, and looked up to find everyone was staring at her. "Okay, what?"
"You're singing, it was amazing." Bianca told her.
"You think so?" Cat asked, and Bianca nodded her head.
"Totally! I didn't know you could sing like that."
"Yeah…I love singing. I've been doing it for forever, I can't even remember when I started. My boyfriend loves it though." She said, rubbing her arm self-consciously.
"Well, it's good." Bianca said, and Cat realized that was the first compliment she'd ever given her in all the time she'd known her.
"Thank you." Cat said her voice soft.
"Well, come on, we should get to driving, we have to be back in Stratford by tomorrow afternoon," Kyle said, looking at Cat. "I don't want anyone's parents to get pissed off."
"Shut up," Cat snapped, and stood up. "My dad doesn't even care about me. He probably doesn't even notice I'm gone."
"And what about your mom?"
"Deceased." She said and he looked taken aback.
"I'm so sorry." He whispered, "I didn't know."
"Yeah well, whatever." She moved past him, but he grabbed her arm, stopping her.
"What is your problem with me?"
"I don't have one, I just want you to leave me alone." She snapped.
"Why are you—"
"Just leave me alone!" She snapped and pushed him away, going into the van. She turned around before she did though, and glared at him. "And stay the hell away from me."
The next morning, she woke up to see it was nearly sun up. She lifted her head to find she was back in Ash's neighborhood and that they were going to be at her house soon. She got up, and rubbed her head, noticing it hurt—a lot.
She was groggily looked around her, to see that Ash, Bianca, and her friends were taking cocaine hits, and her eyes widened. "Why the hell are you doing that so early?" She asked, going over to them.
Ash laughed, "Why the hell not?"
"I don't know…" She said, looking at a phone she randomly picked up, "it's like five in the morning! You're insane!"
Ash looked at her for about a second, before she looked at her, holding the baggy. "You want to do it?"
"What?" Her hand instinctively went to her stomach, "N-no, I can't."
"And why not? You're giving us so much shit, I think you should." Ash glared at her and she shrunk back a bit before glaring back at her as the van came to a stop. "Come on, Courtney, take a hit."
"N-no." Cat stammered, "I-I can't."
Instead of getting pissed off and in her face, Ash just shook her head, and then slapped the small baggy into the much younger girl's hand. "Fine, than you can just keep this, consider it… a gift."
Cat looked at it for a minute and held it up. "I don't want it."
"Well, I think you should keep it… you know in case you want to feel good." Ash said leaning in closer, causing Cat to fall backwards. She was about to say something when she realized her phone was missing and began to panic.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" She said, as she looked quickly for her phone. "Where the fuck is it?"
"What? Your phone?" Bianca asked, and Cat nodded. "It's right here." She handed it to her, "I don't know how it got here, but it did." Cat breathed a sigh of relief as she felt her ipod still in her pocket. "Yeah, some guy named Beck keeps texting you."
Shit.
"Yeah, that'd be my boyfriend." She said and quickly grabbed the phone from her. She quickly opened the messages, instantly feeling guilty as she read them.
I miss u, babe.
Do u miss me?
Well, I guess not. That's ok though u probably forgot ur phone.
CAT!
Ok, now I'm really getting worried u haven't responded to any of my messages or phone calls… where the hell r u?
I'm coming home tomorrow… r u gonna come over?
CAT!
They ended there, thank god, and she saw the last message was sent just about… well, five hours ago. She was so fucked.
She immediately tried to call him, only to find her phone died just as she did that.
"Fuck!" She said, and threw her phone on the ground her hands going to her head. And as she did that, she felt like she was going to be sick again. As everyone stared at her, she just rushed out of the van quickly and threw up on the side of the road, and then she wiped her mouth again and got back inside the car.
"Okay, what's with you? Why do you keep puking?" Bianca asked her, she got closer to her, as her eyes widened with worry. "You're not like… pregnant are you? She whispered and Cat shook her head.
"Probably just a bug." She said, and Bianca nodded seeming to accept the answer.
"Okay." She said and left Cat alone with her phone and the small bag of cocaine. She picked up her bag, and found a pocket; she put it in it quickly and zipped it up. Then got out of the van again. "Well, guys it's been fun… I have to go to home now and call my boyfriend before he kills me."
Everyone said goodbye, except Kyle who caught up with her just as she began to walk away. "Let me take you home." Cat was about to protest when he spoke over her, "It's dark, a young girl like you will get hurt."
"Yeah, sure fine." She said, and he led her to his crappy car. She got in it, and he drove her to her place, looking around at the huge houses on her street, his mouth dropped open.
"Holy shit, are you loaded?"
Cat made a face, "No, but my dad is."
"Damn, I would love to live in a place like this!"
"Well, it's not all glamorous like you think," She said, taking her seatbelt off, "Anyway, this is my house, thanks for the ride."
"Yeah…" He said seeming distracted. "Anytime."
"Well…goodbye." And with that, she got out of the car, slamming the door and walked up to her front door, unlocking it, she opened it and quietly walked up the stairs to her bedroom—where she saw Beck was, laying there sleeping.
Oh, fuck. How the hell did he get in? And how was she going to explain herself for her absence?
She quickly put her bag under her bed where he wouldn't find it, and sprayed herself with perfume before laying in bed with him, getting comfortable she closed her eyes.
She woke up a few hours later, to Beck's arms wrapped around her. She turned around, and faced him, sleepily smiling at him as he smiled back.
"How was your grandmas?" He said, and Cat looked at him confused before realizing that her father actually thought she was going there, and had told Beck that's where she was. He actually listened to her, for once.
"It was good." She said, "I had a great time." She then leaned forward and kissed his lips softly so he would ask anymore questions. "How was your family?"
"They were good." He said, "But I couldn't wait to get back here."
She looked down for a moment, "Do they know?"
He shook his head, "Not yet. I won't tell them unless you're ready for me to."
She smiled, "Thanks Beck."
"No problem." He yawned and she laughed. "Still tired?"
He nodded, so she kissed his cheek, "Okay, so get some more sleep, I could use it too."
He nodded, and then put his hand on her cheek, causing her to face him. "I love you, you know." He said, and she looked at him.
"I know you do." She whispered, "I love you too." And with that, she closed her eyes and drifted back to sleep, knowing fully well that Beck wasn't to far behind her.
PRESENT DAY
Cat nervously walked up the familiar pathway to Beck's house. She knew what she'd done a few days before was a bit out of line, but so was what everyone else did. She held a gift in her hand, and looked at the time on her phone. She was about an hour early, which was her intention. She knocked on the door, and it opened to find Beck on the other side, looking a bit tired.
Even though she was still really angry with him, she couldn't help, but give him a hug. She wasn't sorry, but she knew that what she'd said was probably stressing him out.
He hugged her back before she quickly stepped away.
"So, how are you feeling?" He asked her quietly.
It was amazing to her, that even when they had a huge fight and she'd threaten to take him to court, that he still cared about her, and asked her casual questions as though nothing had happened at all.
"Nervous." She whispered, "And anxious."
"You have no reason to be," Beck whispered back, "He's your son, he's going to love you no matter what."
"Yeah, we can only hope." She said, and sighed running her fingers through her hair. "I don't even think he knows what I look like."
"Oh trust me, he does. He's seen pictures of us when we were younger, as well as some recent ones." He smiled at her, "Don't worry, Courtney. He knows exactly who you are."
Cat said nothing, but nodded, and stepped inside the house. "Is anyone else here?"
He shook his head, "No, my mom went to go get some last minute decorations, and Jade won't be here for another hour, as well as everyone else who won't be here for about two hours. We figured this would be a private moment for you, and decided they'd should just come later, so you could have your time with him."
"Oh." She said, surprised they were so nice to her, "Well, thank you."
"Yeah, you're welcome." He said as they walked through the house and towards the stairs. Her heart began to beat fast as she remembered everything that had gone on in that house, and the last time she'd been there.
She stood at the bottom of the stairs as Beck went up, she held the banister so tight, her fingers were going white. Her eyes were closed and she took a couple of deep breaths, before feeling calm enough to continue going up them, her heart beating faster and faster with every second that past by.
She then looked at the photos on the wall and noticed there was one of her and Beck when they were six. She stopped to look at it, touching it gently and smiled, happy to see he kept some part of her with him the last two years.
Although, she did wonder how Jade felt about it.
"You ready?" Beck asked quietly as he stood at the door with BENTLEY on itin large block letters.
She took a deep breath, "No. But I think—I think I should do it anyway. It's his birthday… and—" She stopped, her eyes going wide. "I'm so nervous."
"Why?" Beck asked, "He's your son. Sure you haven't see him in two years, but the kid's been asking about you each day. I'm sure he'll be happy to see you, just give him a chance."
She closed her eyes again and nodded, opening them, "Okay. Okay. I'm—I'm ready." She said, and Beck gave her a small, encouraging smile, before knocking on the door and opening it to find Bentley on the ground playing his with trucks, the picture of a pink elephant colored in beside him.
Cat couldn't believe it—she was so close to him, so close to her son after two years, just on the other side of the door. She took one more deep breath and waited until it was an appropriate time to go in the room.
"Hey, Bentley." She heard Beck say, "I have a birthday surprise for you." The little boy didn't hear him, so he then gestured to get his attention. He didn't know much sign language yet, but the doctor advised he still learn some until they got the results back, which was supposed to happen next week.
"Hi, daddy." He said quietly, and hugged him, "Guess what!"
Beck smiled, "What's that?"
"I'm this old!" He said and held up five fingers.
"Take on away and that's your age, kid." Beck said laughing as he looked at his fingers, a bit confused. He helped him, taking one finger away he gently bent it down, so he could see exactly how many there were left.
"Oh, okay!" Beck tickled his stomach and then looked at him.
"I have a surprise for you." He said, and Bentley looked at him.
"What?" He asked, and then looked behind his father, his eyes wide, he didn't say anything and Beck turned to see Cat was leaning against the doorway. Her hand was over her lips, which were was trembling, and tears were welled up in her eyes. She walked in slowly and bent down, taking the little boy's hand in hers.
"Hey, there, Bentley." She whispered, and didn't receive much of a response from him. She figured it was just because he was in shock a little bit.
"Mama?" He said, and she looked down, the tears now flowing down her cheeks. She grabbed him and hugged him really tight.
"I missed you so much." She said, louder, and he looked at his dad over her shoulders.
"Daddy said you will come back someday."
"Well, I know it's been two years," She sniffled pulling away and looking at him, "But I'm much better now."
He tilted his head, "Where did you go?" He looked at her, so innocently, it broke her heart that she had even left in the first place.
She looked down, "I was sick," She said quietly. "And I went somewhere to help me get better."
"All better?"
She smiled, nodding her head. "I'm close to it."
He then put his hand on her forehead, and she looked at him confused. "Daddy does that when I'm sick." He explained, and then leaned in closer, putting his ear to her forehead.
"What are you doing now?"
"Daddy does this too!"
"No, Bentley, I lean forward to make sure you're breathing correctly." Beck spoke up, "You got it confused, silly."
"Oh, sorry." He said, and Cat smiled at him.
"That was a very good job! I'm happy you did that, did you find anything wrong?"
He shook his head, but said nothing in response and then bent down, picking up his coloring book, "Look, I color!"
She smiled, looking at it more, "It's beautiful! You color just like me!" She poked his stomach and he giggled.
"This is the best birfday!" He said, and Cat looked at him, smiling warmly.
"You don't know…" She said as tears came to her eyes again, but Bentley leaned forward to wipe them away. She grabbed his small hand, "You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that."
He nodded, "Thanks for coming back, mommy." And he hugged her, causing her to hug him back and look up at Beck.
He bent down again to their level, "Are you happy Ben? To have your mommy and daddy back together?"
Bentley nodded, pulling away to show Beck that he had tears in his eyes.
Beck smiled, putting his hand on the back of his head, and leaning forward to give him a kiss, "Happy birthday, Benny." He said, and then looked at Cat, pulling her towards him, he gave her a kiss on top of her head, and pulled Bentley towards them, holding the both of them together, he was happy to have his small family back.
Jade walked through the house, going upstairs, she saw Cat and Beck in Bentley's room; Beck playing with the toy cars, and Cat throwing some confetti in the air, laughing when he tried to grab it and eat it.
"No! No! Silly, you can't eat it!"
She hated to ruin the moment, but knew she had to, if they were going to give the little boy a party. She softly knocked on the door, gaining mostly Beck's attention, he looked at her for a moment, before getting up and going to her.
"How was the reunion?" She asked, quietly as Beck shut the door behind him. He had a smile on his face, so she knew it went well.
"It was…emotional. But Bentley welcomed her, so that's a good sign. He wants to catch up with her, but I told him that he'd have a really long time to do it later, so just to enjoy the time he has now and have fun."
"Wow," Jade said, impressed. "That's a lot for a four year old to take in."
"Yeah, I know." Beck said shrugging, "but as long as he's happy, I really don't mind." He leaned forward and kissed her softly. "When's everyone else supposed to get here?"
She looked at her phone, "Fifteen minutes."
"Okay, well let's just leave Cat and Bentley together, and we'll start setting up, okay?" She nodded and began to follow him, when she stopped him again.
"Wait, what about—"
"Not now." He said, speaking firmly. "I don't want to think about it now, and neither does she."
"Okay," She whispered, "Fine."
They walked into the kitchen, Beck going to pick up the paper plates and unwrap it, when he stopped suddenly, and looked at her. She looked back, and he immediately went to her, putting his hand on her cheek, he leaned in and kissed her gently.
"No matter what happens, that doesn't change the fact that I love you and that Bentley loves you."
"I know," She said quietly. "I've always known that."
"Even though…" He trailed off, shaking his head. "Nevermind, just keep that in mind okay? I never want you to forget that."
She smiled, putting her hands on his arms and pulling him towards her, kissing his lips gently. He responded by kissing her back, and they kept it up until the door opened and Andre walked in.
"Wh-whoa! I get you're home and all, but please, save that for later." He said and they laughed breaking apart, with Jade still close to him.
"What's up, bro?" Beck said high fiving him as Tori and Robbie walked in.
"Not much," His expression than turned serious. "How are Cat and Bentley doing?"
"Good, they're upstairs playing and getting to know each other." Beck said, "But meanwhile, we must set up for this party."
Andre smiled, "You got it man."
It's just you and me, trying to find the light… like ships in the night.
I don't own Demi Lovato's song either… but personally I think Ariana Grande's voice would fit so perfectly with her song… *sigh
What did you think of how Cat found out about Jade/Beck taking Bentley to the doctor? Personally even I think she overreacted, but hey, it I was in her position I most likely would've responded in that way as well, lol.
And I also realized this, Jade doesn't know that Bentley is Cat's son in the chapters before chapter 6. But that was in Cat's point of view… in Beck's and everyone else's, Jade knows because Beck was upfront about it with her from the beginning, but she doesn't know that. So then when she yells at them, she pretty much finds out then I guess…according to Cat. I'll address why Cat notices she doesn't seem too in shock about it later.
Okay, anyway! I hope you enjoyed it! Plz review this chapter and the last one if possible! xoxox