It was after school when Cat and Jade got called into Lane's classroom and given their instructions for the following morning.
Beck walking into school the next morning Jade-less and made his way over to Andre.
"Where's you other half?" Andre laughed, noticing the absence of the dark-haired girl Beck had loved since they were in seventh grade.
"She said that she was riding with Cat this morning." Beck replied. Looking at the doors to the school, he nearly dropped his coffee.
Walking into the school was Cat and Jade, but they looked different than usual. They were wearing fitted, strapless dresses that came down to about half thigh-Jade's in red, Cat's in Blue- with high heels that matched the colors of their dresses.
As they got to the front of the stair case, they were handed microphones by Sinjin and the backtrack began to play over the intercom.
"This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles." Cat began, stomping her heeled foot.
"This one goes out to the ones in need." Jade continued, repeating Cat's action.
"This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical." Cat flipped her hair over her shoulder and moved to the opposite side of the hall.
"This ain't about no apology!" Jade began to walk up the staircase.
"This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry." Cat moved to center herself in front of the stairs.
"This road was paved by the winds of change." Jade shot over her shoulder as she aligned herself with Cat, but standing on the landing.
"Walking beside the guilty and the innocent," Cat smiled back at Jade.
"How will you raise your hand when they call your name?" the girls sang together, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, we weren't born to follow."
"Come on and get up off your knees." Jade began to bounce with Cat, "When life is a bitter pill to swallow you gotta hold on to what you believe."
"Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow," Cat continued gleefully, "and that your saints and sinners bleed."
"We weren't born to follow," the girls chorused together, "You gotta stand up for what you believe. Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah."
"This one's about anyone who does it differently." Cat spun around with a large smile.
"This one's about the one who cusses and spits." Jade raised her hand up in the rock'n'roll gesture.
"This ain't about our livin' in a fantasy." Cat picked up, shooting Andre, Beck, and Robbie a pouty smile.
"This ain't about givin' up or givin' in!" Jade punched the space in front of her.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," the girls flipped their hair as they entered the chorus again, beginning to switch places, "We weren't born to follow."
"Come on and get up off your knees," Jade moved over to Andre, Beck, and Robbie and pulled them over to the spot Cat had previously occupied, smiling as they began to jump with the beat of the song, "When life is a bitter pill to swallow, you gotta hold on to what you believe."
"Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow," Cat continued, moving down to join her friends, "And that your saints and sinners bleed."
"We weren't born to follow," The girls continued together, smiling broadly at each other, "You gotta stand up for what you believe. Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah."
"Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah." Cat's voice floated elegantly above the student's cheers.
"We weren't born to follow," the girls sang together, clasping hands, "Come on and get up off your knees."
"When life is a bitter pill to swallow," Jade turned to Cat, singing to her best friend, "You gotta hold on to what you believe."
"Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow," Cat sang to Jade, eyes glancing down at the scars that were still visible on her arms, "And that your saints and sinners bleed."
"We weren't born to follow," the girls continued, Jade twirling Cat around before the girls began to bounce again, "You gotta stand up for what you believe! Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah. Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah!"
"We weren't born to follow - oh yeah!" Cat's voice traveled above the din.
"We weren't born to follow - oh yeah!" Jade finished the song as Cat's voice faded out.
The girls ended with their hands clasped above their heads, smiles on their faces. The music faded out and the girls hugged each other tightly.
"I love you, Milky Way." Cat whispered, hugging her best friend tightly, tears filling her eyes. She hadn't realized how much seeing those old scars would affect her.
"I love you, too, Kit Kat." Jade hugged Cat just as tightly, knowing that her best friend was always going to be there; that Cat didn't have to worry about losing Jade anymore.
Beck, Andre, and Robbie watched the girls, giving them enough time to just be Cat and Jade before going over to them.
"You guys did great." Andre praised, hugging Cat as he and Jade did their handshake they made up in fifth grade.
"Yeah," Robbie agreed, smiling broadly, "You were incredible.
Beck pried Jade out of Cat's grasp and hugged her tightly. Pulling back, he brought her arms up to his lips and kissed the darkest of her scars before pressing a kiss to her forehead and hugging her tightly again.