"She doesn't even know I exist."
Jade would have laughed had it not been for the crack in Cat's voice. "That's ridiculous. Did you forget we've all been going to the same school for a year and a half now?"
Cat's hand nervously tugged at her ponytail. She lifted her big eyes to meet Jade's. "I don't mean it like that, Jade. I mean…she sees me everyday, but she talks to me just like everyone else talks to me. There's nothing special there because she doesn't really see me. I'm just Cat to her." With a whine and a furrow of her brows, Cat shook her head and dropped her chin again.
Jade had been all ready to throw Cat out of her room after her mother had once again let the little redhead in. She didn't, though. Jade could talk a big game, but when it came to Cat crying…forget it.
"Jesus, Cat," Jade mumbled. She brought her mug of coffee back up to her lips and eyed Cat over the rim. "It's just Vega. Seriously. It's not like she's going to rip your head off or something if you tell her."
"I can't tell her!" Cat shrieked. Jade winced. "Sorry. It's just…I can't tell her. It would change everything."
"Well, yeah. But maybe it would be for the better. I've seen the way she looks at you sometimes, Cat. The way she lets you hang off her whenever and shit. She's the only one who does that."
Cat hugged her stuffed giraffe close to her chest and thought about Jade's words. How wonderful and beautiful they would be if they were true. They were words that sparkled in Cat's mind; twirling and twisting and emitting pretty colors. But they weren't true. They couldn't really be true. "That's sweet," Cat said quietly, "but it doesn't matter. Tori doesn't see me like that. She doesn't know I exist and she never will."
Jade rolled her eyes and let out a deep sigh. It pissed her off when Cat couldn't see how great she really was. It really, really pissed her off. "What if I ask Vega myself? She'd answer me out of fear."
Cat's eyes widened and she laughed in disbelief. "What? No. No, Jade. Tori would so catch on. Besides, I don't like it when you make Tori do stuff out of fear."
Jade dropped the matter for the sake of getting Cat to shut up, but she knew she'd have the two weirdos together by the end of the week. She just had to make a call to a certain annoying brunette later that night.