Come as you are, as you were,

As I want you to be

As a friend, as a friend, as and old enemy,

Take your time, hurry up

The choice is yours, don't be late

Take a rest, as a friend, as an old memory

Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach

As I want you to be

As a trend, as a friend, as an old memory

And I swear that I don't have a gun,

No I don't have a gun

Memory

Memory-and I don't have a gun

And I swear that I don't have a gun

No I don't have a gun

Memory

~Come As You Are~ Nirvana

Disclaimer: I don't own anything Victorious

Caterina POV

After talking to Lane I pretty much blocked out the rest of the day. That is until I got to Sikowitz's class. There was really no way to block him out. When I walked into the classroom Andre and his friends were already seated near the front of the room so I found a seat a little ways away from them. I felt like they had been smothering me all day.

As usual Sikowitz was late for class. While we were waiting for Sikowitz to arrive I sat and looked at the black rose ring on my finger, twisting it back and forth around my finger. Every once in a while I would feel a pair of eyes on me and when I looked up I would see Beck's ex-girlfriend, Jade, staring at me.

"Is there something I can help you with?" I snapped at her so only she could hear. She just glared at me. Obviously she wasn't used to people talking to her like that, "Seriously, stop staring at me or tell me what the hell you want."

"I want you to stay away from Beck," she told me, "And I want to know why you went from all peppy, happy, and colorful to a dark, gloomy bitch," she was talking louder now so the whole class could hear.

"First off, why does it matter if I hang out with Beck?" I started, "He broke up with you, "And if you want to talk about dark, gloomy bitches why don't you go look in the mirror?" Jade got up and started walking toward me making me stand up just in case. The entire class had turned around to watch us.

"No one talks to me like that," Jade made her walked closer and closer to me. I just stood there. She wasn't as intimidating as everyone made her out to be. Then again wasn't who everyone thought I was right now.

"Well, I think I just did," Jade was right in front of me now. Her hands were crossed over her chest, "And obviously more people should. She stepped even closed to me, "Hello, personal space please," I put my hands on her shoulders and moved her back so she was arm's length away from me.

I swear I could hear her growl before she launched herself at me. She grabbed onto my hair and started pulling. I tried prying her fingers out of my hair but her grip was too tight. I may be verbally abuse to people sometimes but I have never physically harmed a person; other than myself. I started screaming for her to let go of me but of course she wouldn't. Andre and Beck had to physically remove her from me.

As soon as I was free from Jade's grasp I grabbed my backpack and stormed out of the room. Once I was out into the hallway I called my mom but she didn't answer so I tried calling Alex. He didn't answer either. Then as a last resort I called Adam. But he didn't answer either. I walked outside to the parking lot and sat on one of the benches on the sidewalk.

"Damn it!" I shouted as I stood up and stared walking along the sidewalk to the street. Tears were falling down my face the mascara and eyeliner stinging my eyes, "Please answer your phone," I spoke shakily into the phone as I tried calling my mom again. And again she didn't answer.

"CAT!" I hear a familiar deep voice calling my name, "CAT COME BACK HERE!" I looked back and saw Andre and Beck both running toward me. I kept walking but they caught up with me faster than I thought they would.

"Cat, please stop," I heard Beck's breathless voice from behind me. He put his hand on my shoulder to stop me from walking. I stopped walking but I didn't turn around, "Where are you going?" he asked.

"Home," I replied shortly more tears falling from my eyes, "I'm going home."

"And you were just going to walk home?" Andre spoke up, "Cat that's like 30 miles from here. You would die from heat stroke," he pulled on the sleeve of my jacket. I turned around and threw my bag on the ground before taking off my jacket leaving me in just my halter top. I threw the jacket at Andre and picked my bag up from the ground.

"There are you happy now?" I asked as I turned back around and started walking again. But before I got too far I felt a hand wrap around my wrist. I was turned around to come face to face, well face to chest, with Beck, "What do you want?"

"I want you to calm down and listen," he told me looking right into my eye, "Do you thing you can do that for me?" There was a part of me that wanted to tell him to leave me the hell alone. But there was another part of me that, the sentimental side, which knew Cat felt something for this boy and would be upset if he wasn't part of her life anymore. So I sighed heavily and nodded, "Okay well first we need to get rid of these tears," Beck lifted his hands and wiped his thumbs underneath my eyes and over my cheeks, "Andre, do you wanna go get my car and bring it over here?" Beck tossed Andre his car keys not really giving Andre time to answer.

"I would love nothing more than to do that for you Beck," Andre said just loud enough so we could hear him. Beck and I chuckled at him.

"So, what's going on?" Beck asked, "Why are you so upset?" I looked at him like he was crazy. Folding my arms across my chest I looked away from him, "What now?" he sounded frustrated. I turned to talk to him just as Andre pulled Beck's car up beside us. I climbed into the backseat while Beck climbed into the passenger's seat.

"Where to?" Andre asked once both Beck and I were in the car, "Whoa, what happened while I was gone? You two seem tense," he looked at me through the rearview mirror.

"All I did was ask her a simple question," Beck looked over at Andre, "And then she freezes me out and won't talk to me," he told Andre, "I don't know what I did."

"So, what's going on? Why are you so upset?" I mocked what Beck had said earlier, "What the hell do you think is the problem, Beck?" I shouted at him, "I was just attacked by your psycho ex-girlfriend for no legitimate reason!" I continued felling like I was about to cry again. "You all saw what was happening and didn't even try to stop it until after she attacked me," I ranted. More tears started falling and it was getting hard to me to breath, "And my brother, who I haven't seen in four years by the way, decided to show up last night with his wife, who I've never met, and their baby," I continued my rant, "But that's beside the point."

"Adam's in town?" Andre looked up at me, "Man, I haven't seen him in forever," he smiled. I glared at him and Beck smacked the side of his head.

"Is that really all you got out of that whole thing?" I asked wiping more tears away. And most likely smudging black make-up across my face, "Can you just take me home please?" he nodded and took me home.

"Do you want us to come in and hang out for a while?" Andre asked, "I know you don't like to be alone and nobody is home. I'm sure Beck won't mind hanging around for a while," he looked over at Beck who nodded in agreement.

"Fine," I turned around and started walking toward the front door, "Let's go then," I told them. Andre parked the car in the driveway as I unlocked the front door and walked in. It was odd that nobody was home in the middle of the day. I know Mom was at work but Alex was usually home. He probably went out with Alex somewhere.

"Nice place you got here," Beck looked around the house like he had never seen one before, "Nicer than my place," he told me.

"Dude, you live in an RV," Andre replied, "Pretty much any place is nicer than your place," Beck just shrugged his shoulders and nodded.

"So, what do you want to do then?" I asked the two boys, "You wanted to come in here. Figure out something to do," I told them.

"Why don't we just get some food and then we can go upstairs," Andre suggested, "I'm hungry. I haven't eaten since lunch, man," he said.

I walked into the kitchen with Beck and Andre following me. Andre ransacked the cupboards trying to find something to sustain himself. Beck was just watching him along with me. As soon as Andre got his food together we walked up the stairs and into the game room.

"You two go ahead and pick out a movie to watch or a game to play," I told them, "I'm going to change into something else. And wash this crap off my face," I said as I walked out of the room and across the hall toward my bedroom.

Beck POV

Cat had been acting so weird all day. First she shows up dressed like, well like Jade only more chic. She was treating both teachers and students with no respect whatsoever. And then she gets into a fight with Jade. Well, Jade attacked her but they were both verbally attacking each other before that. Then she storms out of class and Andre and I find her crying out in the parking lot. And now she is acting like…I don't know what. But she isn't happy and she isn't mad. I just know that this isn't the girl I met Friday.

"So, I don't really feel like watching a movie," Andre announced, "And if we are gonna play a video game it has to be something that Cat will actually play with us. Because if we pick something out that she doesn't like then she will just sit and watch. So let's find a game we can play that Cat will play with us," he told me.

"Okay," Cat's voice came from behind me as she walked back into the room, "What are we doing?" she asked shutting the door behind her. Andre and I both walked over to where she was now sitting on the couch.

The first thing I noticed was her face. It was clear of any make-up residue and her hair was pulled back in a high ponytail. She was wearing a loose tank top with a heart shaped yin yang on it. Printed on the shirt were the words 'Wild At Heart'. She had on a pair of black yoga shorts and black and white striped knee high socks.

"Well, we decided to play a game 'cause Andre doesn't want to watch a movie," I told her. She nodded and looked over at Andre, "So, we tried to pick out a game that you might actually enjoy playing," I continued, "We chose Rock Band. Is that cool?" I asked.

"Yeah, that's cool," she smiled at me. I think this was the first time she smiled today, "Have you chosen which version we are going to play?" she asked, "Alex has almost every version of this game you can imagine."

"No," Andre sighed heavily, "I only set up the instruments," Cat laughed at him before walking to the shelf with all of the games. She took out all of the versions of Rock Band her brother owned, "Damn! Where is Alex gettin' all this money?"

"He's a male prostitute," Cat said with a very serious look on her face. Andre and I both looked at each other for a moment and then when we looked back at her she had a huge grin on her face, "I'm kidding. Mommy buys him all his toys. You should have seen the looks on your faces," she laughed.

Once we picked out which version to play we picked out our instruments. Andre played the drums, which he promised he was good at; I played guitar or bass, switching back and forth. We left the singing part up to Cat.

It was the first time I had ever heard Cat sing and she was amazing. Even though she didn't know a lot of the songs, and she had to hum the tune, it was still an incredible sound. We were having so much fun playing that I had lost track of time. It was now five o'clock and already getting dark.

"Guys, it's been more than three hours since we started playing this," I told them between songs. They both looked at me and shrugged their shoulders as if they had rehearsed it.

"Do you need to be somewhere?" Cat asked coming to sit down beside me. I was entranced by her gorgeous brown eyes and shook my head, "Then what's the problem?" she smiled, "Do you not want to play anymore? We can play something else," she told me, "Or do wanna get some food 'cause I wanna get some food," she had both of her hands on my cheeks and she was running her thumbs over my jawline where stubble had formed over the day. She was being very seductive right now and I don't even think she knew she was doing it.

"Alright," I took her hand away from my face, "Let's go get food. Andre do you…" I turned around to see that Andre had left the room. Okay then.

Cat POV (3 ½ Hours Earlier)

I was staring at myself in the mirror, only it wasn't me. This person was not me. She was wearing black clothes and dark make-up, which was smudged across her face. Finding a washcloth in my bathroom drawer I warmed up the water and started to clean the black gunk off my face. I then took my make-up remover from the cupboard and took the rest of the make-up off my eyes.

After getting my face clean I brushed through my hair and put it into a high ponytail. Then I walked to the dresser in my closet and pulled out some comfortable clothes to wear. Looking at the clock I saw that it was only two o'clock. I should still be in school. 'Why wasn't I at school?' I thought to myself. I pushed that thought aside, grabbed Javier from the end of my bed and lay down. I was about to fall asleep when I heard voices coming from the room across the hall. 'Why were there people in my house?' I thought, 'Did I invite them here?' God, I'm so confused.

Getting off the bed I walked across the hall and as I got closer I heard two familiar voices talking about video games. Beck and Andre were trying to pick out a video game that they like but one that I would like to play as well. When I walked in we talked about which game we were going to play which was Rock Band. One that Alex and I could always agree on. And he had so many versions of it.

(Back to Normal Time)

Beck had just pointed out how long we had been playing and I looked out the window noticing that it was getting dark out. I wonder if anybody was home yet. Then I thought that if anybody was home that they would have come in and said 'Hi' to us or something.

"Do you need to be somewhere?" I asked Beck walking over to sit next to him. He was staring into my eyes not saying anything. Was he okay? He seemed fine before. He did have really pretty eyes though. So I didn't mind him staring at me, "Do you mot want to play anymore? We can play something else," I said to him, "Or do you wanna get some food. 'Cause I wanna get some food," I told him. Somehow both of my hands made their way to his face. His skin was so soft. The stubble on his jawline tickled the tips of my thumbs though.

"Alright," he said talking one of my hands away from his face, "Let's get some food. Andre do you…" he started talking to Andre. But Andre was gone. He can't have gone too far. Beck pulled me up from the couch and walked out the door. I followed behind him.

"I have to go get something," I told Beck, "Just go on ahead and find Andre. He is probably already in the kitchen," I laughed lightly and Beck smiled at me. I walked into my room as Beck started down the stairs.

Walking into my bedroom I grabbed the black zip-up hoodie that was on the back of the desk chair and put it on. When I walked back out into the hallway I saw that Beck had only made it about halfway down the stairs. And he was sitting down with his hand in his hair. I wasn't that quick that he would only make it halfway down. And why would he be sitting down looking all stressed out?

"Beck, are you okay?" I walked down the stairs and sat beside him, "What's going on?" I went to put my hand on his knee but he quickly moved away. My hand was left floating in midair for a moment before I pulled it to my chest. I felt like someone had just smacked it, "Beck, did I do something wrong?" I asked shakily.

"No," Beck's voice was barely audible but I could hear him perfectly clear, "You didn't do anything," he sounded so sad as he spoke, "I just wanted to wait for you. I think your mom and brothers are home," he told me trying to keep the sadness out of his voice but it still showed in his eyes, "Andre has been talking to them. I didn't want to just walk in there."

"Alright," I stood up, "Let's go then," I told him. Beck stood up and I started walking down the stairs but he caught my wrist before I got too far, "What?" I asked smiling up at him. He was a couple steps above me so I walked back up to him. He just looked at me not saying a word, "Beck. What's going on?"

He didn't say a word. He pulled me into his arms and wrapped his arms around my neck resting his chin on the top of my head. I wrapped my arms around his waist and rested my head on his chest. I could hear his heart pounding in his chest. Beck kissed my forehead letting his lips linger for a moment, "Just know that I will always be here for you if you need me," he whispered into my ear, making my whole body shiver, before pulling away from me completely.

"Beck," I started but before I could say anything else he was at the bottom of the stairs. I quickly followed after him. When we made it down the stairs I smacked Beck's chest, "You are really freaking me out, Beck," I told him, "Why won't you tell me what is going on?"

"Because Cat," he took both of my small hands into his larger one, "There is nothing going on. There is nothing wrong. You are being paranoid Angel Face," he leaned his forehead against mine as if trying to hypnotize me into believing him. It kind of worked but only because his eyes were amazing. And his breath smelt really good.

"I'll stop talking about it," I told him and he seemed satisfied, "But you cannot call me 'Angel Face' ever again," I told him. He looked deflated when I said that, "And even though I won't ask about it doesn't mean I'm not going to worry about it," I folded my arms across my chest and looked him in the eye.

"Fine. I'll just have to find another name for you if you don't like Angel Face," was all he said. He knew I was expecting him to give in and tell me what was going on so he just laughed when I stomped my foot and stormed into the living room where everybody else was. Beck followed right behind me.

"Hey," Mom chirped as we walked in, "We've been waiting for you," she smiled at me. Then her eyes drifted over to Beck, "Oh, and who is this?" she asked. I looked over at Andre who was sitting next to Adam and Jessica holding my nephew, who I haven't even held yet. Alex was nowhere in sight.

"Dre didn't tell you?" I looked at Andre again who just grinned at me and shook his head, "Okay, This is Beck. Beck, this is my mom, Alyssa, my brother Adam, my sister-in-law Jessica, and my nephew Jamie. And I don't know where Alex is but he is my other brother," I told him.

"It's nice to meet you Beck," Mom looked back and forth between Beck and me, "So, do you go to school with Cat and Andre?" she asked. This was going to be a long conversation. I had to find a way to get out of it.

"Yes, ma'am," Beck told her, "Andre and I started at Hollywood Arts the same day," he continued, "And we have been best friends ever since."

"What are you studying at Hollywood Arts, Beck?" Mom asked him. Does she think that Beck and I are together? Jeez, Mom I've only known the guy for four days! What do you take me for?

"He's studying acting Mom," I told her before Beck could get a word out, "Now the three of us were gonna go out and get some food," I informed her, "Would you like us to bring anything back for you?" I asked. They all said no, "Alright, come on Dre, please. I'm hungry," Andre handed Jamie back over to Jessica

"Let's do this then," Andre got up and walked over to Beck and me, "See y'all later," Andre and Beck both waved goodbye to my family while I just walked to the front door, "Slow your roll Little Red," Andre took me by the elbow to pull be between him and Beck.

Just as we walked out the front door Alex pulled into the driveway. Oh, man. I moved Andre in front of me hoping Alex wouldn't see me. But of course he did. And every time he saw me he had to make some sort of comment, whether it is mean, nice, weird, or embarrassing.

"Hey Kit-Kat, Andre, Kit-Kat's boyfriend," And I was right.

"Must you?" I turned to look at him. He just smiled and twirled his keys around his index finger.

"Yes, I must. It is in the 'Older Brother Handbook'," he told me, "You know, the one that little sisters don't get," he smiled. I couldn't come up with anything to say right now. My day had been so confusing already so I just stuck my tongue out at him and walked to the passenger's side of the car.

"Beck, can we go please?" I asked pulling on the door handle but it was locked, "Unlock the door please," I looked back at him with puppy dog eyes, that seemed to work on him a lot, and he unlocked the door for me. I climbed in and shut the door.

"I guess we'll see you later, man," Andre told Alex. Alex shook Beck's hand before they parted ways and Beck got into the driver's seat and Andre got into the back.

"We're leaving now Kit-Kat," Beck looked at me trying not laugh. I punched his arm hurting myself more than him, "Hey now!" he shouted playfully, "Don't punch the driver!"

"Never again," I said in a very serious tone. There was silence in the car until Andre burst out laughing causing Beck and I to laugh along with him.

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