Palms and Waves

Chapter 10: First Drama

By: The_Tenderness10

Robbie Shapiro and Trina Vega, 7:30pm

Right after everyone's first family dinner was over, Robbie and Trina were left to clean the plates and pans that everyone just ate off. It came as no surprise to both teens that they were left to clean. in the ice cream parlor they cleaned a lot of spoons and glasses so it didn't bother them too much. Trina smiled whenever Robbie's hands bumped into hers, he was quite the gentleman with all the girls now and that only made Trina want to jump him. He apologized for making unexpected contact with her hands when he finished up, Trina saw him go out the back into the outdoor deck to sit on one of the benches.

She finished cleaning up her last plate and dried her hands with some towels that were on the oven handle. She saw Robbie lean back on the bench and look up towards into the dark skies, it was surprising to him that a few stars could actually still be seen with all the city lights. Trina walked out into the deck and sat down next to him, she looked up at the sky and then at him. She looked into his eyes that were focused towards the heavens, was she falling for him? For Robbie Shapiro? She herself was far from ugly and had a body to kill for. So why was she feeling these feelings for the most undesired boy in H.A. He spoke and Trina listened.

"You know something Trina…I think old Robbie could find himself a nice girl here, what do you think? Do you think I'll find someone nice, and don't worry about hurting my feelings" he said with a smirk.

Trina didn't know how to respond to a question like that, she no doubt had feelings for the boy but could she hide them? She put on her best face and answered his question with a question. "well Robbie let me ask you something, if your future girlfriend were to be sitting right next to you, looking into your eyes like right now and told you she wanted a kiss…would you kiss her?" Trina's face was to close to his own for his level of comfort, he moved away just a bit from her; she moved closer to him.

"look Trina…I'm sorry but I can't do it, after cat kissed me during lunch, she demonstrated to me that a girl can kiss a guy and put absolutely no feeling into it. I still haven't gotten my answer, do you think I'll get lucky here in Huntington?"

Roof Deck

Listening up from above the roof deck was Andre and Beck who were prepping the Jacuzzi for cat and jade. Beck knew Andre heard what Robbie had said about Cat kissing him, Andre felt hurt, betrayed. He knew cat was attractive, he knew she once fooled around with girls; but to deliberately hide that piece of fact from him, it wasn't gonna fly. Beck held Andre back, telling him to let it go, Robbie was no competition. Cat meant absolutely nothing by kissing him, but that simple statement can be overridden when the boyfriend or girlfriend sees it.

"Beck let go of me…Beck Let Go of Me!" shouted Andre, he pushed beck away from him making the other teen almost fall on his ass.

Trina and Robbie heard the commotion and ran up the stairs, "Beck get the fuck away from me! At least I feel, I sometimes doubt you feel ANYTHING!"

"Andre Relax, you're to hot right now…cool down" beck said in his calmest tone.

"Look he's up here, you can ask him yourself" beck told Andre.

The last thing he wanted to do was pick a fight with his best friend. Andre looked over to Robbie with eyes that could kill, he placed his shirt back on that he removed for the Jacuzzi, he also put his pants back on . Trina hid behind Robbie, she's never seen Andre this mad before or ever, even beck looked a bit nervous. Andre walked over to the Jacuzzi and called Robbie over, Robbie walked over with no fear and heard what his friend had to ask him.

"All bullshit aside Robbie, did Cat kiss you at anytime?" Andre asked quickly and simple, "Yes she did…it was after Trina kissed me on stage, she told me any girl could kiss someone with no feelings in it. I didn't believe her, so she-"

"was it a peck, was there tongue?" "Andre this was before you two were going out and besides-" "Was There Tongue!" Andre demanded a quick answer, Robbie shuddered a bit at the boy's shout. "No…There wasn't, if you're feelings are of hurt because she never told you then I'm sorry Andre." Trina felt like she needed to say something from a girl's perspective to maybe cool Andre down.

"I think the reason why she never told you about that Andre was because she maybe knew it would bring this kind of reaction out of you, or maybe she's clearly forgotten about it because It holds little significance to her; in a sense she proved her statement true."

Andre's anger had subsided slightly, but betrayal lingered in his chest. it's a feeling only another boy in love who had his heart torn could understand and relate to, the need to punch someone was strong in his fists. Jade and cat were coming out the back and made their way up to the roof deck. they were in a good mood and looked forward to spending quality time with their mates, In cat's case her Lion. Jade knew there was something wrong by the way Andre looked at beck, Robbie and Trina. Cat's smile and happiness disappeared when Andre walked out on her, "You Know what…Fuck all of Ya! if you wanna find me you can search for me on the beach"

"But there's no one on the beach at this time Andre" jade told him, Andre smirked and chuckled, "Exactly" he buttoned up his pants and zipped up his zipper. Cat tried to grab his arm in the fray of things, he pulled his arm back to his own person and walked out of the house. Cat was on the verge of tears,

"What the hell did you go do to Him!" she cried out to her friends, "He heard Robbie talk about when you kissed him to prove a point about girls and kisses, you never told him about it Cat?" Trina wondered.

"When I kissed Robbie? I hardly remember that moment anymore!…oh god I need to find him" cat went back into the house to put on some shorts and a shirt. She ran out the house to go look for him on the beach.

Andre, The Beach

Walking on the boardwalk with his hands in his jean pockets, Andre needed time for himself. How many things did cat keep from him, if Trina was right then maybe cat truly didn't remember that moment anymore. still…where did all this jealousy come from, was it truly hidden in him so deep that only cat could make it come out. The beach at night was definitely no place for a single person, there were a few couples lying down with each other. Andre picked a lonely spot with no one around, he sat on the sand and looked at the waves shine under the moonlight.

He was feeling terrible for walking out on Cat, but his anger and jealousy was too strong to ignore. It was then that he heard someone walking up behind him, he stood up and came face to face with a woman in a white military uniform. She had all the bells and whistles in her uniform, from the hat to the bow tie and to the white gloves. Her hair was black and her eyes were dark, she was an African American woman who looked familiar to him.

"you do know no one is allowed on the beach unless they have a partner with them" the strange woman told Andre, he didn't bother arguing with her and made his way out of the beach. "Let it all go Andre…holding onto anger is like holding on to a piece of hot coal…" Andre turned around to ask her how she knew his name, "you're the one who get's burned honey" she ended her statement.

"Andrree!" yelled out the voice of cat from behind him, he turned and saw cat running towards him with her shoes in her hands. Andre turned back to the woman in uniform and saw that she had vanished. Something about the strange woman eased and alleviated his anger, was she right? Was his anger like coal? he fell on his knees and cried. Cat came running up and fell on him, she held him and apologized for not telling him about what she did so long ago. Andre was relieved, but more about how his anger just vanished as quickly as the woman in uniform did. He cried and kept saying thank you quietly, he didn't dwell much in the supernatural but he felt a guardian presence hovering around him.

Andre wiped his tears and looked into cat's eyes, she was to sad to wipe her own tears away but a smile formed on her face when he smiled.

"I Love you Cat…[swallows] I'm sorry about walking out on you…I shouldn't have done that, it's just that I was so angry when I heard Robbie say that you kissed him and-"

Cat hugged him and spoke to him, Andre hugged her back, resting his head on her chest. "I Honestly forgot that ever happened Andre, If i were going out with you at that time I promise I would never have done it, not even to prove a point to him. I love you Andre and as long as I have you…I have everything I need." Andre hugged her tighter at her tender comment. He held her so tight he heard her hart beat, his tears were staining her shirt but she could care less.

"Cat" Andre asked quietly.

"yeah babe" she answered him.

"Can I tell you something?"

"what is it andre,,,you can tell me anything" she assured him.

'If I…if I had a rose for every time I thought about you…" he said with a knot forming in his speech, "I could lay in my…in my own garden Cat" that statement only made her want to kiss him the way only a girlfriend madly in love could kiss her boyfriend. Andre however was liking the hugging too much to care about kissing her, so for the moment they stood still like two statues.

Story Facts

Transmission of Love- Orignal title to the chapter

Her Statement- The Woman In uniform who I will call Jane said a famous quote of the Buddha that related to anger.

Guardians- My stories as some of you may know are prowled by negative and positive forces, call them what you want. But my own personal experiences have led me to put them in all my stories. Andre's Grandmother was a black woman who served aboard a ship during WW2 in the Pacific, that's who the woman was.

Removed Scenes

Come at Me!- Basically Beck and Andre fight with Robbie stepping in to separate them, darius was suppose to get involed, but I scrapped it.