Cat sat there on her bed and stared sadly at the place Jade's tear stained face had been only seconds ago. Cat nearly shed a few tears of her own. She could never get over the fact that people these days got together only to separate in the end. Just as if love was merely a way to pass the time, a trinket, a toy that could keep you occupied only for so long before you tire of it, and just an overused topic for songs. Cat, though, did admire the people that appreciated and fully understood the meaning of love. But then again, she was just a child.

Cat couldn't help but want to make Jade feel better. So she laid back upon her bed, twisting her brown hair with her index finger as she thought of all the things that could ease Jade's pain. Her brainstorming was interrupted by a loud crash that came from below. Panicked; she ran down the stairs to investigate.

"No, no, no, no!" she yelped as she had caught her brother emptying a box of Red Velvet cake mix. "Stop! You're not supposed to do tha-!" she stopped herself. She took a moment to figure out what her brother was doing. He was emptying out the cake mix into cupcake pans. That's when Cat was struck with an idea; bake Jade cupcakes.

She looked to her brother. "Do you want to help me bake cupcakes?" she asked. Her brother nodded eagerly. "Yay! But first, can you wipe the drool off your chin?"

After 3 hours of mixing baking and chasing around her brother, Cat had made at least 3 dozen cupcakes for Jade.

"Yay! We're done!" Cat exclaimed. Her brother, also elated, jumped up and down patting his head. "No, no, no! Mom said you can't do that anymore." She tried to grab and restrain his hands but he was too strong. Cat slipped and fell onto some extra cake mix that was on the floor. Her brother hollered as he ran off through the house. "Get back here!"

Seeing that chasing him would be of little use, she called for back-up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Robbie, can you come over and watch my brother for me?" Robbie could always find a way to calm her brother down.

"Kay, kay."

"Thank you!" Cat began to stack the cupcakes on a tray when the doorbell rang. She wasn't surprised as to how fast he was, he only lived 2 houses away. "It's open!"

"Hey Cat!" Robbie walked through the door with, much to Cat's displeasure, Rex.

"Hi Rex." She said flatly.

"Man why are we here helping with that thing's brother? We could be out partying with my Northridge girls." He complained.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Cat couldn't tell if he was insulting her or just complaining.

"I mean, dumb brunette, that I don't want to have to deal with your freak show of a bro-" Robbie swiftly covered Rex's blabbing mouth.

"Don't listen to what he says Cat. Hey, did you dye your hair red?" Robbie pointed out that half of Cat's brown hair was now a bright powdery red. Confused and slightly panicked, she opened a drawer behind her and took out a large silver spoon to examine her flowing chocolate strands.

"Oh! My brother and I were baking cupcakes and after we were done he started acting up and I tried to hold him down but he was too strong so I fell onto some of the cake mix that had spilled onto the floor." Cat was talking so fast that Robbie and Rex could hardly understand her. And then without warning she took the tray of cupcakes and walked out the door.

"That is one strange chick." Rex stated. Robbie sighed and nodded in agreement.

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Cat had walked several miles to Jade's house, unknowingly passing Beck's. He was in the garage helping his dad with their car when Beck became aware of a familiar voice serenading to the world. He turned to see a short and sweet looking girl with a tray of cupcakes, a cute short pink dress, half red hair and big brown eyes. All of which he identified as the belongings of Cat Valentine. He set down the tools he was using and quickly ran out to meet her.

"Hey! Hey, Cat!" he called. Cat stopped singing and turned around; bewildered. When she realized it was Beck she swiftly put the cupcakes down onto the sidewalk and squealed as she ran arms wide-opened to him. Cat threw herself into his arms and he gladly returned the hug; chuckling as to how much Cat was like a puppy in a human body. After a 5 second embrace, they pulled apart.

"Omigod! How have you been Beck? Ooh! We have to find a time to catch up, it's been ages since we've seen each other! Oh! -" she started to spit words out of her mouth a record speed, so it ended up coming out as one whole word.

"Cat." Beck tried to get her to stop, but she kept talking. "Cat." He tried once more, but she would not stop blabbing about how her brother dove into the neighbor's window to avoid getting tagged. "Cat!" she stopped midsentence. "Slow. Down." She was utterly confused as to what he meant until she realized all she had said and done.

"Oops." She giggled. "I did it again!" then she started to laugh like no tomorrow. "G-get it?" she stuttered between laughs. "O-o-ops I-I did it a-again?" Beck's father looked up from his work on the car to see what was going on. Beck had told him he was dating someone, but he had never met the girl. Drawing the conclusion that this was Beck's girlfriend, he left the garage to greet her.

"Hi, I'm Mr. Oliver." Cat could easily see that this was Beck's dad; they shared the same million-dollar smile. She took his outstretched hand and shook it politely. Though she was laughing like a maniac only moments earlier, Mr. Oliver was quite impressed with her. "So you must be Beck's new girlfriend." He said pleasantly.

Beck and Cat's eyes grew wide. "Oh, no, no. I'm not his girlfriend. Jade is." Cat clarified.

"Oh, my apologies. Beck, isn't Jade that girl you've had a crush on since the 5th grade?" Beck's eyes grew wider as Cat giggled; he could not believe his dad would say that in front of his friend. He would've died if his dad said that in front of Jade for that matter.

"Aww, you've had a crush on Jade since the 5th grade. How cute!" Cat squealed. Beck's cheeks turned a deep shade of red against his tan skin.

"Dad, could you not say that again, ever?" he hissed. It was more of a demand rather than a request. His father chuckled in understanding.

"Okay kid, it was nice to meet to you Cat." Mr. Oliver smiled at her and turned and made his way back to garage.

"So Cat, where are going with a large tray of cupcakes? Taking Little Red Riding Hood's job I see." he joked, pointing to her the red part of her hair.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Cat backed away from him; she couldn't believe he would ever say something so insulting. Beck was taken by surprise.

"Uh, I, j-just, never mind. Where are you heading to Cat?"

"Oh, I'm going to Jade's." she stepped towards him once more; bouncing with glee like he hadn't just 'offended' her.

"Hey, can I go to Jade's with you?" he hadn't seen Jade in ages and really wanted to. Mainly just to kiss her again.

"Sure!" Cat skipped back to the tray of cupcakes she set down and Beck followed; all the way to Jade's.

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