Evil Incarnate
Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious.
A/N: This chapter is a flashback for Cat. Yeah, I'm making up for not having Cat for so many chapters. This is all going as planned. It's going to be a sequence chapter, through various important parts in her life. Not many, as it is one chapter.
Chapter 10 (The Rain)
Nine year old Catherine Valentine sat in the backseat of her car, clutching her stuffed elephant in her arms and watching outside the window. They were moving to LA, such a big city, and she was scared. It was raining heavily against the window, and the waves on the surface seemed to distract her from the move. She didn't want to think about all the friends she was leaving behind. She didn't want to think about how afraid she was that she wouldn't make any friends. Right now, the rain was scaring her because it was coming down so heavily and so hard. Nothing good ever seemed to come from it. Hence, they were moving away and it was raining. She closed her eyes and leaned in the chair, holding her elephant tightly. "Mommy, Daddy, I don't like this move. Why did we have to leave." Mrs. Valentine looked back at her daughter and smiled at her.
"I told you honey, daddy's got a better job." Cat huffed and shook her head. She looked to the other side of the car at her younger brother who was sleeping in the seat. She decided she may as well try that, since maybe it might help her to forget where she was and what was going on, to pretend nothing was happening. She placed her elephant on the door and rested her head against it, closing her eyes tightly and trying to think of better things.
When they made it to her new home and began unpacking everything, she sat on the front porch and watched the rain fall. She was afraid to touch it, thinking that it would be like acid to her body. She was incredibly surprised when she saw a curly haired boy skating down the sidewalk. "Hey! You! Are you insane!" The boy nearly jumped and caught himself on a stop sign, then looked over at her. He stuck his tongue out of the corner of his mouth and skated over to her. Her eyes widened when she realized what she had just done, she did not want to start talking to anyone she didn't know. "Uh…"
"Hey, you just moved in?" Cat slowly nodded her head as the boy smiled happily. "Awesome! I'm Robbie. I'm ten years old, what about you?"
"C-Cat, I'm nine." She shrunk back a bit, staring nervously at her feet. The boy tilted his head and smiled slightly at her. He found her very interesting and wanted to be friends with her.
"Want to be friends?" Her head shot up and her face turned red.
"I'm not sure…but why are you in the rain? Are you stupid or something?" Robbie's lips formed a circle and he laughed, clearly she didn't know how perfect the rain was.
"The rain is the most beautiful! I love it!" His parents didn't mind him playing in the rain, so long as he didn't stay out too long and he changed immediately when he got back home. "Come on, let me show you!" Cat shook her head, but it was too late, he grabbed her hand and was pulling her into the rain. She screamed out and closed her eyes, but nothing happened to her. She opened her left eye to see Robbie staring back at her calmly, holding her hands. "See, you're okay."
"It feels warm." She opened her other eye and smiled. Fortunately the rain had gone down just a bit, but it didn't mean she wasn't going to be soaked and her mother wasn't going to be upset with her. "Did you do something to the rain?" Robbie laughed again and shook his head.
"No! Chase me!" Cat blinked as he skated down the sidewalk, waving at her. "Nah-nah, you can't catch me!"
"Liar!" Cat ran after him and laughed as they raced down the street.
A few years later, twelve year old Cat had her arms on her windowsill, waiting for her friend to show up. She would be turning thirteen at the end of the summer, but sadly wouldn't be going into the program that Robbie was in. Hollywood Arts served kids starting at the age of thirteen. She looked at the sky and sighed, wasn't Robbie supposed to have been here ten minutes ago?
Rain started to drizzle from the sky and she slowly closed her eyes. Robbie loved the rain and was teaching her that it wasn't such a bad thing at all. She was beginning to associate the rain with him, though. The doorbell rang and her eyes shot open. Her mom called out to her. "Robbie's here, dear!"
"Robbie? Finally!" Cat bounced from the window and ran out, nearly tackling Robbie to the ground when she spotted him. He quickly sidestepped her and chuckled nervously. She blushed and regained her composure, then grabbed his wrist and pulled her into the bedroom. She pointed at the window. "It's raining."
"Yeah…" He looked into her eyes and smiled as she stared at the window. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" His voice was soft and delicate, almost like he was talking about something other than the rain. "Anyway, look what I have!" Cat looked over as he carefully placed a tray on the table next to her bed. She watched as he opened it and revealed a red cupcake. "This is a red velvet cupcake, try it!"
"Okay." Cat took the cupcake in her hands and slowly brought it to her lips. She bit into it and it opened a world of wonders to her. She gasped and eyed it with wide eyes while Robbie stared at her with a smirk. "Oh my god this is great!"
"I told you!" He loved to see her happy and in a good mood. She scarfed the cupcake down and looked at Robbie gratefully. "You know, classes are starting up soon. Maybe you could try out for the Hollywood Arts."
"Oh no, I couldn't do that!" She loved to sing and he thought she had a beautiful voice, but just needed the confidence.
"Why not? Your voice is spectacular, and all you have to do is talk in front of the principal. Take me for example, I'm working on ventriloquism, and this one kid's going to show me a dummy that I can purchase from something called the Sky Store, but that's not important. What's important is you need to show the world your voice!"
"I couldn't. I'd be too embarrassed!" Cat blushed as Robbie grinned deviously. He knew the person in charge of the whole program often went for walks in the rain, he even knew the person's route, as a friend of his pointed it out so often. If he could get Cat to sing for him and that person heard her, then she could probably learn to be confident in herself.
"Well then, would you be willing to sing with me alone?" Cat looked outside and shrugged. He took that as a yes and took her hand, then pulled her outside. Her mother shrugged it off when she saw them head out, she had just gotten used to this over the years. Cat laughed as the warm rain touched her body. They made it to the corner of the street and Robbie thought of a song for her to sing.
"What would you like me to sing, Robbie?" He tapped his chin and then pointed his finger up.
"Ah! How about 'I want what I want' by Tata Young. Do you know that song?" Cat thought for a minute and nodded, she recognized the song and actually learned the lyrics.
"Yeah, I got it." Cat began to sing and Robbie listened earnestly, being pulled in instantly like a sailor to a siren. He closed his eyes and tilted his head up as the rain fell gently upon his face. He'd actually forgotten that he wanted the person in charge to hear her, although it really was just a small purpose compared to the fact that he just wanted to hear her sing beautifully.
It was just at the end of the song that the man rounded the corner and Cat was surprised to hear him say that she had just the voice that people were looking for at the school and offered her a position in the start of the new school year. Her eyes were wide and fearful when she looked to Robbie, who simply gazed back at her with the calmest expression ever. Once again, he relaxed her and pulled her into a hug, and they danced in the rain. She would associate a velvet cupcake to this day and dye her hair red in remembrance of this and in remembrance of her new favorite food.
A few years later, sixteen years old, Robbie was seventeen. She knew whenever it was raining, he would always be on her mind as she associated the rain with him for so long. He helped her through so much, he was her greatest friend of all, even closer than Jade, who was the second person she'd met when she moved to LA. He always seemed to be wise in the ways of the world, she could come to him about anything it seemed.
She didn't know why she was uncomfortable with Rex, and she attributed most of Rex's statements as coming from Robbie. Which was why she felt so small whenever Rex hit on other women, but never her. She just needed to remind herself that they were just friends, but she honestly stopped believing that a while ago. There had to be something more, something that wasn't there.
Another rainy day in the middle of April brought Cat to Robbie's place, filled with so many new questions that she hoped he had the answer to. She was afraid of how he'd react, but she knew she needed to remain confident and just come out with it.
She entered his room and found him reading a book on his bed, Rex was nowhere in sight. Perhaps this was a good thing, she wouldn't feel like she had to hold back. "What is sex like?" Robbie coughed and his body jerked in a sudden motion as he looked at her with wide, questioning eyes.
"I'm sorry, but what?"
"What is sex like, Robbie? Do you know?"
"Uh…" Robbie closed his eyes and moved his head back, stunned by the outburst. "No. Why would you ask?" Cat twirled her fingers behind her back and walked closer to him, then lay on the bed next to him and stared up to the ceiling. He didn't move away from her.
"Because I want to know if what I've heard about it is true." What was it like to make love to the rain? "Is it like the rain?" Robbie stammered a bit and stared curiously at Cat, raising an eyebrow.
"I have no clue."
"I'm told that it's done with the person you feel is right for you. I always thought that was the kiss, though."
"No." Robbie placed his hands on his stomach and gazed upwards. "It's said that when you kiss someone, that's when your heart tells you that's the one." Cat frowned and thought back to Robbie's stage kiss with Trina.
"What did it feel like when you kissed Trina?" Robbie shrugged and looked over at Cat, he was really growing more interested in why Cat was all of a sudden asking such questions.
"It didn't feel like anything, but of course I never had a real kiss so I didn't discern between a fake and a real one."
"What about when I kissed you…" Robbie chuckled and closed his eyes. That one didn't feel fake, it was real, by all means it was real. He felt sparks, she felt sparks, and truth be told, they wanted to feel those sparks again. "Did you feel anything?"
"Did you?"
"Yeah. I did."
"Oh?"
"I want…I want to know if I'll feel it again." Cat looked down as Robbie tilted his head slightly, smiling at her.
"You know Cat, can I be honest?"
"What?" She lifted her head and gazed into Robbie's eyes.
"Ever since I met you, you've always had this thing about you that I just couldn't help but…to be attached. You're beautiful, you really are." Cat's cheeks grew red and her eyes instantly darted to the window. How could he think she was beautiful? He placed his fingers under her chin and smiled softly. Her heart started beating heavily as he gazed into her eyes.
"Are you going to…kiss me?"
"Only if you want me to." Her body began to grow increasingly warm and she decided to take the plunge. She leaned forward and kissed his lips passionately. She couldn't stop herself as the kiss deepened, she thrived on the emotion and craved more. Robbie wrapped his arms around her and tightened his embrace, he was feeling the similar feelings. As the passion deepened and they started losing control, their last sense of control stopped them for a brief moment. "Cat, what are we doing?"
"Maybe…making love to the rain?"
"Are you sure?" Cat bit her lip and glanced to the side. She wanted once more to travel into the rain with him, to become one with him. She wanted to know how it felt to be loved like that.
"I want to know. Don't you?"
"Yeah, but…" He looked into her eyes and a guttural sound left his throat. "Hell, I can't resist your eyes, Cat. I never could." She smiled at him and kissed his lips again. And on they went into the night, making love to the rain and letting it once more wash over their bodies, calming them, subduing them, awakening the passion inside.
At the end, they held each other close, neither of them felt ashamed for what they'd done, as it was a completely natural act it seemed. They wanted to know, and now they knew. "So what happens now?" Cat asked in a quiet voice.
"I don't know…" He groomed her hair and smiled as he gently kissed her forehead. They probably wouldn't do this regularly. Hell, things would probably just go the way they were before. Neither Cat nor Robbie felt it was life altering, what had happened. "I hope we can at least remain friends."
"Oh of course!" She snuggled closer to him and closed her eyes, drifting off into sleep. He smiled gently and closed his eyes. Cat would dream of the rain tonight, tomorrow night, and every night after. They knew they couldn't have a relationship, she'd just gotten out of a bad break up with Daniel and just wasn't ready. That was really what started her question. He wanted sex, and she didn't feel like he was the right person. She didn't want it and she refused, this led to a fight, which led them to break up. Not even Robbie knew that. She always thought Robbie was the right person, and that is why she wanted to make love to him, so she could know that she was right in her feelings. "I really like you, Robbie…"
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and if you caught the clues in earlier chapters you may just catch something. So review. Next chapter we'll be seeing Beck and the others for a while