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I Never Loved Someone The Way I Love You
Digidestend Angel
I Do NOT Own Victorious or Song Titles of Each Chapter.
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Capitulo Diez
Amor Es Dejar Ir De Miedo
(Love Is Letting Go Of Fear)
Dinner was quiet that night…which was odd.
And Mr. Valentine wasn't appreciating it. He dropped his fork onto his plate and looked to his son and daughter. "Are you two high?" He suddenly asked in a blunt tone. Everybody else at the table's jaws dropped, but they were too surprised to speak. "I'm only asking because you two are never this quiet. You both talk a lot…almost too much. And now you're not speaking."
"It's been a funky day, dad." Andre mumbled as he pushed his mashed potatoes around his plate.
"Just see it from my point of view…you and Cat are usually talking non-stop about your day, or bickering about nothing." Mr. Valentine pointed out. "Or we'd hear your younger brother make his peas talk…but he's at a friend's house."
"Dom, let the kids eat." Grace told him firmly. "They said they would talk to us after dinner."
"I didn't know that meant talk at all, Grace." Dominic countered. "I apologize, but I adore my kids' voices."
"I know." Grace gave him a smile and then looked over to Beck, who was sitting next to Cat. "You're not eating much, Beck. Usually you have thirds!"
Beck chuckled, ignoring the pain in his ribs. "I'm very sore right now to the point it hurts to eat."
"I still want to know how you were hurt so bad." Grace sighed.
"Mom, we said we'd tell you both after dinner." Andre told her kindly.
Beck peeked over to his girlfriend, who was playing with her food. Something was going on with her…he was terrified it had something to do with the fact they were about to ask her parents if he could move in. She could change her mind, he wouldn't care. He just wanted her to be happy and be near her, even if that meant he stayed next door in the trailer. But what if Cat's parents were afraid of his dad and wanted to move out of the neighborhood? Or back to Cancun? Back to where Danny was and he couldn't protect her!
"Beck." Cat's soft voice was heard as she put on of her petite hands on his arm. "Are you okay? You're looking pale."
Beck gulped, feeling sick. "I…I'm coming down with something."
Cat gasped and stood up. "Come on, babe, let's get you to bed." She helped him up and steady his balance as she lead him to Andre's room, leaving the rest of the family in worry. "What's wrong?"
"It's all too much." Beck felt the world spinning after he laid down onto the queen size bed. "I'm thinking too much and the stress is overwhelming me."
"Oh poor Beck." She leaned down and kissed his forehead. "Rest. Andre and I will talk to my parents and then when you get up, we'll all talk."
Beck wanted to object, since he wanted to be there for Cat in this difficult time. "Are you okay with this?"
"Yes…" She sighed. "I'm sorry that I'm so distracted…it's been a very rough day."
"But everything will be okay since you changed your number and Danny doesn't know where you live, so you'll be fine." Beck gave her a small smile. Cat felt herself unable to lie right now, especially with Beck in a vulnerable state, so he caught onto her fearful emotions immediately. "Cat? What's going on?"
Cat bit her lip before answering. "N-n-nothing."
Beck frowned. "Cat, don't keep this stuff inside. You were forced to do that for years because of Danny. I'm here for you."
"I'm fine." Cat mumbled, not looking him in the eyes.
Beck looked worried. "No, you're not. If you can't tell me, at least tell Andre. He's worried too. Trust him."
"I trust Andre with anything and everything." Cat told him, almost defensively. "He's my best friend."
"If you trust him, how come you kept the secret of your boyfriend abusing you?" Beck asked without thinking. He slapped his hands over his mouth when he finished his question and Cat looked to him with wide eyes. "Oh no, Cat, I didn't mean that! I'm sorry I asked that! I'm so sorry!"
Cat stood from the bed, tears threatening to fall. "Excuse me that I was trying to protect my family from the hurt of that their little girl was hurt continuously by her boyfriend, who I thought I loved!" She snapped at him. Beck could feel his happiness fading quickly. "I would've never been able to break up with the guy I supposedly loved, so I didn't want to tell my family and especially Andre about Danny hitting me just so they could continue to watch me hurt!"
Beck stood up, ignoring his dizziness feeling. "Cat, please forgive me! I'm sorry!"
"Just leave me alone!" She told him as she walked out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
Beck's lip trembled and he clenched his fists…he suddenly punched the nearest wall close to him and fell to the floor, leaning against the bed. His heart was breaking and he felt as if his whole world just slipped away from him and ran out that door, never to tell him that she was his again…and if Cat didn't want to see him anymore, he'd die. She was the best thing that had ever happened to him and for her to hate him…it was the end for him.
He couldn't stop himself as he curled up and cried, sobbing violently.
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Cat passed her parents and brother doing the dishes in the kitchen and went outside. She shut the door behind her and sighed deeply, leaning against the door, but she heard a chuckle next to her and looked to the swing on the porch. She could smell the scent of cigarettes…a familiar scent she thought she was safe from.
Apparently not.
"D-D-Danny?" She whispered as her trembling became more violent.
The evil chuckling continued as the 6'2'' teenage boy stood up, making Cat feel like a small mouse. "Hello, Kitty."
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Beck's heart dropped as he felt something bad happening to his girl. "Cat…" He ran out of his room, once again not worrying about his own physical pain, and ran to where he felt his heart was leading him. He opened the front door and saw…nothing. "Cat?" He looked around, but everything was dark and the only cars he saw were the Valentine's. "Where are you?"
Andre walked out behind him and looked confused. "Yo, why are you out of bed? Where's my sis?"
Beck slowly turned to him with tears. "I don't know."
Andre went on high big brother alert. "What the hell do you mean you don't know? Where is she? Where is my sister?" He looked around. "CAT? CAT?" He walked down the steps, desperately calling Cat's name. "SIS? CAT? ANSWER ME!"
Beck fell against the door sill, feeling helpless. "No…"