J is For Jell-O
"Jade, guess what?"
"What, Cat? What could you possibly have to say that's more important than practicing for the talent show tonight?"
"I…had a dream!"
"So?"
It was almost six o' clock p.m. at Hollywood Arts, and the auditorium was full of teenagers getting ready for the night's performance. Jade and Cat would be performing, and so would Andre and Tori, Beck, and Trina. Everybody else was busily practicing their songs, skits, or in Trina's case, one woman production of Romeo and Juliet.
"So we learned about that guy, Martin Luther King and he had a dream, and he got famous so I thought if I had a dream like his and announced it maybe I'd become famous too!"
"Cat, Martin Luther King's dream was about equal treatment in America! He was one of the greatest peace makers in the history of America. I seriously doubt any dream you could've had is as important as one he had," Jade replied, exasperatedly.
"Well my dream was pretty important also," Cat said, twisting a piece of cupcake colored hair in between her fingers.
"Okay, what was your dream about?" Jade snapped. "After this we're going back to practicing, aright?"
"Alright. My dream was about me in a gigantic pool of Jell-O! I was swimming and diving, and it was lime flavored and oh my God, it tasted so good! So I was swimming and I was like "yay, Jell-O! And it…was amazing."
Jade was gripping the edge of her seat so forcefully it was threatening to break in her hands.
"..You?"
"What do you mean?"
Jade stood up, pushing her chair back so it fell to the ground and landed with a clatter that made heads turn in her direction.
"You've got problems! We're sitting here trying to rehearse for a talent show that happens in two and a half hours, our lyrics are only half memorized and you're talking about a dream you had about Jell-O! How do you not see something wrong with that, Cat?"
Cat's chin wobbled and her eyes glazed over with tears as Jade yelled at her, a hint of desperation in her voice.
"All of your dreams, every single one of them, is pointless and will never happen! It's time you come to sense with reality!"
Cat burst into tears and leapt up off her chair. She fled from the room, and Jade sat back down breathing heavily.
"What?" she snapped at Robbie, who was staring.
"Nothing," he quickly looked away.
"Do you people have a problem?" Jade asked again, to Beck and Andre who were watching her.
"Kind of," Beck said, and Andre nodded in agreement.
"Well stick it back up your butt because the talent show is tonight," Jade said, feeling a little guilty that her partner was probably hyperventilating in the girl's bathroom because of her.
"Jade," Andre said kindly, making his way to her. He took Cat's empty seat.
"What, Harris?"
"Do you think that was nice?"
"I don't think I care," Jade replied icily, picking up her lyric sheet. "Now go play with your keyboard or something because I need to practice."
"Without a partner?" Andre asked. "Cat's your friend, and you shouldn't have treated her that way."
"I do a lot of things I shouldn't…It doesn't matter, she'll get tired of being so dramatic and come crawling back like she always does."
Andre raised his eyebrows, making Jade feel even guiltier.
"She's sweet, Jade," he said. "Don't take advantage of her like that. Now why don't you run along to the girls' room and apologize to her?"
Jade groaned.
"Fine, but I'm doing it because I want to practice for the show, not because I actually care about her feelings."
Andre shrugged, and went back to his seat.
Jade made her way along the empty hallway to the bathroom closest to the auditorium where they were all practicing.
"Cat," she called, walking in and slamming the door shut. "Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
"G-go away," Cat's voice called from inside a stall door.
"No."
"I'm tired of you treating me like this, Jade. I'm a person too!" Cat wept hysterically, causing Jade to roll her eyes.
She lifted her foot and planted it on the door, before pulling back and preparing to slam in into the stall's lock. She paused, mid kick, and planted her foot back on the ground.
It probably wouldn't help to be sued by the school for property destruction.
"Okay, Cat, I'm sorry. Not all of your dreams are pointless. Just most of them. Now you can either sit here and cry, or come out and help me practice. If you choose the first one, then I'm performing by myself tonight. Your choice."
Jade pushed the door open, and walked into the hallway listening for Cat's footsteps. When they didn't come, she sighed. She'd have to do something bigger.
She walked to the kitchen and searched for instant Jell-O powder. She found some in the science part of it, and saw that it wasn't for cooking, and it was three and a half months past the expiration date, but shrugged anyway and made it.
It came out too liquidly and smelling like steak, but it was Jell-O and it was the color of spinach. Cat had said it was lime Jell-O in her dream, right?
Jade's boots clicked as she walked back into the bathroom, holding the bowl full of smelly mush. She closed the door, and bent over to see if Cat's feet were still under the stall. Yep, she was still in there.
"Cat, I have something for you," she called through the door.
"Y-you do?" A single brown eye appeared at the lock, and a half second later Cat was out looking into the bowl.
"What is it?" she asked, her tear streamed cheeks bright with excitement.
"It's Jell-O…kind of. Here, does this make up for it?"
She handed Cat the bowl. After a split second of hesitation, Cat picked up the bowl and slapped it onto her head. The mush flowed out along her hair and down her face.
Jade stared, speechless.
"I forgive you!" Cat smiled, patting the glob on top of her head.
"Thanks…So, um, why did you just do that?"
"I wanted to see what it would feel like on top of my head," Cat said. "That was the best part of the dream."
"Remind me the next time I'm doing something nice for you that you're an idiot," Jade growled.
Cat wilted a little.
"I am?"
Jade looked at the little girl's Jell-O covered face and sighed.
"No…Let's just go practice, okay?"
"Okay!"
Random Quote Of The Day: Rex: Man, nobody's going to drive into this neighborhood at night.
Robbie: Hey, batman would!
Rex: Do you have batman's phone number?
Robbie: No…
Rex: THEN HOW WE GONNA CALL BATMAN?
Robbie: We're not…
Rex: I KNOW WE'RE NOT!
Note: Okay, long quote, but I love that scene. Also I got some new reviewers this chapter so I just wanted to say thanks to WickedWitchOfTheWest3, Live Laugh Love Lie, CrazybutLoveable, and every other person who reviewed! You guys are amazing! Please review, 143!
Sshaw101: LOL. Yeah, perfectly random enough. And tell your sister that I agree. Unicorns are real, but llamas are also real. And if she continues to argue, tell her that you'll rub her face with mustard while she sleeps. :) Works on my little brother…He's only six, though.
Pottergirl1: Haha, yes, I've watched How To Train Your Dragon.
MarieaLovesYew: Aw, hi! Thanks so much! And yes, that was me! BTW, my friend asks me if I like pie every single day, so that's pretty cool! I told her, she goes OMG!
Too Lazy To Log In: Haha, I know, that's why I chose it!
Thanks to everyone else!