(WARNING: there's a sensitive subject in this chapter and also suggestive themes, but no graphic smut).
Cat's POV
"It'll be fine!" I insisted, practically running to keep up with Robbie.
"It really won't!" he yelled, walking on.
"Stop walking so quickly, I've only got little legs!" I yelled, desperately grabbing for his arm. He stopped suddenly and I crashed into his back. He turned around and I glared at him, readjusting my books and flattening out my hair.
"You told me to stop" he said, cockily.
"Robbie!" I snapped. "Please just come to mine" I begged.
"Nope" he said, turning around and walking off again. I huffed and rushed after him, slowing down and stopping for breath when we reached our lockers.
"Please, please, please, please, please!" I begged, grabbing his arm so he'd look at me and I could give him puppy dog eyes. But he refused to look at me, so I scowled and turned to put my things in my locker.
"What goes on people?" Rex asked, coming up to us.
"Cat wants me to go to a meal at her house so I can meet her parents properly" he said, rolling his eyes.
"Please just come!" I begged again.
"No way! Your dad hates me!" he said.
"He dislikes you. And my mom loves you!"
"No way. Not happening."
I sighed, frustrated, and decided to resort to desperate measures. I grabbed the front of his shirt and sidled up to him, running my other hand through his hair and batting my eyelashes.
"I can't" he said. I pulled myself closer and put on my doe eyes, stroking his hair.
"You can?" I asked.
"I c-can't…"
"Can?"
"Ca…"
"Can?"
"Can."
"You can?"
"I can."
"Good!" I said, kissing him on the lips and pulling away, a huge smile on my face. "Come to mine at 6. Don't be late, my dad hates that" I said, kissing his cheek and walking away.
"Your dad hates everything!" he yelled after me. I smirked and carried on walking.
"So Robbie, what are your plans for the future?" my mom asked, smiling at him.
"Well first, Mrs. Valentine, I must say that the spaghetti and meatballs was delicious. You're as talented as you are beautiful. Must be where Cat gets it from" he said, smiling at me. I discretely rolled my eyes at his charm.
"And after school, well I don't really have any plans" he said, shrugging. I quickly looked to my dad and saw his content expression drop.
"Um…Robbie really enjoys acting and him and our friend Rex can be really funny together. I think he should look into comedy" I said, grinning widely and nudging him.
"Y-yeah, comedy could be cool" he said. I breathed a sigh of relief.
"So are you two using protection?" my dad asked. I was just taking a swig of my orange juice and started to choke, coughing and spluttering. Robbie started patting my back whilst my mum wiped up the juice I had splattered everywhere. Once I'd finished dying and regained my composure, I looked at my dad.
"DAD!" I yelled.
"What? I don't want to be a granddad yet, so I'd rather that you use protection! I'd rather you didn't do it at all, but I know what teenage boys are like."
"We haven't done anything yet, but if we ever do, I will make sure Cat is 100% ready and I will be more than protected enough, sir" Robbie said, not smiling once.
"Mum, lets get dessert!" I said, looking pointedly at her and stacking up the dinner plates. I carried them into the kitchen with my mum behind me and as soon as we were through the door, I heard her giggle ring throughout the room.
"He's so embarrassing!" I wailed, putting the plates down and opening the fridge to get the cheesecake out.
"Aw, he just wants you to be safe baby" she said, stroking my red velvet hair.
"I know, but I had to really persuade Robbie to come tonight" I moaned.
"Did you use your feminine wiles?" she said, winking and getting the plates out.
"Stop it! Dad's bad enough, without you joining in!" I said, pointing at her.
"You do realise you've left Robbie in there with your father, and he's probably quizzing him right now?" she said, an amused look on her face. Dread filled me and I ran into the dining room.
"So what we talking about?" I said quickly.
"Robbie's schooling" my dad said. I looked to Robbie and saw him with a 'help me' look on his face.
"Eddie, come and help me with these plates!" my mom called in from the kitchen. He reluctantly got up and went to the kitchen and Robbie turned to me, his head falling on my shoulder.
"I told you your dad hates me" he mumbled. I lightly tugged his hair so he'd lift his head up and looked into his eyes.
"He's just protecting me. But it doesn't matter. Because I'm a big girl now and I love you, so" I smiled and he smiled back, bringing his hands to lightly brush my cheeks.
"I love you" he said and leaned in to kiss me. I kissed back and we deepened it…until we heard somebody clear their throat behind us. We jumped back and turned to see my dad stood in the doorway, holding a stack of plates and staring disapprovingly at us. I felt my face heat up and looked down at the table, not daring to look at my parents or Robbie. We ate our cheesecake in silence, not looking at my parents and when it was time for him to leave, we didn't even kiss at the door. I shuffled upstairs to my bedroom and found a packet of condoms and leaflets about contraception on my bed. No doubt from my dad. Blushing deeply, I hastily shoved them in my drawer and got ready for bed.
It had been 3 days since the embarrassing dinner and me and Robbie were finally beginning to laugh about it. Well I thought we were getting over it until I got a text.
New Message: Robbie 3
Come to my house. ASAP. I really need to talk to you xxxxxxxxxxxx
Panic and worry filled me, but I tried to keep a straight face as I walked over to his huge house. I knocked on the door and a serious looking Robbie answered the door.
"Hey" I squeaked, not making eye contact.
"Hey. Do you want to come in?" he mumbled, stepping to the side and opening the door more.
I stepped inside and followed him up to his room, sitting down on his bed. He was pacing around slowly, not looking at me, and eventually I spoke my mind.
"Robbie stop! If you're going to dump me then do it, but please get on with it so I have time to regain my dignity". He looked at me and shook his head, coming down to sit next to me on the bed.
"Wh-why would you think I'm breaking up with you?" he asked, in disbelief.
"'We need to talk'. Being all nervous around me. That's usually the tell-tale signs" I said, wringing my hands together and looking at my lap. He grabbed my hands and made me look at him properly.
"I'm not breaking up with you" he said quietly. I breathed a sigh of relief. "I really love you Cat. So much. But I haven't been honest with you and I have to be" he said, pulling his hands away and going back to pacing.
"What do you mean?" I asked. "You're not…you're not cheating are you?" I whispered, dread filling me again.
"What?! NO!" he yelled, completely shocked.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" I said, my head in my hands. "I'm panicking. Please just tell me what's going on!"
He walked up to me quickly and held both my hands in his. He kissed me softly and squeezed my hands. "Wait here" he whispered, walking out the room. I slowly shuffled over to the bed and sat down again. A couple of minutes later he came in with a heavy, brown book.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Answers" he replied, mysteriously.
"Answers to what?" I asked.
"Everything" he said, sitting down on the bed and putting the book between us. I reached out hesitantly to open it and he grabbed my hand, stopping me.
"Before you do that, I need to tell you something. I'm not…Robbie Shapiro" he said. I snickered, thinking that it was a joke, until I saw his face and realised he was serious.
"What?"
"Well I am and I'm not."
"Robbie, what are you-"
"My real name is Matthew Robert Bennett" he said. "I used to live in New York with my mum and dad and baby sister. I was a huge nerd, I had an afro and I wore huge glasses. I even carried around a puppet called Günter. Everyone bullied me and I had no friends. Life sucked. And then to top it all off, my dad cheated on my mom with his secretary. They had been carrying on for about 6 months before it came out. When it did, my mom wanted a divorce immediately and my dad made us choose which parent we wanted to live with. I hated my dad for destroying our family so I chose my mom. But my sister was too young to understand and my dad managed to bribe her to stay with him."
His breath shuddered and my heart broke at how much he missed his sister. I reached out and held his hand and he shot me a smile.
"My mom moved here to be closer to her sister, Jade's mom. I transferred schools and decided that it was my chance at a fresh start. I got a hair cut and tamed it and changed my personality. When my mom got a promotion and a pay rise in her job, I asked her if I could have laser eye surgery and she said yes. I didn't want anything to do with my dad so I took my mom's surname, Shapiro, and asked her to start calling me Robbie, my middle name. On the first day of school, I asserted my authority, and nobody has bullied me since."
"Robbie that's…I'm so sorry" I said, shaking my head in disbelief. He squeezed my hand and shuffled closer to me, putting the book on both our laps. He opened it and showed me pictures of his old self, his family and his sister.
"What's her name?" I asked.
"Ally" he said, a look of adoration on his face. I looked down at the freckled girl, smiling widely at the camera with her dark hair in pigtails, and my heart ached.
"When did you last see her?" I asked.
"Her birthday in April" he said, subconsciously stroking the picture with his finger. "I speak to her on the phone a lot though. She normally comes and sees me around this time of year, for Christmas, but my dad says she can't this year because they're spending the holiday with his new girlfriend" he said, his hand balling into a fist. I kissed his shoulder and nuzzled it, trying to push some love and happiness into him.
"I've never told anybody that before" he said, staring off into the distance. I looked down at the book and saw the photo of old Robbie, with his big glasses. I smiled and giggled internally. Suddenly I let go of Robbie's hand and reached to the photo, carefully taking it out of the plastic and looking at it.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"I like this guy" I said, kissing the photo.
"Really? I think he's an ugly weed" Robbie said, pushing the photo album off his legs and onto the bed next to him. I reached over and used my finger to turn his head so he was looking at me.
"I think he's gorgeous. And he has an amazing personality. And a beautiful heart. And I love him more than anything" I said, tears prickling my eyes. I put the photo on the bedside table and leaned over to kiss him.
"I love you so much" he murmured against my lips. The kiss deepened and I pushed him back and straddled him. I kissed him again and started lifting my shirt. He grabbed my hands to stop me and sat up so I was sat in his lap, concern showing in his eyes.
"Cat, what are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm ready" I said, nodding frantically.
"Are-are you sure?" he stuttered.
"You trusted me enough to tell me your biggest secret. So your Christmas present from me deserves to be amazing. I'm going to give you something that no other boy is ever going to get. Ever" I whispered, looking dead into his eyes. Something washed over him and he kissed me passionately, pulling me down with him.
"Wait, your mom" I said, pulling myself away.
"She's on a business trip. Won't be back for a couple days" he said. I smirked and leaned down to kiss him again.
It was really painful and I cried when I saw the blood, but he wiped away my tears. I had make up all down my face and my hair kept getting in our faces. We fumbled and it hurt and we fell off the bed at one point but…
It was perfect.
AN: I hope the subjects in this chapter didn't upset anybody and if they did, then I am truly sorry. I hope things are/will get better (:
Humungous thanks to mewgirl12, CaburpleGiraffe, Ariana4Ever, CabbieLoverSAC22, superstar1030, Sofia13 and a guest for reviewing (:
I'm so sorry it's taken so long to update! I just got a job and some extra hours at college so it's been a bit hectic ):
And if you guys aren't getting updates then check your spam folder, because that's where all my fanfiction emails are going for some reason :/
Last thing; did you guys see twinfection?! I LOVE MELANIE SO MUCH 3 might have to work her into this story…
Until next time,
chuckyshmucky -xo