Struggles She Faced, Chances He Took
Digidestend Angel
I do NOT own Victorious
Chapter Twelve
She'll Take Her Time, but He Don't Mind
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It's a new day here at Hollywood Arts…okay, that started out a bit on the "gay" side, but whatever. It's a true statement. Everything is back to normal. I drove Cat to school again today, like it always should be. Good. That's how my world turns.
After Cat finishes up at her locker, we link arms and head to our first class of the day. Apparently though it's something different today. We're meeting in the Black Box Theatre to go over and discuss this new assignment. Whatever. It's a class with Cat, so I'm absolutely content.
I open the door and a few people are there. I see Andre and he waves us over with a smile, so we sit next to him. "What's up, Lil' Red?" He greets after Cat gives him a hug and sits next to him. We hit our knuckles together, but lightly because my knuckles are still sore from breaking Danny's nose last week. "Hey, Beck. So how's your guys' morning so far?"
We both shrug. "Nothing out of the ordinary, man." I tell him, taking a notebook out of my backpack, and Cat does the same. "Do you know what this is about?"
Andre shook his head. "Nah, they haven't said anything. There's a guy up there, beating on that dummy, which is odd."
Cat and I both look up front and see a tall, curly blonde guy with gloves on and punching the dummy.
Yeah, that is unusual.
I look over at Cat, who's still staring. "Stop drooling, Cat." I smirk when she gives me a glare.
Andre laughs with me, and that earns him a look from the redhead as well.
Finally the bell rings, and everyone in the class comes in quickly and sits. The guy upfront that was punching the dummy puts it aside and comes forward when the teacher comes in. "Good morning, class." Our teacher says. "Today is a different kind of class, obviously, since we are not in our normal room. Our lesson for today is Stage Fighting."
Oh great…Cat should be totally swell with this one…
"This is Chad, and he's here today to take over for me and teach you guys about the art of Stage Fighting and how to act it out." The teacher motioned to the blonde, tall kid next to him. "You have the stage, Chad."
Chad nodded and began explaining everything. "Stage fighting isn't hard, but in a way, it's not easy." He goes into detail about it and it sounds really interesting. I'm kind of stoked for this assignment. "Now since we went over enough, let's have someone come up and help me demonstrate." He looks around and smiles at Cat. "How about you, Lil' Red?"
"Hey, that's my nickname for her!" Andre snapped, making everyone laughed.
"Sorry." Chad chuckled. "Come on up…what's your name?"
Cat shakily stands up and looks to me while she leaves the row. "Her name is Cat. She's mute." I tell him as Cat makes her way to the stage.
"Oh, Mutism, huh?" Chad asks Cat, who nods shyly. "Well that's alright. For stage fighting, we don't need to talk, so that's good. Okay, now Cat, when I swing my fist out in front of your face right now, I'm not going to touch you. I want you to get a feel for what you'll see when we do the real thing."
Again, Cat nods.
"Do you have any questions?"
She looks to me and the rest of the gang next to me, and signs "Not yet."
"She said, Not Yet." I called out.
Chad nods. "Alright, well when you do have a question, let me know. You ready?"
Cat nods, looking a bit nervous. I ready myself, just in case she has a panic attack about a fist coming towards her.
Chad motions to his fist to let her know that he was about to swing, and he swings, and Cat just flinches, but does well besides that.
I lean back with a proud grin. That's my girl.
"Now see, it's easy to notice that my fist did not collide with her face." Chad put his hands on Cat's shoulders and led her to another angle. "Now from this point of view that you all see, it will be hard to decipher if I'm really hitting her or not." He looked to Cat. "Okay, now you remember what I showed you guys with the dummy, so just do exactly that, okay?"
Cat gulps, but nods.
"Do you have any questions yet?"
And Cat shakes her head.
"Okay then." Chad puts his fist up and gives our teacher a nod. "Cue the sound effect."
Cat readies herself.
Chad swings his fist to Cat's face, and they make the scene look like he actually hit her and Cat holds her face. And then right after, Cat looks back at us with a smile. "I'm okay!"
I laugh, and so does everyone else. We clap for her as she and Chad to a quick bow.
Soon, after a few more people try it, the teacher comes back up. "Alright, we have a few minutes before the bell rings. So let's hear who are our partners are, shall we?"
We have to make a 30 second long stage fight…but what worries me is WHO Cat will be paired with.
"Andre and Beck."
I look over to Andre, who head-nods me.
"Jade and Tori."
Oh, that's going to be bad.
He goes through everyone, he looks to Cat. "Cat, we have an odd number, so I thought it'd be okay with you if you just team up with Chad, here."
Son of a…
Cat nods with a smile to Chad, who gives her a grin back.
Here we go again…
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I drop my backpack on my floor of the RV as I slam my whole body onto the bed, my face in the pillow. It's never felt so comfortable to me in my whole life.
I just left Andre's house, and Cat STILL has not texted me about how her lesson with Chad is going. I told her to text me when she was done so I can give her a ride home, since they're practicing at the school, but it's 7 already.
I didn't want to annoy her with my messages of my paranoid worry, but hey, she does know I need to know what's going on. Her brother is out of town, again, so someone has to watch out for her.
I take out my phone. –Hey, are you done yet?- And now, I just wait for her to answer. I switch on the TV and concentrate on the Drake and Josh show, putting my phone on max volume.
Later, I open my eyes and realize I fell asleep.
Oh, shit!
I grab my phone and look to see if Cat texted me, my heart racing that she was stranded at the school. And there you go. 4 text messages from Cat and 2 missed calls from Andre.
7:21pm - -Hey, Beck! Yes, I'm done. Can you come pick me up? Chad said he would for you, but he has to be somewhere like right now.-
7: 34pm - -Ummm, Beck? Where'd you go? Are you okay?-
7: 42pm - -I texted Andre and he's coming right now to pick me up, so you don't have to.-
7: 58pm - -Beck, I'm with Andre. Do you want me to come over there? Are you okay?-
I groan as I drop my head into my hands. "Dammit."
Duh-dum
I grab my phone, faster this time, and it was from Cat.
-I'm over here on the couch, silly.-
My head snaps in that direction and I see my exhausted best friend smiling at me and give me a small wave. "Cat." I sigh out as she stands and comes to sit next to me on the bed. "I'm so sorry, Cat. I fell asleep, but I thought I put my phone on loud enough."
She smiles and shakes her head, leaning on my shoulder.
I swear I'm in love with the most forgiving person on the whole planet.
"How was your practice?" I ask causally, but she puts a finger up to my lips, indicating me to shut up. I'm about to ask her why, but she closes her eyes. Wow, they must've worked hard to make her so tired. "Want me to drive you home?" I ask her softly.
She shakes her head again, and signs to me. "I'm too sleepy. Can I sleep on the couch?"
I smile at her. "No, but you can sleep on the bed, and I'll sleep on the couch."
She signs me a quick "Thank you" and I help her under the covers. It's a good thing tomorrow is Saturday, so we don't have anywhere to be.
I kiss her head when she's comfortable enough. "Good night, Cat." Before I can move away, I feel her suddenly grab my hand. "What's wrong?"
She bites her lip. "Can you just stay with me until I fall asleep? Please?"
So I lay down with her, and she curls up next to me. I wrap my arms around her to make her feel safer. Soon, she's asleep, and so am I.
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Sorry it's taken me so long to update. Yes, the story is finished, but it's getting some time to actually get on my laptop and update the chapters. My son is having a hard time sleeping because my Chihuahua puppy loves barking when my son goes to sleep. I haven't slept more than 6 hours since the last time I updated. I'm exhausted. I'll try harder, promise.
I finished this story (again), so we have a total of 33 chapters. So review! Let's try to get to 300 reviews before the story ends, huh? No flames.
Keep a look out for chapter 13: They are Stitched Together
-Digidestend Angel and Nathaniel-
