WaffleCone (Oh my gosh, that's horrible! I've heard of "sweep me off my feet", but that one is a new one! Lol), siri-ty, kellyBelly, Teen mom of Darla (It is just the other way around for me…lol. I love my son to death, but Lord knows…I need a break sometime!), AJ Kenobi, LittleMissVictorious, CourtsxBatFan (Lol, I love your review…did you mean to put "eat"? If so, that's funny.), osnapitzari, Glittergirl123, and VictoriousForever10 (I've been trying to get Nathaniel (my son) to say that, but all he does is smile and say "ma"…I tell him "eh, close enough". Lol): Thank you ALL for reviewing! You guys are wonderful! Within the next half an hour, a new story will be posted…and most of you have been waiting for this one. Let's get ready for "Everybody's Fool"! Meanwhile, enjoy this chapter :)
All I Ask Of You
Digidestend Angel
I do NOT own Victorious
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Chapter Twenty-One
Both Sides Of The Story
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Tori sighed as Robbie put in Barney on the TV and Jade put Nathaniel in his usual seat. "I wonder how Cat's doing."
"If I know Cat, she's getting it on with Beck right this moment." Jade said as she walked back to the kitchen.
Andre made a face. "Cat? Right now? Did you not notice how heartbroken she was?"
"Please. The second you get Beck and Cat alone in a room with a bed, they think "screw the world" and make love all night long." Jade muttered, grabbing a cup of coffee.
"How do you know this stuff?" Robbie cringed.
"Cat and I talk." Jade said as she came back out. She looked to the emotionless 10 month old. "He's depressing me."
"I'm sure he's depressing himself." Andre said. "What can we do?"
"Take him to the park?" Tori suggested.
"I say we make him take a nap." Jade grumbled.
"This is boring." Robbie sighed.
Nathaniel suddenly looked backed at him. "Poo-poo."
"Huh?" They all asked at the same time.
Nathaniel glared. "Poo-poo."
Andre shrugged. "Nathaniel, we don't know what you're saying."
"POO-POO!"
"What is poo-poo?" Jade asked in annoyance. "Robbie, bring out your stupid pear-pad and find out!"
Robbie nodded and grabbed his bag.
"Poo-poo…" Nathaniel whimpered.
Tori went to go sit down next to the kid. She smelled something. "Ew, guys, he has a-"
"POOP!" Robbie suddenly yelled out. "Poo-poo means Poop!"
"So he has a poopy diaper?" Andre cringed. "Nasty."
"When we offered to babysit, we should've realized we have to change his diaper." Tori sighed. "Who's going to do it first?"
"Not it!"
"Not it!"
"Not it!"
"YOU'RE IT!" Tori, Andre, and Jade pointed to Robbie.
Robbie groaned. "Man, I always lose this game!"
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Cat was sitting in her red bikini, sunbathing in the sun on one of the lounge chairs by the pool. She sighed under her sunglasses. This was just what she needed. Sure, she loved Nathaniel and adored him, not to mention missed him, but Beck and Cat did need this time.
"Well, hey there." A smooth, young voice said from next to her.
Cat opened her eyes and flinched as she pulled her sunglasses up to on top of her head. "Hi?"
The young man sat on the lounge chair next to her, but instead of laying down like Cat, he sat on the side, grinning to Cat. He was cute. Tall-ish, pale skin, blue eyes, and brown hair, but Cat thought he was nothing compared to her husband.
"So what's a sweet, sexy lady doing here all alone?" He attempted to flirt with her.
Cat rubbed her lips together, wishing Beck would hurry up from going to get a drink for the both of them. "Just tanning." She said simply, hoping he'd get her hint to go away.
Suddenly he leaned over a bit. "Really? You're already gorgeous, so why change yourself, sweetheart? I'm Max, by the way."
Cat forced a smile. "Cat."
"Ooh, even a sassy name." He chuckled. "So how about we take a dip in the pool, huh?"
"No, thanks." Cat answered immediately. "I don't want to."
"Oh, don't play hard to get." He said as he took her hand and tried to pull her up. "Let's go have fun."
"I don't know how to swim very well, so no." Cat told him firmly. Max chuckled, and suddenly wrapped an arm around Cat's waist, forcing her to her feet. "Hey, let go!"
"I'll hold you close." He chuckled close to her ear.
"I don't want to! Get off me!" Cat said in a strained voice as she tried to pull away.
"HEY!" Beck's furious voice yelled, coming towards them.
Max turned to Beck. "Back off, man. I saw her first." He said defensively as Cat continued squirmed in his hold.
"No, I did. 12 years ago." Beck growled when he was closer. "Get your hands off my wife."
Max looked to Cat, who glared while showing her wedding ring. "Oops. Sorry, man." Max let Cat go and then went to the next single woman.
"Oh, my hero." Cat giggled and wrapped her arms around Beck as he helped her lay back down and chilled in the chair next to her. "At least I know I'm still attractive."
Beck leaned over and kissed her lips. "You're always the most beautiful woman in the world, Cat. But I still don't appreciate it when guys put their hands on you. It just pisses me off."
"Good." Cat smiled. "If you didn't get protective, we'd have a big problem." And the couple shared a laugh. She took his hand after he laid down. "I love you so much, Beck."
Beck gave her hand a squeeze. "I love you, Cat."
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"NO!" Nathaniel screamed as Tori attempted to put him in the bathtub after Jade filled it up to a reasonable level. "NOOO! BAD TOR! BAD TOR!"
Tori rolled her eyes as the child continued to violently squirm. "I'm not a Bad Tori. Okay? BUT you are taking a bath!"
"NO BATH! NO BATH!" Nathaniel screamed, bursting into tears. "MA-MA! MA-MA!"
"Your perfect, little mother isn't here." Jade sneered. "Excuse us if we aren't fun and patient enough for you like she is, you little brat."
"We so are not cut out for this babysitting deal." Tori said as she finally was able to get Nathaniel in the tub. "Oh thank- AH!"
"OH GOD!" Jade stepped back as Nathaniel was kicking and splashing water all over the two girls, screaming as he did. She backed up against the toilet, making her fall over it backyards, and land on her back. "Ow!"
Tori was soaking wet as she tried to stop Nathaniel. "Oh, my, ah, stop!" She kept sputtering as the water was everywhere. Suddenly, Nathaniel took a chunk of her hair and since she was distracted by getting water out of her eyes, she fell right into the tub with him. Tori realized where she was and saw Nathaniel laughing out of his mind. "You little-"
"Demon." Jade growled dangerously.
Andre and Robbie came in. "What's up?" Andre raised an eyebrow at the mess.
Jade stood up, glaring daggers at the 10 month old. "I'm going to kill him, that's what!" She screamed as the boys grabbed her so she wouldn't jump into the tub to strangle the laughing child.
Tori stepped out of the tub, cringing. She took her phone out of her butt pocket and whimpered. "Why? Just…just why?"
Once they calmed Jade down and Tori stopped crying over her wet phone, they looked to the calm Nathaniel, who was playing with his rubber ducky. He looked at them and smiled. "Bath! Bath!"
"He's worst than Cat was when we were teenagers and she was having her lady issue every month." Robbie said as the others nodded in agreement.
Jade looked to her boyfriend. "We're never having kids." She told him sternly and he agreed with her completely.
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Beck and Cat walked into their home, holding hands and smiling as they walked into the living room, where they saw it spotless and clean. Andre came from the kitchen with a grin. "Welcome home, you young lovebirds." He greeted them as Cat gave him a hug and Beck put their luggage down. "How was the trip?"
Cat sighed in happiness. "So lovely! I feel so relaxed!"
Beck nodded. "No stress, no worries, and nothing at all to complain about."
Cat squeaked. "Where's my son? We bought him a present!" She said as she took a paper bag out of her purse.
Andre stood out of their way and let them in the kitchen.
Cat gasped and Beck's eyes widened "Whoa."
The kitchen was cleaner than the living room, smelt of lemon cleaner, and the sunlight was shining through the windows. The dishes were done, trash was empty, and they saw Robbie, Jade, and Tori all sitting at the table, as Nathaniel was sitting on Tori's lap. They were playing a card game while Nathaniel was drinking his sippy cup and watched. He saw his mom first thing and gasped. "Ma-ma!" He squealed with joy. Tori took the cup and put it on the table, while he stretched out his hands for his mother. "Ma-ma!"
Cat handed Beck the present as she went to pick her son up into her arms. "Hi, Nathaniel!" She kissed his cheek as he wrapped his arms tightly around her neck.
Everyone saw such a difference in the married couple.
Beck's hair looked healthier and more taken care of, he had some color to his skin, light in his eyes, with a true smile on his face. Cat's hair finally had some bounce to it as it was in a ponytail, as her big brown eyes were full of emotion again. Instead of a sickly pale as she was before, she looked healthy and the bags under her eyes were no longer visible. They both looked rested and relaxed to the others, which is exactly what they wanted.
"Love ma-ma." Nathaniel mumbled on her shoulder with a smile.
Cat had her eyes closed, taking in the moment with her baby boy. "I love Nathaniel."
Beck couldn't take it anymore as he walked over.
Nathaniel looked to him. "Hi, Da-da."
"Hey, bud." Beck kissed Nathaniel's lips before taking something out of the paper bag. "Mommy and daddy bought you something."
Nathaniel gasped and sat up in his mom's hold. Cat looked over as well, so Nathaniel rested his head against his mother's. "Lemme see! Lemme see!" He said with excitement, making Cat giggle.
Beck brought out a little plush giraffe toy and shook it in front of Nathaniel. "This is yours."
Nathaniel reached for his new friend and then held the toy close to him. "Mine!"
Cat nodded. "Yes, he's all yours."
Beck wrapped an arm around Cat's waist and Nathaniel rested his head against his mother's chest, still holding his toy close. "How was he for you guys? He seems happy."
"Yes, he looks like you guys took such good care of him." Cat added with a bright smile.
The gang wanted to curse their friends' faces out since they went through absolute hell with the kid, but when they saw how much the trip changed them and helped them, they let it go. Besides, Cat was giving them her little innocent look, so they went for that.
"He was perfect." Tori said with a fake smile. "Angel."
"He was so good, it was just too good to be true." Robbie added in.
Beck and Cat's eyes widened. "Really?" They both asked in unison.
"Yup." Andre nodded. "I hope I have a son like him one day."
"Oh, don't count on that one." Jade piped up with a glare, yet a forced smile. "Nathaniel is just ONE of a kind."
Cat smiled. "Wow. Well, how lucky are you guys!"
"Seriously." Beck stuck his hands in his pants pockets and gave Nathaniel an amused look. "How come you're not good for us, huh?"
Nathaniel giggled.
"Wait, wait, you mean, he's not…good for you?" Robbie asked.
"He's horrible to us." Beck blurted out, with Cat shrugging in agreement. "He throws things at us, yells at us, and keeps us up all night just to drive us crazy-"
"Keeps US up all night?" Cat threatened. "Excuse me? Reword that."
"Sorry." Beck cleared his throat. "He keeps Cat up all night." Cat nodded. "Anyways, we should have you guys babysit more often if he's that good for you guys."
"NOOOOO!"