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"So I don't understand why you don't want me to come over." Jade said.
Cat pulled the phones chord closer as she curled up in her bed and pulled the covers up to her chin, "cause I'm cold." She replied.
"What?"
"I'm sick." Cat tried again, "can't you tell?"
"Well, yeah," Jade said, "I mean I thought you sounded weird, but I wasn't going to say anything about it."
"Thanks." Cat muttered.
"How'd you get sick anyway?"
"I think it was my brother."
"Your brother?"
"Uh-huh." Cat moved the phone away from her face and started coughing, before she returned to the conversation, "It's like a soar throat and cough thing. More throat than cough."
"All the more reason you should let me come over." Her girlfriend tried, "I can bring you soup."
"What kind of soup?"
"I don't know."
"Well, if you don't know what kind of soup you're going to bring how can you bring soup?"
"I figured you could tell me what kind of soup you wanted."
"Vegetable, duh!" Cat replied, "with the alphabet."
"So you can spell, yeah, I should've known."
"Clearly."
"Okay, so I'll be there soon." Jade said quickly, "I'll bring your soup."
"What?" Cat's eyes widened, "no, that's not what I meant...Jade don't come over..." She trailed off as she was met with the dial tone. "She hung up on me." As she hung up her phone, placing it back on the table she shifted in her bed and grabbed her Pearphone which had started buzzing to alert her of a text.
Hey, how's it going?
-Jason
Cat gasped, she hadn't talked to Jason in so long.
Oh, my God! Jason, I missed you!
-Cat
Missed you too, I've been pretty busy. How's everything? What'd I miss?
-Jason
Jade and I are together.
-Cat
What! When?
-Jason
Cat's smile never left her face as she began to tell him the story.
A few weeks ago. We'd been dancing around our feelings for so long and Jade finally had enough. She told Beck (her ex) what was going on and they decided to break-up. But they're still pretending to be together so it doesn't seem weird for everyone.
-Cat
Oh, so it doesn't draw attention to you and Jade?
-Jason
Exactly. See you get it.
-Cat
I do. And I'm really happy for you...I think the jealousy thing worked, huh?
-Jason
There was a knock on the door before it opened, "your mom let me in." Jade said stepping inside. "Weird thing though, I got here about ten minutes ago, but she pulled me into the kitchen to talk."
"Uh-oh." Cat whispered.
Jade closed the door behind her and then walked over to the chair at Cat's desk and pulled it over while she held a paper bag and a take-out coffee holder with two cups in her other hand. She pulled the chair until it was beside the bed. "Your mom knows about us." Jade sat down and placed the coffee thing on the table.
"I'm sorry." Cat whispered, "she knew I liked you and that's why she started trying to be nicer to you...and then we went on our first official date after you and Beck broke up and she was telling me that you'd never feel the same way, I got tired of hearing that and it just slipped out."
Jade smiled, reaching out and moving Cat's hair out of her face, "I'm not mad." She said.
"Really?"
"Yes. Really." She opened the bag and pulled out a Styrofoam bowl and a plastic spoon, "I ordered this from that soup place across the street from Skybucks." Jade said taking the lid from the bowl, "I also got you chai tea." She nodded toward the cup closer to Cat, "don't grab the other one, that's coffee...and it's mine."
Cat looked back at her phone, sending one last message before she accepted the bowl from Jade.
She's here, I have to go.
-Cat
"Who's that?" Jade nodded toward the phone as Cat set it on the table.
"No one." The redhead shrugged. She grabbed her spoon and began to eat the soup, "thanks for this." She smiled, "it's really good."
"Yeah." Jade nodded, "it's no problem." She looked at the phone a little longer before she said, "so, uh, why didn't you want me to come over?"
Cat furrowed her eyebrows, scooping her spoon into the food again before she said, "I did want you to come. I just don't want to make you sick."
"Well you shouldn't worry about that." Jade informed, "I can take it."
"Yeah." Cat nodded eating again as Jade took a sip of her coffee, "it was Jason." Cat said after a moment. "The boy from Sikowitz's...remember him?"
Jade nodded, "the guy you went out with?"
Cat nodded again, "yeah, but that wasn't really a date." She shrugged, "he's been helping me this whole time."
"Helping?" Jade took another sip of her coffee.
"Yeah." Cat told her, "ever since I met him he's been helping me make you jealous and such so you could realize how you felt about me and we could be together."
"So that wasn't a real date?" Jade asked after a moment.
Didn't I just say that? Cat shrugged, "no, it wasn't."
"You're-"
"Not cheating on you, or interested in him in any other way." Cat said, "we're just friends." She then grabbed her phone and clicked into the recent conversation, "you can read them if you want." She showed it to her girlfriend before eating more soup.
"No," Jade took the phone and clicked out of the conversation, "I trust you." She said.
Where are you? You said you'd meet me for coffee, and you're missing Sikowitz's class.
-Jade
Cat frowned reading the message yet she quickly typed up something in response.
Sorry, my sickness thing got worse. Mom took me to the doctor's I'm on my way back.
-Cat
Are you okay?
-Jade
We'll talk when I get there. Promise.
-Cat
When will that be?
-Jade
I'm right outside in the parking lot, I'm on my way.
-Cat
Well, hurry up. I wanna know what's wrong with you. Are you okay?
-Jade
I love you!
-Cat
Cat entered the room holding her doctor's note and her drink. "Ah, Cat." Sikowitz stepped over to her, "what did your doctor say?" Cat held out the paper and handed it over to him. "Ooh," Sikowitz smiled, "a note." He unfolded the paper and looked inside. "Whoa!" He hollered, "dear Gandhi!"
"What?" Jade asked sitting up, her voice hinting concern.
"What is it?" Tori asked as she stood beside Beck on the stage.
"Her doctor's in Culver City the traffic must've been horrible." The teacher answered. Cat nodded along.
"What'd the doctor say is wrong with her?" Andre asked.
"Oh, it says she has vocal nodules."
"What are vocal nodules?" Rex wondered.
"They're growths." Sikowitz said, feeling Cat's throat with a disgusted look on his face, "on the vocal chords."
"It's true." Cat agreed in a squeaky voice.
"Shut up!" Sikowitz yelled causing Cat to squeal, "you cannot speak until you are healed or you could damage your vocal chords permanently and never sing again." He then smiled, "this is a lovely color by the way," he felt Cat's hair with a grin, "like a red velvet cupcake." He then pretended to eat it. Cat smirked at him. "Sit Cat." He told her as Cat went to the back of the room he continued, "okay, where were we?"
"Uh, you were saying our acting was terrible." Tori informed.
"Oh, yes, indeed." Sikowitz said, "not all your acting, just the fear."
"Okay." Beck said, "so how do we do it better?"
"Easy. Think back to a time in your life where you experienced real fear. True terror, then let the memory of that emotion bubble up into your acting."
"Does it count if you caused true terror?" Jade wondered.
Sikowitz rolled his eyes.
"I don't think I've ever felt true terror." Beck said.
"Hmm," Sikowitz smiled, "then I'll have to work on that." He turned toward the door and started laughing menacingly. The kinds all gave him a weird look.
"Why are you laughing like that?" Tori wondered.
"Oh," Sikowitz said, still laughing, "the poster of the ducks playing poker," he pointed above the door, "I just noticed it." He continued laughing.
"So, it's kind of bad." Jade said the next day when they exited Sikowitz's room.
Cat nodded pulling out her phone and typing a quick message before showing it to her.
It hurts.
Jade nodded, "I'm sure. Is there anything you can do other than write to talk to people?"
Cat nodded typing in another message.
I talked to Lane this morning over the phone, well mom talked to him. He told me to download Speechy-keen it's an application that talks for me when I type it into the phone. I just need a speaker to go along with it, for Bluetooth or something, and then I'll be able to talk while on vocal rest.
"That's good." Jade nodded, "When are you getting the app?"
I got the app already, he said that he was going to find me the speaker for it though.
Jade said goodbye after a few minutes, she had to meet up with Andre before their scripting class to talk about the paper's they had written together.
"Cat!" The girl heard a voice call her as she was getting a drink from the vending machine. "Hey, Cat. I got it!" Lane smiled walking over to her. She smiled clapping quietly. "Did you download that app I told you to get? Speechy-keen?" Cat nodded looking at her phone. "Fire it up." The man directed. As Cat turned it on Lane grabbed the headband from the bag. "This headband has a speaker in it that works via Bluetooth." He said as he reached up to place it on her head. Cat smiled. "So while you're on vocal rest you just wear this on your head. Here let me turn it on." After he clicked it on he smiled, "now hit speak, then type anything."
Cat looked down at her hands and typed 'anything' before listening to the robotic voice repeat it back to her. She smiled looking up at the headband.
Lane laughed, "very funny."
Cat looked at the phone and typed her new message. 'Last night my brother bit my foot.'
"Well," Lane nodded, "I don't need to know everything."
After the man walked away Cat typed in another word just to listen to the headband say it. 'Soup.' She then walked away.
Cat wanted to hang out with Jade more than just at school, but her mother had made it clear that now that her throat was as bad as it was she wasn't supposed to have any company at all. She needed to rest as much as she could. So no one was allowed in, and Cat wasn't allowed out.
Hey, Steven and I are going with Andre and Robbie to check out Kenan's house for the party tonight. Wanna come?
-Tori
Sure, I'll meet you in the parking lot.
-Cat
Cool, if you see Beck and Jade ask if they want to come too, Andre wants to know.
-Tori
Kay, kay.
-Cat
'Hello, Jade' the voice greeted as Cat typed it into her phone.
Jade whipped her head around and looked at Cat, "it's robotic."
Cat nodded typing, 'I know, but it's better than having to show you the message each time.'
"Yeah, I guess so." Jade nodded before saying, "I'd rather hear you though."
Cat smirked, 'you're always the sweet talker aren't you?'
Jade laughed, "I try."
Cat looked around with furrowed eyebrows before typing, 'where's Beck?'
"He went for coffee." Jade answered.
'Oh,' Cat nodded before remembering, 'Andre wants to know if you two want to join us while we check out Kenan's house.'
"Depends," Jade shut her locker before saying, "Who's us?"
Again Cat smiled quickly typing, 'me, Andre, Robbie, Rex, Tori and Steven!'
"Then I'll pass." Jade said causing Cat to frown, "sorry." The taller girl continued, "there's only so many 'cute-coupling' things I can stand with Tori and that Steven guy."
'I understand.' Cat replied before typing, 'I'll see you later then?'
Jade nodded, "yeah, bye."
"Whoa!" Tori exclaimed as they entered the house, "check this place out."
"This is so sick." Steven added.
"Yeah."
'Oh, my God this house is hug.' Cat's headband said. The girl frowned as she looked up, that wasn't want she meant to type.
"Hug?" Tori asked.
Cat then smiled as she fixed her word. 'Huge.'
"Yo, Dre," A man greeted as he stepped down the stairs to him.
"S'up." Andre greeted.
"You didn't tell me Kenan's house was sweating diamonds."
"I know right. Oh, Mustang, this is Tori, Steven, Cat and Robbie."
'Hello.'
"Hi."
"What's going on?"
"I believe someone forgot to introduce someone." Rex objected.
"That's Rex." Andre added.
"Downtown." Mustang greeted.
"Back around." The puppet added.
"Well, Mustang's gonna be spinning tracks tonight." Andre informed.
"Strick-a, strick-a straight up!" Mustang laughed.
"Strick-a, strick-a straight up!" Tori repeated when they all looked at her weirdly she mumbled, "I wanted to do it, too."
"I'm gonna go back over there." Mustang told them.
"Oh." Tori gasped looking at her boyfriend, "let's go pick a place."
"A place for what?" Robbie wondered.
"Our 100 day kiss, tonight at midnight." Steven told him.
"Ooh, it's gonna be good." Tori grinned.
"Can I watch?" Rex asked.
"No." Tori shook her head.
"I'll give you twenty bucks." He tried again.
"No!" Tori repeated, "you weirdo."
"You have no idea." Rex agreed, Cat then watched as Tori pulled Steven away.
"Uh, hey, Cat." Robbie greeted with a little hesitance.
'Hi, Robbie' The redhead typed up, 'cool house, huh?'
"Yeah." Robbie nodded before he swallowed, "so, uh, I was thinking about what happened you know at school...and I-"
'It's okay.' Cat typed quickly to stop him from rambling. When he looked up she continued to type, 'I just want to move past what happened there and forget about it.'
"Ooh, what happened?" Rex wondered, "do tell!"
"Rex!" Robbie muttered before he looked at Cat, "I'm sorry about him."
Cat nodded, 'it's okay." She typed, 'anyway, we can just move on and go back to being friends.'
Robbie still looked a little sad but he agreed nonetheless. "Yeah, okay."
"What happened?" Rex tried again.
"Stop!" Robbie growled.
"Come on!" Jade waved from the window on the balcony at Cat's room.
'Come on where?' Cat typed up, 'I asked my mom earlier. She said I couldn't go.'
"Does that thing have a volume button?" Jade whispered, "because it's kind of loud."
'I can't go.' Cat tried again, 'mom says I won't get any better if I'm out at a party, I might start talking.'
"Cat." Jade frowned, "the only times I've been able to see you this week is when we were in school, please come."
'No, I can't...but you should go and have-' She didn't get to finish the message as Jade had ripped the phone from her hands.
"I'm not giving it back until you come down and go with me to the party." She smiled, "now you have to come, because you have no phone."
"Jade." Cat squeaked out.
"Don't talk." Jade frowned, "it won't help anything."
"I can't go." Cat tried again.
"Seriously?" Jade frowned, "you're no fun." She handed her the phone before she climbed walked over to the balcony ladder, "please? You'll have fun, I swear."
'My mom said I can't,' Cat typed up.
"It's called sneaking out, Cat." Her girlfriend replied, "Beck's waiting down there, so I have to go, are you in or out?"
Cat eyed her a moment before saying, "I'm in."
Jade smiled stepping back over to her, "we'll wait down there, you can change, okay?" Cat nodded, "and baby, I love your voice and all, but please stop talking...I want you to sing."
Cat smiled again, with a nod.
"Cat! Cat," Andre greeted.
The girl turned to him and typed in a message, 'Hi Andre this is an awesome party.' She danced along with the words.
"Yeah, listen." The boy said, as Cat watched behind him a moment she looked at her phone and started typing frantically. "Have you seen a panda bear about his tall, with a tennis racket he-ah!" He screamed.
Cat stepped forward as Andre ran away, hopelessly listening to her warning message. 'Hey, Andre, there's a panda bear with a tennis racket sneaking up behind you.' She then frowned.
Cat stood there a few moments later before she decided to walk around the party a little bit. She ended up spotting some guy with a blue jacket and a red baseball cap. She really liked his mole though, so she decided she'd tell him...aside from that he looked like he was a little lonely. 'Hello, there." Cat had typed up as she walked up to the guy.
The boy turned around, "hey, I'm Roger."
'Hi, there Roger. I like your mole.' Cat typed before she reached up and tapped his mole before walking away.
"Yeah, you do!" They boy said after her.
'Jadey!' Cat typed after stepping back from the person she had walked into.
"Hey!" Jade greeted, "you having fun?"
'It's okay.' Cat replied, 'it'd be better if we were hanging out.'
Jade nodded, "why don't you come to the Jacuzzi with me and Beck? There's plenty of room."
Cat shook her head, 'I don't really want to sit in the water.'
"Come on," Jade smiled, "you can do what I do and pretend you're in a witches cauldron and they're cooking you up."
Cat laughed, 'no, it's okay.' She typed up, 'I'm not sure how well I'd be there with you. I won't be able to talk and it'll probably be boring having me around.'
"Never." Jade disagreed, "but if you're sure?"
'I am.' Cat nodded before typing, 'see you later.' And walking away.
"This way kids." Trina hollered as she ran up to the redhead. "Hi, Cat!" She laughed, "cool party, huh?"
'Hey, Trina.' Cat typed.
"Cute headband." Trina said in a weird voice. "hey, uh, so you like kids right? Yeah?" Cat nodded, "watch these for me." She said handing her the leashes.
Cat looked around a moment before looking at the kids and typing her message. 'Hi, kids my name is Cat. Sorry I'm talking this way., I have a severe throat infection.'
As the music shut off the crowd all looked at the DJ booth and started booing.
"I'm sorry!" Robbie cried out.
"If I could've come here by myself, I would've." Rex stated.
"Just calm down." Robbie tried.
"Shut up, Sandberg!" Somebody yelled out.
"All right, all right." Mustang called out, "don't bust a vessel. I'll just call my boys and tell them to bring me some back up. Till then who wants to take the mic and throw some rhymes? Freestyle!"
"That's a great idea!" Robbie grinned setting Rex down before stepping up and grabbing the headset. "Ah," he smiled, "throw me a zesty beat." Mustang reluctantly put the beat on.
'All right, okay.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh, uh, oh
Okay all right now put your hands up
P-p-put your hands up
Fun in Kenan Thompson's crib now put your hands up
uh-uh-uh'
Robbie stopped as Cat was the only one dancing. He then frowned, "you know when an artist says put your hands up, the polite thing to do i-" He stopped as a plant smashed into his head and as he fell the room erupted in cheers.
Cat frowned typing, 'I realize Robbie was bad, but was it necessary to throw that plant at him?'
"Who threw the plant?" Robbie stood up, grabbing Rex.
"Come on, now," Mustang started, "who's next."
"I'll take a swat." Rex told him.
"No, no, I'm not letting no puppet-"
"Blah, blah, just bust a beat." As some of the crowd cheered, Robbie grabbed the mic for Rex before he started.
'Ha! Rex Powers! Yeah, ha
I'm going in, ha, yeah
Thanks Robbie
Your rap was pretty sloppy
Now let Rex flex and I'll be sure to rock this party
Who's the best freestylin' MC
They better mention me
But I don't freestyle rap from free
You better pay my fee
Try to test my skills man
Who you be
Look dope rap up in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of me'
As it ended the crowd cheered, "that's what's up!" Rex said.
You could still join you know.
-Jade
Cat smiled typing a quick text as this other guy stepped up to challenge Rex.
Thanks for the offer, but I still think I'd be bad company.
-Cat
You'd be no worse then this Spencer guy Beck and I met here, he's a little weird.
-Jade
Spencer?
-Cat
Oh, yeah, he looks like that guy from that web show you like.
-Jade
Which one?
-Cat
icarly, I think...that...yeah, it is him. Carly's brother Spencer.
-Jade
No way! He's here?
-Cat
Yeah, him and Sikowitz both...it's definitely not the way I pictured my Jacuzzi time would be...Ooh, we're gonna play a game, talk to you later!
-Jade
'Your flow is just bad
So I want to help you so look
Here's your homework go read my rhyme book'
Cat clapped a little as the guy walked away.
"Yeah, yeah, props to the challenger!" Mustang said, "now it's to you rex."
"Pump that beat."
'Kitties, kitties pay attention
MC Rex is rapping so class is in session
You better take notes if you wanna survive
Cause you couldn't earn a dime with them weak old rhymes
I'll battle anybody name your time or place
I'll be running circles round you like a relay race
I'm so nice on this mic when I take control
I flip your hat backwards like a California roll'
"You just got poned, puppet style." Rex said to the other rapper as the cheering started.
"Cat." Trina stepped over to her, "give me the kids, I need to get them back before Lane gets home."
Cat nodded and pulled on the leashes with a smile until the had just the backpacks in her hands.
"Where are the kids?" Trina asked horrified.
'It seems they've escaped.' Cat typed.
"You mean you don't know where the kids are?"
'No, but I think it's important that you find them quickly.'
Cat and Trina shared a look before Trina stepped away and began looking for the kids. Cat was gonna try and help, but she really hadn't wanted to watch the kids in the first place so she decided against it.
"All right, ya'll I say that makes Rex the number one freestyler at this party!" Mustang announced.
"Wait, wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Carly came through objecting. "Wait, wait."
"Chuck me a stick." Sam said joining her.
"Well, unless I'm tripping I do believe we got the icarly crew at this gig fresh off the internet." The crowd Cheered. "Sam, right?" Mustang continued as she stepped up on the stage.
"Uh-huh."
"And you're calling out Rex?"
"Mm-hmm. Mama gonna take a puppet down. What!"
"He doesn't like to be called a puppet." Robbie defended.
"Nah, nah, nah, it's cool, it's cool." Rex told him, "but let's see if you can beat this puppet. Puckett."
'Yeah, I'm hot but I ain't taking this back
Cause everybody knows that chicks can't rap
I'm so cool I make thermometers drop
But with my lyrics so hot I make thermometers drop
Cause me I always get things popping
And you should stick to shopping
I battle better but they all came and went
Face it Sam you're the opening act
And I'm the main event'
"Your turn Laverne." Rex stated as the crowd cheered.
"Back up Shirley." SAm stepped up.
"All right, p-p-Puckett up!" Mustang hollered.
'Whoo, yeah, whoo, yeah!
What's up Fricka-fricka-fresh
Ohh, how cute a little rapping puppet
Sike! You're more like a rejected Muppet
And I'm so famous you can find my name on a blog
But not you homie Rex is the name of a dog
Move over hippie if you expect my respect
And you think you're the bomb when you got all your clothes at
Yeah, yeah, yeah well too bad little Rex all I can say is sorry Charlie
Cause your freestyle ain't nothing compared to icarly
They all heard you rapping and they was like man
And then I showed up and everybody's like-'yeah!'
So face it Rex
You couldn't even rap if I stapled his lips and took his hand out your back
Oh, oh'
"All right, I'm some what offended," Rex said, "but I admit mama's got rhyme."
"There goes the panda." Andre said as the panda ran through.
"Oh, the panda stole my baseball bat." Kenan said running in after it. He took the drink from a girls hand and drank it before handing it back, "thank you." He smiled, "you all are Northridge girls, aren't you...Yeah." He nodded. "Panda!" He yelled before running after it.
"Was that Kenan?" Trina asked.
'Yes.' Cat typed.
Trina looked toward him, "Kenan!" She hollered before running after him. "Kenan!"
As Trina chased Kenan away Cat and Andre stepped over to the front area joining Tori.
"Hey, look what's up, the back- up rig has just arrived," Mustang started.
"Hi," Trina greeted Tori as she ran over to join Cat, Tori and Andre.
"And is active," Mustang continued, "so who's up fro a little bit of karaoke!"
"Yay! I love karaoke!" Cat cheered as Jade and Beck entered the room.
"Cat!" Tori looked at her.
"What?"
"Shh! Your doctor said you weren't supposed to talk."
Cat looked around before she sang, "he didn't say I couldn't sing!" Taking off the headband.
"Well, all right." Tori nodded.
"Hey, icarly," Mustang started, "why don't you how us into gear."
"All right." Carly caught the mic as Sam said, "Carls!" Carly looked around with a smile, "what song?"
"Trust me." Mustang started, "I'm gonna spin one that everybody knows."
'In my victory (In my victory)
Just remember me
When I make it shine
Leave it all to me
Leave it all to me
When I make it shine
Just leave it all to me
When you live in your imagination (Leave it all to me)
When I make it shine
Leave it
Make it
Leave it
Make it
Leave it
Make it
Leave it
When I make it shine
Just leave it all to me'
Yay, another one is finished!
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