Tori POV
A few nights later (Day 186)
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH with 1000 added extra Hs. That's how I'm feeling right now. Today was another intense day of work, and it's been like this all week. I've barley had any time to talk to Cat, or anyone apart from Andre, for a few days and it doesn't look like my schedule is going to improve anytime soon. It's 10pm now, and I've only just gotten into the house, after having to attend a dinner for the agency to get to know some more people and 'make connections'. My feet hurt from my heels and I feel as though energy is being constantly drained out of me, like I'm leaking electricity.
I walked down the stairs and into the basement room, slowly opening to door as to not wake Cat. Tiptoeing over to the dresser, I pulled off my heels and dress and threw on a set of pyjamas before heading into the bathroom to remove my makeup and brush my teeth.
Once I'd finished, I re-opened the bathroom door and headed back into the bedroom. The light leaking from the bathroom door shone onto the bed, showing me a clear silhouette of Cat's sleeping body. Her limbs were stretched out haphazardly, somehow taking up most of the bed despite her small frame. Laying on her back made her 26 week baby bump become a very predominant feature on her, though I would never tell her that. I felt a pang of guilt in my heart over how much of the baby's growth I'd been missing, I mean we haven't even picked a name yet. I shook my head to clear my thoughts and looked back at Cat, she looked so peaceful in her sleep, laying perfectly still apart from the rhythmic rising and falling of her chest. Deciding that the light may wake her, I turned it off and shut the door and walked onto the bed. The comforter was thick and irresistibly soft, like a billowing cloud. I toppled into it, relieved to rest my weary feet.
"Tori?" I heard Cat mumble from beside me on the bed.
"Shit." I muttered. "Sorry Babe, I didn't mean to wake you."
"Why are you back so late?" She yawned, turning her head to face me.
"I'll tell you in the morning okay." I replied, too tired to go into details.
"I'm not going to get back to sleep now." She moaned.
"Why not?" I asked, thinking back it's a pretty stupid question.
Cat simply grabbed my hand and placed it onto her bump. Even though her clothes and skin, I could feel the baby kicking. "That's why."
"You've got a little soccer player in there." I laughed quietly.
"Can you tell him that my bladder isn't a ball then?" She replied, weakly smiling. "I nearly wet myself in history class today." I couldn't stop myself for laughing for some reason. "You going to be in school tomorrow?" She asked.
"I don't think so." I replied in an almost inaudible volume.
"Great." She said back quickly, rolling way from my slightly. "Night."
"Night." I replied, sighing.
Owen POV (In music class the next morning)
I've never actually liked music class until now, normally I just flunk it or take one of the other kid's songs without them knowing. But Cat's song sounds great and she's taught me the piano chords and the lyrics for the 2nd verse, bridge, pre-chorus and chorus to sing with her. That's something people don't really know about me, I'm actually a half decent singer, but I'm no where near as good as Cat which is why she's singing most of the song. Today's the day we're performing it to the teacher and I was originally nervous, but after hearing the ear-bleeding songs the rest of the class had put together, I was feeling on top of the world.
With the rest of the class in their seats, I sat at the bass end of the piano with Cat at the treble. The teacher clicked 'play' on a camera he'd set up and told us to start the song. Cat played the intro while I played the chords when appropriate, and the signing began.
[Verse 1: Cat]
"I'd like to say we gave it a try
I'd like to blame it all on life
Maybe we just weren't right
But that's a lie, that's a lie
[Pre-Chorus: Cat]
And we can deny it as much as we want
But in time our feelings will show
'Cause sooner or later we'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is, everyone knows
[Chorus: Cat]
Almost, almost is never enough
So close to being in love
If I would have known that you wanted me the way I wanted you
Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart
But right here in each others arms
And we almost, we almost knew what love was
But almost is never enough
[Verse 2: Me]
If I could change the world overnight
There'd be no such thing as goodbye
You'd be standing right where you were
And we'd get the chance we deserve, oh
[Pre-Chorus: Me]
Try to deny it as much as you want
But in time our feelings will show
'Cause sooner or later we'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is everyone knows
[Chorus: Cat & Me]
Almost, almost is never enough
So close to being in love
If I would have known that you wanted me the way I wanted you
Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart
But right here in each others arms
And we almost, we almost knew what love was
But almost is never enough
[Bridge: Cat & Me]
Huh-huh, baby
You know, you know, baby
Almost, is never enough, baby
You know, hey
And we can deny it as much as we want
But in time our feelings will show
'Cause sooner or later we'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is, everyone knows
[Chorus: Cat & Me]
Almost, almost is never enough (is never enough, baby)
So close to being in love (so close)
If I would have known that you wanted me
The way I wanted you
Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart
But right here in each others arms
And we almost, we almost knew what love was (baby)
But almost is never enough
[Outro: Cat]
Huh-huh, baby (almost)
You know, you know, baby
Almost, is never enough, baby
You know, hey."
Once we'd finished, the whole class broke into a loud applause and I felt even better than I had before. It was great, that was until the teacher asked if he could post it to the school website, and that's when my happiness seemed to disappear. If word got out that I'd just sung a lovey-dovey song, the other guys would take the piss for sure, well Mitchell wouldn't but Freddie and Callum totally would. Just when I was about to tell him no, Cat looked up at me with her big doe-like eyes, and the word changed to 'yes' as it left my lips. I hope this doesn't ruin my cred' too much.
Jade POV
At home after school
"WHAT THE CRAP?" I yelled out, jumping off of the couch where Beck and I were lounging. He managed to get today off of filming, so we're spending some time together cuddling on the couch while scrolling though social media.
"What is it?" Beck asked, trying to look at my phone to see what'd made me so mad.
"Look at this." I showed him the latest tweet of Veronica Nerezza, the leading bitch of the school. I hate her so so much, and I know that that coming from me isn't much. She is the stern and bossy leader who is snarky, sarcastic, and a general nightmare to be around. But people seem to like her for some reason, my only guess is because she's is the head cheerleader at Miami High.
"'Tomorrow morning I'm so going to the principle to get that video removed.'" He read the tweet off of my phone. "What?"
"Look below it!" I yelled, shoving the phone further into his face.
His eyes darted to the tweet directly bellow it, also from Veronica. "'When I get my hands on that midget bitch I'll end her.'" He read. "I'm sorry Babe but I don't get it"
"Oh for-." I growled, lowering my voice. "You saw the video on the school website right."
"The one of Owen and Ca- oh crap, she's talking about Cat." Beck gulped. "Why is she so mad about a video of them singing?"
"'Cause she's dating Owen or something like that." I replied, pacing back and forth. "I swear if she lays a hand on Cat, I'll... I'll."
"It's an empty threat." Beck said calmly.
"Do you think Cat knows?" I replied, trying to calm myself down.
"Maybe, right now she's in the pool." Beck nodded to the window/door where we could see Cat was laying on a rectangular pool inflatable, just floating on the water surface. "On the pool." He corrected.
"You distract her and I'll grab her phone." I said. We opened the sliding door and walked out of the house and onto the pool decking.
"Hey." Cat said from the inflatable. "You two alright?"
"Yeah." Beck replied smoothly. "You enjoying your float about there?"
"It's the only place I can lay without my back hurting." She replied honestly.
"You know that if you move, you're going to fall into the water... in your clothes." Beck replied, he was being a decent distraction.
"Well sorry that I can't fit in my swimsuit anymore." Cat snapped suddenly.
"I.. um..." Beck stuttered.
"Sorry." Cat replied, shaking her head at herself. "Mood swings."
"It's alright." Beck replied.
"We'll leave you to it then." I cut in, sneakily showing Beck that I'd taken Cat's phone from the table beside the sunbeds.
"Cya." Cat said as we walked back into the house.
In an attempt to not get caught, Beck and I walked through the house and to our bedroom, climbing onto the bed and swiping across one of her Twitter notifications and typing in the 3 letter code to unlock her phone. "How do you know her password?" He asked.
"It's her name." I replied bluntly, waiting for the app to open.
"What're we even looking for?" Beck asked, looking at the phone screen over my shoulder.
"I don't know, I'm just going to check her DMs." I did what I said and opened up the Direct Messages part of her profile. "Look who it is." I commented as I clicked on the unread message from Veronica.
"That's harsh." Beck commented as his eyes skimmed over the message.
"Damn." I gasped, reading the multiple threats from the girl. "She really thinks Cat is trying to get with Owen."
"Is she blind or something?" Beck said. "Cat's happy with Tori."
"Not at school she's not." I replied honestly. "Tori's rarely in, so to everyone else Cat's practically a single woman."
"This isn't good." Beck ran a hand though his hair. "I wish I could help but-"
"You're busy filming." I replied, clearing the messages from Cat's phone. "I've got this."
"Why'd you clear them?" He asked, looking at me with a puzzled expression.
"She'll be stressed out if she saw them, and stress isn't good for the baby." I retorted.
"This is why you're the smart one." He lent forward and kissed me lightly on the cheek. "Love you."
"Love you too."