Robbie's POV:
It's after dinner and I am doing the dishes when there is a knock on our door. When I go get it, the person in front of me surprises me even more than the knock. Cat Valentine. The girl that I have been in love with for years.
Unfortunately, she has always seemed hell-bent on rejecting me or at least giving me mixed enough signals that I am not sure what to do. I can tell that she has been crying.
"Cat, are you okay?"
"Uh…not really. Could we talk outside please?"
"Sure, Kitty Cat. What's up?"
"I needed to tell you something."
"Okay, what is it?" She looked nervous. Really nervous. "It's okay, take your time. You don't have to say whatever it is if you don't want to."
"No, I have to. The truth is that I love you, Robbie Shapiro."
I was not expecting her to say that at all. It was something that I had been waiting to hear for years, but now I was just a combination of confused and happy at the same time.
"How—Cat, I have been asking you to dance, we've kissed-one of which you instigated, and I am pretty sure that was not for show no matter what you say, you sat on my lap when Tori and you sang that song at our fundraiser, yes you've given me several cheek kisses as well, but you've also called me gross and you ran away from me after I gave you my secret kiss. Why would you tell me this now?"
"Sam, Nona, Dice, and I went to a restaurant and the waiter gave me the number. Then Sam started pestering me telling me that I should have gone out with the guy, but when we got back to the apartment, I told her I couldn't because I really liked you and I had just always been scared. Scared that if we started dating and ever broke up that things would be ruined between us and I can't have that happen. I love you too much. I also don't want us to be the couple like Beck and Jade who can't stop bickering all the time… I mean…I'm so sorry. I just…I freaked out at the Cow Wow because I wasn't expecting you to kiss me. I knew that I had been trying to get your attention at the time, but I didn't realize it would work that well, and then the nerves set in. I haven't really thought of myself worthy of anyone after that whole situation with Evan. I didn't even realize that you wrote that song for me until a couple hours later after the heat of the whole Evan thing wore off and then I just felt terrible. I didn't know what to do. I'm sorry, I didn't want things to change because I was scared of losing you, but I decided tonight after Nona said some choice things that I can't pretend like the feelings aren't there and let them eat me alive from the inside."
I could tell that she was telling the truth by the way that she was looking at me with utter conviction. Despite her disheveled appearance she was still the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Her stressed out rambling about how she felt about me was absolutely adorable, and before I could really think about what I was doing I leaned over and pulled her in for a kiss.
She immediately began to kiss back, and we stayed like that for a couple minutes. When we broke apart, I looked at her. "You don't have to be afraid. I love you for who you are, and you have got to know that we won't argue like Beck and Jade. Yes, that's how they love, but we don't have to be that way. We won't be that way because I will be there to take care of you and make sure that you are okay and support you in everything that you wish to accomplish in the future."
"Thank you. Thank you." She hugged my torso and I smiled holding her in my arms and kissing her forehead."
"Well, I better go. We have school tomorrow." She said awkwardly.
"You are my girlfriend now, right?"
"Yeah, oh and can we wait a little while before we tell the others?"
"Sure, why?"
"I think I need a little bit of time of us dating before I can admit that I am not just dreaming." She said sheepishly. Then she started to walk away.
"I love you!" I yelled out to her.
"I love you too, Robbie Shapiro!" She yelled back. Oh, how great it is to hear those words from her beautiful little cherry lips."