CHAPTER ONE
Brown eyes watched as her hips moved to the music. They were at her album release party. Her fifth album release party, to be exact. After graduating high school, she'd been noticed by a talent scout. And that's when their lives changed forever.
They dated all through high school. Most didn't know that they were an actual couple. They thought that they were just really good friends because they didn't show PDA. They always waited until they were behind closed doors. But once she was signed to the label and she started getting busier and busier, they saw less and less of each other. They never officially broke up, but they definitely weren't a couple anymore.
He missed her. More than anything. They saw each other as frequently as their schedules would allow. Him a comedian and her a worldly famous pop star, their schedules didn't match up very often. But when they did, they made plans.
The group stayed friends after graduation, but they hardly ever got to see much of each other even though they all still lived in Hollywood. Well, sometimes. Cat and Jade were often in New York at the apartment they had in the city. They spent almost as much time there as Los Angeles, so they just went in together on a New York apartment in Manhattan and they shared the cost of the place to keep it up and running for when they were in the city.
With Jade being an actress now, she was on location a lot so she found herself bouncing back and forth between several homes. She also directs some of the episodes and writes part of the scripts now and then.
Tori gave up on being a pop star, but still made music. She wrote the lyrics, sang the demos, and found the right voice to sell them to. Some even went to Cat.
Andre was now a music producer. He wasn't famous, but he's pretty well known in town and constantly had gigs.
Beck went on to be an actor. Although not a household name, he's been in several big hits and awarded for them.
Trina... she gave up everything. Instead of becoming an actress, dancer, or singer like she insisted on in high school, she ended up giving up that life altogether and decided on becoming a vlogger. Not only does she vlog about her life, she gives out relationship advice, life advice, runs a cooking vlog, teaches people about healthier ways of eating and exercising, skin care products, and... talks about her life as a mother. She's long ago lost the annoying teenager personality and was now a health conscious, loving, caring, giving life partner and mother.
Robbie became a comedian. He still used Rex, but he was now solely part of his show. He wasn't just a puppet that he carried around anymore. He'd grown up, become a man, and was performing at several theaters around town and along the coast.
And lastly, Caterina Valentine. The tiny, emotionally unstable ball of anxiety, red headed innocent, shy, simple minded, frequently distracted and confused little girl that everyone had grown up with... was now the world's most famous pop star. She'd just released her fifth album, only six months after her fourth was debuted, and was already in the works of a sixth. The woman never stopped working. She was now a confident, outspoken, mature, body positive, self loving, admirable, animal loving woman who had ditched the red locks for her natural brown and let it grow out.
As he watched her dance, he couldn't help but remember the times they had those years ago. They were adults now. They were twenty-six and twenty-seven. That seemed so old compared to the nineteen-year-olds they were when everything changed.
She was wearing nothing but an oversized t-shirt and thigh-high socks. Her style hadn't changed at all. Seeing her dressed the way she did as a teenager brought back the memories.
The memories of them laying in bed together, their legs intertwined, his hand caressing her thigh, her backside, and creeping up that oversized shirt to brush over her hip, her ribs, and feel her up - which normally led to making out, dry humping each other, and having sex.
"Oh my god, Trina!"
Cat's voice interrupted his thoughts. Her voice was no longer that annoying high pitched, airy voice. It was stronger. Deeper, but still feminine.
"Give me that baby right now, I've been waiting so long to finally meet him," Cat said as she scurried over to the oldest Vega sister.
"Just don't jostle him around, I just fed him," Trina said as she passed the one-month-old baby boy over to the younger girl.
Cat gasped and swayed gently back and forth as she cradled the baby in her arms, holding him belly-to-belly as he looked up at her. "Oh my gosh, how precious are you? Hi, handsome, I'm Aunt Cat," she said.
"I'm gonna go say hi to everyone. If he gets fussy, just find me."
"Oh, we'll be fine, you go have fun so I can snuggle with him."
As Trina walked into the crowd, Cat made her way over to the couch and sat next to Robbie. "Look and this squishy, squeezable face," she said.
Robbie nodded with a smile. "He's pretty cute." Not as cute as you, though.
Cat kissed the baby's forehead and rocked him gently as he looked around. "I can't wait for this. Have my own babies, be a mom."
"Why don't you?"
Cat gave him a short laugh. "I'm on tour in a few months. I'm single. I'm not having sex, so that's the biggest dilemma."
"So go to a clinic. You have the money for it."
"Yeah, but that's not how I want to do it. I want to make my babies. I want to make them with my one true love, my soulmate," she said. "I'll find him some day. I'm okay with my life right now. I'm happy."
Hearing her talk about her 'one true love' and 'soulmate' kind of shattered his heart. Was that not him at one point? They were once in love. At least, he was.
"Yeah. You'll find him," Robbie said before staying silent for a few seconds and clearing his throat. "Um... I should get going," he said, standing up.
"No!" Cat whined. "Please stay, we haven't hung out in forever."
"I dunno, Cat..."
"Please, Robbie. Once the party's over and everyone goes home it'll just be us. It'll be like old times," Cat pleaded. "Please?"
He wanted that. He wanted that desperately. So, giving in, he sighed and nodded. "Okay. Just tonight though."
"Just tonight."
Cat giggled as Robbie spun her around the kitchen before putting her back down but keeping his arms around her as she backed into the counter. When everyone left, they were still wide awake and it wasn't extremely late, so they decided to stay up a little longer and make a cake. Red velvet, of course.
Dipping her finger into the icing container, she dabbed Robbie's nose with another giggle and licked the remaining off of her finger.
"You're such a brat," Robbie said, laughing.
"You love it."
"Yeah, I do."
They stared at each other, both of their breath just slightly heavier than normal from the goofing off and laughing.
His light brown eyes peering into her large, dark, doe-like orbs.
The time seemed to pass so slowly. So slowly, in fact, that they hadn't realized that they were leaning in to each other.
His pouty lips connected with her equally as plump lips, and it's like they'd been created just for each other. Their mouths fit perfectly together, almost as perfectly as their tongues danced around each other.
She tasted like strawberry icing.
He tasted like chocolate and mint.
Their tongues battled for dominance and she soon found herself on top of the counter, her hands on his cheeks and him stepping between her legs, pulling her to the edge of the counter to hold her close.
This was a rare occurrence. They didn't get to see each other much. But when they did, it usually ended up like this. Making out in a random room. But why did this time feel... different?
Neither of them wanted to pull away, but air was an important thing. When they pulled away, they were both breathing heavily and Cat's hands clutched the collar of Robbie's shirt, keeping him close.
"Robbie..." she whispered.
"Mm?" he asked.
"I need you in the worst way..."
Why did she get so insanely horny around him? Was it because the sexual tension built up over all those years? They haven't actually had sex in over six years. Their sleepovers usually ended up in a make out session and that was it. So why was her core throbbing so erratically?
Why was he suddenly harder than a rock?
Why weren't they already fucking?
"You did what?" Jade asked.
"I had sex with Robbie," Cat said.
"Why?"
"Because things got really heated."
"How?"
"We hung out after the party last night. We decided to bake a cake. We started goofing off, ended up making out, and we banged on the counter."
"What kind of cake was it?"
Cat's brows furrowed. "Seriously?"
"What kind of cake?"
"Red velvet."
"Did you bring any with you?"
"What? No!" Cat said. "Jade!"
"What? I like food, you know that."
"Food isn't important right now," she said, getting up from the couch and walking to the kitchen. "What's important is that I had sex with a guy I haven't thought of in a romantic way in over six years, and now I have all these... feelings and I don't know what to do about it," she said as she opened the fridge.
"Well, what feelings do you have for him?" Jade asked as she made her way to the counter and leaned on it.
Cat shrugged, placing the pitcher down. "I don't know... mushy gushy ones."
"Like, 'I love him' ones or 'I'm just horny' ones?"
"More like... I just wanna make him cum sometimes, but I really, really like him."
"...So, horny ones."
"Both."
"What are you gonna do about it?"
Cat shrugged again and grabbed a couple of glasses out of the cabinet. "I don't know... What should I do? You and Beck have been together for 84 years, you know how relationship stuff works. What do I do?" she asked.
"Beck and I have been together since middle school, we didn't take a six year long break. This is something you and Robbie have to work out together."
"I need help," she whined.
"I can't help you with this one, Kitten. You just have to tell Puppet Boy how you feel. You're a big girl. You can do it."
"I haven't been in a real relationship since... since Robbie and I were together the first time."
"You never technically broke up, though. So, wouldn't that mean you're still together?" Jade asked, sliding the pitcher over to herself and pouring the lemonade in the glasses.
Cat stayed silent for a few seconds. "...I don't know. Does it?"
"If there was no break up talk, then... yeah."
"...I'm gonna go call Robbie," she said as she made her way out of the room.