The next day proved as uneventful as the previous, minus the fact that Adora had caught herself watching Catra during practice more than usual, although Adora really wasn't sure why that was.
Or rather she really didn't want to think about it.
"Come on Adora! You haven't been out of the house in forever and even Mom is getting worried about you! It's just a dance and you don't have to actually dance if you don't want to! Just come with me so I don't get stuck by myself!" Glimmer pleaded, earning a groan from Adora who had just got home from watching the rest of the team practice—something that she had taken to doing since she had been hurt.
"Ugh...Fine. If it'll get you to stop talking about it so much! But I am not wearing a frilly dress!" Adora said, just giving in to shut Glimmer—who had been irritating her all day—up.
"Yes! Thank you! I promise you won't regret it! I'll go tell my Mom so she can take us all shopping later!"
Meanwhile Catra sat behind the counter at the cafe where she worked, trying to drown out Entrapta's constant chatter by focusing on anyone else besides the purple haired girl.
"Don't you have someone else to annoy? Like, I don't know, any of your other friends?" Catra said after some time of just listening to the hyperactive girl go on and on about some kind of 'social study' she was looking forward to doing at the dance.
Something that Catra honestly had never expected the other girl to even want to go to.
"Everyone else is out shopping for the dance! Well besides Scorpia, she's at work right now...and...Oh! Do you think that she would make those little...what are they called again? You know those cream filled things that I liked?" Entrapta's answer caused Catra to roll her eyes.
"You mean the Japanese ball cake things? Yeah, I'm sure she will. Now if you don't mind, I am needed in the back." Catra retorted although this was a lie, she really just needed a break from hearing about that damn dance.
Jeez...looks like everyone in the damn school is going to be there but me and probably Adora. I may catch it lucky and get the house to myself for that evening! She thought, trying hard not to sigh for what seemed to be the thousandth time that afternoon.
Pulling her phone out of her jacket pocket, Catra decided that maybe it wouldn't kill her to actually use the online account thing that Scorpia had made for her ages ago—But she almost instantly regretted it when she saw the friend requests from not only Adora, but three of her other friends as well.
Okay I don't even talk to flower-girl and why the hell did Senior shit-head send me a friend request? I made it clear that he annoyed the hell out of me. She thought, although she clicked accept on all of them anyway.
That's when she really started to regret ever logging on to that thing because the first thing she saw was Adora's post that read:
Shopping for a dress after I got suckered into the stupid dance by one of my best friends.
Followed by a picture of her and Glimmer, both wearing the most unflattering dresses that Catra had ever saw.
What the hell? Are they...Wait...Are they dating? When did that happen?
Catra couldn't describe the wave of emotion that washed over her as she switched her phone back off, her heart feeling as if it would explode under the sheer weight of the emotions that seemed to wash over her in that instant.
Who cares? I don't.
A lie and she knew it.
But it wasn't like she would ever admit it.
Scorpia knew something was wrong when she walked into her living room only to hear the sound of blaring music coming from the TV. Music she knew all too well as the playlist that Catra would listen to when she was trying to deal with something she wanted to avoid feeling or thinking.
"Entrapta? What the heck is wrong with Catra now?" She couldn't help but ask the purple haired girl who was currently sitting on the couch, typing away at a laptop and eating caramel covered popcorn.
"I think she's Jealous...I mean I'm not sure about that but still...that's the only logical answer." Entrapta replied just as Catra came into the room, leering over at her.
"I am not jealous!" Catra snapped all too quickly, earning a raised eyebrow from Scorpia.
"Really now? Then why are you blushing?" the taller of the trio said, only to make Catra blush even more.
"Shut up!"
That response did nothing but make Scorpia snicker.
"Let me guess, this has something to do with a certain blonde going to the dance?" Scorpia retorted, knowing full well that this would be enough to get Catra talking.
"So what if it does? I don't understand why she would want to go to the dance with that walking tulip to begin with? I mean...seriously..." Catra began to rant, although Scorpia and Entrapta was both too busy trying to keep from giggling to pay much attention to what she was saying.
"Yep, you're jealous," Scorpia said after Catra was finally done ranting "Did you ever stop to think that maybe this isn't a date date? I mean friends can go together. Look at Bow and Perfuma."
As soon as she said that Catra seemed to lose all the fire that had been in her and just slumped down onto the recliner.
"because," she began, fists clenching so tightly that her knuckles were starting to pale from the strain "She said so herself, remember? She said that she wouldn't go unless someone she liked asked her." Catra reminded them.
I know it's selfish for me to feel this way. I mean I knew I wasn't her type...I'm too much of a lowlife...I don't know how to do anything right, I have nothing to offer her.
Her mind started to race, berating her for even entertaining the thought that the blonde would ever want anything to do with her but then Scorpia's voice broke her from her thoughts.
"Well make her jealous then because I swear she was sending heart eyes your way multiple times. Besides it is not good for you to stay here by yourself, especially not when you're in a mood like this."
Catra mulled it over for a few minutes, just staring at nothing as she thought about the pros and cons of that situation before she finally sighed.
"Fine...if it will get you to shut up about the damned dance."