Catra knew that she was being petty but she couldn't help but find any excuse she could to avoid interactions with either Adora or Glimmer because whenever she did she couldn't help but feel a familiar, green emotion swelling inside of her.

An emotion that Catra wished that she didn't have.

But soon enough Friday rolled around and it was time for the dance but unlike most of the students, she wasn't excited. At all.

But she would force herself to go, after all she had promised Scorpia she would be her date that night—even if they weren't dating.

"Come on Kitty, let's try to have fun! Besides, you look great!" Scorpia said, trying to tie the bow tie that Catra had failed at tying—only to have her hands batted away.

"Leave it, it would just choke me anyway," Catra stated before glancing over Scorpia, smirking slightly as she added "And who knew you could clean up that well. You're going to have all eyes on you tonight."

She saw the color crawl into the slightly older girl's face as she took her arm.

"You're just trying to be nice. Come on."

Adora tried to have fun that night although most of that was spent lounging around by the snack bar and not really dancing all that much, especially since a certain, infuriating brunette seemed to appear in her line of vision more often than not.

Why has she been avoiding me for the last few days?

The question that had repeated itself in her mind a million times over the last two days as she tried to connect the dots to figure out if she had offended the other girl or something but she couldn't figure out anything that she could have said or done anything that would have angered or hurt Catra in any way.

So why was she avoiding her?

She couldn't help but wonder after Glimmer had disappeared to talk to someone and left her alone with her thoughts but those thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a tap on the shoulder.

"Hey Adora, I see your date ditched you. Wanna dance?"

Adora was taken aback by the sudden change of attitude toward her but still accepted the hand that was offered to her.

"You know Catra, you really do give me whiplash." Adora stated as she allowed her childhood best friend and sometimes rival lead her out onto the floor.

"Whatever do you mean?" Catra responded, looking confused but quickly adopted the familiar crooked smile which drove Adora crazy.

"Because you act normal then you've been annoying me and being a bit of an asshole for the past few days. I mean...I know you have your own life and all of that but we're friends and if I trust you with my stuff I really wish that you would talk to me about what is bothering you." Adora practically snapped, causing Catra to freeze mid-step and pull away.

"Oh so you want me to be honest princess? How about you start by telling me how long you have been dating Sparkles? Or why you never told me you even liked anyone when you wanted me to open up about everything. Did you think I would embarrass you or something? That I would embarrass you in front of your girlfriend?"

Catra couldn't help it when her voice broke as she said this, although Adora couldn't help but laugh as she reached out and gently took Catra's hand into her own once again.

"You think me and Glimmer are dating? She practically blackmailed me to come with her because she didn't want me to be home alone tonight. Why would you care anyway? I mean if I do date someone it doesn't change anything between us."

Catra pulled away then, not daring to make eye contact as she turned away.

"You're an idiot, you know that Adora?"

Catra had been ready to walk away however she couldn't seem to break the blonde's grip on her hand.

"What do you mean? Please talk to me Catra, we use to tell each other everything." Adora pleaded, knowing that it had to be something for Catra to be acting like this.

"it's not important."

Catra responded, earning a sigh.

"Cat, come on. How bad can it be?" Adora stated softly as she moved closer to the other girl, watching as the fight seemed to leave her body at those words.

"Don't you get it? I like you okay? I really freakin' like you and I know you probably don't feel the same way and I hope that this doesn't change anything." Catra forced the words out of her mouth before bolting away, finding herself in the parking lot and leaning again the building and closing her eyes to fight the tears that burned against them as her mind raced with ever worse case scenarios that ran through her mind.

I probably just lost one of my best friends because I couldn't control myself.

She thought, not even noticing that she had been followed until a hand lightly lay onto her shoulder and caused her to jump out of her skin.

"Catra, can we talk? Please? Because I have something I need to tell you and I'm starting to think that this was the whole point of us both being drug here by our idiot friends." Adora questioned, catching Catra by surprise.

"Now you're the one not making any sense." Catra said although she allowed Adora to lead her off to a more private area in the parking lot.

"I...I think I have liked you for a while but with everything that has been happening lately and stuff I just felt as though I was going crazy." Adora admitted once she was sure no one would be eavesdropping on them although even saying those words made blood rush to her face.

"You think? Haven't you dated anyone before? I mean you are popular as hell." Catra snorted, earning a halfhearted glare.

"Shut up, I'm trying to tell you something and you just keep being sarcastic and I..." Adora exclaimed, only to be cut off mid sentence as Catra pulled her closer, that devil may care grin returning to her face as she whispered

"Maybe you should make me."

Adora looked like a deer in the headlights there for a split second before timidly bringing her lips against the other girl's, the nervousness leaving her when she felt a hand gently pressing against her lower back.

As they pulled apart Catra was the first to speak, her face flushed and hands slightly shaky.

"want to go back inside? I think I still owe you that dance."