Tori's POV:

It was 11PM, I was sitting in the hospital waiting room, after being questioned and interviewed over a dozen times. I felt horrible inside, for doing Cat like this, but it was for the best.

Everything happened so fast, after Beck called, an ambulance quickly came and took Cat away and after that I hadn't seen her.

"Tori." Did somebody call me? "Tori, honey." I shook my head, my mother. "Tori honey, you've done your part. It's time to go home." She said, although it didn't feel like it. I put Cat in this situation, so I wanted to stay with her. "Umm, yeah…sure." I said, and after that we left.

The gang hadn't come to hospital, I guess Beck didn't tell them, I was too busy to.

I walked out of the hospital feeling the warm night air on my skin. Even though so much had happened, I still couldn't grasp the fact that Cat was going through this. She came to school completely fine every day and she came to school as if nothing happened. True, she hadn't been completely happy lately, but not to the extent where you would think that was going on. Which also made me think, how long has this been going on?

I felt horrible inside, when Beck asked if I had called the police earlier today, it made me realize that I could have stopped Cat's suffering sooner. Instead of trying to creep in to her personal life, I should have just called when I saw her and that creep Luke in the mall. I was also worried now that after I told the police I snuck into her house, that I would be charged with breaking and entering, or would I not be since it was for good reason?

"Tori?" Someone calling me again? "Tori, honey." I swear I heard something. Suddenly, I felt some fingers snap in my face. My mother once again, "Tori, honey are you ok?" "Ugh, yeah. Just…tired." I lied. My mom probably knew I was lying, I mean, how could I be ok? My best friend was being raped repeatedly, and she didn't even feel as if it was ok to tell one of her friends because she thought we couldn't stand her. Personally, I'd never forgive myself for this whole situation.

*FLASHBACK*

"Hello, Tori Vega, right?" "Yes." "Good, well, my name is officer Joanna. I'm here to question you about Caterina Hannah Valentine. Is that ok?" "Yes." "Good, because this isn't optional." "Ok." "So, first thing's first, you and Cat are just friends?" "Yes, of course, why would be anything else?" I said nervously, "Ok, were you two having friend issues or something?" "Kinda, it's a long story." "Good, well I guess it's time to start. First thing's first, when were you suspicious of Caterina?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, when were suspicious of Caterina? Or when did you notice her acting strange?" "Oh, yeah. Sorry, I'm just so worried and nervous." "That's ok, that's perfectly normal. Anyway, begin."

"Ok, well. Caterina, we call her Cat, she has been acting strange lately. Well Cat, she has always been very strange, she will say the weirdest things, make the craziest jokes, and laugh at the silliest things. Sometimes she'll laugh at things that aren't even funny. But that's what makes Cat, Cat, you know? She always wears bright and cute things, she loves stuffed animals, and candy, she's almost like a big kid, but at the same time she's an amazing actress and singer, very creative, and just talented in general. I was beginning to get concerned when, did I mention Cat is very loud? So yeah anyway, I was getting concerned about…five weeks ago? When she was more on the quiet side of things. But we all have a bad day sometimes, you know? But she slowly changed in general, she wouldn't wear bright clothes, she didn't look happy, she didn't laugh at hardly anything, and became very quiet. I asked her what was wrong tons of times, but she would never answer or say 'nothing.' One of our favorite things to do is go to the karaoke dokie, with the gang."

"Not to interrupt, but who's the gang?"

"Me, Cat, Jade, Beck, Robbie…and his puppet."

"Mhm, do they know about this?"

"Not yet."

"Mhm. Continue."

"So, we go there like every Saturday or Friday night, and Cat always comes, she loves to sing. But lately, she hasn't even been coming with us. Until last time we went, things got weird. We invited her, she said she was going to come, but she didn't. I texted her, and she said something popped up with her brother. The next morning, maybe at 9 in the morning? I was sleep on the couch when someone knocked on my door. I was surprised because it was so random, I answered the door, and Cat was there. She looked tired and scared. She had a cut on her lip, a bruise on cheek, and what looked like blood on her pants. I invited her in, and I told her I wanted to know why she looked like she did, so she told me. Well kinda, she explained to me that her parents were well, divorced, which I didn't know. She told me how much her parents were disappointed in her, and they didn't like how childish she was, and how much her parents avoid her and her father doesn't even visit her anymore. She also told me that she wasn't happy, and that she just wanted to be happy, and perhaps if she revealed her true self her friends might not like her anymore. This surprised me so much, that I completely forgot about the blood on her clothes, I just gave her a towel, some PJ's, a rag and I let her sleep in my bed. The next day we got in to a feud that was so stupid, I can't even remember what it was about. Oh yeah, I asked her about her mother and she got offended, and left. After that, she wouldn't talk to me, the only thing she told me was not tell anyone what she had told me."

"Mhm, and when did you decide to find out what was really going on?"

"Well, leaving school one time, I saw her get in this dude's car, I never saw, and I saw her kiss him! Then at the mall this past Saturday I saw and some other dude together so…I followed them. I followed them in to Hot Topic and they walked back to the section where they you know, sell adult toys. He made some sexual comments towards her, OH YEAH! His name was Luke, that's what she called him, anyway, she also kissed him! Well, he kissed her. Anyway, after that I got my sister to drive me to Cat's house. After she pulled away, I snuck up to Cat's house and banged on the doors and windows, no one answered. So I got the key under the door mat and opened it up, and it smelled like alcohol and just horrible. I snuck up to Cat's room, and I didn't find anything. There was a razor blade under her pillow, and then I took her diary and when I saw a car in the driveway I took off. Then I tried to open up the diary all weekend, it had a lock on It, I couldn't get it. So I was in the bathroom alone today and I managed to get it open, I randomly scrolled and I found an entry from Friday. I don't really remember it, but I know it said that her mom was making her sell her body and how she should have some say and some other stuff before of course, Cat came into the bathroom. She thanked me for whatever, I was so nervous I didn't hear her. Then as I was leaving my bag strap got caught on the door and all books flew out, including the diary. Cat saw it, she took it and ran away. She left school, and I went searching for her after I realized she left. I found her at my friend, Beck's house, and I told him what was going on, he called the cops and here we are."

"Interesting. Mrs. Vega, what took you so long to call authorities?"

"I... I don't know. I should have sooner."

"Mhm, you can leave now."

*END OF FLASHBACK*

"Tori, we're home now." My mom said, "Honey, are you ok? You keep zoning out." "I guess, mom I don't know." I said as I got out of the car and walked into the house and straight upstairs. I just couldn't believe, Cat, my sweet Cat. Living such a horrible life, being forced to do drugs, drink alcohol and have sex, being neglected and abused, how was she ok? How did she come to school every day? How did she focus? How was she so ok around guys? How did she even manage her school work? I felt horrible, and I couldn't even be with Cat.

But then it hit. Who was going to be with her in the hospital? They wouldn't let me in, so they certainly won't let any of the gang in. Her brother is too mental and her dad? Well maybe, does he even know what's going on? He had too. Did he visit? Now that I've told, I guess she'll have to live with him. Perhaps he will see how beautiful and perfect Cat is. I hope so.

I hope so.

Beck's POV:

I felt weak. Weak and helpless. I still couldn't grasp anything, or any of this. Cat being raped repeatedly? Her mother being involved? How did Tori even get access to so much information? How come I didn't call the police when Cat came to my house looking like she did? I had so many questions but not any answers. They hadn't let me see Cat, after I called the police and the ambulance showed up, I hadn't seen her since. I hoped she was ok, she was a strong girl. But everyone breaks.

I hadn't told Jade, Beck, Robbie or Andre. I was just in too much shock and I couldn't bear to deliver such news. I was at home in bed, I didn't sleep in my trailer, because…I just couldn't. I felt horrible because here I was all cozy in bed, while Cat was in the hospital. Being medicated and questioned, I wonder if any one came to visit her.

I also wondered why Cat never told anyone, I wonder why she asked me if I would be her friend no matter what, I wonder how she came to school every day. I wonder how she was able to keep calm. I also wonder, how long has this been going on?

I was dying on the inside, I had to get answers to some of these questions. When being questioned I legit couldn't give the officer any information.

*FLASHBACK*

"Hello." "Ugh, Hello." "My name is officer Joanna, I'm here to question you about your friend, Caterina Hannah Valentine." "Sounds cool." "I see, Beck Oliver, am I right?" "Yes, that's me." "Ok, well Mr. Oliver, what are you too Cat? Boyfriend? Girlfriend? Just friends?" I got tense. "Yes, just friends nothing, but friends." "No need to get so tense Mr. Oliver, anyway, tell me, when did you get suspicious of Cat?"

"Well she had been acting weird lately, she was quiet, sad, and it was just strange. I asked her if anything was wrong, but I never did get an answer. She came to my house Sunday with a bruise on cheek, she asked me if she could stay and that was it. I drove her to school the next day, and I told her that after school she needed to talk to me, about everything, because I was concerned. Of course, later on, during our lunch period, she goes to the bathroom and never comes back the rest of the day. After school, I got home and she was there in the bathroom, upset because Tori, stole and read her diary. I decided to give her a break and I didn't question her. Then our friend Tori came knocking on the door, and Cat was frantic for me not to let her in. Of course, I let Tori in to settle their little feud because it was just out of hand, but then Tori said that…well, Cat's mother was forcing her to prostitute. I called the police and here we are."

"That's all?" "Yeah." "Ok, you can, ugh, leave now."

*END OF FLASHBACK*

I decided to text Tori, since she was the only one who knew anything.

BECK:So when are we goanna tell them?

TORI: IDK

BECK:Well we can't keep it a secret forever

TORI:TMR, at lunch?

BECK:You wanna go to school tmr?

TORI:Not at all :/

TORI:You know what I'll just invite them to my place TMR night and then we can tell them.

TORI:Deal?

BECK:Sounds fine

BECK:Goodnight Tori, try and get some sleep

TORI:You too

*Still Beck's POV*

The next day at school was weird. The gang asked where Cat was, but she me and Tori said we didn't know and that she was probably just sick. I couldn't even focus in my classes, all I could think about was Cat.

I couldn't think, I couldn't even have a normal conversation with someone without drifting off into my thoughts.

"Beck." What? "Beck." "Did I hear my name? "BECK!" Jade, oh. "Wha-huh?" "Beck are you ok?" "Yeah Jade, what makes you say that?" "You just…haven't been acting like yourself." "Oh, sorry. I… I didn't get much sleep last night." "Mhm" Jade said giving me the eye. We walked out to the lunch table, only Tori was there, everyone else was in line. "I'm goanna go grab a bite to eat, ok?" Jade said walking off.

I sat down across from Tori. "So." "So?" She said. "When are you goanna invite them? Unless you did it already…" "No, I didn't." she said. "I don't know how, I mean, how are we goanna convince every single last one of them to come over to my house on a school night, especially a Tuesday." "I don't know, just tell them it's about Cat" "No, I don't want them to know it's about Cat, until they get there." "Fine, just say Cat invited them?" "I guess." Tori said, she looked ran down, but I couldn't blame her.

The gang made their way back to the table. "Healthy diet, day 1." Robbie said sitting down with his salad, "Don't get hype Robbie, I mean, how much skinny and scrawnier can you get?" Rex said. Robbie pouted. "Yeah, he has a point." Andre said, "I mean you really trying to lose weight?" "Geez, I was trying to be healthy. I regret spending 13 bucks on this salad." Andre choked on his drink, "You spent 13 dollars on a salad?!" "It has Kale!"

"Anyway." Tori interrupted. "Cat, ugh, she was wondering if we could meet up at my place tonight?" "Hold it Vega, you mean Cat, wants us, to meet at your house, on a Tuesday night?" Jade. "Yeah, kinda sounds strange." Andre said, "Come on, Cat's always been a little strange." Robbie said, "That's not true." Tori said, everyone starred at her. "Seriously?" Rex said breaking the silence, "Well, you guys should come. I mean Cat hasn't been herself and she hasn't been hanging around us lately, so maybe we should give it a chance? Perhaps…she has something to tell us?" I said winking at Tori, "Yeah, she could! I mean, she didn't give me much information." "Whatever Vega, but only because of Cat." Jade said rolling her eyes.

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Tori's POV:

I paced around in circles. I made sure we had drinks, snacks, and plenty of tissues. I didn't think this through, how was I going to deliver this information? How was I going to make this sound ok? How will they react? My heart started beating fast, a part of me wanted to cancel this whole thing, but I knew if the gang did find out Cat was in the hospital, they would want an explanation from her and well, I'm pretty sure Cat would have a mental break down trying to tell them. I breathed in and out deeply.

I can do this. I can do this. I can do this and I will do this. I will do this. Tori Vega, you can do this.

*DING DONG*

Oh shit. If I opened the door, this whole thing – plan would be in battle mode. But if I didn't….

No Tori! You can't think like this!

I took one more deep breath and walked to the door. Then I opened it.

It was Beck, "Hey Beck, where's Jade?" "Ugh, she's coming…she's on the phone." Beck said stepping inside, "So Tori, how are you going to explain this? I'll help as much as possible, but you're the one with all the info." "I..I don't know, I guess I'll just have to improvise." Jade came in, "Well, hello Vega. Where's Cat?" I cleared my throat, "She's not here yet." I saw some headlights pull up and looked out the window. It was Andre, Robbie and…Rex. I opened up the door and let them in. "Sup, hey, where's Cat?" Andre asked. "Ugh, she's not here yet." Beck said, "Hey, ugh, why don't you guys have a seat." I said.

Once everyone was seated, I cleared my throat. "Ok, guys, me and Beck have something to tell you." I said, Jade arched her eyebrow. "Cat's not coming." I said. "So…we should just go home?" Robbie said, "No, in fact, Cat…she didn't invite you, me and Tori did." Beck said hopping up. "Ok? What is going on here?!" Jade said, "Me and Tori invited you here to discuss...Cat," Beck continued "Sounds fair." Robbie said. "The truth is, me and Tori, well Tori, found out why Cat has been acting so strange lately." "Yeah, I guess I'll explain." I said.

"So, long story short, the morning after the last time we went to the karaoke dokie, Cat came knocking on my front door, she had a cut on her lip, some bruises, and her had some blood on her pants. I asked her for an explanation, and she said she'd give me one but I couldn't tell anyone. I said ok, she told me her parents were divorced, they neglected her, her father doesn't visit her, they don't like how...well, childish she is. She explained to me, well she basically said, that she pretends to be happy but she just wants to be happy and she was scared that if she was her true self we wouldn't like her. I was so shocked with this news that I didn't realize it didn't really explain why looked…the way she did, until she was sleeping. We got in a dumb little feud after she woke up when I asked her a question about her mom, she left and I tried to contact her but she wouldn't answer. That Monday she told me not tell anyone about what happened, you know, when you guys heard me say that I never got an explanation about why she came to my house covered in blood? And by the way, that story was a lie. Anyway, Cat ignored me, and then one day leaving school, I saw her get in to some dude's car and I saw her kiss him, it puzzled me, but I ignored, because Cat's had boyfriends you know? The next day, Trina was going to the mall so I went with her to get my mind off things, of course Cat was there with some other guy I hadn't seen. She called him Luke, and he looked about mid-twenties. I followed them and I brought a hoodie, hat and glasses to disguise myself, anyway, I followed them in to hot topic, they walked to the back of the store, I followed and I saw him kiss her and he made some sexual comments towards her. Then I left, told Trina to take me to Cat's house when we left, Trina dropped me off, I went to the front door and rang the doorbell and knocked on the door but no one answered. Then I got the key from under the door mat and I snuck in, I snuck into Cat's room and took her diary. I saw some headlights pull up from the window, so I snuck out the back door in the kitchen. I couldn't get the diary open all weekend so Monday, or yesterday, during lunch, when I was in the bathroom alone I got it open. I read a passage from Friday, and it ugh…it said…well Cat wrote that it's not fair how her mom is making her sell her body and some other stuff that I don't remember because someone walked in. Of course, it was Cat, and she was thanking me for covering her with that dumb Cat story that I just told you was a lie, I went to leave the bathroom but the handle of my bag got caught on the door and all my books flew out including the diary. Cat saw it, freaked and ran out, and she left school. So, I left too, I went to her house and I snuck in again and I went upstairs and her room was a mess, her things were all over the floor, her dresser was knocked over it was just a mess…I went down in the kitchen to leave and I saw her leave a note that said she was at a friend's house. So, I decided to go to one of you guys houses one by one, I stopped at Beck's first because well, he was the closest. Of course, Cat was there, Beck let me in, I told him about Cat, he called the ambulance, they took Cat away, me and Beck got questioned, and we came up with this plan to tell you guys about this whole situation and yeah…here we are."

Silence.

Until Jade broke it.

"Where is she?! Which hospital?! Which floor?! Which room?! What number?! We have to go see her!" "Jade, we can't me and Tori tried, the doctors or police don't want Cat making contact with any non-family members right now." "Seriously?! Her family is the one who put her through this!" "Jade, I mean, we can always try after school tomorrow." I said. "What about her dick head father? Does he know? Did he visit? Is she going to live with him now?!" Jade continued. "Jade, we…we don't know. We don't know anything." "So…what do we do now?" Robbie said, "There's nothing we can do, as of now. I mean we can go home, and then try and visit tomorrow right?" "Yeah. Sounds like plan" Andre said, trying to lighten the mood, but we were all down on the inside. "Yeah, lets go home."