"What?" The boys stumbled in confusion, each of them turning to face one another with confused looks.
"Are you fucking serious?" Jade darted up, her heavy black boots stomping into the floor as she stood. Her fists clenched tight in her hands. She became totally consumed in anger; her nostrils flaring, her eyes flashing and closing into slits, her mouth quivering as she began to slur curse words that were almost too quiet for anyone to hear. She took a step forward, lunging towards the three boys, her fist missing them all as she was pulled back. "Get off me!" She screamed at whoever was holding onto her.
The boys jumped backwards towards the wall as they saw Jade come towards them, all of them sighing in relief as she was held back.
Tori struggled to hold Jade still. Her arms were situated around her waist, her hands locked over Jade's stomach as she pulled the struggling girl back. "Hitting them won't help, Jade!"
Jade struggled as Tori spoke, eventually giving up and standing still in Tori's arms. "If they did it I wanna make them suffer."
"Trust me, if one of them raped her we will all make them suffer." Tori mumbled to Jade, pulling her back down to the plastic seats as the three boys stood in shock at Jade's reaction.
"We didn't do it." Beck uttered, still in shock at the information he had just been told.
"Well one of you fuckers did." Jade clenched onto the plastic seat hard, using all her willpower to not stand up and deck the boys.
"No means no." Andre began. "We all know better than that, Jade."
Trina's eyes darted to Jade. She began to see a more protective and vulnerable side to Jade. Something she never thought she'd witness, ever. "I won't hold you back if one of them did do it." She added towards Jade.
Jade flashed a look of approval to Trina. For the first time ever the two of them connected. "Thanks."
The cop had watched the situation unravel from the corner of his eye. "Ok, so we're going to interview you three one by one. If one of you did do it, or you know who did, now is the time to say something."
The three boys stood still, their eyes dancing to and from each other as they stood in silence.
"Ok, we'll have Andre Harris first then." The officer pointed to the black door. "Head in there and an officer will be in there waiting for you."
Robbie bit his lip, eyes dancing to every corner of the plain room. It soon became too much; his breathing and heartbeat was beginning to speed and fill his ears with white noise. He found himself chewing his nails, but forced himself to keep his hand down from his mouth. It didn't quite work, as he found himself chewing again only seconds later. "Wait." He let out a deep breath. "You don't need to interview Andre or Beck. They didn't do it."
The group looked at Robbie in horror as he spoke. None of them could believe what they were hearing.
"What do you mean?" The officer said directly to Robbie.
"I mean, I was the one who had sex with her that night. But it wasn't rape, I swear. She said yes and it was all consensual." Robbie bowed his head in guilt.
"Ok. Mr Oliver and Mr Harris you may take a seat again. Mr Shapiro we will talk to you now. Please enter that room and wait for an officer to arrive." The cop showed Robbie to the room.
...
The friends sat in the waiting room in total shock for the second time today. It seemed like every time they thought they were getting somewhere, they took one step forward and two steps back.
"Did anyone know about them?" Jade questioned her friends.
Everyone shook their heads at her. "No."
"I mean I knew he had a major crush on her." Beck shrugged his shoulders, a bland look on his face.
"Yeah man, that guy was crazy about her but I had no idea she felt the same back." Andre punched his hands together.
"Why didn't Cat tell us?" Tori sat back into her seat, her eyes rolling to the ceiling as she thought to herself.
"She was probably totally embarrassed." Trina rolled her eyes. "I would be too if I had a crush on Robbie! I mean he's no Danny now is he."
"This isn't a time to joke about, Trina." Jade went back to glaring at the oldest sister, her new found respect for her dropping rapidly.
"Whatever. I was just saying the truth." Trina glared back at Jade, her eyes slicing into her like knives.
"Well don't." Jade snapped.
...
"Robert, describe your relationship with Caterina please?"
"We've been friends since we both started Hollywood Arts. I've always been in love with her, for as long as I can remember. She was just perfection to me. Everyone thought she was crazy or weird, because she was childish and had bright red hair. But she was unique, there was no one quite like Cat." Robbie felt his heart ache as he thought of her. "She had this smile that could light up any room. It was her dimple that killed me." He smiled through the pain as he remembered her smile.
"So she didn't love you back?"
Robbie shook his head. "Not for a long time. I knew she was way out of my league so I tried dating other girls and she dated other guys and boy did that hurt. I even tried to dress like one of her ex boyfriends to get her to like me." He sighed.
"So what changed her mind?"
"I don't know. We had a dance at our school and she'd hit her head so I was rubbing it better for her and I don't know why but it just suddenly all made sense and I just seized the moment and we kissed. It was magical. You know the kind of kiss where you see stars and fireworks? It was that kind of kiss. But then she ran off." He scrunched his face up slightly as he spoke.
"Why did she run off? Was she afraid of you?"
Robbie pulled a face. "No, not at all. She was scared of her feelings. We talked after and went back to being friends, until this weekend."
"Ok, so walk me through that night if you can."
Robbie took a deep breath as he started to talk.
Robbie heard a door open with a groan and footsteps padding across the hallway."Psst, Cat?" He questioned as he hung out of his door.
"Who's there?" Cat stood still in the hallway, her purple giraffe in one hand her flash light in the other.
"It's me."
"Who's me?" She whispered loudly, moving her torch around. "Oh Robbie, it's you!" She giggled, pushing him slightly. "Why are you awake?"
"Why are you?" He responded, with a goofy look on his face.
"I always have to use the bathroom at three in the morning."
"Every night?"
Cat nodded her head. "Yep. It's to make sure my brother and I don't have any accidents."
Robbie took Cat's hand. "While you're up come here, I wanna show you something." Robbie led Cat down the old staircase quietly, his slippers making as little sound as possible. He opened up the front door, revealing the bright moonlight that was lighting up the sky.
"Oh it's so pretty! It looks extra yellow tonight, there must be lots of cheese up there!" Cat gasped.
Robbie chuckled at her. "It made me think of you."
"I remind you of cheese?" She crossed her brows in confusion.
"No." Robbie laughed. "I mean it's so bright and beautiful to look at. Just like you."
Cat's cheeks flushed a bright pink color. "Oh Robbie. The only bright thing about me is my hair! She laughed as she pushed his arm playfully, sitting down on the wooden bench on the porch. "You remind me of the trees."
Robbie looked at her confused. "What? Why?"
"You're tall and have crazy hair." She giggled to herself.
"Thanks I think." Robbie laughed along with Cat."Are you cold?"
Cat nodded. "Uh huh."
Robbie moved his arm around Cat's shoulder, pulling her into a warm hug.
"Ohh, you're so warm! Like a nice hot bath!" Cat snuggled her head into his shoulder, her eyes looking up at him.
Robbie looked down at Cat with admiration in his eyes. "You are bright, Caterina. You're smarter than people think." Robbie lent his head down, starting out slow and awkward. As he lent in closer towards her lips he pulled her to him. He couldn't help but feel the heat from her breath as he kissed her for the first time. It was amazing, better than anything he'd ever felt before, even better than their first kiss. As her arms wrapped around his neck, Robbie felt himself smile. As one of Robbie's hands moved down her back he could feel her take a deep breath. He thought she would stop, but she didn't. He felt her lips against his as they grew more intense. He could hear her begin to breath heavily. Her tongue made it's way into Robbie's mouth, shocking him slightly. The way her tongue moved with her lips in perfect sync made his heart race. She bit his lip gently, he had not thought of her to be like this but her confidence shined through her fear. Robbie could sense her smile as she pulled back from him, still holding her carefully he could feel her body, as hot and sweaty as his own. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Cat nodded, biting her lip with a sweet smile on her face. " I do love you, Robbie." She whispered, leaning in to kiss him again with a large smile on her face.
Robbie blushed as tears soaked his cheeks. "I promise I didn't rape her. She agreed to it all. I would never do that to anyone."
The officer nodded his head. "Thank you for telling the truth Robert. It doesn't explain the tearing we found in her though."
Robbie shook his head. "It was her first time?" He suggested.
"No, that wouldn't cause the damage that was left on her." The cop held his radio to his lips. "Is there any more information on the body of Caterina Valentine?"
A beep sounded from his radio as another cop responded. "Bringing you paperwork now, Sir."
Within moments another cop had entered the room with several pieces of paper and photographs in his hands.
The first cop spread them out in front of him, scanning over them quickly before looking back up to Robbie. "You say it was her first time?"
Robbie nodded her head. "Yes, that's what she told me and I believed her."
The cop ran his fingers through his hair. "The paperwork here says it was an old wound from a previous encounter."
"What do you mean?" Robbie sat confused, a tense feeling in his stomach.
"Your story fits with her being sexually active the night she was killed and the tears we found were from a previous assault that happened anywhere from three to twelve months beforehand."
"So you're saying she was raped previously?" Robbie felt his heart drop into his stomach as the police officer nodded at him.
A/N - I have never wrote anything about Cabbie before but I didn't realise how much I shipped them until now!
Ok I know I'm supposed to update every night until Halloween but it is humanly impossible for me to update tomorrow night as I'm working all day then going to a Halloween party. (Shocker, I have a social life for once). So the next update will be on Sunday. I think I need a break too haha I've been writing for 8 days solid now!
Thank you for your continued support and for your reviews. I love reading your theories!
