Cat Valentine.
After the movie was over, Mason looked up to see Cat was curled on the couch, her eyes downcast, and her hands clutching the blanket that was wrapped around her.
"Are you okay?" He asked her and she looked up at him.
"I don't know," She responded, honestly. "I mean, if something is going on, then… my whole family is screwed over."
"I don't think anything is though," Mason told her, "I mean like it was mentioned before, your mother is happily married."
"I know, but since my dad…" She trailed off, and looked up at him. "I hope you're right," She said just as her phone went off.
She looked at him for a moment and then leaned over, quickly grabbing it.
It was a text from Robbie.
Hey, party tonight if you're interested.
"Oh! Well…" She looked up at her friend, "Do you want to maybe go to a party?"
"A party?" She nodded, "Uh sure, where and when?"
Where and when is the party?
Doug's house. In an hour. Be there?
Yeah, I'll be there.
"Well…" She stood up, stretching, "I'm gonna go get ready, okay? You okay down here for a few minutes?"
He nodded, scoffing as he did, "Cat, you're talking to me here."
"Oh, right…" She leaned in and playfully (and lightly) smacked his face. "Good point." And with that, she went upstairs to her bedroom.
Her phone went off again, and she grabbed it, staring at the screen.
Cat! Are you going out tonight? I heard there's a party at Doug's?
Cat quickly responded to Jade, and then sighed, laying on her bed for a moment. Normally, she was advised not to go near alcohol or anything like that with the past history in her family of addiction, but tonight. Tonight she had a reason to drink… even if it wasn't a logical reason, it was still one, nonetheless.
She got up then and turned the shower on, getting ready she decided she really didn't give a shit anymore.
Tori Vega.
"Andre! I am so fucking bored!" Tori whined as she lay her head on his shoulder. He sighed, shrugging his shoulders.
"Well, what do you want me to do about it?" He asked, laughing as the motion of what he did caused Tori's head to fall off his shoulder.
"I don't know… make it go away?"
"No… I think that's Tyler's job."
"Oh, you perv!" She rolled her eyes, "I don't do… things with him… that…often…" She trailed off, and looked at him, "At least not recently."
"Well, good." Andre responded, and Tori sighed.
"I'm really bored though, honestly, can't we just… like make-out or something?" She was only half-joking, but then at the same time, she was really in the mood to.
"Best friend's don't make-out, Tor."
"I know! I was just kidding…" She bit her lip, as she picked up her phone, she saw she had a text. "Wait! Maybe we won't have to after all!"
"What do you mean?"
"Robbie just texted me, there's a party at Doug's tonight. In an hour, are you down?"
Andre sighed, he wasn't really in the mood to, but if it kept Tori in line, being there, then he'd do it.
"Okay." He finally said, "I'll go."
"Yay!" She squealed, wrapping her arms around his neck, she pulled him closer and then kissed his cheek. "I'm going to go get ready!"
"Sounds…good." He said, smiling as he touched his cheek.
Huh, maybe getting a kiss from your best friend anywhere on your body wasn't such a bad thing after all.
Jade West.
"Jade! Let's go!" Beck called up the steps, as he walked up. "We're going to be late, and that's not always such a good thing you know," He opened the door, still not receiving a response from her (which was a bit unusual, even for her) "So, let's hurry up and—" He cut himself off when he was met with a surprising sight.
Jade wasn't really… well, dressed. She had some Spice Girls song playing and was curling her hair, wearing only a bra and underwear. She looked up in the mirror and gasped, turning around.
"Beck!" She cried, "You could at least knock!"
"I come in your window without knocking at random times, what makes you think I'd actually do it when walking through the door?"
Damn it, he had a good point.
"And really? Spice Girls? Are you kidding me?"
"They were my childhood," She defended, crossing her arms over her chest, she made her boobs look bigger than they already were. Damn it, Jade… Was all that ran through Beck's horny, teenage mind. "Anyway, since you're already here, you can just… stay."
"Yeah, like I said before, it's not something I haven't already seen."
"And like I said before too, it's different."
She sat down in her chair, and picked the curling iron up before suddenly putting it back down, feeling and seeing his hand on top of hers. She didn't turn around, just stared at their reflections in the mirror in front of her.
"How is it different?" He asked quietly, "Because we're not together?"
"Y-yeah." She finally managed to say, as he put his chin on her shoulder and looked at her, a too adorable expression on his face. "I'm not saying that to be a bitch, I'm just saying… we're not together anymore and we shouldn't do those things—" She was cut off when he took his chin off her shoulder and sat down on the ground, leaning his back on her bed, he looked up at her.
"Can I ask you something?" She nodded, turning around, and facing him. "Why did we break up in the first place?"
She shrugged, "I don't know, how many has it been?"
He shrugged too, "Too many."
"And we're afraid if we do get back together, we'll just break up again…" She conceded, getting off the chair, she paused momentarily, grabbing a plaid shirt (his old plaid shirt) she put it on, leaving it unbuttoned. And then she sat down in front of him, leaning her back against his chest as he wrapped his arms around her. "And then it would… just be awkward."
"Oh yeah? Then what's with the position we're currently in?"
"Beck… you're my best friend and you always will be no matter what happens. You make me feel comfortable, protected and I feel like I can trust you with anything, and... I don't want to lose that."
"So you're just using me for my body?" He joked and she rolled her eyes, staring at her legs for a moment.
"No…" She spoke quietly, "I'd never do that."
"How do you know I wouldn't?" She playfully smacked him on the chest and he jerked, laughing he rubbed the spot she hit. "I was just kidding!"
"I know." She said, and then leaned against him more, closing her eyes. "I love you, you know."
"I know." He whispered, kissing the side of her head. "I love you too."
They stayed like that for a few more minutes, before she got up, shaking her head, she calmed her heart rate down, and then got back in the chair. "I really should continue getting ready, after all you don't want to be late."
He stared into space a moment, a dorky smile on his face, "No. But it would definitely be worth it if we could do that again."
Despite feeling the way she did, and being in a rush to get ready, she smiled. "Yeah… it totally would be."
And through the mirror's reflection, she saw him smile at her.
Cat Valentine.
"It's so loud in here!" Cat shouted, just to be heard over the music as Mason nodded. "Help me find, Robbie!"
He nodded again, and together they both walked further inside the packed house, searching for the dorky kid with glasses, that Cat seemed to have a slight crush on. Not that she'd admit it, though.
"Ooh! There he is!" She let go of his arm (she'd been holding it so she didn't get lost) and then immediately rushed toward him, bull-rushing him from behind.
"Cat! You made it!" He hugged her and she jumped up and down.
"Yeah I did!" She giggled as Mason walked up to them. "Mason came with me though."
"Oh, that's cool." He said, hugging her again like he hadn't seen her in ages, when in reality he saw her just a few hours before.
"Yeah… uhm…" She looked at Mason, who immediately got her hint.
"Why don't you guys go get some air, and you know… talk." He said, winking at Cat.
Cat nodded her head, enthusiastically, "Yeah! Robbie! Let's go!"
"We're not gonna talk about—"
"No!" She shouted, and then dragged him outside, but not before grabbing a plastic cup and filling it with punch first. She'd been to these parties enough to know when they spiked the drinks. It was sad, really.
She then walked outside with Robbie, and sat down at the edge of the pool. It was a warm night, so she'd worn flip-flops. She took them off, and put her feet in the cold water, sighing happily as Robbie took the seat next to her.
"You know…" She spoke up, looking above her at the stars. "I used to do this a lot when I was younger."
"You did?" Robbie asked as he took off his what Cat and Beck called "man flip-flops" off and put them next to him, putting his feet in the water as well, his hand just inches from hers.
"Yeah, back where I grew up… my uh… dad and I used to—we used to do this every night."
"I be that must've been so awesome."
Cat looked at him, for a moment, "Yeah, it was." She looked down playing with her hands, "But after a while, it got really… well not too cool." Then she cleared her throat, and looked at him. "Tell me about your childhood."
"It was okay," He said, "I was born in New York, moved out here when I was about ten… it wasn't really anything too special or different."
"What about… your family?"
"My family?" She nodded, "They're… it's hard to explain. I don't talk much to them, unless I'm forced to."
"Why?"
"I don't know, I never really had a good relationship with my parents. It's just hard to talk to them, when it's clear they don't seem like they want you around. It was hard though, I'd always want to tell them something, and they'd brush me off. It was like to them, I didn't exist."
Cat leaned her head on his shoulder, and wrapped her arm around his, unexpectedly linking their fingers together when she grabbed his hand, comfortingly.
"I'm sorry." She whispered, "I can't imagine what that felt like. I mean… my dad and I… it's a long story, but after my parents divorced, I just… refused to talk to him."
"Why?"
"Because… I don't know, I was just angry. And I can't really explain it, but I was so angry I just couldn't talk to him, see him, or even acknowledge his existence. I wish I didn't react the way I did, because… then maybe, just maybe he'd still be in my life."
Robbie kissed the top of her head, in a… well, what he hoped she saw was a friendly gesture as he didn't want to seem too… over eager, since it was clear she didn't feel the same way he did about her.
"I'm sorry to hear that," He said, rubbing her hand with his finger. She just looked down at the intertwined fingers and shrugged.
"It's cool. As long as we have each other, we should be good though, right?" Robbie smiled as she looked up at him, hopefully.
"Yeah…" He agreed, leaning his head on top of hers after she'd laid it back on his shoulder, "As long as we've got each other, we'll be okay."
Tori Vega.
"Oh look." Tori heard the moment she walked into Doug's house, "It's the girl who thinks she's the shit." She looked to see it was Kristine, a girl who thought she was popular, and that everyone liked her, when in reality, no one really did.
She was even meaner than Jade, but everyone seemed to like and respect Jade. No one cared or even had the patience for Kristine.
"Oh look," Tori mocked. "It's the girl who thinks everyone cares about her, when in reality, no one can stand her."
Her mouth dropped open, and Tori smirked, satisfied. Andre let out a laugh and high-fived her as she walked back to him. She looked at Kristine again, who just looked pissed off, and like she'd just found out she had a broken nail.
"Tori, that was awesome!" One of her friends, Kari came up to her, giving her a high five. "Where the hell did that come from?"
Tori shrugged, "Beats the hell out of me," She smirked, and then grabbed the drink Andre handed to her, thanking him. "I just didn't feel like taking her shit today, I guess."
"Wow, Tori," She heard, and turned to see Jade was standing there, and impressed look on her face. "I am impressed with you. Didn't think I'd see the day when you told a fellow cheerleader off. I gotta give you credit."
"Oh, well… thanks." Tori smiled at her, and then hugged Beck who was standing next to her, briefly before turning to everyone else. "Well, why are we just standing here? Let's go dance!"
"Yeah, not so fast." Tori groaned and turned, seeing Tyler was standing there, a smile on his face. "You have to give me a hug first, and then you owe me a dance later."
"Oh, just like that?" She responded, "You just assume I'm going to dance with you, and not like, dance with everyone else first?"
"That's why I said later," He pointed out, and she had a look of realization. "Unless you want to dance now?"
"Well, I kind of want to—" She cut herself off when Only Girl In The World by Rihanna came on. She grabbed his wrist and pulled him with her, "Come on! I love this song! Let's dance!" And with that, she started to grind her body against his, as he moved more or less in the same way. She wrapped arms around his neck and held him close to her, moving her hips as they continued to dance.
"Oh man," Andre said, gaining both Beck and Jade's attention.
"What?" Beck asked.
"I wish I was him," Was all he said before he walked away to go talk to other party-goers.
Jade West.
"Come on, Beck!" Jade pulled him with her outside. "I can't be in there anymore, too many drunk people, and it smells a hundred percent like weed."
"Well yeah, a bunch of teenagers, at a high school party… what did you expect?"
"That it wasn't going to smell like that? I don't know."
He was about to respond, but one of the guys in Jade's Spanish class walked up to her, smiling as he gave her a high five.
"What's up, Jade?"
She smiled, twirling her hair around her finger. "Hey, Matt. Uh… nothing much, just needed some air, what about you?" She was aware that Beck was still behind her, but she ignored it for the time being. "Did you just get here?"
He shook his head, "Nah, I've been here a while, I just needed some air too."
"Oh, well, that's cool." She said, and then sat down on one of the steps, "Beck and I were just…"
"Talking?" He filled in and she nodded, watching him while he just casually leaned against the wall, pretending to text on his phone. She knew he was listening though.
"Yeah…" She trailed off, "We're… our relationship is just complicated."
"Jade, come on, everyone knows you two are in love with each other."
"Yeah, Aly told me something similar to that earlier."
"Well, it's true! I mean you guys constantly hang out, text, chill… I mean, if I didn't know you, I'd say you two were actually a couple!"
Her phone vibrated and she pulled her phone out to see who had texted her.
Dude, he's such a… lame-ass.
She was going to kill Beck.
You're in no place to make that judgment. She responded back.
I can do whatever I want.
Jealous much?
She then decided to flirt with him, knowing full well that she was going to piss of Beck even more.
"Yeah…I know." She giggled, and flipped her hair over her shoulder, and from the corner of her eye, she saw a very pissed off Beck.
She leaned in closer, and said something, watching as both Matt and Beck got confused, until realization came over Matt.
"You're trying to make him jealous, aren't cha?"
"What? No!" He just stared at her, "Okay, yes, maybe a little. Can you play along?"
"Do you admit that you love him?"
"That's not a secret." She responded, "Anyway, I know something that will really get him riled up." She pulled him towards her, looking as though she was going to kiss him, when she felt herself being pulled away from him. "What the hell, Beck!"
"What are you doing?" He demanded and she rolled her eyes.
"We're not together, remember? I can do whatever I want… and so can you."
"Yeah, but…" He looked like a puppy, his eyes were so… full of emotion. And she felt bad. Looking at Matt, she silently mouthed thank you, and then turned to Beck.
"But what?"
"Nothing." He said, and then she took his hand, causing him to look up at her. "What are you doing?"
"I…I don't know," She admitted, she then let go of his hand. "I don't… I don't know. I'm sorry."
Then she walked away, her head down. Beck looked up and noticed Matt was staring at him. "Dude, go after her! I mean, I get she's kinda being a little bipolar, but what the hell are you waiting for?"
"Uh, you to go after her?"
"Why me?"
"Because you were flirting with her."
"Duuude, that was to make you jealous! Are you that much of… a coconut head?"
"Coconut head? Really?"
"It was all I could think of!"
"Yeah, okay. But what makes you say… I'm a coconut head?"
"Because you're too blind! She's in love with you bro! Just like you're in love with her! She practically admitted it."
"Yeah uh, Matt?" He nodded, "We uh… we had a moment before we got here, I know she loves me."
"Yeah, dude. Loves you, not in love. They're both totally different. Or the same… depending how you look at it."
"Alright, well thank you.. for that. I'll just go ahead and see if I can find her."
"Good man, dude. Good man." And with one last odd look towards Matt, Beck went back inside the house, on the look out for Jade.
It didn't last too long. She was by the punch bowl drinking some punch (of course) with Tori, talking about who knows what.
Instead of politely interrupting her conversation (like he normally would've done) he instead, grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him. She looked up at him, shocked and confused. He only smirked down towards her, and put his hand on her waist.
And then without another word, he kissed her.
Cat Valentine.
"Cat?"
She opened her eyes and lifted her head from his shoulder, looking at him, she rubbed her eyes, "Yeah?"
"Do you uhm…" He looked at the water in the pool, unable to saw what he wanted to without looking like an idiot or feeling rejected. "Do you like…"
"Yeah…?" She motioned for him to continue, "Do I like...?"
"Pie." He said, "I'm just curious, because you know I love pie and—"
"Robbie." He looked at her, just as a slow song started to play (of course). She stood up suddenly, ignoring her wet feet, and pulled him up with her. She looked up at him, since she was much shorter than he was. "You don't have to be afraid, it's just me and you."
He thought for a moment, before taking a deep breath, and then looked down. "Will you dance with me?"
She smiled. "I would love to."
Come on, get higher, loosen my lips, faith and desire, at the swing of your hips. Just pull me down hard and drown in me in love…
She put her arms around is neck, and he put his hands on her waist. They started to slowly move along with the song, her head going to his neck. She closed her eyes as they danced together, pulling him closer, she realized she'd never felt more comfortable than she did at that moment.
Slowly lifting her head up, she looked at him, her eyes going to his lips, and then back to his eyes.
He reached one hand up, and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. And then, he moved lower, watching her to make sure it was okay. She said nothing, or really she made no objections, so he just went for it. He kissed her, soft and gentle, and once he felt her kiss him back, he couldn't help but smile into the kiss. She giggled kissing him, a bit deeper before pulling away and resting her head back on his neck again.
They both said nothing else, just enjoyed the moment.
It didn't last long though, since their friends had decided to join them, causing them to break apart (annoyed, but happy nonetheless).
Tori and Mason were arguing, while Tyler and Andre seemed to be in an argument as well.
Cat sighed, rolling her eyes. "Guys!" She yelled and they all stopped looking at her. Robbie's hands were still on her waist, and she gave him a look that told him not to let her go. He listened. "What's your problem?"
"I… really don't know why I'm arguing with Tori, honestly." Mason shrugged. "I think I said something about how lip gloss sucked, I forget."
Tori huffed, "You said I looked weird in this color." She touched her shirt and he nodded. "Right, that's it…"
"Okay…" Cat gave them a weird look, before turning her attention to Andre and Tyler. "What's…" She gave Tori and Tyler another look, before fully turning her attention to the boys. "Okay, what's your problem?"
"I'd rather not say." Andre said, looking down.
"Dude, it's really not hard. He was pissed because apparently I've been dancing with Tori for way too long."
"Well, what's wrong with… that?" Cat genuinely looked confused. "You have right to, I mean she's not… dating anyone?"
"Exactly!" Tori cried just as Mason opened his mouth to retort, but she gave him a look, that made him shut up immediately. "I don't belong to anyone."
"Dude, forget it." Andre snapped. He looked pissed off as he turned and walked back into the house, literally pushing someone over in his attempt to get inside.
Tori watched, her mouth open in disbelief. "What the hell was that?"
"I uh… I'm gonna just take a wild guess here…" Robbie spoke up, rubbing his neck with one of his hands. "I uhm, think he likes you."
"No shit, bro!" Mason said, sarcastically. Cat glared at him, "What? I'm just saying."
"He… he what?"
Despite not wanting to, Cat pulled herself from Robbie, and walked over to her. "I think you should go talk to him," She said quietly. "Let him know that… what just happened is nothing to be upset over."
"But…"
"You… you don't like him back, do you?" Cat asked her as Tori looked down, playing with her fingers.
"No. I do."
"Then what's the problem?"
"I don't want it to ruin our friendship or anything. I mean. I don't want to turn into another Beck and Jade… no offense to them, I just… want something simple, you know?"
"You want to be single and free then?"
"No! I… I don't know what I want." Tori sighed, "Cat, what do I do?"
"I'm going to tell you exactly what you're going to do," Cat responded, "You are going to go in there and you are going to talk to him. And you will not leave here until it's resolved, understand?"
"But what if something happens?"
"Then…" Cat briefly looked behind her at Robbie and then at Mason, before turning her attention back to Tori. "Then it does. And there's not going to be anything you can do to change it, but at the same time… it could be for the better you know. Just.. give it a try. You've got nothing to lose, so… yeah. I say go for it.."
"I agree!" Mason said, and Tori looked at him, "I'm just saying. Gosh, you women are so tempermental."
"Yeah…" Robbie said, rolling his eyes. "I agree with him as well."
"Okay." Tori smiled, "Okay, I'm going to go in and talk to him now."
Cat smiled, "Good." And with that, Tori was gone. She turned to Tyler, "I'm sorry."
"For what?" Tyler grinned, "I'm happy for them."
"I'm sorry?" Cat looked dumbfounded, "I thought you two were friends-with-benefits or whatever."
"Well, yeah. But I knew they liked each other. Really I just enjoyed making him jealous. It was kind fun."
Cat looked down, "Okay. I've had enough. I'm going to go… somewhere else. Robbie will you come with me?" He nodded, smiling as she took his hand and pulled him with her inside.
And as she passed Mason, he gave her a subtle thumbs-up, to which she gave him a smile.
They went inside, and Robbie sat on the couch, managing to find a free spot. She sat on his lap, and he wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. She smiled and put her hands on top of his closing her eyes again.
She was happy. Life was good. And even though there was something seriously going on with her mother (whatever it was) she didn't want to think about it. She just wanted to live in the moment with Robbie.
This is dedicated to BadeObssesser. You're awesome and thanks for the ideas. If you have more, let me know. I'm always open to any. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this one. I have my inspiration back for this story. Writing the next chapter as I type this. And my goal? To make it all Beck&Jade, lol. They're just so cute! Hehe.
And I know, Cat is out of character, she's supposed to be. I don't really like how they portray her on the show. Like they made her even dumber than she was at the start. But still, she's cute and I love her, but yeah. Some of them may be out of character too, not just her. So, keep that in mind.