Chapter 5:

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Sam's POV:

It was now Saturday. Cat and I were going to the new student orientation at UCLA. Since Nona was running the bingo game at Elderly Acres today and Goomer and Dice were practicing all day at the gym, Cat and I didn't have anyone to babysit Lilly, so since there are 2 different student open house shifts, I let Cat go to the first shift while I stayed with Lilly and then I would go to the second after Cat got home.

Cat would watch Lilly while I was gone and then we planned on going out to lunch at Bots and possibly stopping by the gym to see the guys on the way home. Tomorrow I'm going shopping with Cat to help her find her prom dress.

Cat comes into the kitchen already dressed with Lilly in her arms.

"Look who's awake.", she says referring to Lilly.

"Hey baby! Good Morning!", I say to my daughter, taking her from Cat's arms.

"Well I'm leaving now.", she says.

"Okay we'll see you soon.", I say as Cat leaves the apartment.

Jade's picking her up and both of them are going to the tour since Jade got into UCLA as well.

Cat's POV:

Jade and I arrive at the UCLA campus. We go sign in and assemble with the new incoming students in the theatre.

Tori and André are going to Juilliard in New York to major in musical theatre on a fully paid scholarship.

Robbie's going to UC, which is also the only school Trina had gotten into the year before.

Beck is also attending UCLA with Sam, Jade, and I but he has an acting audition this morning, so he's going to the later tour this afternoon.

We are put into groups of about 30-40 people in the tour part of the day. Jade and I stay together of course. They give us a folder with a guide of everything on campus. It was pretty heavy, and I complained to Jade about it, but she just rolled her eyes and said that I needed to toughen up.

At the end of the tour, Jade and I go to one of the cafés to get lunch.

After ordering, Jade decides to go to the bathroom, leaving me to carry all of our food to the table. I tell her I can't do it but she insists that I can while leaving me.

I attempt to carry our food to the table, but my folder slips from my arms and falls to the ground, paperwork flying everywhere. I drop our stuff on the table and quickly start picking papers up before they get too far.

Then a man, about my age who is sitting at a nearby table on his laptop comes over. He quickly starts helping me collect the papers off of the ground and hands them all to me. When I finally have all of the papers back in the folder, we stand up and I thank him.

"Thanks so much.", I say.

"Hey no problem.", he responds.

He seems like kind of a cool, laid back sorta guy, so I introduce myself.

"I'm Cat, Cat Valentine.", I say excitedly.

"Nice to meet you Cat.", he said sticking his hand out to shake mine.

"I'm Freddie, Freddie Benson."

"Well Freddie, are you a new student here?", I ask.

"Yes, well actually I am. You see I was over at Seattle University last year and I transferred over here to get into tech and computer software.", he answers.

"I have no idea what that means.", I say.

"Well okay then . . . . . So are you a new student here too?", he asks.

"Yeah I am. Me and my roommate and two of my other friends are coming here in September.", I reply.

"Cool. So do you guys have dorm plans or something? I'm trying to find an apartment but it's kinda hard finding something affordable in this area you know?", he says.

"Well yeah. My friends Beck and Jade are rooming with 2 of their friends, Robbie and Trina; and my roommate and I have an apartment just about 20 minutes away from here. It's pretty affordable too.", I say.

"Wow really? Do they have any openings?", he asks.

"Yeah. I think so. Someone just moved right by us. I can give you the address if you want.", I reply.

"Sure thanks.", he says.

I give him our address and he gives me his number. He goes back to work and I get back to lunch with Jade when she gets out of the bathroom. Freddie really reminds me of someone. I'm sure I've seen him before. I just can't remember where.

"Sam! Sam! Guess what?! Guess what?!", I exclaim running into the apartment excitedly.

"Cat where have you been?! I need to be there in 30 minutes!", Sam says.

"SorryitsjustthatJadeinsistedthatweeatlunchandImetthisreallyniceguyandhewantstogetanapartmenthere!", I exclaim, running all of my words together.

"Cat! I have no idea what you just said!", Sam yells.

"Okay so what I said was: so after the tour Jade and I went to lunch and Jade had to go to the bathroom and I dropped this folder thing that the school gave to us and dropped all of my papers all over the place and this really nice guy named . . . . this guy named . . . . omg I don't know, I forgot but he's a new student at UCLA majoring in computer software? I think. Anyway, he's looking for an apartment and I told him about the opening here!", I say excitedly.

"And this matters because?", Sam asks.

"Because he's really nice and cute and cool and a laid back kinda guy, I think he's your type. You could get a new boyfriend!", I yell.

"Cat! We've been over this! I'm a single mother! I don't need a boyfriend! I need to worry about school and Lilly and that's ALL that's important to me right now!" "(Plus I'm in love with this guy who I know I can never be with but I'll never stop loving.)", she mumbles the last part, but I still heard her say it.

She leaves to go to the tour and I stay home to watch Lilly.

Sam's POV:

After I get back from the tour, Cat and I go to Bots with Lilly, then go to the gym to see Dice and Goomer. Then we go home and Cat goes to bed.

It had hurt me thinking about moving on from Freddie. Cat saying that and all made me wonder how long I would wait until I eventually started dating other guys. I mean I would always love Freddie, but it's clear that he's meant to be with Carly and not with me so that's why I came to LA and had Lilly here; because I knew I would be doing him a favor by staying out of his way.

I put Lilly to bed, gently kissing her forehead, as I always do and quietly exit her room, going to bed as well.