Cat pulled out of the kiss far too soon.
"W-what was that for?" I asked while stuttering.
"I don't know. Your lips were there, and I just leaned in." Cat said. Her expression told me she was confused too.
"Was I...you know...okay?" I asked shyly.
"You were great. I'm sorry about what I said in the janitor's closet."
"Did you...did you mean it?"
"...I didn't mean for it to come out that harsh."
My face fell and my heart dropped to my stomach.
"No! Robbie! Don't take this the wrong way!" Cat said, seeing my expression.
"You can't kiss a guy and expect him to just not to assume you have feelings!" I retorted.
I got up from the Cat's couch and stormed towards the door. Cat's dainty hand tried to stop me but I just yanked my arm away.
"Robbie! Please! PLEASE!" Cat cried.
I stopped and spun around to look at her.
"WHAT, CAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?" I yelled at her.
"I want you to listen to me!" Cat whimpered.
Cat walked to me and took my arm in her hands.
"That's not what I meant Robbie. I think I'm just going to take a break from guys for now, okay? Maybe when I'm better, we can go out." Cat said softly.
I took a deep breath and looked into her brown eyes.
"What do you me when you're better?" I asked her.
"I mean...when I get over Ethan and start to trust guys again." Cat said softly.
"You can always trust me, Cat." I said again.
"I know. I just need time. Will you stay here with me? I'm going to call Ethan and tell him we are over."
"Sure."
Cat pulled out her Pearphone and dialed Ethan's number.
"Hi Ethan...I think we are done. I know you weren't joking when you did that to me. We are over. I'm sorry." Cat said into the pone when Ethan picked up.
"What? C'mon, babe! You can't be serious!" I heard Ethan's voice say.
"I am dead serious Ethan. You'd better hope I don't press charges." Cat said confidently.
Silence.
"YOU UNGREATFUL BITCH! YOU DIRTY WHORE! YOU ARE GOING TO REGRET THIS, YOU LITTLE SLUT!" Ethan screamed.
"I-I'm sorry, Ethan. I just c-can't trust you." Cat said nervously.
"I'm coming over."
"No!" Cat yelled, but Ethan had already hung up.
Cat looked at her phone in shock.
"He's gonna rape me..." Cat whispered.
"Not on my watch. Let's go Cat."
"Go where?"
"Call Tori and tell her we are coming over. Ask her to call everyone else and get them over, too." I told her.
Cat nodded and I pulled her out the door.
"Lock it." I said quickly. It had been about 5 minutes since Cat called Ethan. He'd be here soon.
Cat locked the door and I grabbed her wrist and pulled her to my car.
"Hurry. Get in and lock the door."
Cat obeyed and I turned on my car. I pulled out quickly and backed out of the drive way as fast as I could.
"Cat, duck down! That's Ethan's car!" I said, spotting Ethan in a red Mustang.
Cat leaned down so if you drove by us, you'd think I was the only one in the car. I pulled on a cap and switched my normal glasses for sunglasses.
As Ethan drove past towards Cat's house, I could feel him staring into my car. To act normal I nodded my head in a slight hello. He nodded back after a short pause.
I waited until I couldn't see his car anymore before I told Cat the coast was clear.
Cat called Tori. Tori was relieved to hear Cat was okay.
I pulled into Tori's driveway. Andre was already there.
Cat jumped out of the car and ran into me.
"Thank you for being here Robbie." She whispered into my chest. Her arms circled my torso and squeezed.
"It's nothing." I said humbly.
Cat held my hand as we walked to Tori's door.
Knock, Knock!
My fist thumped on the door twice before Tori yanked it open and pulled Cat into a hug.
"CAT! OMG! I THOUGHT YOU'D BE HURT!" Tori yelled.
"I'm fine Tori! Really!" Cat laughed.
Tori basically dragged Cat into the house and threw her onto the couch.
"You are going to tell me what happened on Friday and why you didn't listen to Robbie! Right now!"
Tori told Cat angrily.
"Robbie! Tori is scaring me!" Cat squealed.
Tori sighed and sat on the couch next to Cat.
"I'm sorry...now tell me!"
"Okay, okay!"
Cat started to repeat the story she told me, so I wandered into the kitchen where Andre was eating a bowl of ice cream. The look on his face told me he would beat the crap out of Ethan if he was here.
"Hey Andre...if looks could kill..." I joked.
"Yeah, I know. It just makes me so angry that someone would take advantage of Cat!" Andre jammed his spoon into his bowl.
"So...you live farthest from Tori...how'd you get here before Cat and I?" I asked.
Andre blushed.
"Oh, um...well, she needed me to help her with a song..." He replied nervously.
"Oh really..." I teased him.
"Yeah!"
"Okaaaaaaay..."
Jade and Beck showed up about 10 minutes later. We all watched movies and talked until 9:30 pm.
"Alrighty! It's a school night! We should get going..." Beck said. He and Jade left.
"Ethan should be gone by now. Thanks Tori. Bye Andre." Cat stood up and I followed her out the door.
We got into the car and drove to Cat's house, making small talk along the way.
"So..." I said as I parked in her driveway.
"...Thank you so much Robbie. You cannot believe how grateful I am." Cat said.
She unbuckled her seat belt and reached over to hug me before getting out of my car.
I watched her walk into her house and close the door.
I backed out of her driveway slowly and looked at the cars around Cat's house. My eyes were attracted to a red Mustang parked a couple houses away. The ca looked so familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on where I had seen it.
Suddenly it hit me.
That was Ethan's car.
I gasped and looked back at Cat's house. My ears barely picked up the muffled scream.