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Robbie knew what to do. He picked the stationary Rex, took a long look at him, and found a small box under his bed. He took Rex's shoes off, put them in the box, and then put Rex in with them. He looked sadly at his motionless friend, and then smiled sadly.

"Bye Rex," he whispered. He folded the box shut carefully and then put the box back under his bed. Robbie sat for a while, thinking. It was right, wasn't it? He was almost seventeen years old. The time to play with a puppet was definitely over.

Robbie sighed, and then stood up. He was going to miss Rex. But, with luck Cat would realize that Robbie was not such a geek after all. He picked up his cell phone and called Cat.

The phone rang three times before she answered.

"Hey Cat," he said. "It's Robbie."

On the other line, Cat's heart leapt.

"Hi Robbie," she said. "What's up?"

"Do you wanna hang out tonight?" He asked, fingers crossed.

"Sure," Cat said with a smile. "The group's going to Karaoke-Dokie later. We can meet up, and maybe you and Rex can sing a song together."

"Oh," said Robbie, sort of dejected. He wanted to go on a real date with Cat, not a group date. But whatever. He'd take what he could get. "Um…Rex is gone, Cat."

"Oh no!" Cat gasped. "What happened?"

"I decided it was time to grow up a little bit," said Robbie. "He was just a puppet, you know?"

"Yeah," said Cat sadly. "But I didn't think you knew that, Rob."

So that was why Cat treated Rex like a real person. Not because she was clueless, but because she cared about Robbie's feelings. She'd followed his lead.

"I do now," said Robbie. "So what time should we meet at Karaoke-Dokie?"

"Um…eight," said Cat. "Beck, Andre, Tori, and Jade are all going too."

"Great," said Robbie sarcastically. "Jade."

"I'll talk to her, okay Robbie?" Cat said. "You grew up a little bit, so I should too."

"You don't have to, Cat," Robbie said. "It's fine. I'll get over it. So see you tonight?"

"See you tonight," said Cat. She hung up, and texted Jade that she wanted to talk to her. Jade was at Beck's RV, and told Cat she could go over.

Cat drove over to Beck's parents house, and parked. She hopped out of her pink Jeep and over to the RV. The door was closed, but she walked in anyway.

"I'm here!" She called. Beck and Jade were sitting on the floor, kissing.

Cat smiled. She twisted her hair, and stood there bouncing on her toes for a few minutes, until Jade noticed her. She broke away from Beck.

"Cat!"

"Yeah?" Cat giggled.

"You could have said that you were here!"

"I did," said Cat. "You just didn't hear me."

"So what's up?" Beck asked, wiping his mouth.

"Jade, you need to stop being so mean to Robbie," said Cat, with as much authority as she could.

"Kay," shrugged Jade. She went back to kissing her boyfriend.

"Kay?" Cat asked. That had been easy.

"Yes," said Jade, annoyed. "I'll stop being really mean to Robbie if it means this much to you, Cat. But I'm not going to be nice either. I'll treat him like I treat everyone else. Well, everybody who's not you and Beck. Or Tori."

This made sense. Jade was pretty nice to Cat and Beck, and really mean to Tori. But Tori was mean back, so in Cat's eyes, it was okay. For her to pick on defenseless Robbie was a different story.

"Thanks!" Exclaimed Cat. That had been so easy! She got back in her car, and drove back home. She showered and curled her hair. Then, she changed into a light purple short dress. She put on a pair of heels, a silver bracelet and some makeup. She was ready to go out with Robbie! It was almost seven thirty, so she drove to Tori's to pick her up.

The skinny Latina girl came out wearing a green and blue dress, with little seashells all along the top.

"No, Trina," said Tori. "You can't come because…There's not enough room in Cat's car."

"Cat's got a jeep," Cat heard Trina say.

"Yup," said Tori, slamming the door shut. She ran to Cat's car.

"Quick, Cat, drive," said Tori.

"Huh?" Asked Cat.

"Just drive!" Yelled Tori, as Trina started to come outside.

Cat hurried to back out and drive. They chatted and Cat drove, and soon they were at Karaoke-Dokie, just in time. Robbie was arriving at the same time.

"Hey," he said. He got out of his car as Cat and Tori got out of Cat's.

"Hi Robbie," said Cat.

"Hey," said Tori. She looked around, behind Robbie's back and then in his car. "Hey, where's Rex?"

"Canada," said Robbie.

Tori raised her eyebrows as Cat giggled.

"Okay," she said, sighing. Why weren't her friends normal?

She updated her Slap Mobile page to say, "Robbie's puppet moved to Canada…" with a confused face.

"So wanna go in?" Cat asked. They all walked through the doors, where they saw Sinjin on stage. He was singing Number One by Ginger Fox. He was dancing too. Andre, Jade, and Beck motioned them over to their table.

"Hi guys," said Cat, as she sat down. She cheered for Sinjin, who was dancing all around the stage, declaring that he was "number one, baby."

"Where's Rex, Robbie?" Asked Beck.

"Canada," supplied Tori.

"Canada?" Asked Andre, confused. "What's he doing there?"

"Taking over the Justin Bieber fan base, with his boyish good lucks and charm," said Robbie. He had been practicing this. Only Cat knew where Rex really was.

"Really?" Beck asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Yeah," said Robbie.

"Well, okay," said Andre, not bothering to question Robbie's insane ideas.

"Finally!" Exclaimed Jade. "Ask him if he'll send me a lock of hair from one of Bieber's fans' heads.

"Huh?" Robbie asked.

"Oh, and a hockey stick," said Jade, as an afterthought.

"Now I'm curious," said Tori. "What would you do with those things?"

"I'll tell you what I'd do with the hockey stick," smirked Jade. "I'd shove it-"

Sinjin had finished, and a burst of applause cut off Jade's sentence.

"Well, that was a descriptive sentence," said Andre, about Jade's placement of her hockey stick. He shuddered. Tori gasped, and Cat giggled.

"I'm going to sit with those Northridge girls," grumbled Tori. She walked away, and Cat went up to sing with Jade.

They did a really good job, and Cat's angelic voice mesmerized Robbie.

"Wow," he sighed when she was done. They all talked and danced and laughed the night away, Jade being civil to Robbie, despite a little bit of teasing that Robbie handled well enough.

That night, as everybody went home, they all knew that something had changed between Cat and Robbie.

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