Note: This chapter is mostly written from Cat's PoV for the sake of an important scene taking place without Jade present.

DISCLAIMER: Just for argument's sake, if I WAS Dan Schneider, what the sippy-cup would I be doing on ? I'm not the owner of these characters. Period.

"Hey, Cat. How you feeling?" Tori knocked on the inside of the door frame. Tori, Andre, Beck, Robbie and Jade walked in my hospital room.

I looked up into the eyes of Jade West. Did she tell them? It was as if she read my mind, and shook her head. I relaxed. "Hi guys!" My usually-light and peppy voice came out raspy. "I'm okay. My leg hurts." I gulped a scary thought back. But not as much as it will tomorrow...

Andre walked up closer to examine my leg. "Don't!" I reprimanded. He stepped back.

"Why do you seem like you're in a weird mood?" Robbie asked.

"She's in a hospital, doofus!" Rex said.

"No, it's something else." Tori shook her head. "What's wrong?"

"I-" My voice broke off. Tears flooded my eyes. "I'm scared!" I whispered.

Jade sat down next to me and whispered in a voice only the two of us could hear, "You don't have to tell him-"

"It's not that! I'm going into... surgery tomorrow! And I'm scared!" I buried my face in my red hair.

"Cat, it's okay to be scared." Tori assured her, sitting next to Jade on the bed.

"It's normal to feel that way," Beck walked up behind Jade and started rubbing her neck.

"And we'll be here to comfort you as soon as the surgery's over." Robbie sat next to me and planted a small kiss on my forehead. Instantly, I felt guilty. How can I keep a huge secret from him when he's always been so open to me?

"Robbie," I took his hand. "Can I talk to you?"

Everyone looked at each other. "Alone?" I added. No one moved.

"BYE!" Jade shouted, pushing everyone out, then exiting herself. But not before she turned and winked at me.

"Robbie, I-"

"I understand you're afraid, Cat. You're gonna be okay. You won't even feel any-"

"Robbie! It's not about that!" I looked down, then back up again. "You've been honest with me about everything. But I haven't been as honest as you." I began.

"You're breaking up with me, aren't you?" Robbie stood up. He paced back and forth. "I just don't understand where I went wrong. I was helpful, supportive, caring-"

"Robbie! You are all those things!" I assured him.

"Then why are you breaking up with me?" Robbie turned back to me.

"I'm not!" I laughed gently and motioned him back to the bed. "I... I-"

"Cat," Robbie laid his hand on my shoulder. "You can tell me anything. I won't love you any less."

"I'm a foster child!" I blurted out. Robbie's jaw dropped.

We sat there in silence for a while. Trying to lighten the mood, I reached out and lifted his jaw. He stared at me.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, confusion in his voice.

"I was scared you'd be mad that I didn't tell you." I looked. "Are you?"

Robbie sighed. "No. It's just- I always thought- For how long?"

"Since I was 3, about when we met. I was sent into foster care after my dad went to jail." I explained everything. Robbie nodded, punctuating my story with grunts. I finally finished my story. He was shaking his head slowly.

"Cat, how could you keep that to yourself all these years? You should've told me." He looked into my eyes.

"I'm sorry, Robbie. I-" He interrupted me with a kiss.

. . . . .

Jade's PoV

I walked up to the doorway to tell Robbie that everyone was leaving. "Robbie, get your butt out of he-" I saw Cat and Robbie. Kissing. I smiled, and walked off. I was, well, pretty happy. Crazy, I know, but I really feel like things will be okay...

Until I checked my messages on my phone. One was from my mom.

"Jade, you're coming home tonight. No exceptions. We need to pull together as a family. Your sister is heartbroken, and I- well, you're coming home. I expect you'll be later than dinner time, so pick up something on your way." The painful voice that was my mother's was quick and short, with sniffs and little gasps for air. What's got her all in tears?

But then, it hit me: I had to come home. Right then, I wished that it was me in the hospital bed, instead of Cat.

You may think Cat's a little OOC in these last two chapters, but think about it. She's in the hospital, explaining her complicated life, anxious about surgery.

I rest my case. Please review!