Yeah, hello there. Here's chapter number nine.

I was angry. Angrier than I had been for a long while. I wanted to shout and throw rocks at people. When Tori asked me what was wrong I was so close to yelling at her. But I kept my mouth shut and heard Rex tell her how I was just bummed because I was such a looser.

Rex was partly right. I was angry with myself because I hadn't done anything sooner and now I wasn't even close to letting Cat know how I felt. And I couldn't either. Because you don't hit on another guys girlfriend.

Right. Cat and Sky were in a relationship now. Or at least I guess they were. And as soon as I saw them together I didn't just want to throw rocks. I wanted to throw boulders.

I was mad at Cat for some reason. I don't know why. I just was. And there was no way of changing my mind. I wanted to get revenge on Cat. Revenge on what? I didn't know. I just wanted her to feel as bad as I did. I knew it was stupid, and that I should've been happy because she was happy. But I just couldn't be. Not when I was feeling so useless.

I did know exactly how to get revenge on Cat. And unfortunately I did set my plan into motion. On Friday afternoon I texted everyone, except Cat and Sky, to come to my house for a little movie night. I purposely did it after school, so that no one would accidently let slip to Cat what we were doing. She didn't need to know. I just needed to feel like I had done something bad to her too.

Tori, Andre, Jade and Beck showed up at seven and I led them into the living room.

"Will you start the movie." I asked Beck and he nodded. " And I'll go get the refreshments."

"Refreshments?" I heard Tori say in a questioning voice as i walked back into the kitchen, but I didn't care. This was going to be fun.

A while into the movie Tori suddenly poked me in the shoulder.

"Where is Cat by the way?" She asked and I swallowed.

"Uh...She... She had plans." I said, turning my head back to the screen. Where a buff looking guy was just throwing himself into a dangerous car chase.

"Funny. Because I just got a text from her saying she was home alone and bored." Tori stated, raising an eyebrow at me.

I felt my palms starting to get sweaty and I once again turned to Tori.

"Really? There must have been some sort of misunderstanding then."

"I'm texting her to come over." Tori said, looking back at her phone.

"I.. I really don't think you should be doing that... I mean she..."

"Too late Robbie." Tori smiled and I felt the panic raising in my chest. Now Cat was going to be mad at me. Okay, yeah. I was mad at her, but that didn't mean I wanted her to be mad at me too.
I tried to go back to watching the movie, but all I could think about was how angry she was going to be with me, and how bad this had gone.

"Aw." Tori said after a while. "Cat's not coming. Looks like something came up."

There it was. And I knew it. Cat was furious.

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I saw her red hair from the corner of my eye just as I opened my locker. I quickly shoved Rex in it and started chasing after her.

"Cat! Cat!" I yelled as I run and she started walking faster as she saw me. "Cat please stop!"

She didn't stop. And at that moment I knew she wasn't going to talk to me for a good while. If ever. I had done something which in her eyes was unforgivable and I wasn't going to be able to fix this with a simple knock on her door and a thermos filled with her favorite tea. I wasn't going to be able to repair this. Just as I hadn't been able to repair the shattered cup, which pieces was currently in a box under my bed. I had ruined it.

Cat didn't talk to me for weeks and our friends soon started to realize something was wrong. Both Tori and Beck and Andre asked me what was going on, but I didn't know what to tell them. So I just said that it was nothing and that she was going to get over it soon. But she didn't. And even though we were forced to hang out almost every day because our mutual friends were basically the only friends who accepted us for who we were, we didn't talk. Rex was back on my arm on a daily basis. I didn't feel safe to go anywhere without him now and i wondered briefly if it had anything to do with Cat. But I decided against it. Cat and Sky were still together and their relationship seemed to be moving along great. Right now I was basically prepared to throw a whole mountain, if I would've had the strength, that is.

One day about a month after the incident I was driving around in my car for no reason. I had started doing so right after she stopped talking to me. I didn't really know why, but I guess it was an excellent way to escape reality. Anyway, I was out driving when I passed a store on my right and I suddenly pulled over. Walking into Maggie's teashop I asked myself exactly what I was doing. But I honestly had no idea.

The bell rang as I stepped into the little shop and Maggie looked up from behind the counter. She smiled in recognition when she saw me.

"If it isn't young Robbie." She said. "Come to get more tea for your special girl?"

"Actually no." I said and i suddenly felt like turning around and walking out of the store. I was just about to when her calm voice stopped me.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

Maybe that was exactly what I wanted. Talk. I turned back around and looked at Maggie. She had friendly brown eyes and short, curly grey hair. She was a little wrinkly, but not a lot. If I had to say how old she was I would guess just under 70.

"Yeah... Maybe I do." I said and she nodded.

"Can I interest you in a cup of tea?" She asked as she motioned for me to sit down on one of the high chairs at the right side of the counter. I suddenly realized this wasn't only a place where they sold tea, but also a place where they served it.

She disappeared for a while to the back of the store and when she came back she was holding two cups of smoking hot tea.

"Tell me, Robbie." She said as she sat down on the other side of the counter and once again I found myself pouring my heart out to this woman and not feeling weird about it at all. When I was finished she looked at me with an understanding look.

"Do you want her to forgive you?" She asked me, eyeing me with her dark brown eyes. They reminded me a little of Cat's eyes, but just the color.

"Of course I do." I said, almost offended by the question.

"Then you at least have got to try and apologize." She stated.

"She won't forgive me." I said glumly.

"You don't know that. If anything you may have caused more damage waiting this long. But I still think it's fixable."

"Really?" I looked at her and she nodded.

"Really."

I checked the time and it hit me I had been there for over an hour.

"I should be going." I said. "Thanks Maggie."

"Not to worry Robbie. Let me know how it goes, will you?"

I smiled weakly at her.

"Sure."

I wanted to apologize to Cat, but the thing was I really didn't know how to do it. All the same I was still a little angry with her although by now I was more forcing myself to be mad at her then really being mad at her. It just wasn't easy hating someone you actually like, like a lot.

I wasn't able to tell Cat I was sorry for another week and a half, and when that time had passed I came to the realization I would never be able to tell her to her face. I was too much of a coward. So, One day at school I walked up to her locker and taped the note to it. I had written it the night before and it was just four words long. I didn't know if it was going to work. But as Maggie had said, it was worth a try.

'Please forgive me Cat.'

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