Cat groaned in pain as a heavy kick came down and hit her in the stomach. The pain was intended to teach the little red head not to meddle in her mothers affairs. A whimper passed through her lips as another one hit her in the same place. Squeezing her eyes shut, she thought back to her night at Beck's with Jade and André. It kept her out if the present.
When the drunken rage had wore off of her mother, she yelled for Cat to get out of her sight. She had never been able to stand the pretty little girl who had captured her fathers heart. Cat scampered timidly out of the living room and up the stairs. At least one positive thing came out of this, her so called uncle wouldn't be paying her a visit.
Closing her door firmly behind her, she backed against it and slid down with a wince. Her stomach and ribs would surely be bruised from this little fit and she would be left to think of an excuse for why. Biting roughly down on her lower lip, she brought he hands ton her face.
What was she supposed to do? Jade was already suspicious of what was going on in her life and she barely knew her. She couldn't keep this burden hidden forever. Taking a deep breath, the broken red head pushed herself off the ground despite the protest of her clenched muscles. Walking over to her bed, she climbed in choosing to worry about tomorrows problem tomorrow.
Her breath wheezed in and out unsteadily as she tried to fall into a peaceful sleep. But every time she closed her eyes, his face seemed to appear behind her eye lids. Counting backwards she slowly drifted off to be awoken by her alarm.
Blinking slowly, the Cat slowly moved her aching body off the bed. How could she hide something like this? She was exhausted and every muscle in her body protested at she got ready for another day at school.
Walking out of her room, she crept down the stairs and out of the house quickly with her backpack on her shoulder. She had to be at school, or risk alerting her friends that something could be wrong. She was always at school, no matter if she was sick.
Once on the bus that would take her to Hollywood Arts, she found a seat near the back and rested her head against the window. She felt the heavy metal that she seemed to always carry around through her jeans. Taking a deep breath, she unconsciously lifted her hand to the scares under her jacket. The reminders of past pains.
It didn't take long for the bus to get to her stop a few blocks away from her school. Putting on the fake smile, she giggled and got off waving at the people still on.
"Cat!" Someone yelled cause her to turn with a wince. She hid it well as Jade walked towards her. "I've been waiting for you,"she said giving her rare smile. Biting onto her lower lip, Cat giggled innocently as she ran over and looped an arm through Jade's.
"Ohmygod!" Cat exclaimed hurriedly. "We can walk to school, and gossip about boys, and eep!" She exclaimed practically dragging Jade behind her. This was the perfect way to keep Jade away from her secret, she decided ignoring the pain shooting through her lower abdomen.
The two girls arrived at school together, one happily chattering while the other was scowling. Strange looks were getting shot their way, looks that Cat was all to familiar with.
When the boys spotted them from the table they were sitting at, Robbie and Beck's mouths fell open in surprise. Cat spotted them before Jade did and quickly ran over to the duo leaving Jade behind.
"Guess what! Jade walked me to school," she exclaimed happily. As long as she could keep up the fake happiness, no one would suspect a thing. "I just knew we'd be best friends."
When Jade finally stalked over, Cat's eyes scanned her group of friends noticing someone was missing. Beck noticing, quickly caught her attention. "Hey KittyCat, isn't your birthday coming up soon?"he asked knowing exactly where André was.
"Uh huh," she said not taking the bait. She had wanted to talk to André since she had gotten home from Beck's but she had been held up. "Where's André?"
Beck and Jade shared a look. Before anyone could stop him, Robbie pointed at Andre huddled with a girl that was a grade above the friends. Cat's lips puckered out into a pout as she looked away from them and sat down.
Don't do this, Cat, she thought to herself. Don't let him get you down. You have a reputation to keep up. A gentle hand fell on her shoulder snapping her out of her thoughts. Looking up to the face of her childhood best friend, he pulled her into a side hug before standing up.
Grabbing his hand, Beck and Jade strolled off to do who knows what leaving Robbie and Cat alone. Cat didn't want to be left alone out here, ao ahe stood runnung off tk the furthest bathroom she could think of. It was the one that hardly anyone went into. A heavy weight in her pocket caused her to gulp as ahe ducked into the abandoned room.
Stuffing her hand into her pocket, she dug out the wrapped up blade and felt the heavy burden she carried with her. Carefully unwrapping is, she dumped it into her hand, feeling the cool metal on her palm. Walking to the sink, her heavy backpack slipped off her shoulders as she started unzipping her bright pink jacket. She needed a release. it had been so long since she had last slit her wrist.
Pulling the sleeves off her arms she let the jacket fall as well. Pressing her hand down flat onto the cool sink, she pressed the blade into her arm and made a single slit before the door was yanked open and in came Jade.
Blade clattering into the sink, Cat stared dumbfoundly at the intruder. She could have sworn she had locked that door. Quickly hiding her bloody arm behind her, she turned fully to Jade.
"What are you doing in here?" she asked, not even attempting the fake tone she normally used. She noticed the suspicious look on Jade's face as her eyes took in the sight in front of her.
Stepping forward, Jade held her hand out expectedly. "Give me your arm," she demanded. Cat held out the arm that didn't have the scars on it only to be met with a ahake of the head. "Other one."
Cate gulped and hesitantly held out her bloody arm looking anywhere but at Jade. "You can't tell anyone!" Cat pleaded, her voice wavering.
"Give me one good-" Jade started but was sokn cut off by the odd bell of Hollywood Arts signalling first period. "Later you are going to explain all of this to me, or I tell Beck."
How could she possibly know that that was the ultimate punishment for Cat? To tell the one person who thought she was perfect about her inperfections. Gulping she nodded and grabbed a paoer towel that Jade held out to her. Pressing it to her raw arm, she winced before grabbing her jacket and throwing it on. Next she donned her jacket and the two females left without a word to each other.
A/N: Sorry for the extremely long wait. I had no internet for the last dew months! Never fear! I'm back :)