Cat sat in her second class in the back of the room. Some of her classmates sent her strange looks for the simple reason that usually she was up front participating. Or at least her version of participating, which involved her saying random things. She felt like she was going to be sick as she thought about what she was supposed to tell Jade. And then the simple fact that if Jade chose she could to Beck which would in the end ruin her life. At least that's how Cat saw it.

When a touch on her leg jolted her out of her own thoughts, she looked up into the dark eyes of André. Sticking her lower lip out into a pout, she reached up to play with her hair, she turned her head away from him to make it obvious she was ignoring him.

A warm sigh fell onto her face as she continued to ignore him. "Lil Red, come on. Why are you back here all alone?"he asked, his voice full of concern.

"Well, I don't want to talk to you," she said in her light, breathy voice as she looked out at him from the corner of her eye before quickly looking back out the window away from her.

"And why don't you want to talk to me?" He pressured trying to get her to explain herself. He gently reached out and places his hand on her knee hoping to get a reaction out of her.

"You were all over that girl," she said quietly. Normally she would have pretended to forget about it by now, but she had to have an excuse not to be up there with her friends. Mainly to stay away from Jade.

A frustrated sigh slipped out of André's lips as he removed his hand standing to walk away from her. When Beck had confronted him in first hour, he had brushed it off as everyone over reacting. Maybe they had been right. Cat turned back towards the front in time to see Jade start to talk viciously to André. Could she possibly trust the sharp tongued girl to keep her secret? They were friends after all. Didn't friends keep secrets?

When lunch came around, Cat refuses to eat lunch yet again as she went straight to the table where Jade was waiting for her. "Now you can tell me what exactly you were doing this morning," she hissed between clenched teeth.

Cat gulped and looked around noticing the boys making there way towards them. "Not here. Please.." She pleaded, eyes lifting up to Jade's in a silent promise to explain later. A slight nod from Jade cause her to make the bubbly persona come back as she through her arms around Jade giggling.

Beck, André, and Robbie exchanged a surprise look as the sat down which caused Cat to giggle excitedly as Jade scowled. "Jade and I are having a slumber party!" She exclaimed filling them in on why she was so cheerful all of a sudden.

Beck smiled proudly at the two of them obviously glad that the two girls in his life were getting a long in such a way that they would be gossiping all day. "That's great," he said with a grin as he placed a kiss on the side of Jade's head.

As the last bell rang out signalling an end of the day, Cat stood up reluctantly waiting for Jade to accompany her to her locker so they could leave and talk about the dreaded subject. Cat looped her arm through Jade's with a giggle pulling Jade to her own locker first. Putting her books in her locker, she heard a frustrated groan come from a little while down the hall as Jade sent a death stare towards André.

Once they were done at both of their lockers, they walked arm and arm down the hall and out into the bright L.A. sun. Beck jogged to catch them sending them a smile. "You girls want a ride?" He asked as a few girls past by him trying to flirt with him.

With a glare from Jade, they shuffled off. "We're good," Jade said with pursed lips. They pushed past him and set off in the direction of Jade's house. Cat looked over her shoulder to see Beck wave before going off with André.

They kept their arms linked together, or at least Cat kept her arm hooked through Jade's. They walked the few blocks to where Jade tugged her to a side street where Jade's house was on the right. "Dad, I'm home," she called as they entered the house Jade tugging Cat up the stairs after her.

Stumbling up the stair, Cat looked around unconsciously biting her lower lip as she worried about how Jade would react. She had finally decided to honestly tell her everything that had and was happening to her. Of course without going into detail. They made it to a room with the walls painted a deep purple.

Cat lookes around the room before the door was slammed behind her. Jade stood there expectantly waiting for Cat to to start talking, her arms crossed firmly over her chest. When the silence grew larger, Jade huffed. "Well?" she demanded.

Walking over to the bed, she sat down, her hands gripping her knees as she took a deep shakey breath. "Well, you see.." she started as she explained about her life. Looking up every so often, she saw the pity in Jade's green which caused her to shift uncomfortably.

Once she had told all she had to tell, Cat took a calming breath as she kept her eyes trained on a spot acrossed the room. A hand came down and rested on her shoulder causing the small girl to jump slightly. Jade sat down beside her putting an arm around Cat.

"Why are you keeping this from us? We could.." she started but soon trailed off unsure of what she could say to change things.

A/N: this chapter is for all the old readers who stuck with it and all the new readers