He held her close to him, never feeling happier in his life. Ever since he and Cat broke up at the end of senior year, nothing felt right anymore, yet, all of the sudden, everything made since. They were so caught up in the moment; they did not even notice Andre walking in with a sleepy Cat.
That is, until Cat screamed, "Oh my GOD!"
Robbie and Jade jumped apart, looking around nervously.
"What was that?" Andre asked.
Jade looked from Robbie, to Andre, and finally at her sister.
"That wasn't supposed to happen, ummmm," Jade began.
"Jade was just helping me practice for this part I've been working on for class," Robbie inserted smoothly.
"Kay-Kay!" Cat answered, believing the story. Andre still looked at the two with curiosity.
"Well, I think Andre and I will be heading home now," Robbie said, already walking out the door. Andre, still looking, walked out behind Robbie.
Jade ran over and shut the door quickly. "Cat, let's play a game!" Jade said off the top of her head to distract the girl.
"Kay-Kay, what game?"
"Ummm, how about let's do homework because we have school tomorrow."
Cat ran into her bedroom, going to grab their book bags, as Jade received to text messages simultaneously.
From: Harris
Don't worry, you're secret is safe with me.
From: Shapiro
(: thanks for helping me lose my lip virginity
Jade smiled at the two of them. She looked to see if Cat was coming, before changing her contact from "Shapiro" to "Robbie (:".
The next day, the gang walked into the only class the shared at college, English. Class went on as usual, until Jade noticed Cat dozing in her chair. Jade lightly pumped her, causing Cat to start, and look down at her notes.
Jade wrote on a little slip of paper, "Sleepy?" She moved it quietly along the desk into Cat's view. The tired girl looked down before writing in little cursive letters, "Just a little, and my tummy hurts." She drew a frowning face before passing the note back. Jade read it before looking at Cat a little concerned, who was already dozing again in her chair. Jade did her best to concentrate on the extremely hard class, while still trying to keep Cat awake, when she got a text.
From: Beck ):
What's wrong with Cat?
Jade looked to Beck, who was sitting a whole row away.
To: Beck ):
Just sleepy, it's from her meds.
From: Beck (:
Oh, okay.
Jade read the message before their professor, Dr. Herends, yelled loudly, "Miss Valentine!"
Jade looked to see Cat jump awake after having fallen asleep while Jade wasn't paying attention.
"Yes, ?" Cat asked, looking a little green.
"Would you like to repeat the last five minutes of my lecture?"
"Ummm," Cat began, before running to a trash can and revealing the contents of her breakfast.
Jade and Beck ran over to her side, taking turns holding back her hair and rubbing her back.
"Mr. Oliver and Miss West, would you mind escorting her out of the class?" the teacher shouted to the back of the classroom.
Beck picked up Cat when she finished, leaving the classroom with Jade at his heels.
Beck lay her down in the backseat, the girl already fast asleep again, as Jade climbed into the familiar passenger seat. Beck soon climbed in with her, putting the car into gear to drive Cat home.
"So," Jade said, trying to feel the awkward void. "Why did you run to help Cat?"
"Well, I wasn't going to leave Cat alone to puke with you there," he said jokingly. Jade half heartedly laughed, thinking about all the nice things he has done for Cat: saving her, first of all. Well, anyone of them would do that, but holding back her hair? Cat would've been fine with just one person, why did he come? Did he like her? Jade was knocked out of her wild thoughts as Beck nudged her shoulder. "Jade?"
"Sorry, zoned out," she said, seeing her apartment building come into view. He pulled into their parking spot, parking and pulling Cat out of the back of the truck. Jade opened the apartment door, letting Beck come inside. He smiled, telling him if the girls needed anything, and left Jade alone to her thoughts.
Jade called the doctor, who said the throwing up was probably stress from the rape and school and so much going on. Yet when school let out, it still went on. The doctor said it was probably a stomach bug. It had been two weeks since school let out, and every morning Jade would wake up to the sound of Cat barfing in their bathroom. The gang would visit at least once a day, whether they were all together or one on one, expecting different results, but not receiving any. Jade began to get worried.
Especially one morning when Cat came out and said, "Jade, I'm late."
"Late?"
"Yeah, I was supposed to about three days ago, and, nothing."
Jade looked at her with concern. Cat had always been super regular when it came to her period. She was always right on time, it seemed strange.
"Hmmm," Jade thought. When a thought hit her. Cat was raped. She was late and always puking. "No no no no no," Jade said quietly, running to get her laptop. Cat followed after, although Jade would not allow her to look at the screen. She typed urgently with a sense of panic that was beginning to frighten Cat.
Jade began reading, then asking a question or doing a random action.
Read. "Cat, you've been pretty tired right?"
"Yeah, but the doctor said it was because of my medicine."
Read. "You still go to Wok Star because it smells nice?"
"No, the smell makes me more nauseous than usual."
Read. She ran back to their room, bringing out a bottle of perfume Cat loved to wear. She went back into the living room, spraying in around the room. Cat grew green, running back into their bedroom bathroom. Jade ran after her, trying her best to make her feel better. Cat soon finished, and Jade quickly led her back into the living room.
"Jade, what is the meaning of all of this?"
Read. Jade leaned over, poking Cat in her boob.
"Ouch!" Cat yelped, scooting away from her. "Jade! Are you just trying to put me through hell? What are you doing?"
Jade shut her laptop, tears filling her eyes, looking to her sister. "Cat, I just quizzed you, and you're displaying the top 5 early pregnancy symptoms."
Cat's eyes grew as big as tennis balls, filling with tears as well. "No, I can't be. I'm only twenty years old. I'm in college, I'm not in love, not married, I can't be pregnant."
"Cat…"
"No!" Cat screamed. "I'm not pregnant! We can go get a test or two and everything!"
"Okay, let's go get a test."
Twelve little pregnancy tests lined up on the bathroom counter, having a staring contest with Cat.
She hoped and prayed they came back negative. Cat Valentine had always wanted to be a mother, from the time she was a little girl. Not like this. She wanted to meet that special someone, marry them, share the moment, have kids, and grow old together. She didn't want the father of her first born to be a sick dick. Jade stuck her head in, checking on the tests, and pulling Cat's shoulder to get her out of the small room.
"Staring at them won't change anything."
"I'm not ready to be a mom, Jade."
Jade sat there speechless, her arm wrapped around the little shaking figure of her closest friend.
Finally, the timer went off, and Cat, not hesitant, ran into the bathroom. She shut the door and locked it, not daring to look too soon. She closed her eyes, turning around to look at the tests. She took a deep breath before opening her eyes, and looking at the twelve little positives signs lined up on the bathroom counter, having a staring contest with the hysterical Cat.
A/N: Hey guys, hope you enjoyed the chapter. Make sure to Follow/Favorite this story and leave a review! I would like to answer a question real quick. Boris Yeltsin asked if I had any favorite couples. Well, as stupid as it is, I really like the Robbie and Jade match-up. Now, that's all I'm going to say right now, otherwise I will give away parts of the storyline! I don't want to do that! So I hope that answered your question, and I want you to know that I love each and every single one of you. You keep reading, I'll keep writing.
