CHAPTER NINE

January 9th

19 weeks

"Oh my god!"

Robbie and April looked at each other, taking their eyes away from the video game they'd been playing. They both let their controllers fall to the floor and jumped up from the couch, running upstairs to Cat's room.

"What happened!" April exclaimed.

"Is it time?" Robbie asked.

"Stupid."

"It moved! She moved, I felt her move, she kicked me!" Cat said.

"No way," April said, walking to her sister and placing her hand on her stomach. A few seconds passed before she felt a very faint vibration. "Oh my god, she kicked. Come feel this, Robbie."

Robbie walked over to them and placed his hand where April's was. Cat poked at her stomach for a few seconds until the baby kicked again and they both smiled at each other.

"Wow..." Robbie said. "That's..."

"Amazing..." Cat said.

"Yeah..."

"...I'm over it," April said with a shrug as she walked out of the room.

Robbie kissed Cat's lips lightly. "I can't believe she's big enough to kick already..."

"Me either... God, Robbie - this is so... real. It's like, really real now."

"It is."

"The closer we get... I get more and more nervous. I mean, my mom leaves tomorrow... I'm moving to my Nonna's... I'm gonna miss you so much."

"I can still go to your Nonna's and visit you, Cat. Just because you're moving doesn't mean we're never gonna see each other again. We're having a baby."

"Yeah, but... There'll be three of us in that apartment and only one bedroom."

"I don't care about that. The size of your house or amount of bedrooms you have doesn't mean anything to me."

"Oh, but it should, because..." she pulled him closer to her. "If I don't have my own room, we can't feel good together," she whispered.

"Oh, oh, I - I get it now," Robbie said.

"Do you?"

"Yeah. Crystal clear."

"Then why are my clothes still on?"

Cat walked into April's room, sitting on her sister's bed with a sigh. "...I'm not ready to move..."

"Yes you are, I helped you pack your room," April said.

"Yeah, yeah... God, I wish Mom didn't have to go."

"Me too, but... we'll be fine. The three of us will be okay."

"Three?"

"...The baby?"

"Oh. Right," Cat rested her hand on her stomach.

"So uh..." April said, sitting up with a grin. "You and Robbie, huh?"

Cat raised an eyebrow. "...Yeah, me and Robbie. We've been together for a year now."

"Yeah, I know that. I'm talking about earlier today."

"What about earlier?"

"You and Robbie. Naked. Sex."

Cat's eyes widened. "How do you know about that?"

"You left your bedroom door open."

"No. It was closed, cause I opened it when we went back downstairs."

"I closed it because I walked past and saw you. Could you imagine Mom's face if she'd been the one to catch you?"

"She'd kill me," she said, covering her face. "That's embarrassing!"

"I've seen you naked before, chill out."

"Yeah but you've never seen me having sex before, it's not like we do it out in the open."

"You hardly do it at all. What was that, like the fifth time you've ever had sex?"

"Third..."

"Wait a minute - you've been together for over a year, you're having a baby together, and you've only slept together three times?"

Cat nodded. "Yeah. We don't base our relationship on sex, April, we aren't you and Ryan."

"We don't talk about him, shut up. Still, I mean... how can you go so long without?"

"We have self control."

"Apparently not if you left the door open."

"You were the last one to leave."

"How was I supposed to know you were gonna hook up? I thought you'd at least have the decency to close your door."

"Who stops the action and goes 'oh wait the door's open'? That's such a mood killer. And... I was like, really, really in the mood. It was so bad."

"Well, you got your fix, maybe now you'll stop complaining that you're horny all the time."

"I already want him again, it's like... an addiction almost."

"Well... I mean, you could always ask him to spend the night. Have him come back over. Mom's at Nonna's anyways, getting stuff ready. She won't be here."

"...That's true."

"So? Go get him, get your fix in before we have to leave tomorrow."

"You're the worst influence, encouraging underage sex," Cat said as she stood up and started towards the door.

"It's not like you can get pregnant or anything."

January 10th

19 weeks

"So you're moving today, huh?" Tori asked.

"Yeah... I don't want to," Cat said.

"You love Nonna," Jade said.

"Yeah, but I don't wanna live with her. I can't do the stuff there that I can at home."

"She'll let you take naps and sing in the shower."

"I'm not talking about that stuff."

"She's talking about Robbie," April said. "Can't hook up with Nonna around."

"You horny little nutjob," Jade said.

"That's not the only reason," Cat rolled her eyes. "That part still sucks, though."

"Of course it does. I don't know what I'd do if that was something that got taken away from me."

"Good thing you can go to Beck's RV and do whatever you want whenever you want, then."

"Nah, not all the time. We still have to be smart. Wait until his parents aren't there, or wait until they're asleep. Have to be strategic."

"Hey," Tori said. "Why didn't Nonna just move in with you guys?"

Cat shrugged. "I dunno. But, what's done is done. It's already been decided and I already have all my stuff packed, so I'm not unpacking all of it in the same house it was packed in."

"I packed your shit, you little liar," April said. "You slept."

"Well excuse me for being tired, I work you know. Crap!"

"What?"

"I work after school today, I can't help with moving, not until after work."

"I'm on my own then? What the fuck..."

"I'll help," Robbie said. "I'm sure if you blackmailed Trina she'd help too."

"She's helping whether she wants to or not, I helped that dramatic bitch repaint her room."

"She's already thinking about repainting it again," Tori said.

"She's on her own then, I'm not helping again."

"Don't worry about moving - I'll help you guys."

"Me too," Andre said.

"So will Jade and I," Beck said.

"Don't volunteer me to do stuff," Jade said. "But, I'll help."