The past few weeks couldn't have been any better. Cat and I had gone on a bunch of dates. Mostly the movies, but sometime the occasional romantic picnic or something special. I had never been so in love with a girl before.
I walk into the school and grab my books and binder before heading to homeroom. My homeroom teach was Mr. Downey, the vocal teacher. He waved my over to his desk as soon as I walk in.
"Come over here for a sec, Robbie." I walk over to him and stand next to his desk.
"What's up?"
"Do you know Gabriella?" He asks me. "Sanchez. She's over there." He points.
"Yea why?" I question, looking around the room for her. She was in the back right corner of the room reading a book.
"She's having some trouble in class. Mostly with matching pitch and recognizing notes when you hear them. You're one of my best students… Can you help her out for me? Maybe get together with her sometime and help her with it. Just play some sounds or sing some notes and help her recognize them. It shouldn't be that hard." He pleads.
"Yea, sure Mr. Downey. I'll talk to her about it."
"Thanks Robbie." He smiles at me and I turn to walk away. I continue over to Gabriella's desk.
"Hey…" I say shyly sitting in the desk in front of her.
"Hi." She looks up from her book and closes it.
"So, I hear you're having some trouble in vocal class?" I start.
"A little bit, why?" She looks down at the desk, somewhat embarrassed.
"Done be embarrassed," I tell her. "Would you like me to help you out a bit?"
"What do you mean?" She asks.
"Well you can come over my place sometime and we can work on recognizing notes and matching pitch. Mr. Downey told me that's what you're having trouble with." I explain to her.
"Yea, it's not as easy as you guys make it look." She smiles and gives me a little chuckle.
"Why don't you come over later today? We can work on it." I say taking out a piece of paper and writing my address and number down on it.
"What time?" She asks.
"How about 4ish? Is that good for you?"
"Yea. Thanks Robbie." She says just as Cat walks in the room. Cat looks over at us and I wave her over towards us. She smiles lightly but shakes her head and walks over to Jade on the other side of the room.
Cat's POV
"Hey…" I say sitting in the desk next to Jade.
"What's wrong?" Jade asks me.
"Nothing." I try to act cheerier. "What's going on with them?" I say looking over slightly at Robbie and Gabriella.
"Oh… That's why you're like this…" Jade says insisting that she knows how I feel. She was right though. I was happy this morning. At least until I walked in here. I know Robbie wouldn't cheat on me, but Gabriella is a flirt and I don't want her around him. He may not want anything, but I know she does. She's a flirt and a backstabber and a man stealer and I don't trust her.
"Maybe." I look away from both of them and Jade. "What is it about though?"
"I'll tell you if you admit that you're jealous." Jade says puling ever one of my strings just to see which one will make me snap.
"Jade," I turn to her and glare at her. "Just tell me."
"You know you are kind of scary when you're jealous and pissed." Jade chuckles.
"Jade!"
"Ok fine… Mr. Downey called Robbie over earlier and asked him something. It looked like he wanted Robbie's help. Then Robbie walked over to Gabriella and started talking to her." She explains.
"And?" I ask for her to continue.
"And what? That's it." Jade says. There was something in her eyes that let me know she wasn't telling me everything. She was keeping something from me and I knew it.
"I can tell you're lying to me. What else happened?" I push.
"Nothing. You're paranoid. Calm down. They are probably just talking about school." Jade says trying to calm me.
"Jade please…"
"He wrote something down on a piece of paper and handed it to her. Then she smiles. It looked like his number…"
"Oh…" I say turning away and getting up quickly. "I'll be right back." I say softly before walking out of the room and towards the bathroom. I open the door and lock it behind me. I lean against the door and slid down until my but hits the floor and my legs are up to my chest. I just sit there staring at myself in the floor to ceiling mirror in front of me, questioning everything about myself.
Gabriella is gorgeous. She's nice (at lease to the people she likes), she's funny, she's practically fearless, she's flirty, and she knows how to please a guy.
A knock sounds on the other side of the door. "Cat? Are you in there?" I hear.
Jade.
"I don't want to talk. Go away." I say bluntly. I just wasn't in the mood for anything now. I was just going to get up wipe away the smeared make up and put on my game face for the rest of the day. That's what I did best.
I never really let anyone know when I was hurt. Sometimes it would show through, but not often. I didn't like being vulnerable, I didn't like being open for everyone to ask questions. If that meant that I had to hide my feelings and put on a fake smile, but still die inside, then so be it.
I walk over to the sink and start to fix my makeup. The tears made it smear and drip everywhere. While I fixed the black smudged I heard the occasional click and snap, but I didn't really care what it was until Jade came walking in.
"How did you do that? I locked it." I ask.
"I'm me. I can easily pick a lock. Seriously?" She chuckles at the stupid question. I should have known.
I continue to clean myself up and try to look present able, but the sniffles and tiny tears somehow slip out. Jade walks closer to me and wraps her arms around me, squeezing me tightly. I turn into her shoulder and stay there for a moment. It wasn't often that I got a hug from Jade. She wasn't really the touchy person. If you go a hug or ever a smile, it meant something.
She finally pulls away and grabs a tissue out of her bag. She hands it to me and goes back to her bag searching for something.
"You know Robbie would never try to hurt you… Right?" Jade tells me. "He knows that if he does, I will kill him. There is no way he's trying to hook up with that slut."
I chuckle a little bit. Jade's violence always makes me laugh. "That's mean."
"It's only mean if it's not the truth." Jade explains bluntly. She finally grabs what she was looking for and hands me one. "Make up wipe. It works better than water."
"Thanks Jadey." I smile.
"Done call me that!" She laughs. "Now fix yourself up, smile, and let's walk out of here ready to beat the world."
Robbie's POV
"Hey Cat!" I shout to her down the hallway. She stops and turns around as I walk towards her. She had a smile on her face, completely different than this morning.
"Why did you leave homeroom this morning?" I say when I caught up to her.
"I had to pee." She chuckles a little bit.
"Oh…" I say awkwardly. "That sounds relieving…"
"Relieving? Yea I guess…" She laughs leaning in and kissing me softly.
We walk into Mr. Downey's class. Even though we both had him for homeroom and 1st period, Cat and I always walked the halls with everyone in between. It gave us some extra time to talk and hold hands and be the corny couple we are.
We take our seats next to each other and share the smiles and laughs and cute things while we wait for class to start. Mr. Downey walks in and starts class right away.
"So I was thinking that we would have a performance today. Robbie and Gabriella, come on up." He says with a smile. I look over at her and she smile at me, letting me know it's ok. The smile didn't seem genuine, but I went anyway. It was one song. No biggy.
We both go up to the front of the room and I grab a guitar. "What song?"
"Let's do that one you and Cat did in the beginning of the year!" Gabriella says happily.
"Um…" I look over at Cat who was still smile, but her eyes were practically black and I could see her fists clenched. "Is there anything else we could do?"
"I don't know…" Gabriella looks at me pitifully and gives me the puppy dog look.
"Ok…" I star the song and we both do it as a duet. She did really well. Better than I would have expected. Especially because she can't match pitch.
Her harmony was perfect. Her voice was great. I couldn't believe it.
"Nice job guys!" Mr. Downey says clapping. As I walked back over to Cat, she tried to hide her anger, but I could still see it. Gabriella excuses herself to the bathroom and Cat follows minutes later. That worried me.
Cat's POV
I follow Gabriella to the bathroom. She had gone in about a minute before me. I open the door, walk in, and lock it behind me.
"Hey Cat!" She says perkily.
"Shut up." I tell her. She looks at me hurt and confused, but I could tell she knew why I said it.
"I'm sorry… I didn't mean to upset you. Are you ok?" She asks sympathetically.
"Shut up." I tell her sternly. "I know what you're doing. You're pretending to need help and you're trying to get with my boyfriend and I don't find it funny. So back the fuck off." I say getting in her face.
"You have it all wrong… I just need some help and Mr. Downey told Robbie to help me. I don't even care if it's him of not." She chuckles.
"That's a lie. Everyone says you have the 'hots' for Robbie. I believe them more than I believe you. And if you don't back off, I will kill you."
"Is that a threat?" She asks getting back in my face.
"Take it whatever way you want, but it's definitely a promise." I tell her before stepping back and turning around. But right before I walk out, I turn to her and whip my hand around. The impact stung my hand and made my knuckles hurt. When I look at her, her face was slightly red, but I knew she wouldn't say anything.
I walk out and back to vocal class. I take my seat next to Robbie and he looks over at me. "What happened?"
"Nothing." I tell him with a fake giggle.
"Then why did you follow her to the bathroom?" He asks.
"I had to pee."
I like the mean Cat, she reminds me of me hahaha. But that Cat and Jade scene was my favorite to write and the thing in the bathroom with Gabriella. For some reason, every bathroom scene was my favorite. Hahahah! Well thanks for reading!
And by the way, for any of you who read CabbieFluffQueen's stories, she hasn't died or dropped off the face of the earth, she's writing now. Something should be up soon.
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