Woo, 3rd chapter!
I really like that one. (:
I hope you do, too!
I must admit, I had a hard time choosing fitting songs, but I hope I did a good job..
Um, yeah...
It's kinda long, I guess.. But hopefully you come along with it. (:
(I'm hoping a lot these days.)
Have fun!

When I reached Asphalt Café, I froze for a second as I noticed who was sitting on a table with Tori and Andre: Miss Gloomy, Jade West, and her boyfriend Beck.
Oh no. I didn't want to sit with her.
She was always so mean and frightening. And I hated mean and frightening.
On the other hand, I preferred not to eat my lunch lonely in some empty room in school.
That's why I decided to be brave for once and sat right between Tori and Andre, opposite to the couple.

"Ugh, CAT! Would you not take away the left space? I need some for my movie extracts, okay?"
Whoa, chill, lady.
Guess I couldn't expect any pep talk from her.

Silently, I moved closer to Andre.
He looked at Tori and said: "Man, Tori, calm down, will you? No need to bawl Cat out!" He paused for a moment and turned to me: "Sorry, she didn't mean it. She's just worried about our presentation. We plan to quote movies and stuff. Hey, Little Red, who's your partner anyway?"

"That would be me." Someone said across the table. That someone's girlfriend snorted derisively.
"Yea, and I get to team up with that weird kid with the puppet. Great." Jade exclaimed. "There again... Now, me and Beck are both stuck with terrible actors." She smirked at me.

Okay. I've had it. She was unbelievable!
I wouldn't mind having lunch alone. Everything was better than sitting with her.
I stood up and grabbed my lunchbox. While I left, I could see Beck's eyes following me with a sorry look.

What I couldn't see anymore was Andre standing up, but I could hear him shouting: "Cat, come on! Jade's just being silly!" But I didn't care..

After a pretty lonely meal on the stairs next to the lockers, I walked, lonely again, to my classroom for the next period.

I wasn't feeling too well, so I basically just trudged there, head down.
I should've looked up though, because suddenly I bumped into some person.
It turned out to be Tori.
"Hey, Cat! Are you okay? Um, listen, I'm so sorry for griping and not backing you up, I just had so much on my mind... Are we cool again?"

"Yup, sure. Never mind, Tori. I understand that you were freaking out about the assignment. We really don't have much time."

Fine, I felt like she had been a bad friend to me in the café, but she truly had a lot on her mind. I could sense that. So, I didn't want to be mad at her.

"How far are you guys with your play?"
"Um, not very, admittedly.. But I don't wanna go up to Beck and annoy him with requesting to hurry up."
"Oh.. You know, we could still change partners, if you're feeling uncomfortable. I bet Andre would be fine with that."
She smiled at me. I knew she didn't really want to trade partners, but it was nice of her to offer.

"Nah, you guys already have so many plans. I'm gonna be fine, don't worry."

The history class had just begun, when there was a knock on the door. My teacher's bored voice told the troublemaker to step in, but the door just opened and let everyone have a sight at... Beck.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I'm here to tell Catherine Valentine to come with me to the principal."

Wha-What? The principal? What did I do wrong now? Oh no... If my dad finds out that I got called to the principal's office...
I stared at Beck and my teacher in shock, hoping she wouldn't let me go. Although I didn't quite know whether that could change anything.
Of course, she had to ruin my hopes and simply waved towards the door, motioning to me that I could go.

When I closed the door behind me, Beck beamed at me.
I guess, I kind of understand how Jade fits to Beck.
They both like seeing me suffer.

"Wh.. Why does the principal wanna see me?"
"Oh, Cat.. Do you think I was serious? Come on, you're a great student and never doing anything wrong. You're basically an angel."
An angel? Did Beck actually refer to me as an angel? Couldn't be possible..

"But.. I mean... You said.. I don't get it."
"Ugh. Ever heard of lying, Ms. Valentine? I made this story up to get you outta there."
He winked at me. Well, in fact I didn't really enjoy history class, but how did that 'rescue' had any use to him?
"And you did that because...?"
"Because we need time to practice! When did you wanna talk about our assignment?"
Nooow I see the sense in it.
It was actually a good idea.
Although it's probably illegal...

We sat down in that special corner, where Jade had run into us earlier.
I guess, he thought of the same incident: "Um, by the way: I wanna apologize for Jade's behavior earlier. That was totally inappropriate and I hope you don't take it too serious."

"I don't think you should be the one apologizing, but it's accepted. I'm alright, really."

And strangely, I was.
I was so bummed during and after lunch, but now, here, with him everything else didn't seem to matter. Even those thoughts about Beck being as much of a meanie as is girlfriend were forgotten.
How weird.

"Cat? Why are you staring at me?"
Oops. I cleared my throat.
"Um, no particular reason." "Oookay. So, do you have any idea for a plot?"

I actually had thought about it a lot.

"Well, I planned that maybe we could meet at a disco or bar or something, first. There, I take the first step, of course. Afterwards, we could have a short date scene, where we confess our love to each other. Then, I could propose, we would walk down the aisle and somebody dies. Finito."

"Yeah, I think that's pretty good already. What about getting some jealousy or betrayal into the storyline, let's say after we reveal our love."
I nodded in excitement. That was going to be FANTASTIC!

We basically talked an eternity about our project, there, in our little corner.
On the other hand, it felt like time was passing too fast.
And we were indeed very productive.
We practically chose every song for our musical number, picked the right lines that would suit the situation and practiced it a few times.
And this time, nobody interrupted us.

On the next day, I felt endlessly nervous.
Sure, it wasn't that much of a bigger deal, just a plain exercise in front of the class.

But... I mean it was with Beck! I had worked with Andre, Robbie and lately also Tori a lot, but rarely with Beck (let alone Jade!).
And we would get pretty close in our play.

The first ones to perform were Tori and Andre and they we're really great.
It was incredibly cute how they cited movies like 'Love Actually' ("Love actually is all around us.") or Moulin Rouge ("The greatest thing, you'll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return."). And they shared a very sweet kiss in the end.

Robbie was teamed up with Jade, and he played the part of the shy and cautious guy very well. Mostly because he was that way in reality, too. Jade, on the other hand, was clearly uncomfortable with her partner, but at least she fulfilled the sexiness task.

Now, I felt all those caterpillars in my stomach, because I knew Mr. Sikowitz would call mine and Beck's name next.
We went up on stage and then there was a moment, in which it seemed like it was just me and Beck. He looked straight into my eyes and whispered: "You're great, remember? You're sexy as hell, okay?" He laughed quietly. Oh god, that laugh was hot!

I grinned and we took our positions on stage: Me on the right side, and he sat down on the left side.
I cleared my throat and let the show begin.
First, I began singing: "Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me? Don't you wish your girlfriend was a freak like me? Don't cha?" While I sang, I awkwardly moved towards him, shaking my hips the best I could.
Beck acted as though he was surprised by my flirt try and he slid a little to the side.
But I didn't stop trying to seduce him: "Don't you wish your girlfriend was raw like me? And don't you wish your girlfriend was fun like me? Don't cha?"

My first singing part was now over and we started talking in a 'normal' voice.
"Um, sorry, are you talking to me?"
I tried my hot, deep voice for him: "Sure, I do, hottie! Would you like to go out with me?"
I was grabbing him by his collar of his shirt and pulled him up. That way, I could bring him as close to my face as possible.
Oh, I was so not Cat Valentine anymore.
"I...I'm not... sure. I think..."

"Just do it, will ya?"
"Oh..Okay. I'll do it." I licked my lips, his face still dangerously close to mine.
"Good. Meet me at 6 in the park." With my fingers I traced his face and arm. But then, I abruptly left.

So far so good.

To get some dance moves in our musical number, we whirled around towards the middle of the stage, where we sat down again.
I took imaginary strawberries out of our imaginary picnic basket and put them into Beck's mouth. He took my hand and said: "I'm so glad you asked me out."
Then he started to sing: "This feeling's like no other, I want you to know: I've never had someone that knows me like you do. The way you do!"
Incredibly in love, just in the play of course, I sang along: " I've never had someone, as good for me as you. No one like you. So lonely before, I finally found what I've been looking for!"

Okay, Cat. Now it was getting serious. But remember, it's just acting!
At this point of the number, I was supposed to brush his lips a little with mine.
And I did. Aaand I liked it. But who wouldn't.
Of course, I was aware that it meant nothing. Sure.

But, now there was going to be the twist in the perfect love story.
Beck stood up and pretended he was following someone with his eyes. He even whistled, which made it pretty easy to believe that he was actually looking at a hot girl.
I rose in (fake) anger and yelled at him.
"Oh, you're preferring other girls already? Great, boy! You know what? I can do so much better than you! Go to hell, I don't wanna se you EVER again!"
With those words I stormed of to the right side of the stage.

His face had fallen and now he looked really sad. He was such a great actor.

I was sitting and pretending to cry, but I tried to not move at all, because I wanted the audience to pay as much attention to Beck as possible.
He began with a new song: "This love has taken it's toll on me. She said Goodbye too many times before. And her heart is breaking in front of me. I have no choice, 'cause I won't say goodbye anymore."

As soon as he had stopped I started singing with a sad voice: "I wanna get back to the old days, when the phone would ring, and I knew it was you. I wanna start back, and get yelled at, fight for nothing like we used to." During my singing part, he had come to my side of the stage, now sitting down as well.
I continued with the song: "Oh kiss me, like you mean it, like you miss me."

But since I was supposed to be all offensive, I didn't wait for him to kiss me. I just did it.
And I can tell you: It was fanstastilistic!
His lips were soo soft. And, still playing his role, he didn't start putting his hands all over my face or something. He just kissed.
I didn't expect me to like it that much.

Now, I drew him up again and said: "You know, honey. I have to tell you something. I'm very sure about this relationship and," I kneeled down and asked him the one question. "Will you marry me?"
Beck kneeled down, too and hugged me tightly. He felt so warm.
After saying: "Yes, I do!", we sang some more lines: "And I will always love you. I will always love you. You, my darling. Hmmm."

Hand in hand, we walked down an imaginary aisle, acted like we were talking to a pastor and went down the aisle again.
But suddenly, and that was the big finale of our performance, Beck sunk down, making weird noises as if he was suffering.
With a weak voice, he told me: "Darling, you have to accomplish the rest of your life without me. I'm-," He choked a little. "-so sorry for leaving you alone..."
Now it was my turn to cry some fake tears.
I bent over him and gently sang: "Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on. Once more, you opened the door, and you're here in my heart. And my heart will go on and on."
I laid down next to him and closed my eyes.
"Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime. And never let go, till we're gone."

For a brief moment, everyone was in complete silence.
Beck waited another moment and then he stood up and offered me his hand to pull me up.
Then, practically everyone began clapping in excitement (well, everyone beside Ms. West).
I stared at Beck and beamed. And I couldn't stop.
"We did it. We were amazing!"
"I know right!"
He embraced me and

kissed me on the forehead.

Ooh, Beck's so cute, isn't he? (:
Let me know what you think about the chapter!
I would understand it, if you said you thought it was much too lengthy.

I'm thinking about 2 or at most 3 more chapter for this story..
And, well... Check out my other stories. (:

love

By the way:
I don't own Victorious or any of its characters.
I do not own the Pussycat Doll's song "Don't cha"
I do not own the High School Musical song "What I've been looking for"
I do not own the Maroon 5 song "This Love"
I do not own the Demi Lovato song "Get back"
And last but not least: I do not own the Celine Dion song "My heart will go on"