Cat's POV

Day 3 at this school and I'd managed to avoid any trouble. I'd kept my head down, tried hard in lessons and made fast friends with Tori and André. Tori said it was nice to have a girl to talk to rather than just André. However, I still got lost in this huge school. It was 9:10 and I still hadn't managed to find my way to English, my first lesson. I was walking down the corridor and gasped when I came across 4 lockers. These lockers were different to any others in the school. They were twice the size of normal lockers and their doors were painted gold. They were also alone, not surrounded by any other lockers. The locker on the far left had loads of lines on it, which I realised was a tally. A tally of what? The locker next to it was covered in a mirror almost the size of the locker door itself. The next locker was gold but had lots of scissors stabbed into it, so they stuck out at different angles all over the door. The last locker on the right was pretty plain but had some notes and bits of paper stuck to it. I looked closer to it to see what the notes said but a voice made me squeal and jump.

"What do you think you're doing?!" it demanded angrily. I turned around quickly to see Jade West stood there looking at me with her eyebrow raised, questioning me. I noticed that her eyebrow had a silver bar sticking through it.

"I-I was just…" I stammered. Tori's voice rang through my mind making me shudder in fear.

"If you make a bad impression on her then your life is pretty much over. She is short-tempered and cold-hearted. She knows everything about everyone. And she uses it against them. It's also said that she carries scissors around with her."

Images of a sad and lonely Meredith with her bob hair cut flashed through my mind. I then looked over to the scissors on the locker and gulped.

"I was just-" I began again before a voice cut me off.

"Jade!" the voice barked. Jade turned around and I looked past her. My breath hitched as I saw who it was. Robbie Shapiro. "What's going on?" he said, walking up to us. I thought I saw something flash in his eyes before they went back to their dark, usual selves.

"She was hanging around our lockers" Jade said, pointing a long, black nail at me.

"And who is she?" Robbie said, both of them turning to face me.

"Well I'm Cat-" I began before someone cut me off again.

"Cat Valentine. Used to live in Boca Raton in Florida before her dad got a promotion and they all moved, her being transferred here" Jade said for me. I stared at her in disbelief. Tori was right. She did know everything. But I've never even spoken to her before! She stopped my staring with a glare of her cold, blue eyes.

"So you're new?" Robbie said, now addressing me. My voice wouldn't respond so I just nodded quickly. "Do you know who I am?" he asked. I nodded again and looked at him. He raised an eyebrow at me, telling me to continue.

"You're Jade West and you're Robbie Shapiro" I said, pointing to them both. "You're both goldens along with Rex Powers and Beck Oliver" I stated, trying to stop my voice shaking. They both looked at me amused.

"Jade you can go" Robbie said. We both looked at him confused.

"But-" Jade stopped with one look from him. She scowled at me and then disappeared down the corridor. Robbie walked towards me slowly and I tried to stand my ground. I failed miserably.

"So what are you doing here?" he asked, standing in front of me.

"I'm lost" I muttered, looking at my shoes.

"Do you like our lockers?" he said, gesturing to the gold lockers next to him.

I was suddenly confused. Why did he change the subject? I looked to see him glaring at me and nervously nodded.

"That there is Rex's" he said, pointing to the one with the tally. "He's counting how many girls he's kissed" he said, looking at me as if he had read my mind. I gulped and avoided his eyes, looking back to the lockers. "This one with the mirror is Beck's. He's obsessed with his appearance. I don't see why, he's not as good looking as me." He looked to me and I nodded quickly, remembering what Tori said.

"You're new here and I'm warning you now, agree with the goldens and just try to ignore them at all times. That's how you survive here."

I put my focus back on Robbie. "That's Jade's. She loves scissors. Better hope she loves you too." I felt my stomach flip. "And this is mine. Covered with letters from my admirers" he said like he couldn't care less. I finally got a closer look at the notes and realised they were all from girls. I felt a pang in my stomach. It felt like…it couldn't be. Jealousy?

"I could get anyone I want" he said arrogantly. "But all the girls at this school are so boring. All 'I love you Robbie, I'll do anything' and 'come to my house tonight Robbie, I'll show you a great time'. I blushed when I realised what he was suggesting. "And then there's you" he muttered.

"Me?" I squeaked.

"There's something about you" he murmured, circling me like a vulture. My heart rate quickened as each second passed. Suddenly he stopped in front of me and put his face right in front of mine, mere inches away. Our noses were almost touching. I squeaked again in surprise. He looked at my lips then back in my eyes and I felt my stomach do a complete gymnastic routine inside me. He leaned in even closer and I gulped, waiting for him to kiss me. Instead an evil smirk covered his mouth and he winked at me before pulling upright and stepping back. I felt slight disappointment and wanted to hit myself.

"Cat Valentine!" I yelled in my head. "What are you doing? Why would you want an arrogant idiot like him to kiss you?! You're better than that!"

He chuckled and looked at me, almost like he was studying me. Then all of a sudden he walked past me and went to leave. I felt someone's breath on the back of my neck and a shiver crawled up my spine.

"I'm waiting for your note, Cat" he whispered in my ear. He hesitated near my neck then stood up and walked off. I heard his footsteps get quieter and let out the breath I was holding. I then ran to the bathroom to clear my head. I was definitely not going to make it to first lesson anyway.

I was sat at the cafeteria table with André, eating a chicken sandwich. But I wasn't really hungry. I couldn't get this morning's meeting with Robbie out of my mind. I kept looking over to the goldens' table but it was empty. I looked up every time the door opened, but it was never them. The door opened again and I looked up to see Tori come in. Her eyes scanned the room and landed on me, and she walked over with a look of pure determination on her face.

"So I heard a rumour that you missed English first lesson and were spotted in the corridor with none other than Robbie Shapiro!" she said, looking at me.

"Hi to you too!" I joked.

"Shut up!" she said, smacking my arm lightly. "Is it true?!"

"Yeah" I said, shrugging like it wasn't a big deal. But it was a big a deal. A mahoosive deal. A bigger-than-the-sun deal.

"What?!" André and Tori both said at the same time. "What happened?!" Tori demanded.

"I was lost and couldn't find my way to English and I came across their lockers and then Jade came along and then Robbie came along and they both asked what I was doing and I told them I was lost and then they asked who I was but Jade already new then they told me the way to English and that was it" I said in one breath. It wasn't the complete truth, but if Jade didn't know what happened between me and Robbie then nobody did and that's how I wanted it to stay. Besides, I doubt Robbie wants everyone knowing his business. Suddenly, his voice rang through my head.

"I'm waiting for your note, Cat".

I suddenly jumped up. "I've got to go" I said, grabbing my bag and leaving my sandwich behind.

"Where?!" Tori asked, disappointed that my story wasn't as interesting as she'd hoped.

"I'd better go ask about English work" I called back, before rushing out of the canteen. I walked past my English class and carried on. I was headed to the library.

Robbie's POV

I walked down the corridor, scowling. Yet another girl had slipped me a note, saying that she loved me. I don't want to be like Rex and get off with every girl that says she likes me. I want to be with a girl because I actually feel something for her. But I've never felt anything for anyone before. Until today.

Cat Valentine.

There's something about that girl. I can't pinpoint it. She stirs something inside me. Something that made me protect her from Jade. And something that makes me want to talk to her more. I walked up to my golden locker to see how many sad girls had left notes there. My eyes scanned over them until I noticed one. I've never seen that handwriting before. I opened it and a smile tugged at my lips.

'Here's your note. C x'

That's it? No 'love you's, no promises of sex? I read it again. Fine then Miss Valentine. If that's how you want to play it.

Cat's POV

I was sat in class, looking at the door. I knew for a fact that Robbie was in this class with me. The teacher read out his name in the register last lesson. She completely ignored that fact that he wasn't here and moved on. I crossed my fingers that he was here this time. I was sat next to the door so I could see him come in and he would have to pass my seat to get to his. The teacher went through the register and he didn't answer. My heart dropped. He's not coming.

About 10 minutes in, he suddenly burst through the door.

"Sorry I'm late teach" he said, winking at her.

"That's fine, Mr Shapiro. Just get to your seat quickly please" she said, going back to the lesson. But I ignored her. Because Robbie was stood in front of me. Right in front of me. I could smell his cologne. But he walked past my desk, completely ignoring me. I looked down and saw a piece of paper on my desk. Inconspicuously, so the teacher wouldn't notice me, I opened it and saw scrawl hand writing.

'Thanks for the note. Nice to see you keep your word. See you around. R'

My breathing got quicker and I turned around to look at him. He completely ignored me, but I could see a ghost of a smile on his lips.

I could hear my subconscious screaming at me to leave it like this, but I ignored it completely. My own little Jiminy Cricket would have to wait. I knew it was a bad idea, but I was going to do it anyway.

Two can play at this game, Mr Shapiro.

AN: Does Robbie like Cat?! And what is this game they're both playing? Surely, nobody will get hurt ;)

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