Cat's POV
I had tried to be normal all day. I went to all my classes and hung around with Tori and André before school but I still could feel every pair of eyes on me, wherever I was. News had travelled fast that Robbie Shapiro's girlfriend had become a member of the goldens and I was now the most talked about thing in school. I walked into the canteen and saw everyone turn to look at me, stopping their conversations. I smiled nervously and hurried over to the goldens table which was occupied by only Jade. I quickly sat down and kept my gaze on my lap, trying to ignore the eyes burning into me.
"You'll get used to it" Jade said.
"Huh?" I asked, looking up to her.
"The constant staring. Silence when you enter a room. People talking about you all the time. Being able to get away with anything. You'll get used to it" she said, then went back to her phone. I wanted to ask her more about the goldens but I was too scared to so instead I just played with the ends of my red hair. I heard someone clear their throat next to me and I looked up to see a small boy. He had to be in his first year here.
"Hi. Are you okay?" I asked him.
"What would you like, miss?" he asked me, ignoring my question to him.
"What?" I was completely confused.
"She'll have a chicken caesar salad and I'll have a prawn mayo sandwich" I heard a boy say behind me. I turned around to see Robbie stood there, talking to the little boy.
"I'll have a BLT" Rex said.
"And I'll have ravioli please" Beck said, sitting down next to Jade. The little boy ran off and Rex sat down next to Beck whilst Robbie sat down next to me.
"What was that?" I demanded.
"That's little Billy" Robbie said.
"I can order my own lunch!" I protested. Robbie put his arm around my waist and kissed my cheek.
"Calm down baby" he said. "Billy is Rex's little brother, and we pay him to get our lunch." I sighed, not really pleased with the answer but I knew it was wise not to argue with Robbie.
"Why did you order me a caesar salad?" I asked him.
"Because that's your favourite" he said, arm still round my waist. He then turned to Rex and Beck to talk to them about something whilst I got lost in my own thoughts. What exactly was a golden? And why were we so special? Why did we need some small child to buy our lunch when we are all perfectly capable?
"What's up?" Robbie whispered in my ear, snapping me out of my thoughts and at the same time making my heart beat twice as fast.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You're thinking about something, what is it?" he asked. It amazed me that he knew my favourite lunch and knew when I was thinking. Maybe he was more than just an excellent kisser.
"Well I was just wondering what exactly a golden is and how did it happen" I told him, everyone on the table turning to look at me.
"We're the golden's because we're the most popular group in school and somebody said that we were perfect like gold and the nickname just stuck" Rex said.
"Modest" I joked, but stopped smiling and gasped when I felt Robbie squeeze my thigh in warning. I dared a glance at him out the corner of my eye and saw him not looking at me, but smirking.
"We originally didn't speak to each other. Me and Rex have been friends for ages but when we got to high school, Rex joined the football team and I hung around with those people over there" Beck said, pointing to Tori and André. What?! Why didn't they tell me?! "Me and Rex were still friends, we just didn't really hang out at school" he said, shrugging.
"Robbie transferred here and on his first day, some dude made fun of him. Robbie punched him square in the jaw and Jade spread a rumour about him that he still sleeps with a nightlight" Rex said.
"Which was true" Jade interjected.
"What happened to him?" I asked.
"He moved" Jade said with a shrug.
"Anyway, from that day on, people were scared of Jade and Robbie and they soon became the most powerful people in school" Rex continued. "Naturally, I wanted in on the most popular group in school and so I charmed Jade into letting me into the group."
"Charmed?" Jade demanded with a look of disgust on her face. "We didn't 'let you into our group' because we never were a group. You amused Robbie and he managed to persuade me to let you hang around with us."
"And then Rex invited Beck to hang with us without asking" Robbie said whilst Jade scowled. "But he was cool so we let him" he added, shrugging.
"And then there's you" Jade said, her cold eyes boring into mine. I smiled nervously and tucked into my ceasar salad. "It's nice to have someone here who doesn't spend their time talking about girls and sports" she said nonchalantly and I almost choked on my piece of lettuce.
"You like having me here?" I asked, surprised.
"I didn't say I liked you" she snapped. "I just said that it's nice to have another girl around" she then started eating an apple and ignored me for the rest of lunch. I noticed what she meant about the others and their conversations, but every time Robbie mentioned other girls and I sent warning glances his way, he just smirked and gently brushed my thigh, making me blush.
I got out of class at the end of the day and headed to my locker, ready to dump my books and go to Robbie's for tutoring. I opened it and gasped when I saw nothing in there.
"Where's my stuff?!" I asked the air around me.
"You have a new locker" I heard a cocky voice say. I turned to see Robbie leaning against the locker next to mine, smirking.
"What have you done?" I asked, worriedly.
"Something" he answered, grabbing my hand and dragging me along with him. He stopped and I almost squealed in surprise. Where there once were 4 golden lockers, a new one had joined. I opened it with the same pass code as my old one and saw all my stuff in there.
"How did you know my code?!" I demanded. He smirked and pushed me against the locker, hands on my waist and head by my ear.
"I know everything, baby doll" he whispered, nipping my ear and then pulling back, one hand holding mine. I tried to clear the fog from my head and the buzzing from my ears, as he tugged my hand, getting me to walk with him.
"You're a golden now, you need a locker with ours" he explained. "Plus it will be easier to find you when I…want you" he whispered in my ear, and my stomach started flopping around. I took a deep breath and tried to shake off the effect he had on me. We walked through the sea of different coloured pairs of eyes and I let out a sigh of relief as we exited through the double doors.
I had survived my first day as a golden.
AN: Here it is! I'm sorry it's been so long guys, I've just started at college and so I've been a bit all over the place! Got a lot of coursework coming up this year so I'm afraid updates might be a bit scarce. I promise to try my best though!
This chapter is just a filler really and explaining the goldens because a few people asked about that, sorry if the actual explanation is a bit rubbish ;P more cabbie and cade in the next chapter, promise!
A HUMUNGOUS THANKS to everyone who nominated or voted for this story in the Topaz Awards. I didn't win but just being nominated is amazing so truly thank you!
ARIANA'S ALBUM OMG IT'S SO AMAZING I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HER I'M JUST DNKHDJKFHLIEHLI
Reviews:
CaburpleGiraffe - I'm loving your Cat is a lion theory! Rock on like Billy Quan playing Marjong yeah!
Flamekat - Yeah, the teachers are a bit unrealistic :L It's a very exaggerated view of Robbie's power over everyone (:
CabbieLoverSAC22 - Thanks very much!
crelliemylove - thanks! Yeah, there will definitely be bade very soon, Jade will warm to Cat and they'll have a girly moment talking about boys (:
Dawnmist of RiverClan - Coming up there's some more cabbie and their relationship developing and also Cat's relationships with everyone else changing (: also some special people might make an appearance (; Yes, bade might get together (;
Aprildlc3 - I promise there will be more cade in future chapters (: thank you for loving this ^^
Sofia13 - I hope this answered some golden questions for you? (: Jade just knows everything because she's Jade and she's…persuasive… (; Tori and André are currently being quite quiet but that will be addressed and later on, they will cause quite a stir… (:
Blondie - Hope this answered some golden questions? (: and yes, bade very soon! (:
CannonHill - thank you very much (:
Guest - I probably can't, I'm quite busy with college and stuff but I'm going to try harder to update (:
PHEW! Thanks for all the reviews guys, it seriously means so much. MWAH!
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