Cat's POV
I walked up to the small cluster of people at the lockers and smiled.
"Hi guys" I said, waving the pink flyer in my hand.
"What is that?" Jade asked, frowning at me for being so happy.
"It's a flyer about the school dance, I think we should all go!" I said excitedly. Rex began to snigger and Jade rolled her eyes.
"What?" I said, frowning because they were all mocking me.
"Cat, baby, nobody goes to those things" Robbie said, wrapping an arm around my waist.
"Well, why not?" I asked, disappointed. They all looked at each other and shrugged.
"You have to dress up to get in and the themes are always really cringey" Jade said, grimacing. "The only people committed enough to going are teachers and wazzbags!"
"Well, if we all went then surely more people would want to go, right?" I asked looking at them.
"Yeah" Rex said.
"But Cat, none of us really want to dress up" Beck said, trying to be kind.
"Why not? Dressing up is so much fun!" I squealed.
"What's the theme?" Robbie said, sighing.
"Movie magic" I said, grinning. "Come on, there's tons of movies out there! You could be anything! Pleeeaassseeeee!" I said, squeezing my eyes together and holding out the flyer in front of me.
"Fine, we'll go!" Robbie sighed.
"Oh my god, yay!" I squealed, kissing Robbie on the cheek. "We could go as Disney princesses!"
"No. No way. I'll go but not as a princess" Jade said, a look of terror on her face.
"Pleassseeee Jadey!"
"Don't call me that!" she snapped.
"You could be snow white. With her poison apple. I can make us all killer costumes. C'mon Jade, an apple that's poisoned…"
"Okay. But don't make me look like a priss" she said, pointing a long, black fingernail at me.
"I won't" I insisted, shaking my head. "Tori could go as Belle!"
"Not Vega" Jade moaned.
"They're my friends too, you guys" I said. "I'm not ditching them."
"You're too nice" Robbie murmured, squeezing my waist.
"So you can be Snow White and you can be the prince" I said, pointing to Beck and Jade. "Tori can be Belle and André can be her prince. I'll be Ariel and you can be Eric" I said, jabbing Robbie in the chest. "And Rex, you could be Flynn Rider!"
"Who's he?" he asked, not looking up from his phone.
"He's the thief from Tangled. He's a ladies man until he falls in love with Rapunzel" I answered.
"Cool" he said, not really listening. I rolled my eyes at him. "I've got to meet someone" he said walking off. Jade grabbed his arm and raised her eyebrow. "Sophia Racer" he told her, before walking off.
"Who's that?" I asked.
"The only girl in this school who hasn't kissed Rex" Jade said, still looking after him. I cleared my throat and she turned to look at me. "Oh, except you. She ignores all of his advances. I think that's why he likes her" she said.
"Because she hates him?" I asked confused.
"Because it's a challenge" Beck said, looking to Jade and smiling.
I heard the bell for first lesson ring and opened my locker to get my books out.
"You're not going to class are you?" Robbie said, pouting at me.
"I have to" I said, wrapping my arm around his waist.
"But I'm not going to see you all day!" he moaned. "You're refusing to ditch any lessons and you want to sit with those wieners at lunch!"
"Stop it!" I shouted, smacking him in the stomach. "I told you guys last week, those two are my friends and I care about them so you guys have to start being nice to them!"
"Yeah, they're not so bad" Beck said, backing me up. I smiled gratefully at him.
"Oh, so you like Tori? Do you think she's hot?!" Jade demanded, glaring at him.
"No, I didn't say that, I was just-" Beck tried to defend himself, but Jade had already blown up.
"You were just choosing her over your own girlfriend!" Jade yelled, before she stormed off down the corridor. Beck rubbed his face and sighed, before going after her. Robbie chuckled and then turned to face me, wrapping both arms around my waist. He pulled me into him but I put one hand on his chest to stop him and put the other finger over his lips.
"N-uh mister, I was serious about going to class" I scolded him. "My dad already dislikes you and if I start failing my classes then he'll know you were involved and hate you even more."
"But-" he started but I cut him off.
"We have studying tonight" I said. I then went up on tiptoes and got close to his lips. "I'll make it up to you then" I whispered, looking up at him through my lashes. I smiled and unwound him from me, squeezing his hand and walking off.
"Hidey-ho neighbours!" I cheered, sitting down on a table with André and Tori.
"What's up miss popularity?" Tori joked.
"Shut up!" I said, throwing one of my fries at her. She caught it and popped it into her mouth, wiggling her eyebrows at me. I rolled my eyes and started eating my fries.
"So" André said, taking a swig of his blix. "Is it true you and your fellow royalty are going to the dance?"
"Yeah, and you're coming with us" I said excitedly. André stared at me and Tori choked on her fry. Once she had taken a drink of water and André had patted her on the back a couple times, she too stared at me.
"You're not serious?" she said. "I cannot go to a dance with the perfect posse!" she wailed.
"Don't call them that!" I scolded. "Come on, it will be fun! We're going as Disney princesses. Jade will be Snow White, I'll be Ariel and you can be Belle!"
"Really? Me and Jade West? Being princesses together?" she asked.
"Yeah, it'll be awesome!" I exclaimed.
"Awesome? Jade hates me!"
"No she doesn't!"
"Yes she does! She poured iced coffee all over me! Luckily, Beck stood up for me and I didn't become a complete social outcast!"
"Okay, okay, so she's not your biggest fan" I admitted. "But we're all going. Beck included. And I've already told them they have to be nice to you guys. Oh pleeeaaasseeee come! I'm going to make us all AMAZING outfits and if you really hate it then you can leave. Pwetty please?" I batted my eyelashes and pouted.
"Fine, we'll come!" Tori said.
"This had better be good, red" André said, pointing at me with his fork.
"It will be!" I squealed, running around the table and hugging them both.
"Cat Valentine to the principle's office" I heard over the talloy.
"Missed more lessons to make out with Robbie?" Tori asked.
"No, I've been to every lesson this week!" I said, walking away from the table with a wave. I saw Robbie looking at me and I shrugged in reply, before walking to Helen's office. I knocked and timidly stuck my head round the door.
"Come in Cat" she said and I shuffled in. "You're not in trouble" she reassured and I let out a big sigh. "I've been talking to your music teacher and she says that you're incredibly talented. I want to give you the opportunity to sing at the school dance in a couple of weeks" she said.
"Seriously?" I asked in disbelief.
"Obviously not for the whole dance, we'd want to let you enjoy yourself. But just two or three songs so it's not the same thing all night"
"Oh my god, yes! I'll do it!" I yelled, running round the desk and hugging her.
"Don't hug me" she said, pushing me away. "You can go!"
I rushed out the office and ran straight into someone, both of us falling to the floor.
"Sorry" I frantically apologised. I looked up to see that kid who Jade said fancied me. "Daniel, right?" I asked, smiling.
"Yeah" he said, grinning as he stood up and held a hand out to me. I was about to accept his offer when out of nowhere, someone else grabbed his wrist. We both looked to see Robbie stood there, eyeing Daniel.
"I've got to go to class" Daniel said, prising his arm from Robbie and pointing at me. "See ya Valentine" and with that, he walked away. Robbie offered his hand to me and I accepted it, being pulled up and brushed down my skirt.
"What was that about?" he asked.
"His name's Daniel-" I began.
"I meant with Helen" he interrupted.
"Oh." I said, blushing at my own mistake. "She's asked me to sing at the dance. How cool is that?" I squealed, embarrassment forgotten.
"That's awesome!" he cheered, hugging me.
"Now all I've got to do is make the costumes and we'll be all good!" I said, jumping up and down.
"You were serious about that, huh?" he asked, amused.
"Of course I was!" I said, smacking him lightly.
3 weeks later.
I sighed and looked at the three mannequins wearing their dresses, and smiled. All my hard work has paid off.
'Dresses are done. Everyone come to my place at 5. Can't wait to show you! Xoxo'
I mass texted everybody. Yay, I love mass texting!
Not long after, I heard my doorbell ring. I rushed downstairs and opened my door to see Jade and Beck stood there.
"Hi guys, come in!" I cheered. Just as we were heading up the stairs, the doorbell rung again and Tori was stood there.
"Hey Tori!" I squealed, pulling her in. I dragged her upstairs with me and Beck and Jade were stood at the top of the stairs.
"Which room's yours?" Tori asked and I pointed to the pink door with my name on it.
"It's got her name on it" Jade jeered, but I shushed her before a fight could start. I saw Beck smirking out the corner of my eye as we all entered my room.
"And tada!" I cheered, presenting the three dresses.
The first was Jade's dress. It was a royal blue corset with short, lighter blue, lace sleeves. I remembered Jade saying she hated the colour yellow, so instead it had a red skirt with black apples dotted on it, bites taken out of them. The outfit was completed with a pair of red, heeled, knee-high boots.
"Well?" I asked, nervously ringing my hands together.
"Its…not bad" she said in surprise.
"Really?" I checked, a huge smile breaking out.
"Yeah, it's actually pretty hot. Nice work Valentine" she winked at me, before taking her dress off the mannequin and going into my bathroom to try it on.
"You next" I said, showing Tori her dress. It was gold all over. A corset with off the shoulder straps, and a big, ruffled skirt that stopped just above the knee. I handed her some matching gold shoes and she went into the downstairs bathroom to get dressed. I picked up my outfit and turned to Beck.
"Could you just wait outside the door please?" I said to him. "I'll call you in when we're all ready" I pushed him out the door and shut it behind him. I got changed into my outfit and looked into the full length mirror, smiling at my reflection. I was wearing a purple, halter neck crop top with a few silver sparkles on it. I was also wearing a skirt that had lots of different shades of green in it and came a couple of inches above my knee. I slipped into my matching green shoes and Tori and Jade came in at the same time. I called Beck and he came in, eyes going straight to Jade.
"Looking good ladies" he said, wolf whistling. I giggled and Tori blushed whilst Jade glared at him. He rolled his eyes and kissed her, fingers brushing the red material on her skirt. I smiled because both Tori and Jade looked really happy in their dresses and all my hard work had paid off.
We all started chatting for a while, but when things started to get tense between Jade and Tori, that's when Beck and I decided to call it a night. I waved them goodbye as they left in their own clothes, arguing about whether they were going to give Tori a lift home. I smirked and ran upstairs back to my room, putting the costumes back on my manikins.
"You look hot" I heard a male voice say and I jumped and squealed. I spun around to see Robbie stood by my door, smirking.
"Cat?" I heard my dad say and footsteps coming up the stairs. I grabbed Robbie and shoved him under my bed, sorting out the sheets and sitting down just as my dad came in. "You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah" I said, trying to ignore the fact my boyfriend was under my bed.
"I heard you scream" he said, frowning.
"A bird flew really close to the window, made me jump" I lied. It was worrying how much better I was at lying since I'd been with Robbie.
"Okay…" he said, and I doubt he properly believed me. "You had dinner?"
"Yeah, got some on the way home" I said, smiling.
"Okay, sweet dreams princess" he said, kissing my forehead and I held my breath, praying Robbie wouldn't be discovered. As I heard my dad's footsteps fade away downstairs, I let out the breath. I ripped back my covers and Robbie slid out, his head sticking out the end of my bed, a smirk plastered on my face.
"Robbie!" I hissed, scowling at him.
"Hey, princess" he said.
"If my dad catches you then I'll be in deep shit!" I moaned.
"He didn't catch me though, did he?" he said cheekily. I tried to stay mad at him but that look on his face made a smile break out on mine, and I laid on my front on the bed, my face in line with Robbie's.
"He's never going to catch me sweet cheeks" he said, winking at me.
"My little ninja" I said, leaning down to kiss him. "I'm super excited for the dance now" I said, a massive grin on my face.
"Wouldn't want to go with anyone else" he said, looking into my eyes. And for a rare moment, I actually saw a sincere look on his face. I smiled and kissed him again.
We stayed up talking for hours and at 12:07 exactly, he left my house out of the bedroom window that he came in.
AN: Did you guys see Dan's tweet about the Sam and Cat special with some of the icily and Victorious characters in it?! I'M SO EXCITED!
Go check out the Creative Victorious Awards! And you could…you know…nominate me or something… (;
REVIEWS:
Flamekat - I figured that Robbie wouldn't actually be all lovey-dovey, so randomly chucking it in there seemed very him (:
CabbieLoverSAC22 - Well Cat and Gibby were best friends in preschool/nursery, whatever you want to call it. And then Carly, Freddie and Sam were all friends, and Gibby and Freddie made friends in a class because they always hung out with girls and liked the male company (: So they all just became a big group of friends really! (:
Sofia13 - That's okay (: I wanna see that film so bad! He looks so cute in the trailer! (x but hormones are hot… (;
CaburpleGiraffe - Maybe Gibby or Danny have a thing for Cat…you'll never know (; Did you eat cheese before bed? Because as amazing as that dream sounds, it's very random! :L I didn't get a chance to meet Ari but it was still nice to have her here, especially spending time with Nathan (':
Ariana4Ever - Yeah, he loves her (': updated! ((((:
mewgirl12 - ICARLY IS AMAZING! SEDDIE IS AMAZING TOO! Cat could possibly help them get together… (; Okay I can possibly make tandré happen too (; Thank you (:
superstar1030 - my cuties (;
Aprildlc3 - Thank you (: Cat was horrible ): Bade & Cade (: I think I just ship Jade with everyone :L
Cabbiefan101 - Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it (: I'm back! :D
Also a massive thank you to NicolexJadeyn, I' .maybe, Aprildlc3, Cabbiefan101, predsfan32479 for favouriting/following this or any of my other stories!
Until next time, mwah!
chuckyshmucky -xo