Cat's POV

I looked in the mirror and pulled my now-fading red hair up into a ponytail. I forced a smile on my face but it fell almost immediately. Two weeks. I'd been on Christmas holiday for two weeks. My family and friends were slowly making me feel better. After that…disastrous day, I woke up to find Gibby and Carly hugging me on either side. They stayed with me and watched all of my favourite Disney films, and Sam and Freddie soon turned up with Carly's heartbreak therapy kit. It consisted of: 10 tubs of Ben and Jerry's, tissues, blankets, and sad movies. They all stayed with me and eventually I told them what happened. They didn't say anything, just hugged me and wiped my tears. My true friends. They left for Florida a couple of days before Christmas and my parents took me with them, so we could spend Christmas with our family. They made it perfect and it was nice to get away and just forget everything for a while.

But then I had to come crashing back to reality. I had to face school and Jade and the rumours and him. I took a deep breath as I entered through the doors of the school. Immediately, I felt everybody's eyes staring at me. I kept my head down and rushed to my locker. I slowed down when I realised that my locker was where it used to be. With all the other golden lockers. It looked exactly the same. Still decorated with unicorns and hearts and rainbows. I was about to open it when I heard someone calling my name.

"Cat!" they yelled. I turned to see André running towards me. I shot him a half smile and he looked concerned.

"What's up?" he asked, looking me in the eyes.

"Been a bit of a rough holiday." I began. "Me and…me and Robbie had-"

"Caterina!" I heard Jade shout. I saw her walking towards us and sighed.

"Robbie kept you busy all Christmas? Didn't hear from you" she said, a smirk on her face. I tried to blink back the tears and swallow the lump forming in my throat.

"Cat?" André whispered.

"I'm fine!" I snapped, wiping my eyes furiously. "Me and Robbie-"

"Speak of the devil" Jade said, looking over my shoulder. I followed her gaze and my heart dropped to my stomach. There he was, walking down the hall, looking as gorgeous as ever. I couldn't stop the tears this time and they began to trickle down my face. I furiously wiped at them again.

"Cat?! Hey!" I heard a girl shout. I looked over at Tori running towards me and I looked back at Robbie approaching his locker.

"I'm fine!" I screeched. "I wish everyone would just leave me alone!" I yanked my locker door open and it felt like time stopped. None of my stuff was in my locker but it wasn't empty. It had been filled with food and drink, ranging from eggs to slushies. I stood there and gasped as the goo fell from my locker straight onto my head. As the goo and mush trickled down my forehead, I felt every single pair of eyes in the school on me. I wiped my eyes and opened them, ignoring the sting. I saw Jade, André and Tori with their mouths all open. And he was stood there with a smirk on his face. My stomach churned and I felt the tears pouring out of my eyes. With one last look I ran to the toilets and into a cubicle. I threw up my stomach and walked out to the mirrors.

There was crap all over me and my clothes were ruined. I sighed sadly and started running the water to clean myself off. I turned around and Jade was stood there, holding out a damp wadded up piece of tissue.

"Thanks" I muttered, taking it and wiping the food off my face.

"What is going on with Robbie?" she asked, looking directly in my eyes and I knew I couldn't avoid the topic anymore.

"He dumped me. We had sex and he dumped me the morning after. Said our whole relationship was a lie and he's been using me" I said, bending down to wash my hair in the sink. Jade walked over and helped me.

"I can't believe him" she muttered.

"Did you know?" I whispered.

"No! Of course not! Cat this doesn't seem like Robbie" she said, looking me in the eyes as I sat up.

"Well it happened. And I've got to deal with it" I said coldly. "And right now I have to do something about my clothes" I said, looking down at the stained fabric. As I looked up, Jade was holding out some black clothes to me. I nodded a thanks and got changed in the cubicle.

"Why are you helping me?" I asked through the door.

"Because you're my friend" she replied.

"But he's your cousin."

"And right now, he's not acting like my cousin. He's acting like a douche" she said. I smiled and walked out, looking at the jet black clothing I had on.

"Come on" she sighed. "Let's go face the music."

"I can't" I said, my voice breaking. "I'm just going home."

"Cat, you've got to fight back" she said. I just shook my head, tears pooling in my eyes, and ran to the window in the bathroom.

"Cat, what are you doing?!" she said.

"I can't face him yet. It hurts too much" I whispered, pushing the window open and shimmying through the window. I ran home and curled into bed, crying once more.

I had managed to get two days off school with 'lady problems', but I couldn't lie to my mom anymore. So I had to face school again. I was hoping that the hype about my locker incident would have died down.

Oh I was so wrong.

"Hey look it's the walking garbage can!" some boys shouted. I kept my head down and walked quicker when it suddenly hit me. I didn't have a locker.

"Hey" I heard a soft voice say. I turned around and saw André, smiling in relief I accepted his offer of a hug and fell into his arms.

"How you feeling?" he whispered.

"Shit" I murmured into his chest. He chuckled. "Do you know what happened to my stuff?" I asked.

"It's in your old locker" he said, pulling me towards it. I smiled gratefully at him. "Where's Tori?" I asked.

"Oh she said she had to see a teacher before lessons start" he said, shrugging and turning to his locker.

I turned to my locker and opened it slowly, holding my breath as I dreaded what could happen. 5 seconds with my eyes squeezed shut and I felt someone touch my arm.

"Cat, it's fine. That's not going to happen to you again" André said, smiling at me. I smiled back and he pulled me into a hug. "Come on kitten, let's go to class."

I had endured lesson after lesson of snide comments and jabs about the locker incident all day. I just wanted to eat my favourite lunch and talk to my lovely friends. I walked out of class and we saw Tori at the end of the corridor. We both waved to her but she didn't see us. We both started walking towards her when I saw someone else in my vision, and I stopped.

It was Robbie. Robbie was talking to Tori. She looked nervous, like he'd jumped out at her. Then he kissed her. Grabbed her waist and kissed her. My heart dropped to my stomach. No no no no no no no. This wasn't happening to me. He pulled away and she looked at him, completely shocked. Then she kissed him back. Tori, one of my very first friends at this school was kissing my ex-boyfriend. In the middle of school. I choked on a sob and ran out the doors, not looking back.

"Tori Vega is Robbie Shapiro's new girlfriend".

"Tori Vega is the newest member of the goldens".

"Tori Vega has replaced Cat Valentine, in every way".

I heard whispers all around as I shuffled through the school halls, ignoring the stares.

"Hey" I heard someone croak. I turned to see André with red eyes, similar to my own.

"Hey" I croaked back.

"So it's official then" he said, looking over my shoulder and sighing. I followed his gaze and saw Tori and Robbie at his locker, flirting. I winced and André gave out an unconvincing chuckle.

"Suppose so" I sighed, turning back to my locker.

I sat through classes all day, hearing tales of Tori and Robbie and their fantastic relationship. At lunch, me and André sat at our table, whilst Tori took my seat at the golden's table. I looked over at them, talking to her whilst they waited for Robbie to arrive.

If anyone asks, I'll tell them we both just moved on

I looked around me at all the people whispering and closed my eyes, dropping my head.

When people all stare I'll pretend that I don't hear them talk

HE entered the room and walked straight over to the table, kissing her full on the mouth in front of everyone.

Whenever I see you, I'll swallow my pride and bite my tongue,

Pretend I'm okay with it all, act like there's nothing wrong,

Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes?

Is this as hard as it gets? Is this what it feels like to really,

Cry, cry

I got out every picture of me and Robbie I owned. My favourite one was of the both of us talking, but we didn't know that the picture was being taken. I smiled at all the images, and felt the tears pool in my eyes.

If anyone asks, I'll tell them we just grew apart,

What do I care, if they believe me or not,

I saw a pair of scissors on my bedside table and picked them up with shaking hands.

Whenever I feel your memory is breaking my heart,

I'll pretend I'm okay with it all, act like there's nothing wrong

Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes?

Is this as hard as it gets? Is this what it feels like to really

Cry, cry

All the pictures were shredded up but I couldn't stop. I ruined anything Robbie had ever given me. Then my gaze fell on my dress for the dance. It was like beauty and the beast in reverse. My wonderful prince had turned into an evil beast. The dress was a reminder of what was never going to be. It had to go.

I'm talking in circles, I'm lying they know it

I looked down at the ruins of my relationship around me and broke down in tears.

Why won't this just all go away…

After crying for hours I picked myself up and went into the bathroom. I washed my face and next to the mirror was a box. A simple box. A simple box that could change Cat Valentine. Cat Valentine wasn't happy and bubbly anymore. She didn't feel like a sugar-filled cupcake anymore. But she couldn't let Robbie Shapiro know he had broken her.

Is it over yet, can I open my eyes,

Is this as hard as it gets

I looked in the mirror at the new Cat. Chocolate brown hair, a pink peplum top, skinny jeans and pink converse. I walked into school and ignored the whispers. Sat through lessons and ignored the whispers. At lunch, I ignored the whispers. Because I had all my attention focused on the couple on the golden table. The boy with the black spiky hair and cool clothes. And the girl with a purple top, black jeans and brown hair. Dip-dyed with red.

Is this what it feels like to really cry,

Cry, cry?

I'M SO SORRY YOU GUYS! YOU'RE ALL JUST GOING TO HATE ME MORE AND I'M SORRY! You will all get an explanation eventually but it's not going to be for a while… ): However I can promise that Cat won't be sad for long and I can definitely promise you some Cabbie moments in the near future… (:

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