A/N: I don't know how many of you noticed but I'm trying to follow the whole isolation from others and dependant upon a single person route for the relationship. It's working ok so far. And Cat is scaring the begeebies out of me…
Disclaimer: I own nothing… thank God.
Cat POV
Where Jade had been a bit of a challenge, Robbie had been easy. In fact, you barely had to do anything. When you started it was only out of jealousy.
You knew that Jade liked him, well, like being a strong word. She only liked you anymore and you were working on getting her to hate the rest of them. She was yours and therefore no one else should matter to her. But she treated Robbie, the boy with a stutter, with more of a feeling of indifference rather than dislike and you couldn't have that. No, that would never do. He wasn't yours and if he didn't belong to you, she couldn't like him. So it was down to two very simple choices, make him yours or break him until Jade saw him for what he really was. One way or the other, you win and you can't see a downside.
So you begin socializing with him, ignoring her little by little, making him see you the way you want him to. There is hurt and worry in her eyes. You can see it as it travels through her entire body when glance over. It's subtle but you can read her pretty well and you wonder how she'll react because no matter how familiar you are with her, she sometimes surprises you. And most of the time when she does, it's usually in a good way. So when she does act, you are delighted.
First she's nice to him, but you won't have any of that. You've already filled Robbie with stories of how mean she treats you. Every single one is a lie, but he's gullible and eats it up, it's… disappointing. But then it gets interesting, you're surprised, you didn't think she had it in her. Dark, broody, sweet Jade becomes mean, she mocks him for his stutter, and she lives up to every lie you ever told him. And you love it, every second of it. You defend him, tell her that it's mean. But when you're alone, you treat her more gently then ever. You want to cultivate it, you want her to only be who she truly is with you, where you can tear off the mask and see how vulnerable she is underneath. Like a smart girl she makes the connection. You knew, you liked her for a reason.
Sometimes you reminisce about it when you're alone. She gave him Rex to help him cope, he thinks it was from you and you let him. He wants to be your knight in shining armor saving you from big bad mean Jade. And you laugh, because you have him. And you can't stop laughing because you know that Jade deep down she wanted to do was save him from you. But she can't save him if she doesn't want to leave herself. She's such a good sacrificial lamb.