Tori tried avoided me for the rest of the day. She succeeded. Technically, it was her fault; if she hadn't asked me anything, then she wouldn't have had to face the ugly truth. Sure, I feel terrible for the way I talked to her, but it was all true. I actually had to go digging for all of that to come out. Imagine how much it hurts to find out all these things about someone who you thought were your friend. It hurt a lot. And not in some physical way, but in a way that hurts a lot more.

Sure, she did not deserve me yelling at her, but deep down inside… I guess had too much anger built up. Now imagine have sixteen years worth of anger and loneliness piling up inside of you. I feel kind of stupid letting it all out on Tori. Maybe if it were some stranger I wouldn't feel as bad, because then there would be a lesser chance of me ever seeing them again. My days of sarcasm and bitterness are over. Even though it was only about three days of sarcasm and bitterness.

I stayed home from school the day after my explosion. I'm sure that no one would even notice I was missing. Maybe Tori would. I have to think somewhat positive, don't I? If anyone was going to notice, it would be her. Wouldn't it?

Ring, ring, ring!

Well dang, I must be a psychic. My cell was ringing and guess who was calling… if you guessed Tori Vega, you were right. Aww, you guys are so smart.

"Hi." I said to Tori as I answered the phone.

"Hey there."

"I was just thinking about you."

"What?"

"I mean, I was thinking about yesterday…"

There was silence on the other end. I checked the screen of my phone to make sure I didn't lose her.

"I was too…"

"I wanted to say I was sorry."

Another silence…

"I'm coming over, is Jade there?"

Jade went to school. She wanted to stay with me but I kept telling her that she didn't have to. Eventually after almost 15 minutes of convincing, she did.

"No."

"Thank heavens."

I decided to clean up a little bit before Tori came over. It was a smidge bit messy due to a little mini-party me and Jade had the night before. To cheer me up, she played music really loudly, set up a snack table, and set up some party lights. It was just us and was surprisingly fun. Really, it was. At first I thought it would be boring, because it was just us and all, but then I started having a lot o fun.

About half an hour later, someone came knocking on Jade's door. It was Tori. Does this mean that she's missing school for me? Oooh, Tori's a skipper!

"Hey hey." I said and invited her in.

"Hi!"

She came inside almost immediately. I motioned for her to sit on the couch and she did.

"So… um… yesterday…" I said kind of embarrassed.

"Yeah, don't worry about it. I'll get over it."

I'll get over it… Did that mean she wasn't over it yet? God, I don't want her to be mad I me or anything. I hate it when people get mad at me; it's so unnatural to me.

"But still, I'm really sorry. I don't know what got over me." Yes I do "I shouldn't have yelled at you like that…"

Tori looked down at her lap.

"You didn't yell. It was more of a loud, stern voice."

I let out a little giggle. Tori did the same thing and, soon enough, we were both laughing together.

"Yeah, right." I said when we settled down.

I still feel really bad for getting so mad at her. I feel guilty because I was mad over jealousy. I've never had a reason to be jealous of anyone besides my brother.

"Cat… did your dad really do all those things to you?"

I hesitated a little bit. I have found out that I don't exactly like to talk about it that much. Who would?

"Yeah…"

"Cat, I'm so sor—"

"No, don't be. It's not your fault."

Well dang. Now I have to feel bad about cutting her off like that.

"Well… still, no one should have to go through something like that."

She was right. No one should have to go through this.

"Well… I guess so. But—"

Tori put her hand up, wanting me to be quiet. She had this really serious look on her face. I didn't know what she was going to say, but I had a feeling it was not going to be a very good thing.

"Cat… You're dad called me yesterday…"