Chapter 2

The day Alyssa and Cat landed in L.A. reminded Cat of the day she left.

*flashback*

'Cat you don't have to leave!' Jade was showing more emotion than she would have liked but it had stunned her that Cat felt the need to leave the country.

'It's what's best for her, Jade' Cat motioned to the sleeping child in her arms. 'She needs a fresh start' she looked down 'we both do…' she mumbled inaudibly.

*flashback over*

It felt weird to be here again. She took a deep breath, pulled her mousy brown hair out from its ponytail and held her daughter's hand

'Let's find Jade' she scanned the crowd and finally found what she had been looking for. A jaggedly cut black sign with 'Cat and Lyssa' scrawled on it in Jade's messy hand.

'Cat!' Jade ran towards her estranged best friend

'Jadey!' Cat grinned, hugging her.

'And you must be Lyssa. You've grown up so much since I last saw you!' Jade hugged Lyssa and the trio walked to Beck's truck where he was waiting to take them home. He hugged Cat and stared at her for ages.

'Do I have something on my face?' She asked, rubbing her face.

'No… You just look weird without red hair' he replied.

'Not for long!' Jade grinned, holding up a packet of red hair dye, the type Cat had used when they were younger.

'Jade!' Cat exclaimed, but she was smiling so Jade knew she had won her over.

'Anyone going to explain anything to little ol' Lyssa over here?' Lyssa interrupted and all four of them began to laugh and tell a story of a performing arts high school, hair dye and red velvet cupcakes.

-Lalalalalalala-

When they arrived at Jade and Beck's house Cat's eyes almost popped out of her head.

'Wow… Upgraded the RV now did we?' She asked in a sing-song voice while being given the grand tour of their Beverly Hills mansion.

'Haha, well with my acting and Jade's directing, acting, singing, writing,'

'I'm also a mechanic' Jade cut in

'Well with all of that we're not badly off' Beck ran his hand through his hair and continued to chat to Cat while Jade dragged Lyssa to a chair and demanded to be told her life story.

'I can't believe that last time I saw you, you were 18 months old and now you're this chatty, awesome, funny, ENGLISH, 13 year old!' Jade gushed after being given the details to Lyssa's existence.

'I really can't get over that accent of yours' she continued, and spent the rest of the night shouting random words for her to repeat then collapsing in laughter at the English pronunciation. They then proceeded to dye Cat's hair and most of the red towels red, and do Lyssa a streak because in Jade's words: 'That girl can be very persuasive…'

It felt to Cat like being back to 16 again- and she went to bed with a queasy stomach, not sure whether she enjoyed this feeling.

A/N Queen of all filler chapters I know but hey.. Actually can't wait to write the wedding scene so that is most probably going to be next. Please leave a review! Thanks :)

May The Red Velvet Cupcakes Be With You.

TheDreamer006