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Everybody's Fool

Digidestend Angel

I Do NOT Own Victorious or Any Of The Songs Used

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Chapter Twenty-Three

Get The Ring Already!

Cat pressed play on her little iPod radio as her iPod had her dance routine song ready to be played. Beck and Andre had insisted she practice if she needed to, so they moved the couch and coffee table, along with the recliner and lamp out of the way in the living room so she could have enough room. She was very touched…but annoyed. You'll see why…

There's something I wanna say
Something that I've been holding back
Can't let it go another day
Let me start by saying that

Her left foot slid on the side of her body before spinning around, her hands sticking out to her sides, while her eyes were closed, getting into the music.

Nothing, nothing,
Nothing, means more than the truth.

She did her famous jazz walk across the room, which was very hard to do on carpet, before turning in her ballerina stance.

As she went to do her next move, she was interrupted in concentration.

THUD

"OW!"

Cat groaned and pressed "STOP" on the iPod before looking at the two boys. Beck bit his lip, holding the front door up as Andre was rubbing his head. "What happened this time?" She asked in a dull tone.

"You're stupid boyfriend over here purposely slammed the door on my head when I was trying to fix the lock!" Andre snapped, glaring at Beck.

"I'm her fiancée!" Beck growled.

"Who cares?" Andre yelled. "You've hit me on the head 3 times already!"

"Well you're doing it wrong!" Beck shouted. "You're putting the lock on ALL wrong!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Girls, girls, you're both pretty." Cat said in a sarcastic tone. "You can shut up now."

"Ha, ha, you're just freaking hilarious, Lil' Red." Andre muttered as he went back to putting the new doorknob on.

Cat sighed and went to start over her music.

There's something I wanna say
Something that I've been holding back
Can't let it go another day
Let me start by saying that

Her left foot slid on the side of her body before spinning around, her hands sticking out to her sides, while her eyes were closed, getting into the music, attempting to ignore the two morons in the room.

THUD

BANG

Cat growled as she kicked the radio, making it break. "I give up!" She looked over to the boys and Andre was rubbing his head with both hands as Beck was laughing his ass off and the door was on the ground. "You two are such idiots!"

Beck stopped laughing and glared at her. "That's domestic emotional abuse!"

"I don't care!" Cat snapped. "You deserve it!"

"How do I deserve it?" Beck asked in disbelief and almost impatiently, forgetting all about the door and the injured Andre.

"You haven't bought my engagement ring yet!" Cat snapped.

"Oh my god, you're still acting like a brat over that!" Beck rolled his eyes. "Cat, I told you to go pick out a damn ring and then tell me where it is, what it is, and then I'll go buy it!"

"What's the point in that?" Cat screeched. "It won't be from the heart! It'll mean absolutely nothing!"

"Jeez, Cat, I'm so freaking busy lately, so when the hell am I supposed to find some free time to go pick out a stupid ring?" Beck snapped.

Cat gasped. "So my engagement ring is STUPID?"

"It's a piece of useless jewelry!" Beck told her.

"It's a symbol our loving freaking relationship!" Cat shot back. If this wasn't a very serious fight that was causing great tension in the apartment currently, Andre and Beck would've laughed at her choice of words…but now was NOT a good time to joke around. "It'll show everyone how much you really give a crap about my feelings and care about me! If it's not special, that means you don't love me or even want to marry me!"

"Oh, for the love of god, quit being so dramatic!" Beck growled. "I do everything for you and this is how you treat me? You're acting so ungrateful right now!"

Cat looked taken aback and then glared. "Fine! If you don't want to show the world how important I am to you and how I'm already taken by you, then who cares? I don't want to get married anymore!" With that, Cat ran into their bedroom, slamming the door shut.

Beck punched the wall. "Jesus Christ, I can't do anything right with that woman!"

Andre shook his head with disappointment. "Beck, that was some pretty messed up shit to tell her. This is very important to Cat. You need to give her the whole experience or it'll mean nothing. She will dump your sorry ass if you don't buy her that damn ring."

Beck glared at him. "It's a piece of jewelry that's going to cost me an arm and a leg! It's an object!"

"It's important in an engagement!" Andre snapped.

Suddenly Cat walked out of their room, tearstained and her duffle bag over her shoulder. Beck stood in front of the doorway. "Where the hell do you think you're going?"

"Away from you!" She pushed him out of the way, walking down the hall.

"Cat!" He yelled out, following her. "Dammit, get back in the apartment!"

"No!" She screamed, still walking. She entered the staircase and started walking down faster.

Beck walked down with her, ready to explode. "You're not going anywhere!"

"Yes, I am!" She shouted. "You obviously don't give a care about my feelings, so why should I stay with you any longer?"

"Quit being so dramatic!" Beck yelled. Before anything else could be said, Cat slipped on the last step and fell onto the floor, catching herself with her hands. Beck's heart almost stopped and all anger was gone and it was replaced by panic and guilt. "Cat! No!" He jumped down the stairs and went to her side as she tried to get up. His heart raced as he checked her for injuries. When he didn't see any, he gave in. "Baby, I'm so sorry! I'm sorry!"

Cat looked up at him with sadness. "That was our first real fight." She told him in a tiny voice, letting a tear fall. "I don't want to fight, Beck."

Beck sighed. "I don't either. I'm so sorry. You are the last person on earth you needs to be talked to that way." He helped her to her feet and put her duffle bag over his shoulder. "Come on. Let's go get you a nap. Andre and I will fix the door and then I'm going to go out and buy you a ring."

Cat gasped. "Really?"

Beck nodded. "Really. You're right. A ring is so important. Cat, I want the whole world to know you're engaged to me and you're off limits now. I've been waiting for this day for a long time, so why I'm taking forever buying you a ring that's going to come from my heart is beyond me. I guess I've been so worried about leaving you alone, I just didn't want any distractions. But the ring is needed."

Cat smiled and jumped into his arms and he gladly wrapped his own around her. "Oh, thank you!"

Beck rubbed her back and kissed her head. "Of course, babygirl. Anything for you. I'll never fight with you ever again." He breathed in her shampoo scent, loving it. "You're my whole world. You're my sweet angel."

"You know, I really love that nickname." Cat told him as they were almost t0 their floor.

Beck gave her a strange look. "What nickname?"

"Sweet Angel."

Beck chuckled. "That is no nickname, Cat."

Cat blinked as they approached the front door…sort of front door. "What do you mean?"

"Cat…you are a sweet angel." Beck told her, kissing her forehead. "It's not a nickname. It's the truth of who you really are." Cat blushed and they were watching Andre hitting the lock on the doorknob with a hammer. "Andre, what the hell are you doing?" Beck growled out, attempting to keep his cool in front of his girlfriend. When Cat slipped out of his arms and grabbed the screwdriver on the ground, he was officially confused. "What what the hell are YOU doing?"

She didn't answer him except push Andre away. "Move." She said dully and when she tried to fix it, she was annoyed. "You two are dimwits. Put the door back on the hinges. You really didn't need to take the whole door off to put a doorknob on." She scolded them as she stood back up. When they just stared at her, offended and peeved, she threw her hands up in the air. "Are you going to make ME put the door back up?" Beck and Andre gave in and worked on picking up the door, and Cat put the screws back in to keep it on the hinges. "Good, now move again." She pushed both boys away.

"Cat, what do you know about-"

"You want the door fixed or not?" She snapped at Beck, glaring to him and Andre. They nodded slowly. "Then shut up."

"Okay…"

"Alright…"

As Cat was attempting to fix it, she sighed. "I cannot work as you both are staring at my ass."

Immediately the boys looked away, embarrassed that she caught them taking advantage of her kneeled down and her thong kind of showing. "Sorry, babe…you're just that…beautiful." Beck said nervously in hopes that she wouldn't get up and smack both him and Andre until the point they were in a coma. And then Beck turned to Andre. "You were staring at my girlfriend's butt?" He asked with venom, and Andre cowered.

"Can you both just go away?" Cat asked them, sounding like it wasn't really an option.

"Hun, I don't like you at the door when it's open and-"

"GO AWAY!" Cat snapped at them, making them jump and rush to the kitchen.

"We'll start on dinner!" They both called out, just so she could know they were doing anything else besides bugging her.

"Thank heavens." Cat breathed out as continued to work. After a minute, she stood up and tried to lock out and grinned at her success. Those boys would be so lost without her.

"Nice work."

Cat was startled as she saw their neighbor from across their small hallway staring. "Oh, hey, Leon." She greeted the dark skinned, 5'9'' young man. "How's life treating you?"

He shrugged. "It's alright. Sorry for watching. I was about to go put the trash out, but I had to see if you were the new handyman on the block."

Cat giggled. "Handy-woman, thank you very much."

He chuckled. "Sorry there…Cat, right?"

"Yes." She nodded. "Don't you go to Gates too?"

"Yeah." He answered. "I was able to get in on like 20 different scholarships and 3 student loans that I'm going to have to pay off until I'm 90."

Cat hummed. "Yes, Gates is quite expensive."

"But aren't your parents rich or something?"

"They are, but I insisted on taking care of everything else while they pay for school and I'm on their insurance still for medical." Cat shrugged. "I call it a blessing though."

"You insist on paying for stuff still?" He asked in surprise. "Pssh, I'd take my parents offer on them paying for everything."

"I need to have some independence, you know?" Cat smiled. "Aren't you on a sports team?"

"Soccer, basketball, and track, yes." Leon leaned against the door sill. "I'm not the best, but I keep making it for the scholarships."

"So that's not what you want to do for your life?" Cat asked in curiosity.

"Nope." Leon smiled. "I'm also the lead in the school's opera coming up in May."

"Opera?" Cat's eyes widened. "You're an opera singer."

"I like to call myself an opera performer." He chuckled. "It sounds less girly."

"Of course." Cat smiled. "Well good for you."

"Do you sing?"

"I used to…not anymore." Cat frowned a bit. "I've had some throat problems…it's caused pretty harsh damage, but I've made a comeback by being a hardcore dancer and songwriter."

"Wow, I thought-"

"Cat." Beck walked over, a little upset at her talking to another guy. When he saw who it was, he let up on his jealously…a little. "Sup, Leon?"

"What's up, Beck?" He shook Beck's hand. "Getting to know you're totally beautiful fiancée there."

Cat blushed a little. "Oh, honey, I fixed the lock."

Beck looked surprised. "You what?"

"Hard to believe, right?" Leon chuckled. "Women shock us guys every day."

"That's the truth." Beck agreed as Leon grabbed his two trash bags and waved goodbye. "See ya around, Leon." And with that, Beck led Cat back inside. "I cannot believe you fixed the lock, kitten."

Cat sighed sadly. "Yeah…"

"What's wrong?" Beck asked in concern.

Cat let a few free tears. "I miss being able to sing so much."

It dawned on Beck…last year, Cat said her voice was having issues with singing for reasons she didn't want to talk about. "The forcing yourself to throw up screwed up your throat, didn't it?"

Cat nodded. "I'm such an idiot."

"No, you're not." He put his arms around her and set his chin on her head softly, while she wrapped her arms around his torso tightly. "You're the best dancer and student on this whole freaking planet."

Cat giggled. "You're so sweet."

"You're my sweet angel."

Preview For Chapter 24: It Wasn't Cheating, Right?

The bedroom door opened and Beck smiled to Cat, but when he saw her crying and Jade carrying her suitcase and duffle bag, along with Cat's purse, he stood up. "What the hell is going on?" He asked in alarm. Cat just walked up to him, slapping his face. Beck backed up a few steps and looked to his fiancée, hurt at her actions and completely confused of why she just slapped him. "Cat?" He whispered in fear. "What's going on?"

Cat shoved the magazine Jade had been holding into his hands. "Read that…or just look at the pictures." She said in a deep voice.

Beck looked to the two pages the magazine was open to and his heart dropped. "No…"

Pictures and pictures on the two pages of him and Alyssa Vaughn, making out in the dressing room. He was kissing her lips, her neck, his hands running up and down her body, and one of Alyssa biting his lip. False words of paragraphs were around the pictures. The title of the story: ALYSSA'S NEW AFFAIR WITH STUNTS DOUBLE.

Random Fact about DA: I live in NV now, but…believe it or not, I used to be a "California Girl" until I was 18. Oh, how I miss it.