"Hey Cat?" Robbie called out.
"Yeah?" Cat replied, turning around to see who was calling her name.
"Can you help me out?" Robbie began.
"Sure Robbie. With what?" Cat agreed, still confused.
"I need to measure myself for my gown again, and I need someone who I know will measure me the right way." Robbie began, looking angrily at Rex.
Rex had purposely given Robbie the incorrect measurements to mess with him, so now Robbie had to start all over again and submit his new measurements by the next morning. Although Cat had just been crying earlier that morning, she was back to her peppy self, so Robbie hoped she would agree to help him since his parents would be with his sister for a cheerleading event that evening.
"Sure Robbie, but I can't do it right now. I have to help my mom give my brother his special shots." Cat replied.
Since it was after school, Robbie hoped that she would be able to do it right then, but since she couldn't, he thought of a backup plan.
"Then could you maybe come over my house later? My parents and sister are going to be out and I really need this done before tomorrow." Robbie pleaded.
"Kay kay! I'll be over around six, is that alright?" Cat agreed.
…
Robbie heard his doorbell ring and immediately walked to the front door of his house to answer it. He opened it, revealing the loveliest red head he had ever met. It was clear to everyone at Hollywood Arts how in love with her he was, but he knew that she would never feel the same way about him, so he never said anything about it to her. Once he greeted her, he guided her through his home to the living room where he had the new measurement sheet set up on a small coffee table.
When Cat was all done taking Robbie's measurements, she started to grab her purse when Robbie spoke up.
"Do you want anything to drink?" Robbie offered.
Before Cat could answer, the front door opened. Robbie's parents walked through the door, then began to smile from ear to ear when they realized that Robbie had a friend—a girl friend—over the house.
"Mom, dad…what are you guys doing home so early?" Robbie asked, surprised to see his mother and father.
"Your sister decided she didn't want us at her cheer event to support her and she made us leave." Mr. Shapiro explained.
"I should probably go." Cat announced as she began walking towards the door.
"No, please, stay. Have dinner with us! I brought takeout." Mrs. Shapiro invited.
Robbie looked up at Cat, hopeful that she would agree to eat dinner with his family.
"Sure! I love dinner!" Cat exclaimed, setting her purse back down and walking toward the kitchen.
Robbie's parents were very warm, and completely normal, although, his father seemed to be a bit embarrassed by his son. Every time Robbie spoke up, Mr. Shapiro lowered his head and shook it. After dinner, Cat thanked them for having her for dinner and then said her goodbyes, leaving Robbie very content.
…
The next morning, Beck was squatting in front of his locker collecting some of his notebooks for class when he heard footsteps approach from behind. When he turned to see who it was, he noticed Robbie standing awkwardly—as he always did—directly behind him.
"Greetings!" Robbie said with a smile.
"Um, hey Robbie. Why are you standing like three inches from me?" Beck asked, standing back up from his squat.
"I have a question for you." Robbie announced.
"Okay, go for it." Beck stated.
"I want to ask Cat out to dinner." Robbie started.
"Like a date?" Beck asked.
"Yeah, like a date. I just don't know how to get her to agree to it. She ran away from me like all week when I tried to ask her to the Cow Wow." Robbie explained.
"Well, didn't she know you were going to ask her to the Cow Wow?" Beck began.
"Yeah, why?" Robbie questioned.
"Just don't let her find out that you're going to ask her to dinner. Then she can't run away from you." Beck suggested.
"Okay, yeah. Thanks Beck. That really helped!" Robbie thanked as he walked away happily.
"What was that all about?" Jade asked as she approached her boyfriend.
"Oh nothing. Robbie's just thinking about asking Cat out." Beck explained shortly.
"Oh my god, really? Cat's going to freak when she finds out!" Jade chuckled.
"You better not tell her." Beck warned.
"And why not?" Jade asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Because Robbie's afraid Cat will avoid him if she finds out like she did when he wanted to ask her to go to the Cow Wow with him." Beck continued.
"Oh she will, trust me." Jade responded.
"Don't tell her." Beck demanded.
"I can do whatever I want to." Jade pointed out in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Jade." Beck scolded.
Jade didn't have time to continue arguing, because the bell rang and they needed to go to class. She simply rolled her eyes and began to walk to Sikowitz's classroom.
"Good morning! Before we begin, Robbie, Mr. Bates has asked me to ask you if you've mailed your new measurements." Sikowitz began, directing his attention to the curly haired boy.
"Yep. I sent them this morning." Robbie replied.
Class went on and eventually the time for lunch came. Tori, Beck, Jade, and Andre sat around their normal table, when they noticed Robbie and Cat were missing. Both Jade and Beck could easily guess where they were, but they decided not to tell Andre or Tori even when both of them asked. They could've easily been making wrong assumptions, but something told Jade they were right when Cat walked up to the table.
"Hey Cat! Where were you?" Tori asked, still clueless as to what happened between Cat and Robbie.
"Hi Tori. Jade can I talk to you about something?" Cat asked in a weak voice, almost completely ignoring Tori and the rest of her friends at the lunch table.
"I guess." Jade responded, not moving from where she was seated.
"….In private?" Cat specified in a soft voice.
Everyone directed their eyes toward Jade, who looked up from her salad slowly.
"Okay." Jade agreed, standing up from her seat and grabbing her bag before walking away with Cat, completely abandoning her lunch.
Just as they walked away, Robbie passed them and sat down at the lunch table with the others. After walking through the main hallway, Jade and Cat continued inside the janitor's closet where they could be alone to talk.
"So what's up? Did Robbie ask you out?" Jade asked bluntly.
"Yeah. How did you know?!" Cat questioned, shocked that Jade seemed to know exactly why they were in the janitor's closet.
"Beck told me about it this morning." Jade explained.
"But…how…I don't—" Cat began.
"So what did you say?" Jade wondered out loud.
"I said yes." Cat admitted.
"Oh my god. Really?" Jade couldn't believe it. Normally, Cat—or any girl at Hollywood Arts—would say no to Robbie, but Cat said yes.
"Yeah, but I don't want to anymore." Cat whined.
"But you already said yes. That freak probably has his hopes up as high as they could possibly ever be." Jade pointed out. She didn't want it to seem like she was defending Robbie, but she would feel kind of bad for him if Cat changed her mind after already agreeing to go out to dinner with him.
"But I really don't want to go out with Robbie." Cat complained.
"Why did you say yes then?" Jade asked with an eye roll.
"Because I panicked!" Cat defended.
"Then go tell him you changed your mind." Jade suggested, giving up on trying to get Cat to just go out with him.
"No, I like Robbie. I'll feel bad if I let him down!" Cat cried.
"Cat, I really don't know what you want to do. And I don't think you know what you want to do either. But what I would do—I mean, not me personally, because I find Robbie disgusting—would be just to go out with him. So it's one little date, who cares?" Jade said, reassuring her best friend.
"You really think I should just go?" Cat asked, wide-eyed.
"I do." Jade responded.
"I guess I could make though another dinner with him…" Cat began.
"Woah, woah, woah. What do you mean 'another dinner with him'? When did you have dinner with Robbie?" Jade questioned.
"Last night. I was measuring him for his gown and his mom invited me to stay for dinner." Cat explained.
Before Jade could express her shock to the news, Cat interrupted.
"Wait, what if you and Beck come with us to dinner?" Cat suggested.
"NO." Jade protested.
"Pleeeease! It'll make it less awkward if you guys are there!" Cat began to whine.
"I don't want to go to dinner with you and Robbie." Jade complained.
"Please Jade?" Cat asked one last time.
"When are you guys going?" Jade sighed.
"Friday. 7:30 at Nozu." Cat informed.
Jade didn't want to make any promises, because she knew how seriously Cat took promises. So, she didn't respond. She just walked out of the janitor's closet. Luckily for her, the bell rang, so she just continued to walk to her next class. Cat was left with no answer, but the fact that Jade asked for the information led her to believe that she and Beck would join her and Robbie. That made her happy, because knowing that Jade would be there to keep her company just in case things got awkward with Robbie, calmed her down.
Author's Note: Another small Cade moment for you all. I also love Cabbie, so I figured I would give it a shot. I do apologize if you hated it though, I am aware that this is a Bade story and there will be plenty of them in the next chapter, I promise! Please let me know what you all think by reviewing. It means so much to me to hear all of your feedback!(: