CHAPTER 8:Secret's Out

Before Cat knew it, her secret was out. It was the thing that had everyone at Hollywood Arts raving. Unfortunately for Cat, she was unaware of fellow students finding her out until she arrived at school on Monday, after a very busy weekend.

As Cat walked through the doors of Hollywood Arts, all she could hear was loud gossiping coming from different directions of the hallways. Unsure of why she was drawing so much attention, Cat was startled by the unexpected chaos. She froze, vaguely gathering what was going on. What made the situation even more humiliating was that many students had stopped what they were doing to look at her.

Cat was unsure of how to handle the situation. She never thought it would come to this. She thought she'd done a good job of keeping her secret. Cat was starting to wonder how this big secret of hers came out without her knowledge. Maybe someone figured her out. Or maybe it was just teenagers having a laugh. After all, none of these kids had confronted her.

'How much worse could it get?', she thought

Realising she had been standing there the whole time, Cat swiftly moved to her locker. She just wanted to get on with her day without all the chaos, so she had planned to ignore everyone.

'What about my friends?! They could be here any minute!', Cat thought, panicking

Cat had to escape. She attempted to run out the doors of the school as fast as possible. Fellow students were watching her every move, making rude statements. Distracted by her surroundings, Cat had accidentally bumped into someone. Before she could move again, she was restrained by two hands on her shoulders.

As Cat looked up, she realised it was one of her best friends, Beck. She was scared for her life!

"Hi Beck!", Cat squeaked, fear in her tone

"So, Cat! Are you gonna tell us what's going on?", Beck asked sternly

"W-what? I was just going to the bathroom! I'm busting!", Cat exclaimed, struggling to move from Beck's grip

"You know I'm not going to fall for this"

"But I really need to go!"

Disregarding Cat's last statement, Beck grabbed her hand firmly and dragged her into the Janitors Closet.

"I know you've been hiding something. Are you going to tell us or what?", Beck asked

"What makes you think I'm hiding something?", Cat asked innocently

"Oh, come on. Don't play dumb with me!"

"I'm not"

"Cat! It's obvious that something's up with you. Firstly, you tried to make a runner from school. I saw the look on your face. It read fear."

"I told you! I was busting for the toilet"

"And you think I'm going to believe that? I'm not stupid, Cat"

"So, you don't trust me?", Cat asked, hurt evident in her eyes

"Well, how can I trust you? I've always thought of you as a very honest person, but it was all a lie, wasn't it?"

"No, I was telling the truth. And I really have to go now. I'm about to wet myself", Cat exclaimed, running to the door until Beck's grip restricted her movement

"Quit it!", Beck yelled, causing Cat to whimper

"You betrayed me. You betrayed all of us. I was such a fool to fall for the act you put on everyday. I don't know who you are anymore", he adds

"I'm Cat Valentine, silly!", she replied, chuckling

"Oh really? Because fellow students say otherwise, and quite frankly, I agree with them. I mean, normal teenagers don't behave like that. It must be a facade"

"What's that supposed to mean?!", Cat exclaimed, taken by surprise

"Don't you go pretending you don't know what I'm talking about. You're Ariana Grace, aren't you?"