Interesting fact about my cousin playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as I mentioned last chapter, when he does the ambulance missions, he only saves the people in the ambulance. He ran over close to 30 others while doing the mission once. I laughed when he said "I'm saving lives. Those people don't matter."
Anyway, here's the next chapter.
Freddie's POV
I'm surprised at the strength Cat has as she pulls me outside. We get out and see Mr. Vega and the guys grilling, Robbie looking at the others awkwardly.
"Hey guys." Beck says with a smile as we get near them.
"Hi Beck. Hi André. Hi Robbie. Hi Mr. Tori's dad." Cat says politely to them. "We're going to swim."
"Have fun." Mr. Vega says with a smile.
"No one look at my girlfriend." Jade says as she joins us. "Or me." She says, glaring at Beck and André. I don't turn around, learing shortly after I met her to listen to her. "Freddie, you might want to go with Cat. She looks like she's about to explode."
Sure enough, Cat seems to be vibrating where she stands. "Let's go." I tell her, grunting when she pulls me towards the Vega's pool.
"How can a girl that small be that strong?" I hear Mr. Vega ask as I'm dragged to the pool.
No POV
Freddie watches as Cat jumps into the pool after setting her towel on a nearby chair. After a short moment, he eventually joins her, playing games with her while the others cook and chat.
"Having fun?" Tori asks as her and Jade near the pool, setting her towel on a purple beach chair.
"Don't look at Tori." Jade says, setting her towel on a black chair besides Tori's.
"They have they're own chairs. So does everyone else. We need to get you one." Cat says, swimming up to Freddie. "Mine's the red one, Andre's is the white one. Beck has the grey one, and Robbie has the green one."
"Cool. What about your parents?" Freddie asks, looking at Tori.
"They don't have personal chairs. We only do because of how much the others are here." She says, sitting in her chair beside Jade.
"You can have the blue one." Jade says with her eyes closed.
"Why the blue one?" Cat asks, looking at her best friend with a curious eyebrow.
"Because it was supposed to be Trina's, and I want to make her mad." Jade says with a smirk.
"Why do you two hate each other?" Tori asks with a laugh as she puts suntan lotion on her arms and legs.
"Can we play Marco Polo?" Cat asks, looking from Freddie and Tori with a pout.
"Sure thing, little red." André says, joining the others with Beck and Robbie behind him.
"Yay!" She says, clapping with a bright smile on her face. "Who's Marco?" She asks, looking at the others.
"I don't know what that means, but I'll start." Freddie says, looking at the others. "Who's playing?"
"I am." Robbie, André, Beck, Cat, and Tori say.
"Will you play Jadey?" Cat asks, with a pout.
"Don't call me that and no." Jade says smoothly, keeping her eyes closed.
"Please?" Cat says, her pout growing.
"Don't pout at me." The Goth says, shifting slightly.
"Join us." Everyone minus Freddie and Jade starts to say, in a monotone voice.
"What are you guys doing?" Jade asks, looking at the others.
"Join us." They say again, this time, Freddie joining in. "Join us." They repeat, keeping this going every other second.
"Fine!" Jade yells, scaring everyone in the pool. "But I promise you, if you do that again, you will all regret it." She says, glaring at them as she stands up and gets into the pool with the others.
The next few hours are spent with everyone playing a variety of games in and out of the pool. A couple of hours after they got Jade to play with them, Mr. Vega announces that the food is done.
"What took so long?" Jade asks as she gets out of the pool, handing Tori her towel.
"Robbie tried to..."
"Enough said." Jade says, cutting off André. "Let's eat."
The eight teens, originally seven but Trina came home and joined in, follow Mr. Vega to the tables set up outside. Freddie and Cat wind up getting there last, due to Freddie waiting for Cat to get out and dry off enough to put on a pair of shorts and a shirt and her sandles. The eight teens sit around two of the tables. Beck and Trina are sitting at the same table as Tori and Jade, while André, Robbie, Cat, and Freddie sit at the other.
"Will you kids be okay for a few minutes? You're mom asked me to pick her up." Mr. Vega says to the teens.
"We'll be fine, Mr. V. I promise not to maim Trina. Too much." Jade says with a smirk, laughing slightly when Tori elbows her and Trina scoffs.
"Okay. Make sure you burn the body completely. No evidence." Mr. Vega says, used to Jade's joking manner since she and his youngest daughter started dating.
"Dad!" Trina yells as the others laugh at her as her dad leaves, waving goodbye to the kids.
After Mr. Vega leaves, the eight teens make small talk, talking about their plans for when school starts next week.
Trina is going to a community college, no set courses yet, just basic. Tori and André talk about the song their singing at the 'Welcome Back Bash' the day after school starts. Beck and Jade talk about the short film that Sikowitz asked them to help him with for school, and Robbie talks to Cat and Freddie about helping with the backstage stuff.
"What song are you guys singing?" Jade asks her girlfriend and friend.
"We're not sure yet." André says, eating the burger he grabbed. "I got some of the music written, but we can't decide on the lyrics."
"Sikowitz is mean." Tori says, sipping her pink lemonade.
"You guys agreed." Beck says with a laugh. "You know what he's like for the back to school stuff."
"How's your short film then?" André asks, keeping his question to Beck since he knows not to ask Jade, even if she is dating his best friend.
"I already have the script written. Beck can't figure out his stuff." Jade says, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Why is it always my fault?" Beck asks, looking to the others.
"Because no one, not even me, is stupid enough to blame Jade." Tori says with a knowing smirk to the Canadian. "I thought you knew that?" She asks him.
"She seemed nicer since you guys got together." Beck defends himself, shrugging his shoulders.
"I'm only nicer to Tori. And André by association because they're best friends." Jade answers, getting up. "Let's go. I'm bored and I want to watch 'The Scissoring: Director's Cut'." She says, grabbing Tori.
"Oh, man." Tori says, grabbing her food and drink, following her girlfriend into the Vega house.
"We need to go anyway. My dad wants me to help him with stuff around the house." Beck says, standing up. "You ready guys?" He asks, looking at André and Robbie.
"Yeah." The others says, standing up as well.
"Why are you guys going with him?" Cat asks, looking at her friends.
"I'm their ride." Beck answers, giving Freddie a handshake and Cat a hug, the others repeating Beck's motions. "See you guys later."
"I'll walk you out." Trina says, standing up and holding Beck's hand.
"You better stay in your room after he leaves." Jade yells to Trina as the four teens enter the house.
"And then there were two." Freddie says, picking up the trash and throwing it away, sitting back beside Cat.
"Want to watch a movie?" Cat asks him, standing up.
"Where at?" Freddie asks, following her.
"Hey Tori? Can Freddie and I watch a movie in your room?" Cat asks, using her pout.
"Sure." Tori says, looking away from the violent movie to talk to her friends.
"Cat, go on ahead. I need to talk to Freddie." Jade says, her eyes never leaving the movie.
"What do you need?" Freddie asks, staying a little closer to Tori.
"If you make a move on her, I kill you like Tawni's killing the guy on screen." Jade says, finally looking away from the movie. Freddie looks at the screen in time to see a jock getting gutted by a pair of scissors. "Do I make my self clear?" She asks in a threatening tone.
"Perfectly." He says, flinching at her tone.
"Jade. You actually think Freddie would do something like that?" Tori asks, glaring at her girlfriend.
"No, but just making myself clear." Jade says, looking back at the screen. "Pay attention. This is what I'll do to anyone who hurts Cat or you."
"Oh, nasty. Can't I watch a movie with Cat and Freddie?" Tori asks with a whine when she sees someone get decapitated by scissors.
"No. See ya Freddie." Jade says, smirking.
And here is the end of this chapter. Next chapter will be a Freddie/Cat focused chapter, and the last of the cookout. I don't know why, but I felt like doing a Jori focused chapter. Does anyone know the pairing name for Cat and Freddie? I want to say Creddie, but isn't that Carly and Freddie?
Anyway, I meant to have this chapter up earlier, and I apologize for taking so long.
Thank you for reading, and I look forward to your reviews.
Blessed Be.