I followed Beck and Jade into the school and to Sikowitz's classroom. It was the first time that'd I'd be in the same class as Beck since we were seven. I was ecstatic. We always had a blast.
As we walked into the classroom there was a strange barefoot man sleeping on the front row of seats holding a coconut with a straw.
"Sikowitz" Jade said kicking one of the chairs.
"Huh?" he said half asleep.
"You're in my seat," she said pushing him off of the chairs.
"Jade," Beck warned.
"What?" She said, "he was in my seat."
"Sikowitz," Beck said as the strange man stood up.
"Yes Beck," he said. "Oh, who is this?"
"This is my cousin Becca I told you would be joining us today."
"That's right, Becca Oliver, welcome to our humble abode," he said bowing. I just
laughed.
"Look!" Cat said entering the room. "It's my new friend again!"
"Hello Cat," I said smiling.
"Come sit with me," she said dragging me away from Beck. Jade clapped her hands. Cat sat down next to the windows and sat me down next to her. Tori then sat next to me.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," I said smiling. I noticed that Sikowitz was back asleep but this time on the stage.
"You know," I started, "I have a sneaking suspicion that that's not coconut milk in
there."
"You're funny!" Cat said laughing.
"Thanks."
"Yeah, I don't think that's coconut milk either," Robbie said from the row behind us sticking his head in between mine and Tori's.
"Geez Robbie, get out of my face," Tori said pushing his back.
"Ow!" he said.
"So," Cat started. "Did you know that faeries are real? I saw one yesterday, and I'm not even lying. No one believes me though, do you believe me? Because you should because they're real. Jade told me to buzz off. But she didn't say buzz. She said something mean. I don't like mean words. They make me feel dirty. Do mean words make you feel dirty? Because they make me feel dirty. So do you think that faeries are real?"
"No, I don't think faeries are real," I started and Cat's smile faded. "Because I know they're real." I finished and her smile reappeared.
"Really?" she exclaimed.
"Really, me and Beck saw some faeries when we were 4, he doesn't remember it, but I remember it like it was yesterday."
"Wow, that's cool. Were they nice faeries? Because once I met a nice rabbit, and I also met a mean one. The mean one ran away from me, the nice one didn't."
"Yeah, they were nice faeries. They helped me and Beck find our way back home because we were lost. They also played with us."
"Wow, they were like super nice." Cat said smiling.
"Yeah they were, so what do you like to do?"
"I like to do a lot of things, but I really like laying on my bed, because it's really soft and comfy, it's a feather mattress, plus my room is pink which is my favorite color. It's also orange. Which is my other favorite color. It's so pretty and girly and fun and nice. Hey! You should come over after school to see my room. We could like hang out and eat candy, plus my mom loves meeting my friends."
"Sounds cool." I said smiling. "Do you live close to Beck?"
"Like 5 minutes away." She said smiling. "Why are you staying with Beck?"
"For now yeah, I am."
"So like staying in the house right?" Tori asked looking up from her book. I didn't realize that she was even still listening.
"Uh, yeah." I said looking at her.
"I've never been in his house, what's it like?" Tori said.
"Oh, you know, like any house." I said trying to be vague as possible. I knew Beck didn't necassarily like certain people in his personal business so if there was a reason that she hadn't been in his house there was a reason.
"I've never met his parents either, well except that one incident with his dad, but I've never formally met them," she said.
"Oh yeah, you're the one who sent the dog in there." I said remembering when we got that phone call.
"Mr. Oliver was hurt. When I went to see him in the hospital, he looked all sad." Cat interjected.
"Well, are your parents with you?" Tori asked.
"No, they're not," I answered.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Does it matter?" I said, then the bell rang and Cat grabbed my arm. When she wasn't talking about dolphins, ponies, faeries, and rabbits, she had told me her schedule which was the exact same as mine.
"Beck!" she said. "Me and Becca have the same schedule!"
"That's cool." He said smiling. "Unfortunately, I don't have the next class with you, but I'll see you last period." he said and we hugged goodbye. Jade rolled her eyes and Cat dragged me off to my next class.