Disclaimer: Choose a random chapter, and read that one. It hasn't really changed.
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Cat shifted nervously as she waited for the door to open. She'd called to let her friend know she was coming, but not exactly why. 'I told her I wanted to do another episode of the funny nugget show… But thats for later. I had an ulterior motive. Plus, I have another reason for wanting to talk to her. We'll have hours before we do the show, and maybe, just maybe,. I can find out why...' Her thoughts were interrupted by the door opening.
"Cat, good to see you." Tori said, smiling. "So, your roommate okay with you spending the night?"
"I don't know." Cat replied. "I mean, she did complain about giving me a ride, but by the same token, she practically threw me off her bike and rode off into the city, screaming 'Free at last.' So, it's hard to say." The petite girl gave a big, hopeful smile. "Can I come in?"
"Please." Tori said, stepping out of the way to let the smaller girl enter. "Can I get you something? I have lemonade…"
"Pink?" Cat asked.
"It's the only kind we get." The Latina replied. "We also have..."
"Made with pink lemons?" Cat asked. "I mean, there are no pink lemons, so how do they make it pink?"
"Cat, this brand of lemonade doesn't even have any lemon in it, so I can only assume it involves food coloring." Tori huffed.
"So no pink lemons?" Cat asked. "I read that there are pink lemons, but it was from a science websight, so I can't trust it. Not until Fox News tells me they exist."
"We also have Disney on demand, so you can watch all kinds of movies." Tori tried to continue.
"Um, Tori, can I ask you a question?" Cat asked, seemingly shifting the topic again..
"Sure." Tori replied. "Just as long as it's not about why pink lemonade is pink."
"Oh, right, can I have a glass of that?" Cat asked. "And some snacks. Maybe some Bibble?"
"No Bibble in this home." Tori told her friend, even as she walked over to get the lemonade, and snacks. After a moment where she poured out the lemonade, and a bowl of snacks, she pushed ahead with an earlier question. "So, what movie do you wanna see?"
"Why do you hate me?" Cat asked back.
"Sorry, what?" Tori asked.
"I asked why you hate me?" The redhead reiterated.
"I don't hate you." Tori tried to assure her friend, even as she carried the lemonade and snacks over to Cat.
"But your taking my best friend away." Cat argued.
"What?" Who?" Tori asked, even as she found her spot on the couch.
"Jade." Cat informed the singer.
"I'm not taking Jade away from you." Tori huffed.
"You are dating her, right?" Cat asked.
"In my defense, she gives great second base." Tori smiled. "Sorry, that was probably inappropriate."
"Because you made a sexual innuendo?" Cat asked. "What? Baseball metaphors are old school. I hear it all the time. Plus, I looked it up." She smiled at Tori, proud of knowing something. "It means you touched her boobie."
Tori sighed. "I was actually talking about how generously she was built, but yea, I touched them."
"So you're planning on marrying her, and then hogging her affection?" Cat asked.
"Cat, it's okay to be gay." Tori argued.
"Hay, that rhymes." Cat giggled. "And I have no problem with gay people. Despite what Fox says, I'm in favor of gay marriage. I'm a modern girl, living in Los Angeles, California. I even have a gay friend!" She looked sideways. "I mean, I think… Burfs, gay, right?"
"I really don't wanna know." Tori said, shaking her head. "But if your okay with gay, then why are you upset that I'm dating Jade?"
"Cause your gonna take her away from me." Cat explained. "Jade doesn't have much space in her life for girl friends, let alone a girlfriend. I.. I was willing to share her with you when you joined the group, cause I was her bestest girl friend, the one who she went to when she needed a girls opinion. I was there when she needed to vent about Beck, and I'm the one she would trick into helping her spy on him when she hung out with some cheap Northrige whore, or you."
"And you can still do that." Tori tried to assure the girl. "Me and Jade, we're just dating."
"You're doing sexy time baseball things." Cat accused. "Honestly, you'll be her bestest girl, and I'll be out in the cold." Cat pouted, sadness starting to overtake her. "Not that it gets that cold here in L.A. But you get the idea." Cat let her rage resume, almost by magic. "How could you take away the one person who's always been there for me, now that my brother's been locked up in Idaho. I can't even visit him. And soon, I won't be able to visit Jade, either."
"Cat, the things you and her did together, those aren't the things you do with a lover." Tori tried to explain.
"I know." Cat said, smiling.
"Jade's still gonna be your best friend." The Latina continued. "Heck, she'll probably need you more then ever, cause every relationship goes through some bumps along the way, and she'll have times when she needs advice, or someone to listen to her, or many other non sexual things that only her best friend in the whole world can do for here."
"Like help her get back with Beck?" Cat asked. "When she broke up with him., that one time, you helped."
"And the last time, I didn't." Tori reminded her friend. "I paid some dude to date Jade so Beck could move on."
"And wound up dating her yourself." Cat said. "Hence, baseball."
"I didn't plan it that way." Tori said. "It just happened."
"It just happened because Beck hypothesized that Jade was crushing on you, and he was right." Cat said. "I should never have told him that."
"Wait, you told him?" Tori asked.
"She's my best friend ever." Cat told her friend. "Yes, it feels sometimes like I'm replacing her with another, more street smart, psychotic, blue eyes girl. But as much of a friend and business partner as Sam's become, shes not Jade. Yes, we've become fairly good friends. But Jade is my bestest friend, and I'll always make time for her. I just, I know, once you two started dating, she wouldn't have time for me any more."
"Look, we're not abandoning you." Tori shifted tactics. "Jade's not abandoning you. She's gonna need someone to talk to, to rant about me to, to be there when the inevitable fights happen. And lets be honest, Jade's gonna need someone who's not me to help her come back from being herself. If I learned anything from her and Beck's relationship, it's that she's a bit reactionary, and we'll have lots of drama before we settle into anything comfortable. By then, you'll be used to this, me and Jade, and we'll all have our own roles to play in the group."
"So you're not taking her away from me?" Cat asked.
"I would never do that." Tori assured the petite girl. "Cat, you're my friend, and I love you."
"Just, not the way you love Jade, cause while I'm all for the gay marriage stuff, Not planning on marrying anything more feminine then Robbie." She gave a caring, genuine smile.
"So Jade's still in the running?" Tori asked. "Sorry, I intended to poke at Robbie, but wound up maybe poking at Jade."
Cat giggled, showing how quickly her mood seemed able to change. "I get it, Robbie's not that manly, and Jade is. Hell, Sam's more manly then many guys. And Rob, not the most macho. Boy just somehow comes across as a boy, when he should be morphing into a man. But no, I want someone with their own penis." Her hands went over her mouth. "Wait, that was dirty. Ignore I ever said it?"
"So you want someone with a… Um, Johnson?" The singer tried, grateful to be away from her own dating life.
"No, I want a boy with boy parts." Cat said, almost slowly. "I don't much care what their last name is."
"Johnson is a common euphemism for… You know what, lets drop it." Tori shook her head. "Are you okay with me and Jade dating now?"
"No." Cat said flatly. "I'm sorry, but this is gonna take some time. I'm teem Beck, and it's really hard to accept that they've moved on. I tried, many many times, to find a way to get them back together. Only, I'm not that good at it. You, you did it once, with is one more time then I ever did."
"I tried twice." Tori reminded the girl.
"And found your self playing for the other team?" Cat asked. "Baseball is such a dirty sport, cause it's used for so many sex related analogies. Like, you're a switch hitter, right?"
Tori rolled her eyes. "Bisexual? Maybe. But as you said, Jade's kinda masculine, so maybe..." She hesitated, trying to figure things out for a second.
"LOOK AT HER! JUST LOOK!" Cat screamed. "THERE'S NOTHING MASCULINE THERE! JADE'S FUDGING HOT!"
"CAT!" Tori screamed, trying to calm her friend down.
"What?" Cat asked, now back to being perfectly calm.
"You didn't have to shout." Tori said. "God, the whole neighborhood heard that. And frankly, they don't need to be all in my business."
"Then you shouldn't leave it out where they can just slip in." Cat replied.
"I…" The singers face contorted as she tried to follow her friends logic. "You know what? Forget it. Just forget it."
"Forget what?" Cat asked.
Tori sighed. "Look, Jade's always gonna need her bestest friend in thew whole wide world, and lord knows, I'm not gonna be the one to replace you. I'll admit, I was better at helping her solve some of her problems, but in the end, if I'm dating her, then she isn't gonna wanna include me in those plans. I'm the one she's dating, the one she'll have problems with, want to get back with, maybe need hep dealing with. I'm the one she'll wanna spend time with, and that's not helping, is it."
"You're doing far better then you'd think." Cat assured her. "Look, part of this is the shock of finding out that Jade's into you, and your into her, and maybe Burf is gay, which is very likely, but he's interested in Robbie, who's not gonna be dating anyone until after I decide if I wanna date him or not."
"Um, drifting." Tori said.
"So what do I do about Burf?" Cat asked. "He's actually a good friend, even if he's mostly Sinjin's friend, and kinda gayish, and maybe after the boy I want on reserve until I decide if I want him or not. But, do I have the right to try and interfere with him and Robbie?"
"Cat, I'm not sure you should be interfering with any of Robbie's potential romances." Tori tried to explain. "I mean, if you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it was always yours. And if it doesn't, then it was never yours to begin with."
"Jade kinda agrees with you, even though her story involves chains, and maybe whips." Cat said. "I kinda stopped listening, cause otherwise, she can induce nightmares."
"Yea, she is kinda intimidating." Tori agreed.
"And she gave my brother nightmares." Cat insisted. "She told me a bedtimes story, and I stopped listening, cause I know the kind of sick, twisted stories she likes to tell, and I wanted the prince to find the princess. But my brother was listening in, and he wound up having nightmares for days." Cat smiled as she finished. "I think it was because of Jade's story. I mean, he also stopped listening in on us, so it may be related."
"I'm putting on a movie." Tori announced.
"Put on High School Musical." Cat told her.
"Nothing animated?" The Latina asked.
"I just want the music." The petite girl said. "Besides, I'm in the mood for something wholesome."
"We good?" Tori asked.
"Give it time." Cat replied.
Thy sat and watched the early part of the movie. "Um, Tori?"
"Yes?" Tori asked back, feeling much better.
"Is Jade upstairs?" Cat asked.
"No, I don't think..." Tori paused the movie to go up and look. "JAMMIT!" Echoed down the stairs.
"Good, she likes this movie." Cat said to no one, as she settled in for a girls night. "TORI, GET HER DOWN HERE! YOU CAN ROUND THE BASES LATER!"
Jade, who'd been siting on Tori's bed, wearing only her underwear, looked at her girlfriend. "What?"
"Baseball reference." Tori told her. "Lets go, cause I'm sure Cat's gonna come looking for us, real soon."
"Not gonna ask me how I got in?" Jade smirked.
"No, cause I get you." Tori replied. "So, High School Musical?"
"I like that one." Jade agreed, finding her clothes. "But I like the sequel better."
"Tell Cat." Tori said as she led the goth down stairs. "She's been feeling kinda abandoned."
"And what does that have to do with baseball?" Jade wondered, but got no answer as they settled on the couch, one on either side of their petite friend, enjoying the move grope free, because Tori felt uncomfortable doing that with Cat right there.
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