Hey! Here is my second story! Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Regret

It was just an ordinary day in Singletown, the bubbly blonde laughing, the nerdy blue member video-gaming, and the serious pigtailed girl reading a novel. All that was missing was the cocky jock joking around, but that presence was soon filled as he entered the clubhouse with an abnormal look on his face.

"Hey, Danny!" Cathy chirped as she skipped to his side flashing her white teeth cheerfully. He sighed and looked down saying, "Hey Cath." Cathy noticed the smug look he was giving the ground and furrowed her eyebrows with worry. "Hey Danny, what's wrong?" Sam walked over interrupting the silence.

Not moving an inch, he answered, "It's Wendy, she is never pleased with anything I do for her and it always goes wrong for me! Anytime there is something good that happens, there is always a mission in the way and I always have to leave her. Its ruining my rep. I'm always on these damn missions and always having to get away from her, gah, I just wish I wasn't so obligated to this dumb club!"

There was complete silence in the room.

Danny never moved his eyes from the ground but he could tell what kind of looks he was getting from his friends, shock, and anger.

"Danny? Do you really think this club is dumb?" asked Cathy in a frightened tone, backing away from him, afraid of his answer, afraid of her friends' reaction, afraid of her own.

He grunted his teeth as he shot his head up, locking his fierce emerald eyes to her blue ones shining with fear and disbelief.

Frowning his eyebrows he told her harshly, "This club gets in my way! It ruins my chances with Wendy. I'm tired of chasing aliens all day and feeling embarrassed every time I have to make up different scenarios to answer why I left her." Cathy's eyes clouded with sadness as she heard his answer. Noticing her sorrowful expression Danny scoffed and quickly looked back at the ground.

"I'm sorr-" "No, don't apologize to him Cath. Apparently, Wendy is more important to him than the MBC." Sam interrupted as she started towards Danny clenching her fists. "Everyone, calm down," Chris stated as he got up from the computer seat with an alert gleam in his eyes.

"I never said that. I just want to be able to have days where I can be a normal teenager and be with Wendy without any interruptions. I want to go out to places without having to worry about leaving right in the middle of something." Danny said raising his head again to meet Sam's.

"Danny, we all want to have days without worry." Chris stated as he crossed his arms. "Yea, I know." Danny sighed. Then Sam said, "We knew the sacrifices coming in, and we stayed committed to the club." "Yea but-" Danny tried.

"Then why did you commit?" asked Cathy in a solemn lifeless tone that no one had heard from her before. "Cath..." he whispered. He couldn't answer her, all he could do was look at her with an appalled expression. Finally, he sighed, "I thought that it would be fun being a hero and saving people with my friends, but I never knew that it could be so exhausting and repetitive." Danny confessed never looking away from Cathy.

"Danny, why are you even here then? Shouldn't you be out with Wendy?! You have the time now, so why aren't you using it to be with Wendy?!" Sam exclaimed stomping closer to him.

Danny grunted in a frustrated tone, "I just wanted to get this off my chest, I couldn't take it anymore! I hate that it takes so much time out of my day, I hate that I can't get time with Wendy, I hate that my rep is never stable. You guys are my friends but ... I don't know what to do anymore." Danny bowed his head in defeat.

"Why do you even like Wendy? She is so mean to us, and treats you like dirt." Chris said as he put his hands on his hips. Danny looked up, his sharp jawline barely moving as he spoke, "She just hasn't gotten to know me yet. She is beautiful, popular, and caring." His eyelids drooped down from imagining her.

As he was stuck in a daze, Cathy courageously walked back to him which brought him back to reality. He glanced down at her with uncertainty as she bluntly stated with an irritated tone, "At first I thought she was nice, but no, she isn't caring, she only uses you to get what she wants. It's always helping her get a good grade, getting something done for her community service hours, or doing her favors, and if you are not perf-" "Stop it Cath!" Danny interrupted furiously waving his hands around. He whipped his head down to her, eyes flashing with fury.

His intense reaction was so fearsome that it took Sam and Chris aback, but Cathy stood her ground.

"At least she isn't creepy like you! You and your weird Rhapsodian stories! At least I can go out with her without feeling embarrassed! I hate being around you because you freak me out all the time! At least she is normal!"

Chris's jaw dropped but he knew that Sam's fists would make Danny drop if he didn't hold her back. "Danny! Knock it off!" Sam charged but she was held back by two hands on her shoulders, she grunted at Danny, trying to stomp forward so she could knock some sense into him.

She was then spun around to see two big blue eyes full of sympathy, "I'm sorry Sam, but this is between Danny and Cathy, maybe we should let them handle this." Chris softly spoke to Sam.

"Chris, I can't just stand here and let him speak to her like that!" Sam proclaimed as she flailed her arms towards them. Chris slightly smiled at her, admiring her compassionate character, but his little smile instantly faded as he replied, "I know, but we have to trust Cathy."

She thought about what he meant. She might let her anger get the best of her in this situation as well. However, little did she know he was also protecting her from the unknown possibilities that could arise from this heated argument. She then gave up and fell silent with worry as she and Chris feared for what was next. Chris still held onto her shoulders for his sense of comfort.

There it was, the tall brunette glaring down at the petite blonde, his jawline sharpening with anger as he crossed his arms. Cathy looked up at him with a painful look, eyebrows furrowed together expressing her ache, eyes widened at the realization of his spiteful words, and her hands put together on her chest like an angel, praying that this was a bad dream. After what felt like an eternity, her look of complete innocence quickly vanished. Her sorrowful eyes faded to nothing but a lost cloud of gray.

Cathy put her arms down, never looking away from Danny's emerald eyes, "Danny," she said as she stepped closer to him, now only a few inches away, her eyes losing even more color with that step.

"You care more about yourself and your rep than you do your close friends who will always care for you. We don't care about your rep because we know the real you, isn't that good enough? I thought I knew the real you. No, you're too blind to see the real truth, Danny, you only focus on your rep and Wendy, who will use and hurt you. Please get out of the clubhouse." Cathy declared shakenly as she pointed to the door.

Everything was still, except for the anguish that filled the room. Danny's intensity seemed to subside as he softened his expression to a look of disbelief, processing what he just heard. It didn't take too long for Cathy to stretch her legs so she was just above him to shout, "Get out!" Being just an inch above him, her tears trickled down her chin onto his face, waking all his senses as he immediately took off to the door.

After opening the door, he gave one last glance back at Cathy, who was shrunken back down with her limbs all weakened. She then straightened her entire body as she looked at him with a distressed expression, her eyes spilling out tears that poured down to her grunted white teeth. Her tears blocked her eyes but her scowled eyebrows, clenched fists, and flushed cheeks all displayed her heartache.

She never looked away until he separated that glance with the door.

"Cath..." Sam barely whispered, reaching out to her friend's aid.

Chris let go of Sam, and they both rushed over to Cathy's side. Cathy remained a statue, completely frozen with disbelief. "Cath... come on, let's go forget about this with some marshmallows and a movie." Chris spoke softly.

Cathy didn't move an inch, her bangs were covering her expression from her friends, and her body seemed to only know the defeated position she was standing in. "Cathy, please answer us. I'm sure Danny was just in a bad mood!" Sam desperately begged as she held Cathy's shoulder.

Cathy never broke from her position but she slowly turned her head to Sam's and spoke without any focus in her eyes, "He hates me, and I always trusted him. I trusted him. I was loyal to a guy who hates me. I liked a guy who hates me. How can I forget this happened?!" More tears streamed down her cheeks onto their hands. "I'm not normal." Cathy squeaked, her voice cracking as she looked at her shaky hands.

Sam's heart shattered from the tone of Cathy's voice and her confession. Chris desperately said, "Cath, Danny doesn't hate you. He is just upset because he can't please Wendy." Sam felt guilty like she wasn't a good friend. She wished Cathy would trust her enough to talk to her about her true feelings. "Oh Cath, we didn't know you liked Danny," Sam said sincerely.

Cathy's eyes lit up with resentment and confusion as she spoke with her eyes dotting around the room, "I liked Danny, but I was too stupid to stop liking him. I knew he liked Wendy but I always wondered if he could see through her evil why not with my weirdness?! Gosh, I'm so stupid! Danny's right, who am I kidding, she is so pretty and I'm just a weirdo!" She pulled out of Sam's grip and sprinted out of the clubhouse covering her face.

"Cathy wait!" Sam called after her reaching as if she could drag her back. "Let her be, Sam," Chris started looking at the door with a worried look, "She needs to be by herself right now." Chris put his arm around Sam and she looked away from him, then she angrily said, "We need to call Danny and tell him to fix this with Cathy right now."

Chris hugged Sam, surprising her, talking into her ear softly, "Danny needs time to realize what he has said and he also needs some time alone to go through his thoughts. We'll talk to them tomorrow when we have all cleared our minds."

Sam knew he was right no matter how much she wanted to help Cathy. She nodded her head and started to sob onto Chris's shirt, pulling his shirt to her face. Chris blushed as he placed his chin on the top of her head and started to think. It was a good thing it was nightfall so they could just go straight home, or is it?

Stay tuned for the next chapter! Read on! :D -Em