Saving Cat Valentine

Beck and Jade

Cat woke with a start, it took her a few moments to take in her surrounding and remember where she was and the circumstances. She pulled her phone out from her pocket (since she never had the chance to change) and unlocked it to see the time.

School would start in half an hour, which meant that her father was probably gone and she would be free to go. Cat pulled herself off of her closet door, and got ready.

Jade smashed her alarm clock and hastily pulled her sheets off of her. She grabbed her pair of clothes lying on the chair and got dressed quickly. She wanted to run by Beck's before school today and would need to hurry.

Jade grabbed her phone and backpack and went through her front door. Her car ride to Beck's was only two minutes, which is convenient. Another convenience was the fact that Beck still lived in the Airstream outside his actual house, meaning that she didn't have to knock or worry about disturbing Beck's parents.

"Beck, are you home?" She called out into the airstream. Technically it isn't a home, well-it was to him,she confused herself as she thought rapidly. She had been hanging out with Cat too much.

"Yeah, h-hold on I'm getting dressed..." Beck spoke quickly and Jade walked towards him.

"Beck, it's not like it matters much." Beck sounded worried. Jade curiously looked into his room and saw Beck quickly pull his shirt over his head, "What are you doing?" Jade asked him.

"Getting dressed babe." Beck said, still a bit of uneasiness in his voice. Jade raised an eyebrow, and looked around her, becoming suspicious.

"Is everything alright?" Jade asked, walking around his bedroom and sitting on the bed next to him.

"Yes." Back replied quickly, "Just a bit of bad news." Beck looked at Jade, sadness in his eyes.

"It's not alright. Don't lie to me Beck."

Beck nodded his head, "It's my mom."

Beck's mother, the nicest lady Jade had ever met. She loved Beck even more for his parents, they were the nicest parents a teenage kid could ask for, "What's wrong with Melissa?"

"She has heart disease." Beck said softly, "It's the treatable kind I'm just stressing out. I don't know what to do. Heart disease, that means heart attacks and...."

Jade interrupted, a dull pain in her head, "That's not going to happen to her. She'll be fine. Your mom's strong she'll make it through this. I'll be by you and Melissa every step of the way. I promise."

Beck wrapped his arms around Jade and hugged her, "I love you." He mumbled.

"Love you too."

Jade should've been here by now. She was supposed to pick Cat up and take her to school after all. Now Cat was going to be late, at least first period was her study hall. Still though, where was Jade?

Cat stood up and pulled out her phone, making sure Jade didn't text her with any explanations explaining why she couldn't come and grab Cat.

None

Cat dialed Tori's number, maybe she would come and grab her since it didn't seem as though Jade was going to.

"Hello?" Tori's voice rang out.

"Hey," Cat's voice spoke.

"Cat, it that you?" Tori asked, "You sound different."

Cat remembered her talk with Jade. Jade told her she didn't have to be fake. Like she acted for her father, so no one would know and so she wouldn't slip up on anything, "Yeah, I have a cold. Sorry about that. I was wondering if you could pick me up for school. I know it's about to start, but I don't have a ride and I don't want to be late."

"Oh is that why you were sick Friday? I'm actually running a bit late too, so yeah, I'll just pick you up. I'm only a few blocks away."

"Thanks Tori," Cat said happily.

"Yeah no problem," Tori replied.

They hung up.

It was only a few minutes later when Tori pulled up in her corvette, and Cat had jumped in seeing still no sign of Jade. Cat greeted Tori and opened her phone, sending Jade a quick message.

Are you okay? Or did you accidentally forget to pick me up? Nbd I'll talk to you at school when I see you.

-C

"So what's made you so late on this lovely day?" Tori asked as she quickly drove to school, going about 17 mph over the limit.

"Oh you know," Cat paused, thinking of something, "The usual, I was watching TV and had to make sure I saw the ending."

"Yeah, what were you watching?"

Cat paused, what shows are on in the morning...? "CSI," Cat said, not knowing what else to say.

"Oh my God! That shows on in the morning now? I love CSI. It's the best show ever." Tori rambled.

"Oh I know I love it too! I actually recorded it. It was a rerun but it was older so I hadn't seen it in so long that I didn't remember much of it anyways." Cat shrugged her shoulders looking at Tori with a smile.

Tori laughed as she pulled into the parking lot at Hollywood Arts, "Well that was a quick drive. If you want I can pick you up tomorrow too, it's a lot of fun talking with you."

"That sounds nice." Cat said sweetly, "I'll see you third period then?"

"See you then." The two girls parted their separate ways, and as Tori made her way through the front doors Cat went through the back, since it was much closer to Jade's locker.

Cat walked down the halls and all the way to her locker without seeing a sign of Jade. She was a bit ponderous as to where Jade was and why she hadn't told Cat. But Cat tried not to think too much about it as she opened her locker.

The bell signaling class had started sounded, and Cat took a heavy sigh as she grabbed her books. She closed her locker and turned to sit against the wall. Maybe Jade was already in class; that was in fact the most obvious explanation. Cat would try and make it to third period.