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Cat's POV

Today I feel like a trillion million bucks! Usually I only feel like a million, but anyway. I have a super awesome fantastical reason to be hyper today, because Jade asked if I wanted to hang out earlier this week. You're probably thinking 'You're friends, there's nothing special about that?' right? So wrong! Well, first I was shocked because Jade doesn't ever ask me to do anything. She just waits for me to ask her, it's kind of like a game we play. I'll throw funny hang out ideas at her, she'll roll her eyes and sometimes when people aren't looking Jade'll smile or chuckle at them. Eventually there'll be one that she says she doesn't hate and I'll know that's the one we'll be doing.

It made me feel warm whenever I remembered I was one of the few, if there are any more besides me anyway, that understood her. Like there was a ten thousand watt heater warming the cockles of my heart. Wait, what're cockles, and why are they in my heart? I wonder if my heart likes them being there. Speaking of hearts, that's why I'm excited for today! That's right, Jade, Jade, Jadey West asked me to hang out with her on Valentine's Day! Yes, you heard me, Valentine's Day. And when I asked if anybody else was coming with us she said not unless I want them to. Of course I don't want them to! Don't get me wrong, I like my friends, they make me happy. Promise to not tell anybody but… I think I like Jade more than everyone else.

I think Jade knows that. Maybe. Kind of. I don't know, I mean, ever since she dumped Beck she's been noticing all the things I do that she didn't before. She's caught me staring at her like, three times a day or something. Not that I count. Okay, maybe I do. At first she just raised an eyebrow at me but now she smirks in response. Sometimes I don't even know that I'm staring at her but I notice when she smirks back at me because my face gets hot and someone always points out that my face blends with the color of my hair. It blends and makes my head look like a tomato. Then Jade'll punch them and check to see if there's anybody looking before giving me a small wave with her hand. It's so simple but it makes me smile for the rest of the day, just because. I like it when Jade stands up for me, it feels nice. Like out of all the people she could be bashing on she decides she's going to yell at someone because they were making fun of me. It's nice and tingly to feel important to Jade.

My parents don't like that I feel tingly about Jade, though. They tried to stop me from going out today when they found out who I was going to see. That and maybe it was one of my cousin's birthdays. I don't even really know them, and it's not like they'd notice me missing! First they tried bribing me with candy and ice cream, which almost worked because I like ice cream but then I realized they were trying to make me forget about the time. After that they told me there'd be cake at the birthday party… That almost worked, actually. Then they tried to lock me in my room and ground me, but I just climbed out the window and slid down the drain pipe. They can't stop me, not today!

I tried to explain it to them once and they got mad about it. Jade's a bad influence, Jade comes from a broken family, Jade's a delinquent, Jade made me gay, Jade this bad Jade that bad. We ended up fighting about it because Jade's just misunderstood, and I know that best! Okay, maybe she can be a bad influence sometimes, but it's fun! … That probably doesn't help her case, but as much as my parents like to deny it, I come from a broken family too! They're mean and prejudiced against things and they want me to be who they want, not who I am! I can be a delinquent too; look at my hair, it's red! If Jade was here she'd tell me to calm down, that I'm getting too emotional. And she didn't make me gay, either. It's not a straight thing or a gay thing, I just have a Jade thing. There hasn't been someone I felt like this for in forever and I don't think there ever will be another one like this. It's unique; like I said, it's a Jade thing.

Eek! Something buzzed in my pants. Oh. It's just my phone. Isn't it so weird how there's a vibrate option? How does it vibrate, is there a little person inside my phone that shakes it when- Ohmygod! Does he eavesdrop on my conversations? I'm going to have to teach him a thing or two about manners; it's not nice to eavesdrop on people's conversations.

I frowned and pointed at the phone in my most threatening way possible before answering it. No listening in this time, little person in my phone! Ooh, maybe it's Jade. "Hello?"

"Hey Cat! It's Tori, want to do something?" There was a muffled background noise and Tori slapped whatever was making it. "Shut up, you… Oh, not you Cat."

"But I can't, I'm going to see Jade today." I made a curious look. Kind of confused here, I already told Tori about this after Jade asked me. More like I ran up to her screaming about it so loud that she had to pull me into another room by my backpack. I suppressed a giggle at the memory.

"We know." A deeper voice.

Ever since Tori and Beck got together they'd become inseparable, like joined at the hips or something. Except that would be terrible because they would have to go to the bathroom together and everything plus they'd have to follow each other into the wrong bathroom… I asked to make sure it was him just in case. "Beck?" He yelped and Tori took the phone back. I giggled. "Tori, why don't you guys want me seeing Jade today?"

"I just thought maybe you'd want to hang out with us instead?" There was an 'OOF' noise and I could hear Beck's voice again. "Come on Tori, just tell her already."

There was a secret? What secret, why was Jade in a secret. Why don't I know about the secret, I'm their best friend! Aren't I? Does that mean it's a secret about me? I don't like secrets about me, they're usually mean. Jade could be mean. But she wouldn't do that to me, I-

"Cat, calm down, it's not a big deal." Oops, I guess I was thinking out loud again. But still! "Would you shut up, Beck? Let me handle this. Cat?"

My voice cracked. "Yeah?"

"We ran into Jade earlier and she's in one of her really bad moods right now. I know you were going to spend Valentine's Day with her but you know how she is, it's probably not a good idea today."

I was going to protest until Beck chirped in. "Sorry Cat, but honestly I think she's just going to hermit today. You probably won't hear or see from her until tomorrow."

My eyes watered and I hiccupped. It did sound possible, Jade was known for just taking off and disappearing without notice. Why today? Pick any other day. Tori knew the silence from my end meant I was starting to doubt. "Oh, Cat, please don't make that sad face. It'll be okay."

"What face, you can't see my face, I don't have a face! No face." I sniffed and checked my watch. Jade was already 5 minutes late. Was she really not coming to pick me up? But today was going to be super awesome fantastical! Better than being able to buy out the whole SkyStore catalog times infinity! It was going to be my first real Valentine's Day with someone, I was going to… I was going to… A tear drop fell down my cheek.

"You can see her tomorrow?" Tori tried, but it was too late; already really upset. "And you can come hang out with us now instead!"

"I-it's okay. You guys go be couple-y and have a good time, tell me how it goes later." I hung up before she could object. I found a nice shady tree and curled up under it. Jade would come for me, right? She wouldn't just leave me like this…

From out of my bag I pulled three long stemmed chocolate roses. Do you know how tempting these things are? I tried one once because some guy gave me one before Jade could beat him up and it was the best chocolate ever. I stared and fiddled around with them. They were expensive because they were special order imported and I had to break my piggy bank to buy them. And just so you know, I've only broken him open twice; the other time was by accident. What kind of person purposely breaks an innocent little pink pig like that? It took me ages to put him back together with superglue and apologize. But I knew when I saw them that it had to be those; it had to be those that I used to tell Jade. I had just enough money to pay for four roses, three for Jade and one for myself so she wouldn't feel bad and give me one. There was one for every word I wanted to finally tell her…

Two hours later I woke up with dried tears and make up smeared all over my face. My cell phone had no missed calls or new messages, the voicemail was empty and… there was still no sign of Jade.

A/N:
Hello again. Is it a bit too early to be posting this? Perhaps. But the month itself reminds me.
Wondering why I seem so cold in this A/N? Or maybe why the story just isn't very good (I'm also testing something).
Well, it would be because this first chapter's based on a true story and it kind of hurt to write it.
Yup, you guessed it. Mine last year. I just had to, though.
Albeit I don't wear make-up and instead of being ditched my ex girlfriend ended our relationship.

So, am I going to make this an almost-tragedy and tell you the second half of my story?
Or will I make this the happy ending that I didn't get to have?
Press that review button and I'll get off my butt so you find out.

And if any of you who are reading this are raging about the Jade Phantom story, I'm working on it.