Wow, so six years passes by really quickly. I'm updating this for myself honestly, because I want to know what happens with Beck and Cat after all this time. Look at it this way, my writing skills have hopefully improved since 2011 when I started this! Right?...

Anyway, if anyone cares enough to read, I hope you enjoy the continuation of "Can't Be Friends". Feel free to refresh yourself and reread the past chapters, but please excuse my 13 year old writing and author notes, thanks.

Note: This chapter is gonna have a lot of drama, to set up for the storyline for the next couple of chapters. You might get thrown off if you forgot what happened in the past chapters. I will also be finishing the story in the next couple chapters. Thanks to anyone who's staying tuned lol

Please excuse grammar errors :)

Beck's POV

"Jade, I can't be with you anymore."

It was something I had been holding in for a long time time but I had to say it. I couldn't keep pretending like nothing had changed between us. I couldn't pretend like I hadn't changed, and that I hadn't been lying to everyone this whole time.

She looked at me in disbelief. Her blue eyes were filled with hurt. I felt like such a horrible person, but she was no better than I was. I was afraid of what she would do once I told her what I had to say.

"Beck," she started, having trouble finding words to speak. That didn't happen often with Jade. She always had something to say. She shook her head. "Where did this come from? What do you mean?"

I sat down on the couch in my RV, and sighed. "I can't do this anymore," I told her. "And I know you'll hate me after what I'm about to do."

She crossed her arms and got into her defensive stance. This wasn't going to be pretty.

I looked up at her and tried my hardest not to look away from her, even though it hurt looking at her. "Jade, I..." I trailed off, trying to find the right words. "We haven't been... honest. You know that."

"Stop beating around the bush. Say what you need to say," she spat out. The anger in her voice was apparent.

I nodded. "We lied about everything. About Cat. Nothing we said was true," I reminded her, my heart racing. Everything was going to come crumbling down.

Jade raised an eyebrow, obviously thrown off. "What? Are you talking about the lie we made about Cat? That she was obsessed with you? You promised you wouldn't have second thoughts."

I gulped, hearing her say it all. It was true, Jade made everything up, and I told everyone that Cat had an obsession with me, and she threatened self harm if I didn't want to be with her. It was horrible, I know. "None of that happened, Jade. It was all a lie," I said in a low voice, looking down.

When I looked back up, Jade was visibly livid. "So what?" she scoffed, unable to process what I told her. "Don't tell me you want to tell everyone the truth."

"I have to."

"Why? Why would you," she trailed off. "What's the point? You'd ruin everything."

"I don't know what else to do" I replied. "Everything changed, even between us, Jade. And Cat..."

"What about Cat?" Jade asked, stepping closer to me.

I let out a deep breath. "I can't do this to her. Not anymore. It's gone too far."

"Oh my God," Jade groaned, and turned around to walk away and pace around the RV. "I can't believe this," she said to herself, then looked at me. "You promised me you wouldn't look back if we left Cat behind. That it would be easy!"

"But it wasn't, okay?" I defended myself. I stood up, looking at my soon to be ex-girlfriend in the eyes. Rarely did I ever stand up to her, but I had to now. "Look at Cat, she's broken!"

"Oh, and you want to fix her like some magical prince in a fairy tale?" she mocked, rolling her eyes. "Wake up, Beck! It's not gonna happen."

I shook my head. I didn't think she'd hold on to me for so long like this. The relationship had obviously reached its end. Why didn't she see it? "I can't forget everything between me and Cat," I said calmly. "You can't ask me to do that."

"What's everything?" Jade asked, her voice raised. "What happened between you and Cat?"

I didn't mean to let that slip. I hadn't told her everything about my feelings for Cat, and I didn't know if I could tell her about the kiss. It was already too much as it is.

Not saying anything, I hung my head in shame.

Jade, her face filled with rage, pointed a finger at me. "You're unbelievable, Beck," she gritted through her teeth, and stomped out of my RV and slammed the door.

I thought the truth would make me feel relief, but it only made me feel worse. Everyone was going to hate me and Jade. But most importantly, Cat was going to hate me.

Cat's POV

I stared at my phone, wondering what I should do. Beck was calling me. We had left things on a kinda bad note before, so I was scared to talk to him again. What did he want to say? That we can't be friends anymore?

Everything was so confusing. He acted like he wanted to kiss me, but he was still with Jade. And even though Jade hated me, how could I kiss her boyfriend? When Tori kissed my boyfriend a long time ago, I was so sad. I couldn't do that to someone else.

I sighed and answered my phone. "Hi..." I said, waiting for Beck's voice.

"Hey, Cat," he responded, but he sounded... not normal. Something was wrong. "Do you have a second?"

I nodded, but then remembered he couldn't see me through the phone. "Yeah, I have a couple seconds," I answered, biting my lip. I had a feeling that what he had to say wasn't going to be good.

He cleared his throat. "I... understand if you don't want to talk after what I'm about to tell you, but you need to hear it."

I nodded my head again, this time not saying anything.

With a deep breath, he told me. Everything. My heart dropped as all of the truth spilled out. He and Jade did that to me? But why? All my friends hated me for months. I was scared to go to school because of Jade.

It couldn't be true. No, it couldn't be. That feeling I got when he kissed me the first time, our day at Santa Monica, the ferris wheel, when he drove me back to the beach only a couple days ago. We had a spark, right? A connection? How could that all have been some kind of show? Like a play directed by Beck, that I was thrown into without knowing the lines. It felt so real...

"Cat? Are you still there?"

I was, but I couldn't talk. It was like everything I felt for Beck was a lie. How could he ever love me? I was just a crazy, childish girl. No one ever took me seriously or understood me. I thought he would be different than those people, but I guess I was wrong. I felt dumb for believing him.

I let out a small sob before hanging up the phone.

*Later that day...*

"Cat, it's gonna be okay," Tori said, running a hand through my hair.

I shook my head, crying so much I was shaking. "No, it's not," I said through tears, as my head rested on her lap.

It was embarrassing, but I was kinda a mess in Tori's living room. Robbie and André were also there, sitting around me in the living room. Tissues with my tears were all over the floor, because the garbage can was full of them already. I didn't think it was possible to cry so much, so I got scared and called Tori telling her that I was going to cry myself to death. She and André came to pick me up.

"That doesn't even sound like Beck to do something like this," André said, still in shock. "Maybe Jade, but not him."

It felt weird to be around everyone again, but I needed it. I don't think I would've gotten through all this on my own. Everything Beck told me made me feel so overwhelmed. I liked him all this time, and now I find out he's told lies about me? He turned everyone against me. Why? I didn't get it.

André looked over to me. "Cat, did you need another cupcake?" he asked me calmly. I looked over at the tray of cupcakes on the coffee table. I had already eaten 5, crying through every bite. It made me feel a little better having sweet to balance out the sour feeling in my chest.

"She'll have some in a second," Tori said. Aw man, I really wanted another one...

"Robbie, can you take over? I need to get my phone out of my mom's car. I forgot it in there."

"Yeah, sure," he replied, and came over to me as Tori got up. He sat down, and I rested my head in his lap, sniffling.

"I'm sorry for getting tears on your favorite jeans, Robbie," I mumbled to him. He chuckled and caressed my hair. It felt so nice, it made me want to fall asleep.

Tori's POV

As I was walking outside to get to my mom's car in the middle of the night, I was surprised at who I found standing there. Beck, with his hands in his pockets.

"Now is not the time, Beck," I shook my head. What could he possibly want now?

"Tori, please, I need to explain," he begged. His eyes looked misty as he sought my attention.

This was one of the most stressful nights of my life. He and Jade hurt Cat, and turned us all against her. I felt so bad for believing them and ignoring my friend for months while she was isolated from everything she knew. I wasn't sure what to do. Should I stay here and hear him out? Or should I tell him to go away?

The latter sounded tempting, but no matter what, Beck had been my friend. I felt like I had to at least hear what he had to say.

"Explain," I said in a low voice. "But no more lies."

He immediately started tearing up. "Tori, I didn't know what else to do."

I stayed silent. I never saw him this upset before, and with himself nevertheless. "Once Jade got her memory back, I wanted to leave her. I tried," he said in a shaky voice. "But she made me feel so guilty. She asked how I could do that to her after all that she had been through with the car accident, and that she needed me."

The emotion in his voice was apparent. He had to be telling the truth now. "Jade told me you heard that something was going on between Cat and I, before the car accident," he said, looking at me. I instantly felt guilty. Maybe I shouldn't have told Jade what Cat told me. I didn't tell her the exact details, but I wanted to know if Cat was telling the truth. Cat and Beck? Who would've saw that coming? It was easy not to believe Cat.

"I tried to deny it, but she wasn't having it. She told me to prove that I didn't feel anything for Cat, I had to go along with her plan."

He clenched his fist and inhaled, trying to hold back his tears. "I made the worst decision when the truth about my feelings for Cat almost came out. I had to make something up on the spot, and I just..."

"You told everyone Cat was obsessed with you and threatened to hurt herself if you didn't want to leave Jade," I finished for him. It was so messed up. "Cat was depressed for months, because we all abandoned her."

"I thought I'd forget about everything and be happy with Jade. But it wasn't the same," he further confessed. "And Jade was threatening Cat, and threatening me not to talk to Cat. Nothing was better."

Beck took another deep breath as a single tear fell down his cheek, and I couldn't help but feel bad for him. "Beck, you need to calm down," I said, walking closer to him. I grabbed his arm and wiped his tear with my other hand.

He shook his head. "Tori, I felt trapped. I couldn't tell Cat my real feelings, and if Jade found out what I felt for Cat, she would never let it go. I didn't want her to hurt Cat."

"But, Beck," I responded, looking him in the eyes. "You do realize that you're the one who hurt Cat now, right?"

He shut his eyes looked down.

I thought about what was going on inside my house. "She's crying her eyes out over you. She's hurt."

Beck hugged me tight, his face hiding in my neck. "I'm sorry," he cried, desperately trying to keep himself from sobbing. I could feel tears seep through my shirt as he held onto me. "I can't stand that I made her feel this way. I..."

I hugged him back, conflicted. I didn't know who was the bad guy anymore. Beck should have never lied about Cat in such an extreme manner, but on the other hand, Jade manipulated him into it. She knows that Beck is an easy going guy with a good heart. She used the car accident against him to make him feel bad for leaving her.

We all knew Jade was a nightmare to deal with, but to do something this bad? It's not like she was abusive to Beck, right? Though she was overly protective. And she was jealous. And maybe violent sometimes.

I sighed, comforting my friend. "Beck," I stated, talking softly since he was close to me. "Tonight is not the time to talk to Cat, but you need to tell her how you feel. And apologize."

"What if she doesn't want to talk to me anymore?" he asked, his light sobs dying down. "Then what?"

"That's for her to decide," I replied, pulling away from the hug. I grabbed his arms and looked him in the eyes. "Beck, was everything Cat said true? That you kissed her?"

I was curious, because Cat says a lot of wild things. I had to know.

He nodded, and let a smile slip out. "Yeah, it was an accident," he said, collecting himself again. The way he got so happy talking about Cat was shocking. He never did that when he talked about Jade.

"And you both had feelings for each other after?"

"I couldn't get over her," he replied, sighing. "I tried, but I felt like I understood her in a way I didn't before. I saw her in a different light."

I couldn't help but laugh a little. Who would've thought? "So, you and Cat, huh?" I asked, amused.

He nodded. "I screwed up, Tori. Bad," he replied.

"You did," I agreed. I wasn't sure how Cat was going to get over this, but if they really felt something for each other, maybe she'd understand why Beck did what he did. Maybe.

"Beck, I think I have an idea," I said, smiling to myself. I loved playing love-doctor.

"You're not gonna make me write a song, are you?" he asked. "This isn't a fairy tale."

I raised an eyebrow at his words. "Did Jade tell you that?" I asked. The look in his eyes meant 'yes'. I shook my head. "Beck, have some faith in me, my plans always work."

He smiled. "The last time you gave me advice, I ended up kissing Cat."

That... was true. This was kind of all my fault in a way. "See?" I said. "And now you realized your true feelings."

He nodded. "Thanks Tori, I'll see you tomorrow?" he said, getting ready to leave.

"Yeah, see you then," I smiled. Just as he was walking away, I called out to him. "Hey, Beck!"

He turned around. "Yeah?"

"For the record, Cat loves fairy tales."

Beck grinned and walked away again. I wasn't sure if that was true, but I wanted to give him hope. He was going to need a lot of it for this to work out.

I missed writing this story. Working on the next chapter!