I was watching Victorious with my little sister last night, and for some reason Cat and Beck's relationship just stood out to me. Avan and Ariana have great chemistry, and after doing more research and watching more episodes, I officially ship Bat. A lot. And I don't think that there's enough out there about them (even though what is out there is wonderful) so I wanted to write something of my own. :) I'm going to try my best to keep everyone in character, and I hope this turns out decent! I would like to continue this, but I don't know if I will…it depends on what you guys think! SO PLEASE GIVE FEEDBACK :D

Okay, and here's a summary of what's going on so no one is confused. Beck and Cat were together their freshman year, until Cat moved away the summer before sophomore year due to her brother's psychological problems. The beginning of sophomore year is the year that Beck met Jade. They spent a happy year together, and now it's junior year, and Cat is back. Beck is happy with Jade and loves her, but he can't help but think back to the relationship that he had with Cat, his first real love, which was very different than his relationship with Jade now. Does Beck still have remaining feelings for Cat? If he does, will he act on them? Will Jade find out? I guess we'll have to find out ;)

It had started off as a normal enough day. Beck had woken up, called Jade to say good morning, went on a coffee run and came to school. Jade had met him at his locker and they visited for awhile before she went to class, leaving Beck to enjoy the few rare minutes he had of alone time.

He was in the process of downloading some new music onto his Pear Phone when Robbie appeared out of nowhere, patting him on the back. "Hey Beck!"

"Hey," Beck greeted.

"No Jade this morning?"

"Nah, she went to class a few minutes ago."

"I see, I see. What are you doing?"

"Downloading some music."

"Cool, dude. Well, catch you later!"

Beck waved dismissively and adverted his attention back to his Pear Phone

"Hey, wait," Robbie said, turning on his heel and facing Beck once again. "Have you seen this new girl that everyone's talking about?"

"New girl?" Beck furrowed his eyebrows, this news spiked his curiosity. He hadn't seen anyone unfamiliar yet.

"Yeah, I guess she's really wack. Totally eccentric," Rex spoke up.

"I haven't seen her yet," Beck shrugged. "She sounds weird, though."

"I haven't either, but I guess we'll know her when we see her," Robbie joked. "See you later my dude!"

Beck chuckled before turning away from Robbie and dialing the combination on his locker. Opening it and shrugging his backpack off, he put it in the locker and proceeded on to his first class, wondering what Sikowitz had in store for them this time.

It was then that he saw her, the new girl that Robbie was talking about. With one glance, he realized that she wasn't exactly a "new" girl in his eyes.

There she was, exactly the way he remembered her. A bundle of bright red hair, hugging everyone she recognized with a smile plastered on her face. He could hear her cheery voice floating down the hallway as she greeted everyone.

"Hiiiii, I'm Cat! Want a cookie? They have my face on them," she grinned, offering her basket to a random freshman.

He blinked slowly; making sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. What was Cat Valentine doing here?

Suddenly, her eyes met his from down the hall. She stopped dead in her tracks, squinting as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing. He stopped breathing; she was even more beautiful than he'd remembered.

A slow smile played on her lips, which quickly turned to a grin that stretched from ear to ear. "Beck!" she cried, taking off in a sprint towards him.

He opened his arms instinctively as she flew into him, throwing her arms around his neck. He held her tightly and spun her around, taking in her familiar scent of strawberries and cream and feeling warm all over. It'd been over a year since he'd last seen her, and he couldn't believe that she was back at Hollywood Arts. He released her, wondering why she was back.

"How are you? It's been so long!" she gushed. "Want a cookie?"

"No thanks," he laughed, shaking his head. "I know it's been awhile, I haven't seen you since…well, freshman year, and don't take this the wrong way, but why are you here?"

"I'm back for good silly!"

He did a double take. "What?"

"Yeah! You know how my brother had psychological problems and tried to stab someone and we had to move away so he could go to some institution?"

Beck nodded, grimacing. Of course he remembered. "Yeah…"

"Well, my parents said now that I'm old enough to drive myself, I can come back to Hollywood Arts!"

"That's great!" He smiled. He was really happy she was back, he'd missed her. She'd been his first real girlfriend during his freshman year, and they were inseparable. Best friends and lovers, they shared a lot of 'firsts' and made a lot of memories. At one point, she'd been the closest person to him, and when she had to move away it had killed him. They'd tried long distance at first, but it hadn't worked for either of them. So they'd broken up and promised to remain friends, but eventually they'd lost touch.
He hadn't talked to or seen her since, but in his heart, he knew she would always be irreplaceable.
"I know!" she smiled as the warning bell rang, signaling that they'd be late to class. "Phooey, I'd better go!"

She turned and began to prance away, but stopped before she'd taken two steps. "Hey, Beck, do you think you could do me a favor?" she asked, batting her long dark eyelashes. He'd always loved her eyes. Big and bright, the warmest shade of brown. He'd always been able to tell her mood and what she was thinking by the look in her eyes, they gave away everything her words didn't. Like a window to her soul.

"Y-yeah, sure…what is it?" he asked cautiously.

"Save me a seat at lunch? I don't have anyone else to sit by and I'd love to meet your new friends."

He smiled genuinely. He should've known it wouldn't be a huge, unachievable favor like Jade always asked him to do for her. Cat was too simple for that. Too selfless and contented to ever ask anyone to do anything extravagant for her. She was happy with what she had, no matter how much or how little.

He smiled genuinely. "I'll be sure to do that."

"Really?" she squealed, jumping up and down and beaming from ear to ear. "Thanks Beck!"

"No problem," he assured her. "See you then."

"See you then!" she sang, her voice light and airy, like he'd made her the happiest person in the world.

He watched the tiny red head frolic down the hall, her bright red hair swishing from side to side against her back.

As he walked to class, he felt different. Lighter, like he'd been in pain and it had been ceased.

Cat had always had that affect on him. She had that effect on everyone.