AN: Hi there. This first chapter is ridiculously short. But they get longer…

Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious. But you know that.

I love tea.

I guess that is something not a lot of people know about me. I love tea. It's my biggest addiction. I love it. It calms my nerves, it makes feel all warm and it's also freaking delicious. Best beverage in the world.

I don't know why it's as much of a secret as it is. It's not that I'm tryingto keep it a secret, I just don't go around exclaiming my undying love for the drink everywhere I go. And I drink it mostly at home and nobody does even really pay attention to what I ordered if we ever go out for coffee. So it's like the number one thing people don't know about me. Even if it's not intentional.

I remember one time. I think it may have been the only time I even touched the subject of my drinking habits. And it was so brief it was barely noticeable.

I was alone in my room playing around on my laptop. Naturally there was a cup of boiling hot tea by my side. as i looked at my cup, a thought crossed my mind and I immediately went to the slap to share my thought. Because what better to do with your contemplations than share them with the world, right?

"Howcomeguysdon'teverhaveteaparties?Who'supforteaatmyplacetonight?" I wrote. I added the last thing as a funny twist... Or... Yeah I don't know why really. It just happened.

Cat was quick to comment. She was always fast on these things, always carrying her Pear phone around and probably being the fastest typer in the world.

"Iam!" her reply read and I smiled to myself, hadn't I specifically asked why GUYS didn't have tea parties?

"Cat,it'sforguysonly!" I wrote. It wasn't like I had seriously planned on throwing said tea party. Basically I was just bored wanted to start some kind of topic of conversation on my slap-page... Let's face it. My slap-page was pretty boring. Oh well.

Cat didn't reply right away and I understood that she wasn't going to either. So I turned off my laptop and closed it. Swallowing the last of my tea in one draft and walking over to the bathroom to brush my teeth.

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I noticed something was wrong as soon as I came to school the next morning. As I walked over to my locker I looked around to see if there was anyone around that at least didn't look disgusted and ran away as soon as I talked to them. And this being Tori, Beck, Cat or André... Maybe even Trina if she was in a good mood.

I didn't really know why people disliked me so much. It wasn't like I had done something to hurt anyone, but I guess that wasn't the only source for dislike these days. I wasn't attractive, I was awkward and constantly looking for acceptance which I guess could come off as annoying and kind of needy. But the people who had actually managed to look beneath that had actually become my friends, and I was very thankful for that. Not that they were always nice to me, the only one who really was was probably Cat because she didn't know much else.
But they stuck around. They put up with me. And I guess that was what made them my friends.

Anyway, it didn't look like any of them were there at the moment. Probably already gone for first period so I started picking out the books I would need from my locker. Suddenly I caught something bright red pass by from the corner of my eye and I swirled around.

"Hey Cat!" I called giving a half-hearted wave at the pretty girl walking down the hallway. She froze for a second at the sound of my voice but then she simply kept walking. Not even shooting me look or a smile. Nothing.

I frowned as Rex gave another one of his obnoxious comments, sometimes I seriously considered getting rid of the doll, but I just stuffed him in my locker and slammed it shut, wondering whether I should go after Cat or not. It seemed as though she was angry with me, but I had no idea what for. Maybe she had another dream where I abandoned her, telling more blood-thirsty kids or something else horrifying
to eat her instead of me. It could basically be anything. As I walked up the stairs to get to my first period I decided I would ask her about it later so that I could fix it... whatever it was she was angry about I would not let the only person who was nice to me go and be mad. No way.

My talking to Cat mission didn't go as planned though. I didn't see her all day until last period which was Sikowitz class where I didn't have the chance to talk to her anyway due to us all having to act out scenes from one of Sikowitz's favourite play "The girl who got her hand stuck in a jar of pickles."

After class Cat left before I could get a hold of her and she was gone by the time I had collected all my stuff.
I picked up my phone and texted quickly.

"Yareumad?" I wrote. I stared at the phone hoping for a reply. 5 seconds. 10 seconds... 30 seconds... One minute...2 minutes... Nothing came. I put the phone back into my pocket and walked fiercely out of the classroom starting to feel slightly agitated.

"Woah!" Tori called as I passed her and Andre in the hallway. "Someone is walking oddly briskly today. What is up?"

"Cat's mad at me for no reason..." I said. Stopping and looking at them.

Tori scrunched her eyebrows together. " Yeah… She seemed even weirder than usual today didn't she?"

"Tori..." I whined and she looked at me.

"Look. It's Cat." Andre said. "She'll be over it tomorrow just upload a picture of a unicorn at The Slap or something and she'll come around..."
She was mad at me
suddenly something seemed to dawn in my mind. The Slap. Of course. She was mad at me for the Tea Party thing. She hated not being invited for parties.

This was bad. I knew it was silly. It wasn't really something to get mad at but She was Cat and there wasn't really anything that I could to change her or her strange ways of taking this way to personal. But I knew what to do.

AN: So that was the first chapter. Please tell me if you think they're out of character because I've been thinking that a bit my self. Next chapter will be up soon. Thanks for reading :)