XV

Beck's POV

I was standing at my locker, putting away the last of my notebooks and grabbing my backpack. Cat had been avoiding me all day, but I have no idea why. To make things weirder, Tori had kept giving me these smug glances every time she saw me. What's going on? I checked my phone and saw that Cat and I only had about twenty minutes until we needed to be on set for Downtown Lights.

After scouring the entire school for the redhead, I finally found her sitting in the janitor's closet by herself. "Cat?" I crouched down next to her and saw that her shoulders were shaking. "Are you crying, Kit-Cat?"

She shook her head but didn't look up. "No," she mumbled.

I obviously knew that she was lying, so I sat down in front of her and pulled her knees down so that I could see her beautiful face. "Cat," I coaxed and she looked up, eyes red and splotchy. "Do you want a hug?"