For everyone who is reading "accidents happen, right?" - don't worry, I haven't dropped it. I just have this other idea and I have to get it out of my system as well.
Chapter 1:
She was standing in front of her closet, unsure what to wear. They were going to a party tonight and her boyfriend would pick her up in a few minutes. She was still in her underwear when the doorbell rang.
"Shit. Mom! Can you get it, please?!"
"You're still not ready? You've been in there for an hour!"
"I know. I'll be ready in five."
Johanna just smiled and shook her head. Opening the door she let Kate's boyfriend in, a tall and handsome young man.
"Coming!" Kate shouted from her room upstairs still putting her shoes on.
When she saw her boyfriend she smiled. He was wearing a white button down shirt and it was looking really good on him. Even better on herself if she trusted his opinion. When she reached him she stumbled and almost fell. He caught her and she hugged him tightly and gave him a slight kiss, while stroking his three-day beard with her right hand.
"Be careful!" he said while holding her.
"Sorry." she smiled at him, "I guess seeing you made me weak in the knees."
"Thanks, I'm flattered, but you didn't have to hurry" He said, "I was early anyway."
"It's okay, Will. So how do you like it?" She had chosen the blue, backless dress, which was barely reaching her knees. It was skin-tight and showing how perfectly shaped her body was.
"You look great, Kate. You're really beautiful." He was smiling at her.
"When are we meeting up with the others?"
"At 9, that's in an hour. Wanna grab something to eat on the way?"
"Sure. How about Remi's?" Kate offered and took her jacket.
"Okay, I'm paying."
"Will, you have to stop paying all the time. You're going to college soon. You're gonna need that money."
"It's okay. I want to do it." he said while opening the door for her.
They arrived at a club called "Starlight" a little after 9. They had been talking and forgot about the time, so they were a little late now.
"Yo! You're late guys." A Latino guy shouted from out of the crowd to their right.
"I'm sorry, Espo. We were at Remi's. We totally forgot about time." Kate apologized.
"Remi's? Is that what the cool kids call it these days?" another guy chimed in and bumped his fist against Espositos. Both of them were grinning like idiots.
"Yes, Ryan. Remi's." Kate said while sending him a death glare.
If looks could kill they wouldn't even have this conversation, because her friends were getting a lot of these and especially Rick. He could drive her insane sometimes. Which reminded her ...
"Where is Rick?"
"Oh, he couldn't come. He didn't say why, just that he would tell us on Monday." Ryan responded.
"Okay, ... do we need to worry about him?" She was really worried.
"No, I don't think it will be anything bad. Don't worry. He'll be alright." Esposito tried to reassure her.
"Okay." She was still worried and you could see it on her face.
"Come on sweetie. We wanted to have some fun today." Will spoke from behind her.
"You're boy is right. The girls are waiting at the entrance. I'm sure they will be happy to see you, although it's only been a few hours since school ended." Esposito told Kate.
"Oh, you understand nothing of the sacred bond between girlfriends." Kate smiled and walked pass him. She really wanted to see her girls again.
"Hey! Lanie, Jenny!" she hugged her two best friends. "You two look gorgeous." Lanie was wearing a light green dress, strapless and Jenny was all in white.
"Thanks, you're not so bad yourself." Lanie said looking at Kate. "Wanna go?"
"Sure." The three of them had already forgotten they hadn't come alone, when they where walking past the security guard talking about the latest movies they saw and leaving the boys behind.
"Girls. Put them together in a room and they forget everything." Ryan pouted.
"Yeah, if it wasn't for the sex they wouldn't need us at all, bro." Esposito complained.
"Speaking from experience?" Will laughed. "Trouble with Lanie, hmm?"
"What's there to laugh about? And there is no trouble, we just don't have the same opinion about some things. And you're honeymoon phase also won't last forever."
"Oh I don't know. We already made it a year without a cross word." He smiled at the thought of it, "and don't worry, I know Lanie loves you. She just knows Kate since they were 5."
Esposito knew Will was right. "Not one fight?. Than you never had make-up-sex? ... Poor guy." he was shaking his head and grinning.
"No, but sex is sex." Will was telling him serious. "We better go, the girls are already inside.", he said and started walking.
Esposito stood there for a moment giving Ryan a 'really?-is-he-serious?-look'.
The girls were already on the dance floor and when Kate spotted Will she pulled him with her. She loved dancing and so she was spinning around like crazy. After a few songs Will went to get some drinks.
When he came back he was holding a Caipirinha in front of Kate.
"Seducing me to drink alcohol? I like it." She was smiling and biting her lower lip.
"Come on Kate. You know they ask for an ID. Of course this one is without alcohol." Will was serious while looking at her and he could see the disappointment in Kate's face.
She knew she wasn't old enough. She was 17, but one drink couldn't hurt, right?.
Silently she finished the drink, only to pull Will onto the dance floor once again.
A slow song played first. She was hugging him closely, putting her head on his shoulder and they were dancing really slow. Esposito tried to show some cool moves despite the slow song. He wanted to impress Lanie. She was giggling a little at his afford.
When the music turned to something much faster it was his time to really show off.
Kate just smiled and started spinning around again, but after a few minutes she stopped.
"Sorry Will, I have to go to the bathroom for a second." She excused herself and ran off towards the bathroom.
Will just stood there, wondering.
Kate threw up the moment she arrived at the toilet. She leaned against the wall for a moment, just breathing in and out. It was Will's birthday tomorrow and she wanted to stay up, to be the first to congratulate him. It seemed like that wouldn't happen. She went to the sink to gargle a few times, so she could get rid of the taste inside her mouth. Then she went back.
"Hey sweetie, everything okay?" Will asked worried.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I probably just ate too much at Remi's and now with all the spinning and dancing and I'm already a little tired." she faked a smile. He shouldn't worry about her. She had probably just caught a cold or something like that. It was March and still pretty cold outside.
"You wanna go? I can take you home." Will offered.
"Thanks, but you don't have to. I'm a big girl and it's not that late, barely ten."
"I want to." he said and went to get her jacket.
"The others looked really sad" Kate stated, "the girls at least. I bet the boys thought we were leaving early so we could make out."
"If you were feeling better I would suggest doing that." Will said without taking his eyes from the road.
"Yeah, maybe tomorrow"
When she arrived home she kissed him goodbye before getting out of the car. "See you tomorrow?"
"Of Course." He said before taking off.
Her parents weren't home. They were at the opera, enjoying an evening together. So she went straight to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Then she went to her bedroom and changed into her pajama. She was damn tired and only wanted to sleep, but before drifting off to sleep a thought hit her. To lazy to get up again, she decided to check on it in the morning. She would also visit Rick, she was far too worried to wait till Monday.
Kate woke up to the smell of breakfast, bacon and eggs. She loved it and although she couldn't smell them she knew her mother had prepared some strawberries as well – her favorites.
"Morning mum."
"You're up early" Johanna wondered.
"Yeah, I came back earlier yesterday. Wasn't feeling so good."
"You're not getting sick, are you?" Johanna touched Kate's forehead to feel her temperature.
"No mum, I'm fine. I probably just ate too much, that's all."
Johanna wasn't completely convinced, but let it go for now. "So are you going to visit Will today? It's his birthday, right?"
"Yeah, I'm going in the evening. I want to visit Rick this morning. He wasn't at the club yesterday, so I'm a little worried."
"He didn't tell you guys why?"
"No. He just said he would explain on Monday."
"And you can't just wait two more days?"
"No mum!" Kate was almost spitting her breakfast at her mother, the way she was speaking while eating, "I'm just too worried."
"Okay, but it's none of your business, you now? You shouldn't bother him."
"I won't, don't worry mum." with that she swallowed the last bite and stood up. "I need to go."
She went upstairs to change into some comfortable outdoor clothes and took her purse. "Tell dad I love him when he wakes up."
"I will. Take care Katie."
"Bye, mum."
"Bye."
The doorbell rang once, twice. After the third time Kate already wanted to go, when finally the door opened.
"Kate? What do you want?" Rick asked with a stern face.
"I was worried, because of yesterday, so I thought I would drop by."
"And you couldn't wait till Monday?"
"No ... and I was in the neighborhood anyway, so ... "
"Yeah, sure ... " He finally smiled, "okay, come on in." He should have known this would happen. Kate never would admit it to everyone, but he knew she really cared for all of them and would do everything to help. She was such a worrywart.
"You want some coffee?" he offered, walking in front of her towards the kitchen.
"Yes, thank you" She closed the front door and started to follow him.
They were sitting in silence for a moment, when Kate started to talk. "So, ... How are you?"
Rick snorted, "I'm fine actually. Healthy as a horse."
"You know that's not what I meant."
"Yeah."
"So you're gonna tell me what happened?"
He didn't speak for a few minutes and Kate gave him this time. She didn't wanna press any further.
"It's about Kyra, you know."
"Something happened to her?"
"No, she's fine. But, we ... we broke up" he didn't look at her when he said this, but she still could see the sadness in his eyes. "Actually she broke up with me."
"Oh Rick, I'm so sorry." She couldn't make this pain go away now, but she could be there for him. "Why?"
"She said she needed some space. Some time for herself."
Kate stood up and went around the counter to hug Rick from the side. He didn't respond, but he also didn't back away. After a minute Kate could see a small tear running down his face almost dripping into his untouched coffee.
"Hey, wanna watch a movie together?" Kate offered. It would take his mind off things for a little while.
"What?" His had snapped up. "Um, sure. But no ..."
"Romance, got it." she smiled at him and took his hand to pull him with her.
They decided on "96 Hours" and sat on the couch. As they watched the film they sat close together and Rick put his head on her shoulder.
When the film ended it was already time for lunch.
"You wanna stay for lunch? I will make a little something?" Rick asked standing up from the couch.
"Sure" She wanted to go home to change and get the present before meeting up with Will, but she still had enough time. "Do you mind if I use the bathroom for a minute?"
"No, not at all."
...
She had been gone for ten minutes already and Rick started to worry. He went to the bathroom and knocked on the door – no response.
"Hey Kate! Is everything alright?" still no response.
"I'm coming in now. So if you don't want me to, you have to tell me." still no response, so he opened the door slowly. Kate was sitting on the bathroom floor, spacing out.
"Hey! Kate, what's wrong?" but when he was getting closer he saw it and knew what it was about.
Finally she looked at him and started to speak, "I'm pregnant."
So this is it. The fist chapter :)
What do you think?
