Summary: The events of "Revolution" between "Looks like you could use a ride home" and "I'm not leaving!". One sign and a ride home was not enough to make Kat change her mind about Patrick Verona.
Disclaimer: If I owned 10 Things I Hate About You, I would never have let it be cancelled. Clearly, I do not own it, or the characters, or the...anything. Ooh, I do have the 10th Anniversary Edition of the movie though. But that doesn't really entitle me to much. So please don't sue me.
A/N: In keeping with the theme of the show, all my chapter titles will be song titles as well! This isn't going to be long, but I'm going to break it up into a few chapters.
Just because Patrick did something nice for her, it didn't just make all the reasons for their break-up disappear. And when they got to Kat's house, she told him just that. He looked angry for a second, but then let out a sigh.
"First of all, you're welcome for the ride." He started sarcastically. Then, with a softer voice, "Secondly...I didn't mean what I said that night. I mean, it just came out the wrong way. You're not a sex object to me. I mean," he corrected himself with a grin, "not just a sex object." He laughed nervously, hoping she wasn't going to go ballistic on him again. Thankfully, she was just too exhausted from the day's events to put up any kind of fight.
"I know," she said simply. "And for what it's worth," she added with a nod, "I'm sorry I freaked out about it. I just don't like...feeling...like I'm being used."
Patrick nodded silently. He would never use her, he wanted to say. He wanted to say he cared too much about her to use her—that he cared more about her than he had ever cared for a girl. But the words weren't exactly rolling off the tongue. He barely admitted those things in his head; there was no way he could do it aloud. But, Kat, like she usually did, seemed to understand exactly what it was he couldn't say. She reached up, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him in for a soft kiss.
As they parted, Kat smiled at Patrick, then nodded to her house. "My dad's gone for the weekend. Wanna come in and...hang out for a while?"
Patrick raised his eyebrows, "I'm not gonna say no to that."
Kat quickly corrected his impressions, "I am not going to have sex with you just because we made up and my dad's not home," she said, matter-of-factly.
Patrick nodded, "Duly noted. But...we can still make out, right?"
In answer, Kat grabbed his jacket and pulled him close for another kiss, this one deep and lingering. When they finally pulled apart, she whispered, a little out of breath, "Come in through the window. I don't need Bianca black-mailing me with the fact that I'm sneaking around with you while dad's out of town."
End Note: So, this was short. Hopefully the next part will be longer. This is my first 10 Things fic, so I hope I'm not too out of character. Please review whether or not you liked it (no flames please; be constructive with your criticism!).