"Ok…thanks" I muttered to her as I slipped upstairs to my room. I couldn't help but to dial Theo's number.
"Hi"
"Hi?"
"It's Katherine."
"Oh, hi Katherine."
"Hi"
"So what's up?"
"You called?"
"Yeah"
"So what's going on?"
"Oh, um…I'm going to be in New Jersey."
"Oh really? That's cool."
"So I thought maybe we could hang out or something."
"Oh well."
"I don't want to get between you and uh…Michael?"
"Oh well, we kind of…broke up."
"Oh"
"Well I guess we can hang out."
"Ok, I'll swing by this week."
"Bye"
"See you later."
Why did I say we could hang out? Was I honestly over Michael enough to just dive into Theo? We'll actually I didn't have to date him I was just going to hang out with him…like friends. This was just an innocent day between my friend and me. But it did seem like a date, and this was awkward since he was kind of the reason Michael and I didn't work out.
This just made no sense to me but I kind of wanted Theo to come. The week had passed quickly and it was Friday night. I started college in three weeks. My parents were out for a dinner and Jamie was out with her friends. I was the only one who was stuck at home on a Friday night.
The knock on the door caught me as I sat in the kitchen sipping a glass of water. My hand opened the door to see Theo standing in the doorway. He was still as tan as before with his same brown hair dangling in front of his face. But his green eyes looked brighter and more gorgeous than ever. "Hello" he just gave a small friendly smile. I gave a courteous wave back.
I walked from the door to give him room to come inside. We walked over to the den. As he pushed himself to the sofa I shut the door. My fingers turned on some soft music and I let myself fall next to him. His arms went across the rims of the sofa on both sides of him. "So how's everything been going?" His green eyes stared dreamily into my direction. "Good, I start school in about three weeks." I tried not to look at him.
"That's good, I guess. How's Jamie?" he gazed down at his feet hanging from the sofa. "She's good." After I had said that an awkward silence went between us for about twenty minutes. "Kat, I'm sorry about Michael" he had a hint of sincerity in his voice. "Thanks" I quickly peaked at him then looked at my lap. "If you don't mind me asking, why'd you two break up?" he's eyes had a childish puppy look as they glazed at me deeply.
"Um, well it's just." I didn't finish. I didn't think Theo was the best person to hear this. "I'm sorry." he sounded deeply genuinely apologetic. "It's not your fault" i didn't want him to feel bad, but it was a lie and I knew he knew I was lying to him. "No really, I'm sorry." he gave me a deep friendly hug as he stated "I'm sorry"
After that time had flew by and it was pretty silent. Theo was about to leave and I walked him to the door. "Well bye" he said with a cold voice. I took a deep breathe "Bye" i let out. "Well see you" he was headed almost out the door. He quickly turned to give me a smooth, soft, kiss. It kind of reminded me of Michael's kisses. Theo let his lips part mine and ran out the door.