" Dad, I'm going to go get something to drink ok? Tell me how Bianca does." Kat said, then got up, and walked up to the food stand to get something to drink. " One small coke." She said, then handed the girl two dollars. A man in the back ground made the drink and handed it to her. She thanked them, then turned around to walk away. On her way she was watching Bianca do a cheer, and then hit something hard. Her drink went to the ground, and so did Kat.

" Hey watch where your -" She cut off when she looked up to see who had ran into her. " Patrick?" She asked. He smirked at her. She stood up wiping herself off. " Yeah, now what were you saying before?" He asked, still smirking. She glared at him. " I said you need to watch where you're going!" She exclaimed. His smirk grew even bigger if that was possible. " Me? You're the one who was looking at the game." Patrick stated. " I wasn't watching the game. I was watching my sister." She replied. Then a blond headed girl ran up to Patrick and grabbed his arm.

" Come on, I want to see the rest of the game!" Then she looked at Kat and her smile faded. " Who is this ugly bitch?" ( excuse my language. Its all I could think of.) The girl asked. Kat glared at her, and then took her fist, and was about to punch her, when Patrick grabbed her arm. " This is Kat. Kat this is Summer." Patrick said looking at Kat. Kat yanked her arm away.

" Well what you doing with her?" Summer asked. " She ran into me by accident." Patrick answered. " You mean YOU ran into ME." Kat stated. Patrick shrugged. " Now if you don't mind I would like to get back to watching my sister." Kat exclaimed, then passed Summer, while bumping into her shoulder. Summer gasped. Kat smirked as she walked away.

When she got back to her dad he asked what happened to her drink. She told him that someone had ran into her and she had dropped it. They watched Bianca cheer, and smiled every time she did something different. When the game was over, Bianca ran over to them.

" How did I do?" She asked. " Amazing. You did really good Bianca." Her dad replied. She hugged him then looked at Kat. Her gaze was somewhere else, and Bianca looked to where she was looking. She smiled when she saw that Kat was looking at Patrick talking to some girl.

" Looks like Kats jealous." Bianca said teasing Kat. Kat faced her. " No I'm not. That girl called me a bitch." Kat exclaimed. Bianca's mouth was agape. " And you didn't hurt her?!" Bianca asked shocked. " I was going to, but Verona stopped my fist." Kat said. That's when her dad cut in. " She called you a what!? Nobody calls my baby that!" He shouted. Then he started to walk towards them. Kat grabbed his arm. " Dad no! Its fine. Really." Kat said trying to get him to stop. Bianca burst out laughing, but stopped when she saw Kat glare at her. Kat walked with him, and so did Bianca. When they reached Patrick and Summer, Kat put a hand on her head. How had she got herself in this position? When Patrick looked at Kat he raised his eyebrows. She looked away.

" You need to apologize to my daughter!" Mr. Stratford said. Patrick chuckled. " You told your dad?" He asked. " No! He over heard me talking to Bianca, and started walking over here. I tried to stop him but he wouldn't." Kat stated. " Look dad, its fine, really, I don't care. Can we just go home?" Kat asked, facing her dad.

"Fine. But if it happens again, I'm going to talk to your parents." Her dad said, then Kat, Bianca, and Mr. Stratford turned around and were three steps away when Summer spoke up.

" What didn't tell your mom either?" She asked. Kat stopped in her tracks. She stood there for a minute then turned around, and swung her fist. It hit Summer in the nose, and she fell back. Patrick looked at Kat and saw the anger flooding through her dark brown eyes. She glanced at Patrick for a second, then turned on her heel and walked away. Patrick helped Summer up, and watched as Kat walked away. He knew something was up with her mother, or else she wouldn't have done anything.

When Bianca and Kat got in the car, Bianca high-fived Kat.

" Nice punch. That's what she gets when she messes with your man." Bianca exclaimed. Kat almost chocked.

" What!? I didn't punch her because of that! I punched her because she mentioned mom." Kat whispered, so her dad wouldn't hear. Bianca's face stiffened. " Well then she got what she deserved. I would have done the same thing. But you were still jealous." Bianca replied. " Whatever." Kat said, then turned to face the window. They were quiet the rest of the way home.

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