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You guys ... I got bored today so I wrote this. I was writing another but then I got the idea for this and I got a harm fuzzy feeling about it so I decided to start this… and I tend to forget my ideas. It's kinda like my last story in the since that it's when Gil and Cath were younger…I just come up with all these ideas for when Cath is at school!!! Anyways, Enjoy:-) Oh…it's Grillows by the way. :)
Sixteen year old Catherine Flynn groans and rolls over. She was woken up by her ringing phone—basically her alarm clock. She was a very busy person! She reached to pick up her cell phone but knocked it off her bed side table instead. She did things like that a lot.
"Oh. God," she grunts has she leans off the bed to reach for her still ringing phone. She could just not reach it and fell out of her bed. Another thing she did on a regular basis. She flipped her phone open, "Hello?" she answered sitting on the floor of her bedroom.
"Cath? It's Mel."
"Oh, hey."
"You fell out of bed again didn't you?"
"No. Yes. Maybe…just a little."
"Okay." She could feel her friend smiling over the phone. "Look…I need you over here like now. The party's starting in five hours and you promised me you'd be here."
"Oops." She forgot to set her alarm for seven so she could go help her friend get things together for her sweet sixteen.
"Yeah, well…sorry doesn't cut it lovey."
Catherine scrambles up from the floor and starts running to her bathroom. "Alright, I'm on my way."
"Kay, thanks. And Cath…HURRY!"
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The next five hours of Catherine's life basically consisted of getting the drinks together, getting the music lined up, getting Melissa's parents out of the house AND getting ready. This girl's life is tough.
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The party was in full swing and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Catherine was dressed in a short white mini dress with a black belt, black heels, and silver, black and red jewelry. She didn't realize how many people had found out about the party, there were people here that she didn't know…or cared to know for that matter.
Catherine was walking around the living room saying hi to people that she knew when probably one of the freakiest guys she knew, Daniel, came up to her and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Hey, Kitty Kat."
"Daniel, I swear if you call me Kitty Kat one more time I will pull your lip over your head so you can swallow it," she pushed him away which cause him to bump into this other girl, which caused a total chain reaction of people falling. Catherine stood there in the middle of people on the floor with drinks all over them, "My bad," she walked outside to the deck. She saw a guy that was as old has half the boys at the party wanted to be and walked over to him. The deck was a little less crowded which was better.
She smiles at him, "Hi."
He looks at her, smiles and turns red, "Hey."
"I'm Catherine."
"Gil."
"I've never seen you at any of my friends' parties."
"Well, that's cause I'm twenty-three."
"Right…that might be it," she says grinning at him. "So…why come to this one?"
Gil sighs, "My best friend Jim dragged me here."
"Is it just me or don't you really want to be here?"
"Well…honestly…I mean, I know she's your friend and all but…this party kinda sucks," he smiles at her.
Catherine bursts out laughing, "Oh my god I can't believe you just said that!"
"What…" Gil also starts laughing. Just the sight of Catherine bending down and crying from laughter made him want to do the same thing.
We their laughing had subsided Catherine looked at Gil with a risen eyebrow. "Gil, this might seem really weird and you have every right to run away but would you like to go for a walk?" she says as she flutters her eyelashes.
Gil smiles at her, "Oh how can I say no?"
Catherine grins at him, "You can't." she grabs him by the hand and pulls him inside and they make their way through the crowd.
"Catherine. I can't see anything!"
"That's good. If you can't see anything nobody can see us!"
"Why don't you want anyone to see us?"
"Oh, I don't know Gil…maybe cause I'm sneaking out of my best friend's sweet sixteen with a guy I met like two minutes ago.
"Yeah…that'll do it."
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Catherine and Gil started walking around the neighborhood they could hear the feint sound of the music behind them. "So Gil…how old are you?"
Gil looked at Catherine, "Twenty-three."
"Cool. And what are you studying?"
"Biology."
"Awesome." Gil looks at Catherine with a risen eyebrow. "What!"
"Nothing. You just don't seem like the type of girl who likes dissecting frogs, that's all."
"Oh…" Catherine grabs Gils arm to stop him. She swings him to stand in front of her, "What kind of girl do I seem like to you?" She looks at him with her head turned sideways.
Gil starts looking nervous, "You look like…a girly girl." Catherine burst out laughing, resting her head on Gil's chest. "What?!!"
She looks up at him, "I love you when you're all nervous like. It's…" she cuts herself off from saying 'it's cute' and completely embarrassing herself.
"It's what Catherine," Gil plasts a huge grin on his face.
"Nothing." Catherine lets go of Gil's arm and starts walking.
Gil catches up with her and looks at her. Catherine has picked up her necklace and is playing with it. "You okay?"
"Yeah." she looks at him and smiles at him prettily. A moment of silence followed as they just walked. "You know…I can be a badass when I want to," she says quietly. The second that came out of her mouth they see a monster of a dog about 15 feet away from them. Catherine let out a loud shriek of a scream and Gil quickly put his arms around her waist.
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Catherine smiles at Gil, "Thanks for saving me from the thing." They are sitting on the beach staring at the ocean. Melissa's house at the back of them.
Gil looks at her and smiles back, "Your very welcome Cath." Catherine smiles and turns around to look at Melissa's house, "You wanna go back?"
Catherine shakes her head, "Nah…I'm just…cold."
"Come here." Gil unzips his jacket and opens it up.
"What are you doing?"
"Well, I'm not gonna give it to you…I'm cold too. Come."
Catherine shrugs her shoulders, "Okay." She crawls over and sits on his lap and he wraps his arms around her.
Catherine turns her head and looks at him and the next the thing she knows he is kissing her. When the kiss ends, Gil looks at her, his one hand caressing her cheek. "Well…that was…unexpected. But very nice." She smiles at him.
"Thank you."
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"Well…here we are." Catherine looks at her house and then back at Gil. "Thanks for bringing me home."
"You're welcome."
Her hand slid over his cheek and around to the back of his neck. "I had a good time tonight." She brushed her lips against the skin just under his ear.
Gil swallowed hard, "Me too." She kisses him and when it's over she grins at him and presses her forehead against his. "I want to see you again."
"Okay. How about tomorrow…I hear it's gonna be hot. We can go swimming."
"What time? Seven?"
"Um…how about ten…ish."
"I'll see you then."
She smiles shyly, "Kay. Night Gil."
"Night Cath."
She gives him one last smile before closing the car door and walking up the driveway to the front door. She looked over her shoulder and waved at him before closing the door behind her. She grinned from ear to ear and she rested her head against the back of the door. Her cell phone rings to interrupt her thoughts. "Hey Melly."
"Hi."
Catherine starts making her way to her bedroom, "Everyone gone."
"Yeah…I think."
"You think?"
"I think I can hear snoring from the cupboard next to my bathroom but I'm too scared to look." Catherine laughs. "So where were you, I barely saw you."
Catherine sighs and flops down on her bed, "Well…"
